Editing Dreadwind (G1)

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:''Dreadwind is a [[Decepticon]] [[Powermaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Dreadwindboxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|*blam blam blam*Why does no one like me? *blam blam blam*]]

"As ominous as a storm cloud and as chilling as a winter breeze." Not everyone could make [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] look fun by comparison, but '''Dreadwind''' (aka '''Dreadwing''') manages just that. After all, Dead End just depresses himself, but Dreadwind manages to export the feeling to everyone around him. Like a bad case of [[Scraplet]]s, Dreadwind's gloom is contagious and there's no mood so positive that he can't kill it within moments of entering the room. Mournful and doom-laden at the best of times, Decepticons avoid him socially and [[Autobot]]s avoid him on the battlefield, leaving Dreadwind wracked with loneliness and despair.

He tends to think that he has no friends, but the truth is that he couldn't have a more perfect match than his partner [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], and the two are fairly inseparable. He gets along less well with his binary-bonded [[Nebulan]] [[Powermaster]] partner [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]], a villainous, overachieving perfectionist who tries to bully Dreadwind into enjoying their evil acts.

Dreadwind has an exceptionally primitive nervous system, rendering him immune to most pain except, ironically, existential pain.<ref>Dreadwind's nervous system is too primitive for the [[variable voltage harness]], from ''[[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Dread Tidings]]'' #231</ref>

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
Dreadwind and Darkwing fought [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], but were forced to retreat due to Optimus's superior power. They soon returned and Optimus set out to fight them again, this time with [[Tommy Kennedy]] in tow. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5#Season 5|Season 5: FFOD, Part 5}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingpeoplepower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Nel Yomtov's palette didn't include teal.]]
Dreadwind and Darkwing came to [[Nebulos]] in search of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s group of Decepticons, but they had by then moved on to [[Earth]]. Furthermore, they were warned by the scientist [[Hi-Q]] that if they stayed on Nebulos, they would perish, as the [[Nebulan]]s had poisoned their world's entire fuel supply to prevent another war with the Transformers from occurring. Dreadwind and Darkwing ignored this request, and eventually they lanquished on the brink of permanent shutdown.

Hi-Q's jealous protege, [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]], and his accomplice [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] offered Dreadwind and his partner salvation, by way of [[Powermaster]] technology stolen from Hi-Q. The dying Decepticon duo reluctantly agreed, and, restored, they began destroying Nebulos once again. Now, however, many of their heists involved busting into restaurants and food courts so their Nebulan partners could gorge themselves, restocking their energy supplies and continuing to fuel their larger partners. Their antics were eventually interrupted when a group of Autobots arrived on Nebulos. Dreadwind and Darkwing were threatening the Council of Peers when [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], [[Getaway]], [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] and [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] charged them. Though the Decepticons held their own, Darkwing called for a retreat rather than face the enemy's superior numbers. Dreadwing left the Autobots with a parting laser blast before taking off.

Dreadwind and his allies went on to hassle the Council of Peers once more, this time to obtain the Autobots' location. By this time however, the Autobots had underwent the Powermaster binary bonding procedure with Hi-Q and his staff. Atop of this, the Decepticons had to contend with a reborn and upgraded [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]! Caught unawares by their enemies' power, Dreadwind, Darkwing, and their partners were soundly defeated. It was decreed then that Hi-Test and Throttle were to be banished from Nebulos, and the pair blasted off-planet within Darkwing and Dreadwind's combined form, [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|People Power!}} ''These events were observed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

Dreadwind, Darkwing, and their Powermaster partners eventually found themselves working for the [[Mecannibal]]s at [[Grand Central Space Station]], wrangling not only clients, but robots for the Mecannibals to devour. They discovered that two of their clients, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Cloudburst]], were actually robots disguised as humans, and turned them in to their hungry bosses. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}} The Autobots-in-disguise made a savory deal with the Mecannibals, and so Dreadwind and Darkwing followed them to [[Femax]]. In the process, however, they were not only beaten up by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], but Hi-Test and Throttle's ship was discovered to be Dreadwind and Darkwing, robots themselves. Cloudburst and Landmine snitched, and the Mecannibals angrily chased the pair and their Powermaster Partners across the cosmos. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}

''At some point, the pair ended up on [[Earth]], working for Scorponok. Dreadwind and Darkwing served, in their combined form, as Throttle's getaway vehicle after the Nebulan stole an Autobot-made power cell. In its flight from the crime scene, the Dreadwing was shot down, and sent heading for the ocean. Though Dreadwind pleaded with Darkwing to disengage so that he wouldn't be taken down along with the latter, the pair found their combination mechanism fused, and so both wound up plunging into the drink. They remained nonoperational on the ocean floor while the Autobots retrieved their loot.'' {{storylink|Dreadwing Down!}}

''On Scorponok's orders, Dreadwind and Darkwing attacked [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], where Optimus Prime had left behind a [[floppy disk]] containing a copy of his mind. They found the facility being guarded by [[Getaway]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]]. Dreadwind kept them busy with strafing runs while Darkwing made his way inside the facility. Dreadwind managed to take out both Joyride and Slapdash, though Getaway evaded his sights long enough to join Darkwing within the building. By the time Darkwing emerged with the disk in-hand, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] had joined the fight. The two jets combined for a quick escape, despite Getaway grappling with them as they did so. Getaway wound up getting his hand stuck in the Decepticons' combination joint, and was dragged along for the flight as Dreadwing blasted off.''

''After Getaway was stashed in a holding cell, Darkwing and Dreadwind were sent out by Scorponok once more. This time, they were carrying a smart missile that their leader had programmed to track Optimus wherever he went. After launching the payload, equipped with a camera so the Decepticons could witness Optimus's demise, the duo doubled back to base, hoping to make it back in time for the show. It wound up never coming about, as Getaway managed to escape and reprogram the missile into a dud.'' {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}

[[File:Megatron ratchet dreadwind all the familiar faces.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Some time after losing the Mecannibals, Dreadwind and Darkwing were recruited in secret by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to bring him the corpse of the [[Underbase]]-destroyed [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. ''En-route to Earth, the Powermaster duo crossed paths with an Autobot shuttle and decided to shoot it down for sport, managing to do so after a chase over the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]'s surface. Believing that bit of fun to be done with, they then headed down planet-side, unaware that the Autobots had managed to ditch their ship at the last moment, and were now covertly following them. Dreadwind and Darkwing found Starscream in southern [[Peru]], where his [[zombie]] body stalked the Earth, somehow animated past death by the remainder of the Underbase's energies. Caught off-guard by the reanimated body, the two Decepticons wound up getting soundly thrashed. Their Autobot pursuers soon caught up and were themselves attacked by Starscream, allowing Throttle and High-Test to link up with their larger partners, re-energizing them. Despite the close brush with death, Dreadwind insisted on seeing their job through to the end. Once the Autobots had managed to calm down the confused Underbase consciousness controlling Starscream's body, he sent the two Nebulans to drain out the last remnants of its energy, causing it to crumple down into a heap. Dreadwind and Darkwing then quickly gathered up the pieces, and took off to meet with their employer.'' {{storylink|Race with the Devil}} The corpse was delivered to Megatron on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who had recently abducted the Autobot medical officer [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to exhort him into rebuilding Starscream using [[Pretender]] technology. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Megatron was impressed enough to offer Dreadwind and Darkwing full-time positions working for him, which they gratefully accepted as they weren't ''entirely'' sure that they had lost their Mecannibal pursuers. Shortly afterwards, Dreadwind interrupted Megatron in the middle of killing Ratchet to tell him that the medic had doublecrossed Megatron, unleashing his own Pretender army comprising [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} Their subsequent battle with Dreadwind, Darkwing and the [[Micromaster]] [[Sports Car Patrol]] spread outside [[Megatron's base]], moments before the headquarters detonated with Ratchet and Megatron still inside. With Megatron seemingly deceased, Darkwing and Dreadwind found themselves out of work again. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingunicron.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|left|Seriously, they're inseparable.]]
''Feeling like losers, Dreadwind and Darkwing chose to drink away their sorrows at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. The Mecannibals followed them to the pub, eating their way past [[Rocky]], the bouncer. The Mecannibals immediately began tearing up the joint, with the pair of inebriated Decepticons blissfully unaware of the chaos around them. Luckily, [[Quickswitch]] was present and leapt into action. After a brief skirmish, Quickswitch used his tunneling mode to bury the Mecannibals alive deep underground.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}} ''Dreadwind and Darkwing subsequently attended the [[Transformer]]s' [[1989]] [[Christmas]] party where they monopolised the sofa, much to the annoyance of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and Grimlock.'' {{storylink|:File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|''The Transformers'' #250 cover}}

''Dreadwind and Darkwing returned to Earth at some point, where they stole the power cell from a human life support machine. As they escaped, combined into Dreadwing, they were shot down by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] over the ocean. After a brief undersea battle with the Autobot Powermasters, who took the power cell, they were rescued by the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]].'' {{storylink|Dreadwing Down!}}

The two were summoned by [[Primus]] to face [[Unicron]], though Dreadwind spent the speech telling funny anecdotes to Darkwing, annoying everyone around them. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} When the Chaos Bringer attacked, Dreadwind realised that attacking would likely mean they'd die a horrible death but didn't seem ''too'' bothered about that. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Though they survived, the pair was even more mopey than usual, and on their way to a joint Autobot/Decepticon conference to discuss the imminent demise of their homeworld, Dreadwind was hit on the noggin by a large piece of falling debris. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Dreadwind was shaken, but survived to escape Cybertron on a starship with several other Decepticons led by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], stranding the Autobots behind to die. Combined with Darkwing into their Dreadwing form, Dreadwind then partook in the violent take-over of the alien world [[Klo]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} When the Autobots managed to follow the Decepticons to this planet, the Decepticons ambushed them upon their arrival. Still in their Dreadwing configuration, Dreadwind and Darkwing picked off some of the last remaining Autobots, including Getaway. However, their victory was halted by the divine intervention of the [[Last Autobot]], and the wounded remnants of the Decepticon army fled Klo to parts unknown. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====''Robo-Capers''=====
[[File:Grimlock dreadwind of change.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Dreadwind arrived at the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Marvel Comics]] offices to find Grimlock preparing to leave for a holiday, accompanied by a reluctant [[Stubbie]] carrying his cases. Keen to leave without a fight, Grimlock flicked his tail, causing the Stubbie to fall and drop the huge pile of cases on Dreadwind. As Grimlock made his exit, Dreadwind lay among the suitcases wondering whether he had made the right choice. {{storylink|The Wind of Change!}}
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====="Dread Tidings" Marvel UK letters page=====
[[File:Dreadtidings.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He hates your letters.]]
Dreadwind would later discover that the cases were full of unanswered [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|''Transformers'' fanmail]] and along with Hi-Test would go on to answer it for, like, forever! When his time came, he refused to leave, and holed himself up in the Marvel offices. Dreadwing was visited [[Ghost of the past|by]] [[Ghost of the present|three]] [[Ghost of the future|spirits]] at Christmas-time, berating him for his stubborn attitude, and urging him to abandon the post, lest he become a twisted and bitter mockery of his former self. Dreadwind heeded their words and flew out over London to contemplate what to do next. He settled upon planning a revenge on the sanctimonious Ultimate Beings who had just visited him. {{storylink|Dreadwind's Xmas!}} His successor [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] complained that Dreadwind had decorated the office in all purple and orange with a solitary picture of a dog with sad eyes.
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=====Another Time & Place=====
[[File:Dreadwindatap.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|This was retconned, but Dreadwind probably complains about it anyway.]]
Dreadwind was among Bludgeon's decimated Decepticon forces when they followed Grimlock and his [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to [[Hydrus Four]], hoping to steal the power of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] for themselves. Dreadwind helped ambush the rogue Dinobots, using a device called a [[Holocaust Trigger]] to unleash discordant light and sound, overwhelming their equilibrium. When Grimlock was freed by a rescue team hours later, however, Dreadwind walked in at just the wrong time and was shot by Grimlock using [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]'s concussion blaster. He and the remnants of the Decepticon army under Bludgeon were defeated. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
Dreadwind was present when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] made peaceful gestures to humanity in [[New York City]]. Darkwing and Dreadwind delivered a "statue" of [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] as a gift to the city. Unsurprisingly, once humanity was off-guard, the Decepticons struck, and the Autobots barely stopped them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle}} Those events were recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a [[City of Fear!|nuclear disaster]] in [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 21|In Memory of Earth}}

In [[1973]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}} Dreadwind, [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], and Darkwing were hiding in an airbase in Nevada, before revealing their liquid crystal Decepticon insignia and flying off. They then used the distraction of a hijacked tanker to attack oil fields and refineries. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 6|A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}} Those events would later be observed via log recording by Autobots in the year [[2008]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 17|Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: Megatron's Ultimatum}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}}<!--Recordings of those events were used in a wayward simulation experienced by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 15|Memories of Bumblebee}} --> {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 10|Transformers in Action: Wanderer Between the Worlds}} }}

====''Classics''====
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[[File:Dreadwindgod.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Nonsense. You're adorable.]]
After the battle on Klo, Dreadwind stayed under the command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who in turn assigned Dreadwind to [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]'s subcommand. At some point, [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] was disarmed (no, really) by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], a turn of events that Dreadwind suspects Hi-Test was fine with, so long as his death meant they didn't have to continue being partners. Dreadwind, like [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], was subsequently rebuilt by Bug Bite in order to accommodate the loss of their [[Nebulan]]s. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

After the disastrous battle with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Dreadwind escaped with the critically-damaged Weirdwolf and the apparently-dead Bug Bite, bringing them both back to their ship. Dreadwind stuffed Weirdwolf into a [[CR chamber]], then sat down and moped. When [[G1 GoBots|a group of extra-dimensional visitors]] arrived looking for Bug Bite, Dreadwind glumly assumed they were some of Megatron's crew out to kill him. When that turned out not to be the case, and the "dead" Bug Bite turned out to be very much alive, he grumped a lot while being largely ignored. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

Dreadwind eventually found some new allies on Earth, as he and Weirdwolf joined up with Lord [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticon forces. They were plotting an assault on the [[Construction station|Ironworks]] when invaders from another dimension complicated the plans. The Decepticons found themselves allied with the forces of good, defending their hunting ground on Earth from [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|evil Autobots]] who wanted to destroy the entire world. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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More than twenty-one years after the end of the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Dreadwind and Darkwing had fallen in with [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] after seeing the effect of his [[Gene Key]] on the Autobots of Cybertron. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} Along with the resurrected and corrupted [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] they arrived back at the [[Civil Defense Hub]] to find that Grimlock had switched sides and taken out [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]]. They tracked Grimlock to the [[Nursery]] to find him squaring off against his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], but he got the drop on Dreadwind's squad, blasting [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]'s containment unit and unleashing his [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]-powered heat. This took Dreadwind out of the fight and he was rendered into Autobot custody, {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} which probably [[Shadow-leech|ended badly]]. Later in [[Zero Space]], the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix]] creature admitted to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] that it had been insinuating itself into the very substance of Cybertron since the planet began reformatting itself and Dreadwind and Darkwing were forced to run from its seismic effects. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was forced to turn himself over to the Decepticon in exchange for their prisoner [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], Darkwing and Dreadwind acted as armed escorts bringing Prime before [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Dreadwind and Darkwing were members of the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction during the [[Dark Ages]], working under the command of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Poor saps. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Stormbringer issue 2|Transformers: Stormbringer #2]]

[[File:Dreadwindstormbringer.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Someone remembered Nebulos doesn't have F-16s.]]
After the Battle at [[Thunderhead Pass]] where the supernaturally-powerful [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] vanished, Darkwing and Dreadwind were seen working with [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], advancing on the Autobots' position on Cybertron shortly before the planet was declared completely uninhabitable. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[File:Dreadwind pounce all his engines.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]
Hundreds of years later, Dreadwind was a part of Darkwing's Infiltration unit on Nebulos when the planet was ravaged by a resurrected Thunderwing. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Darkwing ordered Dreadwind and the other Decepticons under his command to try to stop Thunderwing before he blew up the planet, which would ruin their long-reaching plans to harvest its natural resources, but all but Dreadwind, Darkwing, and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] were annihilated. They fled the planet, fearful of Megatron's reaction to their failure. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3|Stormbringer #3}}

A few years later, after Megatron was defeated on Earth, Dreadwind and Darkwing were among the Decepticons who had heard the (self-proclaimed) Decepticon leader [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s rallying call and gathered on a desolate asteroid that was now their new headquarters. However, with the lack of resources, poor morale and Starscream's weak leadership, the Decepticons largely collapsed into anarchy and resorted to cannibalism with not enough energon to go around. Dreadwind took more than his fair share of energon and was hunted down by [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Pounce]]. He tried to blame the theft on his now-absent brother Darkwing, and attacked his pursuers, but was ultimately killed and his parts cannibalised. {{Storylink|All His Engines}} Having witnessed Dreadwind's death from a nearby building, [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] noted that his killers appeared to be eating him. {{storylink|Shockpoint}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Dreadwind oversaw the Autobot double agent [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s autopsy of [[Wild Bill]]. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===
The combining [[Duocon]] Dreadwind could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Generations|''Power of the Primes'' Dreadwind packaging bio}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Dreadwind, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Dreadwind and Darkwing show up in several [[commercial]]s:
[[File:Dreadwinddarkwingcommercials.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hello, hello, hello!]]
*Dreadwind and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] startled the Autobot Powermasters by revealing that the Decepticons had been able to develop Powermasters of their own! They used their Nebulan partners to transform before raining down destruction upon their earth-bound foes. Then, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] joined the battle, and made a display of his considerable firepower against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Powermasters|Powermasters commercial}}
*After a series of defeats forced the Autobots to develop Pretender technology, Dreadwind and Darkwing broke into the Autobots' research lab and approached the new Autobot warriors. The Decepticon duo was quickly forced to retreat as the Pretenders' ability to fight alongside their shells proved overwhelming. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}
*Later, Dreadwind and Darkwing were victims of the new Autobot [[Micromaster]]s. Optimus Prime unleashes an army of the miniature robots upon a Decepticon base, who slipped past [[Piranacon (G1)|the guard]]. Once inside they crawled up both Dreadwind and Darkwing and overwhelmed them. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster Patrols|Micromaster Patrols commercial}}
{{note|Footage from the first commercial, depicting Dreadwind and Darkwing in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] chasing [[Getaway]] and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] in vehicle mode, was used at the beginning of the commercial for the [[Triggerbot]]s and [[Triggercon]]s. This animation seemed to be meant to represent these other toys. Don't pay too close attention, kids!}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a battle eons ago, Dreadwind and Darkwing defeated [[Getaway]], [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]], and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]]. They were on the verge of destroying the three Autobots when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived. No match for the Autobot leader, the pair were forced to retreat. Many years later on [[Earth]], the two Powermasters crossed paths with their Autobot counterparts once again, and this time the Decepticons were victorious. {{storylink|End of the Road (Legends)|End of the Road}} Dreadwind and the [[Air Strike Patrol]] conquered [[Garrus-9]], though their triumph was short-lived as the [[Wrecker]]s arrived a bit later and liberated it. {{storylink|The Wreckers}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:Dreadwindtoyg1.jpg|300px|thumb|It's like if a Seeker were a good toy.]]
*'''Dreadwind''' (Powermaster, [[1988]])
**''Accessories'': "Hi-Test" Powermaster engine, left & right thermal melters

:Dreadwind transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon jet]]. In order to transform back into [[robot mode]], a [[Powermaster]] engine—like his pack-in partner Hi-Test—must be plugged into his back, unlocking the wings and a few other bits. Once he has an engine attached, his jet mode can also combine with Darkwing's to form the [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] super-jet. He also comes with two non-firing handguns that can be held separately, or combined into a large double-barreled weapon.

:This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Dreadwind/dreadwind.htm More information on Dreadwind at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
[[File:Classics Dreadwind Toy.jpg|300px|thumb|Dreadwind hates how everyone mistakes him for Jetfire.]]
*'''Games of Deception''' (Multi-pack, [[2007]])
**''Accessories'': 2-part double-rifle, 2 spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, jet booster backpack

:A [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics|Jetfire]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Dreadwind is part of the ''Classics''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Bug Bite (GoBots)#Timelines 2|Bug Bite]], [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Timelines|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Timelines|Thrust]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Timelines|Thundercracker]]. His inner robot head has been [[retool]]ed to resemble his original toy's head.

:Like Jetfire, Dreadwind comes with a number of removable accessories, including a booster pack, two arm-mounted missile launchers, two missiles, and a helmet. The toy's add-on booster pack has flip-out reveal cannons. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

:There were 1500 ''Classics'' Dreadwind figures produced.

:This mold (without retooling) was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Tread Bolt#Universe (2008)|Tread Bolt]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/BCDreadwind/dreadwind.htm More information on ''Classics'' Dreadwind at TFU.info]''

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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy DreadwingCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Trademark]]-induced name change? Oh yeah, he'll complain.]]
*'''Dreadwing''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A7315'''
**''Pieces'': '''39'''
**''Accessories'': Rack, gatling cannon, blade, scoped pistol, ray pistol, missile backpack, spare hand

: Part of the second assortment of "Custom [[Kreon]]s", "Dreadwing" comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. The plastics of his torso, arms and legs have a metal-flake sheen, and his similarly-shiny [[tampograph]]s are based on the original [[Dreadwind (G1)#Generation 1|Generation 1 Dreadwind toy]]. His "normal" helmet and scoped pistol are [[chrome]]d, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms (originally from the ''Kre-O Battleship'' aliens), plus a buildable hand-cannon, a curved blade, a ray pistol (originally an Andorian blaster from ''Kre-O [[Star Trek]]''), and a dual-missile backpack.

: Though widely solicited, this wave of Custom Kreons ultimately never saw release outside of the online [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] store and Chinese-market distribution circles.

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===Generations===
[[File:PowerOfThePrimestoy-Dreadwind.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|No Prime Master could ever fill that void within his chest.]]
*'''Dreadwind''' (Deluxe Class, [[2017]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''PP-17'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[2018]]-[[July 28|07-28]]'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster, Prime Armor/combiner hand, Prime Master gap filler/gun

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Dreadwind is a heavy retool of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]], and consequently, can form a limb for any Combiner Wars-style combiner (or into one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs), though he isn't explicitly listed as belonging to any particular one. While box art and [[TakaraTomy]] stock photos show him with the unnamed [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|Starscream]] combiner, his instructions list him with [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Power_of_the_Primes|Grimlock]] and the other three Deluxe class figures from his wave. He can combine with his partner [[Darkwing (G1)#Generations|Blackwing]] to form [[Dreadwing (G1)#Generations|Dreadwing]].  Curiously, his instructions fail to include this feature, even though Darkwing's do. Like all other ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class figures, he comes with Prime Armor with a place for a [[Prime Master]] (and by extension, a [[Titan Master]], [[Enigma of Combination]], and [[Matrix|Matrix core]]) that can transform into a hand for a combiner. He also comes with a piece that can fill the gap in the chest armor or be held by Dreadwind as a gun. His Prime Armor is sculpted to look like a combination of the detail on Hi-Test and Throttle in their engine mode.

: The peg of Dreadwind's Prime Armor tends to be a loose fit in his arm mode; depending on the individual quality control of the figure, the piece may refuse to stay in place at all and immediately fall out.
 
: Dreadwind's Prime Armor was redecoed for Blackwing and ''[[Transformers Golden Lagoon|Golden Lagoon]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Golden Lagoon|Starscream]].

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==Notes==
*According to the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] in Marvel UK issue [[White Fire|#254]], Dreadwind stands 42 feet tall. In the letter page of issue #195, he states that he is 4,060,342 years old in 1988; the letter pages for issue #248 and #299 would confirm his approximate age. Based on this, we can calculate that Dreadwind is approximately 4,060,{{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}- 1646}} years old as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dreadwind''' (ドレッドウインド ''Doreddouindo'')
*''French:'' '''Terreur''' (Canada)

==References==
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[[Category:BotCon exclusives]]
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Defense specialists]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Letters page answerers]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes]]
[[Category:Powermasters]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robo-Capers characters]]
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