Editing Runamuck (G1)

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:''Runamuck is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Runamuckg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damnit Pantera, this beer is warm!]]
'''Runamuck''' and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] are the [[Battlecharger]]s, a nearly inseparable pair of hooligans. Runamuck in particular likes to make things explode, heh heh, and ''loves'' a good wreck. He has been known to wander around junkyards, fascinated by the carnage of twisted metal and shattered glass. This only makes him want to blow more enemies into heaps of slag. Heh heh, slag. He does not consider it beneath him to indulge in petty acts of vandalism, and thinks a good insult sprayed on a clean wall is a Decepticon victory, heh heh.

As a Battlecharger, he's well-equipped to do it. He'll speed up crowded highways at his 180 MPH top speed (at which he can go up to 600 miles), smashing everything in his path, without regard to his fenders. Then he transforms into [[robot mode]] (in less than half a second) to use his prized tool of wholesale destruction—a [[friction rifle]].

This terrible weapon does little damage, but it leaves a field around his target that enhances molecular heating from friction. With the slightest move, a catastrophic buildup of thermal energy bursts his foe asunder in a shower of burned metal fragments and smoke. The field wears off in five minutes, if the target is able to stay absolutely still for that long. Usually they just end up as a big mess. Runamuck loves a big mess, heh heh.

Runamuck is also equipped with short-range rocket boosters to help him jump over obstacles, but strangely enough, he is terrified of heights.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|My car is really fast... it kicks a lotta ass... it runs on gas... I drive it on the grass...]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two immediately ignored their orders, and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.''<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a defiant youngster expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in a [[Cybertronian language]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
RAAT caught up with them in [[Philadelphia]], where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|a single form which she could partially control]]. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the [[Statue of Liberty]] (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Optimus, worried, watched multiple screens showing the latest attacks by Decepticon arrivals from Cybertron, and saw that Runamuck and Runabout were only the most recent to endanger human life.''{{storylink|Prey!}}

Some contradictory accounts followed. One placed Runamuck alongside [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew, aiding in his facade that presented the Decepticons' island base as a [[Club Con|tropical resort for humans]]. Runamuck was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. Another account placed Runamack helping the Autobot Blaster in a training session before he infiltrated said island base. Best to not think too hard about either. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[File:Hosehead3.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|That big guy, like, kicked the little guys' asses.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] [[New Jersey base|base]], collapsing it onto itself. [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] then urged his comrades to help him dig out whatever survivors there might be to offer them a choice; join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was Scorponok. Runamuck, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Runabout, and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] tried to gun him down together, but their laser fire proved ineffective against Scorponok's ultra-dense armor. The enemy leader easily tackled all four of them at once, taking them out of the ensuing battle. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as said battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was a casualty in the ensuing planet-wide battle, his wrecked [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] (oddly emblazoned with an Autobot symbol) was shown amongst the fallen. {{storylink|Still Life!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
During the [[Decepticon Civil War]], Runamuck sided against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and joined [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s team. When Shockwave heard the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had been revived without the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], he and his men attacked [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s crew in an attempt to beat the secret of their resurrection out of them. Runamuck managed to set [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]'s wing on fire with his [[friction rifle]], but just a second later Grimlock decked him with a thunder-lizard punch, taking him out of the fight. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

When the fighting between Megatron's and Shockwave's forces reached a height neither faction leader was comfortable with, they called for an [[Enclave]] to negotiate an alliance. Runamuck attended the festivities, only for some Autobot saboteurs to fake an assassination attempt on Megatron. A giant brawl ensued, and Runamuck got the stuffing beat out of him. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless' {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot Earthbase with the full Decepticon force but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future in [[2009]], Runamuck was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against a desperate assault launched by the last seven remaining Autobots. He was shot down by a charging [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-whatarethey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Yay, I'm alive! Probably forev—]]
Despite his apparent death, Runamuck was with the other Decepticons when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. He was among the first casualties of a battle that nearly cost even the new-and-improved [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] his life. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Prowl streetwise runamuck destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
During [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] fiasco, Runamuck was defending the [[Civil Defense Hub]] when the remaining free Autobots besieged and took control of it. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Later, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] out hunting for [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons but they had apparently gone to ground, leaving only "small fry" like Runamuck still visibly active. Having insulted him to his face, the Autobots arrested him anyway, leading him away in cuffs. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Chaos RunamuckonBlastOff.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Heh heh. FIRE. FIRE!]]
Runamuck first appeared attacking [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[death crystal]] shooter. (The station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well.) The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine RunaboutVsRunamuck.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OW! AHH!! Cut it out, fartknocker!]]
He was next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runabout. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers were not seen again, Trypticon and the others were, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Runabout and Runamuck were among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] in the 1980s to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]]. Using their car modes, the duo barreled through the Autobot defenders, entered the base and seized the cog only to be defeated by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The lads discuss Winger.]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. But as Runamuck was pressing his foot down on the Quintesson's head, he surprised to learn just how strong his would-be victim's tentacles were. A short moment later, all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point between various upgrades, the quick-transformation feature from Runamuck's frame was abandoned in order to boost his armament and resistance to harm. Both Battlechargers were also offered a flight mode but turned it down. Runamuck often forgot this final detail, and would jump off of buildings and cliffs in an effort to take to the air. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}
 
After having been absent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a very long time, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] made a secret return. He enlisted Runabout and Runamuck in filling him in on what he had missed, and the pair gave him a very amusing, yet sufficiently informative, recollection of the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth|Cybertron's first contact with Nebulos]]. The information convinced Jhiaxus that this would be the perfect time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

The two Battlechargers were dispatched to find some [[personality component]]s, and in the process discovered a [[stasis hibernation pod]] which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They took the amnesiac Side Burn him back to Jhiaxus, after which they all headed to [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had Runamuck and Runabout kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} After they arrived on [[Qre]], the pair engaged in some racing with Side Burn. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. The Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
One day, the Battlecharger duo was sent to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but Runamuck's fear of heights prevented him from even driving onto it. Runabout was taken out of by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], who soon came bearing down on Runamuck. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by [[Jeff Grey]], who later discussed it with Hot Rod during a chance meeting. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Aaa, [[Starscream (G1)|this guy]] sucks! Change the channel, Runabout!]]
After the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Runamuck participated in the destruction of [[Altihex]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] got caught up in their first battle, the Battlechargers joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in disabling [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and helping [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Runamuck continued to follow Starscream when, roughly a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident and the Decepticons split into several factions. Runamuck and Runabout joined up with Starscream's new group of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They remained defiant even when the other Decepticon factions were prepared to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots and staged an attack on the ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]]. They were repulsed. Violently. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} But then, Megatron returned to Cybertron, backed by an [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] army. With these drones, he quickly took over the planet and unified the Decepticon forces. With Cybertron now under Decepticon control, Runamuck was put to work as one of the guards in [[Internment Camp Pi]], overlooking the slave Autobot workforce. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

In the modern era, Runamuck and Runabout were serving [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] "under the table" as assassins. When the [[Triple Changer]] [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] removed Optimus Prime from his cell, the Battlechargers followed them into the [[Old Slave Trails]] and made an attempt on Prime's life. Sandstorm was killed, but Runamuck was captured and held prisoner by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s resistance movement. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} He apparently broke free and joined back up with Runabout after the Autobots resumed control of Cybertron. The two of them were scrounging around for fresh energon and a hideout to avoid Autobot patrols when they stumbled upon one of Shockwave's hidden bases. While Runamuck amused himself by lighting [[Mini-spy|Mini-spies]] on fire, Runabout accidentally activated one of Shockwave's cloning experiments, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], whose massive energon radiation overloaded the Battlechargers' circuitry, frying them reeeaaal good. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] later watched footage of this incident while trying to unravel Shockwave's schemes. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

When last seen, Runamuck and Runabout had been found by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] was tending to their damaged bodies as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]

[[File:Megs Origins Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|250px]]

Runamuck was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} When Megatron gave the order to burn [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] to the ground after having done away with the [[Senate]], Runamuck was the first to leap forward in order to carry out his leader's orders. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Early in the war, Runamuck was present as [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was accepted into the ranks of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

Following the fall of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s government, he was among the Decepticons who hunted down and arrested Autobots resisting [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s rule. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} When the captured Autobots staged a prison break, Runamuck, Runabout and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] tried and failed to stop them. {{storylink|Rise}} The Battlechargers were later present in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] announced he was the new leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

At some point in time, Runamuck fought against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] alongside [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] and were thoroughly trounced for their efforts. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Headliners! At last!]]

Four million years later, Runamuck was part of the Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, Runabout and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. Their attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] disregarded their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}}

Runamuck bore witness to Megatron's disciplinary actions towards Starscream and sided with Megatron after Starscream's botched rebellion. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Despite his part in Starscream's mutiny, Runamuck was quickly forgiven and returned to active duty. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

Runamuck moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of Latveria and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. He was the first of Megatron's warriors to be turbocharged by [[Spider-Man]]'s radioactive blood, and subsequently attacked the allied Autobots and [[Avengers]] in [[mirror response mode]] with the rest of his teammates. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runamuck was taken out of the fight in short order, after he was blasted by the newly arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runamuck subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

[[File:ReapercrushesBattlecharger.jpg|300px|right|thumb|...oh.]]

Runamuck was cowering in a nearby room while Megatron and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] were arguing in the Decepticon's base on Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} Unfortunately, Runamuck was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Upset after Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded, Runamuck was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Their fellow Decepticons cared little for the Battlechargers' demise; [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] wrote them off as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Runamuck AoW5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Runamuck tried (and failed) to prevent the escape of a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] from the [[New Decepticon Army]]'s headquarters. When Runamuck refused to surrender the captive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s location, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tore off his arm and promised that his head would be next. Runamuck became more cooperative. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
In order to avoid getting punished for his latest failure, Runamuck had Frenzy paint him black, so as to pass for Runabout. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Runamuck followed [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to [[Earth]] in his quest for the [[AllSpark]]. There, he encountered [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Not much of a match against the Autobot titan, Runamuck crawled away from the battle as Omega occupied himself with [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] increased recruitment in the [[Ascenticon Guard]], Runamuck was among the new members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

===''Earthrise'' marketing material===
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{{Storylink|Fan First Friday}}<ref>[https://youtu.be/zkJOmYkcMtY October 16th Fan First Friday]</ref>

==Commercials==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered Runamuck and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Autobots as they spoiled an Energon-gathering mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Runamuck was part of a convoy led by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] which attempted to deliver the final component for a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] successfully intercepted them right as they neared their goal, and the four Decepticons had to destroy the weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}} Runamuck was among the Decepticons who joined with the Quintessons in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} He was also part of a group of Decepticons including [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and the [[Air Strike Patrol]] which conquered and held [[Garrus-9]] until the [[Wrecker]]s liberated the facility. {{storylink|The Wreckers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsRunamuck.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
Runamuck participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 70 units of Cybermetal, 30 units of Transmetal, and 20 exclusive cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1runamuck toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Look, ma, no hands!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Battlecharger, [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Friction rifle]]
:Runamuck transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Pontiac Firebird Trans Am|Pontiac Firebird Trans Am]] sports car. An [[Autotransformation|autotransformer]], he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and [[robot mode]]s, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runabout, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runamuck/runamuck.htm More information on Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Heh heh heh, you said "jack."]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Deluxe Class, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons
:Runamuck is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. His pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

:Runamuck is the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in before [[March 16]], 2012. This date, however, was extended to March 21, 2012 due to the setup of their new payment system.

:This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club-exclusive [[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/TFCCRunamuck/runamuck.htm More information on ''Timlines'' Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|300px|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Decepticon Runamuck''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, blaster
:Part of the sixth regular assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot. He sports [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Ratchet's]] helmet.

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

:This assortment was originally slated to be a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]], but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.
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===''Generations''===
====''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''====
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Deluxe-Runamuck.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For the last time, my alt mode is not a secret agent's submarine! If you dare put me in water, I will shoot you!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-E37'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''ER EX-14'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': '''[[December 19]], 2020'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
:Part of the third and final wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Runamuck is an all-new mold that transforms into an 80's sportscar that is somewhat reminiscent of a Lotus Esprit X180 in 16 steps, and comes with a blaster that can be mount on the vehicle mode. In [[Fan polls#2019 .282.29|a 2019 fan poll]], Runamuck (with the accompanying image misspelled as '''Runamok'''<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/2727924640611046 The four bots are #GNAW, #RUNAMUCK, #NEEDLENOSE & #SHRAPNEL]</ref>) received more votes than [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], or [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], and thus the Battlecharger received a figure in this toyline.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/2819867618083414 The fans have spoken and #RUNAMUCK will become a Fall 2020 War for Cybertron figure!]</ref> Like most ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toys, Runamuck has 3 mm posts and [[5 mm post|5 mm]] holes for the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. In order to be accurate to the original toy, there are 5 mm holes at the top of each shoulder to mount his gun, as well as faux wheels at the back of his feet, albeit unpainted. To achieve a proportional chest with the rest of his body, his robot mode chest uses a faux car roof.

:Despite TakaraTomy stock photography (right) showing a blaster based on the original [[friction rifle]], the final toy includes a gun based on Runabout's high-energy particle beam rifle. The ''actual'' friction rifle comes with with ''Earthrise'' [[Runabout (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Runabout]], similar to how they had each other's blasters in the episode, "[[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine]]".

:Unsurprisingly, Runamuck was [[retool]]ed into Runabout, with a new head and additional friction rifle, [[Variant|or]] a pair of friction rifles, replacing Runamuck's high-energy particle beam rifle.

:Runamuck and his fellow Deluxe wavemates were first found in Singapore before Wave 2 was released.

:Befitting his status as the Fan Vote figure, Runamuck comes with the end destination of all ships on the map; [[Earth|Earth]].
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderRunamuck.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Runamuck, Infantry-Soldier''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I''' 
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T37/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

:Raider Runamuck, Infantry-Soldier is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I.

:The line-art for the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game, with updated colors to match the style used in the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' toyline packaging art.
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*'''Raider Runamuck, Infantry-Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P''' 
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P8/2019'''
**''Stars: ''10
:A reprint of '''Raider Runamuck, Infantry-Soldier''' was made available as an in-store play promo card for the release of Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Seige II. The card is identical to the original release, printed with gold-foil on the Robot Mode side.
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==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"You think we'd like Steve-O more if ''we'' were black?"]]
*In the [[Toy Fair 1986|1986 Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair catalog]], Runamuck's car mode had a dark grey exterior. However, Runamuck's robot mode is represented by... another Runabout!
*In the Marvel Comics continuity, Runamuck is introduced as having a recurring verbal tic, wherein he would always punctuate (and sometimes begin) his brief sentences with a stuttering "heh heh". This lead to him (and by extension Runabout) in the early-to-mid 90s being equalled to the then newly popular MTV show ''Beavis & Butt-head'', a show featuring two delinquent teenage boys known for their crass humor, uneducated minds and propensity for vandalism and destruction, all while making seemingly uncontrollable and uncalled for stuttering laughter.
*Runamuck's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' picture shows him holding Runabout's weapon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runamuck''' (ラナマック ''Ranamakku'')
*''French:'' '''Furioso''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Velenix'''
*''Russian:'' '''Dynamic''' (Динамик ''Dinamik'')
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==References==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:War Within Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]