Editing Volcaticon

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:''Volcaticon is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generations Selects Special Comic|Japanese Generations Selects]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[file:Volcaticon.jpg|300px|thumb|''We are our dad!/We're our dad!/Boogie woogie woogie!]]
'''Volcaticon''' (ボルカティコン ''Borukatikon'') is the ultimate expression of the power of familial bonds. A fusion of the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and their father [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], he combines Grimlock's warrior spirit with the Technobots' advanced weaponry. Unlike most [[Combiner]]s, Volcaticon's gestalt consciousness is a loose assembly centred around Grimlock, allowing his limbs to retain their individual will. This allows them to download [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]'s intelligence into Grimlock, returning him to his [[Grimlock's New Brain|super-intelligent state]]. His upgraded brain lets Grimlock take on problems without resorting to Computron's sluggish, percentage-based thinking, useful for dealing with abstract issues like [[Selector|civil rights]]. 

Volcaticon is made up of:

*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (torso)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (right arm)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (right leg)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (left leg)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (left arm)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (Electropulse Cannon)

==Fiction==
===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
Volcaticon was born during the [[2050]] [[Selector]] uprising, with the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] siding against the [[Cybertron Alliance]] and the [[human]]s, [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] noting that they could never betray their father [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. They arrived as Grimlock faced down [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who had already defeated the other [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The six combined into Volcaticon, Grimlock having gained combination abilities from exposure to [[Angolmois Energy]] and usage of [[Kakuryu (G1)|Grimmaster]]'s [[Energon Matrix]]. Volcaticon offered Sky Lynx an alliance, both being [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]] robots, but Sky Lynx declined, calling Grimlock an idiot. Grimlock then retorted that if he was an idiot, he would simply get smarter, downloading Computron's intelligence into himself. The Technobots calculated Sky Lynx's weakpoints, and Volcaticon blasted him with an electropulse, separating him into his components and leaving him paralysed completely. Grimlock then explained the source of his intelligence, revealing that he planned to use his keen mind to find a peaceful solution that would benefit both the humans and the Selectors. Sadly, at that moment the [[Quintesson]]s attacked, a desperate [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] having cut a deal with them to defeat the Selectors. Transformer-corroding gas bombs were dropped on the Alliance, Selectors and Dinobots alike. Volcaticon split apart and reformed as Computron and [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]], the still-intelligent Grimlock advising that combination would increase their ability to resist the gas. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}.

==Toys==
===''Unite Warriors''/''Generations Selects''===
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*'''Volcaticon'''
**'''Computicon''' (Multi-pack, 2016-[[August 27|08-27]])
**'''Volcanicus''' (''Generations Selects'' Multi-pack, 2021-[[February 27|02-27]])
:While there is no specific release of Volcaticon, you can make him yourself using the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' release of the [[Technobot (G1)#Unite Warriors|Technobots]] and Grimlock's ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Selects|toy]]. However, there's nothing stopping you from using the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' versions of the [[Technobot (G1)#Generations|Technobots]] and Grimlock's ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|figure]] to form him. Either way, good luck balancing Scattershot on top of Afterburner, though.
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==Notes==
*Volcaticon's name is a portmanteau of '''Volca'''nicus (duh) and Computron's Japanese name, Compu'''ticon'''. An English-language version would be something like "Volcatron", but given the common "[[Decepticon leader]]" connotations of "-tron", an alternative interpretation could be "Volcamputron". 

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