Editing Hatchet (DOTM)

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{{disambig2|the ''Dark of the Moon'' Decepticon Dread|the misinformed professor|Hatchet (BWU)}}
:''Hatchet is a [[Decepticon]] [[Dread (DOTM)|Dread]] from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:DOTM_Hatchet_concept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9|When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and isn't now, or ought to be human and isn't, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.]]
Decepticon master strategist '''Hatchet''' is most famous for formulating devastating counter-attacks against [[Autobot]] defenses. Yet as a member of the Dreads infiltration and assassination team, he also plays another role, taking on the dirtiest jobs available personally and exterminating his targets with a brutal and efficient finality.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' adaptations===
Hatchet was one of the many Decepticons stationed on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. When [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was being retrieved from the wreckage of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', he quietly emerged from the Moon's surface and secretly hitched a ride on the Autobots' shuttle back to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
[[File:DOTM-Hatchetpounce.jpg|right|thumb|250px|This is what we call a hatchet job.]]
[[Image:HatchetTF3.jpg|left|thumb|255px|An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.]]
After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was retrieved from Earth's moon and reactivated, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] put into motion the plan that had been waiting in the wings for hundreds of years. With the [[human]] [[Sam Witwicky]] believing that the Decepticons wished to capture Sentinel and force him to use the control pillar to activate his space bridge, the Dreads were sent to pursue the Autobots. After [[Crowbar]] disposed of [[Seymour Simmons]], Hatchet and [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] leaped to attack, only for the Autobots to break suddenly and deploy their [[Stealth Force]] mode. Hatchet was targeted by the Autobot [[Dino]], who embedded his anchored blades into the Decepticon's back, and corralled Hatchet into the firing line of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]. After Hatchet was pounded with Autobot ordnance, Dino tossed the Decepticon into the oncoming side of the highway, where he slammed into a passing car and was destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Hatchet’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]," the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]," and the storybooks "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]."}}
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==Toys==
===''Dark of the Moon''===
[[File:DOTM_CyberverseCommander_Hatchet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery.]]
*'''Decepticon Hatchet''' (Cyberverse Commander, [[2011]])
**''ID number'': '''Series 1, 007'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''CV21'''
**''Accessories'': 2 attack drones/alpha-rez cannons
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Hisao Nishimoto]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Unlike his onscreen appearance, ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Hatchet transforms into a modified Eurofighter Typhoon jet. He includes two attack drones that can be carried under his wings in vehicle mode or transformed into two cannons, one single- and one multi-barreled. These cannons can then be combined end-to-end to form a larger two-handled rifle. Despite being a quadruped, his claws are still designed to be able to hold Cyberverse-scale weapons. He has sculpted "muscle" detailing on his torso, sculpted spine detailing on his back, and the jet exhaust around his neck resembles a collar. His jet mode has flip-out landing gear in the nose. 

:Most likely to save space, his lower legs are not fully transformed in-package (the official photos also depict him mistransformed this way.). The instructions also don't mention it, but Hatchet can stand very well on two legs, being able to hold his weapons in his hands without balance issues.

:In an undocumented step of his transformation, the flap behind his cockpit (at the base of his robot mode tail) flips back to cover much of the open space in his torso. In a total design fluke, this cavity is large enough for a Human Alliance human figure, making Hatchet function like a Human Alliance toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/Hatchet/hatchet.htm More information on Hatchet at TFU.info]''

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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:TF-Buzzworthy-Bumblebee-Deluxe-Hatchet.jpg|thumb|300px|I have a friend, he thought—I have a friend now. A hungry friend, but a good one. I have a friend named fire.]]
* '''Hatchet''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]]?)
**''Movie'': '''''Dark of the Moon'''''

:''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' ''[[Studio Series]]'' Hatchet finishes off the Deluxe-sized Dreads, turning into a Chevrolet Suburban for the first time. Hatchet appears to share some engineering with the previous Dreads in the line. Unlike the other Dreads in the line, he does not come with a weapon.

:Much like the rest of ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'', Hatchet is exclusive to [[Target]] and was first revealed via online listings with no prior announcement from Hasbro. 

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==Notes==
[[File:TF-TLK-Dread-Alternate-Concept-Art-03.jpg|thumb|right|Once you start doing something bad, then it's easy to take the next step—and in the end, you're a moral sewer.]]
*In early production, the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]] were announced to be a pair of modified Chevrolet Suburbans. Photos of only two prop vehicles were even taken on-set.<ref name="suburb">[http://screenrant.com/transformers-3-characters-dreads-rob-95462/ "Transformers 3 Characters: Meet The Dreads"]</ref> In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|final movie]], all three Dreads use identical Chevrolet Suburbans as their [[alternate mode]]s, with individual robot modes between the three of them. For the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|toy line]], Hasbro decided to give them individual alternate modes as well, which is why only [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] turns into a Suburban.
*An early working name for him was "Dirtbag".<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
*Several Dread [[Assaulter]]s identical to Hatchet appear in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]]. Likewise, three giant versions of Hatchet with back-mounted guns were present in the opening battle scene of ''Dark of the Moon''.
*At some point during the production of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', there was going to be a Decepticon sharing the same body-type as Hatchet that would appear alongside [[Dreadbot]] and [[Berserker]]. According to [[Josh Nizzi]]'s Instagram account<ref name="tlkdreads">[https://www.instagram.com/p/BZW_tHdjF_g/?taken-by=joshnizzi.art Josh Nizzi's Instagram].</ref>, this guy would have (possibly) been a member of the Dreads. Ultimately, Hatchet's doppelganger was removed from the final cut.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hatchet''' (ハチェット ''Hachetto'')

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Strategists]]