Editing Domestication

'''Domestication''' is a gruesome form of torture, a medical process designed to denigrate and humiliate [[Transformer]]s who possess [[beast mode]]s. By lobotomizing the Transformer in question, mutilating their [[voice box]], and subsequently denting their [[transformation cog]], the victim becomes little more than a feral animal, unable to comprehend their situation or return to [[robot mode]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Dominus Ambus]] served as a mole within the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] until his cover was eventually blown. As retribution, [[Kaon (G1)|Kaon]] had Dominus domesticated, leaving him permanently trapped as a [[turbofox]] that his tormentor adopted, nicknaming him "The Pet". {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}}

After the end of the war, the ex-Decepticon [[Demus]] began kidnapping and domesticating beast mode Transformers, marketing them as fun "[[Roboid]]" toys. These half-dead "toys" were marketed to violent, robophobic species across the galaxy, and buyers tended to use them as torture dolls; the Roboids in question were ''just'' sentient enough to feel the pain. Following Demus's death, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] took custody of the Roboids, and [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] left Maximus a note explaining how to surgically reverse the domestication process. {{storylink|Animals}}

Back on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] was tasked with reversing the procedure. Although Spinister's techniques were successful, they were also time-consuming, and months later only a fraction of the Roboids had been rehabilitated. Cerebros developed a brain implant that would speed up the process greatly, but Fortress Maximus and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] refused to allow its use. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} After defeating [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], they changed their minds and the remaining Roboids were rapidly repaired and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

==See also==
*[[Transformation paralysis]]
*[[Suppressor (device)]]
*[[Transfixatron]]
*[[Transformation Lock Lens]]
*[[Transformation virus]]
*[[Empurata]]

[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformer culture]]
[[Category:Restraining devices]]
[[Category:Torture and execution devices]]