Editing Skalor

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:''Skalor is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Gulf cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Steeljaw hates him.]]
'''Skalor''' ''stinks'', and that's not so much an insult as it is a declaration of fact. Skalor suffers from what [[Human|humans]] would call a "glandular problem": small amounts of odiferous lubricants and liquids seep out through his joints and pollute the environment with his putrid stench. While his fellow Decepticons have pleaded with him ''repeatedly'' to have his noxious ailment looked at by a professional, Skalor just shrugs their gasping cries off with a "Not my problem".

Skalor can combine with his fellow [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] to form [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]]. 

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
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[[Image:Skalortentakilcoldwar.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Skalor's so small and cute... for a slob.]]
''When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Earthbound Decepticons established their new undersea base, Seawing and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] were summoned from Cybertron to work on the base's fortifications, as they were uniquely suited for underwater activity. They got more than they bargained for when the super-Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] came a'calling. In the battle, Seawing and [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] managed to momentarily stun Galvatron, but in the end even the combined might of [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] couldn't beat him.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}

''After Shockwave was deposed, the new commander [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] kept the Seacons on retainer for another mission. ''The Seacons were commissioned to hunt down a sunken shipwreck in the water around the Decepticon undersea base, a wreck which supposedly contained two Autobot cassettes with valuable information encoded on them. They successfully obtained the treasure chest containing the cassettes and, despite a brief theft by the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], managed to recapture the prize and return it to their leader. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Unfortunately for them, this led to a sequence of events whereby the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] acquired the power of the [[Underbase]] for himself. After the arrival of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s band of Decepticons, which Skalor and the other Seacons "greeted" as Piranacon, the two bands of Decepticons erupted into Civil War. {{storylink|Cold War!}}  

[[Image:Skalorjetfiredie.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Aw, Skalor gets his own death panel.]]
But after the Autobots also arrived, the two Decepticon groups united against them.  Ultimately, once all sides realized they had been duped by Starscream, the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to unite in order to stop him from seizing ultimate power. The Seacons attacked Starscream in unison in the waters around [[New York City|Manhattan]], but the other five were destroyed in a single energy discharge. Skalor was spared, but only momentarily. Starscream quickly destroyed him as well, while also ending the life of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

====Earthforce====
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''Sometime later, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] traveled back in time and possessed the body of Seacon leader Snaptrap during the [[Underbase Saga]], in an attempt to save them in the past to bolster his troops in the present. He failed due to the intervention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and the Seacons met their fate as before.'' {{storylink|Flashback!}}

====''Classics''====

When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] detected an apparent traitor in his organization, he assembled Snaptrap, Skalor and the Seacons to face the betrayer. Unfortunately, their target was [[Hun-Grrr]], leader of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s, and Terrorcons stick together. Literally. As [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] formed inside the Decepticon armory, Skalor and the others took aim at the giant's weak points, but were unable to break up the combination robot. The Seacons then switched tactics, forming their own giant warrior, Piranacon. Overbite remained separate from his fellows and, after the initial bout of grappling and melee, lept into the fray in his stormsurge cannon mode, blasting Abominus in the face with a foot-wide blast of corrosive fluid.

The enraged behemoth continued fighting back, knocking Piranacon to the floor. [[Nautilator]] slipped free from the combination form and joined Overbite behind Abominus. The smaller warriors were beneath Abominus's notice until they concentrated their firepower on his lower leg, bringing him down. As Overbite and Nautilator reconnected with Piranacon, the latter shifted into weapons mode and further disabled Abominus with a blast from his torpedo cannon. One final swipe from Piranacon's coral blade, and Abominus was finished.

Believing the imminent battle with Megatron's Decepticon forces was compromised, Bludgeon summoned the Seacons to his command centre to prep for the attack. Bludgeon was so enthralled with analyzing the attack pattern of Megatron's incoming ships that he failed to notice the Seacons merge once more. The real traitors, they formed Piranacon and obliterated Bludgeon using their mass compression cannon before alerting Megatron's forces that the area was secure. {{Storylink|At Fight's End}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers''===
In the form of Piranacon, Skalor and the Seacons battled [[Predaking]] in the [[Gladiator Zone]] before joining [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s new army of Decepticons. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} They proceeded to capture a few Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] and participate in an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony, during which they helped take out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Piranacon was then defeated when [[Sixshot]] was thrown into his face. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
Like his fellow Seacons, Skalor was woke from his slumber on the bottom of the ocean by an [[Elder God]]'s [[fish people|servants]] and brought to their underground city. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Skalorg1toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|From robot to fish to fishstick.]]
*'''Skalor''' (Seacon, 1988)
**''Team ID number'': '''SE4'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right "Dual Crustation Rifles", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

: Skalor transforms into a [[Wikipedia:Coelacanth|coelacanth]] with arms and legs. His two "[[dual crustation rifles]]" can be mounted on his fish-mode back on opposite sides of his dorsal fin. He also has a third "[[corrosive slime-shooter]]" [[Targetmaster]] mode,<ref>1988 [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' catalog</ref> which can be mounted on the weapon stand formed from the "Tripod Rifle" and other accessories, or held in the hand of the Seacons' combined robot. As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any compatible robot combination, though his nominal placement is as the right leg to Piranacon (although the toy's instructions had him as the right ''arm'').

: This toy was sold in Japan as [[Gulf]]. It was also used to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Coelagon]].

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


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*'''Piranacon''' (Gift set, 1988)
**''Accessories'': Left & right "Dual Crustation Rifles", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

: Skalor was also available in the Seacon box set, along with his teammates [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]], and [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]]. [[Nautilator]] was not included. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.

===Timelines===
[[Image:Skalortimelinestoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I was going to be a new guy, but now I'm old me!]]
*'''Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Left &amp; right blasters, long rifle, connector, weapon stand base

: A [[redeco]] of the Generation 1 mold above, ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Skalor was available exclusively as part of a [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Official Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] giftset containing all six Seacons in new color schemes. He is once again depicted as the right leg of the combined super robot, but his Targetmaster weapon mode is now a [[slimespray rifle]]. Noteworthy is that Skalor features a black paint wash which may represent that he is a filthy, filthy man.

:This toy was originally intended as an exclusive set of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''-series [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], but was shelved due to a lack of retailer interest. The team were called the Piranhacons and their combined form was Piranhaking; Skalor was only ever identified with the tongue-in-cheek placeholder name [[Aaron Archer|"Archerbot"]] (as [[Hasbro]] had not yet secured the [[trademark]] for "Skalor" at the time of the presentation).
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===Transformers (2010)===
* '''Decepticon Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2010)
**''Accessories'':

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Écailleur''' (Canada)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;char=Skalor Skalor's Universe entry at NTFA.net]

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