Cy-Kill (GoBots) - Revision history

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	[[Image:Ask Cy-Kill.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.4\|having lovely time @ axiom nexus - thers monument to pointy things to my left (y) #backpacking]]		[[Image:Ask Cy-Kill.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.4\|having lovely time @ axiom nexus - thers monument to pointy things to my left (y) #backpacking]]
	'''Cy-Kill''' ~~is a [[GoBot\|cyborg alien]] from the planet [[Gobotron]]. Once, long ago, he~~ was one of the greatest of the heroic [[Guardian (GoBots)\|Guardians]]. Along with his partner [[Leader-1 (GoBots)\|Leader-1]] and [[Zeemon]], Cy-Kill was even named one of the three High Protectors of their world. Though originally content to share power with his friend, when Leader-1's fame began to eclipse his own he chaffed at the idea of being "lesser" to anyone. His boundless pride, ego, and ambition to power led him to rebel and take command of the scattered Renegade forces. If he could not rule Gobotron by popular acclaim he would take it by force! Cy-Kill seems to be quite at home in the role of brutal, ambitious warlord and would be world-conqueror. He was having a good time, fighting those do-gooder Guardians, when suddenly his entire dimension was placed in dire peril. Well, crap.		Once, long ago, '''Cy-Kill''' was one of the greatest of the heroic [[Guardian (GoBots)\|Guardians]]. Along with his partner [[Leader-1 (GoBots)\|Leader-1]] and [[Zeemon]], Cy-Kill was even named one of the three High Protectors of their world. Though originally content to share power with his friend, when Leader-1's fame began to eclipse his own he chaffed at the idea of being "lesser" to anyone. His boundless pride, ego, and ambition to power led him to rebel and take command of the scattered Renegade forces. If he could not rule [[Gobotron]] by popular acclaim he would take it by force! Cy-Kill seems to be quite at home in the role of brutal, ambitious warlord and would be world-conqueror. He was having a good time, fighting those do-gooder Guardians, when suddenly his entire dimension was placed in dire peril. Well, crap.

	He's very [[Megatron (BW)\|theatrical]].		He's very [[Megatron (BW)\|theatrical]].

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47: /* Go-Bots comic */

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Go-Bots comic

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	===''Go-Bots'' comic===		===''Go-Bots'' comic===
	[[File:GoBots1CyKillVLeader1.jpg\|thumb\|200px]]		[[File:GoBots1CyKillVLeader1.jpg\|thumb\|200px]]
	While most Go-Bots were built to serve man, "Go-Cycle Red" was built to serve his own kind, being built as a motorcycle for other Go-Bots to ride. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 5\|Go-Bots #5}} Cy-Kill, as he began calling himself, eventually wound up in the possession of [[T. Coriander Banks]] in [[2018]]. Part of an underground fight club, Cy-Kill had his bloodlust levels enhanced so he could take part in [[gladiatorial combat]]. Concurrently the [[United States military]] had allowed for their own Go-Bots to use lethal force. When this coding made its way to Cy-Kill, it deactivated his [[G-chip]] and gave him a desire to do harm to humans. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 2\|Go-Bots #2}}		While most Go-Bots were built to serve man, "Go-Cycle Red" was built to serve his own kind, being built as a motorcycle for other Go-Bots to ride. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 5\|Go-Bots #5}} Cy-Kill, as he began calling himself, eventually wound up in the possession of [[T. Coriander Banks]] in [[2018]]. Part of an underground fight club, Cy-Kill had his bloodlust levels enhanced so he could take part in [[gladiatorial combat]]. Concurrently, the [[United States military]] had allowed for their own Go-Bots to use lethal force. When this coding made its way to Cy-Kill, it deactivated his [[G-chip]] and gave him a desire to do harm to humans. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 2\|Go-Bots #2}}

	After killing his way out of Banks' establishment, Cy-Kill gathered a group of Renegade Go-Bots and drove off into the desert to blaze their own trail. When the humans sent Leader-1 after them, the Renegades managed to overpower the government Go-Bot and downloaded the nuclear codes from his processor. Aware that the humans would never leave them alone, Cy-Kill pledged world conquest to his forces. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 1\|Go-Bots #1}} After recruiting more of the dissatisfied masses to his cause, Cy-Kill marched his forces towards [[Washington, D.C.]]. After taunting the human sympathizers Turbo and Scooter for a time, Cy-Kill was confronted by Leader-1 and his faction of Go-Bots. The two leaders clashed in combat but Leader-1 ultimately proved the better fighter, defeating Cy-Kill and taking his place as leader of the Go-Bot rebellion. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 2\|Go-Bots #2}}		After killing his way out of Banks' establishment, Cy-Kill gathered a group of Renegade Go-Bots and drove off into the desert to blaze their own trail. When the humans sent Leader-1 after them, the Renegades managed to overpower the government Go-Bot and downloaded the nuclear codes from his processor. Aware that the humans would never leave them alone, Cy-Kill pledged world conquest to his forces. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 1\|Go-Bots #1}} After recruiting more of the dissatisfied masses to his cause, Cy-Kill marched his forces towards [[Washington, D.C.]]. After taunting the human sympathizers Turbo and Scooter for a time, Cy-Kill was confronted by Leader-1 and his faction of Go-Bots. The two leaders clashed in combat but Leader-1 ultimately proved the better fighter, defeating Cy-Kill and taking his place as leader of the Go-Bot rebellion. {{storylink\|Go-Bots issue 2\|Go-Bots #2}}

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47: /* Notes */ Thanks, Chris! Time to make fixes.

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Notes: Thanks, Chris! Time to make fixes.

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	[[Image:Cykillgobots.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|"Well, there's nothing you can do about me taking all the free cookies!"]]		[[Image:Cykillgobots.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|"Well, there's nothing you can do about me taking all the free cookies!"]]

	*Cy-Kill ~~is constantly~~ "[[~~easter~~ egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*In the 2000s to 2010s, Cy-Kill was "[[Easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various ''Transformers'' stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[Green Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Green Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)		*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)

Chris McFeely at 18:04, 31 March 2026

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	There was no saving their own universe, and no rational reason to destroy the universe that was removing theirs. Cy-Kill and his rival, [[Leader-1 (GoBots)\|Leader-1]] assembled their respective factions, explained their dire situation, and put together a team. This team would reconfigure their bodies to disguise themselves amongst these otherdimensional robots, use the [[Dimensional Interfacer]] to travel to their universe, and seek out help. {{storylink\|Withered Hope}}		There was no saving their own universe, and no rational reason to destroy the universe that was removing theirs. Cy-Kill and his rival, [[Leader-1 (GoBots)\|Leader-1]] assembled their respective factions, explained their dire situation, and put together a team. This team would reconfigure their bodies to disguise themselves amongst these otherdimensional robots, use the [[Dimensional Interfacer]] to travel to their universe, and seek out help. {{storylink\|Withered Hope}}

	An entity known as the "[[Lio Convoy\|Beast Sage]]" provided the Gobotronians and their universe some time, but eventually the effects of the Cataclysm began to spread once more. Although the Dimensional Interfacer still functioned, they were no longer able to contact their exploration teams due to [[Shroud\|unforeseen changes in dimensional space]]. Cy-Kill championed inter-dimensional evacuation, or even outright invasion, but Leader-1 and Zeemon rejected the idea, considering blind dimensional transport tantamount to suicide. {{storylink\|Sunrise}}		An entity known as the "[[Lio Convoy (BW)\|Beast Sage]]" provided the Gobotronians and their universe some time, but eventually the effects of the Cataclysm began to spread once more. Although the Dimensional Interfacer still functioned, they were no longer able to contact their exploration teams due to [[Shroud\|unforeseen changes in dimensional space]]. Cy-Kill championed inter-dimensional evacuation, or even outright invasion, but Leader-1 and Zeemon rejected the idea, considering blind dimensional transport tantamount to suicide. {{storylink\|Sunrise}}

	===Brain Problem Situation===		===Brain Problem Situation===

Chris McFeely: Removed protection from "Cy-Kill (GoBots)": That's probably enough time on that

2026-03-31T18:03:44Z

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	*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[~~Slave~~ Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Green Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)		*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)
	*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)		*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)

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	[[File:Echoes and Fragments Renegade meeting.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.5\|Let's do the show right here!]]		[[File:Echoes and Fragments Renegade meeting.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.5\|Let's do the show right here!]]

	[[Sideways (~~RID~~)\|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)\|Gong]] attempted to have some fun by mingling the universal streams of a GoBots reality with those of a Transformers reality during the events leading to the latter's first encounter with [[Unicron]]. As a result, Cy-Kill naturally found himself playing out the role of Decepticon emperor of destruction, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Megatron]].		[[Sideways (AVP)\|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)\|Gong]] attempted to have some fun by mingling the universal streams of a GoBots reality with those of a Transformers reality during the events leading to the latter's first encounter with [[Unicron]]. As a result, Cy-Kill naturally found himself playing out the role of Decepticon emperor of destruction, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Megatron]].

	When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] prepared to make a special run to [[Autobot City (G1)\|Autobot City]] on Earth from [[Moonbase One]], Cy-Kill's spy [[Snoop (GoBots)\|Snoop]] was there to intercept the new orders. Cy-Kill congratulated her on her espionage skills while simultaneously mocking [[Zero]] for his past failures. The Renegades attacked the Autobot [[Command Center (GoBots)\|Command Center]] en route to Earth, killing the crew of [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Prowl]], [[Brawn (G1)\|Brawn]], and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ratchet]], while keeping [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ironhide]] as a potential bargaining chip.		When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] prepared to make a special run to [[Autobot City (G1)\|Autobot City]] on Earth from [[Moonbase One]], Cy-Kill's spy [[Snoop (GoBots)\|Snoop]] was there to intercept the new orders. Cy-Kill congratulated her on her espionage skills while simultaneously mocking [[Zero]] for his past failures. The Renegades attacked the Autobot [[Command Center (GoBots)\|Command Center]] en route to Earth, killing the crew of [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Prowl]], [[Brawn (G1)\|Brawn]], and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ratchet]], while keeping [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ironhide]] as a potential bargaining chip.

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	*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy was nearly killed in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)		*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)
	*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)		*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)
	*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.		*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.

Cyberlink420: /* Notes */

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	*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy ~~couldn't even catch a break~~ in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)		*Poor guy was nearly killed in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)
	*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)		*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)
	*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.		*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.

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	*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy couldn't even catch a break in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, [https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162 ~~Hasbro gave the okay] [~~https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736 ~~and everything!]~~)		*Poor guy couldn't even catch a break in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)
	*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)		*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)
	*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.		*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.
	*A proposed [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of one of the [[Arcee (WFC)#Prime\|''Prime'' Arcee]] Deluxe class molds into a "Femme Fatale Cykill".{{sic}}<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>		*A proposed [[Fun Publications]] [[BotCon]] [[exclusive]] was a redeco of one of the [[Arcee (WFC)#Prime\|''Prime'' Arcee]] Deluxe class molds into a "Femme Fatale Cykill".{{sic}}<ref>[http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc14/bc14br.html BotCon 2014 attendee report]</ref>
	* An unrealized ''[[SD SG]]'' idea of [[Josh Perez]] was a ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of Cy-Kill, utilizing Cy-Kill's "Series 2" toy coloration.<ref>[https://twitter.com/dyemooch/status/1007241173809942530 ~~Tweet by~~ Josh Perez ~~(@dyemooch),~~ 2018/06/14]</ref>		* An unrealized ''[[SD SG]]'' idea of [[Josh Perez]] was a ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of Cy-Kill, utilizing Cy-Kill's "Series 2" toy coloration.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Correct on the Cy-Kill! SG Scooter would have been yellow, like Haruka's vespa from FLCL. Pincher would have either been Predacon Double Punch colors or Energon Scorponok colors.
			\|link=https://twitter.com/dyemooch/status/1007241173809942530\|name=Josh Perez\|site=Twitter\|year=2018\|month=06\|day=14}}</ref>

	===Foreign names===		===Foreign names===

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	[[Image:Ask Cy-Kill.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.4\|having lovely time @ axiom nexus - thers monument to pointy things to my left (y) #backpacking]]		[[Image:Ask Cy-Kill.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.4\|having lovely time @ axiom nexus - thers monument to pointy things to my left (y) #backpacking]]
	'''Cy-Kill''' ~~is a [[GoBot\|cyborg alien]] from the planet [[Gobotron]]. Once, long ago, he~~ was one of the greatest of the heroic [[Guardian (GoBots)\|Guardians]]. Along with his partner [[Leader-1 (GoBots)\|Leader-1]] and [[Zeemon]], Cy-Kill was even named one of the three High Protectors of their world. Though originally content to share power with his friend, when Leader-1's fame began to eclipse his own he chaffed at the idea of being "lesser" to anyone. His boundless pride, ego, and ambition to power led him to rebel and take command of the scattered Renegade forces. If he could not rule Gobotron by popular acclaim he would take it by force! Cy-Kill seems to be quite at home in the role of brutal, ambitious warlord and would be world-conqueror. He was having a good time, fighting those do-gooder Guardians, when suddenly his entire dimension was placed in dire peril. Well, crap.		Once, long ago, '''Cy-Kill''' was one of the greatest of the heroic [[Guardian (GoBots)\|Guardians]]. Along with his partner [[Leader-1 (GoBots)\|Leader-1]] and [[Zeemon]], Cy-Kill was even named one of the three High Protectors of their world. Though originally content to share power with his friend, when Leader-1's fame began to eclipse his own he chaffed at the idea of being "lesser" to anyone. His boundless pride, ego, and ambition to power led him to rebel and take command of the scattered Renegade forces. If he could not rule [[Gobotron]] by popular acclaim he would take it by force! Cy-Kill seems to be quite at home in the role of brutal, ambitious warlord and would be world-conqueror. He was having a good time, fighting those do-gooder Guardians, when suddenly his entire dimension was placed in dire peril. Well, crap.

	He's very [[Megatron (BW)\|theatrical]].		He's very [[Megatron (BW)\|theatrical]].

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	[[Image:Cykillgobots.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|"Well, there's nothing you can do about me taking all the free cookies!"]]		[[Image:Cykillgobots.jpg\|right\|150px\|thumb\|"Well, there's nothing you can do about me taking all the free cookies!"]]

	*Cy-Kill ~~is constantly~~ "[[~~easter~~ egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*In the 2000s to 2010s, Cy-Kill was "[[Easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various ''Transformers'' stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[Green Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Green Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)		*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)

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	*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[~~Slave~~ Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Green Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)		*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)
	*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)		*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)

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	[[Sideways (~~RID~~)\|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)\|Gong]] attempted to have some fun by mingling the universal streams of a GoBots reality with those of a Transformers reality during the events leading to the latter's first encounter with [[Unicron]]. As a result, Cy-Kill naturally found himself playing out the role of Decepticon emperor of destruction, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Megatron]].		[[Sideways (AVP)\|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)\|Gong]] attempted to have some fun by mingling the universal streams of a GoBots reality with those of a Transformers reality during the events leading to the latter's first encounter with [[Unicron]]. As a result, Cy-Kill naturally found himself playing out the role of Decepticon emperor of destruction, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Megatron]].

	When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] prepared to make a special run to [[Autobot City (G1)\|Autobot City]] on Earth from [[Moonbase One]], Cy-Kill's spy [[Snoop (GoBots)\|Snoop]] was there to intercept the new orders. Cy-Kill congratulated her on her espionage skills while simultaneously mocking [[Zero]] for his past failures. The Renegades attacked the Autobot [[Command Center (GoBots)\|Command Center]] en route to Earth, killing the crew of [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Prowl]], [[Brawn (G1)\|Brawn]], and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ratchet]], while keeping [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ironhide]] as a potential bargaining chip.		When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] prepared to make a special run to [[Autobot City (G1)\|Autobot City]] on Earth from [[Moonbase One]], Cy-Kill's spy [[Snoop (GoBots)\|Snoop]] was there to intercept the new orders. Cy-Kill congratulated her on her espionage skills while simultaneously mocking [[Zero]] for his past failures. The Renegades attacked the Autobot [[Command Center (GoBots)\|Command Center]] en route to Earth, killing the crew of [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Prowl]], [[Brawn (G1)\|Brawn]], and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ratchet]], while keeping [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Ironhide]] as a potential bargaining chip.

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	*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!		*Cy-Kill is constantly "[[easter egg]]ed" in [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)\|various Transformers stories]]. But, like, GoBots were totally ''lame'', so wouldn't it be ''hilarious'' if he was repeatedly killed over and over again because he was ''lame''? Yeah!
	*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!		*[[Slave Cy-Kill\|A generic Transformer]] resembling the silver, black, and green redecoed Cy-Kill toy appeared in a few IDW stories, where he was, you guessed it, killed!
	*Poor guy was nearly killed in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)		*Poor guy was nearly killed even in ''{{w\|The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special}}''. (No, really, Hasbro gave the okay and everything!<ref>{{citesocial\|\|quote=I chose from the ones available to us, either public domain or Disney or in the case of GoBots, Hasbro being very nice to let us use CyKill.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596921296520028162\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}<br>{{citesocial\|quote=Yes. They were awesome enough to agree. Really grateful for that.\|link=https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1596918783934836736\|name=James Gunn\|site=Twitter\|year=2022\|month=11\|day=27}}</ref>)
	*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)		*''A'' Cy-Kill was seen in the processing center of [[Axiom Nexus]] in "[[Transcendent: Part 1]]", not far from the interdimensional GoBot exploration team. Up until 2015's "Ask Vector Prime" and "Renegade Rhetoric" columns, stories said it was essential for the GoBot explorers to adopt a Transformer disguise, so who was this guy? The Q&A column Cy-Kill broke that rule by just wandering around as his usual self and in January 2016 it was established that the Cy-Kill in "Transcendent" was the Q&A Cy-Kill from an unrelated GoBot universe. (This raises the possibility that the doomed GoBots reality from "[[Games of Deception]]" onwards was ''not'' the original cartoon as [[authorial intent\|implied]].)
	*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.		*The original image used for [[Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric\|Renegade Rhetoric]] featured a picture of Cy-Kill taken from a screencap of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon. As it happens, that cartoon is still controlled by Hanna-Barbera/Time Warner (technically, [[Tonka]] owns the copyright on the show). Before the end of the day, the Renegade Rhetoric image was changed to an original, less lawsuity drawing of the almost-identical [[Cy-Kill (TransTech)\|''TransTech'' Cy-Kill]], [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as ''GoBots'' Cy-Kill, by [[Evan Gauntt]]. Given that later Renegade Rhetoric entries would include other screenshots from ''Challenge of the GoBots'', Fun Publications' concern may in fact be cartoon Cy-Kill's ties to a Bandai-owned mold.