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Dinobot Scorn: /* Toys */

2025-12-09T16:31:14Z

Toys

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	:*''Accessories'': [[Acid pellet\|acid pellet gun]], 2 artillery guns, [[Computron (G1)#The Transformers\|Computron]] head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates		:*''Accessories'': [[Acid pellet\|acid pellet gun]], 2 artillery guns, [[Computron (G1)#The Transformers\|Computron]] head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates
	:Within ''The Transformers'' [[Scattershot (G1)#Generation 1\|Scattershot]]'s nosecone was a spring-loaded, non-firing cannon-barrel that could be revealed by pressing the gray button on his pilot compartment roof, identified as an electric pulse cannon in his packaging bio.		:Within ''The Transformers'' [[Scattershot (G1)#Generation 1\|Scattershot]]'s nosecone was a spring-loaded, non-firing cannon-barrel that could be revealed by pressing the gray button on his pilot compartment roof, identified as an electric pulse cannon in his packaging bio.

			===''Combiner Wars''===
			{{anchor\|Combiner Wars}}
			[[File:CWDlxSunstreaker.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66]]
			<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)}}</ul>
			:*''Accessories'': "highly polished cyber machete", double-barreled "high-yield electron pulse" cannon/fist/foot

			:Sunstreaker came with a large silver (extensively bayoneted) gun referred to as a "high-yield electron pulse cannon". The bayonet portion of the gun appears to be his "highly polished cyber machete".
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*[[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]' ''More than Meets the Eye'' [[profile]]s often switched up the names of [[weapon]]s, sometimes just a little—such as adding the word "[[:Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 rifles\|rifle]]" to the end of an existing weapon's name—and sometimes by substituting a completely different-sounding weapon entirely. The pulse cannon is an edge case; it may have been intended as a genericised upgrade to Groundbreaker's [[pulse blaster]] and/or Broadside's [[plasma-pulse gun]], or it may have been created as a new weapon type intended to replace them both.		*[[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]'s ''More than Meets the Eye'' [[profile]]s often switched up the names of [[weapon]]s, sometimes just a little—such as adding the word "[[:Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 rifles\|rifle]]" to the end of an existing weapon's name—and sometimes by substituting a completely different-sounding weapon entirely. The pulse cannon is an edge case; it may have been intended as a genericised upgrade to Groundbreaker's [[pulse blaster]] and/or Broadside's [[plasma-pulse gun]], or it may have been created as a new weapon type intended to replace them both.
	*Similarly, they changed Scattershot's ''electric'' pulse cannon into an ''electron'' pulse cannon for some reason.		*Similarly, they changed Scattershot's ''electric'' pulse cannon into an ''electron'' pulse cannon for some reason.

	[[Category:Generation 1 cannons]]		[[Category:Generation 1 cannons]]
	[[Category:Pulse weapons\|Cannon]]		[[Category:Pulse weapons\|Cannon]]

Emvee at 18:47, 17 February 2025

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	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Scattershot''' (Technobot leader, 1987/[[1988]])}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Scattershot''' (Technobot leader, 1987/[[1988]])}}</ul>
	:*''Accessories'': [[Acid pellet\|acid pellet gun]], 2 artillery guns, [[Computron (G1)#The Transformers\|Computron]] head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates		:*''Accessories'': [[Acid pellet\|acid pellet gun]], 2 artillery guns, [[Computron (G1)#The Transformers\|Computron]] head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates
	:Within ''The Transformers'' [[Scattershot (G1)#Generation 1\|Scattershot]]'s nosecone ~~contained~~ a spring-loaded, non-firing cannon-barrel that could be revealed by pressing the gray button on his pilot compartment roof, identified as an electric pulse cannon in his packaging bio.		:Within ''The Transformers'' [[Scattershot (G1)#Generation 1\|Scattershot]]'s nosecone was a spring-loaded, non-firing cannon-barrel that could be revealed by pressing the gray button on his pilot compartment roof, identified as an electric pulse cannon in his packaging bio.
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Emvee at 18:36, 17 February 2025

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
	In [[robot mode\|robot]] and battle station modes, walking armory Fortress Maximus was armed with retractable pulse cannons that fired a strong ion beam capable of disrupting and incapacitating internal [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuits]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' profile}} Scattershot was equipped with a powerful 700 megavolt pulse cannon in his ~~nosecone in~~ [[Alternate mode\|vehicle mode]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Scattershot's ''Universe'' profile}}		In [[robot mode\|robot]] and battle station modes, walking armory Fortress Maximus was armed with retractable pulse cannons that fired a strong ion beam capable of disrupting and incapacitating internal [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuits]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' profile}} Scattershot was equipped with a powerful 700 megavolt pulse cannon in his [[Alternate mode\|vehicle mode]]'s nosecone. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Scattershot's ''Universe'' profile}}

	===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===		===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
	Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in ~~[[Alternate mode\|~~jet mode]], which he could also use as a rifle in robot mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} In vehicle mode, Scattershot's main weapon was an electron pulse cannon in his nosecone. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Scattershot's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}		Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in jet mode, which he could also use as a rifle in robot mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} In vehicle mode, Scattershot's main weapon was an electron pulse cannon in his nosecone. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Scattershot's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}
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Emvee: Scattershot

2025-02-17T18:35:19Z

Scattershot

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	[[File:DW G1Broadside.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb]]		[[File:DW G1Broadside.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb]]
	The [[Autobot]]s [[Broadside (G1)\|Broadside]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)\|Fortress Maximus]], and [[Groundbreaker]] are all armed with '''pulse cannons'''.		The [[Autobot]]s [[Broadside (G1)\|Broadside]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)\|Fortress Maximus]], and [[Groundbreaker]] are all armed with '''pulse cannons'''.

			[[Scattershot (G1)\|Scattershot]] also has a pulse cannon in vehicle and battle station modes, though whether it's an '''electric pulse cannon''' or an '''electron pulse cannon''' depends on who you ask.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
	In [[robot mode\|robot]] and battle station modes, walking armory Fortress Maximus was armed with retractable pulse cannons that fired a strong ion beam capable of disrupting and incapacitating internal [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuits]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' profile}}		In [[robot mode\|robot]] and battle station modes, walking armory Fortress Maximus was armed with retractable pulse cannons that fired a strong ion beam capable of disrupting and incapacitating internal [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuits]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' profile}} Scattershot was equipped with a powerful 700 megavolt pulse cannon in his nosecone in [[Alternate mode\|vehicle mode]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Scattershot's ''Universe'' profile}}

	===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===		===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
	Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in [[Alternate mode\|jet mode]], which he could also use as a rifle in robot mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}		Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in [[Alternate mode\|jet mode]], which he could also use as a rifle in robot mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} In vehicle mode, Scattershot's main weapon was an electron pulse cannon in his nosecone. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Scattershot's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}
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	:*''Accessories:'' [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Generation 1\|Spike]] Headmaster unit, [[Cerebros (G1)#Toys\|Cerebros]] large Headmaster unit, [[Cog (G1)\|Gasket]], [[Cog (G1)\|Grommet]], [[photon rifle]], dual [[laser blaster]], Cerebros's [[Laser rifle\|mini-laser rifle]], [[Cog (G1)\|Cog]]'s laser, radar scope, [[Master Sword]] ([[Japan]]ese release only), Cerebros's sword (Japanese release only)		:*''Accessories:'' [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Generation 1\|Spike]] Headmaster unit, [[Cerebros (G1)#Toys\|Cerebros]] large Headmaster unit, [[Cog (G1)\|Gasket]], [[Cog (G1)\|Grommet]], [[photon rifle]], dual [[laser blaster]], Cerebros's [[Laser rifle\|mini-laser rifle]], [[Cog (G1)\|Cog]]'s laser, radar scope, [[Master Sword]] ([[Japan]]ese release only), Cerebros's sword (Japanese release only)
	:According to his [[packaging]] [[bio]], ''[[The Transformers (toyline)\|The Transformers]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1\|Fortress Maximus]] was armed with retractable pulse cannons. This [[mold]] was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Masterforce\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Toys\|Grand Maximus]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Car Robots]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Car Robots\|Brave Maximus]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)\|Robotmasters]]'' "[[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Robotmasters\|Cybertron Base]]".		:According to his [[packaging]] [[bio]], ''[[The Transformers (toyline)\|The Transformers]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1\|Fortress Maximus]] was armed with retractable pulse cannons. This [[mold]] was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Masterforce\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Toys\|Grand Maximus]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Car Robots]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Car Robots\|Brave Maximus]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)\|Robotmasters]]'' "[[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Robotmasters\|Cybertron Base]]".
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			[[File:G1-toy Scattershot.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb]]
			<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Scattershot''' (Technobot leader, 1987/[[1988]])}}</ul>
			:*''Accessories'': [[Acid pellet\|acid pellet gun]], 2 artillery guns, [[Computron (G1)#The Transformers\|Computron]] head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates
			:Within ''The Transformers'' [[Scattershot (G1)#Generation 1\|Scattershot]]'s nosecone contained a spring-loaded, non-firing cannon-barrel that could be revealed by pressing the gray button on his pilot compartment roof, identified as an electric pulse cannon in his packaging bio.
	{{--}}		{{--}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*[[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]' ''More than Meets the Eye'' [[profile]]s often switched up the names of [[weapon]]s, sometimes just a little—such as adding the word "[[:Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 rifles\|rifle]]" to the end of an existing weapon's name—and sometimes by substituting a completely different-sounding weapon entirely. The pulse cannon is an edge case; it may have been intended as a genericised upgrade to Groundbreaker's [[pulse blaster]] and/or Broadside's [[plasma-pulse gun]], or it may have been created as a new weapon type intended to replace them both.		*[[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]' ''More than Meets the Eye'' [[profile]]s often switched up the names of [[weapon]]s, sometimes just a little—such as adding the word "[[:Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 rifles\|rifle]]" to the end of an existing weapon's name—and sometimes by substituting a completely different-sounding weapon entirely. The pulse cannon is an edge case; it may have been intended as a genericised upgrade to Groundbreaker's [[pulse blaster]] and/or Broadside's [[plasma-pulse gun]], or it may have been created as a new weapon type intended to replace them both.
			*Similarly, they changed Scattershot's ''electric'' pulse cannon into an ''electron'' pulse cannon for some reason.

	[[Category:Generation 1 cannons]]		[[Category:Generation 1 cannons]]
	[[Category:Pulse weapons\|Cannon]]		[[Category:Pulse weapons\|Cannon]]

Emvee at 15:18, 22 March 2024

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	*[[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]' ''More than Meets the Eye'' [[profile]]s often switched up the names of [[weapon]]s, sometimes just a little—such as adding the word "[[:Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 rifles\|rifle]]" to the end of an existing weapon's name—and sometimes by substituting a completely different-sounding weapon entirely. The pulse cannon is an edge case; it may have been intended as a genericised upgrade to Groundbreaker's [[pulse blaster]] and/or Broadside's [[plasma-pulse gun]], or it may have been created as a new weapon type intended to replace them both.		*[[Dreamwave Productions\|Dreamwave]]' ''More than Meets the Eye'' [[profile]]s often switched up the names of [[weapon]]s, sometimes just a little—such as adding the word "[[:Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 rifles\|rifle]]" to the end of an existing weapon's name—and sometimes by substituting a completely different-sounding weapon entirely. The pulse cannon is an edge case; it may have been intended as a genericised upgrade to Groundbreaker's [[pulse blaster]] and/or Broadside's [[plasma-pulse gun]], or it may have been created as a new weapon type intended to replace them both.

	[[Category:~~Dreamwave~~ Generation 1 cannons]]		[[Category:Generation 1 cannons]]
	[[Category:Pulse weapons\|Cannon]]		[[Category:Pulse weapons\|Cannon]]

Emvee at 11:06, 22 March 2024

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
	In [[robot mode]], walking armory Fortress Maximus was armed with retractable pulse cannons that fired a strong ion beam capable of disrupting and incapacitating internal [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuits]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' profile}}		In [[robot mode\|robot]] and battle station modes, walking armory Fortress Maximus was armed with retractable pulse cannons that fired a strong ion beam capable of disrupting and incapacitating internal [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuits]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' profile}}

	===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===		===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===

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	===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===		===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
	Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in [[Alternate mode\|jet mode]], which he could also use as a rifle in robot mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}		Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in [[Alternate mode\|jet mode]], which he could also use as a rifle in robot mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}
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	==Toys==		==Toys==

Emvee: Fort Max

2024-03-21T11:30:22Z

Fort Max

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	[[File:DW G1Broadside.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb]]		[[File:DW G1Broadside.jpg\|upright=1.66\|thumb]]
	The [[Autobot]]s [[Broadside (G1)\|Broadside]] and [[Groundbreaker]] are ~~both~~ armed with '''pulse cannons'''.		The [[Autobot]]s [[Broadside (G1)\|Broadside]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)\|Fortress Maximus]], and [[Groundbreaker]] are all armed with '''pulse cannons'''.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
			===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
			In [[robot mode]], walking armory Fortress Maximus was armed with retractable pulse cannons that fired a strong ion beam capable of disrupting and incapacitating internal [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuits]]. {{storylink\|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)\|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' profile}}

	===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===		===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
	Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in [[Alternate mode\|jet mode]], which he could also use as a rifle in [[robot mode]]. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}		Broadside was armed with a pulse cannon in [[Alternate mode\|jet mode]], which he could also use as a rifle in robot mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Broadside's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}} Groundbreaker used a remote-controlled pulse cannon that could fly and operate on its own and which formed his primary armament in vehicle mode. {{storylink\|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye\|Groundbreaker's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}

			==Toys==
			===''The Transformers''===
			[[File:G1FortressMaximus toy.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66]]
			<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, [[1987]])}}</ul>
			:*''Accessories:'' [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Generation 1\|Spike]] Headmaster unit, [[Cerebros (G1)#Toys\|Cerebros]] large Headmaster unit, [[Cog (G1)\|Gasket]], [[Cog (G1)\|Grommet]], [[photon rifle]], dual [[laser blaster]], Cerebros's [[Laser rifle\|mini-laser rifle]], [[Cog (G1)\|Cog]]'s laser, radar scope, [[Master Sword]] ([[Japan]]ese release only), Cerebros's sword (Japanese release only)
			:According to his [[packaging]] [[bio]], ''[[The Transformers (toyline)\|The Transformers]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1\|Fortress Maximus]] was armed with retractable pulse cannons. This [[mold]] was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Masterforce\|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Toys\|Grand Maximus]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)\|Car Robots]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Car Robots\|Brave Maximus]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)\|Robotmasters]]'' "[[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Robotmasters\|Cybertron Base]]".
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	==Notes==		==Notes==

Emvee at 10:40, 13 March 2024

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	[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 cannons]]		[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 cannons]]
	[[Category:Pulse weapons]]		[[Category:Pulse weapons\|Cannon]]