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:''The Decepticon Crypt is a location on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:DecepticonCrypt1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Save Tookie!]]
 
The '''Decepticon Crypt''' is located beneath the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].  It is the place where the [[Decepticon]]s either lay the remains of their dead to rest, or simply honor their fallen comrades with markers bearing their likeness.
[[Image:DecepticonCrypt1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Save Tookie!]]
The '''Decepticon Crypt''' is located beneath the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].  It is the place where the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] either lay the remains of their dead to rest, or simply honor their fallen comrades with markers bearing their likeness.


The requirements for being honored in this manner are anyone's guess, considering the known markers.
The requirements for being honored in this manner are anyone's guess, considering the known markers.


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The figures inside the Crypt include:
 
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream's legs]]
*[[Prophetic dead Decepticon]]
*[[Bloodron]]
*[[Floron]]
*[[Murdron]]


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
While being chased by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep|Sweeps]], [[Octane]] stumbled into the Decepticon Crypt quite by accident.  Within the Crypt he attempted to hide from his pursuers, and was met by the disembodied spirit of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].  {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost|Starscream's Ghost}}
While being chased by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, [[Octane]] stumbled into the Decepticon Crypt quite by accident.  Within the Crypt he attempted to hide from his pursuers, and was met by the disembodied spirit of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]].  {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}
 
 
 
 
====Markers within the Crypt====
[[Image:MegatronCryptMarker1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|His spark ain't the only thing 'bout him that's stone cold]]
'''Megatron'''
 
A large statue of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] hovers over the entrance to the Crypt.  Megatron's statue was either built before the arrival of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] at Starscream's coronation (which would be pretty impressive, really, unless they'd been planning for it well beforehand), or indicates that the Decepticons view those who have been [[Reformatting|reformatted]] as "dead".
 
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[[Image:ThundercrackerCryptMarker1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Gray is the new blue!]]
'''Thundercracker'''
 
[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s marker can be seen prominently in the Crypt.  Octane considered hiding behind his marker, but out of respect/fear, decided not to.
 
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[[Image:StarscreamCryptMarker1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Octane's a big leg fan.]]
'''Starscream'''
 
Starscream's marker is represented by only a pair of legs, oddly.  It is possible that construction of his marker was halted when [[Unicron]] attacked Cybertron shortly after his death and never completed due to the Decepticons being driven from the planet.  Or, being a jerk that procured such an important Decepticon rank to match the jerktitude (which includes throwing out your pre-formatted leader), his marker would have just been a pair of poorly made feet.  It is also possible it was a dark joke on the part of the Decepticons who remember him being reduced to a pair of smoking shins by Galvatron.
 
{{note|It's also possible some wage-slave just screwed up and forgot the other cel with the rest of his body on it, or that the shot was supposed to be closer-in.}}
 
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[[Image:PropheticCryptGuy1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Jerk]]
'''Prophetic Jerk'''
 
Inscribed upon this dude's marker is a terrible prophecy: "Death comes to anyone who hides behind my marker". Jerk.
 
Oddly ''prophetic'' jerk.
 
''Octane's somewhat sarcastic recitation of the line suggests that it may not literally be what is inscribed upon the marker - it sounds for all the world like he's poking fun at the morose [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. It's quite possible the writer intended for this to be his marker, and the background artists didn't get the memo. Of course... Dirge was alive at the time. So... yeah.''
 
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[[Image:BloodronCryptMarker1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Bloodron actually sleeps inside this thing.]]
'''Bloodron'''
 
[[Bloodron]] has a marker in the Decepticon Crypt and one in the [[Hall of Heroes]], too.
 
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[[Image:Floron guardian.jpg|right|150px|thumb|If you hide behind his marker, you're a racist.]]
'''Floron'''
 
[[Floron]] is honored with a place in the Decepticon Crypt and in the Hall of Heroes.
 
 
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[[Image:Mortron marker.jpg|left|150px|thumb|This was no boating accident, this was Murdron!]]
'''Murdron'''
 
[[Murdron]] managed to earn himself a cozy spot within the Crypt and the Hall of Heroes as well.


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==Notes==
*You can actually pin-down more or less precisely when certain markers were added to the crypt, as the window of opportunity for their construction was fairly slim.  With Megatron and Thundercracker being included, that would seem to indicate their markers were built sometime during the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', after they were thrown out of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] but before they returned during Starscream's coronation as [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and were still considered "dead".  Likewise, Starscream's marker had to have been constructed after he was killed during his coronation, but before the Autobots drove the Decepticons from Cybertron by the end of the film.
*The statue of Starscream's legs is a possible reference to the real-life {{w|Boot Monument}} honoring Benedict Arnold. He was an American Revolution general who, like Starscream, was generally treacherous to his fellow troops prior to defecting but was nonetheless honored by the monument for his service.


[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Planet Cybertron]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]

Latest revision as of 08:59, 25 January 2023

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The Decepticon Crypt is located beneath the surface of Cybertron. It is the place where the Decepticons either lay the remains of their dead to rest, or simply honor their fallen comrades with markers bearing their likeness.

The requirements for being honored in this manner are anyone's guess, considering the known markers.

The figures inside the Crypt include:

Fiction

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The Transformers cartoon

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While being chased by Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps, Octane stumbled into the Decepticon Crypt quite by accident. Within the Crypt he attempted to hide from his pursuers, and was met by the disembodied spirit of Starscream. Starscream's Ghost

Notes

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  • You can actually pin-down more or less precisely when certain markers were added to the crypt, as the window of opportunity for their construction was fairly slim. With Megatron and Thundercracker being included, that would seem to indicate their markers were built sometime during the events of The Transformers: The Movie, after they were thrown out of Astrotrain but before they returned during Starscream's coronation as Galvatron and Scourge and were still considered "dead". Likewise, Starscream's marker had to have been constructed after he was killed during his coronation, but before the Autobots drove the Decepticons from Cybertron by the end of the film.
  • The statue of Starscream's legs is a possible reference to the real-life Boot Monument honoring Benedict Arnold. He was an American Revolution general who, like Starscream, was generally treacherous to his fellow troops prior to defecting but was nonetheless honored by the monument for his service.
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