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'''Malignus''' is the name of an evil faction of Cybertronians.  Its known members include:
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* [[Camaro]]
[[Image:Malignus symbol.png|right|180px|thumb|Rah! I'm a mon-stah!]]
* [[Jipe (Malignus)|Jipe]]
'''Malignus''' is the name of a faction of Cybertronians. In most realities they've been a revolutionary faction, though exactly who and what they're rebelling against depends.
* [[Pick-Up (Malignus)|Pick-Up]]
* [[Turbo]]


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Timelines===
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{{storylink|Gone Too Far|Gone Too Far}}
===''TransTech''===
The Malignus were a group of revolutionaries who united under [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] to take control of [[Axiom Nexus]]. When Gutcruncher was killed by [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]], the Malignus thought the killers were [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]], formed an angry mob, and went after them. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}


n Axiom Nexus, Jackpot  goes through interrogation by a rather crotchety member of the Department of Acclimation. He and Hubcap have wound up in the multiversal city after some sort of space bridge accident. Designated Jackpot III, Primax Cluster, he is reunited with Hubcap and introduced to their guide, Scattorshot, whose job is to introduce them to their new world. Over glasses of oil at a plaza-side pub, Scattorshot explains the way Axiom Nexus works to his offworlder guests, explaining such bureaucratic funfests as the Order of Bureaucratic Enlightenment and the Freelance Police Legion, not to mention the vagaries of cross-dimensional travel. Jackpot regards the whole thing as just another travel stop, but Hubcap is uneasy about both the bureaucracy and the limitations placed on offworlders.
===Ask Vector Prime===
A Malignus had once challenged a [[Titan (group)|Metrotitan]] to a [[scanning]] contest. Though the Malignus won the first two rounds, the giant scanned the impenetrable Rainbow City prompting the Malignus, in foolish pride, to try and scan entropy itself, succeeding only in scattering the molecules of his [[spark]]. The story became known to one of the [[Thirteen]] who eventually recounted it to Vector Prime. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Faceboook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/17}}


After Scattershot leaves them, the pair find their way to the somewhat seedy tavern The Blue Deployer. Jackpot makes the acquaintance of the owner, Cryotek, while Hubcap attempts to win them some credits via gambling. Hubcap does well; playing cards against Gutcruncher, he is preparing to win a high-stakes round when a bizarre twist of Jackpot's luck-altering aura causes him to lose all his earnings, and the loan money they'd finagled in the first place.
[[Vector Prime]] noted that some lower-gradient [[Nexus (cluster)|Nexus]] universes had a Malignus faction. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Faceboook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}


As the two Autobots debate their next move, Gutcruncher invites them in to talk business, offering them unspecified but well-paid work if they show up at a meeting the next day. Cryotek, noting that the Autobots' monetary options are severely limited, advises them to take him up on it, despite their misgivings.
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
The Malignus began on the planet Rebirth, which had been ruled by the oppressive triumvirate, the [[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]]. The Malignus began with [[Doomshot]] and [[Clench (BWU)|Clench]], followed soon after by a disillusioned [[Nucleon (TR)|Nucleon]], who spoke out against the Optimus, who responded to their peaceful protests by labelling them a disease and driving them underground.


The two arrive at a massive arena filling up with all manner of unsavory mechs; finally, Gutcruncher takes the stage to speak. He rouses the rabble with a speech declaring that they, the "low-techs", should have the true power in Axiom Nexus, power withheld from them by the Transcendent Technomorphs. He proposes a multi-faction alliance, an end to the fighting amongst themselves, to overthrow their oppressors, escape their gilded cage, and take over the city! Can! You! Dig it!?!
When the Mad Tyrant Galvatron arrived on Master looking for an army, the Malignus were receptive to his message of throwing off their oppressors and joined forces. Doomshot, Clench, and Nucleon used their knowledge to improve upon the already existing Headmaster, Powermaster, and Targetmaster technologies to make the first Triple-Threat Master with Galvatron himself. With that power, the Optimus were overthrown. Even the aid of the Autobots was no match against the combined power of the Malignus and Decepticons.


Hubcap and Jackpot realize they're looking at the start of an uprising, but before they can do anything, a sniper shot from right behind them kills Gutcruncher in full view of the crowd. A nearby voice accuses the Autobots of the murder; they flee in the face of an angry mob set on vengeance. The Autobots narrowly escape a run-in with the Malignus Revolutionary Army, and Hubcap overhears on police radio that they are reported to be armed and dangerous.
However, Galvatron decided to turn his mind to other matters, and attacked the [[Human Confederacy]]. His forces lost, and the Malignus were exiled to Cybertron, along with what was left of the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}
 
Unable to find help from the other-universe versions of themselves that have passed through Axiom Nexus, the pair turn to Cryotek, who politely refuses to shelter the two fugitives but advises them to try the Widow's Cafe Cybertronian instead. Running out of ideas and options, Jackpot proposes trying to find the actual killer. Before they can consider the option very much, they literally run into a law-enforcement bot, who pursues them. As they flee, a thrilled Jackpot exults that they can't possibly catch them...
 
Later, they are well and truly caught, held at a police station by Commander Cheetor, who cuts through their wheedling and informs them that of course they didn't murder Gutcruncher—it doesn't fit their profiles or abilities at all—but no mob is going to realize that. Cheetor says he's putting them under protective custody. Alarmed by the prospect of being stuck in one easy-to-locate place, Hubcap and Jackpot make a break for it. Cheetor isn't too concerned; he sends a seemingly invisible agent after them.
 
The escaped Autobots head for the Widow's Cafe Cybertronian, but have another run-in with the Malignus Revolutionaries before they can quite get there. Another stroke of Jackpot's luck gets rid of their six pursuers for a while, while simultaneously revealing the concealed police-bot who has been tailing them. Detectas introduces himself; Cheetor sent him to tail the Autobots in hope that they would lead him to the murderer. Despite his friendly demeanor, the two Autobots are keen to move on, particularly with the Malignus bots recovered from the previous incident and closing in again. After tricking the Malignus into falling down an elevator shaft near the entrance to the Heap, the two Autobots take shelter in an abandoned building to rest and recover.
 
Soon they are confronted by Black Shadow, whom Hubcap recognizes as one of Cryotek's employees. Black Shadow explains that he knows they couldn't have killed Gutcruncher—because he did the deed. He gloats that he can now kill the two Autobots and toss their corpses to the gangs to satisfy their need for vengeance, collect bounties for them and Gutcruncher, and leave the cops a dead end to boot. The Autobots flee, but Black Shadow splits into his robot form and Crossformer shell, and pursues them both.
 
While Jackpot battles the shell, Hubcap evades Black Shadow's robot component, and tricks a passing Decepticon into giving him a ride to Level 29. After a merry chase through Zone 6, Black Shadow catches him in front of a band of Malignus bots, led by Dirge, one of Gutcruncher's cohorts. When Black Shadow announces he's brought in the assassin, Hubcap confirms it—by playing back a recording of Black Shadow's own admission of the deed, pulled from audio backups of his own memory banks. Black Shadow points out that audio can be faked; Hubcap counters that he also has video showing Black Shadow killing Gutcruncher with a maser cannon. Black Shadow smirks and announces that he only uses photon blasters... which, Dirge quickly reveals, is the weapon that killed Gutcruncher. The mob sets on Black Shadow, and brutal justice is served.
 
As Black Shadow dies, his shell overloads, erupting in smoke and flame, just before it can deliver a killing stroke to Jackpot—lucky for him! He turns around and runs right into Officer Airazor...
 
At his office, Cheetor sorts through the whole affair while Jackpot and Hubcap wait. The Malignus are in jail, an uprising has been averted, and many illegal weapons have been recovered from Gutcruncher's cache. The only remaining mystery is, who paid for the original hit on Gutcruncher?
 
Cheetor pays a visit to Cryotek, who profusely professes his innocence. But after the police leave, Cryotek remarks to a barhand that Gutcruncher's revolution would have simply called down the full wrath of the TransTech on the Offworlder sections of the city, and that... would be bad for business.
 
Classified as "undesirables", Hubcap and Jackpot are shipped off-dimension post-haste. Jackpot is pleased that they'll be back on familiar territory... till he sees the smile on Cheetor's face as the transwarp field carries them away.
 
The pair land with a thud on an alien world, smashing a rampaging Decepticon named Killzone just before he could execute a random alien. The alien is quite grateful, if a bit confused by the turn of events. Turns out that Killzone has been ravaging the continent for days, drawn to the planet by some explosive glowing rocks that have been rising to the surface lately. The locals hate these rocks; first they caused mine and farming troubles, and now they're attracting violent space robot monsters. The two Autobots send a radio transmission, hoping to be picked up by Autobots. And while they wait for an answer, Hubcap and Jackpot offer to clean up all those pesky rocks, all for free!
 
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==Toys==
==Toys==
The Malignus faction came from [[Estrela]]'s Brazilian version of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1 toyline]]. The toys were redecos of various Mini-Bots:
The Malignus faction came from [[Estrela]]'s Brazilian version of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1 toyline]], along with the [[Optimus (faction)|Optimus]] faction. The toys were redecos of various [[Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles]]:


* [[Camaro]] (redeco of [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]])
* [[Camaro]] (redeco of [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]])
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* [[Pick-Up (Malignus)|Pick-Up]] (redeco of [[Gears (G1)|Gears]])
* [[Pick-Up (Malignus)|Pick-Up]] (redeco of [[Gears (G1)|Gears]])


While Estrela also released [[Turbo]], he was not previously identified as a Malignus.
While Estrela also released [[Turbo (G1)|Turbo]], he was not identified as a Malignus at the time, but retroactively given the allegiance in later fiction.
 
==Notes==
*"Malignus" was the original name given to the Decepticons in the first batch of Brazilian translations for [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original ''Transformers'' comic]] (and, likewise, "Optimus" was the localized name for the Autobots). However, as Estrela released their batch of Optimus and Malignus toys featuring what appeared to be entirely new characters with a new set of insignias and seemingly no connection to the concurrently available media, fans started treating the two names as fully fledged alternative factions in the broader Transformers universe rather than just translations. Eventually, modern official media depictions of both the Optimus and Malignus would also adopt this perspective.


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Latest revision as of 20:34, 7 September 2025

The name or term "Malignus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Malignus (disambiguation).
Rah! I'm a mon-stah!

Malignus is the name of a faction of Cybertronians. In most realities they've been a revolutionary faction, though exactly who and what they're rebelling against depends.

Fiction

[edit]

TransTech

[edit]

The Malignus were a group of revolutionaries who united under Gutcruncher to take control of Axiom Nexus. When Gutcruncher was killed by Black Shadow, the Malignus thought the killers were Hubcap and Jackpot, formed an angry mob, and went after them. Gone Too Far

Ask Vector Prime

[edit]

A Malignus had once challenged a Metrotitan to a scanning contest. Though the Malignus won the first two rounds, the giant scanned the impenetrable Rainbow City prompting the Malignus, in foolish pride, to try and scan entropy itself, succeeding only in scattering the molecules of his spark. The story became known to one of the Thirteen who eventually recounted it to Vector Prime. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/17

Vector Prime noted that some lower-gradient Nexus universes had a Malignus faction. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16

Beast Wars: Uprising

[edit]

The Malignus began on the planet Rebirth, which had been ruled by the oppressive triumvirate, the Optimus. The Malignus began with Doomshot and Clench, followed soon after by a disillusioned Nucleon, who spoke out against the Optimus, who responded to their peaceful protests by labelling them a disease and driving them underground.

When the Mad Tyrant Galvatron arrived on Master looking for an army, the Malignus were receptive to his message of throwing off their oppressors and joined forces. Doomshot, Clench, and Nucleon used their knowledge to improve upon the already existing Headmaster, Powermaster, and Targetmaster technologies to make the first Triple-Threat Master with Galvatron himself. With that power, the Optimus were overthrown. Even the aid of the Autobots was no match against the combined power of the Malignus and Decepticons.

However, Galvatron decided to turn his mind to other matters, and attacked the Human Confederacy. His forces lost, and the Malignus were exiled to Cybertron, along with what was left of the Decepticons. A Brush With Infamy–Prologue

Toys

[edit]

The Malignus faction came from Estrela's Brazilian version of the Generation 1 toyline, along with the Optimus faction. The toys were redecos of various Mini Vehicles:

While Estrela also released Turbo, he was not identified as a Malignus at the time, but retroactively given the allegiance in later fiction.

Notes

[edit]
  • "Malignus" was the original name given to the Decepticons in the first batch of Brazilian translations for the original Transformers comic (and, likewise, "Optimus" was the localized name for the Autobots). However, as Estrela released their batch of Optimus and Malignus toys featuring what appeared to be entirely new characters with a new set of insignias and seemingly no connection to the concurrently available media, fans started treating the two names as fully fledged alternative factions in the broader Transformers universe rather than just translations. Eventually, modern official media depictions of both the Optimus and Malignus would also adopt this perspective.
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