Shanix

10,000 Shanix. That's over 9,000 Shanix.

Shanix is a currency used across a number of alien cultures. It takes the form of Transformer-scaled golden coins.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

Shanix appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

Shanix was the form of currency offered by the Autobots for a bounty on Galvatron in the year 2007. Death's Head found the prospect of 10,000 Shanix reward for the capture of Galvatron to be enticing. Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!

When Rodimus Prime retracted the bounty, the Decepticons approached Death's Head with an offer of 10,000 Shanix if he would kill Rodimus. Of course, he accepted. Rodimus fought back and instead offered him 10,000 Shanix in advance if Death's Head would bring him the heads of Cyclonus and Scourge. Of course, he accepted. Headhunt

Animated cartoon continuity

Both Swindle and Rattletrap are quite fond of receiving them. An issue of ALTernity Today cost 1.00 Shanix. The AllSpark Almanac II

2005 IDW continuity

Shanix was a primarily Cybertronian currency which traded poorly against the larger galactic currencies during the days of the Clampdown. Sonic and Boom were paid 100 Shanix per Empty they took care of in the Dead End, and a body-swap at a Relinquishment Clinic cost 5,000 Shanix. Post Hoc

Metalhawk's group of refugee Cybertronians settled in a region that allowed the use of Shanix as currency. Stick Together

Wheeljack bet 50 Shanix with Ratchet that they could listen in on Optimus Prime's private conversation with a captured Megatron, and lost. Chaos Theory Part 1

Drift bought the Lost Light off its previous owners for one billion Shanix. Twenty Plus One

Black Shadow accepted a bribe totalling half a billion Shanix from the Autobots to destroy a fleet of Decepticon War Worlds. Rules of Disengagement

During an outing on Hedonia, Rodimus had Drift give his crew 50 Shanix each in spending money. 50 Shanix of Drift's money, not Rodimus's or the ship's. Cybertronian Homesick Blues

Barricade offered Slug a briefcase full of pre-war-minted gold Shanix in exchange for having the Dinobots act as guards for a shipment. Slug initially planned to take the cash and betray him anyway, but changed his mind once he learned that the cargo was sparks, and after the mission ended with the destruction of both Barricade and the sparks, he instead gave the money to Barricade's partner, Swift. Redemption

Swindle's Spiel

Swindle, Swindle and Swindle offered a variety of goods in exchange for Shanix. Swindle's Spiel

Rescue Bots cartoon

Heatwave wouldn't take the Chief's job for all the Shanix on Cybertron. Family Business

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Cold hard cash.

A thawing glacier freed Crustacion from a stasis pod in a cache Windblade had established, and the thief promptly began searching for his Shanix, first believing that researchers at a nearby human base had stolen them, then that the arriving Bee Team had made off with his ill-gotten cash. After his defeat, another chunk of ice containing his Shanix broke off the glacier and sank to the bottom of the Southern Ocean. Defrosted It was later recovered by a human expedition, and, believed to be linked to a lost ancient civilization, was put on display at the Crown City Natural History Museum. The Autobots planned to retrieve it before it was realised what it really was, but had to put their plans on hold due to the arrival of Shadow Raker. After defeating Drift and kidnapping Jetstorm and Slipstream, Slipstream pretended to turn coat, persuading Shadow Raker to retrieve the Shanix. It proved to be a delaying tactic, allowing the Autobots to regroup, and after Shadow Raker's defeat the Shanix was taken by the Autobots for safekeeping. Out of the Shadows

War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon

Bumblebee received a handful of Shanix as payment for some Energon he scavenged. Siege episode 4

Notes

• "Shanix" is pronounced with a short "a" sound, as indicated in "Family Business".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Shanix (シャニックス Shanikkusu)