Deathcobra (G1)

This article is about the evil Decepticon. For his heroic mirror universe counterpart, see Deathcobra (SG).

Deathcobra is a Decepticon Breastforce Warrior from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Member of the "cannot actually sit down" club.

An old friend of Leozack, Deathcobra (デスコブラ Desukobura) is a stern, strict, professional soldier. All the things Hellbat is not, which is why Hellbat is so threatened by him.

Like all Breastforce members, he has a Breast Animal partner, Cobrabreast, who also forms his hand-held blaster. Deathcobra can also form part of Liokaiser, either as the first draft for the left arm, or, if he and Hellbat bury the hatchet, a shoulder cannon.

Fiction

Victory cartoon

Voice actor: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese), Henry Coombs (English, Omni Productions dub)

He's Cobra in robot mode, but Oktober Guard in vehicle mode!

Deathcobra was summoned by Deathsaurus to join his cadre of warriors, completing the team that would form the goliath Liokaiser (by replacing Hellbat) as his left arm. However, he was intercepted on his way to the Decepticons' base by Hellbat, who begged him to just go away, knowing that with Deathcobra on the team, his usefulness was at an end.

You! Stay in my line of fire! This, I command!

Naturally, Deathcobra told Hellbat to stick it in his reactor linkage, and the jittery Hellbat threatened to shoot his rival. Unimpressed, Deathcobra advanced, and in a panic, Hellbat actually did shoot him. This led to a firefight where Hellbat was tremendously outclassed, but a wild, lucky shot ended up blowing through Deathcobra's chest and killed the Decepticon warrior.

Realizing what a deep pile he was in, Hellbat was saved when he realized the fight had been witnessed by the Micromasters Holi and Clipper, letting him place the blame for Deathcobra's death on the Autobots, and ensuring his position as part of Liokaiser.

Hellbat informed the Breastforce of Deathcobra's death at the hands of the Autobots which came as such a shock to them. Leozack however was a bit skeptical of Hellbat's story, Guyhawk was very angry and wanted to kill Star Saber himself. Once they got to the scene, they discovered Holi and Clipper next to Deathcobra's body and prepared a "blood bath" for them. The Micromasters were saved by Star Saber, but the team revealed their secret: merging into Liokaiser, they vowed to defeat him in Deathcobra's memory.

They failed when God Ginrai showed up. Unite! Liokaiser

Kre-O online comic

Deathcobra was among Bludgeon's troops as they discovered the Red Bucket. Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!

2005 IDW continuity

I lived, glitch!

Deathcobra was part of Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticons stationed in their Warworld. In agreement with Tarn, Deathsaurus and his forces joined with the Decepticon Justice Division to continue the Decepticon dream and eliminate Megatron. The Permanent Revolution

Toys

Legacy

"By the way, mind if I take that old vacuum cleaner with me?"
"Be my guest, Reggie. Be. My. Guest."

• Liokaiser (Multi-pack, 2026)

• Series: Victory / Legacy
• Accessories: 6 Electromagnetic Nunchaku (Tier 2 unlock), Display stands (Tier 3 unlock)
• Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Shuhei Umezu (TakaraTomy)

37 years after his storyline debut, Deathcobra got his first-ever toy rendition as part of the Legacy Chest-force, the fifth HasLab crowdfunded Transformers release. Deathcobra transforms into an attack helicopter and is capable of combining with his squaddies to form additional configurations for Liokaiser by either tagging in for "Ellbat" as the left arm or forming a shoulder cannon. He also includes his animal companion, the "cobra Chest Animal". All seven Chest Animals, including his own, are capable of being attached to his cannon mode to create some sort of Liefeldian gunbomination.

As the Tier 1 unlock, Deathcobra's existence was even more tenuous than your average HasLab offering, with he and his Chest Animal only set to see production if the campaign reached 13,000 backers by March 24, 2025. Thankfully, the goal was met on February 24, guaranteeing that the character would finally receive a toy.

Deathcobra's initial CGI renders featured a stunning lack of thigh rotation, with a joint being added later on.

Notes

• Amusingly, the anime cheats Deathcobra out of both a transformation sequence and a "Breast Attack" sequence, having them occur either off-camera or while another scene is already in progress.
• Kre-O Deathcobra is made from existing Kre-O parts like almost every other cameo Kreon, as he uses the Starscream helmet, a backpack piece and a rotor piece. The body deco is created in a manner that homages the original's Breast animal partner (with the backpack piece emulating it even further).
• Deathcobra's body in the 2005 IDW comics is modeled on the jet-based Generations Deluxe Class Ratbat toy (thanks to the coloring, it bears a resemblance to another "cobra"-based robot toy).
• In IDW continuity, Deathcobra replaces Hellbat as a member of Deathsaurus's loyalists. However, Lost Light #12 has Liokaiser erroneously drawn with Hellbat still as the left arm. Oops.

Foreign names

• English: Cobra (Omni Productions dub)
• Mandarin: Dúshé (毒蛇, "Viper")
• Russian: Cobra (Кобра)