Shockwave (Cloud)

The name or term "Shockwave" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Shockwave (disambiguation).

Shockwave is a Decepticon from the Cloud continuity.

Cold and emotionless, Shockwave (ショックウェーブ Shokkuwēbu) believes only in logic. Whereas other Decepticons of Cloud World's Underground have selfish goals and ambitions of their own, Shockwave seeks only the most logical and efficient way of securing the continued existence of the Spacetime World for all eternity. Unfortunately for Cloud World, he has come to the conclusion that spacetime can only be preserved through utter domination, and the best person to dominate it is Megatron.

Shockwave practices repeated self-modification, often remodeling his own body to improve his abilities, which has left him with a Triple Changer body armed with numerous weapons, most notably the powerful Astro Magnum on his left arm. This type of modification is excruciatingly painful and would be akin to torture to any other Transformer, but Shockwave calmly takes the pain and keeps taking himself apart without expressing any emotion whatsoever. After all, seeking to improve yourself is only logical.

Fiction

Cloud

When Megatron rallied the Decepticons of the Underground into an attack on Metropolis, he tasked Shockwave with a special mission: to infiltrate the Autobots' base of operation and abduct the super-robot being, SARA. While the Autobots were distracted by the other Decepticons' rampage, Shockwave succeeded in his task and was soon contacted by Megatron to confirm this success. With SARA now in their grasp, Megatron sounded a retreat, and the Decepticons returned to the Underground. Resolve Megatron would disappear into other spacetimes in the course of his following battles with Optimus Prime. In the wake of his leader's disappearance, Shockwave decided to hole up in his base, allowing Starscream to take Decepticon leadership unencumbered. Crisis

During the Decepticons' many campaigns across the multiverse, Shockwave found himself on occasion fighting alongside the bloodthirsty Deadlock. Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock

Precursor World

A Warrior of the Seven Lights resembling Shockwave was a member of the Purple Order. Through a screen, he listened as his commander Purple Wicked Convoy received word of the fall of the Blue Order and the threat of the interdimensional warlord Ultra Megatron Omega from the Primus Vanguard's eponymous supreme leader. God Neptune comic 1

Toys

Cloud

Logic dictates that I should act like a psychopath.

• Shockwave (November 27, 2014)
  • ID number: TFC-D03
  • Accessories: "Astro Magnum" gun, rocket pod, rotary cannon, missile rack

Cloud Shockwave is a redeco of Generations Voyager Class Whirl, transforming into a helicopter. As a Triple Changer he has a third Gerwalk-esque walking helicopter mode, called only an "alternate mode" to differentiate it from his "vehicle mode", plus an official "Shockblast" cannon mode created by fiddling around with the toy. He has a pair of mechanical pincers which his "Astro Magnum" weapon can be fitted over and all four of his "Blast Arms" weapons can attach via c-clips to various sculpted rods. Due to the weapons being molded in translucent purple plastic, the c-clips tend to be more prone to stress marks. Shockwave was sold exclusively through e-HOBBY and came with the comic "TFC-D03".

• Cloud Shockwave bio machine translation

Merchandise

Transformers Character Card

• Hot Rodimus & Shockwave (August, 2025)
  • ID number: 113 & 114

Released as part of the fifteenth wave of the e-HOBBY exclusive Transformers Character Card series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Hot Rodimus and Shockwave (and SARA) along with character profiles and tech specs.

• Translation of Shockwave's Transformers Character Card

Notes

• Shockwave's Astro Magnum weapon is named after 4 Changeable Astro Magnum, the toy used to make Generation 1 Shockwave. His Shockblast mode is named after Shockblast, the name Hasbro had to use when they couldn't secure the trademark for "Shockwave".