Cicadacon

Cicadacon is a Predacon from the Beast Era of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I'll never appear in-fiction in this body! Never!

A Predacon Elder, the cruel and clever General Cicadacon is suspected of being very old indeed. His knowledge of Cybertronian history, especially military history and tactics, is encyclopedic, stretching back even to the era before the Great War. Some suspect he may have once had a Decepticon identity, but if this is true, no records of that identity survive. Regardless of the truth of his origin, Cicadacon uses the stories and rumors to engender fear and respect in his followers. Despite his tactical genius, Cicadacon's long-term strategy against the Maximals has become increasingly unpopular with the more impatient Predacon forces.

He uses chopping rotor blades to spread plague-like destruction and combines with his fellow Tripredacus Council members to form Tripredacus, or with them plus Ravage and Tarantulas to form Predacus.

Fiction

Beast Wars cartoon continuity

Beast Wars cartoon

Haven't I seen you somewhere before?

Voice actor: Scott McNeil (English), Chafūrin (Japanese)

When the Transwarp wavefront was detected entering Cybertronian space, General Cicadacon identified its energy signature as the same as that of the Darksyde. He sent a signal to a Cybertron satellite, causing it to explode, thus blocking the Maximal sensors from detecting the wavefront. He then instructed agent Ravage that if Megatron was still operating his own agenda to terminate him with extreme prejudice. The Agenda (Part 1)

IDW Beast Wars comics

The Tripredacus Council ordered Magmatron to assure that no knowledge of the transwarp wavefront reached the Maximals. The Gathering #1 When their agent failed at his task of rounding up the rogue Megatron, the council sent Magmatron to complete the mission. The Gathering #2

Timelines

Ram Horn, alongside Cicadacon and Sea Clamp, was involved in an assassination plot, part of a ploy to take control of the Predacon army, and dispose of its then-current leader, Razorclaw. The plot was thought to have succeeded, but in truth they did not manage to extinguish Razorclaw's spark. Nonetheless, the Predacons' previous leader was forced into hiding, and while the world believed him dead, the Tripredacus Council took control of the Predacons. BotCon 2009 Razorclaw profile card

After a Predacon insurrection led by Flamewar in the guise of Megatron arose in the J'kozian sector, the Tripredacus Council discussed it and decided to leak the insurrection's presence on Nibari to the Maximals so they would take care of the Council's renegade problem. The Razor's Edge

As the crew of the Darksyde fled Cybertron with the Golden Disk, Predacon secret police agent Tarantulas was onboard decoding information from it. While his boss Megatron wasn't watching, Tarantulas contacted General Cicadacon and updated him on the disk's status. Dawn of Future's Past

Wings Universe

Cicadacon was one of four mysterious protoforms found by Sky-Byte in the laboratory of Jhiaxus while trying to save his associate's clones from the Autobots. A Common Foe Cicadacon and his comrades pledged allegiance to the Predacons in suspiciously quick time.

Descent into Evil

The Tripredacus Council employed Flamewar to check on Deathsaurus's operation on Ceti Alpha Seven. As Flamewar reported on the apparent success of Deathsaurus's Virulent Clones, Bumblebee hacked in the feed and informed everyone of the impeding failure built into the Clones. To rid themselves of an exposed agent, the Tripredacus Council remotely exploded Flamewar's ship with her in it. Descent into Evil

Toys

Beast Wars

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• Tripredacus (1997)
  • Accessories: Two swords

Cicadacon transforms into a green cicada (who'da thought). The toy has twin "blades" that store on its wings. These blades become missiles for Tripredacus's weapon. Cicadacon transforms into the head and chest of Tripredacus. The toy's instructions also referred to his insect beak as a "nasal cannon", although this has not been backed up in the sourcebooks.

This mold was recolored and released in Japan as DJ.

• More information on Cicadacon at TFU.info

Combiner Wars

Got tired of stealing Beast Megatron's face, is trying out Skydive's for a while.

• Dawn of the Predacus (BotCon 2016 box set)

"Predacon General Cicadacon" is a redeco of Generations Combiner Wars Skydive, who transforms from a fighter jet seemingly based on a cross between an F-16 and an F-18 to a robot that updates his original body. He can also become an arm or leg for any Combiner Wars combiner, but is mainly grouped with Ravage, Tarantulas, Ramhorn, and Sea Clamp, to form Predacus.

The existing Skydive head had deco applied based on his appearance in the Beast Wars cartoon, with insect-like patterns added to his wings.

This mold was retooled in Unite Warriors Ghost Starscream.

He was sold in the "Dawn of the Predacus" BotCon 2016 boxset with Ravage, Tarantulas, General Ramhorn, and General Sea Clamp.

Combiner Wars mold: Skydive

Version 1: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Skydive Skydive (Generation 2) Fellbat Fun Publications: Combiner Wars General Cicadacon Windsweeper Shattered Glass Starscream TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-01 Skydive Ghost Starscream Golden Lagoon Starscream Version 2: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Air Raid Air Raid (Generation 2) Guyhawk Fun Publications: Combiner Wars Terrorsaur Wrecker Fractyl TakaraTomy: Unite Warriors UW-01 Air Rider UW-06 Curse Armada Thrust Other versions: Hasbro: Combiner Wars Strafe Hasbro/TakaraTomy: Power of the Primes Dreadwind Hasbro/TakaraTomy: Power of the Primes Blackwing

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Cicatagon (シカタゴン Shikatagon)
• French: Cigale (Canada, "Cicada")
• Italian: Cicala
• Spanish: Cicadacón (America)