Disappeared

The Disappeared are a collection of Transformers that—as their name implies—disappeared from the war at various points throughout its history.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Having become obsessed with chronicling the death of every single Cybertronian following the loss of his friend Tusk, the former forensic pathologist Censere erected a Memorial to the Disappeared on the Necroworld alongside statues of the Transformers whose fates he was able to record. When the crew of the Lost Light investigated the rumours of the "Necrobot", Nightbeat met with Censere and discovered that he was listed amongst the Disappeared thanks to having been pulled into the Dead Universe after his death at the hands of Hardhead. Nightbeat then took Chromedome and Rewind to the Memorial to show them that Dominus Ambus was also named there. Afterwards, Nightbeat took Censere to task over his obsession and suggested that he try to look after the living instead of recording the dead. The Not Knowing

Censere took Nightbeat's words seriously, and upon discovering a time case left by Megatron near his own statue, connected it to his teleport chamber and attempted to rescue all of the Disappeared. The time travel often left them weak and disoriented so Censere kept them in stasis, disguised as organic life to hide them from unwanted attention. Unfortunately his actions did not go unnoticed and the Decepticon Justice Division arrived, presumably looking for some of the missing 'bots from their own list. They set a trap for Megatron and the crew of the Lost Light and killed Censere when he tried to interfere.

Later, under siege from the D.J.D. in Censere's fortress, Team Rodimus was greatly surprised when the stasis pods containing the "organics" opened to reveal the likes of Roller, Wavelength, Syphon, and Terminus. After reading Cenere's journal, Rewind explained to Rodimus that thanks to the D.J.D. around half of the names on the Memorial of the Disappeared would remain unaccounted for. Do Not Go Gentle

The Disappeared

Saved by Censere

• Anode
• Fangry
• Kaput of Teledonia
• Murderking
• Rapidfire
• Roller
• Syphon
• Terminus
• Wavelength

Otherwise accounted for

• Dominus Ambus of Ambustus Minor
• Nightbeat of Yuss

As yet unaccounted for

• Analyticus of Tarn
• Astroblast of Ibex
• Arcanus of Teledonia
• Barrelstop of Iacon
• Barrik of Ibex
• Bladefoot of Tarn
• Blocksmasher of Iacon
• Bruteforce of Polyhex
• Chevron of Ibex
• Cloudblast]]
• Crashcart of Altihex
• Cursor of Tarn
• Cyclotron of Kalis
• Dirtrace of Polyhex
• Dumbell of Kaon
• Exhaustpipe of Ibex
• Filecard of Altihex
• Firefist of Altihex
• Flux of the Pious Pools
• Freeflight of Vos
• Gantry of Polyhex
• Gimmick of Kaon
• Groundjumper of Kaon
• Hammerhead of Tesk
• Hi Score of Polyhex
• Ice-Vent of Vos
• Irridus of Teledonia
• Jamjaw of Ibex
• Jumpbarrel of Kalis
• Katastrophus of Vos
• Kickstart of Polyhex
• Lookout of Vos
• Mace of Polyhex
• Nightclaw of Iacon
• Nightfall
• Optik of Kalis
• Paraload of Altihex
• Pestilus of Tarn
• Pterror of Tarn
• Quickflash of Tesk
• Reload of Polyhex
• Responder of Iacon
• Reverb of Tarn
• Ripfire of Teledonia
• Rusthead
• Seadriver of Tarn
• Shank of Tarn
• Shemp of Kalis
• Shock of Polyhex
• Slagheap of Kaon
• Skyhaven of Iacon
• Smallblade
• Skidblaze of Teledonia
• Slimefoot of Kalis
• Slumm of Tarn
• Snoop of Tarn
• Static
• Steelback of Altihex
• Stomp of Teledonia
• Stunblaze of Tarn
• Subcrawler of Teledonia
• Triggerfinger of Ibex
• Truemark of Tesk
• Tunnelbore of Kalis
• Viewport of Iacon
• Wasteland of Kaon
• Wheelfire of Vos
• Wingshot of Iacon
• Zap of Iacon

Notes

• The Festival of Lost Light included a Hymn for the Disappeared. Foreshadowing!
• The first time we see the Memorial in "The Not Knowing", the name above that of Dominus Ambus ends with "...MLET", when we see it again in "Do Not Go Gentle" there's what appears to read "...N EIM..." and in "Anomie" it begins with "SCRAMBL...". Presumably there's a Scramblin' Eimlet out there somewhere?
• In "Anomie", one of the names on the Memorial is 'Shock of Polyhex', though the Shock we are familiar with signed his name as 'Shock of Bitrex' in "No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases" and he was killed by a Sparkeater rather than mysteriously disappearing, as his fellow Duobot Ore did in "You, Me, and Other Revelations". This could mean that we're either dealing with a different Shock, or that not even the Necrobot can tell Shock and Ore apart.
• Interestingly, none of the Disappeared whose names are visible in "Anomie" are M.T.O.s, as they are all named after city-states rather than military operations.