Soundwave (One)

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

Soundwave is a Decepticon from One.

This Soundwave never skipped leg day

Soundwave is a high-ranking member of the High Guard and one of Starscream's top lieutenants. A bot of few words compared to his comrades, he possesses powerful sonic abilities and can scan the electrical impulses of other Cybertronians' brains, which allows him to detect any lie or deception.

“	High Guard, eject!	”
—Soundwave does what he does best, One

Fiction

One film

Voice actor: Jon Bailey (English), Yōji Ueda (Japanese, current voice), Itaru Yamamoto (Japanese, original theatrical voice), Domenic Strobel (German), Héctor Estrada (Latin American Spanish), Alessandro Ballico (Italian), Janne Komppa (Finnish), Bertrand Nadler (European French), Wojciech Machnicki (Polish), Yeong-jun Si (Korean)

"Sorcerers, fortify your minds!"

Soundwave was a member of the Cybertronian High Guard. Upon bearing witness to Sentinel Prime's betrayal of the Primes, he and the rest of the High Guard resolved to hide away from the rest of Cybertronian society and delegate resources towards sabotaging Sentinel's rule.

Flanking Starscream alongside Shockwave, Soundwave stood in attendance as Starscream interrogated a quartet of trespassers. He scanned the electrical impulses of Orion Pax's brain and informed Starscream that Orion was speaking the truth, but Starscream rebuked him and claimed it only meant Orion believed what he was saying. He then received a complaint from Shockwave that they should have applied a stronger gag when B-127 managed to get it off his mouth, though he did not respond. When things went sour and a fight broke out between Starscream and D-16, Soundwave silently stopped Shockwave from intervening with a single gesture.

Though the duel ended with D-16 victorious and Starscream's life spared, that was when a swarm of Death Trackers led by Airachnid descended upon them. Soundwave fought bravely against them and managed to avoid being captured himself, but could not prevent the numerically superior enemy from carrying off many prisoners including Starscream, D-16, and B-127. In the aftermath of the battle, Soundwave ordered the remaining High Guard to prepare for battle once Elita-1 had 'convinced' Shockwave to join forces.

"Don't stop moving to that S Club beat!"

Soundwave took part in the assault on Sentinel's tower, piloting the energon transport train carrying the High Guard warriors and commanding them into battle. Once the train had breached Sentinel's tower, he swooped through the air in vehicle mode and fired a sonic pulse that disabled all the prisoners' stasis cuffs, allowing them to join the fight as well. He watched and cheered as Megatron tore Sentinel in half and participated in the destruction of Iacon City, only to be interrupted by a returned Orion - now rechristened Optimus Prime. He then rushed in to engage the Prime in combat when Megatron commanded his men to attack, but got bashed in the head with a missile by Optimus for his troubles. Soundwave and his fellow High Guard officers chose to follow Megatron and retreat after Optimus exiled Megatron and all his followers from Iacon.

Later, Soundwave received a new brand on his chest alongside all of Megatron's other followers. He watched as Megatron officially announced the formation of the Decepticons. One

Merchandise

Blokees

• Soundwave (Champion Class, 2025)

• ID number: 17

Released as part of Blokees' Champion (formerly Classic) Class kits, Soundwave is a 4.5-inch tall non-transforming Deluxe/Prime Changer-sized Gunpla-style model kit with some pre-painted parts on the runners. He also features a torso frame that lights up upon shaking (or at least lightly tapping some areas on the torso), causing the eyes to glow for a limited time. Unlike other Classic Class kits, Soundwave does not come with additional weapons, but instead relies on his shoulder cannon as he did in the film. While the pieces are molded on a touch-gate runner for easy removal of parts without nippers or tools, the former is required for a cleaner cut.

Notes

• Soundwave's hovercraft alternate mode is very similar to the one designed for his live-action Bumblebee counterpart's Studio Series toy, while his unusually wide and stocky robot mode design takes inspiration from the proportions of the original G1 Soundwave toy.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Soundwave (サウンドウェーブ Saundowēbu)

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