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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
<DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Decepticon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon"><IMG height=30 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/28px-Symbol_decept_reg.jpg" width=28
border=0></A></DIV>
<DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Decepticon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon"><IMG height=29 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/30px-Con-g2.png" width=30
border=0></A></DIV></DIV>
<DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #f7f8ff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: 0px 1em 0px 2em; BORDER-LEFT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #aaa thin solid"><I>The
name or term <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>
refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <A
title="Starscream (disambiguation)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(disambiguation)"><B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>
(disambiguation)</A>.</I></DIV>


[[Image:Starscreamg1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle.]]
:<I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> is a
<A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon">Decepticon</A> in
the <A title="Generation 1 (franchise)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_(franchise)">Generation 1</A> <A
title="Continuity family"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family">continuity family</A>.</I>


'''Starscream''' is the treacherous Decepticon [[Air Commander]] and the deadliest of the [[Seeker]]s. The self-reported pride of the [[Cybertron War Academy]], he's famous not only for his incredible skill, but also for his limitless (and troublesome) ambition. Starscream believes that he is more suited for command than [[Decepticon leader]] [[Megatron_(G1)|Megatron]]. Thankfully for Megatron, Starscream's mutinous, power-grabbing plots are almost always transparent, and he can never muster up enough patience to complete a grandiose power play. Even on the few times he has taken control of the Decepticons, he quickly loses control of a situation, but is too arrogant to realize when he's in over his head. He never learns from his mistakes, but then again, Megatron doesn't either, seeing as how he's never turned Starscream into [[slag (slang)|slag]]. Despite his constant failures, Starscream believes it is only a matter of time before he prevails -- his destiny is inevitable.
<DIV class="thumb tright">
<DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 302px"><A class=image
title="Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage
height=438
alt="Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/300px-Starscreamg1.jpg" width=300 border=0></A>
<DIV class=thumbcaption>
<DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Let me guess.
You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the
cycle.</DIV></DIV></DIV>
'''<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream'''</B> is  
the treacherous Decepticon <A title="Air Commander"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Commander">Air Commander</A> and the deadliest  
of the <A title=Seeker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seeker">Seekers</A>. The  
self-reported pride of the <A title="Cybertron War Academy"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_War_Academy">Cybertron War Academy</A>,  
he's famous not only for his incredible skill, but also for his limitless (and  
troublesome) ambition. <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> believes that he  
is more suited for command than <A title="Decepticon leader"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_leader">Decepticon leader</A> <A
title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A>.  
Thankfully for Megatron, Starscream's mutinous, power-grabbing plots are almost  
always transparent, and he can never muster up enough patience to complete a  
grandiose power play. Even on the few times he has taken control of the  
Decepticons, he quickly loses control of a situation, but is too arrogant to  
realize when he's in over his head. He never learns from his mistakes, but then  
again, Megatron doesn't either, seeing as how he's never turned <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> into <A
title="Slag (slang)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slag_(slang)">slag</A>.  
Despite his constant failures, <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> believes it is  
only a matter of time before he prevails—his destiny is inevitable.  


Starscream's never give up attitude extends even to the afterlife: unlike most Transformers, he has a mutant, indestructible [[Spark]]. His life-force cannot be destroyed and can persist even without a body to contain it. However, there is no indication that Starscream (or anybody else) was aware of this fact prior to his destruction.
Starscream's never give up attitude extends even to the afterlife: unlike  
most Transformers, he has a mutant, indestructible <A title=Spark  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spark">Spark</A>. His life-force cannot be  
destroyed and can persist even without a body to contain it. However, there is  
no indication that <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> (or anybody else)  
was aware of this fact prior to his destruction.  


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vAlign=top>''Why?'' That's what they ''all'' asked me. Why him...
why <I><B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B></I>? Why,
of all the Decepticons, did I decide to revitalize the one whose record of
deceit and betrayal is ''legend''? Because I'm an ''idiot'', that's
why! </TD>
<TD
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"
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<P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><CITE
style="FONT-STYLE: normal">—Megatron on <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, "<A
title="Total War!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Total_War!">Total
War!</A>"</CITE>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


{{quote|''Why?'' That's what they ''all'' asked me. Why him... why ''Starscream''? Why, of all the Decepticons, did I decide to revitalize the one whose record of deceit and betrayal is ''legend''? Because I'm an ''idiot'', that's why!|Megatron on Starscream, "[[Total War!]]"}}
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Égo'''  
:''Czech name:'' '''Hvězdolam''' ("Starbreak")
:''Euskera (Basque) name:'' '''Izaroihu'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Üstökös''' ("Comet")
:''Italian name:'' '''Astrum''', except for "Possession" in which he is
called '''Scintillor'''
:''Polish name ("Cosmic Rust"):'' '''Gwiazdowrzask'''
:''Polish name ("Beast Wars"):'' '''Gwiezdny Krzyk'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Cometa'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Estrela-Estridente'''
:''Russian TV dub name:'' '''Scandaleast''' ("Brawler")
:''Spanish name:'' '''Grito de Estrella'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Hǒu Hsīng''' (吼星, "Roaring Star")
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Hong Zhizhu''' (紅蜘蛛, "Red spider")
:''Cantonese name:'' '''Sengseng giu''' (星星叫, "Star Shouting")
<TABLE class=toc id=toc summary=Contents>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>
<DIV id=toctitle>
<H2>Contents</H2></DIV>


<LI class=toclevel-1><A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Fiction"><SPAN
class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fiction</SPAN></A>


:''Italian name:'' '''Astrum''' / '''Scintillor ''' (''Possession'' only)
<LI class=toclevel-2><A
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Égo'''
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Marvel_Comics_continuity"><SPAN
:''Spanish name:'' '''Grito de Estrella'''
class=tocnumber>1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Marvel Comics
:''Euskera (Basque) name:'' '''Izaroihu'''
continuity</SPAN></A>
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Üstökös''' ("Comet")
:''Portuguese name:'' '''Estrela gritante'''
:''Polish name:'' '''Gwiazdowrzask''' (''Cosmic Rust'' only) / '''Gwiezdny Krzyk''' (''Beast Wars'')
:''Russian TV dub name:'' '''Scandaleast''' ("Brawler")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Hou Hsing''' ("Roaring Star")
<!--TBA:''Chinese name:'' '''Tian-wang-xing''' ("Planet Uranus")-->
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Hong Mogui''' ("Red Devil") / '''Hong Zhizhu''' ("Red spider")
:''Cantonese name:'' '''Sengseng giu''' ("Star Shouting")


==Fiction==
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
===Marvel Comics continuity===
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Generation_1"&gt;&lt;SPAN
====Generation 1====
class=tocnumber&gt;1.1.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Generation  
{{noteukonly}}
1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


[[Image:Starscream uscomics2.png|thumb|left| What do the fangirls '''see''' in this jerk?]]
&lt;LI class=toclevel-4&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Earthforce"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.1.1.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=toctext&gt;Earthforce&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Generation_2"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.1.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Generation
2&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Classics"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.1.3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Classics&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


Starscream helped invade the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], got deactivated.  Woke up, questioned Megatron, got deactivated. ''He tried to undermine Megatron's command by drawing Autobots to him and thus get the Decepticons to follow him in destroying the Autobots. He tried to kill [[Ravage]] to keep it secret. When caught, he demanded a trial-by-combat and was pitted against [[Brawn]] - and when he won, he got shot down and deactivated by Ravage, so Megatron could blame the Autobots... thus getting the other Decepticons to follow him in [[Raiders of the Last Ark!|destroying the Autobots]]. Ha ha. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}}''
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Generation_1_cartoon"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Generation 1
cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Japanese_cartoon_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Japanese cartoon
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


Helped launch the final attack on the Ark, got deactived again. {{storylink|The Last Stand!}} Attempted to steal an anti-Transformer weapon Blackrock created for his own ends, got beaten up but surprisingly not deactivated. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} ''With both Shockwave and Megatron gone, he made noises about taking over but :Soundwave verbally cut him down and took temporary command instead. Optimus later punched Starscream into, yes, deactivation.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Fight.21_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_comic"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Fight! Super Robot
Lifeform Transformers comic&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Scramble_City_cartoon"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Scramble City
cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Full_Throttle_Scramble_Power.21"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Full Throttle
Scramble Power!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#The_Stargate_Battles"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.4&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;The Stargate
Battles&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Robot_Masters"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.5&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Robot
Masters&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


Fought Omega Supreme, got deactivated once again. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} ''He was reactivated accidentally and escaped Autobot captivity, uniting with the time-travelling Galvatron to be on the winning team - not realising Galvatron was doing this for a laugh, amused that Starscream was allying for future power with the guy who would kill him in the future. Starscream played a vital role and got to offline Megatron & Soundwave... then disobeyed orders, annoying Galvatron and getting deactivated AGAIN. {{storylink|Target 2006}} Following this he was ''active when meeting [[Cobra]]. ''Following that, he was left isolated from the other Decepticons under unknown circumstances and, desolate, wished he could go home again. A chance encounter with a human saw him informed of the meaning of Christmas, and he helped out some elderly humans - but only to piss off [[Streetwise]]. {{storylink|Stargazing}} In other unknown circumstances, he was recaptured by the Autobots. And deactivated.''
&lt;LI class=toclevel-4&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Online_comic"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.5.1&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Online
comic&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-4&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Cartoon"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.5.2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=toctext&gt;Cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#15_Go.21_Go.21"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.6&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;15 Go!
Go!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Kiss_Players_radio_drama"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.7&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Kiss Players radio
drama&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-3&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.3.8&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;The Story of Super
Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Big_Looker_storybooks_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.4&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Big Looker storybooks
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Ladybird_Books_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.5&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Ladybird Books
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Transformers_PD_Type"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.6&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Transformers PD
Type&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Beast_Wars_cartoon"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.7&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Beast Wars
cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Beast_Wars:_Transmetals"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.8&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Beast Wars:
Transmetals&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Dreamwave_comics_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.9&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Dreamwave comics
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.10&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;G.I. Joe vs. the  
Transformers&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Transformers.2FG.I._Joe"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.11&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Transformers/G.I.
Joe&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#IDW_comics_continuity"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.12&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;IDW comics
continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Hearts_of_Steel"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.13&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Hearts of
Steel&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Henkei.21_Henkei.21_pack-in_mini-comics"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.14&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Henkei! Henkei!
pack-in mini-comics&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-2&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Henkei.21_Henkei.21_comic"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;1.15&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Henkei! Henkei!
comic&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Commercial_appearances"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;2&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Commercial
appearances&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Toys"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;3&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Toys&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Notes"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;4&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Notes&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Footnotes"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;5&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;Footnotes&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI class=toclevel-1&gt;&lt;A
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#External_links"&gt;&lt;SPAN
class=tocnumber&gt;6&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;SPAN class=toctext&gt;External links&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;A name=Fiction&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Fiction"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Fiction&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;&lt;A name=Marvel_Comics_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Marvel Comics continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Marvel Comics continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;&lt;A
name=Generation_1&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Generation 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Generation 1&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;Events from the &lt;A title="The Transformers (Marvel Comics)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_(Marvel_Comics)#Marvel_UK"&gt;UK-only&lt;/A&gt;
comic stories are in italics.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="He's the nigh-identical jerk on the right."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=191 alt="He's the nigh-identical jerk on the right."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg"
width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;He's the nigh-identical jerk on the right.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Millions of years ago, on the troubled planet Cybertron, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; acted as the
figurehead leader for the controlling dictators of the city-state of &lt;A
title=Vos href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vos"&gt;Vos&lt;/A&gt;. Following a botched attempt
at igniting war between &lt;A title=Iacon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Iacon"&gt;Iacon&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title=Tarn
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tarn"&gt;Tarn&lt;/A&gt;, Vos itself went to war with Tarn,  
and both cities were destroyed by an exchange of &lt;A class=new
title="Photon missile"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Photon_missile&amp;action=edit"&gt;photon
missiles&lt;/A&gt;. The survivors of both cities — presumably including &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; — were gathered
together by the ex-gladiator &lt;A title="Megatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt;, who used their
bitterness towards Iacon to unite them under his control as the Decepticons.  
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="State Games" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/State_Games"&gt;State
Games&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


Rescued by [[Ratbat]]'s forces on the Moon, Starscream later discovered the story of the powerful [[Underbase]]. He then set about a chain of systematic betrayals in order to gain access to that power. He set loose [[Buster Witwicky]], whom the Decepticons had been holding prisoner, with equipment that would lure the Autobots to the Decepticon's Antarctica base. The ensuing battle served to distract his fellow Decepticons as he then stole a ship from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to look for the Underbase. {{storylink|Cold War!}}
Four million years ago, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was part of
Megatron's attack raid on the &lt;A title="Ark (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)"&gt;Ark&lt;/A&gt;. After its crashlanding on &lt;A
title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was revived and
rebuilt into an Earthern form in 1984, along with the other survivors. After a
Decepticon roll-call, they fled the Ark. When the Autobots were spotted near a  
native settlement, aka a drive-thru movie theater, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the other
Decepticons were commanded to attack. While &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; extolled the use
of guile and stealth, &lt;A title="Cliffjumper (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cliffjumper_(G1)"&gt;Cliffjumper&lt;/A&gt; saturated him
with his &lt;A title="Glass gas" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Glass_gas"&gt;glass
gas&lt;/A&gt; gun, which coated &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, making his metal
brittle and breakable as glass. As his chassis shattered, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; ordered his
fellow jets to flee. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Transformers (comic issue)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_(comic_issue)"&gt;The
Transformers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Upon finding it, he began absorbing its power but was unable to finish the task as he was interrupted by Ratbat's ship, piloted by a temporary Autobot/Decepticon alliance. Starscream however survived, thanks to the power he absorbed.  After throwing Scorponok's ship at Ratbat's, he loudly proclaimed "I go now to destroy the cities of [[New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]!"
Megatron led his Decepticons to a perch above the half-constructed &lt;A
class=new title="Harrison Nuclear Power Plant"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Harrison_Nuclear_Power_Plant&amp;action=edit"&gt;Harrison
Nuclear Power Plant&lt;/A&gt;, with intent to take it with brute force. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; suggested that &lt;A
title="Buzzsaw (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Buzzsaw_(G1)"&gt;Buzzsaw&lt;/A&gt;
scout the area first. Megatron reluctantly agreed with &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, choosing &lt;A
title="Ravage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ravage_(G1)"&gt;Ravage&lt;/A&gt; to  
scout in Buzzsaw's stead. It wasn't until Ravage's report that Megatron realized
it was the &lt;A title=Human href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human"&gt;humans&lt;/A&gt; who
created the machines in their midst, and thus they must have the technology to
convert their fuel to a form they could use. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; quietly
acknowledged Megatron's shrewdness, and felt that he must never let his
eagerness to take over the Decepticons blind him to Megatron's cunning. The
Decepticons attacked, and when they had achieved victory, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the others
each hauled off chunks of the plant's machinery to construct their own &lt;A
title="Fortress Sinister" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Sinister"&gt;base
of operations&lt;/A&gt; atop a harsh cliffside. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the other
Decepticons next attacked the auto repair shop of &lt;A title="Sparkplug Witwicky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sparkplug_Witwicky"&gt;Sparkplug Witwicky&lt;/A&gt;, a
friend of the Autobots whom the Decepticons suspected could convert fuel for
them. Once &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
abducted Sparkplug, the Decepticons retreated. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Power Play!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_Play!"&gt;Power
Play!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


The Autobots and Decepticons traveled to those locations to try and stop Starscream, but they ultimately failed, as a massive amount of the Transformers active on Earth were badly damaged and incapacitated by Starscream's Underbase-powered rampage. He only stopped after intercepting a radio transmission between [[Fortress Maximus]] and Optimus Prime, and realized that the great Autobot leader was elsewhere, plotting against him. Starscream fled back out into space to find Prime, and rediscovered the Underbase. Starscream attempted to finish absorbing its power, only to have the absolute knowledge overwhelm him, which resulted in his destruction. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="He'd better get used to this."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=177 alt="He'd better get used to this."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg"
width=250 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;He'd better get used to this.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the
others returned to their cliffside headquarters with Sparkplug Witwicky, as &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; found humor in
the role reversal of this planet's human domination over machines. He continued
to boast of his successful kidnapping in front of Megatron and the others, a
ploy that did not go unnoticed by Megatron. Their captive, Sparkplug, needed
materials to aid him in converting Earth fuel to Transformer fuel, so &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and &lt;A
title="Rumble (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_(G1)"&gt;Rumble&lt;/A&gt; were
dispatched to bring back a tanker truck full of fuel for Sparkplug to work on.
The Decepticons' actions did not go unnoticed, and the human media and military
crowded around their headquarters. But it wasn't until the Autobots arrived that
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the other
two jets were unleashed upon the crowd. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prisoner of War!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prisoner_of_War!"&gt;Prisoner
of War!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Though the human escaped, it was not before he had
successfully done their work for them. Regardless, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; berated Megatron
for allowing the human to be rescued, to which Megatron responded to with a
blast from his &lt;A title="Fusion cannon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fusion_cannon"&gt;fusion cannon&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Last Stand" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Last_Stand"&gt;The Last
Stand&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:ZombieScream1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Braaaiiiinnnssss!]]
&lt;I&gt;&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was one
of a group of Decepticons who were sent to the &lt;A title="United Kingdom"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_Kingdom"&gt;United Kingdom&lt;/A&gt; to investigate
tales of the &lt;A title="Man of Iron"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Man_of_Iron"&gt;Man of Iron&lt;/A&gt;, who was in reality an
Autobot sent from &lt;A title="Cybertron (planet)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/A&gt; to Earth to look
for the missing Ark. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; destroyed him.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Man of Iron!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Man_of_Iron!"&gt;Man of
Iron!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Meanwhile, Megatron had begun to grow weary of Starscream's
constant attempts to undermine his authority, and he sent Ravage to follow &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, hoping he would
uncover enough damning evidence to permit Megatron to destroy &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; once and for all.
But when &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
failed to rally the Decepticons behind him by staging a conflict with the
Autobots, he tried to kill &lt;A title="Ravage (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ravage_(G1)"&gt;Ravage&lt;/A&gt; to keep this secret. When
caught, he demanded a trial-by-combat and was pitted against &lt;A
title="Brawn (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brawn_(G1)"&gt;Brawn&lt;/A&gt;, a fight
which he won, until &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was shot down and
deactivated by Ravage. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Enemy Within!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Enemy_Within!"&gt;The
Enemy Within!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


''[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]] were sent by Megatron to reclaim Starscream's charred corpse on planet Earth. Starscream's remains were possessed by the essence of the Underbase and went on an insane rampage, nearly killing [[Dr. Susan Hoffman]] and her [[Dr. Susan Hoffman#Dr. Hoffman's Assistants|Assistants]]. The Underbase eventually realized it was acting insane and regained control, but as soon as it did, Dreadwind and Darkwing siphoned all the power out of it, and Starscream's corpse returned to being an inanimate pile of scrap, which the pair quickly collected.'' {{storylink|Race with the Devil}}
When it was discovered that Sparkplug had failed to convert fuel for the
Autobots, Megatron ordered an attack on the Ark to destroy them once and for
all, showing them what lay in wait for those who dared to defy him. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; meekly agreed.
Despite the Autobots' dangerously low fuel levels, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was amazed at
Optimus Prime's commanding power. But just as victory was about to be handed to
the Decepticons, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the others
doubled over in pain. Sparkplug Witwicky had poisoned their converted fuel. If
not for the sudden appearance and intervention by the long-lost &lt;A
title="Shockwave (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)"&gt;Shockwave&lt;/A&gt;, the Decepticons
surely would have been defeated. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Last Stand" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Last_Stand"&gt;The Last
Stand&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Shockwave, having defeated the entire Autobot army, save the
Autobots' medic &lt;A title="Ratchet (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)"&gt;Ratchet&lt;/A&gt;, set up a base of  
operations inside the Ark and began rehabilitating &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the others.  
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The New Order" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_New_Order"&gt;The New
Order&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; When Megatron awoke and rebelled against Shockwave, the former
Decepticon leader was humiliated in his still-weakened state, and paraded in
front of &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and  
the others as a warning to those who would cross Shockwave. The Decepticons
hailed Shockwave as their new leader. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Worse of Two Evils!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Worse_of_Two_Evils!"&gt;The Worse of Two
Evils!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream's remains were delivered to Megatron, who kidnapped [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to rebuild Starscream with a powerful [[Pretender]] shell. {{storylink|Resurrection Gambit!}}  Megatron ordered Ratchet to wipe Starscream's mind so Starscream would wreak havoc on Earth among the Decepticons (led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]) and Optimus Prime. Ratchet, however, arranged for Starscream's true mind to be only suppressed. One good blast caused enough pain to revive the real Starscream. Completely outmatched, he surrendered and begged Scorponok for forgiveness. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream's treachery is a little more subtle when he's allowed to have thought balloons."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=189
alt="Starscream's treachery is a little more subtle when he's allowed to have thought balloons."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg"
width=250 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Starscream's treachery is a little more subtle when he's
allowed to have thought balloons.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When Megatron went missing, leaving control of the Ark back in the hands of
the Autobots, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
disparaged Megatron's failure in front of Shockwave. The Decepticons had in the
meantime taken control of one of &lt;A title="Blackrock Industries"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blackrock_Industries"&gt;Blackrock Industries&lt;/A&gt;'
aerospace plants, and &lt;A title="G.B. Blackrock"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.B._Blackrock"&gt;G.B. Blackrock&lt;/A&gt; had constructed
a superweapon to retaliate. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; convinced
Shockwave to let him and &lt;A title="Frenzy (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frenzy_(G1)"&gt;Frenzy&lt;/A&gt; destroy the weapon to boost
morale (or maybe allow him to steal the superweapon and use it to destroy
Shockwave and take command). There, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and Frenzy not
only encountered the Autobots &lt;A title="Jazz (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(G1)"&gt;Jazz&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title="Wheeljack (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)"&gt;Wheeljack&lt;/A&gt; but also a
super-powered human who was determined to destroy all robots, &lt;A
title="Circuit Breaker" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Circuit_Breaker"&gt;Circuit
Breaker&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
suffered few injuries, but had to drag Frenzy's body from the conflict. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="DIS-Integrated Circuits!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/DIS-Integrated_Circuits!"&gt;DIS-Integrated
Circuits!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''Briefly after becoming a Pretender, Starscream began to wallow in self-pity, believing that all the other Decepticons considered him a joke for his many failed takeover attempts and defeats.  His self-esteem crumbled every time the other Decepticons refused to speak to him or spoke about him behind his back.  In reality, the other Decepticons were terribly frightened of Starscream (thanks to that whole Underbase thing) and were avoiding him so they wouldn't be killed. Starscream sulked about it for a while until he defeated and captured a few Autobots and his confidence began to return.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}}
&lt;I&gt;Shockwave went missing as well, and with both him and Megatron gone, &lt;A
title="Soundwave (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_(G1)"&gt;Soundwave&lt;/A&gt; assumed command.
Soundwave wasted no time in telling &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; why he would
never lead the Decepticons -- he's just "a missile with a mouth." Soundwave
orchestrated &lt;A title="Bumblebee (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(G1)"&gt;Bumblebee&lt;/A&gt;'s capture, and  
challenged Optimus Prime to fight his way through the Decepticons to rescue him.  
Although &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
loudly boasted of being a "leader killer," once he faced Optimus Prime alone, he  
stammered and hesitated, and was quickly defeated. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Crisis of Command!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crisis_of_Command!"&gt;Crisis of
Command!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


Starscream was a source of dissention among the Decepticons, who were angry with Scorponok for letting him back in {{storylink|Primal Scream}} - and it ''was'' pretty dumb, as Starscream tried to capture the mutant [[Dynamo]] and use him as a [[Powermaster]] so he could challenge Scorponok. He failed, but was then met by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], then believed to be dead. {{storylink|The Human Factor!}} Starscream joined his gang in a [[Decepticon Civil War]] against Scorponok, and pressganged [[Triggerhappy]] & [[Mindwipe]] into the group. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!}} Thanks to the Autobots and [[Neo-Knights]], it was a bust. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}
Shockwave returned, and none too soon! &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the other
jets had been standing watch over their captured Blackrock Industries oil rig
for weeks. Shockwave unveiled the &lt;A title="Power siphon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_siphon"&gt;power siphon&lt;/A&gt; he had built during
his absence, which &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the others
would soon use to convert sound energy from a &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Brick Springstern" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brick_Springstern"&gt;Brick
Springstern&lt;/A&gt; concert into &lt;A title="Energon cube"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_cube"&gt;Energon cubes&lt;/A&gt;. Their plot was  
stopped abruptly when they were defeated by Bumblebee and a group of new Autobot
recruits. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Rock and Roll-Out!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rock_and_Roll-Out!"&gt;Rock
and Roll-Out!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; soon agreed with
Shockwave that Bumblebee would be a perfect candidate for them to add to their
own ranks. They waited until Bumblebee was alone, and then hunted him
relentlessly. It wasn't until human authorities and the Autobots arrived to
rescue Bumblebee did the Decepticons abandon their hunt. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Plight of the Bumblebee!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Plight_of_the_Bumblebee!"&gt;Plight of the
Bumblebee!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream was transported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to take part in the fight against [[Unicron]]. "Take part" as in "ran away". Along with Shockwave, he hijacked and repaired the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] so they could escape the dying planet. Shockwave and Starscream found Megatron and Ratchet awakening from the [[Nucleon]] on board the ship, both very confused and addled due to their mind-link. Starscream tried to kill Ratchet and got [[:Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg|totally beaten up]], before the medic directed one of Starscream's null-rays into the Nucleon storage tanks, causing enough of a chain reaction to send the Ark into a crash-landing on Earth, once again resulting in Starscream's deactivation. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, among
others, escorted Megatron to the Space Bridge, where they were expecting
reinforcements from Cybertron. Though only a team of Autobots had made it
through the Space Bridge to Earth, their disappointment was brief. The Autobots
had in the meantime launched a full-scale attack on the Decepticons' base, which
Megatron reckoned meant that the Ark was unguarded. Indeed, the sole obstacle in  
their way to the entrance was a tank and a rocket. However, these elements soon
combined into the impressive super robot &lt;A title="Omega Supreme (G1)"  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Omega_Supreme_(G1)"&gt;Omega Supreme&lt;/A&gt;. One by one,
Megatron's troops fell before the titan, including &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;. Only Megatron
and &lt;A title="Laserbeak (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laserbeak_(G1)"&gt;Laserbeak&lt;/A&gt; survived. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Command Performances!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Command_Performances!"&gt;Command
Performances!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


=====Earthforce=====
&lt;I&gt;The Autobots gathered up &lt;B
{{earthforcefiction}}
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the other
deactivated Decepticons and placed them in life support capsules within the Ark,
holding them imprisoned in stasis. Not long afterward, the Autobots were plunged
into a state of disarray by the violent arrival of the enigmatic time-travelling
Decepticon, &lt;A title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Grapple (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grapple_(G1)"&gt;Grapple&lt;/A&gt; was in such a rush to
depart the medical bay and attend a mission briefing that he failed to notice an
alert signifying the malfunction of Starscream's capsule. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; awoke and punched
his way out of the capsule, and proceeded to steal out of the medical area and
listen in on the Autobots' briefing. He was shocked to overhear that the
Autobots had teamed up with Megatron to defeat Galvatron, and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; immediately
decided to sneak off to join forces with this powerhouse from the future.
Galvatron went along with Starscream's toadying, as the irony amused him;
Galvatron was, in fact, a recreated future incarnation of Megatron, and would go
on to kill &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
twenty years in the future! When Galvatron and his men faced Megatron once
again, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; shot
Megatron in the back, but had to be stopped short of killing him by Galvatron
himself, who knocked &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; unconscious in
order to secure his own future existence. Starscream's body was placed back into
its stasis capsule by the future Autobots &lt;A title="Hot Rod"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod"&gt;Hot Rod&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A title="Kup (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup_(G1)"&gt;Kup&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title="Blurr (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)"&gt;Blurr&lt;/A&gt;, who then proceeded to trick
Galvatron into returning to the future through a complicated plan that involved
painting Skywarp to look like &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, and then duping
Galvatron into destroying him. After killing "&lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;", Galvatron
rationalized that he must have travelled back to a parallel timeline, since &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was not supposed
to die until 2006, and returned to the future with his men. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Target 2006"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Target_2006"&gt;Target 2006&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


''In an alternate series of events, Starscream and Shockwave's army grew much larger, and their main competition was not Scorponok, but a revived Megatron and his group of Decepticons. As Shockwave's second-in-command, Starscream had few responsibilities, and even less power. The final indignity came when he was assigned to mere monitor duty at their undersea base. Still, even that ignoble assignment presented an opportunity, as Starscream caught Megatron's spies, the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, trying to tune in to Shockwave's war room. After incapacitating the bugs, Starscream surprised them by offering to let them go free, if they would report back to Megatron that Shockwave would be alone at a certain spot the next day, ensuring that Megatron would go out to battle him alone. {{storylink|Bugged!}} With the trap baited, Starscream contacted his opposite number, Megatron's second-in-command Soundwave, and proposed an alliance. Soundwave had already been playing both sides by feeding information to him, and so the two of them conspired to join the Decepticon factions under their joint rule. Sure enough, after Megatron and Shockwave's private battle came under Autobot fire (Autobots who had been anonymously tipped off by Starscream), they radioed their respective bases only to hear that the Decepticons no longer considered the two of them leaders. {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}}''
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="His heart grew three sizes that day."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreammerrychristmas.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=219 alt="His heart grew three sizes that day."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starscreammerrychristmas.jpg" width=150
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreammerrychristmas.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;His
heart grew three sizes that day.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Rather than do the smart thing and return &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; the Ark, the
future Autobots rather unwisely left his capsule lying in the middle of a field.  
As happenstance would have it, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; lay there,
undisturbed, until he awoke at &lt;A title=Christmas
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Christmas"&gt;Christmas&lt;/A&gt; the following year.
Desolate, he wished he could go home again, and was in mid-mope when he was  
chanced upon by a &lt;A title="Christmas kid"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Christmas_kid"&gt;a human&lt;/A&gt; who sought to inform him
of the meaning of Christmas. Urged to help a busload of elderly humans who had
become stuck in a snowdrift, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; wanted to know
what would be in it for him. As &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; debated this good
deed, he was suddenly attacked by &lt;A title="Streetwise (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Streetwise_(G1)"&gt;Streetwise&lt;/A&gt;, who suspected him
to be up to his usual do-baddery. After a brief battle, the human intervened to  
chastise Streetwise, and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; proceeded to show
up the Protectobot by saving the bus, purely out of spite. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Stargazing
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stargazing"&gt;Stargazing&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


''Starscream's first major action as Decepticon leader was the ol' "bait and switch" -- sending Soundwave and a Decepticon strike force to keep the Autobots busy at their Earthbase, while he personally attended to stealing a supply of oil from a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. It seemed, however, that Starscream's plan hadn't accounted for Earthforce's newest recruits: the [[Survivors]]. A quick 1-2-3 by [[Carnivac]], [[Skids]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] took the fight out of Starscream, and so he retreated, radioing his troops to do the same. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; never awoke
in the American stories—his deactivated body remained captive within the Ark for
years, and was not rescued until the events of "&lt;A title=Totaled!
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Totaled!"&gt;Totaled!&lt;/A&gt;", when &lt;A
title="Ratbat (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratbat_(G1)"&gt;Ratbat&lt;/A&gt;'s
forces saved all the Decepticons aboard the craft. When this story was reprinted
in the UK, Starscream's name was erased from the artwork. As far as the UK
stories were concerned, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; sought out
Ratbat's Decepticons to join up with them.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; quickly
ingratiated himself with Ratbat and helped run &lt;A title="Club Con"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con"&gt;Club Con&lt;/A&gt;, a human island resort that
covered their attempt to uncover subterranean information on the legendary &lt;A
title=Underbase href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Underbase"&gt;Underbase&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Club Con!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con!"&gt;Club Con!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
When a pair of Autobot audio and video tapes recording the loss of the Underbase
were found, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
convinced Ratbat to let him watch the tapes with him. In the "&lt;A
title=Realvision href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Realvision"&gt;Realvision&lt;/A&gt;"
playback, he witnessed a young Optimus Prime thwart Megatron's early attempts to  
possess the Underbase by shooting the legendary database into space. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Flames of Boltax!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Flames_of_Boltax!"&gt;The Flames of
Boltax!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; then set about a  
chain of systematic betrayals in order to gain access to that power. He set
loose &lt;A title="Buster Witwicky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Buster_Witwicky"&gt;Buster Witwicky&lt;/A&gt;, whom the
Decepticons had been holding prisoner, with equipment that would lure the
Autobots to the Decepticon's Antarctic base. The ensuing battle served to
distract his fellow Decepticons as he then stole a ship from &lt;A
title="Scorponok (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)"&gt;Scorponok&lt;/A&gt; to look for the  
Underbase. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Cold War!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cold_War!"&gt;Cold War!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''Sometime later, returning to the Decepticon base in the Louisiana bayous, Starscream suddenly found himself fighting for his life against several mismatched bounty hunters and mercenaries. Believing his co-commander Soundwave must have been responsible for the contract, Starscream stormed back to their headquarters to confront him. {{storylink|Assassins}} He wasted no words in confronting his "treacherous" partner, but fortunately Soundwave had had the foresight to prerecord an explanation. While trading blows and dodging laser fire in person, Soundwave's recording outlined how the situation was clearly a set-up to make them fight each other. Fortunately, Starscream believed him. Unfortunately, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] stormed in at that moment, having been paid by the true contractors, Megatron and Shockwave, to eliminate anyone left standing. {{storylink|External Forces!}} The two Decepticons would have been overwhelmed if they hadn't received aid from an unlikely source: Earthforce. It seemed the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] was dying of [[corrodia gravis]], a wasting disease which required an energy transfer from a compatible Transformer, and Starscream fit the bill. After driving off Megatron, Shockwave and the Mayhems, Starscream made a deal with Earthforce to help Snarl in exchange for their aid against any future uprising by the former Decepticon leaders. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}''


''Soon afterwards, Starscream and Soundwave engaged in Project: Smear, a campaign to ruin the Autobots' good name among the humans, and ensure they received no additional aid in the war. A straight-forward attempt to brainwash [[Superion]] into wrecking a human settlement didn't pan out {{storylink|Inside Story!}}, so a more subtle plan was engineered. Starscream had [[Bombshell]] use his [[cerebro-shell]]s to subvert the will of a human reporter, [[Irwin Spoon]], and compel him to write a story bashing the Autobots and portraying them as kidnappers, or worse. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK issue)|End of the Road!}}''
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="This is way more graphic than was needed."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Underbaseallmine.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=133 alt="This is way more graphic than was needed."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Underbaseallmine.jpg" width=250
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Underbaseallmine.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;This is way
more graphic than was needed.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Upon finding the ancient database, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; began absorbing
its power but was unable to finish the task as he was blasted by Ratbat's ship,
piloted by a temporary Autobot/Decepticon alliance. However, while the light of
the Underbase had only shone on &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; for a moment,  
that moment had been enough to fill him with its awesome power, and the  
now-cosmically-powered Air Commander survived the attack. Growing to monumental
proportions, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
hurled his ship at Ratbat's craft, and promptly headed for Earth with the  
intention of proving his power by destroying &lt;A title="New York City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City"&gt;New York&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A title=Tokyo
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tokyo"&gt;Tokyo&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A class=new
title="Buenos Aries"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Buenos_Aries&amp;action=edit"&gt;Buenos
Aries&lt;/A&gt;. The Autobots and Decepticons traveled to those locations to try and
stop &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, but they  
ultimately failed, as a massive amount of the Transformers active on Earth were
badly damaged and incapacitated by Starscream's Underbase-powered rampage. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; only stopped
after intercepting a radio transmission between &lt;A title="Fortress Maximus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_(G1)"&gt;Fortress Maximus&lt;/A&gt; and
Optimus Prime, and realized that the great Autobot leader was elsewhere,
plotting against him. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; fled back out
into space to find Prime, and rediscovered the Underbase. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; attempted to  
finish absorbing its power, only to have the absolute knowledge overwhelm him,  
which resulted in his destruction. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Dark Star!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Star!"&gt;Dark
Star!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


====Generation 2====
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
[[Image:Starscream uscomics.png|thumb|left|150px|"I am only saving you so that I may punish you later."]]
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title=Braaaiiiinnnssss!
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:ZombieScream1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=240 alt=Braaaiiiinnnssss!
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-ZombieScream1.jpg" width=200 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:ZombieScream1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"  
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Braaaiiiinnnssss!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;Starscream's corpse crashed in South America, but the Decepticon still
clung to some semblance of life, as his shattered husk was reanimated by the
residual energy of the Underbase that still saturated it, and driven by
Starscream's own muderderous impulses into an insane rampage. After nearly
killing &lt;A title="Dr. Susan Hoffman"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dr._Susan_Hoffman"&gt;Dr. Susan Hoffman&lt;/A&gt; and her &lt;A
title="Dr. Susan Hoffman"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dr._Susan_Hoffman#Dr._Hoffman.27s_Assistants"&gt;Assistants&lt;/A&gt;,
the &lt;A title=Zombie href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Zombie"&gt;zombie&lt;/A&gt;-like &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was confronted by
&lt;A title="Dreadwind (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dreadwind_(G1)"&gt;Dreadwind&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title=Darkwing
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Darkwing"&gt;Darkwing&lt;/A&gt;, who had been sent by
Megatron to recover Starscream's body, and the Autobot &lt;A title=Triggerbot
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triggerbot"&gt;Triggerbots&lt;/A&gt;. Triggerbot &lt;A
title=Backstreet href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Backstreet"&gt;Backstreet&lt;/A&gt; was
able to appeal to the fraction of the Underbase that was still within &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and convinced it
to try and regain control of itself, but as soon as it did, Dreadwind and
Darkwing had their &lt;A title=Powermaster
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powermaster"&gt;Powermaster&lt;/A&gt; partners &lt;A
title=Hi-Test href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hi-Test"&gt;Hi-Test&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title=Throttle
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Throttle"&gt;Throttle&lt;/A&gt; siphoned all the Underbase's
remaining power from the walking cadaver. Starscream's corpse returned to being
an inanimate pile of scrap, which the pair quickly collected.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Race with the Devil"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Race_with_the_Devil"&gt;Race with the Devil&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream had been damaged to the point of stasis lock when the Ark crashed on Earth for a second time.  Megatron, apparently the only one to recover from the crash more or less unscathed, decided to revive Starscream.  {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}  He would later question his own judgement in doing so, but in his defense, the only other Decepticons involved in the crash had been Shockwave and Galvatron, so his options for loyalty were slim.


[[Image:Starscreamtongue.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Who have you been [[Legion|talking to]], Starscream?]]
Starscream's remains were delivered to Megatron on Cybertron, who kidnapped
&lt;A title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)"&gt;Ratchet&lt;/A&gt;
and forced him to rebuild &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; with a powerful
&lt;A title=Pretender href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender"&gt;Pretender&lt;/A&gt; shell.
Ratchet was shown three different shell prototypes, and a final design meant for
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Resurrection Gambit!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Resurrection_Gambit!"&gt;Resurrection
Gambit!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; As Ratchet worked on repairing &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, he feigned a
friendly attitude towards Megatron, but this was a facade to cover Ratchet's
true motives. Though Megatron had some tweaks in mind for Starscream's
personality, Ratchet had something else in mind. After the Pretender shell had
finished healing the body inside, Megatron sent &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; to Earth, where
Scorponok and Optimus Prime had clashed over a misunderstanding. As they were
about to peacefully discuss the machinations that had gathered them there,
Starscream's shell appeared! The Transformers and Nebulans below gaped in horror
as the shell opened up to reveal the treacherous &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;! &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All the Familiar Faces!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_the_Familiar_Faces!"&gt;All the Familiar
Faces!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Predictably, though, Starscream would indeed betray Megatron and the Decepticons once again, this time by giving [[Jhiaxus]] and his troops information that allowed them to take control of the Decepticon flagship ''[[Warworld]].'' {{storylink|Total War}} Starscream then doublecrossed Jhiaxus, stole the [[Creation Matrix]] (which Megatron had stolen from Prime earlier) and used its powers to merge himself with the ''Warworld,'' becoming an unstoppable force of destruction.  As Optimus Prime and Megatron entered the possessed ship to try and stop him, Starscream exhibited a startling control over the physical nature of the vessel, turning the ''Warworld'' into an ever-shifting maze of horrors to torment the two leaders. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}} But when they confronted him face-to-face, he found that the Matrix was having a disagreeable effect on his own mind.  He found himself wanting to be, in his own words, "good." He desperately gave the Matrix back to Prime in the hopes that the effect would be temporary. This reverted Starscream to his ordinary form, presumably severing his connection with the ship. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 302px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="These are the Delboest panels ever."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamskindeep.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=124 alt="These are the Delboest panels ever."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/300px-Starscreamskindeep.jpg" width=300
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamskindeep.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;These are the  
&lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Delbo
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Delbo"&gt;Delboest&lt;/A&gt; panels ever.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream's new form was powerful, but what gave him his true edge was how
much he spooked his victims. He was believed to be a ghost, an invincible force  
of revenge, and most of Scorponok's troops quickly fled the battlefield. It
wasn't until &lt;A title="Hot Rod" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod"&gt;Hot
Rod&lt;/A&gt; manned up and shot their attacker did they realize that this was no
ghost at all, but rather a physical being that could &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title=Furmanisms href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanisms"&gt;feel pain and be  
destroyed.&lt;/A&gt; This was further sold by Starscream's sudden display of
cowardice. Ratchet had arranged for Starscream's true personality to eventually
surface, and Hot Rod's blast had knocked it free. Completely outmatched, he
surrendered and begged Scorponok for forgiveness. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Skin Deep" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skin_Deep"&gt;Skin Deep&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


{{-}}


====Fun Publications ''Classics'' comics====
&lt;I&gt;Briefly after becoming a Pretender, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; began to wallow
in self-pity, believing that all the other Decepticons considered him a joke for
his many failed takeover attempts and defeats. His self-esteem crumbled every
time the other Decepticons refused to speak to him or spoke about him behind his
back. In reality, the other Decepticons were terribly frightened of &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; (thanks to that
whole Underbase thing) and were avoiding him so they wouldn't be killed. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; sulked about it
for a while until he defeated and captured a few Autobots and his confidence
began to return.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fallen Star!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fallen_Star!"&gt;Fallen
Star!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''(Note: The Classics comic takes place after the end of the original Marvel Comic, but in a new timeline that does not include the events of the Marvel UK-exclusive stories or Generation 2.)''
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Ooooh, better leave this one off the resume."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=166 alt="Ooooh, better leave this one off the resume."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Ratchetjollies.jpg" width=250 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Ooooh, better
leave this one off the resume.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was a
source of dissention among the Decepticons, who were angry with Scorponok for
letting him back in &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Primal Scream" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Primal_Scream"&gt;Primal
Scream&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;—and it ''was'' pretty dumb, as &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; tried to capture
the mutant &lt;A title=Dynamo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dynamo"&gt;Dynamo&lt;/A&gt; and
use him as a &lt;A title=Powermaster
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powermaster"&gt;Powermaster&lt;/A&gt; so he could challenge
Scorponok. He failed, but was then met by &lt;A title="Shockwave (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)"&gt;Shockwave&lt;/A&gt;, then believed to be
dead. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Human Factor!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Human_Factor!"&gt;The
Human Factor!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; joined his gang
in a &lt;A title="Decepticon Civil War"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Civil_War"&gt;Decepticon Civil War&lt;/A&gt;
against Scorponok, and pressganged &lt;A title=Triggerhappy
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triggerhappy"&gt;Triggerhappy&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title=Mindwipe href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mindwipe"&gt;Mindwipe&lt;/A&gt; into the  
group. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Eye of the Storm!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Eye_of_the_Storm!"&gt;Eye of
the Storm!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Thanks to the Autobots and &lt;A title=Neo-Knights
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Neo-Knights"&gt;Neo-Knights&lt;/A&gt;, it was a bust. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Out of Time!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Out_of_Time!"&gt;Out of
Time!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream reappears alongside several other Decepticons restored by Megatron fifteen years after the Ark crash-landed. He still appears to enjoy making snide remarks at Megatron's expense.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was
transported to &lt;A title="Cybertron (planet)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/A&gt; to take part in
the fight against &lt;A title=Unicron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron"&gt;Unicron&lt;/A&gt;. "Take part" as in "ran away".
Along with Shockwave, he hijacked and repaired the &lt;A title="Ark (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)"&gt;Ark&lt;/A&gt; so they could escape the dying
planet. Shockwave and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; found Megatron  
and Ratchet awakening from the &lt;A title=Nucleon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nucleon"&gt;Nucleon&lt;/A&gt; on board the ship, both very
confused and addled due to their mind-link. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; tried to kill
Ratchet and got &lt;A title=Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg"&gt;totally beaten up&lt;/A&gt;,
before the medic directed one of Starscream's null-rays into the Nucleon storage
tanks, causing enough of a chain reaction to send the Ark into a crash-landing
on Earth, once again resulting in Starscream's deactivation. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="A Savage Circle" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Savage_Circle"&gt;A Savage
Circle&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A name=Earthforce&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Earthforce"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Earthforce&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See &lt;A
title=Earthforce href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earthforce"&gt;Earthforce&lt;/A&gt; for
details.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;I&gt;In an alternate series of events, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and Shockwave's
army grew much larger, and their main competition was not Scorponok, but a
revived Megatron and his group of Decepticons. As Shockwave's second-in-command,
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had few
responsibilities, and even less power. The final indignity came when he was
assigned to mere monitor duty at their undersea base. Still, even that ignoble
assignment presented an opportunity, as &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; caught Megatron's
spies, the &lt;A title="Insecticon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insecticon_(G1)"&gt;Insecticons&lt;/A&gt;, trying to tune in
to Shockwave's war room. After incapacitating the bugs, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; surprised them by
offering to let them go free, if they would report back to Megatron that
Shockwave would be alone at a certain spot the next day, ensuring that Megatron
would go out to battle him alone. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Bugged! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bugged!"&gt;Bugged!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; With the
trap baited, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
contacted his opposite number, Megatron's second-in-command Soundwave, and
proposed an alliance. Soundwave had already been playing both sides by feeding
information to him, and so the two of them conspired to join the Decepticon
factions under their joint rule. Sure enough, after Megatron and Shockwave's  
private battle came under Autobot fire (Autobots who had been anonymously tipped
off by &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;), they
radioed their respective bases only to hear that the Decepticons no longer
considered the two of them leaders. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Internal Affairs!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Internal_Affairs!"&gt;Internal Affairs!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


===Ladybird Books continuity===


[[Image:Galvatron_teesh.jpg|right|thumb|Toy-accurate art makes Starscream sad.]]
&lt;I&gt;Starscream's first major action as Decepticon leader was the ol' "bait and
A brash and aggressive character, Starscream is constantly running up against the older, smarter Megatron. He once convinced Rumble to help him attack and destroy an Autobot tower (believed to be for communications) against Megatron's orders. In the process, he caused Megatron and the other Decepticons to come get him back. (They arrived ''just'' as he was slagging off Megatron.) Since that tower was actually used for channeling lightning storms into power, the entire Decepticon team was viciously injured by an electric surge due to his disobedience. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}
switch" -- sending Soundwave and a Decepticon strike force to keep the Autobots
busy at their Earthbase, while he personally attended to stealing a supply of
oil from a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. It seemed, however, that Starscream's
plan hadn't accounted for Earthforce's newest recruits: the &lt;A title=Survivors
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Survivors"&gt;Survivors&lt;/A&gt;. A quick 1-2-3 by &lt;A
title=Carnivac href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Carnivac"&gt;Carnivac&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A
title="Skids (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skids_(G1)"&gt;Skids&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Inferno (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Inferno_(G1)"&gt;Inferno&lt;/A&gt; took
the fight out of &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, and so he  
retreated, radioing his troops to do the same. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Divide and Conquer!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divide_and_Conquer!"&gt;Divide and
Conquer!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


Starscream later tried to overthrow Megatron when the commander was off on a mission and requested the other Decepticons rendezvous with him. Starscream's act of rebellion was to blow up the building he thought Megatron was in and declare himself leader. Megatron turned out to be standing behind him, and he gave Starscream a valuable lesson on leadership (i.e., told him how dumb that was whilst punching him). {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}
&lt;I&gt;Sometime later, returning to the Decepticon base in the Louisiana bayous,
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; suddenly found
himself fighting for his life against several mismatched bounty hunters and
mercenaries. Believing his co-commander Soundwave must have been responsible for
the contract, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
stormed back to their headquarters to confront him. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Assassins href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Assassins"&gt;Assassins&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; He
wasted no words in confronting his "treacherous" partner, but fortunately
Soundwave had had the foresight to prerecord an explanation. While trading blows
and dodging laser fire in person, Soundwave's recording outlined how the
situation was clearly a set-up to make them fight each other. Fortunately, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; believed him.
Unfortunately, &lt;A title="Bludgeon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bludgeon_(G1)"&gt;Bludgeon&lt;/A&gt; and the &lt;A
title="Mayhem Attack Squad"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mayhem_Attack_Squad"&gt;Mayhem Attack Squad&lt;/A&gt;
stormed in at that moment, having been paid by the true contractors, Megatron  
and Shockwave, to eliminate anyone left standing. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="External Forces!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/External_Forces!"&gt;External
Forces!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; The two Decepticons would have been overwhelmed if they
hadn't received aid from an unlikely source: Earthforce. It seemed the &lt;A
title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)"&gt;Dinobot&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A
title="Snarl (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snarl_(G1)"&gt;Snarl&lt;/A&gt; was dying
of &lt;A title="Corrodia Gravis"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Corrodia_Gravis"&gt;Corrodia Gravis&lt;/A&gt;, a wasting
disease which required an energy transfer from a compatible Transformer, and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; fit the bill.  
After driving off Megatron, Shockwave and the Mayhems, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; made a deal with
Earthforce to help Snarl in exchange for their aid against any future uprising
by the former Decepticon leaders. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="The Lesser Evil!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Lesser_Evil!"&gt;The Lesser Evil!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;


When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] time-travelled to the 20th Century and took command, Starscream served under him. He'd learnt his lesson since the early days, not trying to overthrow his commander ''once''. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}


===American cartoon continuity===
&lt;I&gt;Soon afterwards, &lt;B
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Chris Latta]] (US), [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japan), [[Jean-Louis Millette]] (Quebec), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (France), [[José Sant'anna]] (Brazil), [[Bernd Simon]] (Germany), [[Michael Chernyak]] (Russia)
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and Soundwave
engaged in Project: Smear, a campaign to ruin the Autobots' good name among the
humans, and ensure they received no additional aid in the war. A
straight-forward attempt to brainwash &lt;A title="Superion (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Superion_(G1)"&gt;Superion&lt;/A&gt; into wrecking a human
settlement didn't pan out &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Inside Story!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Inside_Story!"&gt;Inside
Story!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;, so a more subtle plan was engineered. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had &lt;A
title=Bombshell href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bombshell"&gt;Bombshell&lt;/A&gt; use his &lt;A
title=Cerebro-shell
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cerebro-shell"&gt;cerebro-shells&lt;/A&gt; to subvert the
will of a human reporter, &lt;A title="Irwin Spoon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Irwin_Spoon"&gt;Irwin Spoon&lt;/A&gt;, and compel him to
write a story bashing the Autobots and portraying them as kidnappers, or worse.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="End of the Road! (UK)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/End_of_the_Road!_(UK)"&gt;End of the
Road!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/I&gt;
&lt;A name=Generation_2&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Generation 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Generation 2''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 102px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Who have you been talking to, Starscream?"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamtongue.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=106 alt="Who have you been talking to, Starscream?"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/100px-Starscreamtongue.jpg" width=100
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamtongue.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Who have you
been &lt;A title=Legion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Legion"&gt;talking to&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;?&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had been
damaged to the point of stasis lock when the Ark crashed on Earth for a second
time. Megatron, apparently the only one to recover from the crash more or less
unscathed, decided to revive &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All or Nothing!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_or_Nothing!"&gt;All or
Nothing!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; He would later question his own judgement in doing so, but
in his defense, the only other Decepticons involved in the crash had been
Shockwave and Galvatron, so his options for loyalty were slim.


Starscream was the Decepticons' second-in-command. He was rash, boastful, cowardly, and even whiny. Millions of years before the war between Autobots and Decepticons would force both sides off Cybertron, Starscream was not a warrior but rather a scientist. He and his colleague [[Skyfire]] were exploring an unnamed planet - the ancient [[Earth]] - when severe atmospheric conditions separated the two friends. Starscream circled the globe looking for Skyfire, but he never found his colleague.{{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} After the outbreak of war, Starscream and his fellow Decepticons would become entombed on the same alien world for four million years before emerging to continue their battle on Earth, with Starscream reformatted as a terrestrial F-15 fighter jet.
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title='"I am only saving you so that I may punish you later."'
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_uscomics.png"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=167
alt='"I am only saving you so that I may punish you later."'  
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starscream_uscomics.png" width=150
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_uscomics.png"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"I am
only saving you so that I may punish you later."&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Predictably, though, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; would indeed
betray Megatron and the Decepticons once again, this time by giving &lt;A
title=Jhiaxus href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus"&gt;Jhiaxus&lt;/A&gt; and his troops
information that allowed them to take control of the Decepticon flagship &lt;I&gt;&lt;A
title=Warworld href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warworld"&gt;Warworld&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/I&gt; &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Total War"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Total_War"&gt;Total War&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; then
doublecrossed Jhiaxus, stole the &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Creation Matrix"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Creation_Matrix"&gt;Creation Matrix&lt;/A&gt; (which
Megatron had stolen from Prime earlier) and used its powers to merge himself
with the ''Warworld,'' becoming an unstoppable force of destruction. As
Optimus Prime and Megatron entered the possessed ship to try and stop him, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; exhibited a  
startling control over the physical nature of the vessel, turning the
''Warworld'' into an ever-shifting maze of horrors to torment the two
leaders. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Dark Shadows!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Shadows!"&gt;Dark
Shadows!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; But when they confronted him face-to-face, he found that the  
Matrix was having a disagreeable effect on his own mind. He found himself
wanting to be, in his own words, "good." He desperately gave the Matrix back to
Prime in the hopes that the effect would be temporary. This reverted &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; to his ordinary
form, presumably severing his connection with the ship. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="A Rage in Heaven!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Rage_in_Heaven!"&gt;A Rage
in Heaven!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:ChokingOutTheBeyotch.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Unfortunately, Starscream forgot the safeword.]]
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Classics&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Classics"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Classics''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;The Classics comic takes place after the end of the original Marvel Comic,  
but in a new timeline that does not include the events of the Marvel
UK-exclusive stories or Generation 2.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; reappears
alongside several other Decepticons restored by Megatron fifteen years after the  
Ark crash-landed. He still appears to enjoy making snide remarks at Megatron's
expense.
&lt;A name=Generation_1_cartoon&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Generation 1 cartoon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Generation 1 cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;


Starscream's rash and spiteful actions led to the resurrection of the Autobots on Earth, when a blast intended to trap the Autobots there forever caused Optimus Prime to fall into the life-giving rays of [[Teletraan I]], who soon had all his fellow Autobots ready for action again.{{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} Starscream would always demand action rather than waste time with planning, often calling Megatron a coward or taking action himself without waiting for the order. Needless to say, this got him nearly killed by Megatron on more than one occasion.
:''Voice actor:'' &lt;A title="Chris Latta"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chris_Latta"&gt;Chris Latta&lt;/A&gt; (English), &lt;A
title="Hirotaka Suzuoki"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hirotaka_Suzuoki"&gt;Hirotaka Suzuoki&lt;/A&gt;
(Japanese), &lt;A class=new title="Jean-Louis Millette"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Jean-Louis_Millette&amp;action=edit"&gt;Jean-Louis
Millette&lt;/A&gt; (Canadian French), &lt;A class=new title="Jacques Ferrière"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Jacques_Ferri%C3%A8re&amp;action=edit"&gt;Jacques
Ferrière&lt;/A&gt; (French), &lt;A title="José Sant'anna"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/José_Sant'anna"&gt;José Sant'anna&lt;/A&gt; (Portuguese),
&lt;A title="Bernd Simon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bernd_Simon"&gt;Bernd
Simon&lt;/A&gt; (German), &lt;A class=new title="Michael Chernyak"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Michael_Chernyak&amp;action=edit"&gt;Michael
Chernyak&lt;/A&gt; (Russian)
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="&quot;Look at me when I'm threatening you!&quot;"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_bawled_out.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=230
alt="&quot;Look at me when I'm threatening you!&quot;"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-G1toon_starscream_bawled_out.jpg" width=250
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_bawled_out.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Look at me when I'm threatening you!"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Shortly before the outbreak of the Autobot-Decepticon war nine million years
ago, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was not a
warrior, but rather a scientist. He and his colleague and friend &lt;A
title="Jetfire (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jetfire_(G1)"&gt;Skyfire&lt;/A&gt; were
exploring an unnamed planet—the ancient &lt;A title=Earth
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt;—when severe atmospheric conditions
separated the two friends. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; circled the globe
looking for Skyfire, but never gound him. Upon his return to Cybertron, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; mostly abandoned
his scientific pursuits, deciding that a career as a warrior would be much more
exciting, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fire in the Sky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_in_the_Sky"&gt;Fire in
the Sky&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; and instead enrolled in the Cybertron War Academy, of which
he would later profess to be the pride. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="A Prime Problem" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Prime_Problem"&gt;A Prime
Problem&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream's status probably came from the fact he had command over the other [[Seeker|jet fighter Decepticons]], who formed pretty much 50% of the entire Decepticon force at the time of the first and second seasons. Megatron, very desperate for troops (especially ones who were so predictable), kept Starscream around.  
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; rose
through the ranks of Megatron's Decepticons until he reached the position of
second in command, but even this was not enough: &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; saw Megatron as
old and soft, and after four million years of war drained Cybertron of all its
energy, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
believed that he would have been able to win the war eons beforehand if he had
been in charge. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was never afraid
to let Megatron know this, but Megatron was always ready with a disparaging
comeback, and the constant belief that while &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had the ambition,
he did not have the ability to lead.  


Although he was often an impulsive warrior, Starscream still showed some signs of his scientific background. In "War of the Dinobots", he was the only Decepticon who urged caution before using the energy taken from an unstable meteor. Even Megatron himself showed little concern about the potential risks, bickering with Starscream and threatening to take his share. Starscream was ultimately correct about the volatile nature of the energy, and the resulting explosion nearly killed a number of Transformers, including Optimus Prime and Grimlock.{{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was among
Megatron's forces aboard the &lt;A title="Nemesis (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nemesis_(G1)"&gt;space cruiser&lt;/A&gt; that pursued the  
Autobots' &lt;A title="Ark (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)"&gt;ship&lt;/A&gt;
when it departed Cybertron to search for new energy sources on other planets.
The Decepticons boarded the Autobot craft, and it subsequently crashed on Earth,  
entombing its occupants in stasis for four million years. When a volcanic
eruption reawakened the ship's computer, &lt;A title="Teletraan I (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_I_(G1)"&gt;Teletraan I&lt;/A&gt;, in 1984, it
indiscriminately brought the Decepticons back online, rebuilding their bodies to
transform into contemporary Earth machines. Now outfitted with an F-15 &lt;A
title="Alternate mode" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alternate_mode"&gt;alternate
mode&lt;/A&gt;, Starscream's first act on Earth was one of spitefulness, as he
delivered a parting laser blast to the buried Autobot ship. The blast caused a
tremor that inadvertently knocked Optimus Prime into the path of Teltraan I's
restoration beam, and before long, all the Autobots were operational once more
and ready to continue the war on Earth. Four million years of sleep hadn't
improved Starscream's disposition any, as his thoughts immediately turned to
leadership once more, and he discussed them with &lt;A title="Rumble (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_(G1)"&gt;Rumble&lt;/A&gt; when he and &lt;A
title="Soundwave (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_(G1)"&gt;Soundwave&lt;/A&gt; accompanied him on a
mission to find materials to construct a temporary base. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_Than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_1"&gt;More Than Meets
the Eye, Part 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:G1_Child'sPlay_Starscream_Ball.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Starscream's childhood dodgeball traumas were a deciding factor in his personality.]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="&quot;Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my leg.&quot;"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_laser_turret.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=175
alt="&quot;Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my leg.&quot;"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-G1toon_starscream_laser_turret.jpg"
width=250 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_laser_turret.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my
leg."&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
The Decepticons quickly began gatherinh energy to build and fuel a &lt;A
title="Decepticon space cruiser"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_space_cruiser"&gt;new space cruiser&lt;/A&gt;
that could return them to Cybertron. The work proceeded apace with the Autobots
unable to do much to stop the villains, but &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; wound up costing
them time when he decided to test a clutch of &lt;A title="Energon cube"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_cube"&gt;energon cubes&lt;/A&gt; by powering a laser
turret with them, thereby using them up and necessitating another energy raid.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_Than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_2"&gt;More Than Meets
the Eye, Part 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; A little later, when Megtaron subjected &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; to another bout
of berating, the Air Commander decided he had had enough, and tried to shoot
Megatron in the back. At Soundwave's warning, Megatron blocked the beam and
returned fire with his &lt;A title="Fusion cannon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fusion_cannon"&gt;fusion cannon&lt;/A&gt;, bringing &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; to his knees,
quite literally begging for mercy. Luckily for him, he got it, but he didn't
learn his lesson, since the first thing he did once the space cruiser was
completed and airborne was to try for another coup. As it turned out, he only
wound up distracting all the other Decepticons, allowing Autobot stowaway &lt;A
title="Mirage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mirage_(G1)"&gt;Miage&lt;/A&gt; to
cripple the cruiser and send it crashing back to Earth. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_Than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_3"&gt;More Than Meets
the Eye, Part 3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream's ambition was also great, and he often sought to take command away from Megatron. One such attempt was to challenge him to a duel, then shoot him in the back when Megatron turned away laughing. His "victory" here was short-lived, as Megatron was just stunned, shot Starscream, and banished him from his forces. This led Starscream to "create" the [[Combaticon]]s from a bunch of wrecked army vehicles he found on the island on which he was deserted, and some Decepticon "brains" he stole from a Decepticon prison on Cybertron.{{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Megatron let him and his newly formed army back into the Decepticons soon afterwards, despite the fact they were all Decepticon outcasts and criminals.{{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}
Now stranded on Earth and using the crashed hulk of their spaceship as a
base, the Decepticons created a &lt;A title="Space bridge"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_bridge"&gt;space bridge&lt;/A&gt; to transport energy
back to Cybertron. When Megatron was apparently lost in an early test of the
device, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Transport to Oblivion"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transport_to_Oblivion"&gt;Transport to  
Oblivion&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; leapt at the
chance to take leadership, and led Thundercracker and Soundwave in an attack on
a munitions plant. Unfortunately for &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, it soon
transpired that Megatron had survived the space bridge journey, when he
contacted &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; from
Cybertron and re-established his leadership. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Roll For It"  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roll_For_It"&gt;Roll For It&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was demoted to
grunt work for his next mission, shipping energon cubes over the space bridge,  
but his merciless selection of a hapless warrior to pilot the craft on the
dangerous journey proved to be a good one. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Divide and Conquer"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divide_and_Conquer"&gt;Divide and Conquer&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream's thirst for leadership led to his death when, during the Decepticon's dramatic siege on [[Autobot City]], Megatron would fight his final battle with Optimus Prime.  By the end of it, the Decepticon leader was battered beyond repair, left on the verge of stasis lock. Starscream, able to see an opportunity in every situation if nothing else, took advantage of this moment of weakness to rally the healthy Decepticons that remained after the battle, ejecting the "dead weight" of his wounded former comrades into space.  With transparent satisfaction, Starscream threw Megatron out personally before closing the door on that part of Transformers history and beginning an inter-Decepticon brawl that would eventually place him at the [[Emperor of Destruction|head of the ranks]].


Starscream couldn't have known, of course, that Megatron would be found and reshaped by the godlike [[Unicron]] before his [[spark]] faded completely. Reborn as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], he made it his first order of business to take back what Starscream had taken, interrupting the pompous and overblown coronation Starscream had set up for himself and killing him with a single, terrible blast, likely setting a record for the shortest reign in Decepticon history: approximately 20 Earth seconds.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="The fire is in the sky...but the heat is down here, baby."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_skyfire.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=201
alt="The fire is in the sky...but the heat is down here, baby."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_skyfire.jpg" width=225
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_skyfire.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;The fire is in the sky...but the heat is down here,  
baby.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When the Decepticons began drilling in the North Pole in order to tap the
energy of the Earth's core, the excavation wound up unearthing the frozen body
of Starscream's old friend, Skyfire. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; talked his friend
into joining the Decepticons, but Skyfire could not put aside his peaceful
scientific ways aside like &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had, and their
friendship ended when he defected to the Autobots. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fire in the Sky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_in_the_Sky"&gt;Fire in
the Sky&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; After a battle with the Autobots newest warriors, the &lt;A
title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)"&gt;Dinobots&lt;/A&gt;,
including yet another failed attempt and taking leadership when Megatron fell
(fell ''down'', that is), &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="SOS Dinobots"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SOS_Dinobots"&gt;SOS Dinobots&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; met up with  
Skyfire again when the Autobot returned to stop a Decepticon plot in Peru. In
the process, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
found himself on the other side of treachery, when he overheard Thundercracker
contemplating letting Skyfire destroy the Decepticons' new weapon, in the hope
that Megatron would blame &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; himself. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; tried to shoot
Thundercracker but missed and took out Skyfire, then blackmailed Thundercracker
into obeying his every command with the threat of revealing his treachery to
Megatron. Unsuprisingly, the whole scheme didn't really work. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fire on the Mountain"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_on_the_Mountain"&gt;Fire on the
Mountain&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:SSBQ.jpg||left|200px|thumb|Starscream had a little accident at the Decepticon BBQ.]] 
Not long after that &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; proved he
''did'' still have some scientific leanings, as he was the only Decepticon
who urged caution when Megatron pillaged energy from an unstable meteor. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was ultimately
correct about the volatile nature of the energy, and the resulting explosion
nearly killed a number of Transformers, including Optimus Prime and &lt;A
title="Grimlock (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)"&gt;Grimlock&lt;/A&gt;.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="War of the Dinobots"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_of_the_Dinobots"&gt;War of the Dinobots&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


This was not the end, however, as Starscream's ghost came back with "cunning" schemes. First he possessed [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and handed Galvatron over to [[Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus didn't kill or even imprison Galvatron, however, and the Decepticon leader came back angered and shot his second-in-command, not realizing Cyclonus had not been himself.{{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} By this time, Starscream had already found a new host in [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], whom he used in his next "master plan." This one involved making deals with Unicron, who requested Starscream help him find new body parts in return for a new body for Starscream himself. Starscream followed his orders exactly, until his host ran off before connecting Unicron's head to Cybertron as a new body. This is where Starscream showed his true cunning, stating that if Unicron wanted him to connect him to his new Planet, he would have to provide Starscream's new body first. Unicron did so, repeating his order that Starscream finish connecting his head to his new body. However, Starscream turned on him immediately, telling Unicron mockingly to do it himself. At this point, the Autobots, unaware of this turn of events, set off a load of explosives that sent Starscream, new body and all, spinning out of control through space, past Galvatron and his crew (Galvatron took this chance to fire at what he thought was a ghost), never to be seen again.


One last thing to note is Cyclonus's line after the last glimpse of Starscream: "Wait a minute... since when do ghosts tumble out of control through space?"{{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="&quot;Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at home! I learned it at hooome!&quot;"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_arkeville.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=221
alt="&quot;Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at home! I learned it at hooome!&quot;"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_arkeville.jpg"
width=225 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_arkeville.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at
home! ''I learned it at hooome!''"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
After the Decepticons used a colossal space bridge to pull Cybertron into
Earth's orbit in order to generate vast amounts of energy, &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Ultimate Doom, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom,_Part_1"&gt;The Ultimate Doom, Part
1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
took every opportunity he could to try and make it seem like the plan wasn't
working. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Ultimate Doom, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom,_Part_2"&gt;The Ultimate Doom, Part
2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; When the Decepticons' human ally &lt;A title="Doctor Arkeville"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Arkeville"&gt;Doctor Arkeville&lt;/A&gt; was
abandoned by Megatron, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; abducted the
scientist and made the rather outlandish attempt to create energon cubes by
drawing on his mental energy. When Megatron caught him in the act, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; fled with
Arkeville &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Ultimate Doom, Part 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom,_Part_3"&gt;The Ultimate Doom, Part
3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; back to the human's secret laboratory. There, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; discovered an &lt;A
title="Exponential Generator"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Exponential_Generator"&gt;Exponential Generator&lt;/A&gt;
and destabilized with the intent of creating an explosion powerful enough to
destroy the Earth. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; withdrew to
Cybertron to watch the cosmic fireworks, but unbeknownst to him, Megatron and
Optimus Prime had joined forces to launch the exponential generator into space.
When the Earth failed to explode on schedule, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; headed back to
the planet to investigate, but was knocked out of the sky by the passage of the
exponential generator and crashed, right at the feet of a vengeful Megatron.  
Autobot Jazz wagered the Autobots had seen the last of &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; for a while,
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Countdown to Extinction"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Countdown_to_Extinction"&gt;Countdown to
Extinction&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; and he was right: &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was indeed
nowhere to be seen during the Decepticons' next villainous escapade. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="A Plague of Insecticons"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Plague_of_Insecticons"&gt;A Plague of
Insecticons&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===Japanese cartoon continuity===
Whatever revenge Megatron may have reaped on &lt;B
====Japanese manga====
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, the air
commander survived the experience, and was seen again when he and the other
Decepticons bestowed their &lt;A title="Power chip rectifier"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_chip_rectifier"&gt;power chip rectifiers&lt;/A&gt;
upon Megatron. This process gave Megatron access to all the Decepticons' special
powers, including Starscream's null rays and cluster bombs, so he could easily
defeat Optimus Prime in a one-on-one battle. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; pointed out the
sheer illegality of this scheme, but Megatron was above caring. As it turned
out, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was right
again: although Megatron defeated Prime, when the Autobots discovered his breach
of the rules, their revenge was swift. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Heavy Metal War" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Heavy_Metal_War"&gt;Heavy
Metal War&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:StarscreamGhost.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Starscream's Ghost being evicted by his landlord.]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those hard-to-reach cracks and crevices."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_screamer_megs_invisible.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=216
alt="Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those hard-to-reach cracks and crevices."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-G1toon_screamer_megs_invisible.jpg"
width=215 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_screamer_megs_invisible.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those
hard-to-reach cracks and crevices.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; eagerly
took to action in the Decepticons' next battle, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Autobot Spike" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Spike"&gt;Autobot
Spike&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; but was somewhat more reserved in regards to Megatron' new &lt;A
title="Solar Needle" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Solar_Needle"&gt;Solar Needle&lt;/A&gt;
weapon, fearing that it would destabilize the Earth. Told by Megatron not to
concern himself with matters he did not understand, he instead passed the time
threatening and bossing around the captive &lt;A title=Gears
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gears"&gt;Gears&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Changing Gears" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Changing_Gears"&gt;Changing
Gears&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Later, when Megatron had the Decepticons transform New York
into a new Cybertron, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had to admit that
he was impressed by the scheme despite himself. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="City of Steel" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/City_of_Steel"&gt;City of
Steel&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream's ghost teamed up with the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], who built him a powerful new body. This new body, equipped with attacks such as "Right Arm Destron Gun" and the "Revolver Laser," was created using a combination of Optimus Prime's and Megatron's designs. The result was [[Guiltar]].
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; helped
Megatron implant a &lt;A class=new title="Personality destabilizer"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Personality_destabilizer&amp;action=edit"&gt;personality
destabilizer&lt;/A&gt; in the Autobots' &lt;A class=new title="Recharging chamber"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Recharging_chamber&amp;action=edit"&gt;recharging
chambers&lt;/A&gt; by using &lt;A class=new title="Invisibility spray"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Invisibility_spray&amp;action=edit"&gt;invisibility
spray&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Attack of the Autobots"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Attack_of_the_Autobots"&gt;Attack of the
Autobots&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; and then joined in the theft of &lt;A title=Electro-cell
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Electro-cell"&gt;electro-cells&lt;/A&gt; from a human
laboratory, only to wind up embarrassing himself by rushing to use them to
create energon cubes, which exploded due to the cells' instability. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Traitor href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Traitor"&gt;Traitor&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was later part of  
the Decepticon team that stole the Autobots' &lt;A title=Immobilizer
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Immobilizer"&gt;Immobilizer&lt;/A&gt; weapon, and briefly
tried to seize leadership when Megatron was felled by Optimus Prime during the
Autobots' attempt to reclaim the device. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Immobilizer" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Immobilizer"&gt;The
Immobilizer&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:Guiltor-Gun.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Guiltar, preparing to complete the preparation for completion.]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="G1toon starscream and nergill.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_nergill.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=184 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_starscream_and_nergill.jpg" width=180
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_nergill.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
After serving as Megatron's unwilling guinea pig in the first test of the
transformation-freezing &lt;A title=Transfixatron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transfixatron"&gt;Transfixatron&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Autobot Run" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Autobot_Run"&gt;The
Autobot Run&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Starscream's cautious side came to the fore again when
the Decepticons allied themselves with the fish-people of &lt;A title=Sub-Atlantica
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sub-Atlantica"&gt;Sub-Atlantica&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; did not trust the
sub-aquatic kingdom's boastful leader &lt;A title=Nergill
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nergill"&gt;Nergill&lt;/A&gt;, and his suspicions were
proven correct when Nergill shot him with an anti-Transformer disruptor ray. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; recovered in time
to save Megatron from a blast of the ray, but Megatron did not believe
Starscream's accusation of treachery until the fish-king went off the deep end
and tried to destroy the Transformers, Sub-Atlantica and himself by detonating
the city's energy stockpile. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Atlantis, Arise!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Atlantis,_Arise!"&gt;Atlantis, Arise!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Guiltar joined the Decepticons and quickly became Galvatron's right-hand man (literally—in, like, 5 seconds). Galvatron tricked Rodimus Prime into engaging him in a one-on-one battle in which Guiltar faked defeat. When Rodimus least suspected it, Guiltar attacked and laid the smack down.  Galvatron complimented Guiltar on his power and loyalty, and instinctively, Guiltar beat the crap out of Galvatron and declared his ambition to take over the Decepticons.  Rodimus Prime and Galvatron called a truce and joined forces to defeat Guiltar.  They wrecked him something fierce, destroying his body and forcing out Starscream's ghost.  They then ended the truce and went about their business.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was less
{{-}}
than impressed with Megatron's decision to steal the Earth-made robot ninja &lt;A
{{Note|This story was set in between the events of "Starscream's Ghost" and "Ghost in the Machine" the 5th issue of the Transformers 2010 manga (simply called ''The Transformer'') takes place.}}
title=Nightbird href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightbird"&gt;Nightbird&lt;/A&gt;, but when
Megatron threatened to replace the Air Commaner with the femme-bot, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; helped the
Autobots take her down with a blast of his null ray. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Enter the Nightbird"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Enter_the_Nightbird"&gt;Enter the Nightbird&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Soon after, when Megatron sought to dupe the Autobots with a clone of Optimus
Prime, his plan necessitated the creation of a &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; clone, that the
Prime copy could convince the Autobots that it was the genuine article by
destroying it. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="A Prime Problem" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Prime_Problem"&gt;A Prime
Problem&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


====Teletraan Go! Go! comics====
The scientist in &lt;B
[[Image:AtariScream.jpg|right|thumb|Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous.]]
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; saw danger in
As the mysterious saboteur of [[Teletraan I]] was about to be revealed, [[Teletraan 15]]'s personality suddenly changed. She had been possessed by the ghost of Starscream! Learning of the power of [[Kiss Players|kiss-playing]], the rogue spirit quickly left her body and departed for [[Earth Defense Command]] Headquarters on Earth.
Megatron's plan to drill to the Earth's core, but Megatron placated him by
revealing an emergency space bridge that could whisk them off to Cybertron if
things went wrong. They never got the chance, though, as the Autobots destroyed
the bridge, forcing the Decepticons to work with them to halt the drill and save
the planet. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Core" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Core"&gt;The Core&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


There, young [[Atari Hitotonari]] was using the ladies' room. This was not enough to stop Starscream, who took over the girl's body, transforming her E.D.C. uniform to black and making her pull a gun on her fellow Kiss Player officers.  
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="&quot;Uh, what's with the eyeliner?&quot;&quot;Inferno says it brings out my eyes&quot;.&quot;...uh huh...just press the button&quot;."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_redalert.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=172
alt="&quot;Uh, what's with the eyeliner?&quot;&quot;Inferno says it brings out my eyes&quot;.&quot;...uh huh...just press the button&quot;."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_redalert.jpg"
width=225 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_redalert.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Uh, what's with the eyeliner?"&lt;BR&gt;"Inferno says it brings
out my eyes".&lt;BR&gt;"...uh huh...just press the button".&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Following a brief stint as mind-controlled minion of &lt;A title=Bombshell
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bombshell"&gt;Bombshell&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Insecticon Syndrome"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Insecticon_Syndrome"&gt;The Insecticon
Syndrome&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; accompanied the
Decepticons to the mysterious &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Dinobot Island"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_Island"&gt;Dinobot Island&lt;/A&gt;, where the
strange waves of chronal energy surrounding the prehistoric paradise gave him
cause for concern. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Dinobot Island, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_Island,_Part_1"&gt;Dinobot Island, Part
1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
theorized that draining the delicate energies of the island could disrupt the
fabric of time, and he was right: time warps began appearing all across the
world, and the Autobots sprang into action to stop the Decepticons' scheme.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Dinobot Island, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_Island,_Part_2"&gt;Dinobot Island, Part
2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


But Starscream's ignorance of human custom and basic biology worked against him as the E.D.C. Kiss Players totally failed to take "Atari-scream's" demands and threats seriously. Unfortunately for the Air Commander, he had neglected to pull Atari's underwear back up when leaving the bathroom.
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream has had it with this motherf@!king snake."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_snakes_on_a_plane.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=205
alt="Starscream has had it with this motherf@!king snake."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_snakes_on_a_plane.jpg" width=180
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_snakes_on_a_plane.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; has ''had it''
with this motherf@!king snake.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
After shooting down &lt;A title=Powerglide
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powerglide"&gt;Powerglide&lt;/A&gt; and accusing the &lt;A
title="Constructicon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Constructicon_(G1)"&gt;Constructicons&lt;/A&gt; of
treachery, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Master Builders"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Master_Builders"&gt;The Master Builders&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; proved just
how much of a case of the pot calling the kettle black that was when he tricked
the mentally-addled Autobot &lt;A title="Red Alert (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Red_Alert_(G1)"&gt;Red Alert&lt;/A&gt; into giving him
access of the Autobots' new &lt;A title=Negavator
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Negavator"&gt;Negavator&lt;/A&gt; tank. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; planned to use
the weapon to take control of the Decepticons, but when Megatron rumbled his
scheme, he claimed that he had only been stealing the weapon for his leader.
Realizing that &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
meant to take the Negavator from him, Red Alert turned on him, and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; shot him with his
null rays, which wound up stabilizing his logic circuits. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Auto Berserk" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Auto_Berserk"&gt;Auto
Berserk&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Yes, this really officially happened.
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had a nasty
encounter with a snake in the jungles of South America when the Decepticons were
searching for their lost original space cruiser and its power core, the &lt;A
title="Heart of Cybertron"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Heart_of_Cybertron"&gt;Heart of Cybertron&lt;/A&gt;, but his
spirits were put right by a good bout of over-energizing with the other
Decepticons that evening. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Microbots href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Microbots"&gt;Microbots&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''Dammit'', Japan.


====Kiss Players Radio drama====
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
One night, the disembodied spirit of a Transformer possessed the body of the [[Earth Defense Command|E.D.C.]] [[Kiss Player]] [[Atari Hitotonari]]. Discovering that it could not transfer itself to the bodies of other Transformers with [[spark|souls]], it forced Atari to seek out the twisted [[Doctor Arkeville]], who built it a new body converted from a stolen fighter jet. Kissing it, Atari transferred the spirit into its new form. Starscream was reborn!
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream learned the true meaning of Halloween that night-sweets and plenty of them."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_prime_cosplay.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=258
alt="Starscream learned the true meaning of Halloween that night-sweets and plenty of them."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_starscream_prime_cosplay.jpg"
width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_prime_cosplay.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; learned the true
meaning of Halloween that night-sweets and plenty of them.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Later, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
donned an Optimus Prime costume as part of a plan to frame the Autobots for
energy theft, which successfully resulted in the heroic robots being forced off
Earth by humankind. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron's_Master_Plan,_Part_1"&gt;Megatron's Master
Plan, Part 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; In the Autobots' absence, the Decepticons conquered &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Central City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Central_City"&gt;Central City&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; led the
Decepticon jets in easily fending off attempted human military intervention,  
before the Autobots returned to clear their names and put things right. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron's_Master_Plan,_Part_2"&gt;Megatron's Master
Plan, Part 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


A couple of minutes later, Starscream's new body got blown up by [[Autrooper]]s and his ghost flew back into space again.
Seeking to sabotage the creation of &lt;A class=new title="Professor Greene"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Professor_Greene&amp;action=edit"&gt;Professor
Greene&lt;/A&gt;'s &lt;A class=new title="Ultra plane"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ultra_plane&amp;action=edit"&gt;ultra
plane&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
suggested blasting the new device out of the sky. Megatron advocated discretion,
and instead had &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; perform a
fly-over and surreptitiously drop a small explosive on the Ultraplane. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, Megatron and
Soundwave then attempted to steal the plans for the ultra plane, but &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and Soundwave
were tricked into retreating when &lt;A title="Mirage (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mirage_(G1)"&gt;Mirage&lt;/A&gt; projected a hologram of  
Megatron fleeing. Soon after, &lt;A title=Cybertonium
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertonium"&gt;cybertonium&lt;/A&gt; degradation began to
impair the Decepticons functionality, and before he succumbed to it, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; took another grab
for leadership when Megatron's vocal circuits were scrambled by the condition.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Desertion_of_the_Dinobots,_Part_1"&gt;Desertion of the
Dinobots, Part 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; After the Decepticons recovered, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; helped steal the
&lt;A title="Voltronic Galaxer"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Voltronic_Galaxer"&gt;Voltronic Galaxer&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Blaster Blues" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blaster_Blues"&gt;Blaster
Blues&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===''Beast Wars''===
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Doug Parker]] (US), [[Kazuki Yao]] (Japan)
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 232px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title='"Who put that caption down there?!"'  
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_king_of_the_castle.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=168 alt='"Who put that caption down there?!"'  
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/230px-G1toon_starscream_king_of_the_castle.jpg"
width=230 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_king_of_the_castle.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;"Who put that caption down there?!"&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
While on a mission in &lt;A title="United Kingdom"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_Kingdom"&gt;Great Britain&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; found himself low
on energy, and with Autobots on all sides. Retreating into a cave with Rumble,
Ravage and &lt;A title="Ramjet (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_(G1)"&gt;Ramjet&lt;/A&gt; at his side, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; discovered that
the cave was, in fact, a mystical time travel device, which thrust them back
through the ages to 543 AD, with Autobots &lt;A title="Hoist (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hoist_(G1)"&gt;Hoist&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title="Warpath (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warpath_(G1)"&gt;Warpath&lt;/A&gt; hot on their heels.
Seeing a primitive world that he could easily conquer laid out before him, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; allied himself
with local ne'er-do-well &lt;A title="Sir Wigend du Blackthorne"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sir_Wigend_du_Blackthorne"&gt;Sir Wigend du
Blackthorne&lt;/A&gt;, but soon double-crossed him and took control of his castle and
army. &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
dismissed the chivalry of the age and abducted &lt;A title=Nimue
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nimue"&gt;Nimue&lt;/A&gt;, daughter of neighboring ruler &lt;A
title="Sir Aetheling the Red"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sir_Aetheling_the_Red"&gt;Sir Aetheling the Red&lt;/A&gt;,
demanding that he surrender his kingdom in return for his progeny's safety. All
the Transformers were low on energy, so &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; put his
scientific skills to use creating gunpowder and primitive electric dynamo,
giving the Decepticons the ability to fight back against the Autobots and Sir
Aetheling's armies when they marshalled against him. With aid from the wizard &lt;A
title=Beorht href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beorht"&gt;Beorht&lt;/A&gt;, Hoist and Warpath
overpowered &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
and hauled him back to the present, where &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; gleefully greeted
Megatron by pouncing on top of him, ruining the shot he had lined up. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Decepticon_Raider_in_King_Arthur's_Court"&gt;A
Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:Starscream ghost BW.jpg|thumb|250px|EBENEZER SCROOGE...!]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
Little was known about Starscream among the [[Maximal]]s, as the [[Maximal Elder]]s had classified most of his information. However, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], a student of military history, was familiar with Starscream's record of deceit and betrayal. It is possible that [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] was also aware of his history, as he ordered [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] to keep an eye on Starscream.
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 237px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Seen shortly after sniveling with fear."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_electrum.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=175 alt="Seen shortly after sniveling with fear."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/235px-G1toon_starscream_electrum.jpg" width=235
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_electrum.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Seen shortly after sniveling with fear.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was the  
first Decepticon to test out a mysterious golden lagoon of &lt;A title=Electrum
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Electrum"&gt;electrum&lt;/A&gt; discovered on Earth, and was
made invulnerable by the powerful alloy. The Decepticons were easily able to
defeat the Autobots in battle thanks to their new invincible coating, but
Megatron was not impressed when &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; had captives &lt;A
title=Seaspray href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seaspray"&gt;Seaspray&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Beachcomber (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beachcomber_(G1)"&gt;Beachcomber&lt;/A&gt; fight
gladiator-style. As punishment, he had &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; lead an attack on
the giant Autobot Omega Supreme—a task &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was terrified at
the prospect of, even with his newfound invulnerability. The attack succeeded,
but when &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was
left in charge of the prisoners, they escaped, and in the battle that resulted,
the electrum effect wore off the Decepticons, and they were defeated. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Golden Lagoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Golden_Lagoon"&gt;The
Golden Lagoon&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream's ghost traveled through time and space to the prehistoric earth of the [[Beast Wars]], where he possessed [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s body during an electrical storm. He ingratiated himself with Megatron, claiming that he had been destroyed by [[Unicron]] while protecting [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. After leading a successful raid on the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']], he was left in command of the captured Maximal ship, along with [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and Scorponok, the former of whom he took as his "protégé". When the defeated Maximals surrendered to him, he took Dinobot and [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] hostage and ordered the remaining Maximals to attack the [[Darksyde]]. Scorponok objected, but he was very forcefully overruled.  Shortly after the attack began, the two captive Maximals broke out and drove the Predacons out of the Axalon. Starscream fled, pursued by Primal, and abandoned Blackarachnia to her fate.  After a spirited chase, Primal cornered Starscream at an [[energon]] deposit, paralyzing him.  As he tried to bargain his way out of his predicament, his vengeful ex-partner Blackarachnia detonated the energon, blowing Waspinator to scrap and forcing Starscream's spark out of his body.
When &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, &lt;A
title="Thrust (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thrust_(G1)"&gt;Thrust&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Astrotrain (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)"&gt;Astrotrain&lt;/A&gt; pursued &lt;A
title="Cosmos (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmos_(G1)"&gt;Cosmos&lt;/A&gt; to &lt;A
title=Saturn href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Saturn"&gt;Saturn&lt;/A&gt;'s moon of &lt;A
title=Titan href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Titan"&gt;Titan&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was less than
impressed when the natives began worshipping Astrotrain as their supreme god.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The God Gambit" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_God_Gambit"&gt;The God
Gambit&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; later encountered
Cosmos again, along with Powerglide, in New York, inadvertently revealing the
location of the Decepticons new base in the New Jersey Pine Barrens to the
Autobots. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Make Tracks" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Make_Tracks"&gt;Make
Tracks&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Adrift in space once more, Starscream's ghost screamed vengeance into the void... {{storylink|Possession}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Aron always wanted a Revoltech."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_aron.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=183 alt="Aron always wanted a Revoltech."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_aron.jpg" width=225
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_aron.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Aron always wanted a Revoltech.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was among a
small group of Autobots and Decepticons who were transported to an alien world
of giants by a malfunctioning space bridge. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was nearly
dissected for study by the authorities of this planet, and when Autobot
scientist &lt;A title="Perceptor (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Perceptor_(G1)"&gt;Perceptor&lt;/A&gt; cobbled together a
makeshift space bridge to send them home, he and the Decepticons were only too
happy to make the trip back to Earth. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Child's Play"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Child's_Play"&gt;Child's Play&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; After
returning, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was
caught up in the menace of the &lt;A title=Morphobot
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Morphobot"&gt;morphobots&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Quest for Survival"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quest_for_Survival"&gt;Quest for Survival&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
then helped operate the Decepticons' new "&lt;A class=new title="Energy magnet"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Energy_magnet&amp;action=edit"&gt;energy
magnet&lt;/A&gt;". &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Kremzeek! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kremzeek!"&gt;Kremzeek!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Starscreamwarwithin.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Smirkier-than-thou.]]
Starscream was a competitor in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] underground gladiatorial matches, the breeding ground for what would eventually become the Decepticons. He enjoyed baiting his fellow combatant, [[Grimlock]]; in fact, he was a master at it. Once war broke out, he kept taunting his old friend, which eventually backfired when he told Grimlock exactly where the Seekers were going to attack, giving Grimlock time to set a massive bomb. Starscream's life was saved only by the fast action of Skywarp.


In typical fashion, Starscream tried to seize power. While Megatron was deep within the bowels of Cybertron, Starscream instructed [[Scrapper]] to initiate the planet's long-hidden transformation sequence, hoping Megatron would be crushed in the process. Some people never learn.  
Conspiring with Astrotrain and Blitzwing to overthrow Megatron by freezing
him in a subterranean chamber full of absolute zero degree molecules, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; found himself
betrayed by the two &lt;A title="Triple Changer"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triple_Changer"&gt;Triple Changers&lt;/A&gt; and frozen in
the chamber along with Megatron. Blitzwing and Astrotrain's subsequent rampage
caused a tidal wave (among many other things) that freed the two frozen
Decepticons, and &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; pleaded ignorance
of the betrayal. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Triple Takeover" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triple_Takeover"&gt;Triple
Takeover&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Later, when eccentric big game hunter &lt;A
title="Lord Chumley" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lord_Chumley"&gt;Lord Chumley&lt;/A&gt;
began targeting the Autobots, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; smirkingly
pointed out that he had achieved more in two days that Megatron had in two
years. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prime Target" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Target"&gt;Prime
Target&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


A few millennia later, after the apparent death of Megatron, Starscream created a splinter group of Decepticons called [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. However, when your smartest subordinates are [[Motormaster]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and [[Octane]], you can't expect much of your forces.
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="The name's Mix Master Festus, fool."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_dancitron.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=173 alt="The name's Mix Master Festus, fool."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_dancitron.jpg" width=225
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_dancitron.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;The name's Mix Master Festus, fool.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Using the &lt;A title=Dancitron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dancitron"&gt;Dancitron&lt;/A&gt; dance club, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and Soundwave
used hypnotic music signals to brainwash human beings into helping them build a  
new Decepticon headquarters in the heart of New York, but they were stopped by
&lt;A title=Tracks href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tracks"&gt;Tracks&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title=Blaster
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blaster"&gt;Blaster&lt;/A&gt; and the &lt;A title="Bop Crew"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bop_Crew"&gt;Bop Crew&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Auto-Bop href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Auto-Bop"&gt;Auto-Bop&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Later,
he returned to Cybertron to aid Shockwave in the capture of female Autobot
resistance leader &lt;A title="Elita One"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Elita_One"&gt;Elita One&lt;/A&gt;, holding her to ransom to
lure Optimus Prime into Decepticon clutches. The plan the succeeded, but when &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; attempted to melt
Optimus Prime down, Elita used her time-freezing powers to save the Autobot
leader. When time unfroze, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; believed that
Prime had been destroyed, so when the Autobot leader return to aid his troops in
battle, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was
badly thrown and called retreat right away. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Search for Alpha Trion"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Search_for_Alpha_Trion"&gt;The Search for Alpha
Trion&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream was among the Decepticon boarding party that attacked the Autobot flagship ''Ark'', causing its crash-landing on Earth and putting all Autobots and Decepticons alike in emergency stasis. In 1984 a volcanic eruption awakened the Ark's computer, Teletraan-I, and it repaired all on board. Starscream's actions over the next fifteen years are largely unrecorded, but he probably did what he did best: strafe the Autobots and fleshlings and attempt to betray Megatron, smirking all the while. In 1998, the combined forces of the Autobots and Earth defeated and captured the Decepticons. Starscream was secured on board the ''Ark 2'' along with the other Decepticons when the ship exploded, killing the human crew and scattering the Transformers across the ocean.  Arms dealer Adam Rook (aka. [[Lazarus]]) recovered several of the Autobots and Decepticons and used them as a reprogrammed weapons for hire for terrorists and despots. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 1}} As part of a demonstration to prospective buyers, Rook had Starscream join an assault against the Smitco Oil Refinery alongside half a dozen Transformers. When Megatron eventually broke free of Rook's control, he freed the other Decepticons. {{Storylink|Prime Directive issue 2}} 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Hands! HANDS!!!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_thrashed.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=148 alt="Hands! HANDS!!!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_starscream_thrashed.jpg" width=180
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_thrashed.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Hands! HANDS!!!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When Dirge crashed in a movie studio back lot while returning to the  
Decepticon base with a secret cargo, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was charged with
recovering footage of the secret cargo that the filmmakers on-site had captured.  
Unfortunately for &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, Megatron was not
in a forgiving mood that day, so when he neglected to steal the negatives as
well, the Decepticon leader seized him, held him above his head, slammed him off
a wall and tore a handful of wires out of his chest, knocking &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; offline. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Hoist Goes Hollywood"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hoist_Goes_Hollywood"&gt;Hoist Goes
Hollywood&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


The reactivated Starscream, along with his Seeker brothers Thundercracker and Skywarp, took a particular pleasure in dismantling the Autobot Minicars. When Megatron complained that he didn't rewire them so they could sit around and do nothing, Starscream playfully said they were only having some fun with their new "toys". Megatron ordered the three Decepticons to follow him, and when Skywarp asked Starscream what their leader's plan was this time, the air commander casually tossed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s head over his shoulder and said that he didn't care, as it was going to be evil, and evil is ''always'' fun. Soon afterwards, the Autobots arrived and attacked. As Starscream attempted to choke [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] paid him back with a nice throat punch. All the combatants were then bombed by rogue members of the U.S. military. {{Storylink|Prime Directive issue 3}}
When &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;,  
Skywarp and Thundercracker's aerial skills wowed the impressionable new
Autobots, the &lt;A title="Aerialbot (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerialbot_(G1)"&gt;Aerialbots&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; used their
naivety to lure them into a trap set by a Megatron that temporarily sent them  
nine million years back in time. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="War Dawn" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_Dawn"&gt;War Dawn&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Later, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
accompanied Megatron, Astrotrain and Rumble on a mission to the planet &lt;A
title=Antilla href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Antilla"&gt;Antilla&lt;/A&gt;, during which
Megatron was struck by a small asteroid that lodged itself in his armor. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; yanked the
asteroid out of Megatron's shoulder, but too late: the Decepticon leader was
already infected by &lt;A title="Cosmic Rust (disease)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmic_Rust_(disease)"&gt;Cosmic Rust&lt;/A&gt;,  
necessitating the capture of Perceptor to find a cure. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Cosmic Rust (episode)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmic_Rust_(episode)"&gt;Cosmic Rust&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


The Decepticons escaped and attacked [[San Francisco]]. When [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] appeared to stop [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Starscream led the other Seekers in bombing the Autobot giant, forcing the Aerialbots into their component team member forms and putting them at the mercy of Devastator. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 5}} Starscream and the other Decepticons secured the Autobots after Optimus Prime defeated Devastator. The Autobot leader managed to free his comrades after humans distracted the Decepticons, and the battle was rejoined. Fellow F-15 [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] punched Starscream in the face, repaying him for the earlier defeat. After the Aerialbots, as Superion, sacrificed their lives to save San Francisco from [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo's]] unauthorized nuclear strike, Starscream and the other Decepticons escaped. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 402px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="To infinity...and beyond!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=142 alt="To infinity...and beyond!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/400px-Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg" width=400
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;To infinity...and beyond!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream's next attempt at a coup was the last straw for Megatron. After &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; attempted to
shoot him in the back yet again, Megatron downed the Air Commander with a blast
of his fusion cannon and banished him from the Decepticons, instructing &lt;A
title="Laserbeak (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laserbeak_(G1)"&gt;Laserbeak&lt;/A&gt; to drop him on the  
island of &lt;A title=Guadalcanal
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guadalcanal"&gt;Guadalcanal&lt;/A&gt;. Discovering the
ruined hulks of several World War II vehicles on the island, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was struck with
the idea to create troops for himself. Overpowering Thundercracker and Skywarp,
he hijacked the space bridge and liberated the &lt;A title="Personality component"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Personality_component"&gt;personality components&lt;/A&gt;
of a group of dissident "&lt;A title="Renegade Decepticon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Renegade_Decepticon"&gt;Renegade Decepticons&lt;/A&gt;" from
the &lt;A title="Decepticon Detention Center"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Detention_Center"&gt;detention center&lt;/A&gt;
on Cybertron, which he placed into the war vehicles, creating the &lt;A
title=Combaticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Combaticon"&gt;Combaticons&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; ensured the
loyalty of the Combaticons by neglecting to install &lt;A title="Energy absorber"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energy_absorber"&gt;energy absorbers&lt;/A&gt; in their new
bodies, meaning that they had to help him capture several Transformers so they
could take theirs for their own. In a showdown with the Decepticon forces,
Starscream's Combaticons combined into &lt;A title="Bruticus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bruticus_(G1)"&gt;Bruticus&lt;/A&gt; to overpower &lt;A
title="Devastator (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastator_(G1)"&gt;Devastator&lt;/A&gt;, and the giant
robot then seized Megatron, as &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; forced him to
hand leadership over to him. Suddenly, Bruticus was ambushed by &lt;A
title="Menasor (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Menasor_(G1)"&gt;Menasor&lt;/A&gt; and
defeated, leaving &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; without troops
and at Megatron's mercy. Megatron had Astrotrain dump &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; and the  
Combaticons on an asteroid, declaring them exiled from Earth forever. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Starscream's Brigade"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream's_Brigade"&gt;Starscream's
Brigade&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


[[Image:Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Holy crap! [[Dull surprise|Expressions!]]]]
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
Starscream led the Decepticons in joining Shockwave's Cybertronians after Megatron was defeated and was the first to recognize the mind-altering techniques being employed. Starscream escaped the CR chambers long enough almost to succeed in assassinating Megatron. Punishment didn't deter him, and Starscream was almost immediately creating a small sect of separatist Decepticons on Cybertron. He used the cover of Menasor's release to steal the incapacitated Combaticons to form his own army. If only he hadn't tried to hijack [[Sky Lynx]]. Yet another rebellion defeated by bad planning. Some people never learn. {{storylink|War and Peace}}
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="What did I do to deserve this?!...Oh right."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_asteroid.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=164 alt="What did I do to deserve this?!...Oh right."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_asteroid.jpg" width=225
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_asteroid.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;What did I do to deserve this?!...Oh right.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Unable to stand his imprisonment, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; eventually
transformed to jet mode and flew off into space, despite not having enough power
to make it back to Earth. The Combaticons, meanwhile, towed the asteroid to
Cybertron, where they promptly overthrew Shockwave and took control of the  
planet. Shockwave was sent tumbling off into space and collided with &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, tipping the  
Seeker off to the fact that he was close to Cybertron. The pair returned to
Cybertron, where they attempted to fool the Combaticons were holograms, but were
ultimately captured and imprisoned. It took the team-up of Megatron and Optimus
Prime's forces to save them and stop Bruticus. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; used the hologram
projector to deceive the Autobots into thinking that Megatron had destroyed
Bruticus, but in reality, the combiner survived and was reprogrammed by Megatron
to serve him. For supplying him with this mighty new soldier, Megatron welcomed
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; back into the
Decepticon ranks. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Revenge of Bruticus"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Revenge_of_Bruticus"&gt;The Revenge of
Bruticus&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


After returning to Earth, Starscream unleashed the Decepticons on the Autobots under the leadership of Jazz. Unfortunately, most of the Decepticons were incapacitated. Worse, Starscream's clone [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] arrived on some bizarre mission. Starscream was forced to ally with the Autobots in exchange for getting his forces freed. After the misadventure, Starscream took the Combaticons for some practice against Sky Lynx. This also ended in disaster, for [[Predaking]] soon arrived, and Starscream discovered that Soundwave, his cassettes, and the other Seekers had allied with Predaking's master...Megatron! Starscream was again forced into a subservient position, with Megatron preparing to lead the Decepticons in the conquest of Earth... {{storylink|Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|Generation One (ongoing)}}
In his last recorded adventures in the 1980s, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; was his old
snarky self, pouring doubt and scorn on Megatron's plans to have the &lt;A
title=Stunticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon"&gt;Stunticons&lt;/A&gt; steal the  
components to create a powerful laser weapon, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Masquerade href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masquerade"&gt;Masquerade&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
and to use a gravity-alerting device to blast the moon out of orbit. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title=B.O.T.
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/B.O.T."&gt;B.O.T.&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


''...at which point Dreamwave self-destructed.''
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
{{-}}
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare you are all idiots!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_coronation.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=153
alt="My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare you are all idiots!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_coronation.jpg" width=225
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_coronation.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must
declare you are all idiots!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Over the next twenty years, the Decepticons focused their efforts on
conquering Cybertron entirely, driving the Autobots off the planet. In 2005,
learning that the Autobots were readying for a major strike to take back the
planet, &lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;
accompanied Megatron and the Decepticons on a raid on &lt;A title="Autobot City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_City"&gt;Autobot City&lt;/A&gt; on Earth (although
&lt;B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; himself
advocated hitting the Autobots' bases on Cybertron's moons first). During the &lt;A
title="Battle of Autobot City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Battle_of_Autobot_City"&gt;battle&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; narrowly avoided
being crushed by the transforming city, and was the one to call retreat when
Optimus Prime grievously wounded Megatron in a one-on-one duel. On the return
flight to Cybertron, the Decepticons found it to reduce their mass so that
Astrotrain could successfully make it back to the planet, and they chose to
jettison the damaged passengers. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt;, of course,
wasted no time in setting Megatron adrift, grinning victoriously as his former
leader screamed his name as he was swept off on the solar winds.


===Dreamwave ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' comics continuity===
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
{{charstubfiction}}
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
Somehow surviving his seemingly-fatal injuries and the subsequent destruction of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Starscream re-emerged in 1985 and reformatted himself into a modern jet form. He did a flyby over [[Cobra Island]], where he intercepted a communication about an alien starship (which actually contained [[Blaster]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]) crashing in [[Oregon]], which he saw as his ticket home. While Starscream was too low on [[Energon]] to claim the ship for himself, he was content to let [[Cobra]] take it and then steal it from them. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}
title="Starscream has a slight accident at the Decepticon barbeque."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SSBQ.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage height=135
alt="Starscream has a slight accident at the Decepticon barbeque."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-SSBQ.jpg" width=225 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SSBQ.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; has a slight
accident at the Decepticon barbeque.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Fighting immediately broke out amongst the Decepticons over who would become
leader now, but &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; eventually won
out, and quickly arranged for a prodigious coronation ceremony once they had
returned to Cybertron. &lt;B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66"&gt;Starscream&lt;/B&gt; could not have
known, of course, that Megatron would be found and reshaped by the godlike
planet Transformer &lt;A title=Unicron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron"&gt;Unicron&lt;/A&gt;, who recreated him as &lt;A
title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt;. The reborn Megatron
arrived on Cybertron in the midst of Starscream's coronation, declaring the
whole affair "bad comedy". Starscream had barely a moment to realize that the
being in front of him was Megatron before Galvatron transformed to cannon mode
and killed him with a single, terrible blast. Frozen for a moment as his body
crackled, blackened and fractured, Starscream crumbled to ash, and was seemingly
no more. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Transformers: The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie"&gt;The Transformers: The
Movie&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


{{note|Due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy, how Starscream survived, and his subsequent actions, remain a mystery.}}
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Frickin' fireflies get everywhere!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_ghost.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=194 alt="Frickin' fireflies get everywhere!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-G1toon_starscreams_ghost.jpg" width=215
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_ghost.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Frickin' fireflies get everywhere!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
In truth, however, this was not the end for Starscream. When the turncoat
Decepticon &lt;A title=Octane href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octane"&gt;Octane&lt;/A&gt; was
pursued by the revenge-seeking &lt;A title="Cyclonus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)"&gt;Cyclonus&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A
title="Scourge (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_(G1)"&gt;Scourge&lt;/A&gt; and
the &lt;A title=Sweep href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sweep"&gt;Sweeps&lt;/A&gt;, he took
refuge in the &lt;A class=new title="Decepticon crypt"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Decepticon_crypt&amp;action=edit"&gt;Decepticon
crypt&lt;/A&gt; in the lower levels of Cybertron, where he was confronted by the
spectral form of Starscream, who had transcended death as a shimmering, ethereal
"ghost". Starscream's ghost possessed Cyclonus, and he and Octane conspired to
hand Galvatron over to Autobot leader &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Rodimus Prime (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_Prime_(G1)"&gt;Rodimus Prime&lt;/A&gt;. Galvatron
was able to escape the trap, and returned to the Decepticon base on &lt;A
title=Chaar href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chaar"&gt;Chaar&lt;/A&gt; in a state of
unadulterated fury. He shot his second-in-command, not realizing Cyclonus had
not been himself, but Starscream silently leapt into the body of a nearby Sweep,
and began planning for the future. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Starscream's Ghost"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream's_Ghost"&gt;Starscream's Ghost&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===''Genesis: The Art of Transformers''===
[[Image:StarscreamMW_Genesis.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Bringing a cannon to a [[Canon|canon]]-fight.]]


'''''Note''': As an art-book concerned more with portraiture than storytelling, ''[[Transformers: Genesis|Genesis]]'' is of dubious relevance as a source of fiction. However, a picture of [[Machine Wars]] Starscream does suggest events outside itself.  [[Matt Kuphaldt|The artist]] intended it to be a sequel to [http://www.spektakle.com/portfolio/tf/tf_fan_starscream.html a piece of his fanart.]''
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="In space, no one can hear Starscream."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_last_appearance.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=166 alt="In space, no one can hear Starscream."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-G1toon_starscreams_last_appearance.jpg"
width=215 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_last_appearance.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;In space, no one can hear Starscream.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Seeking to reactivate Unicron in the hope that the omnipotent being could
restore his body, Starscream possessed Scourge and had him open fire on
Galvatron, so that he would be branded a traitor and would have no option but to
help him. Scourge was successfully able to bring Unicron's disembodied head back
online, and the chaos-bringer gave Starscream three tasks he would have to
complete in order to obtain his desire. Starscream stole the eyes of &lt;A
title="Metroplex (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)"&gt;Metroplex&lt;/A&gt; and the &lt;A
title="Transformation cog"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformation_cog"&gt;transformation cog&lt;/A&gt; of &lt;A
title="Trypticon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trypticon_(G1)"&gt;Trypticon&lt;/A&gt;, and was then
directed to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself so the planet could
become his new body. Left without any hosts to possess, Starscream demanded that
Unicron give him back his body so that he could complete the necessary
connections... but as soon as the dark god complied, Starscream double-crossed
him and tossed the cables to the ground, telling Unicron to do it himself! Just
then, a payload of explosives planted by the Autobots went off, hurling both
Starscream and Unicron's head off into space. Starscream was last seen soaring
off through the cosmic void, out of control, as Galvatron fired upon him, and
Cyclonus wondered how a ghost could tumble through space like that. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Ghost in the Machine"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Machine"&gt;Ghost in the
Machine&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Japanese_cartoon_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: Japanese cartoon continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Japanese cartoon continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''  
&lt;I&gt;The events of the American animated series occur in Japanese continuity as
noted above, except that the events of Season 3, which took place in 2006 in
America, were moved back to 2010. Japanese animated continuity inserts a large
number of additional storylines, told through various different media, into the
timeline, as detailed below.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;A
name=Fight.21_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_comic&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''
comic&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream smokescreen manga.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_smokescreen_manga.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=184 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscream_smokescreen_manga.jpg" width=250
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_smokescreen_manga.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
In the late 1980s, Megatron began focusing the Decepticons' attacks on &lt;A
title=Japan href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Japan"&gt;Japan&lt;/A&gt;, rather than America.
Starscream led the Decepticon jets' first attack on the country, although he
wasn't happy about the fact that Megatron was commanding from afar while they
did all the actual work. When the Autobots arrived to confront them, Starscream
summoned up the &lt;A title=Stunticon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon"&gt;Stunticons&lt;/A&gt;, who combined into &lt;A
title="Menasor (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Menasor_(G1)"&gt;Menasor&lt;/A&gt;.
With the aid of a local boy named &lt;A title=Kenji
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kenji"&gt;Kenji&lt;/A&gt;, the Autobots were able to use a  
broken freeway ramp to launch themselves into the air and take the Decepticon
down. &lt;A title="Smokescreen (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Smokescreen_(G1)"&gt;Smokescreen&lt;/A&gt; scored the hit
that brought down Starscream. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_1"&gt;Fight!
Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Machine Wars Starscream stood on the dais where he was once crowned leader of the Decepticons, which had since begun glowing with the energy of Cybertron's new golden age. As before, he wore a purple cape, but this time he brandished the vanquished Galvatron's torn-off cannon.
Starscream later joined in an attack on &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Autobot Headquarters"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Headquarters"&gt;Autobot Headquarters&lt;/A&gt;,  
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_2"&gt;Fight!
Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; then teamed up with Megatron and
&lt;A title="Blitzwing (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)"&gt;Blitzwing&lt;/A&gt; to terrorize &lt;A
title=Tokyo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tokyo"&gt;Tokyo&lt;/A&gt;, only to be defeated
by a "Prime-Magnus Double Cross Kick" from Optimus Prime and &lt;A
title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)"&gt;Ultra
Magnus&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_4"&gt;Fight!
Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


{{-}}
Starscream was among the Decepticons who witnessed the test launch of &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title=Trypticon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trypticon"&gt;Trypticon&lt;/A&gt; on a peaceful island. When
the Autobots arrived and defeated Trypticon with a &lt;A title="Metroplex (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)"&gt;Metroplex&lt;/A&gt; hologram, Starscream
was first to retreat, suggesting the other Decepticons follow his lead. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_6"&gt;Fight!
Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


===''Robot Masters''===
When Megatron instructed the Combaticons to hunt down a seemingly harmless &lt;A
====Pack-in comics====
title="Murdered puppy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Murdered_puppy"&gt;dog&lt;/A&gt;,
Starscream inquired why the animal was so important. Megatron explained that the
dog had been experimented on, and it's body how held enough energy to destroy
Tokyo. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_8"&gt;Fight!
Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A
name=Scramble_City_cartoon&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Scramble City cartoon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Scramble City'' cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Scramble city seekers.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Scramble_city_seekers.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=139 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Scramble_city_seekers.jpg" width=180
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Scramble_city_seekers.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When the Decepticons succeeded in locating the construction site of the
Autobots' &lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Metroplex
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex"&gt;Scramble City&lt;/A&gt; project, Starscream
stepped forward to lead Thundercracker, Skywarp and the &lt;A
title="Constructicon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Constructicon_(G1)"&gt;Constructicons&lt;/A&gt; in an attack
on the hidden facility. They were met by an Autobot contingent led by Optimus
Prime and a firefight ensued, at which point Starscream instructed the
Constructicons to combine. The &lt;A title="Aerialbot (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerialbot_(G1)"&gt;Aerialbots&lt;/A&gt; soon arrived to back
up Prime's team, and a barrage of fire from them sent Starscream tumbling from
his perch atop a cliff. Although Starscream tried to continue the fight, the
Decepticons were badly outnumbered, and he eventually called retreat. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Scramble City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scramble_City"&gt;Scramble
City&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Full_Throttle_Scramble_Power.21&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: Full Throttle Scramble Power!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Full Throttle Scramble Power!''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 312px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="God dammit, Japan."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=177 alt="God dammit, Japan."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/310px-StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg" width=310
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;God
dammit, Japan.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
To counter &lt;A title="Megatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt;'s latest evil scheme, a
giant death-ray called the &lt;A class=new title="Omega Whip"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Omega_Whip&amp;action=edit"&gt;Omega
Whip&lt;/A&gt;, the Autobots dispatched &lt;A title="Hound (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hound_(G1)"&gt;Hound&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A title=Toru
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Toru"&gt;Toru&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title="Jenny (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jenny_(G1)"&gt;Jenny&lt;/A&gt; to search for the
Decepticons' hidden base. They found it, but were immediately captured by
Starscream. Trapped within an energy cage, they were forced to watch as Megatron
prepared to send his Decepticons out to plunder Earth's energy...some more.


====OVA====
Jenny hatched a clever plan and disassembled her communicator. This caught
Voice actors: [[Kunihiro Kawamoto]] (Japan)
Starscream's attention and he plucked her out of the cage, violently threatening
her. Turning on her feminine charms, Jenny begged for Starscream's mercy, giving
him a big snuggly hug. As Starscream gleefully buried his face in her bosom,
Jenny slyly slapped a device she had fashioned from her communicator onto
Starscream's back. Content with a good hug, Starscream returned Jenny to her
cage.


When [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]] traveled back in time to modern day [[Earth]] in search of [[solitarium]], he immediately recruited Starscream to his cause. Starscream went head to head with another time-displaced transformer, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] only to find himself defeated once Optimus Prime arrived as back-up. Beast Megatron, arriving on [[Gigant Sniper]], saved Starscream from a crashing into the ground but quickly chucked him aside after lamenting over the Decepticon's worthlessness.
Jenny immediately activated the device, an override machine which she used to  
control Starscream's motor functions. Unloading Starscream's chest missiles,
Jenny destroyed the Omega Whip and most of the Decepticon base. Starscream
quickly recovered, unaware of what he'd just done, and was yelled at by
Megatron. Almost immediately afterward, Starscream and all the other Decepticons
fled when &lt;A title="Metroplex (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)"&gt;Metroplex&lt;/A&gt; arrived alongside the
entire Autobot army. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Full Throttle Scramble Power!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Full_Throttle_Scramble_Power!"&gt;Full Throttle
Scramble Power!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=The_Stargate_Battles&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: The Stargate Battles"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''The Stargate Battles''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Me and my shadow."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_and_his_ghost.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=223 alt="Me and my shadow."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-Stargatebattles_starscream_and_his_ghost.jpg"
width=225 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_and_his_ghost.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Me and my shadow.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
In the late 1990s, Starscream was among the Decepticons who attacked the
human-built interstellar teleport system known as "&lt;A title="Warp Gate"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warp_Gate"&gt;The Trigger&lt;/A&gt;". The sole survivor of
their attack on the space station, &lt;A class=new
title="Makoto (Stargate Battles)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Makoto_%28Stargate_Battles%29&amp;action=edit"&gt;Makoto&lt;/A&gt;,
was able to activate the teleport system and send the Decepticons hurtling
towards the portal, but Megatron blasted the portal and knocked it offline just
as Starscream was about to fly through it. The Autobots soon arrived to stop the
Decepticons, &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="First Contact" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/First_Contact"&gt;First
Contact&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; but Megatron still had his sights set on the Trigger, and was
content to wait until it was repaired so that he could make another play for it.
Starscream advocated destroying the Trigger completely to stop the Autobots from  
using it, but Megatron dismissed the idea, mockingly suggesting that
Starscream's passage through the Trigger had devolved him to its primitive
level. Starscream stalked away, infuriated, and stared angrily at his own
reflection… but while Megatron's assessment may not have been accurate,
something clearly ''had'' happened, since Starscream's reflection was
''talking'' to him… &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Divided Views" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divided_Views"&gt;Divided
Views&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Later, Beast Megatron discovered a large deposit of solitarium beneath [[New York City]] and ordered the Decepticons to tear the city apart. Starscream, [[Smokesniper]], [[Gigant Bomb]] and [[Wing Stun]] did just that, blowing up buildings and razing a good portion of the Big Apple.  Starscream was then shot out of the sky by another time-displaced Autobot, [[Reverse Convoy]].  Reverse Convoy quickly gained the trust of the other Autobots after being seen blasting Starscream.  10 seconds later, Reverse Convoy reveals himself as the original Megatron, now going by the name [[Megatron (G1)|Rebirth Megatron]].  Makes sense.
Soon after, Starscream concocted a plan of his own to gather more energy,
establishing a protection-racket style scam with the Prime Minister of Japan,
promising no attacks against his country in return for free reign to gather
energy. Of course, Starscream had a double-cross in play, as &lt;A
title="Rumble (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_(G1)"&gt;Rumble&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Frenzy (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frenzy_(G1)"&gt;Frenzy&lt;/A&gt; were
secretly creating earthquakes in Japan that the Decepticon could tap for energy,  
while the Japanese government was left to believe they were simply natural
disasters. The Autobots soon got wise to the villain's schemes and headed for
Japan to stop the Decepticons, but when a team of flying Autobots pursued the  
fleeing Starscream out over the ocean, none of them could have suspected that
the Trigger's warp gate would suddenly burst out of the sea below them,  
accompanied by a mysterious ''second'' Starscream! &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Activation href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Activation"&gt;Activation&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


====Online mini-comics====


===IDW comics continuity===
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
{{ongoing}}
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 277px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
[[Image:Starcasm idw dev6.jpg|thumb|Sarcasm from Starscream??  NO!]]
title="Starscream auditions for the final boss of Final Fantasy XIII."
Starscream and his comrades, Skywarp and Thundercracker, were recruited by Soundwave when Megatron requested fliers. They believed they had been called to join Megatron's gladiatorial team, but accepted the offer to join the Decepticons. Starscream immediately proclaimed his allegiance and declared how much of an honor fighting along side Megatron would be. After going through some upgrades to boost their firepower, the Seekers' first duty was to capture a senator, who would be executed at Megatron's recruitment rally. He was also informed by Megatron of confidential plans in which he would play a key role. When the security forces intervened, Starscream was captured, and—surprise, surprise—offered to reveal Megatron's plans to save his own neck. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} However, this turned out to have ''been'' Megatron's plan—Starscream, together with Soundwave, executed the council questioning him, then freed every prisoner in the building, solidifying his loyalty to Megatron... until such time as Starscream felt like betraying his leader. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_trigger.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=196
alt="Starscream auditions for the final boss of Final Fantasy XIII."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/275px-Stargatebattles_starscream_trigger.jpg"
width=275 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_trigger.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Starscream auditions for the final boss of &lt;I&gt;Final Fantasy
XIII&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
This second Starscream spirited the original, along with the energy he had
gathered from Japan, back to the Trigger out in space, where the original
Starscream demanded to know the identity of the strange, phantasmal
doppelganger. The second Starscream revealed that he was, in fact, the ghost of
Starscream's own future self, who had inadvertently been transported back in
time by the Trigger after he was destroyed in the future. Both the Decepticons
and Autobots soon tracked down the Starscreams to the Trigger, but before they  
could act, Starscream's ghost, determined to alter history and ensure his own
survival, used the purloined energy to fuse both present and future Starscreams
together with the Trigger. The space station transformed into a monstrous,
misshapen robot of mammoth proportions, which tore through the Autobot and
Decepticon ranks, until the Trigger's human staff—including Makoto—activated a  
system purge, disconnecting most of the armored hull from Starscream's new
Trigger-body. Megatron exploited this vulnerability to cripple Starscream with a
point-blank cannon blast, but Starscream had one last trick up his sleeve,
twisting the remains of his body into a giant warp gate and threatening to suck
all the Transformers into a &lt;A title="Black hole"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Black_hole"&gt;black hole&lt;/A&gt; in the depths of space.  
It took the combination of Optimus Prime and Megatron's power to finally destroy
Starscream. The Trigger was obliterated, and the fate of Starscream's ghost was
unrevealed, but the present-day Starscream survived. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Stargate Battles (issue)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Stargate_Battles_(issue)"&gt;The Stargate
Battles&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Robot_Masters&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Robot Masters"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Robot Masters''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
After Megatron disappeared through unexplained circumstances in 2004,  
Starscream no doubt had the intention of seizing leadership of the Decepticons.
Before he had the chance, however, another Transformer named &lt;A
title="Megatron (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(BW)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt;
travelled through time via a dimensional fissure known the &lt;A
title="Blasty Zone" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blasty_Zone"&gt;Blasty Zone&lt;/A&gt;.  
This "Beast Megatron" took control of the Decepticons, and led them against the
Autobots for control of a new element discovered on Earth named &lt;A
title=Solitarium href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Solitarium"&gt;solitarium&lt;/A&gt;.  


Starscream ended up as Megatron's bodyguard, a position largely for show, and developed a mutual hatred with Sixshot. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}} He would also appear to settle with Megatron instead of carrying on being an attempted traitor. Megatron viewed this as them moving on from such things but which it was actually because Starscream feared him - a fear he initially thought was respect. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6}}
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
''While ''&lt;A title="Robot Masters"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robot_Masters"&gt;Robot Masters&lt;/A&gt;&lt;I&gt; is explicitly
placed in Japanese cartoon continuity, none of the various pieces of actual
&lt;/I&gt;Robot Masters&lt;I&gt; fiction tells the story of the line in its entirety, and
each of them relate certain events in notably different ways. Precisely
&lt;/I&gt;which&lt;I&gt; of the iterations of the story—covered individually below—should be
considered the &lt;A title=Canon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Canon"&gt;canon&lt;/A&gt; one
for the cartoon timeline is unknown.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;A name=Online_comic&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Online comic"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Online comic&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 277px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Robotmasters starscream arsenalforce.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Robotmasters_starscream_arsenalforce.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=178 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/275px-Robotmasters_starscream_arsenalforce.jpg"
width=275 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Robotmasters_starscream_arsenalforce.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When Starscream dared to challenge Beast Megatron's leadership, he was
promptly blasted through a wall for his disobedience. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&amp;action=edit"&gt;Robot
Masters online comic #2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Seeking a means to dethrone this new leader,
Starscream turned his attention to manipulating solitarium, and forged four
weapons from the new mineral, which could be combined to create the "&lt;A
title="Arsenal Force" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arsenal_Force"&gt;Arsenal
Force&lt;/A&gt;" super-weapon. Starscream combined the weapons and unleashed the power
of the Arsenal Force on Megatron... which, despite some impressive pyrotechnics,
completely failed to injure him. Starscream had his right arm blown off in
retribution. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&amp;action=edit"&gt;Robot
Masters online comic #4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Later, Starscream, now an F-22 Raptor, was the leader of a Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on [[Earth]] for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy, being opposed by an Autobot unit led by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. However, since the discovery of the mysterious, Energon-like substance known as [[Ore-13]], Starscream had stepped outside standard procedure, establishing a second command bunker in [[Oregon]] above a richer seam of the ore than the one in [[Nebraska]] and ordering [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] to cover his tracks. Starscream intended to use Ore-13 to challenge [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for leadership of the Decepticons, but when the moment of truth finally arrived, the energy source proved insufficient to destroy the Decepticon leader, and Megatron blasted Starscream with his fusion cannon at point-blank range, virtually obliterating him. Megatron told the other Decepticons, "See to the remains. If he lives, then I'll decide what to do with him." {{storylink|Infiltration}}
During a later battle, when &lt;A title="Victory Leo"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_Leo"&gt;Victory Leo&lt;/A&gt; was attempting to go
to the aid of &lt;A title="Star Saber (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_(G1)"&gt;Star Saber&lt;/A&gt;, Starscream
appeared with &lt;A title="Air Hunter" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Hunter"&gt;Air
Hunter&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Wing Stun"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wing_Stun"&gt;Wing Stun&lt;/A&gt; to block his way.  
Fortunately, &lt;A title="Optimus Primal"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Primal"&gt;Optimus Primal&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Bound Rogue" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bound_Rogue"&gt;Bound Rogue&lt;/A&gt;
leapt into the fray to keep the Decepticons busy while Leo carried on with his
mission. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&amp;action=edit"&gt;Robot
Masters online comic #6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Starscream, Wing Stun and new recruit &lt;A
title=X-Gunner href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/X-Gunner"&gt;X-Gunner&lt;/A&gt; later
approached Optimus Primal, &lt;A title=R-Blade
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/R-Blade"&gt;R-Blade&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title="Delta Seeker"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Delta_Seeker"&gt;Delta Seeker&lt;/A&gt; while they were on
patrol, and challenged them to a test of air-speed. The Decepticons took the  
lead, but R-Blade soon got ahead and blinded them with a smokescreen, allowing
Delta Seeker to knock Starscream and the others out of the sky. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&amp;action=edit"&gt;Over
the Ocean: The World's Fastest Race&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


As it turns out, Starscream survived and was placed in a [[CR chamber]] for extensive repairs. The other Decepticons were worried that Megatron was jumping the gun by calling in [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] early, and Astrotrain realized Starscream might be the only one of them willing to tell Megatron this. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1}} During an attack on Decepticon headquarters by the [[Reapers]], Starscream completed his recovery and was confident that he would prevail in the upcoming battle. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4}}
The original Megatron returned soon after, in the guise of "&lt;A
title="Reverse Convoy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Reverse_Convoy"&gt;Reverse
Convoy&lt;/A&gt;", &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&amp;action=edit"&gt;Strategic
Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; and joined back up with the
Decepticons. Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker and the two Megatron then
engaged Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, Victory Saber and &lt;A title="Lio Convoy"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lio_Convoy"&gt;Lio Convoy&lt;/A&gt; in a mighty battle, but
the heroes ultimately prevailed. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&amp;action=edit"&gt;And&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


When [[Sixshot]] arrived, he initially attacked the Reapers, but they insisted he join them or die. Starscream then emerged from base calling out Sixshot—his hatred of Starscream caused the living weapon to decide to switch sides after all, at which point Starscream promptly activated Sixshot's shutdown command, sending him crashing to the ground. Screamer then proceeded to bomb the Reapers, causing Megatron to agree to take the fight to the Reapers. (Based on the timing of his emergence and his co-plotter Astrotrain immediately going "look at brave Starscream, Megatron!", it seems having an excuse to take out Sixshot and thus force Megatron to go against the Reapers was all planned by Starscream) {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}} Starscream once again  accepted Megatron as his liege, and together they teamed up to destroy the alien invaders. {{Storylink|Devastation issue 6}}
&lt;A name=Cartoon&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
{{-}}
&lt;H5&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Cartoon"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H5&gt;


===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' &lt;A class=new title="Kunihiro Kawamoto"
[[Image:Starscream HOS.jpg|left|thumb|Ye olde Tyme treacherie.]]
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Kunihiro_Kawamoto&amp;action=edit"&gt;Kunihiro
Starscream is the nominal leader of the Decepticons on 19th-century Earth, while Megatron sleeps in [[stasis lock]]. He decides to conquer the Earth in this time, and use that power to overthrow Megatron when he should wake up. Posing as a benefactor to humanity, he enlists the help of inventor [[Tobias Muldoon]] to design new [[altmode]]s for the Decepticons. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2}}  In particular, Starscream builds (or reformats) [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] for an assault on [[New York City]], and the new electrical generators there. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3}}  It all ends badly. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4}} 
Kawamoto&lt;/A&gt; (Japanese)
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="How Galaxy Force-esque."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_robotmasterscartoon.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=164 alt="How Galaxy Force-esque."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_robotmasterscartoon.jpg"
width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_robotmasterscartoon.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;How &lt;A title="Cybertron (cartoon)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(cartoon)"&gt;Galaxy
Force&lt;/A&gt;-esque.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream attacked Star Saber when the Autobot ventured out on a solo
mission to investigate a mysterious explosion, striking him with a sneak attack
from behind and easily avoiding his return fire. Even when Star Saber summoned
Victory Leo and the pair combined into Victory Saber, Starscream reigned supreme
in the fight, until Optimus Prime arrived and blasted him out of the sky. As
Starscream plummeted towards the ground, he was snatched out of the air by
Megatron, who arrived riding atop &lt;A title="Gigant Bomb"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gigant_Bomb"&gt;Gigant Bomb&lt;/A&gt;. Megatron dismissed
Starscream as useless, and tossed him away before turning his attention to
Prime. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_The_Group_of_the_Strongest_Commanders!"&gt;Fight!
The Group of the Strongest Commanders!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Starscream has three bodies through the course of this story. His initial "Ice Age Wars" body appears to be a prehistoric flying reptile. He then takes on two different biplane bodies, one with one engine per wing and bat-wing-shaped propellers (as seen at left), and one with two engines per wing and straight-bladed propellers<ref>[http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/transformers/images/hos/decepticon_planes.jpg ''Hearts of Steel'' sketch at IDW Publishing]</ref>. No reason is given for him changing from one biplane body to the next. (The fact that planes are an anachronism in the 19th Century is lightly glossed over.)
Later, Beast Megatron discovered a large deposit of solitarium beneath &lt;A
{{-}}
title="New York City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City"&gt;New York
City&lt;/A&gt; and ordered the Decepticons to tear the city apart. Starscream, &lt;A
title=Smokesniper href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Smokesniper"&gt;Smokesniper&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A
title="Gigant Bomb" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gigant_Bomb"&gt;Gigant Bomb&lt;/A&gt;
and &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Wing Stun"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wing_Stun"&gt;Wing Stun&lt;/A&gt; did just that, blowing up
buildings and razing a good portion of the Big Apple. Starscream was then shot
out of the sky by another time-displaced Autobot, Reverse Convoy. Reverse Convoy
quickly gained the trust of the other Autobots after being seen blasting
Starscream, only to reveal that he was, in fact, the original Megatron in
disguise. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters (episode)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Lio_Convoy_Typhoon_Enters_(episode)"&gt;The Lio
Convoy Typhoon Enters&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=15_Go.21_Go.21&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: 15 Go! Go!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''15 Go! Go!''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream teletraan15.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_teletraan15.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=268 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-Starscream_teletraan15.jpg" width=215
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_teletraan15.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Dispatched on a mission through time and space to discover the identity of a
mysterious saboteur who damaged &lt;A title="Teletraan I (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_I_(G1)"&gt;Teletraan I&lt;/A&gt;, the humanoid
robot &lt;A title="Teletraan 15"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_15"&gt;Teletraan 15&lt;/A&gt; was possessed by
Starscream's ghost when the spectral Decepticon invaded her &lt;A
title="Transwarp cruiser"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transwarp_cruiser"&gt;Transwarp cruiser&lt;/A&gt; in 2006.
Starscream crashed the cruiser into the artificial satellite &lt;A class=new
title=Nana
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Nana&amp;action=edit"&gt;Nana&lt;/A&gt;, where
15's superiors &lt;A title="Teletraan 10"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_10"&gt;Teletraan 10&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Ravage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ravage_(G1)"&gt;Black Panther
Man&lt;/A&gt; were stationed, and emerged from the wreckage to seize 10 about the
throat. He introduced himself as the Decepticon Air Commander, prompting a
shocked Black Panther Man to realize the true identity of the force possessing
Teletraan 15. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!"&gt;15 Go! Go! Chapter
15&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Teletraan 10 tried fighting back in true slapstick anime style,
but Starscream just blasted her with eyebeams. As it happened, Starscream didn't
hang around for long; learning of the super-powered &lt;A title="Kiss Player"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Player"&gt;Kiss Players&lt;/A&gt; that were currently
operating on Earth, Starscream left Teletraan 15's body, and departed for &lt;A
title="Earth Defense Command"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth_Defense_Command"&gt;Earth Defense Command&lt;/A&gt;
Headquarters on Earth. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!"&gt;15 Go! Go! Chapter
16&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


==Toys==
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
{{main|Starscream (G1) toys}}
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AtariScream.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=235 alt="Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-AtariScream.jpg" width=150 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AtariScream.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Not his
finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
The first Kiss Player Starscream discovered in the EDC headquarters was the
young &lt;A title="Atari Hitotonari"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Atari_Hitotonari"&gt;Atari Hitotonari&lt;/A&gt;, who was
using the ladies' room at the time. Starscream promptly possessed the girl,
turning her EDC uniform black, but he couldn't understand why the giggling Kiss
Players wouldn't take "Atari-scream"'s demands and threats seriously, even after
he pulled a gun on them and fired into the air. The reason soon became apparent:
unfortunately for the Air Commander, he had neglected to pull Atari's underwear
back up when leaving the bathroom. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!"&gt;15 Go! Go! Chapter
17&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


Seriously.
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&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Kiss Players'' radio drama&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
Still possessing Atari, Starscream found himself unable to possess other
Transformers that possessed &lt;A title=Spark
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spark"&gt;sparks&lt;/A&gt;, and forced her to seek out his
old ally, the cybernetic scientist Doctor Arkeville. Arkeville built a &lt;A
title="Starscream (G1) toys"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)_toys#Masterpiece"&gt;new body&lt;/A&gt; for
Starscream converted from a stolen fighter jet, into which Atari transferred his
spirit with a kiss. Starscream was reborn… for a couple of minutes, until a
squad of &lt;A title=Autrooper
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autrooper"&gt;Autroopers&lt;/A&gt; arrived to blow up his
new body and send his ghost flying back into space. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="List of Kiss Players radio drama episodes"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/List_of_Kiss_Players_radio_drama_episodes"&gt;Kiss
Players radio drama #27&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A
name=The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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title="Edit section: The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers"
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&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;&lt;I&gt;The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The
Transformers&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;
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&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 172px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream's Ghost being evicted by his landlord."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamGhost.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=170 alt="Starscream's Ghost being evicted by his landlord."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/170px-StarscreamGhost.jpg" width=170 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;


&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamGhost.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Starscream's
Ghost being evicted by his landlord.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
In 2010, Starscream's ghost teamed up with the &lt;A title=Quintesson
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintesson"&gt;Quintessons&lt;/A&gt;, who built him a
powerful new body. This new body, equipped with attacks such as "Right Arm
Decepticon Gun" and the "Revolver Laser", was created using a combination of
Optimus Prime's and Megatron's designs. The result was &lt;A title=Guiltaur
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guiltaur"&gt;Guiltaur&lt;/A&gt;.


==Trivia==
Guiltaur joined the Decepticons and quickly became Galvatron's right-hand man
[[Image:Starscreamg1early.jpg|right|thumb|Confusing [[Nelson Yomtov]] since 1984.]]
(literally—in, like, 5 seconds). Galvatron tricked Rodimus Prime into engaging
* According to [[Bob Budiansky]], in [[Jim Shooter]] and [[Denny O'Neil|Denny O'Neil's]] original TF treatment, Starscream was named "Ulchtar".
him in a one-on-one battle in which Guiltaur faked defeat. When Rodimus least
* For the first half of the [[Marvel Comics]], Starscream's chest was [[:Image:Starscream uscomics2.png|colored dark blue]], versus the red seen on the toy and in the cartoon. The apparent reason for this discrepancy is hinted at in animated segments in early commercial footage (see right), where Starscream's chest and forearms are black. Lack of color depth in comic books at the time required black to be represented by dark blue. Starscream's "true" colors began appearing in the Marvel Comics starting with issue 47, "[[Club Con!]]"
suspected it, Guiltaur attacked and laid the smack down. Galvatron complimented
* In the French dub of Transformers: The Movie, Starscream (along with [[Shrapnel]]) inexplicably became a woman. This change, however, was only for the movie, as it used a different dubbing team from the cartoon. Most likely, the movie's French dubbing team mistook Starscream's rather high-pitched voice for a woman's voice.
Guiltaur on his power and loyalty, and instinctively, Guiltaur beat the crap out
* The G1 executive script consultant, [[Flint Dille]], has claimed in personal interviews that [[Chris Latta]] had to frequently be bailed out of jail by members of the production staff. This apparently caused so much annoyance that it was a major factor in phasing Starscream out of the series.
of Galvatron and declared his ambition to take over the Decepticons. Rodimus
* According to the line art of Starscream by Studio OX, each side of his chest has a turbine mounted on it. This concept has influenced his Action Master, Masterpiece, and Classics toys and the [http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm art of the Robot Master version].<ref>[[Transformers Visualworks]]</ref>
Prime and Galvatron called a truce and joined forces to defeat Guiltaur. They
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wrecked him something fierce, destroying his body and forcing out Starscream's  
ghost. They then ended the truce and went about their business. &lt;SPAN
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title="The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers_issue_4"&gt;The
Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR
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&lt;A name=Big_Looker_storybooks_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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title="Edit section: Big Looker storybooks continuity"
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&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Big Looker storybooks continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
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&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="I have no idea what colors I am!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DecepticonsCarShow.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=198 alt="I have no idea what colors I am!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-DecepticonsCarShow.jpg" width=200
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
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src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;I have no
idea what colors I am!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream and his fellow Seekers performed a threatening flyby over the
Autobots' headquarters in order to distract the heroic robots while the other
Decepticons stole a tanker of oil that would give them the power to rule the  
world. Thanks to &lt;A title="Shooting Star"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shooting_Star"&gt;Shooting Star&lt;/A&gt;, the Autobots got
wise to the Decepticons' tactics and &lt;A title="Swoop (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Swoop_(G1)"&gt;Swoop&lt;/A&gt; blew up the villains by
dropping missiles on them. Starscream arrived on the scene to spitefully blow up
the oil tanker so that no one could have it, then he and his fellow airborne
Decepticons carried off the remains of their fallen comrades. &lt;SPAN
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title="Decepticon Hijack"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Hijack"&gt;Decepticon Hijack&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


==Footnotes==
<references />


==External links==
Starscream was part of the battle that resulted when the Autobots came to
*[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]
rescue the mind-controlled &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Grapple (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grapple_(G1)"&gt;Grapple&lt;/A&gt; from the Decepticons'
clutches. When Grapple was freed from the effects of the &lt;A title=Cerebro-shell
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cerebro-shell"&gt;cerebro-shell&lt;/A&gt; controlling him,
he kicked Megatron over on top of Starscream and Skywarp, winning the day. &lt;SPAN
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title="Insecticon Attack!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insecticon_Attack!"&gt;Insecticon Attack!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;


*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Starscream Starscream's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html Gallery of G2 Starscream with comparison to BW Starscream at Transformers At the Moon]


[[Category: Action Masters]]
At some point in the future, when Galvatron had taken leadership of the
[[Category: Attacktix]]
Decepticons, Starscream suggested to his leader that he create a city of his own
[[Category: Beast Wars characters]]
to gather energy, as the Autobots did with their Autobot City. Galvatron decided
[[Category: Classics characters]]
to go about it in the most circular way possible, by stealing a robot car on
[[Category: Convention exclusives]]
display at a car show that night and duplicating its circuitry to create an army
[[Category: Decepticons]]
of drones to build said city. While investigating the Decepticons' presence at
[[Category: Decepticon leaders]]
the show, Kup was captured by Starscream. When the Autobots arrived in response,
[[Category: Gender-switch characters]]
Starscream threatened Kup's life to stay their hands, but luckily, Hot Rod soon
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
saved Kup, and the Decepticons were defeated. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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[[Category: Kiss Players characters]]
title="Car Show Blow Up" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Car_Show_Blow_Up"&gt;Car Show
[[Category: Legends of Cybertron]]
Blow Up&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
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&lt;A name=Ladybird_Books_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
[[Category: Mail order exclusives]]
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[[Category: Matrix bearers]]
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&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Ladybird Books continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
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[[Category: Pretenders]]
title="Toy-accurate art makes Starscream sad."
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href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ladybird_books.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
[[Category: Robot Masters characters]]
class=thumbimage height=198 alt="Toy-accurate art makes Starscream sad."
[[Category: Scientists]]
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[[Category: Seekers]]
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[[Category: Titanium Series]]
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[[Category: Unicron-related characters]]
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href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ladybird_books.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
[[Category: Unreleased toys]]
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
[[Category: Zombies]]
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Toy-accurate art makes Starscream sad.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
A brash and aggressive character, Starscream is constantly running up against
the older, smarter Megatron. He once convinced Rumble to help him attack and
destroy an Autobot tower (believed to be for communications) against Megatron's
orders. In the process, he caused Megatron and the other Decepticons to come get
him back. (They arrived ''just'' as he was slagging off Megatron.) Since that
tower was actually used for channeling lightning storms into power, the entire
Decepticon team was viciously injured by an electric surge due to his
disobedience. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Autobots' Lightning Strike"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots'_Lightning_Strike"&gt;Autobots' Lightning
Strike&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Starscream later tried to overthrow Megatron when the commander was off on a
mission and requested the other Decepticons rendezvous with him. Starscream's
act of rebellion was to blow up the building he thought Megatron was in and
declare himself leader. Megatron turned out to be standing behind him, and he
gave Starscream a valuable lesson on leadership (i.e., told him how dumb that
was whilst punching him). &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Megatron's Fight for Power"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron's_Fight_for_Power"&gt;Megatron's Fight for
Power&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
When &lt;A title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt; time-travelled to the
20th Century and took command, Starscream served under him. He'd learnt his
lesson since the early days, not trying to overthrow his commander ''once''.
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title="Galvatron's Air Attack"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron's_Air_Attack"&gt;Galvatron's Air
Attack&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Transformers_PD_Type&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Transformers PD Type"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Transformers PD Type''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 192px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream pd type.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_pd_type.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=175 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/190px-Starscream_pd_type.jpg"
width=190 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_pd_type.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
As various &lt;A title=Decepticon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon"&gt;Decepticons&lt;/A&gt; from across the
timestream joined forces to track down the all-powerful &lt;A title=Blackball
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blackball"&gt;Blackballs&lt;/A&gt;, Starscream proved most
effective at the hunt. Discovering a Blackball, he immediately carried it over
to &lt;A title="Megatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt; for some praise.
Unfortunately, the "Blackball" turned out to be a cartoon bomb, which promptly
exploded in their faces. From a distance, &lt;A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)"&gt;Ultra Magnus&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Optimus Prime (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)"&gt;Optimus Prime&lt;/A&gt; were
astounded that their plan actually worked. Inside the smoking crater, a badly
singed Megatron strangled Starscream, frustrated at his consistent failures.
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title="Transformer PD Type"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer_PD_Type"&gt;Don't Cry!
Megatron!!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Later, Starscream uncovered another Blackball. For a moment he considered
giving it to Megatron, but then decided that if he kept it for himself, he could
use the power to seize command of the Decepticons. He then immediately became
suspicious that the Blackball might be another bomb, but dismissed the suspicion
just as quickly. Then it exploded. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title="Transformer PD Type"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer_PD_Type"&gt;Good Luck!
Starscream!!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Beast_Wars_cartoon&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Beast Wars cartoon"
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&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Beast Wars'' cartoon&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
 
:''Voice actor:'' &lt;A title="Doug Parker"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doug_Parker"&gt;Doug Parker&lt;/A&gt; (English), &lt;A
title="Kazuki Yao" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kazuki_Yao"&gt;Kazuki Yao&lt;/A&gt;
(Japanese)
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="EBENEZER SCROOGE...!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ghost_BW.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=186 alt="EBENEZER SCROOGE...!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscream_ghost_BW.jpg" width=250
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ghost_BW.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;EBENEZER SCROOGE...!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Little was known about Starscream among the &lt;A title=Maximal
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal"&gt;Maximals&lt;/A&gt;, as the &lt;A
title="Maximal Elder" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Elder"&gt;Maximal
Elders&lt;/A&gt; had classified most of his information. However, &lt;A
title="Dinobot (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(BW)"&gt;Dinobot&lt;/A&gt;, a
student of military history, was familiar with Starscream's record of deceit and
betrayal. It is possible that &lt;A title="Megatron (BW)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(BW)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt; was also aware of his
history, as he ordered &lt;A title="Scorponok (BW)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(BW)"&gt;Scorponok&lt;/A&gt; to keep an eye on
Starscream.
 
Starscream's ghost traveled through time and space to the prehistoric earth
of the &lt;A class=mw-redirect title="Beast Wars"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars"&gt;Beast Wars&lt;/A&gt;, where he possessed &lt;A
title=Waspinator href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Waspinator"&gt;Waspinator&lt;/A&gt;'s body
during an electrical storm. He ingratiated himself with Megatron, claiming that
he had been destroyed by &lt;A title=Unicron
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron"&gt;Unicron&lt;/A&gt; while protecting &lt;A
title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt;. After leading a
successful raid on the &lt;A title="Axalon (BW)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Axalon_(BW)"&gt;''Axalon''&lt;/A&gt;, he was left in
command of the captured Maximal ship, along with &lt;A title="Blackarachnia (BW)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blackarachnia_(BW)"&gt;Blackarachnia&lt;/A&gt; and
Scorponok, the former of whom he took as his "protégé". When the defeated
Maximals surrendered to him, he took Dinobot and &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Optimus Primal (BW)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Primal_(BW)"&gt;Optimus Primal&lt;/A&gt; hostage and
ordered the remaining Maximals to attack the &lt;I&gt;&lt;A title=Darksyde
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Darksyde"&gt;Darksyde&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;. Scorponok objected, but
he was very forcefully overruled. Shortly after the attack began, the two
captive Maximals broke out and drove the Predacons out of the ''Axalon''.
Starscream fled, pursued by Primal, and abandoned Blackarachnia to her fate.
After a spirited chase, Primal cornered Starscream at an &lt;A title="Energon (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_(G1)"&gt;energon&lt;/A&gt; deposit, paralyzing him.
As he tried to bargain his way out of his predicament, his vengeful ex-partner
Blackarachnia detonated the energon, blowing Waspinator to scrap and forcing
Starscream's spark out of his body. Waspinator is restored back to normal by
Megatron, and Blackrachnia explains her betrayal in order to find Starscream's
true motives, and at that point, Megatron pardons her.
 
Adrift in space once more, Starscream's ghost screamed vengeance into the
void. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Possession href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Possession"&gt;Possession&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;A name=Beast_Wars:_Transmetals&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Beast Wars: Transmetals"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Beast Wars: Transmetals''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Yes, that's Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream. No, that's not normal."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:N64Starscream.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=175
alt="Yes, that's Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream. No, that's not normal."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-N64Starscream.jpg" width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:N64Starscream.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Yes, that's
Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream.
No, that's not normal.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream returned to the Beast Wars following the &lt;A title="Quantum surge"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quantum_surge"&gt;quantum surge&lt;/A&gt;, with a strange
but powerful new &lt;A title=Transmetal
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transmetal"&gt;Transmetal&lt;/A&gt; body. Fearing that the
Beast Wars would alter history against his liking, Starscream set out to destroy
any Maximal or Predacon that opposed him. After vanquishing his foes, Starscream
entered the Ark and infused himself with the power of his old body, just as
Megatron and Optimus Primal had increased their power. This fusion of old and
new allowed Starscream to finally achieve his eons long goal of restoring his
original body. Finally whole, Starscream undertook the long journey through
transwarp back to Cybertron. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Beast Wars: Transmetals"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars:_Transmetals"&gt;Beast Wars:
Transmetals&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Dreamwave_comics_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: Dreamwave comics continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Dreamwave comics continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title=Smirkier-than-thou.
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamwarwithin.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=254 alt=Smirkier-than-thou.
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starscreamwarwithin.jpg" width=150
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamwarwithin.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Smirkier-than-thou.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream was a competitor in &lt;A title="Cybertron (planet)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)"&gt;Cybertron's&lt;/A&gt; underground
gladiatorial matches, the breeding ground for what would eventually become the
Decepticons. He enjoyed baiting his fellow combatant, &lt;A title="Grimlock (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)"&gt;Grimlock&lt;/A&gt;; in fact, he was a
master at it. Once war broke out, he kept taunting his old friend, which
eventually backfired when he told Grimlock exactly where the Seekers were going
to attack, giving Grimlock time to set a massive bomb. Starscream's life was
saved only by the fast action of Skywarp.
 
In typical fashion, Starscream tried to seize power. While Megatron was deep
within the bowels of Cybertron, Starscream instructed &lt;A title="Scrapper (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scrapper_(G1)"&gt;Scrapper&lt;/A&gt; to initiate the
planet's long-hidden transformation sequence, hoping Megatron would be crushed
in the process. Some people never learn.
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image title="My... people."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Predaconstww.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=167 alt="My... people."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-Predaconstww.jpg" width=200 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Predaconstww.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;My...
people.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
A few millennia later, after the apparent death of Megatron, Starscream
created a splinter group of Decepticons called &lt;A title="Predacon (War Within)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Predacon_(War_Within)"&gt;Predacons&lt;/A&gt;. However, when
your smartest subordinates are &lt;A title=Motormaster
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Motormaster"&gt;Motormaster&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A
title="Astrotrain (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)"&gt;Astrotrain&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A title=Octane
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octane"&gt;Octane&lt;/A&gt;, you can't expect much of your
forces.
 
Starscream was among the Decepticon boarding party that attacked the Autobot
flagship Ark, causing its crash-landing on Earth and putting all Autobots and
Decepticons alike in emergency stasis. In 1984 a volcanic eruption awakened the
Ark's computer, Teletraan-I, and it repaired all on board. Starscream's actions
over the next fifteen years are largely unrecorded, but he probably did what he
did best: strafe the Autobots and fleshlings and attempt to betray Megatron,
smirking all the while. In 1998, the combined forces of the Autobots and Earth
defeated and captured the Decepticons. Starscream was secured on board the &lt;I&gt;&lt;A
title="Ark II" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_II"&gt;Ark II&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt; along with
the other Decepticons when the ship exploded, killing the human crew and
scattering the Transformers across the ocean. Arms dealer Adam Rook (aka. &lt;A
title=Lazarus href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lazarus"&gt;Lazarus&lt;/A&gt;) recovered
several of the Autobots and Decepticons and used them as a reprogrammed weapons
for hire for terrorists and despots. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prime Directive issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_1"&gt;Prime Directive
#1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; As part of a demonstration to prospective buyers, Rook had
Starscream join an assault against the Smitco Oil Refinery alongside half a
dozen Transformers. When Megatron eventually broke free of Rook's control, he
freed the other Decepticons. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prime Directive issue 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_2"&gt;Prime Directive
#2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
The reactivated Starscream, along with his Seeker brothers Thundercracker and
Skywarp, took a particular pleasure in dismantling the Autobot Minicars. When
Megatron complained that he didn't rewire them so they could sit around and do
nothing, Starscream playfully said they were only having some fun with their new
"toys". Megatron ordered the three Decepticons to follow him, and when Skywarp
asked Starscream what their leader's plan was this time, the air commander
casually tossed &lt;A title="Bumblebee (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(G1)"&gt;Bumblebee&lt;/A&gt;'s head over his
shoulder and said that he didn't care, as it was going to be evil, and evil is
''always'' fun. Soon afterwards, the Autobots arrived and attacked. As
Starscream attempted to choke &lt;A title="Wheeljack (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)"&gt;Wheeljack&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A
title="Sideswipe (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sideswipe_(G1)"&gt;Sideswipe&lt;/A&gt; paid him back with a
nice throat punch. All the combatants were then bombed by rogue members of the
U.S. military. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prime Directive issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_3"&gt;Prime Directive
#3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
The Decepticons escaped and attacked &lt;A title="San Francisco"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/San_Francisco"&gt;San Francisco&lt;/A&gt;. When &lt;A
title="Superion (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Superion_(G1)"&gt;Superion&lt;/A&gt;
appeared to stop &lt;A title="Devastator (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastator_(G1)"&gt;Devastator&lt;/A&gt;, Starscream led the
other Seekers in bombing the Autobot giant, forcing the Aerialbots into their
component team member forms and putting them at the mercy of Devastator. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prime Directive issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_5"&gt;Prime Directive
#5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Starscream and the other Decepticons secured the Autobots after
Optimus Prime defeated Devastator. The Autobot leader managed to free his
comrades after humans distracted the Decepticons, and the battle was rejoined.
Fellow F-15 &lt;A title="Air Raid (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Raid_(G1)"&gt;Air Raid&lt;/A&gt; punched Starscream in
the face, repaying him for the earlier defeat. After the Aerialbots, as
Superion, sacrificed their lives to save San Francisco from &lt;A
title="Robert Hallo" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robert_Hallo"&gt;General
Hallo's&lt;/A&gt; unauthorized nuclear strike, Starscream and the other Decepticons
escaped. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Prime Directive issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_6"&gt;Prime Directive
#6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Holy crap! Expressions!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=112 alt="Holy crap! Expressions!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg" width=200
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Holy crap! &lt;A
title="Dull surprise"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dull_surprise"&gt;Expressions!&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream led the Decepticons in joining Shockwave's Cybertronians after
Megatron was defeated and was the first to recognize the mind-altering
techniques being employed. Starscream escaped the CR chambers long enough almost
to succeed in assassinating Megatron. Punishment didn't deter him, and
Starscream was almost immediately creating a small sect of separatist
Decepticons on Cybertron. He used the cover of Menasor's release to steal the
incapacitated Combaticons to form his own army. If only he hadn't tried to
hijack &lt;A title="Sky Lynx (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sky_Lynx_(G1)"&gt;Sky
Lynx&lt;/A&gt;. Yet another rebellion defeated by bad planning. Some people never
learn. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="War and Peace" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_and_Peace"&gt;War and
Peace&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="There but for the grace of a fusion cannon go I."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdaydream.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=128 alt="There but for the grace of a fusion cannon go I."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-Starscreamdaydream.jpg" width=200
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdaydream.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;There but for
the grace of a fusion cannon go I.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
After returning to Earth, Starscream unleashed the Decepticons on the
Autobots under the leadership of &lt;A title="Jazz (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(G1)"&gt;Jazz&lt;/A&gt;. Unfortunately, most of the
Decepticons were incapacitated. Worse, Starscream's clone &lt;A
title="Sunstorm (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sunstorm_(G1)"&gt;Sunstorm&lt;/A&gt;
arrived on some bizarre mission. Starscream was forced to ally with the Autobots
in exchange for getting his forces freed. After the misadventure, Starscream
took the Combaticons for some practice against Sky Lynx. This also ended in
disaster, for &lt;A title=Predaking
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Predaking"&gt;Predaking&lt;/A&gt; soon arrived, and
Starscream discovered that Soundwave, his cassettes, and the other Seekers had
allied with Predaking's master... Megatron! Starscream was again forced into a
subservient position, with Megatron preparing to lead the Decepticons in the
conquest of Earth... &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Generation One (Dreamwave comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_One_(Dreamwave_comic)"&gt;Generation One
(ongoing)&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;...at which point &lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Dreamwave
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dreamwave"&gt;Dreamwave&lt;/A&gt; self-destructed.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;BR clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he still manages to smirk."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:JoeVsTF1_Starscream_transforms.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=301
alt="Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he still manages to smirk."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-JoeVsTF1_Starscream_transforms.jpg"
width=250 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:JoeVsTF1_Starscream_transforms.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he
still manages to smirk.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When the nascent terrorist organization known as &lt;A title=Cobra
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobra"&gt;Cobra&lt;/A&gt; uncovered the buried hulk of the
Ark, they removed the bodies of numerous Transformers with the intention of
using them as weapons of war to threaten America. Cobra scientist &lt;A
title="Doctor Mindbender" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Mindbender"&gt;Doctor
Mindbender&lt;/A&gt; hacked the brain functions of the captive Transformers, reducing
them to the level of remote-controlled drones, and dubbed them "&lt;A class=new
title="Battle Android Trooper"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Battle_Android_Trooper&amp;action=edit"&gt;Battle
Android Troopers&lt;/A&gt;". Starscream was reconfigured to transform into a jet plane
known as a "Night Raven", and was selected for use by the &lt;A
title="Cobra Commander" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobra_Commander"&gt;Cobra
Commander&lt;/A&gt; as his personal aircraft.
 
Starscream was among the Transformers deployed during Cobra's opening attack
on world freedom, when they targeted the United Nations Headquarters. Starscream
transformed to robot mode and was punching his through the building when a U.S.
Military soldier code-named &lt;A title=Snake-Eyes
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snake-Eyes"&gt;Snake-Eyes&lt;/A&gt; opened fire on him with
a machine gun. Although unharmed by the attack, Starscream returned fire with
his lasers, blowing up the missile tank upon which the soldier was perched and
horribly scarring his face. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_1"&gt;G.I. Joe vs.
the Transformers issue 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Returning to Cobra's island base, Cobra
Commander began his meeting with &lt;A title=Destro
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Destro"&gt;Destro&lt;/A&gt; by having Starscream
dramatically fly by overhead and transform, for no reason other than to impress
the arms dealer. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_2"&gt;G.I. Joe vs.
the Transformers issue 2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Meanwhile, Autobot scientist Wheeljack had been able to avoid capture by
Cobra, and had allied himself with America's newly-formed special mission force
&lt;A title="G.I. Joe" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe"&gt;G.I. Joe&lt;/A&gt;. Hacking
into Cobra's system, he was able to shut off the terrotists' control of the
Transformers, liberating their minds and bodies. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_3"&gt;G.I. Joe vs.
the Transformers issue 3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; Naturally, the first thing Starscream did
once he was free was to interrupt a battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron by
shooting Megatron in the chest in a bid for leadership. Megatron returned the
sentiment, blasting him with his fusion cannon, and Starscream slunk away as
Megatron returned to more important matters. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_4"&gt;G.I. Joe vs.
the Transformers issue 4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 352px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream snakeeyes eye gouge.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_snakeeyes_eye_gouge.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=83 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/350px-Starscream_snakeeyes_eye_gouge.jpg"
width=350 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_snakeeyes_eye_gouge.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Lurking in the island's jungle, Starscream crossed paths with Snake-Eyes, who
took revenge for his disfigurement by shattering the unsuspecting Starscream's
eye with his sword and shoving a grenade into the socket. Clawing at his face,
Starscream tumbled over a cliff and was badly damaged in the fall. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_5"&gt;G.I. Joe vs.
the Transformers issue 5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; His still-operational body was soon happened
across by Cobra Commander, who was attempting to flee the escalating battle
between the Autobots, Decepticons, Joes and Cobras that was engulfing the
island, and Starscream made the human proposition: help him remove the grenade,
and he would get him off the island. Naturally, the commander agreed. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_6"&gt;G.I. Joe vs.
the Transformers issue 6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream gijoe energyropes.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_energyropes.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=290 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_gijoe_energyropes.jpg" width=180
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_energyropes.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream and Cobra Commander resurfaced two years later, when Cobra
Commander learned that human scientists had created an interstellar wormhole to
Cybertron. With Starscream forced to do his bidding (via unspecified means), he
used the portal to travel to Cybertron with the intention of gaining control of
the wormhole technology by stealing the super-computer &lt;A title="Teletran 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletran_3"&gt;Teletran 3&lt;/A&gt;. However, a G.I. Joe
ambush that struck just as they were carrying out their plan caused a
catastrophic malfunction in Teletran 3, scattering numerous Transformers through
the wormhole network across space and time. Starscream was not among those
scattered, but he was promptly bound with energy ropes by Perceptor and &lt;A
title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)"&gt;Ultra
Magnus&lt;/A&gt; while they assessed the severity of the situation. It transpired that
the chronal disruption caused by the time-lost Transformers would dsestroy the
Earth, and teams of Joes and Cobras were soon dispatched through the timestream
to retrieve the robots and save the planet. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_1"&gt;G.I. Joe
vs. the Transformers II issue 1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
While the Joes and Cobras were off on their time-tossed mission, the
forcefield protecting Magnus, Perceptor and Teletran 3 collapsed, at which point
Decepticon commander Shockwave struck. Shockwave freed Starscream and
reprogrammed Teletran 3 to prevent Transformers from being able to return to
their proper times, so that Earth would be destroyed and he could invade it, as
he had always planned to—it was Shockwave who had leaked the wormhole technology
to humans in the first place. {{storylink| &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_3"&gt;G.I. Joe
vs. the Transformers II issue 3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; When a small team of Joes and Cobras
that remained on Cybertron tried to undo his programming, Starscream spotted &lt;A
title="Lady Jaye" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lady_Jaye"&gt;Lady Jaye&lt;/A&gt;
modifying Teletran 3 and shouted a warning, but it came too late. The
Transformers were returned, and Starscream escaped in the midst of the chaotic
battle that resulted.
 
In the aftermath of the battle, Shockwave accused Starscream of deliberately
trying to foil his scheme by trying to steal Teletran 3. Starscream denied any
treacherousness on his part, and Shockwave just starting to come around when a
recording Cobra Commander had programmed into Starscream began to play,
informing the Decepticon leader of Starscream's general uselessness. At that
point, Starscream promptly exploded, taking out the Decepticon headquarters in
the process, courtesy of forty-five pounds of plastic explosives that Cobra
Commander had lined his housing with, in case the Decepticon had ever escaped
his clutches. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_4"&gt;G.I. Joe
vs. the Transformers II issue 4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;A
name=Transformers.2FG.I._Joe&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Transformers/G.I. Joe"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Transformers/G.I. Joe''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream gijoe ww2.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=397 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_gijoe_ww2.jpg" width=180
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When the foundling terrorist organization known as Cobra discovered the Ark
buried in the &lt;A title="Fera Islands"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fera_Islands"&gt;Fera Islands&lt;/A&gt; in 1938, they
inadvertently awoke the Decepticons from their stasis. The evil robots entered
into an alliance with the organization's leader, Cobra Commander, to conquer the
world and strip it of its energy, but Megatron's true goal was to take the
Matrix of Leadership—stolen from the body of Optimus Prime—from around Cobra
Commander's neck. Starscream adopted the alternate form of a P-51 Mustang
aeroplane.
 
One year later, in 1939, the American military formed a special mission force
to counter the Cobra-Decepticon alliance named "G.I. Joe". Laserbeak spied upon
the first meeting of this team and reported the information to Cobra; Starscream
stood nearby as Cobra Commander vowed to kill the Joes, and opined that heroes
were ''born'' to die. G.I. Joe's first attack came soon after, and Starscream
distracted their aircraft in his jet mode while Megatron attacked them from
above and downed them. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Line" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Line"&gt;The Line&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; As
it happened, the Joes bailed out and landed near to the buried Ark, where they
wound up awakening the Autobots within the craft. Starscream watched as the ship
sent out a repair drone to scan for alternate modes, aware of what it meant and
seeing it as a threat to Megatron's leadership that he could exploit. Megatron
happened upon Starscream as he was monologuing about taking the power of the
Matrix for himself, and witnessed the drone going about its business. Knowing he
would need the scheming Starscream for the coming battle, he ordered the Air
Commander to help him move their stockpiled energon cubes to safer location.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Transformed
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformed"&gt;Transformed&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Megatron proceeded to mass the Decepticons for a major battle with the
Autobots, save for Starscream, who was left to languish within their base.
Unfortunately for Megatron, this merely left Starscream with an opportunity to
conspire with Cobra Commander's own traitorous second, &lt;A title=Destro
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Destro"&gt;Destro&lt;/A&gt;, and together the pair prepared
to unleash the newly-constructed giant robot, Bruticus, upon everyone. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Wolves href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wolves"&gt;Wolves&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream gijoe ww2 weakspot.jpg"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2_weakspot.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=176 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscream_gijoe_ww2_weakspot.jpg" width=250
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2_weakspot.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Even this conspiracy proved to be a deception on Destro's part, however, when
he had his lover, the &lt;A title=Baroness
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Baroness"&gt;Baroness&lt;/A&gt;, shoot Starscream in his
weak spot: an inch below his right ear, just behind his jaw hinge. Starscream's
head flared with electricity and he collapsed, while Destro loosed Bruticus upon
all his assembled enemies. G.I. Joe member Snake-Eyes ended the threat when he
plucked the Matrix from Cobra Commander's clutches, and at Optimus Prime's
direction, hurled it at Bruticus. The resultant explosion of creation energy
destroyed Bruticus, but apparently killed all the Transformers in the process.
&lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="The Iron Fist" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Iron_Fist"&gt;The Iron
Fist&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Forty-six years later, in 1985, Starscream was revealed to have survived his
injuries and the destruction of the Matrix through unexplained means. Discarding
his archaic alternate mode for the form of an F-15, Starscream was performing a
flyby over Cobra Island, seeking a means to return to Cybertron, when he
intercepted a communication about an alien starship (actually a Cybertronian
craft containing Blaster and Perceptor) crashing in &lt;A title=Oregon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oregon"&gt;Oregon&lt;/A&gt;. Starscream saw the craft as his
ticket home, and while he was too low on energon to claim the ship for himself,
he was content to let Cobra take it and then steal it from them later. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Targets of Opportunity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Targets_of_Opportunity"&gt;Targets of
Opportunity&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
&lt;I&gt;Due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy, how Starscream survived, and his subsequent
actions, remain a mystery.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;A name=IDW_comics_continuity&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: IDW comics continuity"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;IDW comics continuity&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center border=0&gt;
&lt;TBODY&gt;
&lt;TR bgColor=#ececec&gt;
&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1"&gt;This section covers
fiction that is '''ongoing'''. It will be added to as the story
progresses. If it isn't current, you can help by &lt;SPAN class=plainlinks&gt;&lt;A
class="external text"
title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit"
rel=nofollow&gt;updating it&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
Starscream and his comrades, Skywarp and Thundercracker, were recruited by
Soundwave when Megatron requested fliers. They believed they had been called to
join Megatron's gladiatorial team, but accepted the offer to join the
Decepticons. Starscream immediately proclaimed his allegiance and declared how
much of an honor fighting along side Megatron would be. After going through some
upgrades to boost their firepower, the Seekers' first duty was to capture a
senator, who would be executed at Megatron's recruitment rally. He was also
informed by Megatron of confidential plans in which he would play a key role.
When the security forces intervened, Starscream was captured, and—surprise,
surprise—offered to reveal Megatron's plans to save his own neck. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Megatron Origin issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_Origin_issue_3"&gt;Megatron Origin
#3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; However, this turned out to have ''been'' Megatron's
plan—Starscream, together with Soundwave, executed the council questioning him,
then freed every prisoner in the building, solidifying his loyalty to
Megatron... until such time as Starscream felt like betraying his leader. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Megatron Origin issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_Origin_issue_4"&gt;Megatron Origin
#4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Starscream ended up as Megatron's bodyguard, a position largely for show, and
developed a mutual hatred with Sixshot. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_5"&gt;Devastation #5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; He
would also appear to settle with Megatron instead of carrying on being an
attempted traitor. Megatron viewed this as them moving on from such things but
which it was actually because Starscream feared him—a fear he initially thought
was respect. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Infiltration issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_6"&gt;Infiltration #6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
 
Another one of his duties appears to have been recruitment, as he made a very
pointed effort to convince &lt;A title="Blurr (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)"&gt;Blurr&lt;/A&gt; to join the team &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Spotlight: Blurr"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Blurr"&gt;Spotlight: Blurr&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Starscream, seen here actually getting off easy!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=211
alt="Starscream, seen here actually getting off easy!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg"
width=250 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Starscream, seen &lt;A class=mw-redirect
title="Transformers: The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Movie"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A
title="Dark Star!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Star!"&gt;actually&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A
title=Cramp href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cramp"&gt;getting&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A
title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_4"&gt;off&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;A title="Mission Accomplished"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mission_Accomplished"&gt;easy&lt;/A&gt;!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
&lt;TABLE class=cquote
style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"
align=center&gt;
&lt;TBODY&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
vAlign=top width=20&gt;“ &lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 4px; FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif"
vAlign=top&gt;Thanks to Ore-13, Megatron, I have evolved... beyond you! I am
the ''future!'' &lt;/TD&gt;
&lt;TD
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"
vAlign=bottom width=20&gt;” &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
&lt;TR&gt;
&lt;TD style="PADDING-TOP: 0px" colSpan=3&gt;
&lt;P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt;&lt;CITE
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"&gt;—Starcream, &lt;A title="Infiltration issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_6"&gt;Infiltration issue
6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/CITE&gt;
&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
Millions of years later, Starscream was the leader of a Decepticon &lt;A
class=mw-redirect title="Infiltration protocols"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_protocols"&gt;insurgent cell&lt;/A&gt; that had
operated covertly on &lt;A title=Earth
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/A&gt; for at least four years, working
to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.
However, since the discovery of the mysterious, Energon-like substance known as
&lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Ore-13
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ore-13"&gt;Ore-13&lt;/A&gt;, Starscream had stepped outside
standard procedure, establishing a second command bunker in &lt;A title=Oregon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oregon"&gt;Oregon&lt;/A&gt; above a richer seam of the ore
than the one in &lt;A title=Nebraska
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebraska"&gt;Nebraska&lt;/A&gt;. Unfortunately, the
abandoned Nebraska bunker had been infiltrated by a human named &lt;A title=Stoker
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stoker"&gt;Stoker&lt;/A&gt;, who had managed to obtain data
on Starscream's operations, forcing Starscream to have the human eliminated,
though he didn't count on &lt;A title="Verity Carlo"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Verity_Carlo"&gt;another human&lt;/A&gt; obtaining Stoker's
&lt;A title=SM-40 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SM-40"&gt;SM-40&lt;/A&gt; computer and an &lt;A
title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)"&gt;Autobot
counter-insurgency agent&lt;/A&gt; bringing the evidence to the Autobots. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Infiltration issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_1"&gt;Infiltration #1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Meanwhile, Starscream had ordered &lt;A title="Blitzwing (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)"&gt;Blitzwing&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A
title="Skywarp (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skywarp_(G1)"&gt;Skywarp&lt;/A&gt; to
cover his tracks by destroying all evidence of Stoker's travels and what
remained of the Nebraska bunker. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Infiltration issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_5"&gt;Infiltration #5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Starscream intended to use Ore-13 to challenge &lt;A title="Megatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)"&gt;Megatron&lt;/A&gt; for leadership of the
Decepticons, but when the moment of truth finally arrived, the energy source
proved insufficient to destroy the Decepticon leader, and Megatron blasted
Starscream with his fusion cannon at point-blank range, virtually obliterating
him. Megatron told the other Decepticons, "See to the remains. If he lives, then
I'll decide what to do with him." &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Infiltration issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_6"&gt;Infiltration #6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Sarcasm from Starscream??  NO!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starcasm_idw_dev6.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=250 alt="Sarcasm from Starscream??  NO!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starcasm_idw_dev6.jpg" width=150
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starcasm_idw_dev6.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Sarcasm from
Starscream?? NO!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
As it turns out, Starscream survived and was placed in a &lt;A
title="CR chamber" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/CR_chamber"&gt;CR chamber&lt;/A&gt; for
extensive repairs. The other Decepticons were worried that Megatron was jumping
the gun by calling in &lt;A title=Sixshot
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sixshot"&gt;Sixshot&lt;/A&gt; early, and Astrotrain realized
Starscream might be the only one of them willing to tell Megatron this. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_1"&gt;Devastation #1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
During an attack on Decepticon headquarters by the &lt;A title=Reapers
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Reapers"&gt;Reapers&lt;/A&gt;, Starscream completed his
recovery and was confident that he would prevail in the upcoming battle. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_4"&gt;Devastation #4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Hey, I just spotted the janitor from Futurama!"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AHM3Starscream.JPG"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=288 alt="Hey, I just spotted the janitor from Futurama!"
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-AHM3Starscream.jpg" width=150 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AHM3Starscream.JPG"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Hey, I just
spotted the janitor from ''Futurama''!&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
When &lt;A title=Sixshot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sixshot"&gt;Sixshot&lt;/A&gt;
arrived, he initially attacked the Reapers, but they insisted he join them or
die. Starscream then emerged from base calling out Sixshot—his hatred of
Starscream caused the living weapon to decide to switch sides after all, at
which point Starscream promptly activated Sixshot's shutdown command, sending
him crashing to the ground. Screamer then proceeded to bomb the Reapers, causing
Megatron to agree to take the fight to the Reapers. (Based on the timing of his
emergence and his co-plotter Astrotrain immediately going "look at brave
Starscream, Megatron!", it seems having an excuse to take out Sixshot and thus
force Megatron to go against the Reapers was all planned by Starscream) &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 5"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_5"&gt;Devastation #5&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
Starscream once again accepted Megatron as his liege, and together they teamed
up to destroy the alien invaders. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Devastation issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_6"&gt;Devastation #6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
A year later, and Starscream (now an F-15) was back in a subordinate position
under Megatron and getting increasingly annoyed with it. He joined in Megatron's
attack on &lt;A title="New York City"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City"&gt;New York City&lt;/A&gt;, quite enjoying
that whole "killing humans who can't fight back" thing. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All Hail Megatron issue 1"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_1"&gt;All Hail Megatron
#1&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Starscream personally shot down the fleeing Air Force One in &lt;A
title="Washington, D.C."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Washington,_D.C."&gt;Washington, D.C.&lt;/A&gt;, after which
he returned to join Megatron in New York City. Upon his arrival, Megatron mused
that it was fitting to have Starscream beside him, as a Decepticon who had been
with the cause since the start. Starscream, believing Megatron to be sarcastic,
retorted that he'd been there before even Megatron. A somewhat weary Megatron
clarified, congratulating him and complimenting his skills. He further explained
that Starscream was very nearly the living embodiment of the Decepticon ideal,
but a step short of realizing it. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All Hail Megatron issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_3"&gt;All Hail Megatron
#3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
With the conquest completed, Starscream stood at Megatron's side as he
addressed the gathered Decepticons. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All Hail Megatron issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_4"&gt;All Hail Megatron
#4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; However, he soon reverted to type when he noticed Megatron didn't
have a proper plan now that he'd won and the fun on Earth was a distraction for
the troops. He taunted Megatron with the knowledge that he knew this and told
him other Decepticons would start getting restless, so Megatron's position would
soon be challenged by hordes of bored sociopaths whom Megatron had indoctrinated
to be violent and take things. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="All Hail Megatron issue 6"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_6"&gt;All Hail Megatron
#6&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;DIV
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;'''Note:'''
''The events of ''Spotlight: Mirage&lt;I&gt; possibly take place in an
alternate/unknown continuity.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
At the war's end, Starscream and a small team of Decepticons accompanied the
mercenary &lt;A title="Mirage (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mirage_(G1)"&gt;Mirage&lt;/A&gt; to the &lt;A class=new
title="Pegasus Star Cluster"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Pegasus_Star_Cluster&amp;action=edit"&gt;Pegasus
Star Cluster&lt;/A&gt;. He led the Decepticons into the Autobot bunker after Mirage
destroyed the Autobot security system, but stood back during the ensuing fight.
After Megatron ordered the Autobot prisoners executed, Starscream held &lt;A
title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)"&gt;Ratchet&lt;/A&gt; back
as Mirage prepared to kill &lt;A title="Hound (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hound_(G1)"&gt;Hound&lt;/A&gt;. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Spotlight: Mirage"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Mirage"&gt;Spotlight: Mirage&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
&lt;A name=Hearts_of_Steel&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: Hearts of Steel"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;''Hearts of Steel''&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H3&gt;
&lt;DIV class="thumb tleft"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Ye olde Tyme treacherie."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_HOS.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=273 alt="Ye olde Tyme treacherie."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_HOS.jpg" width=180 border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_HOS.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Ye olde Tyme
treacherie.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
Starscream is the nominal leader of the Decepticons on 19th-century Earth,
while Megatron sleeps in &lt;A title="Stasis lock"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stasis_lock"&gt;stasis lock&lt;/A&gt;. He decides to conquer
the Earth in this time, and use that power to overthrow Megatron when he should
wake up. Posing as a benefactor to humanity, he enlists the help of inventor &lt;A
title="Tobias Muldoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tobias_Muldoon"&gt;Tobias
Muldoon&lt;/A&gt; to design new &lt;A class=mw-redirect title=Altmode
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Altmode"&gt;altmodes&lt;/A&gt; for the Decepticons. &lt;SPAN
class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Hearts of Steel issue 2"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hearts_of_Steel_issue_2"&gt;Hearts of Steel
#2&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; In particular, Starscream builds (or reformats) &lt;A
title="Astrotrain (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)"&gt;Astrotrain&lt;/A&gt; for an assault on
&lt;A title="New York City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City"&gt;New York
City&lt;/A&gt;, and the new electrical generators there. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Hearts of Steel issue 3"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hearts_of_Steel_issue_3"&gt;Hearts of Steel
#3&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; It all ends badly. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title="Hearts of Steel issue 4"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hearts_of_Steel_issue_4"&gt;Hearts of Steel
#4&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Starscream has three bodies through the course of these events. His initial
"Ice Age Wars" body appears to be a prehistoric flying reptile. He then takes on
two different biplane bodies, one with one engine per wing and bat-wing-shaped
propellers (as seen at left), and one with two engines per wing and
straight-bladed propellers&lt;SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-0&gt;&lt;A title=""
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_note-0"&gt;[1]&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SUP&gt;. No
reason is given for him changing from one biplane body to the next. (The fact
that planes are an anachronism in the 19th Century is lightly glossed over.) &lt;BR
clear=all&gt;
&lt;A name=Henkei.21_Henkei.21_pack-in_mini-comics&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H3&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A
title="Edit section: Henkei! Henkei! pack-in mini-comics"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=29"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
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and is missing information on their '''fictional appearances'''. You can
help '''Transformers Wiki''' by &lt;A class="external text"
title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit"
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&lt;A name=Commercial_appearances&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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Alongside Thundercracker and Skywarp, Starscream attacked an Earth power
plant, then defended himself against an Autobot attack. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"&gt;&lt;A
title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1984"&gt;Transformers #1
commercial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Starscream foolhardily led Thrust into an attack on the Autobots' new defense
base. He was totally caught off-guard when the base transformed into &lt;A
title="Omega Supreme (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Omega_Supreme_(G1)"&gt;Omega Supreme&lt;/A&gt;. Good goin'
there, Screamer. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1985"&gt;Omega Supreme
commercial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
Starscream eventually gained a Pretender shell, and lurked in the dark of an
Earth city as Optimus Prime was reunited with Jazz and Bumblebee. We are led to
believe that his lurking was quite evil. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1989"&gt;Classic
Pretenders commercial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
 
After becoming an &lt;A title="Action Master"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Action_Master"&gt;Action Master&lt;/A&gt;, he battled Prowl
and &lt;A title="Over-Run (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Over-Run_(G1)"&gt;Over-Run&lt;/A&gt; aboard his &lt;A
title="Turbo Jet" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Turbo_Jet"&gt;Turbo Jet&lt;/A&gt; on
Cybertron. &lt;SPAN class=tt1_nowrap
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title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1990"&gt;Action Master
vehicles commercial&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
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:
&lt;DIV class=noprint&gt;&lt;I&gt;Main article: &lt;A title="Starscream (G1) toys"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)_toys"&gt;Starscream (G1)
toys&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;A name=Notes&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Confusing Nelson Yomtov since 1984."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1early.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG class=thumbimage
height=125 alt="Confusing Nelson Yomtov since 1984."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscreamg1early.jpg" width=180
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1early.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11 alt=""
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Confusing &lt;A
title="Nelson Yomtov" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nelson_Yomtov"&gt;Nelson
Yomtov&lt;/A&gt; since 1984.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
 
*According to &lt;A title="Bob Budiansky"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky"&gt;Bob Budiansky&lt;/A&gt;, in &lt;A
title="Jim Shooter" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jim_Shooter"&gt;Jim Shooter&lt;/A&gt;
and &lt;A title="Denny O'Neil" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Denny_O'Neil"&gt;Denny
O'Neil's&lt;/A&gt; original Transformers treatment, Starscream was named "Ulchtar".
*An early &lt;I&gt;&lt;A title="Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Universe_(Marvel_comic)"&gt;Universe&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;-style
character profile published in &lt;I&gt;&lt;A class=new
title="The Transformers Comics Magazine"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=The_Transformers_Comics_Magazine&amp;action=edit"&gt;The
Transformers Comics Magazine&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt; gave Starscream the smirk-worthy nickname
of "The Silver Snake".
*For the first half of the &lt;A title="Marvel Comics"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics"&gt;Marvel Comics&lt;/A&gt;, Starscream's
chest was colored dark blue, versus the red seen on the toy and in the
cartoon. The apparent reason for this discrepancy is hinted at in animated
segments in early &lt;A title=Commercial
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial"&gt;commercial&lt;/A&gt; footage (see right),
where Starscream's chest and forearms are black. Lack of color depth in comic
books at the time required black to be represented by dark blue. Starscream's
"true" colors began appearing in the Marvel Comics starting with issue 47, "&lt;A
title="Club Con!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con!"&gt;Club Con!&lt;/A&gt;"
*In the French dub of &lt;I&gt;&lt;A title="The Transformers: The Movie"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie"&gt;The Transformers:
The Movie&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt;, Starscream (along with &lt;A title="Shrapnel (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shrapnel_(G1)"&gt;Shrapnel&lt;/A&gt;) inexplicably became
a female. This change, however, was only for the movie, as it used a different
dubbing team from the cartoon. Most likely, the movie's French dubbing team
mistook Starscream's rather high-pitched voice for a woman's voice.
&lt;DIV class="thumb tright"&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"&gt;&lt;A class=image
title="Bringing a cannon to a canon-fight."
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMW_Genesis.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG
class=thumbimage height=189 alt="Bringing a cannon to a canon-fight."
src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-StarscreamMW_Genesis.jpg" width=150
border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;DIV class=thumbcaption&gt;
&lt;DIV class=magnify&gt;&lt;A class=internal title=Enlarge
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMW_Genesis.jpg"&gt;&lt;IMG height=11
alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png"
width=15&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;Bringing a cannon to a &lt;A title=Canon
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Canon"&gt;canon&lt;/A&gt;-fight.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;
 
*The Generation 1 executive script consultant, &lt;A title="Flint Dille"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Flint_Dille"&gt;Flint Dille&lt;/A&gt;, has claimed in
personal interviews that &lt;A title="Chris Latta"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chris_Latta"&gt;Chris Latta&lt;/A&gt; frequently had to be
bailed out of jail by members of the production staff. This apparently caused
so much annoyance that it was a major factor in phasing Starscream out of the
series.
*According to the line art of Starscream by Studio OX, each side of his
chest has a turbine mounted on it. This concept has influenced his &lt;A
title="Action Master" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Action_Master"&gt;Action
Master&lt;/A&gt;, &lt;A title=Masterpiece
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masterpiece"&gt;Masterpiece&lt;/A&gt;, and &lt;A
title="Classics (2006)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Classics_(2006)"&gt;Classics&lt;/A&gt; toys and the &lt;A
class="external text"
title=http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm
href="http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm"
rel=nofollow&gt;art of the Robot Master version&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;SUP class=reference
id=cite_ref-1&gt;&lt;A title=""
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_note-1"&gt;[2]&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SUP&gt;
*In &lt;I&gt;&lt;A title="Genesis: The Art of Transformers"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Genesis:_The_Art_of_Transformers"&gt;Genesis: The
Art of Transformers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/I&gt; is a picture by &lt;A title="Matt Kuphaldt"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Matt_Kuphaldt"&gt;Matt Kuphaldt&lt;/A&gt; of &lt;A
title="Machine Wars" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Machine_Wars"&gt;Machine
Wars&lt;/A&gt; Starscream wearing a purple cape and brandishing &lt;A
title="Galvatron (G1)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)"&gt;Galvatron&lt;/A&gt;'s torn-off arm
cannon. To date, this remains the only canonical appearance of Starscream in
this body—so far as the canonicity of art books can be placed. &lt;A
name=Footnotes&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
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href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=34"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;Footnotes&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;OL class=references&gt;
&lt;LI id=cite_note-0&gt;&lt;A title=""
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_ref-0"&gt;↑&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A
class="external text"
title=http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/transformers/images/hos/decepticon_planes.jpg
href="http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/transformers/images/hos/decepticon_planes.jpg"
rel=nofollow&gt;''Hearts of Steel'' sketch at IDW Publishing&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;LI id=cite_note-1&gt;&lt;A title=""
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_ref-1"&gt;↑&lt;/A&gt; &lt;A
title="Transformers Visualworks"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Visualworks"&gt;Transformers
Visualworks&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;A name=External_links&gt;&lt;/A&gt;
&lt;H2&gt;&lt;SPAN class=editsection&gt;[&lt;A title="Edit section: External links"
href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&amp;action=edit&amp;section=35"&gt;edit&lt;/A&gt;]&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=mw-headline&gt;External links&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
 
*&lt;A class="external text"
title=http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm
href="http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm"
rel=nofollow&gt;Starscream at TFU.info&lt;/A&gt;
 
*&lt;A class="external text"
title=http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;char=Starscream
href="http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&amp;char=Starscream"
rel=nofollow&gt;Starscream's Universe profile at NTFA.net&lt;/A&gt;
*&lt;A class="external text"
title=http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html
href="http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html"
rel=nofollow&gt;Gallery of G2 Starscream with comparison to BW Starscream at

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<DIV id=title-factionicons style="DISPLAY: none; FLOAT: right"> <DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon"><IMG height=30 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/28px-Symbol_decept_reg.jpg" width=28 border=0></A></DIV> <DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon"><IMG height=29 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/30px-Con-g2.png" width=30 border=0></A></DIV></DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #f7f8ff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: 0px 1em 0px 2em; BORDER-LEFT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #aaa thin solid"><I>The name or term <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <A title="Starscream (disambiguation)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(disambiguation)"><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> (disambiguation)</A>.</I></DIV>

<I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> is a

<A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon">Decepticon</A> in the <A title="Generation 1 (franchise)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_(franchise)">Generation 1</A> <A title="Continuity family" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family">continuity family</A>.</I>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 302px"><A class=image title="Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=438 alt="Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/300px-Starscreamg1.jpg" width=300 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Let me guess. You're gonna attempt to overthrow Megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> is the treacherous Decepticon <A title="Air Commander" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Commander">Air Commander</A> and the deadliest of the <A title=Seeker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seeker">Seekers</A>. The self-reported pride of the <A title="Cybertron War Academy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_War_Academy">Cybertron War Academy</A>, he's famous not only for his incredible skill, but also for his limitless (and troublesome) ambition. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> believes that he is more suited for command than <A title="Decepticon leader" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_leader">Decepticon leader</A> <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A>. Thankfully for Megatron, Starscream's mutinous, power-grabbing plots are almost always transparent, and he can never muster up enough patience to complete a grandiose power play. Even on the few times he has taken control of the Decepticons, he quickly loses control of a situation, but is too arrogant to realize when he's in over his head. He never learns from his mistakes, but then again, Megatron doesn't either, seeing as how he's never turned <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> into <A title="Slag (slang)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slag_(slang)">slag</A>. Despite his constant failures, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> believes it is only a matter of time before he prevails—his destiny is inevitable.

Starscream's never give up attitude extends even to the afterlife: unlike most Transformers, he has a mutant, indestructible <A title=Spark href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spark">Spark</A>. His life-force cannot be destroyed and can persist even without a body to contain it. However, there is no indication that <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> (or anybody else) was aware of this fact prior to his destruction.

<TABLE class=cquote style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width=20>“ </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 4px; FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif" vAlign=top>Why? That's what they all asked me. Why him... why <I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B></I>? Why, of all the Decepticons, did I decide to revitalize the one whose record of deceit and betrayal is legend? Because I'm an idiot, that's why! </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right" vAlign=bottom width=20>” </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-TOP: 0px" colSpan=3> <P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><CITE style="FONT-STYLE: normal">—Megatron on <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, "<A title="Total War!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Total_War!">Total War!</A>"</CITE> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

French-Canadian name: Égo
Czech name: Hvězdolam ("Starbreak")
Euskera (Basque) name: Izaroihu
Hungarian name: Üstökös ("Comet")
Italian name: Astrum, except for "Possession" in which he is

called Scintillor

Polish name ("Cosmic Rust"): Gwiazdowrzask
Polish name ("Beast Wars"): Gwiezdny Krzyk
Portuguese name (Brazil comics): Cometa
Portuguese name (Portugal comics): Estrela-Estridente
Russian TV dub name: Scandaleast ("Brawler")
Spanish name: Grito de Estrella
Chinese name (Taiwan): Hǒu Hsīng (吼星, "Roaring Star")
Chinese name (China): Hong Zhizhu (紅蜘蛛, "Red spider")
Cantonese name: Sengseng giu (星星叫, "Star Shouting")

<TABLE class=toc id=toc summary=Contents> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV id=toctitle> <H2>Contents</H2></DIV>

<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Fiction"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fiction</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Marvel_Comics_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Marvel Comics continuity</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Generation_1"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Generation 1</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-4><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Earthforce"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1.1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Earthforce</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Generation_2"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Generation 2</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Classics"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Classics</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Generation_1_cartoon"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Generation 1 cartoon</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Japanese_cartoon_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Japanese cartoon continuity</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Fight.21_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_comic"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Scramble_City_cartoon"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Scramble City cartoon</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Full_Throttle_Scramble_Power.21"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Full Throttle Scramble Power!</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#The_Stargate_Battles"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>The Stargate Battles</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Robot_Masters"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Robot Masters</SPAN></A>

<LI class=toclevel-4><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Online_comic"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.5.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Online comic</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-4><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Cartoon"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.5.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Cartoon</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#15_Go.21_Go.21"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>15 Go! Go!</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Kiss_Players_radio_drama"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Kiss Players radio drama</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-3><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.3.8</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Big_Looker_storybooks_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Big Looker storybooks continuity</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Ladybird_Books_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Ladybird Books continuity</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Transformers_PD_Type"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Transformers PD Type</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Beast_Wars_cartoon"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.7</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Beast Wars cartoon</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Beast_Wars:_Transmetals"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.8</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Beast Wars: Transmetals</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Dreamwave_comics_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.9</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Dreamwave comics continuity</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.10</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Transformers.2FG.I._Joe"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.11</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Transformers/G.I. Joe</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#IDW_comics_continuity"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.12</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>IDW comics continuity</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Hearts_of_Steel"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.13</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Hearts of Steel</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Henkei.21_Henkei.21_pack-in_mini-comics"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.14</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Henkei! Henkei! pack-in mini-comics</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Henkei.21_Henkei.21_comic"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.15</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Henkei! Henkei! comic</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Commercial_appearances"><SPAN class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Commercial appearances</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Toys"><SPAN class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Toys</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Notes"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Notes</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#Footnotes"><SPAN class=tocnumber>5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Footnotes</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#External_links"><SPAN class=tocnumber>6</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>External links</SPAN></A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <A name=Fiction></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Fiction</SPAN></H2><A name=Marvel_Comics_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Marvel Comics continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Marvel Comics continuity</SPAN></H3><A name=Generation_1></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=3">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 1</SPAN></H4> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>Events from the <A title="The Transformers (Marvel Comics)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_(Marvel_Comics)#Marvel_UK">UK-only</A> comic stories are in italics.</I></DIV> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="He's the nigh-identical jerk on the right." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=191 alt="He's the nigh-identical jerk on the right." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>He's the nigh-identical jerk on the right.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <I>Millions of years ago, on the troubled planet Cybertron, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> acted as the figurehead leader for the controlling dictators of the city-state of <A title=Vos href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Vos">Vos</A>. Following a botched attempt at igniting war between <A title=Iacon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Iacon">Iacon</A> and <A title=Tarn href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tarn">Tarn</A>, Vos itself went to war with Tarn, and both cities were destroyed by an exchange of <A class=new title="Photon missile" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Photon_missile&action=edit">photon missiles</A>. The survivors of both cities — presumably including <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> — were gathered together by the ex-gladiator <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A>, who used their bitterness towards Iacon to unite them under his control as the Decepticons. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="State Games" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/State_Games">State Games</A></SPAN></I>

Four million years ago, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was part of Megatron's attack raid on the <A title="Ark (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)">Ark</A>. After its crashlanding on <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was revived and rebuilt into an Earthern form in 1984, along with the other survivors. After a Decepticon roll-call, they fled the Ark. When the Autobots were spotted near a native settlement, aka a drive-thru movie theater, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the other Decepticons were commanded to attack. While <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> extolled the use of guile and stealth, <A title="Cliffjumper (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cliffjumper_(G1)">Cliffjumper</A> saturated him with his <A title="Glass gas" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Glass_gas">glass gas</A> gun, which coated <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, making his metal brittle and breakable as glass. As his chassis shattered, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> ordered his fellow jets to flee. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Transformers (comic issue)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_(comic_issue)">The Transformers</A></SPAN>

Megatron led his Decepticons to a perch above the half-constructed <A class=new title="Harrison Nuclear Power Plant" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Harrison_Nuclear_Power_Plant&action=edit">Harrison Nuclear Power Plant</A>, with intent to take it with brute force. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> suggested that <A title="Buzzsaw (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Buzzsaw_(G1)">Buzzsaw</A> scout the area first. Megatron reluctantly agreed with <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, choosing <A title="Ravage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ravage_(G1)">Ravage</A> to scout in Buzzsaw's stead. It wasn't until Ravage's report that Megatron realized it was the <A title=Human href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human">humans</A> who created the machines in their midst, and thus they must have the technology to convert their fuel to a form they could use. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> quietly acknowledged Megatron's shrewdness, and felt that he must never let his eagerness to take over the Decepticons blind him to Megatron's cunning. The Decepticons attacked, and when they had achieved victory, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the others each hauled off chunks of the plant's machinery to construct their own <A title="Fortress Sinister" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Sinister">base of operations</A> atop a harsh cliffside. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the other Decepticons next attacked the auto repair shop of <A title="Sparkplug Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sparkplug_Witwicky">Sparkplug Witwicky</A>, a friend of the Autobots whom the Decepticons suspected could convert fuel for them. Once <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> abducted Sparkplug, the Decepticons retreated. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Power Play!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_Play!">Power Play!</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="He'd better get used to this." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=177 alt="He'd better get used to this." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>He'd better get used to this.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the others returned to their cliffside headquarters with Sparkplug Witwicky, as <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> found humor in the role reversal of this planet's human domination over machines. He continued to boast of his successful kidnapping in front of Megatron and the others, a ploy that did not go unnoticed by Megatron. Their captive, Sparkplug, needed materials to aid him in converting Earth fuel to Transformer fuel, so <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and <A title="Rumble (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_(G1)">Rumble</A> were dispatched to bring back a tanker truck full of fuel for Sparkplug to work on. The Decepticons' actions did not go unnoticed, and the human media and military crowded around their headquarters. But it wasn't until the Autobots arrived that <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the other two jets were unleashed upon the crowd. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prisoner of War!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prisoner_of_War!">Prisoner of War!</A></SPAN> Though the human escaped, it was not before he had successfully done their work for them. Regardless, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> berated Megatron for allowing the human to be rescued, to which Megatron responded to with a blast from his <A title="Fusion cannon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fusion_cannon">fusion cannon</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Last Stand" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Last_Stand">The Last Stand</A></SPAN>

<I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was one of a group of Decepticons who were sent to the <A title="United Kingdom" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</A> to investigate tales of the <A title="Man of Iron" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Man_of_Iron">Man of Iron</A>, who was in reality an Autobot sent from <A title="Cybertron (planet)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)">Cybertron</A> to Earth to look for the missing Ark. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> destroyed him. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Man of Iron!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Man_of_Iron!">Man of Iron!</A></SPAN> Meanwhile, Megatron had begun to grow weary of Starscream's constant attempts to undermine his authority, and he sent Ravage to follow <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, hoping he would uncover enough damning evidence to permit Megatron to destroy <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> once and for all. But when <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> failed to rally the Decepticons behind him by staging a conflict with the Autobots, he tried to kill <A title="Ravage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ravage_(G1)">Ravage</A> to keep this secret. When caught, he demanded a trial-by-combat and was pitted against <A title="Brawn (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brawn_(G1)">Brawn</A>, a fight which he won, until <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was shot down and deactivated by Ravage. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Enemy Within!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Enemy_Within!">The Enemy Within!</A></SPAN></I>

When it was discovered that Sparkplug had failed to convert fuel for the Autobots, Megatron ordered an attack on the Ark to destroy them once and for all, showing them what lay in wait for those who dared to defy him. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> meekly agreed. Despite the Autobots' dangerously low fuel levels, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was amazed at Optimus Prime's commanding power. But just as victory was about to be handed to the Decepticons, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the others doubled over in pain. Sparkplug Witwicky had poisoned their converted fuel. If not for the sudden appearance and intervention by the long-lost <A title="Shockwave (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)">Shockwave</A>, the Decepticons surely would have been defeated. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Last Stand" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Last_Stand">The Last Stand</A></SPAN> Shockwave, having defeated the entire Autobot army, save the Autobots' medic <A title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)">Ratchet</A>, set up a base of operations inside the Ark and began rehabilitating <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the others. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The New Order" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_New_Order">The New Order</A></SPAN> When Megatron awoke and rebelled against Shockwave, the former Decepticon leader was humiliated in his still-weakened state, and paraded in front of <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the others as a warning to those who would cross Shockwave. The Decepticons hailed Shockwave as their new leader. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Worse of Two Evils!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Worse_of_Two_Evils!">The Worse of Two Evils!</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="Starscream's treachery is a little more subtle when he's allowed to have thought balloons." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=189 alt="Starscream's treachery is a little more subtle when he's allowed to have thought balloons." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdisintegratedcircuits.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Starscream's treachery is a little more subtle when he's allowed to have thought balloons.</DIV></DIV></DIV> When Megatron went missing, leaving control of the Ark back in the hands of the Autobots, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> disparaged Megatron's failure in front of Shockwave. The Decepticons had in the meantime taken control of one of <A title="Blackrock Industries" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blackrock_Industries">Blackrock Industries</A>' aerospace plants, and <A title="G.B. Blackrock" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.B._Blackrock">G.B. Blackrock</A> had constructed a superweapon to retaliate. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> convinced Shockwave to let him and <A title="Frenzy (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frenzy_(G1)">Frenzy</A> destroy the weapon to boost morale (or maybe allow him to steal the superweapon and use it to destroy Shockwave and take command). There, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and Frenzy not only encountered the Autobots <A title="Jazz (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(G1)">Jazz</A> and <A title="Wheeljack (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)">Wheeljack</A> but also a super-powered human who was determined to destroy all robots, <A title="Circuit Breaker" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Circuit_Breaker">Circuit Breaker</A>. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> suffered few injuries, but had to drag Frenzy's body from the conflict. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="DIS-Integrated Circuits!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/DIS-Integrated_Circuits!">DIS-Integrated Circuits!</A></SPAN>

<I>Shockwave went missing as well, and with both him and Megatron gone, <A title="Soundwave (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_(G1)">Soundwave</A> assumed command. Soundwave wasted no time in telling <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> why he would never lead the Decepticons -- he's just "a missile with a mouth." Soundwave orchestrated <A title="Bumblebee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(G1)">Bumblebee</A>'s capture, and challenged Optimus Prime to fight his way through the Decepticons to rescue him. Although <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> loudly boasted of being a "leader killer," once he faced Optimus Prime alone, he stammered and hesitated, and was quickly defeated. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Crisis of Command!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crisis_of_Command!">Crisis of Command!</A></SPAN></I>

Shockwave returned, and none too soon! <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the other jets had been standing watch over their captured Blackrock Industries oil rig for weeks. Shockwave unveiled the <A title="Power siphon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_siphon">power siphon</A> he had built during his absence, which <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the others would soon use to convert sound energy from a <A class=mw-redirect title="Brick Springstern" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brick_Springstern">Brick Springstern</A> concert into <A title="Energon cube" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_cube">Energon cubes</A>. Their plot was stopped abruptly when they were defeated by Bumblebee and a group of new Autobot recruits. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Rock and Roll-Out!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rock_and_Roll-Out!">Rock and Roll-Out!</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> soon agreed with Shockwave that Bumblebee would be a perfect candidate for them to add to their own ranks. They waited until Bumblebee was alone, and then hunted him relentlessly. It wasn't until human authorities and the Autobots arrived to rescue Bumblebee did the Decepticons abandon their hunt. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Plight of the Bumblebee!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Plight_of_the_Bumblebee!">Plight of the Bumblebee!</A></SPAN>

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, among others, escorted Megatron to the Space Bridge, where they were expecting reinforcements from Cybertron. Though only a team of Autobots had made it through the Space Bridge to Earth, their disappointment was brief. The Autobots had in the meantime launched a full-scale attack on the Decepticons' base, which Megatron reckoned meant that the Ark was unguarded. Indeed, the sole obstacle in their way to the entrance was a tank and a rocket. However, these elements soon combined into the impressive super robot <A title="Omega Supreme (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Omega_Supreme_(G1)">Omega Supreme</A>. One by one, Megatron's troops fell before the titan, including <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>. Only Megatron and <A title="Laserbeak (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laserbeak_(G1)">Laserbeak</A> survived. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Command Performances!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Command_Performances!">Command Performances!</A></SPAN>

<I>The Autobots gathered up <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the other deactivated Decepticons and placed them in life support capsules within the Ark, holding them imprisoned in stasis. Not long afterward, the Autobots were plunged into a state of disarray by the violent arrival of the enigmatic time-travelling Decepticon, <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A>, and <A class=mw-redirect title="Grapple (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grapple_(G1)">Grapple</A> was in such a rush to depart the medical bay and attend a mission briefing that he failed to notice an alert signifying the malfunction of Starscream's capsule. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> awoke and punched his way out of the capsule, and proceeded to steal out of the medical area and listen in on the Autobots' briefing. He was shocked to overhear that the Autobots had teamed up with Megatron to defeat Galvatron, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> immediately decided to sneak off to join forces with this powerhouse from the future. Galvatron went along with Starscream's toadying, as the irony amused him; Galvatron was, in fact, a recreated future incarnation of Megatron, and would go on to kill <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> twenty years in the future! When Galvatron and his men faced Megatron once again, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> shot Megatron in the back, but had to be stopped short of killing him by Galvatron himself, who knocked <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> unconscious in order to secure his own future existence. Starscream's body was placed back into its stasis capsule by the future Autobots <A title="Hot Rod" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod">Hot Rod</A>, <A title="Kup (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup_(G1)">Kup</A> and <A title="Blurr (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)">Blurr</A>, who then proceeded to trick Galvatron into returning to the future through a complicated plan that involved painting Skywarp to look like <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, and then duping Galvatron into destroying him. After killing "<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>", Galvatron rationalized that he must have travelled back to a parallel timeline, since <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was not supposed to die until 2006, and returned to the future with his men. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Target 2006" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Target_2006">Target 2006</A></SPAN></I>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title="His heart grew three sizes that day." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreammerrychristmas.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=219 alt="His heart grew three sizes that day." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starscreammerrychristmas.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreammerrychristmas.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>His heart grew three sizes that day.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <I>Rather than do the smart thing and return <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> the Ark, the future Autobots rather unwisely left his capsule lying in the middle of a field. As happenstance would have it, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> lay there, undisturbed, until he awoke at <A title=Christmas href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Christmas">Christmas</A> the following year. Desolate, he wished he could go home again, and was in mid-mope when he was chanced upon by a <A title="Christmas kid" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Christmas_kid">a human</A> who sought to inform him of the meaning of Christmas. Urged to help a busload of elderly humans who had become stuck in a snowdrift, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> wanted to know what would be in it for him. As <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> debated this good deed, he was suddenly attacked by <A title="Streetwise (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Streetwise_(G1)">Streetwise</A>, who suspected him to be up to his usual do-baddery. After a brief battle, the human intervened to chastise Streetwise, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> proceeded to show up the Protectobot by saving the bus, purely out of spite. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Stargazing href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stargazing">Stargazing</A></SPAN></I>

<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> never awoke in the American stories—his deactivated body remained captive within the Ark for years, and was not rescued until the events of "<A title=Totaled! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Totaled!">Totaled!</A>", when <A title="Ratbat (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratbat_(G1)">Ratbat</A>'s forces saved all the Decepticons aboard the craft. When this story was reprinted in the UK, Starscream's name was erased from the artwork. As far as the UK stories were concerned, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> sought out Ratbat's Decepticons to join up with them.</I></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> quickly ingratiated himself with Ratbat and helped run <A title="Club Con" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con">Club Con</A>, a human island resort that covered their attempt to uncover subterranean information on the legendary <A title=Underbase href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Underbase">Underbase</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Club Con!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con!">Club Con!</A></SPAN> When a pair of Autobot audio and video tapes recording the loss of the Underbase were found, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> convinced Ratbat to let him watch the tapes with him. In the "<A title=Realvision href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Realvision">Realvision</A>" playback, he witnessed a young Optimus Prime thwart Megatron's early attempts to possess the Underbase by shooting the legendary database into space. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Flames of Boltax!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Flames_of_Boltax!">The Flames of Boltax!</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> then set about a chain of systematic betrayals in order to gain access to that power. He set loose <A title="Buster Witwicky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Buster_Witwicky">Buster Witwicky</A>, whom the Decepticons had been holding prisoner, with equipment that would lure the Autobots to the Decepticon's Antarctic base. The ensuing battle served to distract his fellow Decepticons as he then stole a ship from <A title="Scorponok (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(G1)">Scorponok</A> to look for the Underbase. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Cold War!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cold_War!">Cold War!</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="This is way more graphic than was needed." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Underbaseallmine.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=133 alt="This is way more graphic than was needed." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Underbaseallmine.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Underbaseallmine.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>This is way more graphic than was needed.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Upon finding the ancient database, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> began absorbing its power but was unable to finish the task as he was blasted by Ratbat's ship, piloted by a temporary Autobot/Decepticon alliance. However, while the light of the Underbase had only shone on <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> for a moment, that moment had been enough to fill him with its awesome power, and the now-cosmically-powered Air Commander survived the attack. Growing to monumental proportions, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> hurled his ship at Ratbat's craft, and promptly headed for Earth with the intention of proving his power by destroying <A title="New York City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City">New York</A>, <A title=Tokyo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tokyo">Tokyo</A> and <A class=new title="Buenos Aries" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Buenos_Aries&action=edit">Buenos Aries</A>. The Autobots and Decepticons traveled to those locations to try and stop <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, but they ultimately failed, as a massive amount of the Transformers active on Earth were badly damaged and incapacitated by Starscream's Underbase-powered rampage. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> only stopped after intercepting a radio transmission between <A title="Fortress Maximus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_(G1)">Fortress Maximus</A> and Optimus Prime, and realized that the great Autobot leader was elsewhere, plotting against him. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> fled back out into space to find Prime, and rediscovered the Underbase. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> attempted to finish absorbing its power, only to have the absolute knowledge overwhelm him, which resulted in his destruction. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Dark Star!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Star!">Dark Star!</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title=Braaaiiiinnnssss! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:ZombieScream1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=240 alt=Braaaiiiinnnssss! src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-ZombieScream1.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:ZombieScream1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Braaaiiiinnnssss!</DIV></DIV></DIV> <I>Starscream's corpse crashed in South America, but the Decepticon still clung to some semblance of life, as his shattered husk was reanimated by the residual energy of the Underbase that still saturated it, and driven by Starscream's own muderderous impulses into an insane rampage. After nearly killing <A title="Dr. Susan Hoffman" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dr._Susan_Hoffman">Dr. Susan Hoffman</A> and her <A title="Dr. Susan Hoffman" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dr._Susan_Hoffman#Dr._Hoffman.27s_Assistants">Assistants</A>, the <A title=Zombie href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Zombie">zombie</A>-like <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was confronted by <A title="Dreadwind (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dreadwind_(G1)">Dreadwind</A> and <A title=Darkwing href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Darkwing">Darkwing</A>, who had been sent by Megatron to recover Starscream's body, and the Autobot <A title=Triggerbot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triggerbot">Triggerbots</A>. Triggerbot <A title=Backstreet href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Backstreet">Backstreet</A> was able to appeal to the fraction of the Underbase that was still within <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and convinced it to try and regain control of itself, but as soon as it did, Dreadwind and Darkwing had their <A title=Powermaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powermaster">Powermaster</A> partners <A title=Hi-Test href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hi-Test">Hi-Test</A> and <A class=mw-redirect title=Throttle href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Throttle">Throttle</A> siphoned all the Underbase's remaining power from the walking cadaver. Starscream's corpse returned to being an inanimate pile of scrap, which the pair quickly collected.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Race with the Devil" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Race_with_the_Devil">Race with the Devil</A></SPAN>


Starscream's remains were delivered to Megatron on Cybertron, who kidnapped <A title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)">Ratchet</A> and forced him to rebuild <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> with a powerful <A title=Pretender href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender">Pretender</A> shell. Ratchet was shown three different shell prototypes, and a final design meant for <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Resurrection Gambit!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Resurrection_Gambit!">Resurrection Gambit!</A></SPAN> As Ratchet worked on repairing <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, he feigned a friendly attitude towards Megatron, but this was a facade to cover Ratchet's true motives. Though Megatron had some tweaks in mind for Starscream's personality, Ratchet had something else in mind. After the Pretender shell had finished healing the body inside, Megatron sent <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> to Earth, where Scorponok and Optimus Prime had clashed over a misunderstanding. As they were about to peacefully discuss the machinations that had gathered them there, Starscream's shell appeared! The Transformers and Nebulans below gaped in horror as the shell opened up to reveal the treacherous <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>! <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All the Familiar Faces!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_the_Familiar_Faces!">All the Familiar Faces!</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 302px"><A class=image title="These are the Delboest panels ever." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamskindeep.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=124 alt="These are the Delboest panels ever." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/300px-Starscreamskindeep.jpg" width=300 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamskindeep.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>These are the <A class=mw-redirect title=Delbo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Delbo">Delboest</A> panels ever.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream's new form was powerful, but what gave him his true edge was how much he spooked his victims. He was believed to be a ghost, an invincible force of revenge, and most of Scorponok's troops quickly fled the battlefield. It wasn't until <A title="Hot Rod" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod">Hot Rod</A> manned up and shot their attacker did they realize that this was no ghost at all, but rather a physical being that could <A class=mw-redirect title=Furmanisms href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanisms">feel pain and be destroyed.</A> This was further sold by Starscream's sudden display of cowardice. Ratchet had arranged for Starscream's true personality to eventually surface, and Hot Rod's blast had knocked it free. Completely outmatched, he surrendered and begged Scorponok for forgiveness. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Skin Deep" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skin_Deep">Skin Deep</A></SPAN>


<I>Briefly after becoming a Pretender, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> began to wallow in self-pity, believing that all the other Decepticons considered him a joke for his many failed takeover attempts and defeats. His self-esteem crumbled every time the other Decepticons refused to speak to him or spoke about him behind his back. In reality, the other Decepticons were terribly frightened of <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> (thanks to that whole Underbase thing) and were avoiding him so they wouldn't be killed. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> sulked about it for a while until he defeated and captured a few Autobots and his confidence began to return.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fallen Star!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fallen_Star!">Fallen Star!</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="Ooooh, better leave this one off the resume." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=166 alt="Ooooh, better leave this one off the resume." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Ratchetjollies.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Ooooh, better leave this one off the resume.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was a source of dissention among the Decepticons, who were angry with Scorponok for letting him back in <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Primal Scream" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Primal_Scream">Primal Scream</A></SPAN>—and it was pretty dumb, as <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> tried to capture the mutant <A title=Dynamo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dynamo">Dynamo</A> and use him as a <A title=Powermaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powermaster">Powermaster</A> so he could challenge Scorponok. He failed, but was then met by <A title="Shockwave (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_(G1)">Shockwave</A>, then believed to be dead. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Human Factor!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Human_Factor!">The Human Factor!</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> joined his gang in a <A title="Decepticon Civil War" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Civil_War">Decepticon Civil War</A> against Scorponok, and pressganged <A title=Triggerhappy href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triggerhappy">Triggerhappy</A> and <A title=Mindwipe href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mindwipe">Mindwipe</A> into the group. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Eye of the Storm!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Eye_of_the_Storm!">Eye of the Storm!</A></SPAN> Thanks to the Autobots and <A title=Neo-Knights href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Neo-Knights">Neo-Knights</A>, it was a bust. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Out of Time!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Out_of_Time!">Out of Time!</A></SPAN>

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was transported to <A title="Cybertron (planet)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)">Cybertron</A> to take part in the fight against <A title=Unicron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron">Unicron</A>. "Take part" as in "ran away". Along with Shockwave, he hijacked and repaired the <A title="Ark (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)">Ark</A> so they could escape the dying planet. Shockwave and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> found Megatron and Ratchet awakening from the <A title=Nucleon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nucleon">Nucleon</A> on board the ship, both very confused and addled due to their mind-link. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> tried to kill Ratchet and got <A title=Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Ratchetjollies.jpg">totally beaten up</A>, before the medic directed one of Starscream's null-rays into the Nucleon storage tanks, causing enough of a chain reaction to send the Ark into a crash-landing on Earth, once again resulting in Starscream's deactivation. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="A Savage Circle" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Savage_Circle">A Savage Circle</A></SPAN> <A name=Earthforce></A> <H5><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Earthforce" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Earthforce</SPAN></H5> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See <A title=Earthforce href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earthforce">Earthforce</A> for details.</I></DIV> <I>In an alternate series of events, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and Shockwave's army grew much larger, and their main competition was not Scorponok, but a revived Megatron and his group of Decepticons. As Shockwave's second-in-command, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had few responsibilities, and even less power. The final indignity came when he was assigned to mere monitor duty at their undersea base. Still, even that ignoble assignment presented an opportunity, as <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> caught Megatron's spies, the <A title="Insecticon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insecticon_(G1)">Insecticons</A>, trying to tune in to Shockwave's war room. After incapacitating the bugs, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> surprised them by offering to let them go free, if they would report back to Megatron that Shockwave would be alone at a certain spot the next day, ensuring that Megatron would go out to battle him alone. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Bugged! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bugged!">Bugged!</A></SPAN> With the trap baited, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> contacted his opposite number, Megatron's second-in-command Soundwave, and proposed an alliance. Soundwave had already been playing both sides by feeding information to him, and so the two of them conspired to join the Decepticon factions under their joint rule. Sure enough, after Megatron and Shockwave's private battle came under Autobot fire (Autobots who had been anonymously tipped off by <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>), they radioed their respective bases only to hear that the Decepticons no longer considered the two of them leaders. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Internal Affairs!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Internal_Affairs!">Internal Affairs!</A></SPAN></I>


<I>Starscream's first major action as Decepticon leader was the ol' "bait and switch" -- sending Soundwave and a Decepticon strike force to keep the Autobots busy at their Earthbase, while he personally attended to stealing a supply of oil from a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. It seemed, however, that Starscream's plan hadn't accounted for Earthforce's newest recruits: the <A title=Survivors href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Survivors">Survivors</A>. A quick 1-2-3 by <A title=Carnivac href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Carnivac">Carnivac</A>, <A title="Skids (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skids_(G1)">Skids</A> and <A title="Inferno (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Inferno_(G1)">Inferno</A> took the fight out of <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, and so he retreated, radioing his troops to do the same. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Divide and Conquer!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divide_and_Conquer!">Divide and Conquer!</A></SPAN></I>

<I>Sometime later, returning to the Decepticon base in the Louisiana bayous, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> suddenly found himself fighting for his life against several mismatched bounty hunters and mercenaries. Believing his co-commander Soundwave must have been responsible for the contract, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> stormed back to their headquarters to confront him. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Assassins href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Assassins">Assassins</A></SPAN> He wasted no words in confronting his "treacherous" partner, but fortunately Soundwave had had the foresight to prerecord an explanation. While trading blows and dodging laser fire in person, Soundwave's recording outlined how the situation was clearly a set-up to make them fight each other. Fortunately, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> believed him. Unfortunately, <A title="Bludgeon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bludgeon_(G1)">Bludgeon</A> and the <A title="Mayhem Attack Squad" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mayhem_Attack_Squad">Mayhem Attack Squad</A> stormed in at that moment, having been paid by the true contractors, Megatron and Shockwave, to eliminate anyone left standing. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="External Forces!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/External_Forces!">External Forces!</A></SPAN> The two Decepticons would have been overwhelmed if they hadn't received aid from an unlikely source: Earthforce. It seemed the <A title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)">Dinobot</A> <A title="Snarl (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snarl_(G1)">Snarl</A> was dying of <A title="Corrodia Gravis" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Corrodia_Gravis">Corrodia Gravis</A>, a wasting disease which required an energy transfer from a compatible Transformer, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> fit the bill. After driving off Megatron, Shockwave and the Mayhems, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> made a deal with Earthforce to help Snarl in exchange for their aid against any future uprising by the former Decepticon leaders. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="The Lesser Evil!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Lesser_Evil!">The Lesser Evil!</A></SPAN></I>


<I>Soon afterwards, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and Soundwave engaged in Project: Smear, a campaign to ruin the Autobots' good name among the humans, and ensure they received no additional aid in the war. A straight-forward attempt to brainwash <A title="Superion (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Superion_(G1)">Superion</A> into wrecking a human settlement didn't pan out <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Inside Story!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Inside_Story!">Inside Story!</A></SPAN>, so a more subtle plan was engineered. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had <A title=Bombshell href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bombshell">Bombshell</A> use his <A title=Cerebro-shell href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cerebro-shell">cerebro-shells</A> to subvert the will of a human reporter, <A title="Irwin Spoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Irwin_Spoon">Irwin Spoon</A>, and compel him to write a story bashing the Autobots and portraying them as kidnappers, or worse. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="End of the Road! (UK)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/End_of_the_Road!_(UK)">End of the Road!</A></SPAN></I> <A name=Generation_2></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=5">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 2</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 102px"><A class=image title="Who have you been talking to, Starscream?" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamtongue.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=106 alt="Who have you been talking to, Starscream?" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/100px-Starscreamtongue.jpg" width=100 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamtongue.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Who have you been <A title=Legion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Legion">talking to</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>?</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had been damaged to the point of stasis lock when the Ark crashed on Earth for a second time. Megatron, apparently the only one to recover from the crash more or less unscathed, decided to revive <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All or Nothing!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_or_Nothing!">All or Nothing!</A></SPAN> He would later question his own judgement in doing so, but in his defense, the only other Decepticons involved in the crash had been Shockwave and Galvatron, so his options for loyalty were slim.

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title='"I am only saving you so that I may punish you later."' href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_uscomics.png"><IMG class=thumbimage height=167 alt='"I am only saving you so that I may punish you later."' src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starscream_uscomics.png" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_uscomics.png"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"I am only saving you so that I may punish you later."</DIV></DIV></DIV> Predictably, though, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> would indeed betray Megatron and the Decepticons once again, this time by giving <A title=Jhiaxus href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jhiaxus">Jhiaxus</A> and his troops information that allowed them to take control of the Decepticon flagship <I><A title=Warworld href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warworld">Warworld</A>.</I> <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Total War" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Total_War">Total War</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> then doublecrossed Jhiaxus, stole the <A class=mw-redirect title="Creation Matrix" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Creation_Matrix">Creation Matrix</A> (which Megatron had stolen from Prime earlier) and used its powers to merge himself with the Warworld, becoming an unstoppable force of destruction. As Optimus Prime and Megatron entered the possessed ship to try and stop him, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> exhibited a startling control over the physical nature of the vessel, turning the Warworld into an ever-shifting maze of horrors to torment the two leaders. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Dark Shadows!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Shadows!">Dark Shadows!</A></SPAN> But when they confronted him face-to-face, he found that the Matrix was having a disagreeable effect on his own mind. He found himself wanting to be, in his own words, "good." He desperately gave the Matrix back to Prime in the hopes that the effect would be temporary. This reverted <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> to his ordinary form, presumably severing his connection with the ship. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="A Rage in Heaven!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Rage_in_Heaven!">A Rage in Heaven!</A></SPAN>

<BR clear=all> <A name=Classics></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Classics" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=6">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Classics</SPAN></H4> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>The Classics comic takes place after the end of the original Marvel Comic, but in a new timeline that does not include the events of the Marvel UK-exclusive stories or Generation 2.</I></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> reappears alongside several other Decepticons restored by Megatron fifteen years after the Ark crash-landed. He still appears to enjoy making snide remarks at Megatron's expense. <A name=Generation_1_cartoon></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 1 cartoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=7">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 1 cartoon</SPAN></H3>

Voice actor: <A title="Chris Latta"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chris_Latta">Chris Latta</A> (English), <A title="Hirotaka Suzuoki" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hirotaka_Suzuoki">Hirotaka Suzuoki</A> (Japanese), <A class=new title="Jean-Louis Millette" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Jean-Louis_Millette&action=edit">Jean-Louis Millette</A> (Canadian French), <A class=new title="Jacques Ferrière" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Jacques_Ferri%C3%A8re&action=edit">Jacques Ferrière</A> (French), <A title="José Sant'anna" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/José_Sant'anna">José Sant'anna</A> (Portuguese), <A title="Bernd Simon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bernd_Simon">Bernd Simon</A> (German), <A class=new title="Michael Chernyak" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Michael_Chernyak&action=edit">Michael Chernyak</A> (Russian) <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title=""Look at me when I'm threatening you!"" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_bawled_out.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=230 alt=""Look at me when I'm threatening you!"" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-G1toon_starscream_bawled_out.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_bawled_out.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Look at me when I'm threatening you!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> Shortly before the outbreak of the Autobot-Decepticon war nine million years ago, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was not a warrior, but rather a scientist. He and his colleague and friend <A title="Jetfire (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jetfire_(G1)">Skyfire</A> were exploring an unnamed planet—the ancient <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A>—when severe atmospheric conditions separated the two friends. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> circled the globe looking for Skyfire, but never gound him. Upon his return to Cybertron, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> mostly abandoned his scientific pursuits, deciding that a career as a warrior would be much more exciting, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fire in the Sky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_in_the_Sky">Fire in the Sky</A></SPAN> and instead enrolled in the Cybertron War Academy, of which he would later profess to be the pride. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="A Prime Problem" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Prime_Problem">A Prime Problem</A></SPAN>

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> rose through the ranks of Megatron's Decepticons until he reached the position of second in command, but even this was not enough: <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> saw Megatron as old and soft, and after four million years of war drained Cybertron of all its energy, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> believed that he would have been able to win the war eons beforehand if he had been in charge. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was never afraid to let Megatron know this, but Megatron was always ready with a disparaging comeback, and the constant belief that while <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had the ambition, he did not have the ability to lead.

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was among Megatron's forces aboard the <A title="Nemesis (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nemesis_(G1)">space cruiser</A> that pursued the Autobots' <A title="Ark (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_(G1)">ship</A> when it departed Cybertron to search for new energy sources on other planets. The Decepticons boarded the Autobot craft, and it subsequently crashed on Earth, entombing its occupants in stasis for four million years. When a volcanic eruption reawakened the ship's computer, <A title="Teletraan I (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_I_(G1)">Teletraan I</A>, in 1984, it indiscriminately brought the Decepticons back online, rebuilding their bodies to transform into contemporary Earth machines. Now outfitted with an F-15 <A title="Alternate mode" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alternate_mode">alternate mode</A>, Starscream's first act on Earth was one of spitefulness, as he delivered a parting laser blast to the buried Autobot ship. The blast caused a tremor that inadvertently knocked Optimus Prime into the path of Teltraan I's restoration beam, and before long, all the Autobots were operational once more and ready to continue the war on Earth. Four million years of sleep hadn't improved Starscream's disposition any, as his thoughts immediately turned to leadership once more, and he discussed them with <A title="Rumble (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_(G1)">Rumble</A> when he and <A title="Soundwave (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_(G1)">Soundwave</A> accompanied him on a mission to find materials to construct a temporary base. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_Than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_1">More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title=""Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my leg."" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_laser_turret.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=175 alt=""Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my leg."" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-G1toon_starscream_laser_turret.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_laser_turret.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Umm, Megatron? I think there's something wrong with my leg."</DIV></DIV></DIV> The Decepticons quickly began gatherinh energy to build and fuel a <A title="Decepticon space cruiser" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_space_cruiser">new space cruiser</A> that could return them to Cybertron. The work proceeded apace with the Autobots unable to do much to stop the villains, but <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> wound up costing them time when he decided to test a clutch of <A title="Energon cube" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_cube">energon cubes</A> by powering a laser turret with them, thereby using them up and necessitating another energy raid. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_Than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_2">More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2</A></SPAN> A little later, when Megtaron subjected <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> to another bout of berating, the Air Commander decided he had had enough, and tried to shoot Megatron in the back. At Soundwave's warning, Megatron blocked the beam and returned fire with his <A title="Fusion cannon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fusion_cannon">fusion cannon</A>, bringing <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> to his knees, quite literally begging for mercy. Luckily for him, he got it, but he didn't learn his lesson, since the first thing he did once the space cruiser was completed and airborne was to try for another coup. As it turned out, he only wound up distracting all the other Decepticons, allowing Autobot stowaway <A title="Mirage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mirage_(G1)">Miage</A> to cripple the cruiser and send it crashing back to Earth. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_Than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_3">More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3</A></SPAN>

Now stranded on Earth and using the crashed hulk of their spaceship as a base, the Decepticons created a <A title="Space bridge" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_bridge">space bridge</A> to transport energy back to Cybertron. When Megatron was apparently lost in an early test of the device, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Transport to Oblivion" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transport_to_Oblivion">Transport to Oblivion</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> leapt at the chance to take leadership, and led Thundercracker and Soundwave in an attack on a munitions plant. Unfortunately for <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, it soon transpired that Megatron had survived the space bridge journey, when he contacted <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> from Cybertron and re-established his leadership. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Roll For It" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roll_For_It">Roll For It</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was demoted to grunt work for his next mission, shipping energon cubes over the space bridge, but his merciless selection of a hapless warrior to pilot the craft on the dangerous journey proved to be a good one. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Divide and Conquer" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divide_and_Conquer">Divide and Conquer</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title="The fire is in the sky...but the heat is down here, baby." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_skyfire.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=201 alt="The fire is in the sky...but the heat is down here, baby." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_skyfire.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_skyfire.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>The fire is in the sky...but the heat is down here, baby.</DIV></DIV></DIV> When the Decepticons began drilling in the North Pole in order to tap the energy of the Earth's core, the excavation wound up unearthing the frozen body of Starscream's old friend, Skyfire. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> talked his friend into joining the Decepticons, but Skyfire could not put aside his peaceful scientific ways aside like <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had, and their friendship ended when he defected to the Autobots. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fire in the Sky" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_in_the_Sky">Fire in the Sky</A></SPAN> After a battle with the Autobots newest warriors, the <A title="Dinobot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(G1)">Dinobots</A>, including yet another failed attempt and taking leadership when Megatron fell (fell down, that is), <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="SOS Dinobots" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SOS_Dinobots">SOS Dinobots</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> met up with Skyfire again when the Autobot returned to stop a Decepticon plot in Peru. In the process, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> found himself on the other side of treachery, when he overheard Thundercracker contemplating letting Skyfire destroy the Decepticons' new weapon, in the hope that Megatron would blame <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> himself. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> tried to shoot Thundercracker but missed and took out Skyfire, then blackmailed Thundercracker into obeying his every command with the threat of revealing his treachery to Megatron. Unsuprisingly, the whole scheme didn't really work. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fire on the Mountain" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fire_on_the_Mountain">Fire on the Mountain</A></SPAN>

Not long after that <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> proved he did still have some scientific leanings, as he was the only Decepticon who urged caution when Megatron pillaged energy from an unstable meteor. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was ultimately correct about the volatile nature of the energy, and the resulting explosion nearly killed a number of Transformers, including Optimus Prime and <A title="Grimlock (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)">Grimlock</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="War of the Dinobots" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_of_the_Dinobots">War of the Dinobots</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title=""Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at home! I learned it at hooome!"" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_arkeville.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=221 alt=""Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at home! I learned it at hooome!"" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_arkeville.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_arkeville.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Look at me when I'm threatening -- Oh God! I learned it at home! I learned it at hooome!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> After the Decepticons used a colossal space bridge to pull Cybertron into Earth's orbit in order to generate vast amounts of energy, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Ultimate Doom, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom,_Part_1">The Ultimate Doom, Part 1</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> took every opportunity he could to try and make it seem like the plan wasn't working. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Ultimate Doom, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom,_Part_2">The Ultimate Doom, Part 2</A></SPAN> When the Decepticons' human ally <A title="Doctor Arkeville" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Arkeville">Doctor Arkeville</A> was abandoned by Megatron, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> abducted the scientist and made the rather outlandish attempt to create energon cubes by drawing on his mental energy. When Megatron caught him in the act, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> fled with Arkeville <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Ultimate Doom, Part 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Doom,_Part_3">The Ultimate Doom, Part 3</A></SPAN> back to the human's secret laboratory. There, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> discovered an <A title="Exponential Generator" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Exponential_Generator">Exponential Generator</A> and destabilized with the intent of creating an explosion powerful enough to destroy the Earth. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> withdrew to Cybertron to watch the cosmic fireworks, but unbeknownst to him, Megatron and Optimus Prime had joined forces to launch the exponential generator into space. When the Earth failed to explode on schedule, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> headed back to the planet to investigate, but was knocked out of the sky by the passage of the exponential generator and crashed, right at the feet of a vengeful Megatron. Autobot Jazz wagered the Autobots had seen the last of <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> for a while, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Countdown to Extinction" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Countdown_to_Extinction">Countdown to Extinction</A></SPAN> and he was right: <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was indeed nowhere to be seen during the Decepticons' next villainous escapade. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="A Plague of Insecticons" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Plague_of_Insecticons">A Plague of Insecticons</A></SPAN>

Whatever revenge Megatron may have reaped on <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, the air commander survived the experience, and was seen again when he and the other Decepticons bestowed their <A title="Power chip rectifier" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Power_chip_rectifier">power chip rectifiers</A> upon Megatron. This process gave Megatron access to all the Decepticons' special powers, including Starscream's null rays and cluster bombs, so he could easily defeat Optimus Prime in a one-on-one battle. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> pointed out the sheer illegality of this scheme, but Megatron was above caring. As it turned out, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was right again: although Megatron defeated Prime, when the Autobots discovered his breach of the rules, their revenge was swift. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Heavy Metal War" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Heavy_Metal_War">Heavy Metal War</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"><A class=image title="Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those hard-to-reach cracks and crevices." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_screamer_megs_invisible.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=216 alt="Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those hard-to-reach cracks and crevices." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-G1toon_screamer_megs_invisible.jpg" width=215 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_screamer_megs_invisible.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Apparently, the invisibility spray doesn't get into those hard-to-reach cracks and crevices.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> eagerly took to action in the Decepticons' next battle, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Autobot Spike" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Spike">Autobot Spike</A></SPAN> but was somewhat more reserved in regards to Megatron' new <A title="Solar Needle" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Solar_Needle">Solar Needle</A> weapon, fearing that it would destabilize the Earth. Told by Megatron not to concern himself with matters he did not understand, he instead passed the time threatening and bossing around the captive <A title=Gears href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gears">Gears</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Changing Gears" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Changing_Gears">Changing Gears</A></SPAN> Later, when Megatron had the Decepticons transform New York into a new Cybertron, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had to admit that he was impressed by the scheme despite himself. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="City of Steel" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/City_of_Steel">City of Steel</A></SPAN>

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> helped Megatron implant a <A class=new title="Personality destabilizer" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Personality_destabilizer&action=edit">personality destabilizer</A> in the Autobots' <A class=new title="Recharging chamber" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Recharging_chamber&action=edit">recharging chambers</A> by using <A class=new title="Invisibility spray" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Invisibility_spray&action=edit">invisibility spray</A>, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Attack of the Autobots" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Attack_of_the_Autobots">Attack of the Autobots</A></SPAN> and then joined in the theft of <A title=Electro-cell href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Electro-cell">electro-cells</A> from a human laboratory, only to wind up embarrassing himself by rushing to use them to create energon cubes, which exploded due to the cells' instability. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Traitor href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Traitor">Traitor</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was later part of the Decepticon team that stole the Autobots' <A title=Immobilizer href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Immobilizer">Immobilizer</A> weapon, and briefly tried to seize leadership when Megatron was felled by Optimus Prime during the Autobots' attempt to reclaim the device. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Immobilizer" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Immobilizer">The Immobilizer</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="G1toon starscream and nergill.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_nergill.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=184 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_starscream_and_nergill.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_nergill.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> After serving as Megatron's unwilling guinea pig in the first test of the transformation-freezing <A title=Transfixatron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transfixatron">Transfixatron</A>, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Autobot Run" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Autobot_Run">The Autobot Run</A></SPAN> Starscream's cautious side came to the fore again when the Decepticons allied themselves with the fish-people of <A title=Sub-Atlantica href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sub-Atlantica">Sub-Atlantica</A>. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> did not trust the sub-aquatic kingdom's boastful leader <A title=Nergill href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nergill">Nergill</A>, and his suspicions were proven correct when Nergill shot him with an anti-Transformer disruptor ray. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> recovered in time to save Megatron from a blast of the ray, but Megatron did not believe Starscream's accusation of treachery until the fish-king went off the deep end and tried to destroy the Transformers, Sub-Atlantica and himself by detonating the city's energy stockpile. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Atlantis, Arise!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Atlantis,_Arise!">Atlantis, Arise!</A></SPAN>

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was less than impressed with Megatron's decision to steal the Earth-made robot ninja <A title=Nightbird href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightbird">Nightbird</A>, but when Megatron threatened to replace the Air Commaner with the femme-bot, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> helped the Autobots take her down with a blast of his null ray. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Enter the Nightbird" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Enter_the_Nightbird">Enter the Nightbird</A></SPAN> Soon after, when Megatron sought to dupe the Autobots with a clone of Optimus Prime, his plan necessitated the creation of a <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> clone, that the Prime copy could convince the Autobots that it was the genuine article by destroying it. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="A Prime Problem" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Prime_Problem">A Prime Problem</A></SPAN>

The scientist in <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> saw danger in Megatron's plan to drill to the Earth's core, but Megatron placated him by revealing an emergency space bridge that could whisk them off to Cybertron if things went wrong. They never got the chance, though, as the Autobots destroyed the bridge, forcing the Decepticons to work with them to halt the drill and save the planet. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Core" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Core">The Core</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title=""Uh, what's with the eyeliner?""Inferno says it brings out my eyes"."...uh huh...just press the button"." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_redalert.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=172 alt=""Uh, what's with the eyeliner?""Inferno says it brings out my eyes"."...uh huh...just press the button"." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_redalert.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_redalert.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Uh, what's with the eyeliner?"<BR>"Inferno says it brings out my eyes".<BR>"...uh huh...just press the button".</DIV></DIV></DIV> Following a brief stint as mind-controlled minion of <A title=Bombshell href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bombshell">Bombshell</A>, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Insecticon Syndrome" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Insecticon_Syndrome">The Insecticon Syndrome</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> accompanied the Decepticons to the mysterious <A class=mw-redirect title="Dinobot Island" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_Island">Dinobot Island</A>, where the strange waves of chronal energy surrounding the prehistoric paradise gave him cause for concern. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Dinobot Island, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_Island,_Part_1">Dinobot Island, Part 1</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> theorized that draining the delicate energies of the island could disrupt the fabric of time, and he was right: time warps began appearing all across the world, and the Autobots sprang into action to stop the Decepticons' scheme. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Dinobot Island, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_Island,_Part_2">Dinobot Island, Part 2</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Starscream has had it with this motherf@!king snake." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_snakes_on_a_plane.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=205 alt="Starscream has had it with this motherf@!king snake." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_snakes_on_a_plane.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_snakes_on_a_plane.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> has had it with this motherf@!king snake.</DIV></DIV></DIV> After shooting down <A title=Powerglide href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Powerglide">Powerglide</A> and accusing the <A title="Constructicon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Constructicon_(G1)">Constructicons</A> of treachery, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Master Builders" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Master_Builders">The Master Builders</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> proved just how much of a case of the pot calling the kettle black that was when he tricked the mentally-addled Autobot <A title="Red Alert (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Red_Alert_(G1)">Red Alert</A> into giving him access of the Autobots' new <A title=Negavator href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Negavator">Negavator</A> tank. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> planned to use the weapon to take control of the Decepticons, but when Megatron rumbled his scheme, he claimed that he had only been stealing the weapon for his leader. Realizing that <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> meant to take the Negavator from him, Red Alert turned on him, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> shot him with his null rays, which wound up stabilizing his logic circuits. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Auto Berserk" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Auto_Berserk">Auto Berserk</A></SPAN>

<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had a nasty encounter with a snake in the jungles of South America when the Decepticons were searching for their lost original space cruiser and its power core, the <A title="Heart of Cybertron" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Heart_of_Cybertron">Heart of Cybertron</A>, but his spirits were put right by a good bout of over-energizing with the other Decepticons that evening. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Microbots href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Microbots">Microbots</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Starscream learned the true meaning of Halloween that night-sweets and plenty of them." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_prime_cosplay.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=258 alt="Starscream learned the true meaning of Halloween that night-sweets and plenty of them." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_starscream_prime_cosplay.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_prime_cosplay.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> learned the true meaning of Halloween that night-sweets and plenty of them.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Later, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> donned an Optimus Prime costume as part of a plan to frame the Autobots for energy theft, which successfully resulted in the heroic robots being forced off Earth by humankind. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron's_Master_Plan,_Part_1">Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1</A></SPAN> In the Autobots' absence, the Decepticons conquered <A class=mw-redirect title="Central City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Central_City">Central City</A>, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> led the Decepticon jets in easily fending off attempted human military intervention, before the Autobots returned to clear their names and put things right. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron's_Master_Plan,_Part_2">Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2</A></SPAN>

Seeking to sabotage the creation of <A class=new title="Professor Greene" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Professor_Greene&action=edit">Professor Greene</A>'s <A class=new title="Ultra plane" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ultra_plane&action=edit">ultra plane</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> suggested blasting the new device out of the sky. Megatron advocated discretion, and instead had <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> perform a fly-over and surreptitiously drop a small explosive on the Ultraplane. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, Megatron and Soundwave then attempted to steal the plans for the ultra plane, but <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and Soundwave were tricked into retreating when <A title="Mirage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mirage_(G1)">Mirage</A> projected a hologram of Megatron fleeing. Soon after, <A title=Cybertonium href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertonium">cybertonium</A> degradation began to impair the Decepticons functionality, and before he succumbed to it, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> took another grab for leadership when Megatron's vocal circuits were scrambled by the condition. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Desertion_of_the_Dinobots,_Part_1">Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1</A></SPAN> After the Decepticons recovered, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> helped steal the <A title="Voltronic Galaxer" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Voltronic_Galaxer">Voltronic Galaxer</A>, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Blaster Blues" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blaster_Blues">Blaster Blues</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 232px"><A class=image title='"Who put that caption down there?!"' href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_king_of_the_castle.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=168 alt='"Who put that caption down there?!"' src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/230px-G1toon_starscream_king_of_the_castle.jpg" width=230 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_king_of_the_castle.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Who put that caption down there?!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> While on a mission in <A title="United Kingdom" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/United_Kingdom">Great Britain</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> found himself low on energy, and with Autobots on all sides. Retreating into a cave with Rumble, Ravage and <A title="Ramjet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_(G1)">Ramjet</A> at his side, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> discovered that the cave was, in fact, a mystical time travel device, which thrust them back through the ages to 543 AD, with Autobots <A title="Hoist (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hoist_(G1)">Hoist</A> and <A title="Warpath (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warpath_(G1)">Warpath</A> hot on their heels. Seeing a primitive world that he could easily conquer laid out before him, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> allied himself with local ne'er-do-well <A title="Sir Wigend du Blackthorne" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sir_Wigend_du_Blackthorne">Sir Wigend du Blackthorne</A>, but soon double-crossed him and took control of his castle and army. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> dismissed the chivalry of the age and abducted <A title=Nimue href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nimue">Nimue</A>, daughter of neighboring ruler <A title="Sir Aetheling the Red" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sir_Aetheling_the_Red">Sir Aetheling the Red</A>, demanding that he surrender his kingdom in return for his progeny's safety. All the Transformers were low on energy, so <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> put his scientific skills to use creating gunpowder and primitive electric dynamo, giving the Decepticons the ability to fight back against the Autobots and Sir Aetheling's armies when they marshalled against him. With aid from the wizard <A title=Beorht href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beorht">Beorht</A>, Hoist and Warpath overpowered <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and hauled him back to the present, where <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> gleefully greeted Megatron by pouncing on top of him, ruining the shot he had lined up. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Decepticon_Raider_in_King_Arthur's_Court">A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 237px"><A class=image title="Seen shortly after sniveling with fear." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_electrum.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=175 alt="Seen shortly after sniveling with fear." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/235px-G1toon_starscream_electrum.jpg" width=235 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_electrum.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Seen shortly after sniveling with fear.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was the first Decepticon to test out a mysterious golden lagoon of <A title=Electrum href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Electrum">electrum</A> discovered on Earth, and was made invulnerable by the powerful alloy. The Decepticons were easily able to defeat the Autobots in battle thanks to their new invincible coating, but Megatron was not impressed when <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> had captives <A title=Seaspray href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Seaspray">Seaspray</A> and <A title="Beachcomber (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beachcomber_(G1)">Beachcomber</A> fight gladiator-style. As punishment, he had <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> lead an attack on the giant Autobot Omega Supreme—a task <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was terrified at the prospect of, even with his newfound invulnerability. The attack succeeded, but when <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was left in charge of the prisoners, they escaped, and in the battle that resulted, the electrum effect wore off the Decepticons, and they were defeated. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Golden Lagoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Golden_Lagoon">The Golden Lagoon</A></SPAN>

When <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, <A title="Thrust (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thrust_(G1)">Thrust</A> and <A title="Astrotrain (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)">Astrotrain</A> pursued <A title="Cosmos (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmos_(G1)">Cosmos</A> to <A title=Saturn href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Saturn">Saturn</A>'s moon of <A title=Titan href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Titan">Titan</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was less than impressed when the natives began worshipping Astrotrain as their supreme god. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The God Gambit" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_God_Gambit">The God Gambit</A></SPAN> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> later encountered Cosmos again, along with Powerglide, in New York, inadvertently revealing the location of the Decepticons new base in the New Jersey Pine Barrens to the Autobots. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Make Tracks" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Make_Tracks">Make Tracks</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title="Aron always wanted a Revoltech." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_aron.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=183 alt="Aron always wanted a Revoltech." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_and_aron.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_and_aron.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Aron always wanted a Revoltech.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was among a small group of Autobots and Decepticons who were transported to an alien world of giants by a malfunctioning space bridge. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was nearly dissected for study by the authorities of this planet, and when Autobot scientist <A title="Perceptor (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Perceptor_(G1)">Perceptor</A> cobbled together a makeshift space bridge to send them home, he and the Decepticons were only too happy to make the trip back to Earth. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Child's Play" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Child's_Play">Child's Play</A></SPAN> After returning, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was caught up in the menace of the <A title=Morphobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Morphobot">morphobots</A>, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Quest for Survival" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quest_for_Survival">Quest for Survival</A></SPAN> then helped operate the Decepticons' new "<A class=new title="Energy magnet" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Energy_magnet&action=edit">energy magnet</A>". <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Kremzeek! href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kremzeek!">Kremzeek!</A></SPAN>


Conspiring with Astrotrain and Blitzwing to overthrow Megatron by freezing him in a subterranean chamber full of absolute zero degree molecules, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> found himself betrayed by the two <A title="Triple Changer" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triple_Changer">Triple Changers</A> and frozen in the chamber along with Megatron. Blitzwing and Astrotrain's subsequent rampage caused a tidal wave (among many other things) that freed the two frozen Decepticons, and <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> pleaded ignorance of the betrayal. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Triple Takeover" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Triple_Takeover">Triple Takeover</A></SPAN> Later, when eccentric big game hunter <A title="Lord Chumley" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lord_Chumley">Lord Chumley</A> began targeting the Autobots, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> smirkingly pointed out that he had achieved more in two days that Megatron had in two years. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prime Target" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Target">Prime Target</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title="The name's Mix Master Festus, fool." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_dancitron.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=173 alt="The name's Mix Master Festus, fool." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_dancitron.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_dancitron.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>The name's Mix Master Festus, fool.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Using the <A title=Dancitron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dancitron">Dancitron</A> dance club, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and Soundwave used hypnotic music signals to brainwash human beings into helping them build a new Decepticon headquarters in the heart of New York, but they were stopped by <A title=Tracks href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tracks">Tracks</A>, <A class=mw-redirect title=Blaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blaster">Blaster</A> and the <A title="Bop Crew" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bop_Crew">Bop Crew</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Auto-Bop href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Auto-Bop">Auto-Bop</A></SPAN> Later, he returned to Cybertron to aid Shockwave in the capture of female Autobot resistance leader <A title="Elita One" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Elita_One">Elita One</A>, holding her to ransom to lure Optimus Prime into Decepticon clutches. The plan the succeeded, but when <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> attempted to melt Optimus Prime down, Elita used her time-freezing powers to save the Autobot leader. When time unfroze, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> believed that Prime had been destroyed, so when the Autobot leader return to aid his troops in battle, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was badly thrown and called retreat right away. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Search for Alpha Trion" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Search_for_Alpha_Trion">The Search for Alpha Trion</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Hands! HANDS!!!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_thrashed.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=148 alt="Hands! HANDS!!!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-G1toon_starscream_thrashed.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_thrashed.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Hands! HANDS!!!</DIV></DIV></DIV> When Dirge crashed in a movie studio back lot while returning to the Decepticon base with a secret cargo, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was charged with recovering footage of the secret cargo that the filmmakers on-site had captured. Unfortunately for <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, Megatron was not in a forgiving mood that day, so when he neglected to steal the negatives as well, the Decepticon leader seized him, held him above his head, slammed him off a wall and tore a handful of wires out of his chest, knocking <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> offline. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Hoist Goes Hollywood" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hoist_Goes_Hollywood">Hoist Goes Hollywood</A></SPAN>

When <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, Skywarp and Thundercracker's aerial skills wowed the impressionable new Autobots, the <A title="Aerialbot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerialbot_(G1)">Aerialbots</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> used their naivety to lure them into a trap set by a Megatron that temporarily sent them nine million years back in time. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="War Dawn" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_Dawn">War Dawn</A></SPAN> Later, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> accompanied Megatron, Astrotrain and Rumble on a mission to the planet <A title=Antilla href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Antilla">Antilla</A>, during which Megatron was struck by a small asteroid that lodged itself in his armor. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> yanked the asteroid out of Megatron's shoulder, but too late: the Decepticon leader was already infected by <A title="Cosmic Rust (disease)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmic_Rust_(disease)">Cosmic Rust</A>, necessitating the capture of Perceptor to find a cure. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Cosmic Rust (episode)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmic_Rust_(episode)">Cosmic Rust</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 402px"><A class=image title="To infinity...and beyond!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=142 alt="To infinity...and beyond!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/400px-Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg" width=400 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>To infinity...and beyond!</DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream's next attempt at a coup was the last straw for Megatron. After <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> attempted to shoot him in the back yet again, Megatron downed the Air Commander with a blast of his fusion cannon and banished him from the Decepticons, instructing <A title="Laserbeak (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laserbeak_(G1)">Laserbeak</A> to drop him on the island of <A title=Guadalcanal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</A>. Discovering the ruined hulks of several World War II vehicles on the island, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was struck with the idea to create troops for himself. Overpowering Thundercracker and Skywarp, he hijacked the space bridge and liberated the <A title="Personality component" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Personality_component">personality components</A> of a group of dissident "<A title="Renegade Decepticon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Renegade_Decepticon">Renegade Decepticons</A>" from the <A title="Decepticon Detention Center" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Detention_Center">detention center</A> on Cybertron, which he placed into the war vehicles, creating the <A title=Combaticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Combaticon">Combaticons</A>. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> ensured the loyalty of the Combaticons by neglecting to install <A title="Energy absorber" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energy_absorber">energy absorbers</A> in their new bodies, meaning that they had to help him capture several Transformers so they could take theirs for their own. In a showdown with the Decepticon forces, Starscream's Combaticons combined into <A title="Bruticus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bruticus_(G1)">Bruticus</A> to overpower <A title="Devastator (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastator_(G1)">Devastator</A>, and the giant robot then seized Megatron, as <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> forced him to hand leadership over to him. Suddenly, Bruticus was ambushed by <A title="Menasor (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Menasor_(G1)">Menasor</A> and defeated, leaving <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> without troops and at Megatron's mercy. Megatron had Astrotrain dump <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> and the Combaticons on an asteroid, declaring them exiled from Earth forever. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Starscream's Brigade" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream's_Brigade">Starscream's Brigade</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title="What did I do to deserve this?!...Oh right." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_asteroid.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=164 alt="What did I do to deserve this?!...Oh right." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_asteroid.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_asteroid.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>What did I do to deserve this?!...Oh right.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Unable to stand his imprisonment, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> eventually transformed to jet mode and flew off into space, despite not having enough power to make it back to Earth. The Combaticons, meanwhile, towed the asteroid to Cybertron, where they promptly overthrew Shockwave and took control of the planet. Shockwave was sent tumbling off into space and collided with <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, tipping the Seeker off to the fact that he was close to Cybertron. The pair returned to Cybertron, where they attempted to fool the Combaticons were holograms, but were ultimately captured and imprisoned. It took the team-up of Megatron and Optimus Prime's forces to save them and stop Bruticus. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> used the hologram projector to deceive the Autobots into thinking that Megatron had destroyed Bruticus, but in reality, the combiner survived and was reprogrammed by Megatron to serve him. For supplying him with this mighty new soldier, Megatron welcomed <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> back into the Decepticon ranks. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Revenge of Bruticus" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Revenge_of_Bruticus">The Revenge of Bruticus</A></SPAN>

In his last recorded adventures in the 1980s, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> was his old snarky self, pouring doubt and scorn on Megatron's plans to have the <A title=Stunticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon">Stunticons</A> steal the components to create a powerful laser weapon, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Masquerade href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masquerade">Masquerade</A></SPAN> and to use a gravity-alerting device to blast the moon out of orbit. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title=B.O.T. href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/B.O.T.">B.O.T.</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title="My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare you are all idiots!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_coronation.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=153 alt="My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare you are all idiots!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-G1toon_starscream_coronation.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscream_coronation.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>My fellow Decepticons, it is with a heavy heart that I must declare you are all idiots!</DIV></DIV></DIV> Over the next twenty years, the Decepticons focused their efforts on conquering Cybertron entirely, driving the Autobots off the planet. In 2005, learning that the Autobots were readying for a major strike to take back the planet, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> accompanied Megatron and the Decepticons on a raid on <A title="Autobot City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_City">Autobot City</A> on Earth (although <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> himself advocated hitting the Autobots' bases on Cybertron's moons first). During the <A title="Battle of Autobot City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Battle_of_Autobot_City">battle</A>, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> narrowly avoided being crushed by the transforming city, and was the one to call retreat when Optimus Prime grievously wounded Megatron in a one-on-one duel. On the return flight to Cybertron, the Decepticons found it to reduce their mass so that Astrotrain could successfully make it back to the planet, and they chose to jettison the damaged passengers. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B>, of course, wasted no time in setting Megatron adrift, grinning victoriously as his former leader screamed his name as he was swept off on the solar winds.

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title="Starscream has a slight accident at the Decepticon barbeque." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SSBQ.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=135 alt="Starscream has a slight accident at the Decepticon barbeque." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-SSBQ.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:SSBQ.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> has a slight accident at the Decepticon barbeque.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Fighting immediately broke out amongst the Decepticons over who would become leader now, but <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> eventually won out, and quickly arranged for a prodigious coronation ceremony once they had returned to Cybertron. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Starscream</B> could not have known, of course, that Megatron would be found and reshaped by the godlike planet Transformer <A title=Unicron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron">Unicron</A>, who recreated him as <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A>. The reborn Megatron arrived on Cybertron in the midst of Starscream's coronation, declaring the whole affair "bad comedy". Starscream had barely a moment to realize that the being in front of him was Megatron before Galvatron transformed to cannon mode and killed him with a single, terrible blast. Frozen for a moment as his body crackled, blackened and fractured, Starscream crumbled to ash, and was seemingly no more. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Transformers: The Movie" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"><A class=image title="Frickin' fireflies get everywhere!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_ghost.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=194 alt="Frickin' fireflies get everywhere!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-G1toon_starscreams_ghost.jpg" width=215 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_ghost.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Frickin' fireflies get everywhere!</DIV></DIV></DIV> In truth, however, this was not the end for Starscream. When the turncoat Decepticon <A title=Octane href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octane">Octane</A> was pursued by the revenge-seeking <A title="Cyclonus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyclonus_(G1)">Cyclonus</A>, <A title="Scourge (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_(G1)">Scourge</A> and the <A title=Sweep href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sweep">Sweeps</A>, he took refuge in the <A class=new title="Decepticon crypt" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Decepticon_crypt&action=edit">Decepticon crypt</A> in the lower levels of Cybertron, where he was confronted by the spectral form of Starscream, who had transcended death as a shimmering, ethereal "ghost". Starscream's ghost possessed Cyclonus, and he and Octane conspired to hand Galvatron over to Autobot leader <A class=mw-redirect title="Rodimus Prime (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_Prime_(G1)">Rodimus Prime</A>. Galvatron was able to escape the trap, and returned to the Decepticon base on <A title=Chaar href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chaar">Chaar</A> in a state of unadulterated fury. He shot his second-in-command, not realizing Cyclonus had not been himself, but Starscream silently leapt into the body of a nearby Sweep, and began planning for the future. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Starscream's Ghost" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream's_Ghost">Starscream's Ghost</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"><A class=image title="In space, no one can hear Starscream." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_last_appearance.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=166 alt="In space, no one can hear Starscream." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-G1toon_starscreams_last_appearance.jpg" width=215 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:G1toon_starscreams_last_appearance.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>In space, no one can hear Starscream.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Seeking to reactivate Unicron in the hope that the omnipotent being could restore his body, Starscream possessed Scourge and had him open fire on Galvatron, so that he would be branded a traitor and would have no option but to help him. Scourge was successfully able to bring Unicron's disembodied head back online, and the chaos-bringer gave Starscream three tasks he would have to complete in order to obtain his desire. Starscream stole the eyes of <A title="Metroplex (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)">Metroplex</A> and the <A title="Transformation cog" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformation_cog">transformation cog</A> of <A title="Trypticon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trypticon_(G1)">Trypticon</A>, and was then directed to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself so the planet could become his new body. Left without any hosts to possess, Starscream demanded that Unicron give him back his body so that he could complete the necessary connections... but as soon as the dark god complied, Starscream double-crossed him and tossed the cables to the ground, telling Unicron to do it himself! Just then, a payload of explosives planted by the Autobots went off, hurling both Starscream and Unicron's head off into space. Starscream was last seen soaring off through the cosmic void, out of control, as Galvatron fired upon him, and Cyclonus wondered how a ghost could tumble through space like that. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Ghost in the Machine" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Machine">Ghost in the Machine</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=Japanese_cartoon_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Japanese cartoon continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=8">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Japanese cartoon continuity</SPAN></H3> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>The events of the American animated series occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that the events of Season 3, which took place in 2006 in America, were moved back to 2010. Japanese animated continuity inserts a large number of additional storylines, told through various different media, into the timeline, as detailed below.</I></DIV><A name=Fight.21_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_comic></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=9">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="Starscream smokescreen manga.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_smokescreen_manga.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=184 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscream_smokescreen_manga.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_smokescreen_manga.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> In the late 1980s, Megatron began focusing the Decepticons' attacks on <A title=Japan href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Japan">Japan</A>, rather than America. Starscream led the Decepticon jets' first attack on the country, although he wasn't happy about the fact that Megatron was commanding from afar while they did all the actual work. When the Autobots arrived to confront them, Starscream summoned up the <A title=Stunticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stunticon">Stunticons</A>, who combined into <A title="Menasor (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Menasor_(G1)">Menasor</A>. With the aid of a local boy named <A title=Kenji href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kenji">Kenji</A>, the Autobots were able to use a broken freeway ramp to launch themselves into the air and take the Decepticon down. <A title="Smokescreen (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Smokescreen_(G1)">Smokescreen</A> scored the hit that brought down Starscream. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_1">Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1</A></SPAN>

Starscream later joined in an attack on <A class=mw-redirect title="Autobot Headquarters" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_Headquarters">Autobot Headquarters</A>, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_2">Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2</A></SPAN> then teamed up with Megatron and <A title="Blitzwing (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)">Blitzwing</A> to terrorize <A title=Tokyo href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tokyo">Tokyo</A>, only to be defeated by a "Prime-Magnus Double Cross Kick" from Optimus Prime and <A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)">Ultra Magnus</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_4">Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4</A></SPAN>

Starscream was among the Decepticons who witnessed the test launch of <A class=mw-redirect title=Trypticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trypticon">Trypticon</A> on a peaceful island. When the Autobots arrived and defeated Trypticon with a <A title="Metroplex (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)">Metroplex</A> hologram, Starscream was first to retreat, suggesting the other Decepticons follow his lead. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_6">Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6</A></SPAN>

When Megatron instructed the Combaticons to hunt down a seemingly harmless <A title="Murdered puppy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Murdered_puppy">dog</A>, Starscream inquired why the animal was so important. Megatron explained that the dog had been experimented on, and it's body how held enough energy to destroy Tokyo. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers_issue_8">Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8</A></SPAN> <A name=Scramble_City_cartoon></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Scramble City cartoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=10">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Scramble City cartoon</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Scramble city seekers.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Scramble_city_seekers.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=139 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Scramble_city_seekers.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Scramble_city_seekers.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> When the Decepticons succeeded in locating the construction site of the Autobots' <A class=mw-redirect title=Metroplex href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex">Scramble City</A> project, Starscream stepped forward to lead Thundercracker, Skywarp and the <A title="Constructicon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Constructicon_(G1)">Constructicons</A> in an attack on the hidden facility. They were met by an Autobot contingent led by Optimus Prime and a firefight ensued, at which point Starscream instructed the Constructicons to combine. The <A title="Aerialbot (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerialbot_(G1)">Aerialbots</A> soon arrived to back up Prime's team, and a barrage of fire from them sent Starscream tumbling from his perch atop a cliff. Although Starscream tried to continue the fight, the Decepticons were badly outnumbered, and he eventually called retreat. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Scramble City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scramble_City">Scramble City</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=Full_Throttle_Scramble_Power.21></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Full Throttle Scramble Power!" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=11">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Full Throttle Scramble Power!</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 312px"><A class=image title="God dammit, Japan." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=177 alt="God dammit, Japan." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/310px-StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg" width=310 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>God dammit, Japan.</DIV></DIV></DIV> To counter <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A>'s latest evil scheme, a giant death-ray called the <A class=new title="Omega Whip" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Omega_Whip&action=edit">Omega Whip</A>, the Autobots dispatched <A title="Hound (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hound_(G1)">Hound</A>, <A title=Toru href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Toru">Toru</A> and <A title="Jenny (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jenny_(G1)">Jenny</A> to search for the Decepticons' hidden base. They found it, but were immediately captured by Starscream. Trapped within an energy cage, they were forced to watch as Megatron prepared to send his Decepticons out to plunder Earth's energy...some more.

Jenny hatched a clever plan and disassembled her communicator. This caught Starscream's attention and he plucked her out of the cage, violently threatening her. Turning on her feminine charms, Jenny begged for Starscream's mercy, giving him a big snuggly hug. As Starscream gleefully buried his face in her bosom, Jenny slyly slapped a device she had fashioned from her communicator onto Starscream's back. Content with a good hug, Starscream returned Jenny to her cage.

Jenny immediately activated the device, an override machine which she used to control Starscream's motor functions. Unloading Starscream's chest missiles, Jenny destroyed the Omega Whip and most of the Decepticon base. Starscream quickly recovered, unaware of what he'd just done, and was yelled at by Megatron. Almost immediately afterward, Starscream and all the other Decepticons fled when <A title="Metroplex (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(G1)">Metroplex</A> arrived alongside the entire Autobot army. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Full Throttle Scramble Power!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Full_Throttle_Scramble_Power!">Full Throttle Scramble Power!</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=The_Stargate_Battles></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: The Stargate Battles" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=12">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>The Stargate Battles</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 227px"><A class=image title="Me and my shadow." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_and_his_ghost.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=223 alt="Me and my shadow." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/225px-Stargatebattles_starscream_and_his_ghost.jpg" width=225 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_and_his_ghost.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Me and my shadow.</DIV></DIV></DIV> In the late 1990s, Starscream was among the Decepticons who attacked the human-built interstellar teleport system known as "<A title="Warp Gate" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Warp_Gate">The Trigger</A>". The sole survivor of their attack on the space station, <A class=new title="Makoto (Stargate Battles)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Makoto_%28Stargate_Battles%29&action=edit">Makoto</A>, was able to activate the teleport system and send the Decepticons hurtling towards the portal, but Megatron blasted the portal and knocked it offline just as Starscream was about to fly through it. The Autobots soon arrived to stop the Decepticons, <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="First Contact" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/First_Contact">First Contact</A></SPAN> but Megatron still had his sights set on the Trigger, and was content to wait until it was repaired so that he could make another play for it. Starscream advocated destroying the Trigger completely to stop the Autobots from using it, but Megatron dismissed the idea, mockingly suggesting that Starscream's passage through the Trigger had devolved him to its primitive level. Starscream stalked away, infuriated, and stared angrily at his own reflection… but while Megatron's assessment may not have been accurate, something clearly had happened, since Starscream's reflection was talking to him… <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Divided Views" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Divided_Views">Divided Views</A></SPAN>

Soon after, Starscream concocted a plan of his own to gather more energy, establishing a protection-racket style scam with the Prime Minister of Japan, promising no attacks against his country in return for free reign to gather energy. Of course, Starscream had a double-cross in play, as <A title="Rumble (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_(G1)">Rumble</A> and <A title="Frenzy (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frenzy_(G1)">Frenzy</A> were secretly creating earthquakes in Japan that the Decepticon could tap for energy, while the Japanese government was left to believe they were simply natural disasters. The Autobots soon got wise to the villain's schemes and headed for Japan to stop the Decepticons, but when a team of flying Autobots pursued the fleeing Starscream out over the ocean, none of them could have suspected that the Trigger's warp gate would suddenly burst out of the sea below them, accompanied by a mysterious second Starscream! <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Activation href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Activation">Activation</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 277px"><A class=image title="Starscream auditions for the final boss of Final Fantasy XIII." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_trigger.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=196 alt="Starscream auditions for the final boss of Final Fantasy XIII." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/275px-Stargatebattles_starscream_trigger.jpg" width=275 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Stargatebattles_starscream_trigger.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Starscream auditions for the final boss of <I>Final Fantasy XIII</I>.</DIV></DIV></DIV> This second Starscream spirited the original, along with the energy he had gathered from Japan, back to the Trigger out in space, where the original Starscream demanded to know the identity of the strange, phantasmal doppelganger. The second Starscream revealed that he was, in fact, the ghost of Starscream's own future self, who had inadvertently been transported back in time by the Trigger after he was destroyed in the future. Both the Decepticons and Autobots soon tracked down the Starscreams to the Trigger, but before they could act, Starscream's ghost, determined to alter history and ensure his own survival, used the purloined energy to fuse both present and future Starscreams together with the Trigger. The space station transformed into a monstrous, misshapen robot of mammoth proportions, which tore through the Autobot and Decepticon ranks, until the Trigger's human staff—including Makoto—activated a system purge, disconnecting most of the armored hull from Starscream's new Trigger-body. Megatron exploited this vulnerability to cripple Starscream with a point-blank cannon blast, but Starscream had one last trick up his sleeve, twisting the remains of his body into a giant warp gate and threatening to suck all the Transformers into a <A title="Black hole" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Black_hole">black hole</A> in the depths of space. It took the combination of Optimus Prime and Megatron's power to finally destroy Starscream. The Trigger was obliterated, and the fate of Starscream's ghost was unrevealed, but the present-day Starscream survived. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Stargate Battles (issue)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Stargate_Battles_(issue)">The Stargate Battles</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=Robot_Masters></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Robot Masters" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=13">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Robot Masters</SPAN></H4> After Megatron disappeared through unexplained circumstances in 2004, Starscream no doubt had the intention of seizing leadership of the Decepticons. Before he had the chance, however, another Transformer named <A title="Megatron (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(BW)">Megatron</A> travelled through time via a dimensional fissure known the <A title="Blasty Zone" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blasty_Zone">Blasty Zone</A>. This "Beast Megatron" took control of the Decepticons, and led them against the Autobots for control of a new element discovered on Earth named <A title=Solitarium href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Solitarium">solitarium</A>.

<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: While <A title="Robot Masters" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robot_Masters">Robot Masters</A><I> is explicitly placed in Japanese cartoon continuity, none of the various pieces of actual </I>Robot Masters<I> fiction tells the story of the line in its entirety, and each of them relate certain events in notably different ways. Precisely </I>which<I> of the iterations of the story—covered individually below—should be considered the <A title=Canon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Canon">canon</A> one for the cartoon timeline is unknown.</I></DIV><A name=Online_comic></A> <H5><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Online comic" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=14">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Online comic</SPAN></H5> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 277px"><A class=image title="Robotmasters starscream arsenalforce.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Robotmasters_starscream_arsenalforce.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=178 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/275px-Robotmasters_starscream_arsenalforce.jpg" width=275 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Robotmasters_starscream_arsenalforce.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> When Starscream dared to challenge Beast Megatron's leadership, he was promptly blasted through a wall for his disobedience. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&action=edit">Robot Masters online comic #2</A></SPAN> Seeking a means to dethrone this new leader, Starscream turned his attention to manipulating solitarium, and forged four weapons from the new mineral, which could be combined to create the "<A title="Arsenal Force" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Arsenal_Force">Arsenal Force</A>" super-weapon. Starscream combined the weapons and unleashed the power of the Arsenal Force on Megatron... which, despite some impressive pyrotechnics, completely failed to injure him. Starscream had his right arm blown off in retribution. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&action=edit">Robot Masters online comic #4</A></SPAN>

During a later battle, when <A title="Victory Leo" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Victory_Leo">Victory Leo</A> was attempting to go to the aid of <A title="Star Saber (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_(G1)">Star Saber</A>, Starscream appeared with <A title="Air Hunter" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Hunter">Air Hunter</A> and <A class=mw-redirect title="Wing Stun" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wing_Stun">Wing Stun</A> to block his way. Fortunately, <A title="Optimus Primal" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Primal">Optimus Primal</A> and <A title="Bound Rogue" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bound_Rogue">Bound Rogue</A> leapt into the fray to keep the Decepticons busy while Leo carried on with his mission. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&action=edit">Robot Masters online comic #6</A></SPAN> Starscream, Wing Stun and new recruit <A title=X-Gunner href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/X-Gunner">X-Gunner</A> later approached Optimus Primal, <A title=R-Blade href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/R-Blade">R-Blade</A> and <A title="Delta Seeker" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Delta_Seeker">Delta Seeker</A> while they were on patrol, and challenged them to a test of air-speed. The Decepticons took the lead, but R-Blade soon got ahead and blinded them with a smokescreen, allowing Delta Seeker to knock Starscream and the others out of the sky. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&action=edit">Over the Ocean: The World's Fastest Race</A></SPAN>

The original Megatron returned soon after, in the guise of "<A title="Reverse Convoy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Reverse_Convoy">Reverse Convoy</A>", <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&action=edit">Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior</A></SPAN> and joined back up with the Decepticons. Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker and the two Megatron then engaged Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, Victory Saber and <A title="Lio Convoy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lio_Convoy">Lio Convoy</A> in a mighty battle, but the heroes ultimately prevailed. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=new title="Robot Masters (online comic)" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Robot_Masters_%28online_comic%29&action=edit">And</A></SPAN>

<A name=Cartoon></A> <H5><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Cartoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=15">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Cartoon</SPAN></H5>

Voice actor: <A class=new title="Kunihiro Kawamoto"

href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Kunihiro_Kawamoto&action=edit">Kunihiro Kawamoto</A> (Japanese) <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="How Galaxy Force-esque." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_robotmasterscartoon.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=164 alt="How Galaxy Force-esque." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_robotmasterscartoon.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_robotmasterscartoon.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>How <A title="Cybertron (cartoon)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(cartoon)">Galaxy Force</A>-esque.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream attacked Star Saber when the Autobot ventured out on a solo mission to investigate a mysterious explosion, striking him with a sneak attack from behind and easily avoiding his return fire. Even when Star Saber summoned Victory Leo and the pair combined into Victory Saber, Starscream reigned supreme in the fight, until Optimus Prime arrived and blasted him out of the sky. As Starscream plummeted towards the ground, he was snatched out of the air by Megatron, who arrived riding atop <A title="Gigant Bomb" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gigant_Bomb">Gigant Bomb</A>. Megatron dismissed Starscream as useless, and tossed him away before turning his attention to Prime. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_The_Group_of_the_Strongest_Commanders!">Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!</A></SPAN>

Later, Beast Megatron discovered a large deposit of solitarium beneath <A title="New York City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</A> and ordered the Decepticons to tear the city apart. Starscream, <A title=Smokesniper href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Smokesniper">Smokesniper</A>, <A title="Gigant Bomb" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Gigant_Bomb">Gigant Bomb</A> and <A class=mw-redirect title="Wing Stun" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wing_Stun">Wing Stun</A> did just that, blowing up buildings and razing a good portion of the Big Apple. Starscream was then shot out of the sky by another time-displaced Autobot, Reverse Convoy. Reverse Convoy quickly gained the trust of the other Autobots after being seen blasting Starscream, only to reveal that he was, in fact, the original Megatron in disguise. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters (episode)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Lio_Convoy_Typhoon_Enters_(episode)">The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=15_Go.21_Go.21></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: 15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=16">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>15 Go! Go!</SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"><A class=image title="Starscream teletraan15.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_teletraan15.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=268 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-Starscream_teletraan15.jpg" width=215 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_teletraan15.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> Dispatched on a mission through time and space to discover the identity of a mysterious saboteur who damaged <A title="Teletraan I (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_I_(G1)">Teletraan I</A>, the humanoid robot <A title="Teletraan 15" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_15">Teletraan 15</A> was possessed by Starscream's ghost when the spectral Decepticon invaded her <A title="Transwarp cruiser" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transwarp_cruiser">Transwarp cruiser</A> in 2006. Starscream crashed the cruiser into the artificial satellite <A class=new title=Nana href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Nana&action=edit">Nana</A>, where 15's superiors <A title="Teletraan 10" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletraan_10">Teletraan 10</A> and <A title="Ravage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ravage_(G1)">Black Panther Man</A> were stationed, and emerged from the wreckage to seize 10 about the throat. He introduced himself as the Decepticon Air Commander, prompting a shocked Black Panther Man to realize the true identity of the force possessing Teletraan 15. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!">15 Go! Go! Chapter 15</A></SPAN> Teletraan 10 tried fighting back in true slapstick anime style, but Starscream just blasted her with eyebeams. As it happened, Starscream didn't hang around for long; learning of the super-powered <A title="Kiss Player" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kiss_Player">Kiss Players</A> that were currently operating on Earth, Starscream left Teletraan 15's body, and departed for <A title="Earth Defense Command" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth_Defense_Command">Earth Defense Command</A> Headquarters on Earth. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!">15 Go! Go! Chapter 16</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title="Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AtariScream.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=235 alt="Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-AtariScream.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AtariScream.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Not his finest moment, but possibly his most fabulous.</DIV></DIV></DIV> The first Kiss Player Starscream discovered in the EDC headquarters was the young <A title="Atari Hitotonari" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Atari_Hitotonari">Atari Hitotonari</A>, who was using the ladies' room at the time. Starscream promptly possessed the girl, turning her EDC uniform black, but he couldn't understand why the giggling Kiss Players wouldn't take "Atari-scream"'s demands and threats seriously, even after he pulled a gun on them and fired into the air. The reason soon became apparent: unfortunately for the Air Commander, he had neglected to pull Atari's underwear back up when leaving the bathroom. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="15 Go! Go!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/15_Go!_Go!">15 Go! Go! Chapter 17</A></SPAN>

Seriously. <A name=Kiss_Players_radio_drama></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Kiss Players radio drama" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=17">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Kiss Players radio drama</SPAN></H4> Still possessing Atari, Starscream found himself unable to possess other Transformers that possessed <A title=Spark href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spark">sparks</A>, and forced her to seek out his old ally, the cybernetic scientist Doctor Arkeville. Arkeville built a <A title="Starscream (G1) toys" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)_toys#Masterpiece">new body</A> for Starscream converted from a stolen fighter jet, into which Atari transferred his spirit with a kiss. Starscream was reborn… for a couple of minutes, until a squad of <A title=Autrooper href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autrooper">Autroopers</A> arrived to blow up his new body and send his ghost flying back into space. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="List of Kiss Players radio drama episodes" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/List_of_Kiss_Players_radio_drama_episodes">Kiss Players radio drama #27</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers></A> <H4><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=18">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline><I>The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers</I></SPAN></H4> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 172px"><A class=image title="Starscream's Ghost being evicted by his landlord." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamGhost.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=170 alt="Starscream's Ghost being evicted by his landlord." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/170px-StarscreamGhost.jpg" width=170 border=0></A>

<DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamGhost.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Starscream's Ghost being evicted by his landlord.</DIV></DIV></DIV> In 2010, Starscream's ghost teamed up with the <A title=Quintesson href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quintesson">Quintessons</A>, who built him a powerful new body. This new body, equipped with attacks such as "Right Arm Decepticon Gun" and the "Revolver Laser", was created using a combination of Optimus Prime's and Megatron's designs. The result was <A title=Guiltaur href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guiltaur">Guiltaur</A>.

Guiltaur joined the Decepticons and quickly became Galvatron's right-hand man (literally—in, like, 5 seconds). Galvatron tricked Rodimus Prime into engaging him in a one-on-one battle in which Guiltaur faked defeat. When Rodimus least suspected it, Guiltaur attacked and laid the smack down. Galvatron complimented Guiltaur on his power and loyalty, and instinctively, Guiltaur beat the crap out of Galvatron and declared his ambition to take over the Decepticons. Rodimus Prime and Galvatron called a truce and joined forces to defeat Guiltaur. They wrecked him something fierce, destroying his body and forcing out Starscream's ghost. They then ended the truce and went about their business. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Story_of_Super_Robot_Lifeforms:_The_Transformers_issue_4">The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=Big_Looker_storybooks_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Big Looker storybooks continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=19">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Big Looker storybooks continuity</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title="I have no idea what colors I am!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DecepticonsCarShow.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=198 alt="I have no idea what colors I am!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-DecepticonsCarShow.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:DecepticonsCarShow.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>I have no idea what colors I am!</DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream and his fellow Seekers performed a threatening flyby over the Autobots' headquarters in order to distract the heroic robots while the other Decepticons stole a tanker of oil that would give them the power to rule the world. Thanks to <A title="Shooting Star" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shooting_Star">Shooting Star</A>, the Autobots got wise to the Decepticons' tactics and <A title="Swoop (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Swoop_(G1)">Swoop</A> blew up the villains by dropping missiles on them. Starscream arrived on the scene to spitefully blow up the oil tanker so that no one could have it, then he and his fellow airborne Decepticons carried off the remains of their fallen comrades. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Decepticon Hijack" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Hijack">Decepticon Hijack</A></SPAN>


Starscream was part of the battle that resulted when the Autobots came to rescue the mind-controlled <A class=mw-redirect title="Grapple (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grapple_(G1)">Grapple</A> from the Decepticons' clutches. When Grapple was freed from the effects of the <A title=Cerebro-shell href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cerebro-shell">cerebro-shell</A> controlling him, he kicked Megatron over on top of Starscream and Skywarp, winning the day. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Insecticon Attack!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insecticon_Attack!">Insecticon Attack!</A></SPAN>


At some point in the future, when Galvatron had taken leadership of the Decepticons, Starscream suggested to his leader that he create a city of his own to gather energy, as the Autobots did with their Autobot City. Galvatron decided to go about it in the most circular way possible, by stealing a robot car on display at a car show that night and duplicating its circuitry to create an army of drones to build said city. While investigating the Decepticons' presence at the show, Kup was captured by Starscream. When the Autobots arrived in response, Starscream threatened Kup's life to stay their hands, but luckily, Hot Rod soon saved Kup, and the Decepticons were defeated. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Car Show Blow Up" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Car_Show_Blow_Up">Car Show Blow Up</A></SPAN> <A name=Ladybird_Books_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Ladybird Books continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=20">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Ladybird Books continuity</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 217px"><A class=image title="Toy-accurate art makes Starscream sad." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ladybird_books.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=198 alt="Toy-accurate art makes Starscream sad." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/215px-Starscream_ladybird_books.jpg" width=215 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ladybird_books.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Toy-accurate art makes Starscream sad.</DIV></DIV></DIV> A brash and aggressive character, Starscream is constantly running up against the older, smarter Megatron. He once convinced Rumble to help him attack and destroy an Autobot tower (believed to be for communications) against Megatron's orders. In the process, he caused Megatron and the other Decepticons to come get him back. (They arrived just as he was slagging off Megatron.) Since that tower was actually used for channeling lightning storms into power, the entire Decepticon team was viciously injured by an electric surge due to his disobedience. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Autobots' Lightning Strike" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots'_Lightning_Strike">Autobots' Lightning Strike</A></SPAN>

Starscream later tried to overthrow Megatron when the commander was off on a mission and requested the other Decepticons rendezvous with him. Starscream's act of rebellion was to blow up the building he thought Megatron was in and declare himself leader. Megatron turned out to be standing behind him, and he gave Starscream a valuable lesson on leadership (i.e., told him how dumb that was whilst punching him). <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Megatron's Fight for Power" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron's_Fight_for_Power">Megatron's Fight for Power</A></SPAN>

When <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A> time-travelled to the 20th Century and took command, Starscream served under him. He'd learnt his lesson since the early days, not trying to overthrow his commander once. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Galvatron's Air Attack" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron's_Air_Attack">Galvatron's Air Attack</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=Transformers_PD_Type></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Transformers PD Type" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=21">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Transformers PD Type</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 192px"><A class=image title="Starscream pd type.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_pd_type.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=175 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/190px-Starscream_pd_type.jpg" width=190 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_pd_type.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> As various <A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon">Decepticons</A> from across the timestream joined forces to track down the all-powerful <A title=Blackball href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blackball">Blackballs</A>, Starscream proved most effective at the hunt. Discovering a Blackball, he immediately carried it over to <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A> for some praise. Unfortunately, the "Blackball" turned out to be a cartoon bomb, which promptly exploded in their faces. From a distance, <A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)">Ultra Magnus</A> and <A title="Optimus Prime (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)">Optimus Prime</A> were astounded that their plan actually worked. Inside the smoking crater, a badly singed Megatron strangled Starscream, frustrated at his consistent failures. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Transformer PD Type" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer_PD_Type">Don't Cry! Megatron!!</A></SPAN>

Later, Starscream uncovered another Blackball. For a moment he considered giving it to Megatron, but then decided that if he kept it for himself, he could use the power to seize command of the Decepticons. He then immediately became suspicious that the Blackball might be another bomb, but dismissed the suspicion just as quickly. Then it exploded. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Transformer PD Type" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformer_PD_Type">Good Luck! Starscream!!</A></SPAN> <BR clear=all> <A name=Beast_Wars_cartoon></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Beast Wars cartoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=22">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Beast Wars cartoon</SPAN></H3>

Voice actor: <A title="Doug Parker"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doug_Parker">Doug Parker</A> (English), <A title="Kazuki Yao" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kazuki_Yao">Kazuki Yao</A> (Japanese) <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="EBENEZER SCROOGE...!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ghost_BW.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=186 alt="EBENEZER SCROOGE...!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscream_ghost_BW.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_ghost_BW.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>EBENEZER SCROOGE...!</DIV></DIV></DIV> Little was known about Starscream among the <A title=Maximal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal">Maximals</A>, as the <A title="Maximal Elder" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Maximal_Elder">Maximal Elders</A> had classified most of his information. However, <A title="Dinobot (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dinobot_(BW)">Dinobot</A>, a student of military history, was familiar with Starscream's record of deceit and betrayal. It is possible that <A title="Megatron (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(BW)">Megatron</A> was also aware of his history, as he ordered <A title="Scorponok (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_(BW)">Scorponok</A> to keep an eye on Starscream.

Starscream's ghost traveled through time and space to the prehistoric earth of the <A class=mw-redirect title="Beast Wars" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars">Beast Wars</A>, where he possessed <A title=Waspinator href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Waspinator">Waspinator</A>'s body during an electrical storm. He ingratiated himself with Megatron, claiming that he had been destroyed by <A title=Unicron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron">Unicron</A> while protecting <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A>. After leading a successful raid on the <A title="Axalon (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Axalon_(BW)">Axalon</A>, he was left in command of the captured Maximal ship, along with <A title="Blackarachnia (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blackarachnia_(BW)">Blackarachnia</A> and Scorponok, the former of whom he took as his "protégé". When the defeated Maximals surrendered to him, he took Dinobot and <A class=mw-redirect title="Optimus Primal (BW)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Primal_(BW)">Optimus Primal</A> hostage and ordered the remaining Maximals to attack the <I><A title=Darksyde href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Darksyde">Darksyde</A></I>. Scorponok objected, but he was very forcefully overruled. Shortly after the attack began, the two captive Maximals broke out and drove the Predacons out of the Axalon. Starscream fled, pursued by Primal, and abandoned Blackarachnia to her fate. After a spirited chase, Primal cornered Starscream at an <A title="Energon (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_(G1)">energon</A> deposit, paralyzing him. As he tried to bargain his way out of his predicament, his vengeful ex-partner Blackarachnia detonated the energon, blowing Waspinator to scrap and forcing Starscream's spark out of his body. Waspinator is restored back to normal by Megatron, and Blackrachnia explains her betrayal in order to find Starscream's true motives, and at that point, Megatron pardons her.

Adrift in space once more, Starscream's ghost screamed vengeance into the void. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Possession href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Possession">Possession</A></SPAN>

<A name=Beast_Wars:_Transmetals></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Beast Wars: Transmetals" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=23">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Beast Wars: Transmetals</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Yes, that's Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream. No, that's not normal." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:N64Starscream.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=175 alt="Yes, that's Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream. No, that's not normal." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-N64Starscream.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:N64Starscream.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Yes, that's Transmetal Waspinator in original Waspinator colors as Generation 1 Starscream. No, that's not normal.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream returned to the Beast Wars following the <A title="Quantum surge" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Quantum_surge">quantum surge</A>, with a strange but powerful new <A title=Transmetal href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transmetal">Transmetal</A> body. Fearing that the Beast Wars would alter history against his liking, Starscream set out to destroy any Maximal or Predacon that opposed him. After vanquishing his foes, Starscream entered the Ark and infused himself with the power of his old body, just as Megatron and Optimus Primal had increased their power. This fusion of old and new allowed Starscream to finally achieve his eons long goal of restoring his original body. Finally whole, Starscream undertook the long journey through transwarp back to Cybertron. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A class=mw-redirect title="Beast Wars: Transmetals" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Beast_Wars:_Transmetals">Beast Wars: Transmetals</A></SPAN>

<BR clear=all> <A name=Dreamwave_comics_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Dreamwave comics continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=24">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Dreamwave comics continuity</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title=Smirkier-than-thou. href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamwarwithin.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=254 alt=Smirkier-than-thou. src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starscreamwarwithin.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamwarwithin.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Smirkier-than-thou.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream was a competitor in <A title="Cybertron (planet)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)">Cybertron's</A> underground gladiatorial matches, the breeding ground for what would eventually become the Decepticons. He enjoyed baiting his fellow combatant, <A title="Grimlock (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(G1)">Grimlock</A>; in fact, he was a master at it. Once war broke out, he kept taunting his old friend, which eventually backfired when he told Grimlock exactly where the Seekers were going to attack, giving Grimlock time to set a massive bomb. Starscream's life was saved only by the fast action of Skywarp.

In typical fashion, Starscream tried to seize power. While Megatron was deep within the bowels of Cybertron, Starscream instructed <A title="Scrapper (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scrapper_(G1)">Scrapper</A> to initiate the planet's long-hidden transformation sequence, hoping Megatron would be crushed in the process. Some people never learn.

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title="My... people." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Predaconstww.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=167 alt="My... people." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-Predaconstww.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Predaconstww.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>My... people.</DIV></DIV></DIV> A few millennia later, after the apparent death of Megatron, Starscream created a splinter group of Decepticons called <A title="Predacon (War Within)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Predacon_(War_Within)">Predacons</A>. However, when your smartest subordinates are <A title=Motormaster href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Motormaster">Motormaster</A>, <A title="Astrotrain (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)">Astrotrain</A> and <A title=Octane href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octane">Octane</A>, you can't expect much of your forces.

Starscream was among the Decepticon boarding party that attacked the Autobot flagship Ark, causing its crash-landing on Earth and putting all Autobots and Decepticons alike in emergency stasis. In 1984 a volcanic eruption awakened the Ark's computer, Teletraan-I, and it repaired all on board. Starscream's actions over the next fifteen years are largely unrecorded, but he probably did what he did best: strafe the Autobots and fleshlings and attempt to betray Megatron, smirking all the while. In 1998, the combined forces of the Autobots and Earth defeated and captured the Decepticons. Starscream was secured on board the <I><A title="Ark II" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_II">Ark II</A></I> along with the other Decepticons when the ship exploded, killing the human crew and scattering the Transformers across the ocean. Arms dealer Adam Rook (aka. <A title=Lazarus href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lazarus">Lazarus</A>) recovered several of the Autobots and Decepticons and used them as a reprogrammed weapons for hire for terrorists and despots. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prime Directive issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_1">Prime Directive

  1. 1</A></SPAN> As part of a demonstration to prospective buyers, Rook had

Starscream join an assault against the Smitco Oil Refinery alongside half a dozen Transformers. When Megatron eventually broke free of Rook's control, he freed the other Decepticons. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prime Directive issue 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_2">Prime Directive

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The reactivated Starscream, along with his Seeker brothers Thundercracker and Skywarp, took a particular pleasure in dismantling the Autobot Minicars. When Megatron complained that he didn't rewire them so they could sit around and do nothing, Starscream playfully said they were only having some fun with their new "toys". Megatron ordered the three Decepticons to follow him, and when Skywarp asked Starscream what their leader's plan was this time, the air commander casually tossed <A title="Bumblebee (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_(G1)">Bumblebee</A>'s head over his shoulder and said that he didn't care, as it was going to be evil, and evil is always fun. Soon afterwards, the Autobots arrived and attacked. As Starscream attempted to choke <A title="Wheeljack (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)">Wheeljack</A>, <A title="Sideswipe (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sideswipe_(G1)">Sideswipe</A> paid him back with a nice throat punch. All the combatants were then bombed by rogue members of the U.S. military. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prime Directive issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_3">Prime Directive

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The Decepticons escaped and attacked <A title="San Francisco" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/San_Francisco">San Francisco</A>. When <A title="Superion (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Superion_(G1)">Superion</A> appeared to stop <A title="Devastator (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastator_(G1)">Devastator</A>, Starscream led the other Seekers in bombing the Autobot giant, forcing the Aerialbots into their component team member forms and putting them at the mercy of Devastator. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prime Directive issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_5">Prime Directive

  1. 5</A></SPAN> Starscream and the other Decepticons secured the Autobots after

Optimus Prime defeated Devastator. The Autobot leader managed to free his comrades after humans distracted the Decepticons, and the battle was rejoined. Fellow F-15 <A title="Air Raid (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Air_Raid_(G1)">Air Raid</A> punched Starscream in the face, repaying him for the earlier defeat. After the Aerialbots, as Superion, sacrificed their lives to save San Francisco from <A title="Robert Hallo" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robert_Hallo">General Hallo's</A> unauthorized nuclear strike, Starscream and the other Decepticons escaped. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Prime Directive issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prime_Directive_issue_6">Prime Directive

  1. 6</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title="Holy crap! Expressions!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=112 alt="Holy crap! Expressions!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamshhhhhh.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Holy crap! <A title="Dull surprise" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dull_surprise">Expressions!</A></DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream led the Decepticons in joining Shockwave's Cybertronians after Megatron was defeated and was the first to recognize the mind-altering techniques being employed. Starscream escaped the CR chambers long enough almost to succeed in assassinating Megatron. Punishment didn't deter him, and Starscream was almost immediately creating a small sect of separatist Decepticons on Cybertron. He used the cover of Menasor's release to steal the incapacitated Combaticons to form his own army. If only he hadn't tried to hijack <A title="Sky Lynx (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sky_Lynx_(G1)">Sky Lynx</A>. Yet another rebellion defeated by bad planning. Some people never learn. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="War and Peace" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/War_and_Peace">War and Peace</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title="There but for the grace of a fusion cannon go I." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdaydream.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=128 alt="There but for the grace of a fusion cannon go I." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/200px-Starscreamdaydream.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamdaydream.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>There but for the grace of a fusion cannon go I.</DIV></DIV></DIV> After returning to Earth, Starscream unleashed the Decepticons on the Autobots under the leadership of <A title="Jazz (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(G1)">Jazz</A>. Unfortunately, most of the Decepticons were incapacitated. Worse, Starscream's clone <A title="Sunstorm (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sunstorm_(G1)">Sunstorm</A> arrived on some bizarre mission. Starscream was forced to ally with the Autobots in exchange for getting his forces freed. After the misadventure, Starscream took the Combaticons for some practice against Sky Lynx. This also ended in disaster, for <A title=Predaking href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Predaking">Predaking</A> soon arrived, and Starscream discovered that Soundwave, his cassettes, and the other Seekers had allied with Predaking's master... Megatron! Starscream was again forced into a subservient position, with Megatron preparing to lead the Decepticons in the conquest of Earth... <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Generation One (Dreamwave comic)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_One_(Dreamwave_comic)">Generation One (ongoing)</A></SPAN>

<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>...at which point <A class=mw-redirect title=Dreamwave href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dreamwave">Dreamwave</A> self-destructed.</I></DIV> <BR clear=all> <A name=G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=25">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he still manages to smirk." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:JoeVsTF1_Starscream_transforms.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=301 alt="Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he still manages to smirk." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-JoeVsTF1_Starscream_transforms.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:JoeVsTF1_Starscream_transforms.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Even when Starscream's nothing more than a mindless drone, he still manages to smirk.</DIV></DIV></DIV> When the nascent terrorist organization known as <A title=Cobra href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobra">Cobra</A> uncovered the buried hulk of the Ark, they removed the bodies of numerous Transformers with the intention of using them as weapons of war to threaten America. Cobra scientist <A title="Doctor Mindbender" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Doctor_Mindbender">Doctor Mindbender</A> hacked the brain functions of the captive Transformers, reducing them to the level of remote-controlled drones, and dubbed them "<A class=new title="Battle Android Trooper" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Battle_Android_Trooper&action=edit">Battle Android Troopers</A>". Starscream was reconfigured to transform into a jet plane known as a "Night Raven", and was selected for use by the <A title="Cobra Commander" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cobra_Commander">Cobra Commander</A> as his personal aircraft.

Starscream was among the Transformers deployed during Cobra's opening attack on world freedom, when they targeted the United Nations Headquarters. Starscream transformed to robot mode and was punching his through the building when a U.S. Military soldier code-named <A title=Snake-Eyes href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snake-Eyes">Snake-Eyes</A> opened fire on him with a machine gun. Although unharmed by the attack, Starscream returned fire with his lasers, blowing up the missile tank upon which the soldier was perched and horribly scarring his face. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_1">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1</A></SPAN> Returning to Cobra's island base, Cobra Commander began his meeting with <A title=Destro href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Destro">Destro</A> by having Starscream dramatically fly by overhead and transform, for no reason other than to impress the arms dealer. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_2">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2</A></SPAN>

Meanwhile, Autobot scientist Wheeljack had been able to avoid capture by Cobra, and had allied himself with America's newly-formed special mission force <A title="G.I. Joe" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe">G.I. Joe</A>. Hacking into Cobra's system, he was able to shut off the terrotists' control of the Transformers, liberating their minds and bodies. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_3">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3</A></SPAN> Naturally, the first thing Starscream did once he was free was to interrupt a battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron by shooting Megatron in the chest in a bid for leadership. Megatron returned the sentiment, blasting him with his fusion cannon, and Starscream slunk away as Megatron returned to more important matters. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_4">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 352px"><A class=image title="Starscream snakeeyes eye gouge.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_snakeeyes_eye_gouge.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=83 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/350px-Starscream_snakeeyes_eye_gouge.jpg" width=350 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_snakeeyes_eye_gouge.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> Lurking in the island's jungle, Starscream crossed paths with Snake-Eyes, who took revenge for his disfigurement by shattering the unsuspecting Starscream's eye with his sword and shoving a grenade into the socket. Clawing at his face, Starscream tumbled over a cliff and was badly damaged in the fall. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_5">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5</A></SPAN> His still-operational body was soon happened across by Cobra Commander, who was attempting to flee the escalating battle between the Autobots, Decepticons, Joes and Cobras that was engulfing the island, and Starscream made the human proposition: help him remove the grenade, and he would get him off the island. Naturally, the commander agreed. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_issue_6">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Starscream gijoe energyropes.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_energyropes.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=290 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_gijoe_energyropes.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_energyropes.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream and Cobra Commander resurfaced two years later, when Cobra Commander learned that human scientists had created an interstellar wormhole to Cybertron. With Starscream forced to do his bidding (via unspecified means), he used the portal to travel to Cybertron with the intention of gaining control of the wormhole technology by stealing the super-computer <A title="Teletran 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Teletran_3">Teletran 3</A>. However, a G.I. Joe ambush that struck just as they were carrying out their plan caused a catastrophic malfunction in Teletran 3, scattering numerous Transformers through the wormhole network across space and time. Starscream was not among those scattered, but he was promptly bound with energy ropes by Perceptor and <A title="Ultra Magnus (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)">Ultra Magnus</A> while they assessed the severity of the situation. It transpired that the chronal disruption caused by the time-lost Transformers would dsestroy the Earth, and teams of Joes and Cobras were soon dispatched through the timestream to retrieve the robots and save the planet. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_1">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1</A></SPAN>

While the Joes and Cobras were off on their time-tossed mission, the forcefield protecting Magnus, Perceptor and Teletran 3 collapsed, at which point Decepticon commander Shockwave struck. Shockwave freed Starscream and reprogrammed Teletran 3 to prevent Transformers from being able to return to their proper times, so that Earth would be destroyed and he could invade it, as he had always planned to—it was Shockwave who had leaked the wormhole technology to humans in the first place. {{storylink| <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_3">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3</A></SPAN> When a small team of Joes and Cobras that remained on Cybertron tried to undo his programming, Starscream spotted <A title="Lady Jaye" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lady_Jaye">Lady Jaye</A> modifying Teletran 3 and shouted a warning, but it came too late. The Transformers were returned, and Starscream escaped in the midst of the chaotic battle that resulted.

In the aftermath of the battle, Shockwave accused Starscream of deliberately trying to foil his scheme by trying to steal Teletran 3. Starscream denied any treacherousness on his part, and Shockwave just starting to come around when a recording Cobra Commander had programmed into Starscream began to play, informing the Decepticon leader of Starscream's general uselessness. At that point, Starscream promptly exploded, taking out the Decepticon headquarters in the process, courtesy of forty-five pounds of plastic explosives that Cobra Commander had lined his housing with, in case the Decepticon had ever escaped his clutches. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_4">G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4</A></SPAN> <A name=Transformers.2FG.I._Joe></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Transformers/G.I. Joe" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=26">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Transformers/G.I. Joe</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Starscream gijoe ww2.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=397 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_gijoe_ww2.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> When the foundling terrorist organization known as Cobra discovered the Ark buried in the <A title="Fera Islands" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fera_Islands">Fera Islands</A> in 1938, they inadvertently awoke the Decepticons from their stasis. The evil robots entered into an alliance with the organization's leader, Cobra Commander, to conquer the world and strip it of its energy, but Megatron's true goal was to take the Matrix of Leadership—stolen from the body of Optimus Prime—from around Cobra Commander's neck. Starscream adopted the alternate form of a P-51 Mustang aeroplane.

One year later, in 1939, the American military formed a special mission force to counter the Cobra-Decepticon alliance named "G.I. Joe". Laserbeak spied upon the first meeting of this team and reported the information to Cobra; Starscream stood nearby as Cobra Commander vowed to kill the Joes, and opined that heroes were born to die. G.I. Joe's first attack came soon after, and Starscream distracted their aircraft in his jet mode while Megatron attacked them from above and downed them. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Line" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Line">The Line</A></SPAN> As it happened, the Joes bailed out and landed near to the buried Ark, where they wound up awakening the Autobots within the craft. Starscream watched as the ship sent out a repair drone to scan for alternate modes, aware of what it meant and seeing it as a threat to Megatron's leadership that he could exploit. Megatron happened upon Starscream as he was monologuing about taking the power of the Matrix for himself, and witnessed the drone going about its business. Knowing he would need the scheming Starscream for the coming battle, he ordered the Air Commander to help him move their stockpiled energon cubes to safer location. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Transformed href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformed">Transformed</A></SPAN>

Megatron proceeded to mass the Decepticons for a major battle with the Autobots, save for Starscream, who was left to languish within their base. Unfortunately for Megatron, this merely left Starscream with an opportunity to conspire with Cobra Commander's own traitorous second, <A title=Destro href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Destro">Destro</A>, and together the pair prepared to unleash the newly-constructed giant robot, Bruticus, upon everyone. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Wolves href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wolves">Wolves</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="Starscream gijoe ww2 weakspot.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2_weakspot.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=176 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Starscream_gijoe_ww2_weakspot.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_gijoe_ww2_weakspot.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> Even this conspiracy proved to be a deception on Destro's part, however, when he had his lover, the <A title=Baroness href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Baroness">Baroness</A>, shoot Starscream in his weak spot: an inch below his right ear, just behind his jaw hinge. Starscream's head flared with electricity and he collapsed, while Destro loosed Bruticus upon all his assembled enemies. G.I. Joe member Snake-Eyes ended the threat when he plucked the Matrix from Cobra Commander's clutches, and at Optimus Prime's direction, hurled it at Bruticus. The resultant explosion of creation energy destroyed Bruticus, but apparently killed all the Transformers in the process. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="The Iron Fist" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Iron_Fist">The Iron Fist</A></SPAN>

Forty-six years later, in 1985, Starscream was revealed to have survived his injuries and the destruction of the Matrix through unexplained means. Discarding his archaic alternate mode for the form of an F-15, Starscream was performing a flyby over Cobra Island, seeking a means to return to Cybertron, when he intercepted a communication about an alien starship (actually a Cybertronian craft containing Blaster and Perceptor) crashing in <A title=Oregon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oregon">Oregon</A>. Starscream saw the craft as his ticket home, and while he was too low on energon to claim the ship for himself, he was content to let Cobra take it and then steal it from them later. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Targets of Opportunity" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Targets_of_Opportunity">Targets of Opportunity</A></SPAN>

<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: <I>Due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy, how Starscream survived, and his subsequent actions, remain a mystery.</I></DIV><A name=IDW_comics_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: IDW comics continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=27">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>IDW comics continuity</SPAN></H3> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center border=0> <TBODY> <TR bgColor=#ececec> <TD><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">This section covers fiction that is ongoing. It will be added to as the story progresses. If it isn't current, you can help by <SPAN class=plainlinks><A class="external text" title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit" rel=nofollow>updating it</A></SPAN>.</SPAN> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Starscream and his comrades, Skywarp and Thundercracker, were recruited by Soundwave when Megatron requested fliers. They believed they had been called to join Megatron's gladiatorial team, but accepted the offer to join the Decepticons. Starscream immediately proclaimed his allegiance and declared how much of an honor fighting along side Megatron would be. After going through some upgrades to boost their firepower, the Seekers' first duty was to capture a senator, who would be executed at Megatron's recruitment rally. He was also informed by Megatron of confidential plans in which he would play a key role. When the security forces intervened, Starscream was captured, and—surprise, surprise—offered to reveal Megatron's plans to save his own neck. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Megatron Origin issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_Origin_issue_3">Megatron Origin

  1. 3</A></SPAN> However, this turned out to have been Megatron's

plan—Starscream, together with Soundwave, executed the council questioning him, then freed every prisoner in the building, solidifying his loyalty to Megatron... until such time as Starscream felt like betraying his leader. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Megatron Origin issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_Origin_issue_4">Megatron Origin

  1. 4</A></SPAN>

Starscream ended up as Megatron's bodyguard, a position largely for show, and developed a mutual hatred with Sixshot. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_5">Devastation #5</A></SPAN> He would also appear to settle with Megatron instead of carrying on being an attempted traitor. Megatron viewed this as them moving on from such things but which it was actually because Starscream feared him—a fear he initially thought was respect. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Infiltration issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_6">Infiltration #6</A></SPAN>


Another one of his duties appears to have been recruitment, as he made a very pointed effort to convince <A title="Blurr (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blurr_(G1)">Blurr</A> to join the team <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Spotlight: Blurr" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Blurr">Spotlight: Blurr</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="Starscream, seen here actually getting off easy!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=211 alt="Starscream, seen here actually getting off easy!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/250px-Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Starscream, seen <A class=mw-redirect title="Transformers: The Movie" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Movie">here</A> <A title="Dark Star!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_Star!">actually</A> <A title=Cramp href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cramp">getting</A> <A title="G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_4">off</A> <A title="Mission Accomplished" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mission_Accomplished">easy</A>!</DIV></DIV></DIV> <TABLE class=cquote style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" align=center> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 9px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width=20>“ </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 4px; FONT-FAMILY: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif" vAlign=top>Thanks to Ore-13, Megatron, I have evolved... beyond you! I am the future! </TD> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right" vAlign=bottom width=20>” </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-TOP: 0px" colSpan=3> <P style="FONT-SIZE: smaller; LINE-HEIGHT: 1em; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><CITE style="FONT-STYLE: normal">—Starcream, <A title="Infiltration issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_6">Infiltration issue 6</A></CITE> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> Millions of years later, Starscream was the leader of a Decepticon <A class=mw-redirect title="Infiltration protocols" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_protocols">insurgent cell</A> that had operated covertly on <A title=Earth href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth">Earth</A> for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. However, since the discovery of the mysterious, Energon-like substance known as <A class=mw-redirect title=Ore-13 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ore-13">Ore-13</A>, Starscream had stepped outside standard procedure, establishing a second command bunker in <A title=Oregon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oregon">Oregon</A> above a richer seam of the ore than the one in <A title=Nebraska href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebraska">Nebraska</A>. Unfortunately, the abandoned Nebraska bunker had been infiltrated by a human named <A title=Stoker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stoker">Stoker</A>, who had managed to obtain data on Starscream's operations, forcing Starscream to have the human eliminated, though he didn't count on <A title="Verity Carlo" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Verity_Carlo">another human</A> obtaining Stoker's <A title=SM-40 href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SM-40">SM-40</A> computer and an <A title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)">Autobot counter-insurgency agent</A> bringing the evidence to the Autobots. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Infiltration issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_1">Infiltration #1</A></SPAN> Meanwhile, Starscream had ordered <A title="Blitzwing (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_(G1)">Blitzwing</A> and <A title="Skywarp (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skywarp_(G1)">Skywarp</A> to cover his tracks by destroying all evidence of Stoker's travels and what remained of the Nebraska bunker. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Infiltration issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_5">Infiltration #5</A></SPAN> Starscream intended to use Ore-13 to challenge <A title="Megatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_(G1)">Megatron</A> for leadership of the Decepticons, but when the moment of truth finally arrived, the energy source proved insufficient to destroy the Decepticon leader, and Megatron blasted Starscream with his fusion cannon at point-blank range, virtually obliterating him. Megatron told the other Decepticons, "See to the remains. If he lives, then I'll decide what to do with him." <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Infiltration issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_6">Infiltration #6</A></SPAN>


<DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title="Sarcasm from Starscream?? NO!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starcasm_idw_dev6.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=250 alt="Sarcasm from Starscream?? NO!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-Starcasm_idw_dev6.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starcasm_idw_dev6.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Sarcasm from Starscream?? NO!</DIV></DIV></DIV> As it turns out, Starscream survived and was placed in a <A title="CR chamber" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/CR_chamber">CR chamber</A> for extensive repairs. The other Decepticons were worried that Megatron was jumping the gun by calling in <A title=Sixshot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sixshot">Sixshot</A> early, and Astrotrain realized Starscream might be the only one of them willing to tell Megatron this. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_1">Devastation #1</A></SPAN> During an attack on Decepticon headquarters by the <A title=Reapers href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Reapers">Reapers</A>, Starscream completed his recovery and was confident that he would prevail in the upcoming battle. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_4">Devastation #4</A></SPAN>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title="Hey, I just spotted the janitor from Futurama!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AHM3Starscream.JPG"><IMG class=thumbimage height=288 alt="Hey, I just spotted the janitor from Futurama!" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-AHM3Starscream.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AHM3Starscream.JPG"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Hey, I just spotted the janitor from Futurama!</DIV></DIV></DIV> When <A title=Sixshot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sixshot">Sixshot</A> arrived, he initially attacked the Reapers, but they insisted he join them or die. Starscream then emerged from base calling out Sixshot—his hatred of Starscream caused the living weapon to decide to switch sides after all, at which point Starscream promptly activated Sixshot's shutdown command, sending him crashing to the ground. Screamer then proceeded to bomb the Reapers, causing Megatron to agree to take the fight to the Reapers. (Based on the timing of his emergence and his co-plotter Astrotrain immediately going "look at brave Starscream, Megatron!", it seems having an excuse to take out Sixshot and thus force Megatron to go against the Reapers was all planned by Starscream) <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_5">Devastation #5</A></SPAN> Starscream once again accepted Megatron as his liege, and together they teamed up to destroy the alien invaders. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Devastation issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_6">Devastation #6</A></SPAN>

A year later, and Starscream (now an F-15) was back in a subordinate position under Megatron and getting increasingly annoyed with it. He joined in Megatron's attack on <A title="New York City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</A>, quite enjoying that whole "killing humans who can't fight back" thing. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_1">All Hail Megatron

  1. 1</A></SPAN>

Starscream personally shot down the fleeing Air Force One in <A title="Washington, D.C." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Washington,_D.C.">Washington, D.C.</A>, after which he returned to join Megatron in New York City. Upon his arrival, Megatron mused that it was fitting to have Starscream beside him, as a Decepticon who had been with the cause since the start. Starscream, believing Megatron to be sarcastic, retorted that he'd been there before even Megatron. A somewhat weary Megatron clarified, congratulating him and complimenting his skills. He further explained that Starscream was very nearly the living embodiment of the Decepticon ideal, but a step short of realizing it. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_3">All Hail Megatron

  1. 3</A></SPAN>

With the conquest completed, Starscream stood at Megatron's side as he addressed the gathered Decepticons. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 4" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_4">All Hail Megatron

  1. 4</A></SPAN> However, he soon reverted to type when he noticed Megatron didn't

have a proper plan now that he'd won and the fun on Earth was a distraction for the troops. He taunted Megatron with the knowledge that he knew this and told him other Decepticons would start getting restless, so Megatron's position would soon be challenged by hordes of bored sociopaths whom Megatron had indoctrinated to be violent and take things. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_6">All Hail Megatron

  1. 6</A></SPAN>

<DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BORDER-TOP: #eeeeee 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; MARGIN: 0px auto 0.2em; BORDER-LEFT: #eeeeee 2px solid; WIDTH: 90%; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #eeeeee 2px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefef; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Note: The events of Spotlight: Mirage<I> possibly take place in an alternate/unknown continuity.</I></DIV> At the war's end, Starscream and a small team of Decepticons accompanied the mercenary <A title="Mirage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mirage_(G1)">Mirage</A> to the <A class=new title="Pegasus Star Cluster" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Pegasus_Star_Cluster&action=edit">Pegasus Star Cluster</A>. He led the Decepticons into the Autobot bunker after Mirage destroyed the Autobot security system, but stood back during the ensuing fight. After Megatron ordered the Autobot prisoners executed, Starscream held <A title="Ratchet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(G1)">Ratchet</A> back as Mirage prepared to kill <A title="Hound (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hound_(G1)">Hound</A>. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Spotlight: Mirage" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Spotlight:_Mirage">Spotlight: Mirage</A></SPAN>

<A name=Hearts_of_Steel></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Hearts of Steel" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=28">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Hearts of Steel</SPAN></H3> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Ye olde Tyme treacherie." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_HOS.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=273 alt="Ye olde Tyme treacherie." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscream_HOS.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscream_HOS.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Ye olde Tyme treacherie.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Starscream is the nominal leader of the Decepticons on 19th-century Earth, while Megatron sleeps in <A title="Stasis lock" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Stasis_lock">stasis lock</A>. He decides to conquer the Earth in this time, and use that power to overthrow Megatron when he should wake up. Posing as a benefactor to humanity, he enlists the help of inventor <A title="Tobias Muldoon" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tobias_Muldoon">Tobias Muldoon</A> to design new <A class=mw-redirect title=Altmode href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Altmode">altmodes</A> for the Decepticons. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Hearts of Steel issue 2" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hearts_of_Steel_issue_2">Hearts of Steel

  1. 2</A></SPAN> In particular, Starscream builds (or reformats) <A

title="Astrotrain (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Astrotrain_(G1)">Astrotrain</A> for an assault on <A title="New York City" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/New_York_City">New York City</A>, and the new electrical generators there. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Hearts of Steel issue 3" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hearts_of_Steel_issue_3">Hearts of Steel

  1. 3</A></SPAN> It all ends badly. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap

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  1. 4</A></SPAN>

Starscream has three bodies through the course of these events. His initial "Ice Age Wars" body appears to be a prehistoric flying reptile. He then takes on two different biplane bodies, one with one engine per wing and bat-wing-shaped propellers (as seen at left), and one with two engines per wing and straight-bladed propellers<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-0><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_note-0">[1]</A></SUP>. No reason is given for him changing from one biplane body to the next. (The fact that planes are an anachronism in the 19th Century is lightly glossed over.) <BR clear=all> <A name=Henkei.21_Henkei.21_pack-in_mini-comics></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Henkei! Henkei! pack-in mini-comics" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=29">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Henkei! Henkei! pack-in mini-comics</SPAN></H3> <CENTER> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 80%" cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image title="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rad-sm.gif"><IMG height=85 alt="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/Rad-sm.gif" width=93 border=0></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%">I want to tell you about the Transformers!</SPAN> <HR>

<I>This character article is a <A title="Category:Character stubs missing fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Character_stubs_missing_fiction">stub</A> and is missing information on their fictional appearances. You can help Transformers Wiki by <A class="external text" title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit" rel=nofollow>expanding it</A>.</I>

</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER><A name=Henkei.21_Henkei.21_comic></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Henkei! Henkei! comic" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=30">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Henkei! Henkei! comic</SPAN></H3> <CENTER> <TABLE style="WIDTH: 80%" cellSpacing=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: right"> <DIV class=tti_messageboxdiv style="BORDER-RIGHT: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #9f9fff 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: auto; BORDER-LEFT: #9f9fff 1px solid; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #9f9fff 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #efefff; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV class=floatleft><SPAN><A class=image title="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Rad-sm.gif"><IMG height=85 alt="No, really. HE WANTS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFORMERS." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/Rad-sm.gif" width=93 border=0></A></SPAN></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 900; FONT-SIZE: 125%">I want to tell you about the Transformers!</SPAN> <HR>

<I>This character article is a <A title="Category:Character stubs missing fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Category:Character_stubs_missing_fiction">stub</A> and is missing information on their fictional appearances. You can help Transformers Wiki by <A class="external text" title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit" rel=nofollow>expanding it</A>.</I> </DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

<A name=Commercial_appearances></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Commercial appearances" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=31">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Commercial appearances</SPAN></H2> Alongside Thundercracker and Skywarp, Starscream attacked an Earth power plant, then defended himself against an Autobot attack. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1984">Transformers #1 commercial</A></SPAN>

Starscream foolhardily led Thrust into an attack on the Autobots' new defense base. He was totally caught off-guard when the base transformed into <A title="Omega Supreme (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Omega_Supreme_(G1)">Omega Supreme</A>. Good goin' there, Screamer. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1985">Omega Supreme commercial</A></SPAN>

Starscream eventually gained a Pretender shell, and lurked in the dark of an Earth city as Optimus Prime was reunited with Jazz and Bumblebee. We are led to believe that his lurking was quite evil. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1989">Classic Pretenders commercial</A></SPAN>

After becoming an <A title="Action Master" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Action_Master">Action Master</A>, he battled Prowl and <A title="Over-Run (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Over-Run_(G1)">Over-Run</A> aboard his <A title="Turbo Jet" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Turbo_Jet">Turbo Jet</A> on Cybertron. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial#1990">Action Master vehicles commercial</A></SPAN> <A name=Toys></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Toys" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=32">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Toys</SPAN></H2>

<DIV class=noprint><I>Main article: <A title="Starscream (G1) toys" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)_toys">Starscream (G1) toys</A></I></DIV><A name=Notes></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Notes" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=33">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Notes</SPAN></H2> <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 182px"><A class=image title="Confusing Nelson Yomtov since 1984." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1early.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=125 alt="Confusing Nelson Yomtov since 1984." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/180px-Starscreamg1early.jpg" width=180 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Starscreamg1early.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Confusing <A title="Nelson Yomtov" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nelson_Yomtov">Nelson Yomtov</A> since 1984.</DIV></DIV></DIV>

  • According to <A title="Bob Budiansky"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bob_Budiansky">Bob Budiansky</A>, in <A title="Jim Shooter" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jim_Shooter">Jim Shooter</A> and <A title="Denny O'Neil" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Denny_O'Neil">Denny O'Neil's</A> original Transformers treatment, Starscream was named "Ulchtar".

  • An early <I><A title="Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Universe_(Marvel_comic)">Universe</A></I>-style character profile published in <I><A class=new title="The Transformers Comics Magazine" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=The_Transformers_Comics_Magazine&action=edit">The Transformers Comics Magazine</A></I> gave Starscream the smirk-worthy nickname of "The Silver Snake".

  • For the first half of the <A title="Marvel Comics"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics">Marvel Comics</A>, Starscream's chest was colored dark blue, versus the red seen on the toy and in the cartoon. The apparent reason for this discrepancy is hinted at in animated segments in early <A title=Commercial href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial">commercial</A> footage (see right), where Starscream's chest and forearms are black. Lack of color depth in comic books at the time required black to be represented by dark blue. Starscream's "true" colors began appearing in the Marvel Comics starting with issue 47, "<A title="Club Con!" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Club_Con!">Club Con!</A>"

  • In the French dub of <I><A title="The Transformers: The Movie"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie">The Transformers: The Movie</A></I>, Starscream (along with <A title="Shrapnel (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shrapnel_(G1)">Shrapnel</A>) inexplicably became a female. This change, however, was only for the movie, as it used a different dubbing team from the cartoon. Most likely, the movie's French dubbing team mistook Starscream's rather high-pitched voice for a woman's voice. <DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 152px"><A class=image title="Bringing a cannon to a canon-fight." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMW_Genesis.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=189 alt="Bringing a cannon to a canon-fight." src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/150px-StarscreamMW_Genesis.jpg" width=150 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:StarscreamMW_Genesis.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Starscream_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Bringing a cannon to a <A title=Canon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Canon">canon</A>-fight.</DIV></DIV></DIV>

  • The Generation 1 executive script consultant, <A title="Flint Dille"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Flint_Dille">Flint Dille</A>, has claimed in personal interviews that <A title="Chris Latta" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chris_Latta">Chris Latta</A> frequently had to be bailed out of jail by members of the production staff. This apparently caused so much annoyance that it was a major factor in phasing Starscream out of the series.

  • According to the line art of Starscream by Studio OX, each side of his

chest has a turbine mounted on it. This concept has influenced his <A title="Action Master" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Action_Master">Action Master</A>, <A title=Masterpiece href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masterpiece">Masterpiece</A>, and <A title="Classics (2006)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Classics_(2006)">Classics</A> toys and the <A class="external text" title=http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm href="http://tfu.info/2004/Destron/RMStarscream/starscream.htm" rel=nofollow>art of the Robot Master version</A>.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-1><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_note-1">[2]</A></SUP>

  • In <I><A title="Genesis: The Art of Transformers"

href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Genesis:_The_Art_of_Transformers">Genesis: The Art of Transformers</A></I> is a picture by <A title="Matt Kuphaldt" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Matt_Kuphaldt">Matt Kuphaldt</A> of <A title="Machine Wars" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Machine_Wars">Machine Wars</A> Starscream wearing a purple cape and brandishing <A title="Galvatron (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galvatron_(G1)">Galvatron</A>'s torn-off arm cannon. To date, this remains the only canonical appearance of Starscream in this body—so far as the canonicity of art books can be placed. <A name=Footnotes></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Footnotes" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=34">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Footnotes</SPAN></H2> <OL class=references> <LI id=cite_note-0><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_ref-0">↑</A> <A class="external text" title=http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/transformers/images/hos/decepticon_planes.jpg href="http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/transformers/images/hos/decepticon_planes.jpg" rel=nofollow>Hearts of Steel sketch at IDW Publishing</A> <LI id=cite_note-1><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_(G1)#cite_ref-1">↑</A> <A title="Transformers Visualworks" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Visualworks">Transformers Visualworks</A></OL><A name=External_links></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: External links" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Starscream_%28G1%29&action=edit&section=35">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>External links</SPAN></H2>

  • <A class="external text"

title=http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm href="http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm" rel=nofollow>Starscream at TFU.info</A>

  • <A class="external text"

title=http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Starscream href="http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Starscream" rel=nofollow>Starscream's Universe profile at NTFA.net</A>

  • <A class="external text"

title=http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html href="http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1784/Generation+2/Starscream.html" rel=nofollow>Gallery of G2 Starscream with comparison to BW Starscream at

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