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<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;">[[Decepticon|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/d/d7/Symbol_decept_reg.jpg/28px-Symbol_decept_reg.jpg" width="28" height="30" border="0"/>]]</div></div>
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:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''


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<div style="text-align: center;">'''Have you seen me?'''</div>
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'''Soundwave''', superior?  
'''Soundwave''', superior?  


<a name="Fiction"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2>
== Fiction ==
<a name="Titan_Magazines_Transformers_movie_comics"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics</span></h3>
=== Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics ===
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in talks with Soundwave to get him to join in the attack on Earth and be in [[Michael Bay]]'s next documentary. Soundwave is known for talking in several frequencies at once, apparently just to be annoying. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|#15's Star Screams}} Starscream doesn't trust Soundwave but notes his intelligence, and so views him as a worthy successor in the event of his death.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}
[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in talks with Soundwave to get him to join in the attack on Earth and be in [[Michael Bay]]'s next documentary. Soundwave is known for talking in several frequencies at once, apparently just to be annoying. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|#15's Star Screams}} Starscream doesn't trust Soundwave but notes his intelligence, and so views him as a worthy successor in the event of his death.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}




<a name="IDW_Transformers_movie_comics"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics</span></h3>
=== IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics ===
[[Image:SoundwaveAllianceIssue2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Alas, poor Dreadwing.  I knew him, Ravage.]]
[[Image:SoundwaveAllianceIssue2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Alas, poor Dreadwing.  I knew him, Ravage.]]
Presumed dead for years, Soundwave arrived on Mars one month after [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's]] death. He quickly took stock of the situation, scanning both [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing's]] remains, and an imprint of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] body. He contacted [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] after his battle with [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]], informing him that he had sent troops from his ship to Earth, with more waiting in stasis. As Starscream headed for the ship, Soundwave informed him he still had orders to follow  {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance issue 2}}
Presumed dead for years, Soundwave arrived on Mars one month after [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's]] death. He quickly took stock of the situation, scanning both [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing's]] remains, and an imprint of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy's]] body. He contacted [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] after his battle with [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]], informing him that he had sent troops from his ship to Earth, with more waiting in stasis. As Starscream headed for the ship, Soundwave informed him he still had orders to follow  {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}


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<a name="Toys"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Toys</span></h2>
== Toys ==
<a name="Revenge_of_the_Fallen"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline">Revenge of the Fallen</span></h3>
=== Revenge of the Fallen ===
<a name="Deluxe_Class_toys"></a><h4> <span class="mw-headline">Deluxe Class toys</span></h4>
==== Deluxe Class toys ====
[[Image:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|War fork!]]
[[Image:Soundwaverotfpreviewtoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|War fork!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
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<td style="padding:0 1em 0 1em;text-align:right;"><div class="tti_messageboxdiv" style="width:100%;padding:.5em; background-color:#efefff; border:solid 1px #9f9fff;text-align:center;margin:auto;">[[Image:Notyetbox.gif|left|100px|Or you could pick... WHAT&#39;S IN THE BOX.]]
'''This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available.'''
 
 
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<a name="Trivia"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">Trivia</span></h2>
== Trivia ==
[[Image:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A Soundwave-headed Blackout from an animatic.]]
[[Image:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A Soundwave-headed Blackout from an animatic.]]
* Soundwave was originally supposed to feature in [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']]: he fulfilled both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s roles, hacking into the CIA headquarters as a portable stereo, then [[Mass-shifting|morphed]] into a Humvee to track down [[Sam Witwicky]].<sup id="cite_ref-early_0-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-early-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> [[Michael Bay]]'s decision to minimalize the amount of morphing in the film resulted in a change to a helicopter who openly attacks the army. Soundwave and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] were changed to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] as the film's location was changed from a jungle to a desert.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a></sup> Hasbro had also insisted on Soundwave having a musical mode, so he was changed to the character eventually known as Frenzy, to the extent that he had to be renamed.
* Soundwave was originally supposed to feature in [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']]: he fulfilled both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s roles, hacking into the CIA headquarters as a portable stereo, then [[Mass-shifting|morphed]] into a Humvee to track down [[Sam Witwicky]].<ref>Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&amp;postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&amp;postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>[[Michael Bay]]'s decision to minimalize the amount of morphing in the film resulted in a change to a helicopter who openly attacks the army. Soundwave and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] were changed to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] as the film's location was changed from a jungle to a desert.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&amp;postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirms that Ravage was replaced by Scorponok at the official movie boards]</ref> Hasbro had also insisted on Soundwave having a musical mode, so he was changed to the character eventually known as Frenzy, to the extent that he had to be renamed.


*According to the trade paperback, Soundwave was a major character in the third draft of ''[[The Reign of Starscream]]''
*According to the trade paperback, Soundwave was a major character in the third draft of ''[[The Reign of Starscream]]''
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*Hasbro's description and arrangement of Soundwave's toy as a triple changer runs counter to the filmmakers' intent to introduce the technology in the next film.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup> [[Aaron Archer]] acknowledged in ''Toyfare'' #140 (February 2009) they had altered Soundwave's Cybertronian form from the film for the sake of creating a decent toy.
*Hasbro's description and arrangement of Soundwave's toy as a triple changer runs counter to the filmmakers' intent to introduce the technology in the next film.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a></sup> [[Aaron Archer]] acknowledged in ''Toyfare'' #140 (February 2009) they had altered Soundwave's Cybertronian form from the film for the sake of creating a decent toy.


<a name="References"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2>
== References ==
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-early-0">[#cite_ref-early_0-0" title="">↑</a> Details from an early script draft <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&amp;postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&amp;postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].
<references/>
<li id="cite_note-1">[#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&amp;postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirms that Ravage was replaced by Scorponok at the official movie boards]
<li id="cite_note-2">[#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&amp;postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirms that Ravage would have appeared in a different terrain at the official movie boards]
<li id="cite_note-3">[#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-will-not-feature-triple-changers-165854/ News from TFW2005.com on September 23, 2008,] detailing [[Roberto Orci]]'s confirmation that there would be no triple-changers in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.</ol>
<li id="cite_note-3">[#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-will-not-feature-triple-changers-165854/ News from TFW2005.com on September 23, 2008,] detailing [[Roberto Orci]]'s confirmation that there would be no triple-changers in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.</ol>



Revision as of 05:10, 30 March 2009

The name or term "Soundwave" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Soundwave (disambiguation).
Soundwave is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
Have you seen me?

This character or person needs some sort of visual representation. If you have one, please replace this.

Soundwave, superior?

Fiction

Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics

Starscream was in talks with Soundwave to get him to join in the attack on Earth and be in Michael Bay's next documentary. Soundwave is known for talking in several frequencies at once, apparently just to be annoying. #15's Star Screams Starscream doesn't trust Soundwave but notes his intelligence, and so views him as a worthy successor in the event of his death. #21's Star Screams


IDW Transformers movie comics

Alas, poor Dreadwing. I knew him, Ravage.

Presumed dead for years, Soundwave arrived on Mars one month after Megatron's death. He quickly took stock of the situation, scanning both Dreadwing's remains, and an imprint of Frenzy's body. He contacted Starscream after his battle with Wreckage, informing him that he had sent troops from his ship to Earth, with more waiting in stasis. As Starscream headed for the ship, Soundwave informed him he still had orders to follow Alliance issue 2



Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

Deluxe Class toys

War fork!
  • Soundwave (2009)
  • Japanese ID number: RD-04
  • Accessories: 1 missile


Part of the initial Movie Preview wave, Soundwave transforms into a Cybertronic jet. Also, into the same thing but with the wings pointed back. This apparently makes him a Triple Changer!



Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Trivia

A Soundwave-headed Blackout from an animatic.
  • Soundwave was originally supposed to feature in Transformers: he fulfilled both Barricade and Frenzy's roles, hacking into the CIA headquarters as a portable stereo, then morphed into a Humvee to track down Sam Witwicky.[1]Michael Bay's decision to minimalize the amount of morphing in the film resulted in a change to a helicopter who openly attacks the army. Soundwave and Ravage were changed to Blackout and Scorponok as the film's location was changed from a jungle to a desert.[2] Hasbro had also insisted on Soundwave having a musical mode, so he was changed to the character eventually known as Frenzy, to the extent that he had to be renamed.
  • Hasbro's description and arrangement of Soundwave's toy as a triple changer runs counter to the filmmakers' intent to introduce the technology in the next film.<a href="#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a> Aaron Archer acknowledged in Toyfare #140 (February 2009) they had altered Soundwave's Cybertronian form from the film for the sake of creating a decent toy.

References

  • [#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-will-not-feature-triple-changers-165854/ News from TFW2005.com on September 23, 2008,] detailing Roberto Orci's confirmation that there would be no triple-changers in Revenge of the Fallen.