Thundercracker (Armada)

Thundercracker is a Decepticon in the Armada and Cybertron portions of the Unicron Trilogy.

Thundercracker suffered from low self-esteem and longed for approval from authority figures to validate his existance. He was willing to work as hard as necissary to gain attention and praise from Megatron, but when all his efforts were ignored or taken for granted he grew frustrated and felt the need to engage in ever more risky and reckless behavior in an attempt to gain notice. Many predicted this would lead to his destruction.

When next we see Thundercracker it is over ten years later, loyaly serving under Starscream during the search for the Cyber-planet keys. In the interviening years he became something of a jokester and goofball. This has often gained him the attention that he craves. Though frequently, especially when Megatron is the brunt of the joke, it is far from positive attention. Thundercracker doesn't seem mature enough to tell the difference.

Armada Cartoon Continuity

The character "Thundercracker" is never seen in the Armada cartoon. When Starscream gains his Powerlinx coloration however he happens to look just like Thundercraker. In Armada (although not Micron Legend) he specifically says "I look like... Thundercracker." Proving that, although he is not seen, Armada Thudercracker must exist in this continuity as well.

Dreamwave Comic Books

Information not yet added.

Toy

While other toys were given the "Powerlinx" prefix when redecoed for the second part of the Armada line "Powerlinx Starscream" was released in the US as "Thundercracker." This is likely due to the new version's resembling Generation 1 Thundercracker. G1 Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp were the same toy with different color schemes and vastly different animated and comic book personas. Hasbro decided to follow suit with the UT version of the trio.

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.