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[[Image:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'm a Triple Changer... and you're not.]]
:''The Triple Changers are Transformers that are mostly from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''
The '''Triple Changers''' are a sub-group of [[Generation 1]] Transformers who have one robot mode and two alternate modes.  Though there are countless Transformers with three modes, only a small number of them have been officially designated as "Triple Changers," beginning with the Triple Changers subgroup proper in 1986 and continuing with specific individuals thus marked in the years following.


[[Image:1 blitzwing war within.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Here, Blitzwing displays his fourth mode: the big flying thingamajing.]]
In their quest for ever-greater machines of war, the Decepticons developed warriors with two distinct alternate forms. These '''Triple Changers''' can travel by land and air with equal ease, and in the heat of battle they can rapidly change form to confuse and outflank the enemy. To counter this threat, the Autobots also developed their own group of Triple Changers.


:''Japanese name:'' '''Triplebot''' (Autobots) / '''Tripletron''' (Decepticons)
The Triple Changers are:
 
 
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* Decepticons:
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
* [[Octane|Octane]]
 
* Autobots:
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Sandstorm (Autobot)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]</div>
 
 
<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">'''Note:''' ''In Transformers fiction, the term "Triple Changer" refers almost exclusively to these two subgroups. However, on toy packaging, the term has been applied to a number of other characters from various continuities. Further muddying the waters, many characters with three distinct modes have never been labeled as Triple Changers in toys or fiction, even in cases where it would really make sense to do so.''</div>
:''Japanese name (Autobots):'' '''Triplebot'''
:''Japanese name (Decepticons):'' '''Tripletron'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Triplaváltozók'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Triplaváltozók'''
==Fiction==
[[Image:BlitzwingDissectionDreamwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blitzwing takes it all off.]]
===Generation 1 cartoon===
===Marvel Comics continuity===
===Dreamwave Comics===
As a Triple Changer, the subject can change between modes three times as fast as a normal Transformer.
===IDW Comics===
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==1985==
==Toys==
===Decepticons===
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|In a line cut from The Transformers: The Movie, Blitzwing says that as a Triple Changer, he's worth any two of his comrades.  But it turns out that he retailed for a bit less than the Seekers.]]
* '''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1985)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]


==1986==
 
===Autobots===
* '''Autobot Triple Changers''' (1986)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Sandstorm (G1) (Autobot)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Sandstorm (Autobot)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Springer]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
===Decepticons===
 
*[[Octane]]
 
* '''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (1986)
*[[Octane|Octane]]
 
 
:The original Triple Changers were released in the second year of Generation 1, and were sufficiently popular to inspire 4 more in 1986.
 
===Classics===
* Astrotrain (2006)
 
===Universe (2008)===
* [[Octane|Tankor]]
 
: Octane with a new name.
 
<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">'''Note:''' ''This list includes only toys that actually have three modes.  Several of the Triple Changer characters have had later releases in other toy molds, most notably Sandstorm and Springer, but these forms lacked the third mode required to qualify as Triple Changers.''</div>
===Subsequent toys labeled as "Triple Changers"===
<dt>Generation 2
</dt>
* [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] (1994)
 
: The bomber/tank/robot describes himself as "triple-changing Dreadwing" in a television [[Commercial|commercial]].
 
<dt>Armada
</dt>
* ''Armada'' [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (2002)
 
<dt>Energon
</dt>
* ''Energon'' [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2004)
* ''Energon'' [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] (2004)


==2004==
<dt>Cybertron
===Decepticons===
</dt>
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]
* ''Cybertron'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (2005)
* [[Anti-Blaze|Anti-Blaze]] (2006)
* [[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]] (2006)
* [[Scythe|Scythe]] (2006)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Cryo Scourge]] (2006)
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (2006)


==2005==
<dt>Animated
===Decepticons===
</dt>
*[[Megatron (Armada)#Cybertron 2|Megatron]]
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (2008)


==2006==
<dt>Revenge of the Fallen
</dt>
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (2009)


===Decepticons===
<dt>Unreleased
*[[Scourge_%28Cybertron%29#Toys|Cryo Scourge]]
</dt>
* ''[[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]]''
* A helicopter/plane Triple Changer<a href="http://diaclone.net/orid/diatri/d092.html" class="external autonumber" title="http://diaclone.net/orid/diatri/d092.html" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>


==2008==
===Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers===
* Marvel UK's ''[[Doomsday for Nebulos|Doomsday for Nebulos]]'' indentifies [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] as a Triple Changer.
* Dreamwave's ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets the Eye]]'' profile book series identifies [[Apeface|Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon|Snapdragon]] as Triple Changers.
* Dreamwave's ''[[More Than Meets the Eye (Armada)|More Than Meets the Eye: Armada]]'' book labels [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] as a Triple Changer.
* IDW's ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' labels [[Bigmos|Bigmos]] and [[B'Boom|B'Boom]] as Triple Changers.


===Decepticons===
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)#Animated|Blitzwing]]


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The Triple Changers are Transformers that are mostly from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Here, Blitzwing displays his fourth mode: the big flying thingamajing.

In their quest for ever-greater machines of war, the Decepticons developed warriors with two distinct alternate forms. These Triple Changers can travel by land and air with equal ease, and in the heat of battle they can rapidly change form to confuse and outflank the enemy. To counter this threat, the Autobots also developed their own group of Triple Changers.

The Triple Changers are:


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<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">Note: In Transformers fiction, the term "Triple Changer" refers almost exclusively to these two subgroups. However, on toy packaging, the term has been applied to a number of other characters from various continuities. Further muddying the waters, many characters with three distinct modes have never been labeled as Triple Changers in toys or fiction, even in cases where it would really make sense to do so.</div>

Japanese name (Autobots): Triplebot
Japanese name (Decepticons): Tripletron
Hungarian name: Triplaváltozók

Fiction

Blitzwing takes it all off.

Generation 1 cartoon

Marvel Comics continuity

Dreamwave Comics

As a Triple Changer, the subject can change between modes three times as fast as a normal Transformer.


IDW Comics

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Toys

Generation 1

In a line cut from The Transformers: The Movie, Blitzwing says that as a Triple Changer, he's worth any two of his comrades. But it turns out that he retailed for a bit less than the Seekers.



  • Decepticon Triple Changers (1986)
  • Octane


The original Triple Changers were released in the second year of Generation 1, and were sufficiently popular to inspire 4 more in 1986.

Classics

  • Astrotrain (2006)

Universe (2008)

Octane with a new name.

<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">Note: This list includes only toys that actually have three modes. Several of the Triple Changer characters have had later releases in other toy molds, most notably Sandstorm and Springer, but these forms lacked the third mode required to qualify as Triple Changers.</div>

Subsequent toys labeled as "Triple Changers"

<dt>Generation 2 </dt>

The bomber/tank/robot describes himself as "triple-changing Dreadwing" in a television commercial.

<dt>Armada </dt>

<dt>Energon </dt>

<dt>Cybertron </dt>

<dt>Animated </dt>

<dt>Revenge of the Fallen </dt>

<dt>Unreleased </dt>

Retroactively labeled as Triple Changers

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