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| :''The Duocons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | | :''The Duocons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]] [[continuity family]].'' |
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| [[File:Duocons from MtMtE -8.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"No, it's easy. Look, I've been practicing: I made a heli-truck."]]
| | The Dread Launchers are way better than [[Triple Changer]]s because they can assume two alternate modes AT THE SAME TIME. Too bad Transformers have [[Duocon|nothing like that]]. They are: |
| The '''Duocons''', [[Battletrap]] and [[Flywheels]], are unique in that their [[robot mode]]s are formed from the combination of two separate vehicles that have no other transformation. | |
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| ==Fiction==
| | *[[Re-Volt]] (leader) |
| ===Marvel Comics continuity===
| | *[[Chaos (GoBots)|Chaos]] |
| ====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
| | *[[Traitor (GoBots)|Traitor]] |
| {{note|In this continuity, they function as [[Triple Changer]]s, changing between modes without splitting.}}
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| ''Flywheels and Battletrap were Decepticon troopers stationed in [[Tyrest (polity)|Tyrest]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|City of Fear!}} Later, they joined the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] in time for their disastrous assault on Galvatron and Megatron. They both apparently died during that battle. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''
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| Battletrap was among Bludgeon's troops in the days after the coming of Unicron. He got bashed around by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] on [[Klo]], but didn't die. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
| | {{quote|They were somehow able to deduce that Traitor, Re-Volt, and Chaos were disloyal revolutionaries out to sow discord.|[[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]}} |
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| ====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==== | | ==Fiction== |
| Battletrap took a beating during an encounter with the [[Cybertronian (faction)|latter-generation Cybertronians]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] helped him off the battlefield. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
| | The Dread Launchers were sent to infiltrate the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] Academy and capture [[Zeemon]]. They were thwarted by their fellow cadets, the [[Secret Rider]]s. |
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| ===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
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| [[File:Headmasters cartoon Duocons.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
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| The Duocons were under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who first sent them into battle when the Autobots and Decepticons were fighting over a [[Floppy disk|disk]] containing data on the [[Master Sword]]. Their separate vehicle forms overwhelmed the Autobot [[Targetmaster]]s, and Battletrap eventually made off with the disk. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}} Shortly afterwards, the Duocons helped defend Scorponok as he used the data to create the [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Battletrap later participated in a battle on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], concealing himself in a cloud while blasting away at [[Kirk]] and his troops. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}
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| Scorponok later ordered the Duocons to plant a bomb on the asteroid [[Juno]], so that he could destroy the Autobot [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the insubordinate [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] during their duel on the asteroid. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}} The Duocons participated in the final battle against the Autobots in the [[Arctic]], during which Battletrap almost stomped [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] to death only to be fired upon by Sixshot. When it looked like Scorponok was going to destroy the [[Earth]], the Duocons fled into space to watch the results from afar. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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| ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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| [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] experimented to create a Transformer with more than one [[alternate mode]]. While he eventually succeeded with the [[Triple Changer]]s, an early step in the process resulted in the Duocons—a failure due to their consciousness being split between two vehicles. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye}}
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| ===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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| {{note|In this continuity, Flywheels functioned as a Triple Changer, changing between modes without splitting, complete with [[kibble]] from one vehicle mode on the other. Battletrap has yet to play a significant role.}}
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| ===Ask Vector Prime===
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| [[Vector Prime (Cybertron)|Vector Prime]] noted that Duocons such as [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] possessed [[mitotic spark]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}} | |
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| ===''TransTech''===
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| [[Axiom Nexus News]] journalist [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] noted that one of [[Axiom Nexus]]'s most infamous Parallel Killers, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], was a Duocon, as were most of the multiverse's iterations of [[Battletrap]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist}}
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| ==Toys==
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| ===Generation 1===
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| [[File:G1Battletrap toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Battletrap]]
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| [[File:G1Flywheels toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Flywheels]]
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| * '''Duocons''' (1987)
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| ** [[Battletrap]]
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| **[[Flywheels]]
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| : The Duocons were sold in small boxed packages. They share a semi-[[Autotransformation|autotransform]] feature. Transformation begins by lining up the tab and slot on the underside of their aerial component with the corresponding slot and tab on top of the ground component. With the two parts lined up, pushing the aircraft down causes the tabs on both parts to trip a catch in the other, releasing the springs that keep the components folded up. The aircraft essentially folds in half over the "legs" that form from part of the rear of the ground component to form the robot.
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| : Transformation from robot to vehicles lacks any kind of automatic action. The halves of the robot are pulled apart and the nose of the aircraft is realigned with the fuselage and the leg/torso is folded down to the rear of the ground vehicle, with the moving parts being held by the spring-loaded catches.
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| : The Duocons suffer from a complete [[Brick (term)|lack of useful articulation]].
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| : The connection points make vehicles interchangeable, allowing you to create Battlewheels and Flytrap (no, not the garbage truck). This has never been acknowledged in fiction or their packaging, and one can only imagine what effect such a swap might have on their psyches.
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| ==Notes==
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| ===Foreign names===
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| *''Japanese:'' '''Two-in-One''' (ツーインワン ''Tsū in Wan'')
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- The Duocons are a Decepticon subgroup from the GoBots continuity family.
The Dread Launchers are way better than Triple Changers because they can assume two alternate modes AT THE SAME TIME. Too bad Transformers have nothing like that. They are:
They were somehow able to deduce that Traitor, Re-Volt, and Chaos were disloyal revolutionaries out to sow discord.Cy-Kill
Fiction
The Dread Launchers were sent to infiltrate the Guardian Academy and capture Zeemon. They were thwarted by their fellow cadets, the Secret Riders.
