Cyclonus (Animated)

The name or term "Cyclonus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Cyclonus (disambiguation).

Cyclonus is a Decepticon from the Animated continuity family.

He's from the future and knows a lot about hysteria.

The other members of Team Chaar don't know what to make of Cyclonus. A few centuries ago, he fell out of the sky over New Kaon, and the dark warrior isn't the type for exposition. A nihilist, Cyclonus cares for little and his expressions run cold and dispassionate. During the few occasions in which he speaks, he mentions only the imminent end of all things, and insists that all creation is ultimately doomed. He seems to long for this future apocalypse to come to pass and for this current age to be over, finished.

He waits for a being called "Galvatron," from whom he begs forgiveness.

In battle, Cyclonus is a warrior unequaled. He carries twin Bleedblack blades that can sap the energy out of his opponents. He wages war tirelessly, thanks to a reactor linkage that seemingly draws strength from an unknown, limitless source of energy via transwarp circuitry. Perhaps most peculiar of all is the circuitry he seems to share with Starscream, specifically Starscream's "self preservation" algorithms, which are disabled in Cyclonus.

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Events from IDW Publishing or Fun Publications books are in italics.

Falling downwards like some vast predatory bird.

Cyclonus appeared out of nowhere in a storm of light and tachyons over New Kaon. As Scalpel reassembled him, he noted his immense power, that his internal chronometer was off by megacycles, and that he constantly muttered about someone named "Galvatron." Cyclonus soon swore allegiance to Megatron, but seemingly in the abstract. The AllSpark Almanac II

I don't care how cool I look.

Battling for the control of a space bridge with Team Chaar, Cyclonus strafed Rodimus before using his twin swords to disable Ironhide and Brawn with the help of Oil Slick. Silently accepting Strika's orders to secure the area, he ignored the stoic defiance of the Autobot he had strafed before, not even watching it get disabled. It didn't matter to him. When the Elite Guard arrived and he was given the order to retreat, he did so without complaint. It's not like he cared anyway. TransWarped

The Cool comic

Seemingly acting as leader, Cyclonus joined the rest of Team Chaar as they secretly observed Team Athenia's battle against a Rock Lord. Having all been a test of the Autobots' strength, Cyclonus informed his cohorts that the strategy was set and they were ready to attack. The Cool Extra #2

Notes

• Animated Cyclonus was designed by Irineo Maramba.
• Due to the great similarity between this incarnation of Cyclonus and his Generation 1 counterpart's Universe toy, Hasbro would not design a toy of the Animated character.
• Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II‎ strongly suggests that Cyclonus is from a dark future of the Animated universe, in which Megatron has become Galvatron. It also hints that Cyclonus is the future version of Starscream's clone, Skywarp, the cowardly clone since Scalpel believes he located within Cyclonus's code some of "Starscream's 'self preservation' algorithms commented out".
• He sometimes speaks in Furmanisms.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Cyclonus (サイクロナス Saikuronasu)