Stalker (G1)

This article is about the Decepticon Predator. For the human member of G.I. Joe, see Stalker (G.I. Joe).

Stalker is a Decepticon Predator from the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Could I BE wearing any more neon?"

Stalker is the Predators' communications specialist. The only land-based member of the team, he is a master of the double bluff and thrives on causing confusion among his enemies. It's his job to keep the Predators' communiques from being intercepted by their Turbomaster foes, but he also takes a cruel pleasure in using his 'Garble' comms systems to scramble the Autobots' own signals.

He has a talent for causing things pain.

“	Hate till it hurts and then hate some more.	”
—Stalker on the subject of hate

Fiction

Predator Air Attack!

Wait, what am I shooting from again?

Stalker finally clashed with his Turbomaster rival, the legendary Rotorstorm. He declared that the Autobot should prepare to die, then fired his arm blasters. Predator Air Attack!

2005 IDW continuity

• First Appearance: Megatron Origin #2; Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers #1 (modern era)

Millions of years ago, Stalker worked with Skyquake and Clench during the deathmatch sports of Kaon, at the time Megatron first entered the tournaments. Megatron Origin #2 At some point after the war began, Stalker was staffed at Grindcore, where he administrated "mouth flowers", a mouth-installed inhibitor spike, to Autobot prisoners. If you didn't have a mouth, Stalker would... 'make' one. Speak, Memory: Part 1

I'm your dentiiiiiist!
And I enjoy the career that I picked
I'm your dentiiiiist
And I get off on the pain I inflict!

After his stint at the prison, Stalker was part of Skyquake's Predator force sent to crush a resistance movement in the Skomiloch Territories. He upgraded his optics and colouring to better fight the area's atmospheric conditions. During this time away from regular Decepticon protocols, Stalker hung out with Snare and began taking a sadistic pleasure in his treatment of the prisoners. Snare's personnel evaluation

The Predators were sent to seize Garrus-9. When Overlord took over, Stalker began to advise him. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1

Stalker was later with Overlord when the Wreckers arrived in the Pit. Stalker informed Overlord that a second group was free in the base. After Twin Twist, Springer, and Impactor were captured, Stalker began torturing Twin Twist within Garrus-9's "Spark Extrainction Chamber". Last Stand of the Wreckers #3

After taking a quick break to fetch a downright nasty torture instrument known as an endoscopic claw, Stalker continued to torture Twin Twist. However, the Autobot suddenly and rather vioilently died when his branched spark brother, Topspin, willingly gave up his/their spark to both unlock the Aequitas supercomputer and put an end to Twin Twist's suffering. Stalker was disappointed that his victim had died before he could really start enjoying himself, but shrugged it off and moved on to Impactor. Before he could begin, he was interrupted by Kup and Guzzle, who had been led there by his fellow Predator Snare. Enraged by Snare's betrayal, Stalker fatally injured the traitor, but was in turn killed when Springer was released and stabbed him through the head with his own torture device. Last Stand of the Wreckers #4

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Multiforce fought the Predators in the Skomiloch Territories after they were displaced from their native time by a dimensional shock. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/01

Toys

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• Stalker (Medium Predator, 1992)

• Accessories: ICBM, radar dish, missile launcher, 5 missiles
• Known designers: Andy Couzens (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Released in the eighth year of the European-market Transformers toyline (the final one to use the original faction symbols), Predator Stalker transforms into a four-tracked satellite station and ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) launcher. He is equipped with a standard Predator missile launcher which, while undocumented in the instructions, can mount on the smaller holes of his shoulders in vehicle mode. All un-loaded missiles can be stored on his tread-covers in either mode. His large rocket also serves as his Megavisor scope, allowing the four Small Predators (Snare, Falcon, Skydive and Talon) to connect to him, but also features its own slide on a flip-down panel, showing a schematic vehicle-mode image of Rotorstorm, with readouts reading "TAK-A-RA", "MA-R-VEL", "AUG-U-SA" and "YO-KE".

Due to a combination of design and Gold Plastic Syndrome, the Predator launchers are quite delicate. It's best never to load one of the launchers while it is in the hand of a Predator—the post is most likely to just snap right off. The trigger is also likely to snap off due to relying on on the plastic bending as opposed to being hinged.

This mold was used to make both Machine Wars Soundwave and Universe Soundwave.

• More information on Stalker at TFU.info

Notes

• Stalker's Megavisor slide is labeled with several text pointers, some of which are Easter eggs of sorts. The labels read "TAK-A-RA", "MA-R-VEL", "YO-KE", and "AUG-U-SA".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Stalker (ストーカー Sutōkā)
• Dutch: Buzzard
• French: Traqueur (Canada, "Tracker"), Buzzard (Europe)
• Italian: Blindo