The List

The List is a very, very bad thing to be on.

Being on The List means that you are an Autobot, Decepticon or former Decepticon who has in one way or another stymied the grand plans of Megatron and thus can expect a visit from the Decepticon Justice Division, during which you will experience an excruciatingly painful death. The only reason you aren't dead yet is because they haven't made it to your name on The List... though the fact that you're on it may only become apparent a few moments after the D.J.D. arrives.

Many rank-and-file Decepticons believe the D.J.D. just makes it up as they go, as they've shown no compunction with killing targets of opportunity (or really anyone who gets in their way) and just what it takes to get on The List in the first place can be incredibly cryptic and stupid to the common 'Con. Sometimes the D.J.D. insists they do not deviate from The List's strict linear order, other times they have proven quite willing to do so, in a way that — intentionally or not — makes it very difficult for targets to devise a strategy against them. However The List is organized and enforced, once you're on it the only way you'll survive being struck off is at the whim of the Division or on orders from Megatron himself.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

The names on the list included the following:

• Bikecross — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Black Shadow† — Accepted a bribe from the Autobots to destroy a fleet of Warworlds. Rules of Disengagement
• Blip† — Established, in the eyes of the D.J.D., a "religion". (Blip was the only member.)
• Blue Bacchus — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Borebit† — Unknown.
• Bomb-Burst — Likely for joining Bludgeon's Thunderwing-worshipping cult. The Ties That Bind
• Browning — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Crankcase — Abetted Fulcrum on the planet Clemency. Left alive in order to pursue Overlord's quantum duplicate. Who's Afraid of the DJD?
• Deathsaurus — Abandoned the Decepticon army and stole a Warworld. Pardoned in exchange for providing troop support for the D.J.D. in their hunt for Megatron and his Autobot allies (see below).
• Deathcobra — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Drift* — Abandoned the Decepticons and defected to the Autobots.
• Drillhorn — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Doryu — Unknown. The Ties That Bind He later joined Deathsaurus' contingent; the DJD granted him a full pardon for all his crimes. The Permanent Revolution
• Flame — Unknown. The Ties That Bind
• Finback — Likely for joining Bludgeon's Thunderwing-worshipping cult. The Ties That Bind
• Fulcrum — Survived a K-Con bombing mission. Believed dead by the D.J.D. following his apparent suicide on Clemency. Who's Afraid of the DJD?
• Flywheels† — Unknown. The Ties That Bind
• Gairyu — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Goryu — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Greatsix — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Grimlock — Rejoined the Autobots after a short stint as a Decepticon. Losing him angered Megatron personally, and he told the D.J.D. to move him up the List. This sort of change in position has only happened twice that we know of. The Ties That Bind
• Guyhawk — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Heretech† — Unknown.
• Howlback — Unknown. The Ties That Bind
• Jallguar — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Kakuryu — Unknown. The Ties That Bind He later joined Deathsaurus' contingent; the DJD granted him a full pardon for all his crimes. The Permanent Revolution
• Killbison — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• King Solon — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Krok — Abetted Fulcrum on the planet Clemency. Left alive in order to pursue Overlord's quantum duplicate. Who's Afraid of the DJD?
• Leozack — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Megatron — Defected to the Autobots and publicly denounced the Decepticon cause. Top-priority target superseding all others.
• Misfire — Abetted Fulcrum on the planet Clemency. Left alive in order to pursue Overlord's quantum duplicate. Who's Afraid of the DJD?
• Overlord* — Abandoned the Decepticon cause after the inception of Phase Six protocols.
• Rairyu — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Scorponok — Unknown. May have something to do with his bungled attempt to depose Megatron, Derelicts, or his later habit of meddling in the development of other species in violation of Cybertronian law. The Ties That Bind
• Skip — Unknown. The Ties That Bind He later joined Deathsaurus' contingent; the DJD granted him a full pardon for all his crimes. The Permanent Revolution
• Skullgrin — Likely for joining Bludgeon's Thunderwing-worshipping cult. The Ties That Bind
• Shockwave — Unknown, but possibly related to his Regenesis experiments. Number one on the List following the Surge. The Ties That Bind
• Spinister — Abetted Fulcrum on the planet Clemency. Left alive in order to prioritize (one quantum duplicate of) Overlord. Who's Afraid of the DJD?
• Starscream — Was on an earlier version of The List for unknown crimes, though it's probably not hard to guess what they were and why he was Listed. He was later removed for reasons unknown. An Axe to Break the Ice
• Strikesoldier — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution
• Yokuryu — Joined Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticon deserters. Pardoned in exchange for assisting the DJD. The Permanent Revolution

† Executed by the D.J.D, or presumed so.

* Quantum duplicate aboard the Lost Light executed, still at large slaughterhouse The Permanent Revolution

Earth Wars

When Tarn arrived on Earth and rendezvoused with Megatron, he noted that the List had grown expoentially in just the few days he had been there. He noted that he had already dealt with Deathsaurus, though the Decepticon had managed to survive. Tarn swore to hunt down the other defectors, including Starscream, Beast Megatron, Ravage, and other Decepticon C.O.M.B.A.T. bots and Predacons. Megatron and Shockwave cautioned him that they still needed Starscream and to be lenient with Ravage, but Tarn retorted that there was no room for leniency, and the only way off the List was through total loss of spark. Earth Wars