Cyclonus (Armada)

This article is about the Unicron Trilogy Decepticon Cyclonus/Snow Cat. For the Generation 1 Decepticon Cyclonus, see Cyclonus (G1).

Cyclonus is a Decepticon from the Unicron Trilogy series. He took the name Snow Cat after recieving a new body.

Cyclonus is one wild and craaaaaaazy guy. Seriously, he's the guy in the group that even the other Cons think is a little unbalanced.

Sometimes he yodels.

Snow Cat went completely bonkers following the destruction of Unicron, and without Megatron to guide him, wandered the streets of Kaon a raving loon during the planet's evacuation.

Japanese name: Sandstorm (Armada), Snowstorm (Energon, Snow Cat body)

Fiction

Animated continuity

Armada

Voice actor: Don Brown (US) ??? (Japan)

Cyclonus is a wild soldier under Megatron's command. He is closely partnered with his comrade Demolishor, with whom he sometimes shares a love/hate relationship. He is known for having a maniacal personality and will often fire at targets frantically, risking damage to his own teammates. He has a quirky and sarcastic personality, often leading to harsh punishment by his commander. Cyclonus served Megatron throughout the Unicron Battles, and was a key player in the united Armada against the chaos-bringer. His alternator form is a helicopter, and he often took pleasure in tormenting the three kids under Optimus Prime's protection. He joined the Autobot unit after the demise of Megatron, though with reservations.

Energon

Voice actor: Don Brown (US) ??? (Japan)

Cyclonus returned as the guardian of Cybertron City based on the moon. Although he served his role dutifully, he was yearning for the days of combat. Not long after the attacks on Mars and Asteroid City, the moon would also be attacked, a battle through which Cyclonus would hold up a small resistance before he was presumed destroyed. As Demolishor prepared for more Terrorcon assaults on Earth, Cyclonus surfaced, having tucked tail and ran, abandoning Cybertron City on the moon to be looted of its Energon. Cyclonus assisted Demolishor and the Autobots until Tidal Wave showed up wielding Megatron's Sword, a blade forged by Alpha Quintesson from the Spark of Megatron. Believing that it was proof of Megatron, Cyclonus abandoned the Autobots and Demolishor, joining Alpha Quintesson's forces.

Cyclonus would once again serve Megatron when the commander was revived within Unicron for some time, before sustaining damages from an Autobot assault while retreating. Having failed to topple the Energon towers, Cyclonus returned injured to his commander, begging for repairs. In a rage, Megatron bound Cyclonus to the wall using Unicron's internal tentacles as punishment. Cyclonus was then fused with Unicron's essense in a painful manner and upgraded into Snowcat, who then took up yodeling, and skiing. During the Powerlinx Battles Snowcat and Demolisher had to deal with a gigantic Insecticon, who was mutated by the Super Energon.

Snowcat was thought destroyed in Energon but (his Universe bio reveals) he infact survived on Cybertron during the Unicron Singularity evacuation...

Dreamwave comics continuity

Energon

Cyclonus appears once, in a cameo on the first page of issue 19. It is never stated in the comic whether or not he is turned into Snow Cat by Unicron or if they're seperate characters entirely.

Toys

Armada

• Cyclonus with Mini-Con Crumplezone (Deluxe, 2002/2003)

Japanese ID number: MD-04

• Sandstorm w/ Cannon and Destruction Mini-Con Team (Multi-pack, 2003)

Japanese ID number: MS-04

• Powerlinx Cyclonus with Mini-Con Crumplezone (Deluxe, 2003)

• Cyclonus (Happy Meal toy, 2003)

Energon

• Cyclonus with Mini-Con Crumplezone (Deluxe, 2004)

Japanese ID number: SD-03

• Snow Cat (Deluxe, 2004)

Japanese ID number: SD-10

Universe

• Snow Cat (Deluxe, 2005)

The Energon Snow Cat mold was redecoed and released as an exclusive to Kay-Bee stores in 2005 along with a redeco of Energon Downshift. However, at the time Kay-Bee was undergoing financial troubles, closing numerous stores across the United States, and it appears that the two toys did not make it to a great many of the stores that remained open. Many did make their way to Toy Liquidator outlets, a sub-company within Kay-Bee.

(Note: Snow Cat's Universe bio sets him off-camera durring the events of Cybertron rather within the pre-existing Universe storyline. This is likely due to the Universe storyline giving way to and folding into the Fanclub Cybertron comic which is set largely on this abandoned Cybertron.)

External links

• Cyclonus at TFU.info

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