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**''Accessories:'' 1 Ravage missile
**''Accessories:'' 1 Ravage missile


His clour scheme resembles Soundblaster, an upgraded form of [[Soundwave (G1)]] from G1: The Headmasters
His colour scheme resembles Soundblaster, an upgraded form of [[Soundwave (G1)]] from G1: The Headmasters


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This article is about . For other uses of "Soundwave", see Soundwave (disambiguation)|The name or term "Soundwave" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Soundwave (disambiguation).}}
Soundwave is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
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Just wait till he tentacle rapes that other satellite!

Soundwave, the Decepticon communications officer and one of Megatron's staunchest supporters, doesn't just master the frequencies that carry information across our planet, he revels in them. Stationed high in the upper atmosphere and capable of processing millions of data streams at once, he is fully capable of taking over communications on a planetary scale. Whether he uses this to direct civilization or destroy it remains to be seen.

Soundwave has two extremely powerful weapons- His spread of Sonic Cannons... and Megatron. If any Decepticon crosses him, he does not hesitate to send a full record of said Decepticon's failures to Megatron, almost certainly ensuring an untimely demise. His lofty position has made Starscream suspicious, so Soundwave has his minion Ravage keep an eye on the Air Commander if he gets out of hand. Soundwave is also nearly defenseless in space, as his devastating Sonic Cannons only work within the atmosphere.<ref>Hasbro Soundwave Battle Bio</ref>

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Fiction

Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics

Starscream was in talks with Soundwave to get him to join in the attack on Earth and be in Michael Bay's next documentary. Soundwave is known for talking in several frequencies at once, apparently just to be annoying. #15's Star Screams Starscream doesn't trust Soundwave but notes his intelligence, and so views him as a worthy successor in the event of his death. #21's Star Screams

IDW Transformers movie comics

No full body shot in the movie or comics.

Soundwave was assigned by Megatron to take command of the newly built Nemesis with the sarcophagus containing The Fallen. Soundwave's task was to find a planet with a star harvester that could be used to free their mysterious benefactor. Soundwave left Cybertron just before the outbreak of war. Defiance issue 4

Alas, poor Dreadwing. I knew him, Ravage.

Presumed dead for years, Soundwave arrived on Mars one month after Megatron's death. He quickly took stock of the situation, scanning both Dreadwing's remains, and an imprint of Frenzy's body. He contacted Starscream after his battle with Wreckage, learning of the loss of Megatron and the All Spark, while informing Starscream that he had sent troops from his ship to Earth, with more waiting in stasis. As Starscream headed for the ship, Soundwave informed him he still had orders to follow. Alliance issue 2 As more and more Decepticons made planetfall on Earth's surface, Soundwave assumed the form of a satellite and silently observed their operations from orbit. Alliance issue 4


Titan Magazines Revenge of the Fallen comics

Soundwave appears unknown to the Autobots.New Tricks

He directed Grindor to Las Vegas to find some old car and cut it open to get its "memory tree". While he refused to explain things to Grindor, he referred to the car as "one of the lost", a redundant shell with ancient knowledge, and the "tree" appeared Cybertronian. Hmmmm. When NEST showed up, Soundwave appeared contemptuous of them and their whole species, noting Transformers owned this world long before mankind. To Grindor, he simply said to get the "memory tree" to him and not get captured. Learning Curve

Later, he directed Ravage to find Skids and Mudflap, find out what they knew about the Fallen's plans and who they'd told it to, and then terminate them. When Ravage had cornered Mudflap, Soundwave talked through him and attempted to interrogate the Autobot; this failed, with Mudflap not even being bothered about who Soundwave was. While the hit was a bust, Soundwave ensured the base was bugged and this meant he discovered Sideswipe distrusted the twins. This was something Soundwave found interesting... New Tricks



Revenge of the Fallen film

Voice actor: Frank Welker (English, Italian), Horst Lampe (German), Daisuke Gōri (Japanese)
Next time, Gadget. Next time.

Soundwave received a transmission from Wheelie, who was tailing Mikaela Banes, and instructed him to obtain a surviving shard of the All Spark in her possession. He found a satellite transmitting a conversation between NEST and the United States military. Tapping into it with his tentacles to listen, Soundwave overheard Theodore Galloway mention another shard of the All Spark in storage at Diego Garcia, and of Megatron's burial in the Laurentian Abyss.

Formulating a plan, Soundwave waited until it would be nightfall on Diego Garcia, then ejected Ravage (who was equipped with Scalpel and the microcons comprising Reedman) to Diego Garcia to steal the shard. Once they had stolen the shard, they reunited with some Constructicons and managed to resurrect their leader.

Yes, yes, you fans all thought about Kiss Players when you saw me do this.

Soundwave remained in space, tapping into the satellite he had found. When Megatron decided to reveal the Transformers presence on Earth after killing Optimus Prime, Soundwave issued the mobilization order to the waiting troops on the Nemesis. As the Decepticons streaked toward Earth, Soundwave tracked down Ron and Judy Witwicky in Paris. He called Judy on her cellphone, demanding to know where Sam was, which the human dismissed as a crank call by a pervert. This allowed the Decepticons to track them down and capture them to use as bait for Sam.

When the CIA discovered that Sam was Egypt, Soundwave relayed the information to the Decepticons. During the final battle in Giza, Soundwave blocked the NEST team's phone signals to General Morshower in an effort to block their back-up during the battle at the Egyptian pyramids. Revenge of the Fallen (film)

In the comic, Megatron rendezvous with Soundwave after killing Optimus, making the demand for Sam Witwicky himself, which Soundwave broadcasts through the satellite he clutches. Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation issue 2


Battle bios

Soundwave can fire bursts of destructive sonic energy with his Sonic Cannons. However, these cannons are not usable in the vacuum of space.<ref>Soundwave's Battle Bio at Hasbro.com</ref> Hmmm...

Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

Deluxe Class toys

War fork!
  • Soundwave (Deluxe, 2009)
    • Japanese ID number: RD-04
    • Accessories: 1 Ravage missile
Part of the initial Movie Preview wave, Soundwave is a Triple Changer, transforming into a satellite and a Cybertron jet, which are not exactly what could be described as "distinct" from one another. In all three modes, Soundwave features a spring-loaded missile launcher which fires a missile intended to resemble Ravage, in reference to the scene in the film in which he launches the feline fiend down at Earth. In his (rather stocky) robot mode, Soundwave has blue light piping in his visor, but it is disabled, having been painted over in red; his other modes feature a second, armored version of his face, which is stored on the back of his robot mode. Probably to avoid giving the toy a very obviously two-headed robot mode, the alternate face lacks any paint details, and has an unpainted blue visor. Soundwave features numerous red and gold paint applications which are very cleverly and subtly positioned around his body to replicate similarly-colored and -positioned details on the original Soundwave toy.
The configuration for the satellite mode depicted in the toy's instructions is not the way Soundwave appears in the film, featuring a different angling for the panels on his shoulders. It's not a big change, but transforming the toy in accordance with his movie appearance does help to distinguish the jet from the satellite a little, since otherwise, virtually the only difference is in the positioning of the large panel "wings".


  • Gathering at Nemesis (Toys "R" Us-exclusive box set, 2009)
    • Accessories: 1 Ravage missile
A three pack (technically four pack if you want to count Ravage), also featuring The Fallen, and a silver Voyager Class Megatron from the first movie toyline. Soundwave will be redecoed in predominantly blue as an homage to the original Soundwave. It is unknown at this time if this The Fallen will have color differences.


  • Soundwave Black Ver.[citation needed]{{#ifeq: ||}} (Deluxe, 2009)
    • Accessories: 1 Ravage missile

His colour scheme resembles Soundblaster, an upgraded form of Soundwave (G1) from G1: The Headmasters


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  • NEST Battle 2-pack (Deluxe 2-pack, 2009)
    • Accessories: 1 Ravage missile


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Merchandise

Burger King

  • Seeking Soundwave (2009)
    • Accessories: 2 blue solar panels
The Burger King version of Soundwave is a representation of the communications satellite which Soundwave hacked into in the movie. The dishes have tendril details added to them. Peering into an opening in the top gives a sort of periscope effect, although as there is only one mirror, everything looks backwards.

Notes

A Soundwave-headed Blackout from an animatic.
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This guy would love to tear this head off, wait.. you're sure this is Soundwave's real head?

</ref> Soundwave's name remained attached to the separated portable stereo character for a while, but Hasbro felt the resulting character did not properly represent the original Soundwave—he was first renamed Soundbite, but eventually ended up with the name Frenzy.

  • In early drafts of Revenge of the Fallen, Soundwave came to Earth and scanned a black Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck form. Hasbro based the Cybertronian satellite form's robot mode on this abandoned concept, particularly a Cybertronian version of the Chevy grill and small headlights on the lower torso. Josh Nizzi's heavily G1-esque head design was also used (although the final head design was also incorporated in a manner akin to anti-kibble). Hasbro's description and arrangement of Soundwave's toy as a triple changer runs counter to the filmmakers' intent to introduce the technology in the next film.<ref>News from TFW2005.com on September 23, 2008, detailing Roberto Orci's confirmation that there would be no triple-changers in Revenge of the Fallen.</ref>
  • Even though Frank Welker returned to voice Soundwave for the movie, his voice was not vocoded, but rather synthesized in the same way all the other Transformer voices in the movie were. Because of this, the voice he uses is much closer to that of "The Cave of Wonders" from Walt Disney's Aladdin, also voiced by Welker. However, in the Revenge of the Fallen video game, Soundwave's voice (Peter Jessop) is vocoded in a manner similar to that of Animated Soundwave's first voice, only with a more musical tone.
  • Soundwave is unique among the Decepticons introduced in Revenge of the Fallen because he survives (Scalpel's fate is ambiguous in the film itself but he was clearly scrapped in the two adaptations). All the others are presumably killed, meaning if all our information only came from the films, then the only Decepticons alive are the original triad of Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave, along with the oft-overlooked Barricade.
  • Soundwave was included as a downloadable addition to the roster of the Revenge of the Fallen Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 video game, along with several G1 homages and fellow movie character Sideswipe. Soundwave's special abilities deploy an aerial jammer pod that looks suspiciously like Laserbeak, and an AOE pod that continuously smashes the ground with piledrivers; undoubtedly a nod to G1 Soundwave's minion Rumble.

References

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