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| {{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Marvel Books|''The Transformers Coloring Book'']]
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| |prev=Bumblebee to the Rescue!
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| |next=The Deadly Fuel Shortage
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| |title="Decepticon Patrol"
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| |image=Decepticonpatrol-frontcover.jpg
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| |caption=Megatron totally doesn't care that his army is on fire.
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| |publisher=[[Marvel Books]]
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| |coverdate=1984
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| |written by=[[Dwight Jon Zimmerman]]
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| |art by=[[Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski|Charles Nicholas]] and [[Phil Lord]]
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| |pagecount=48pp
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| |ISBN=ISBN 9780871350114<br>ISBN 0-87135-011-4
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| }}
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| '''The Decepticons search for a factory that they can use to build an army!'''
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| ==Synopsis==
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| The [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s are introduced, as well as some of their special abilities. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] can see things that are very far away! [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] declares that this is the [[Decepticon Day|Day of the Decepticons]], and sends his troops to find a factory they can use to build an army.
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| [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] suspects something is up, because it's too peaceful, and sends Bumblebee and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] to scout. Meanwhile, the Decepticon planes fail to find any factories in the middle of the ocean, the top of a mountain range, or in low-orbital space. The gargantuan [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] doesn't find any Autobots in the jungle. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] sees an automobile factory and flips out, reporting to Megatron that an army of Autobots is being constructed. Mirage and Bumblebee overhear this and report back to Prime.
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| Optimus Prime gets a brilliant inspiration, and orders [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to dig a huge hole. Bumblebee spots the Decepticons approaching. Prime has Mirage create a mirage<ref>A mirage is something that looks real, but isn't.</ref> of a factory over the hole. The Decepticons attack, but not even Megatron's "[[Fusion cannon|energy cannon]]" can damage the illusory factory. Ravage suspects a ruse, and tackles Mirage, ending the mirage.
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| [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] repairs Mirage, Bumblebee stops Laserbeak with an electrified net, Huffer overpowers [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and Mirage gets his revenge on Ravage via a ferocious attack of "electric balls". The battle ends when Prime throws Megatron and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]](?) into space, which should keep them out of trouble.
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| ==Featured characters==
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| {{featuredcharacters
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| * [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
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| * [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (2)
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| * [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (3)
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| * [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (4)
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| * [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (5)
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| * [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (6)
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| * [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (7)
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| * [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (8)
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| * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (9)
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| * [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (10)
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| * [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (11)
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| }}
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| ==Quotes==
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| "I'll teach you to attack me from behind!"<br />
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| "Ouch! Those electric balls really hurt!"
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| :—'''Mirage''' and '''Ravage''' are so right.
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| "I'm putting you two into orbit. That should keep you out of trouble!"
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| :—'''Optimus Prime''' casually pitches his enemies into the thermosphere.
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| ==Notes==
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| * Various activities are interspersed through the story, such as connect-the-dots, Huffer's Word Maze and several unscramble-the-message pages ("Factory not hurt", Starscream reports to Megatron.)
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| * The art is completely off-the-wall. While [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] are drawn as in the early comic, the rest of the characters' robot modes are unique to this work, and decidedly strange, including a bug-eyed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and an eyeliner-wearing [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]. Odd artwork makes it look as if [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] has a moustache.<ref>http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/coloring/patrol/patrol-12.jpg</ref>
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| * [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] has a nice hat. He is ignored by the other Decepticons through the entire book.
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| * Thundercracker totally has [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s head bobber.
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| * Ravage is drawn [[:Image:Decepticon_patrol_ravage.jpg|looming over an elephant]]. It's not clear from context if the elephant is tiny or Ravage is huge, but the evidence leans toward the latter.
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/coloring/patrol.html "Decepticon Patrol"] at Steve-o's Transformers Site.
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| ==Footnotes==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Generation 1 coloring books]]
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