Tentakil (G1)

The name or term "Tentakil" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Tentakil (disambiguation).

Tentakil is a Decepticon Seacon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Squidly deadly.

Tentakil may seem like a nice guy at first. Sure, he'll take you out for a night on the town: dinner, dancing, a movie... the whole shabang. Then maybe he'll compliment your chassis' color-scheme or tell you you have the most stunning optics he's ever seen. Then, of course, one thing will lead to another, you'll ignore your better judgement, invite him back to your place and then BAM! He takes your head clean off. Decepticons. They're all alike.

Tentakil can combine with his fellow Seacons to form Piranacon.

Years later, he stopped hiding his cruelty from even Decepticons. Wonder what could have caused that?

Fiction

Marvel Generation 1 comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

See, he's got tentacles, and he kills. Get it?

When Shockwave's Earthbound Decepticons established their new undersea base, Seawing and the Seacons were summoned from Cybertron to work on the base's fortifications, as they were uniquely suited for underwater activity. They got more than they bargained for when the super-Decepticon Galvatron came a'calling. In the battle, Seawing and Jawbreaker managed to momentarily stun Galvatron, but in the end even the combined might of Piranacon couldn't beat him. Enemy Action!

After Shockwave was deposed, the new commander Ratbat kept the Seacons on retainer for another mission. The Seacons were commissioned to hunt down a sunken shipwreck in the water around the Decepticon undersea base, a wreck which supposedly contained two Autobot cassettes with valuable information encoded on them. They successfully obtained the treasure chest containing the cassettes and, despite a brief theft by the Autobot Blaster, managed to recapture the prize and return it to their leader. Unfortunately for them, this led to a sequence of events whereby the treacherous Starscream acquired the power of the Underbase for himself. The Autobots and Decepticons of Earth were forced to unite in order to stop him from seizing ultimate power. The Seacons attacked Starscream in unison in the waters around Manhattan, but were destroyed in a single energy discharge. Dark Star

Earthforce

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

Sometime later, Megatron traveled back in time and possessed the body of Seacon leader Snaptrap during the Underbase Saga, in an attempt to save them in the past to bolster his troops in the present. He failed due to the intervention of Prowl, and the Seacons met their fate as before. Flashback!

Classics

At Fight's End

G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers

In the form of Piranacon, Tentakil and the Seacons battled Predaking in the Gladiator Zone before joining Serpent O.R.'s new army of Decepticons. The Art of War #2 Staying in their combined form, they subsequently helped their new leader capture a team of Autobots and Joes, then attacked an Autobot peace ceremony. The Art of War #3 After Piranacon, Predaking and Menasor took out Omega Supreme, the Seacon combiner was taken down when Sixshot accidentally crashed into his head. The Art of War #4

Toys

Generation 1

Slightly less delicious-looking than Nautilator.

• Tentakil (Seacon, 1988)
  • Team ID number: SE5
  • Accessories: Left & right "Slime Lasers", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

Tentakil transforms into a robotic squid with two leg-like lower tentacles. His two "Slime Laser rifles" can be mounted on each side of his beast-mode noggin. He also has a third "50,000-volt lightning rifle" Targetmaster mode, which can be mounted on the weapon stand formed from the "Tripod Rifle" and other accessories, or held in the hand of the Seacons' combined robot. As a Scramble City-style combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any compatible robot combination, though his nominal placement is as the left leg to Piranacon.

This toy was sold in Japan as the Tentakil drone. It was also used to make Beast Wars II Scylla.

• More information on Tentakil at TFU.info

• Piranacon (Giftset, 1988)
  • Accessories: Left & right "Slime Lasers", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

Tentakil was also available in the Seacon box set, along with his teammates Snaptrap, Overbite, Seawing, and Skalor. Nautilator was not included. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.

Timelines

Trick or treat.

• Piranacon (Seacon giftset, 2008)
  • Accessories: Left & right rifles, large rifle, connector, weapon stand base

A redeco of the Generation 1 mold above, Timelines Tentakil was available exclusively as part of a Transformers Collectors' Club-exclusive giftset containing all six Seacons in new color schemes. He is once again depicted as the left leg of the combined super robot. He is also the only member of the team to not have a Decepticon faction symbol.

His Targetmaster mode is now dubbed a "Mass-Compression Cannon".

This toy was originally intended as an exclusive set of Energon-series Terrorcons, but was shelved due to a lack of retailer interest. The team were called the Piranhacons and their combined form was Piranhaking, but this other Tentakil's name would have remained Tentakil.

Transformers (2010)

• Decepticon Piranacon (Seacon giftset, 2010)

Notes

Disclaimer: Seacons are no longer new.

• Check out that commercial animation character model!

• For unknown reasons, Tentakil's colors in the Marvel comics consisted of shades of blue and gray/silver instead of his toy's more, ah, flamboyant scheme.

• The instructions for Piranacon parse Tentakil's name as "Tenta-Kil." The Timelines release, which came with only Piranacon's instructions, did the same.

• Dreamwave's More than Meets the Eye entry for Tentakil says he's an octopus. Ooooooookay.

Foreign names

• French: Tentacule (Canada)

External links

• Tentakil's Universe profile at NFTA.net