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| {{disambig3|Dirge}}
| | [[ buttmunch]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> |
| :''Dirge is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''
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| [[Image:DirgeG1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|DUUUUUURRRRRge]]
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| '''Dirge''' is a master of using fear as a weapon. Mournful, morose, and silent his behavior gives even close comrades like [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] the creeps. Dirge actively cultivates this atmosphere, his engines are even tuned to generate fear in all who hear them. Few realize, however, that this need to instill fear is part of an overwhelming need for control over his own situation. Should things spiral out of control, Dirge falls victim to paralyzing fear himself and his usefulness as a warrior vanishes.
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| :''French-Canadian name:'' '''Funébro'''
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| ==Fiction==
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| ===Animated continuity===
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| :''Voice actor:'' [[Bud Davis]] (US), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japan)
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| ===Marvel Comics continuity===
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| ===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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| {{Storylink|Desert Flight}}
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| ''This is a [[multipath adventure]] with no one fixed outcome.''
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| Dirge is the Decepticon defending the [[Anti-gravity base|anti-gravity base]], striking fear in the Autobots. In one outcome, he succeeds in destroying [[Optimus Prime]], only to be destroyed himself by the Autobot leader's final shot. In the end, Prime' sacrifice spurs the Autobots to fight on to victory! Some days, you just '''can't''' win.
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| ''Dirge is the most overpowering Decepticon in this story, but he can be defeated by a surprise attack. Alternately, if both Ramjet and Thrust are defeated, Dirge will retreat.''
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| ===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
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| An alternate version of Dirge appears briefly as one of [[Unicron]]'s heralds, along with [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. He is blown up when [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonates the Decepticon headquarters that they have taken over.
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| ==Toys==
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| ===Generation 1===
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| *'''Dirge'''( Decepticon Jet, 1985/2001/2004)
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| : ''Japanese ID number:'' '''97'''
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| : A [[retool]] of the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] mold, Dirge transforms into a modified F-15 fighter jet with different wings. The spring-loaded missile launchers were replaced with simplified non-firing... rifle barrels?
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| : Dirge never had a full release in Japan, where he was only available as a mail-away in 1986 and at the 20th Century Toy Museum in 2001. He was also re-released in the US as part of the Toys "R" Us [[Commemorative Series]].
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| : This mold was also used to make [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]].
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| ===Merchandise===
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| ==Trivia==
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| * [[Simon Furman]] originally planned for Dirge and the other "coneheads" to appear and defend the [[Nemesis]] in the [[Nemesis, Part 2|conclusion]] to ''[[Beast Wars]]'', but this plot point was dropped due to time and budget constraints. Furman was disappointed at his missed chance to use Dirge, whom he appreciated because he has a "..a cool doom-laden name".
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Dirge/dirge.htm Dirge at TFU.info]
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| *[http://ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Dirge Dirge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
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| *[http://bwtf.com/cbreviews/dw/arm14/ Review of DW's Armada: Worlds Collide #14]
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| *[http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/nem2/ Review of Beast Wars' final episode Nemesis, Part 2]
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