Ripsnorter

<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon"><img alt="" src="Ripsnorter_files/28px-Symbol_decept_reg.jpg" width="28" border="0" height="30"></a></div></div>

Ripsnorter is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28franchise%29" title="Generation 1 (franchise)">Generation 1</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.

[[Image:|right|197px|thumb|Ghengis Kong]] Ripsnorter is a <strike>psychotic killer</strike> model Decepticon. All muscle and no mercy, Ripsnorter's heavyweight physique is a sharp counterpoint to his lithe partner <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Switchblade_%28G1%29" title="Switchblade (G1)">Switchblade</a>.

Ripsnorter carries a thermo-laser blaster magnetically clamped to his right thigh.

Ripsnorter appears to have an animal altmode.

<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ripsnorter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="Marvel_Comics_UK_continuity"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ripsnorter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Marvel Comics UK continuity">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Marvel Comics UK continuity</span></h3> Prior to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ark_%28G1%29" title="Ark (G1)">Ark</a>'s launch, Ripsnorter was assigned to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fort_Scyk" title="Fort Scyk">Fort Scyk</a>.

He and his unit were sent to attack a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Neutral" title="Neutral">Neutralist</a> holdout in the nearby town of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yuss" title="Yuss">Yuss</a>. They were ambushed by an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> infiltration unit.

When Switchblade was destroyed by an incendiary missile, the explosion (and the sharp, pointy shrapnel) engulfed Ripsnorter as well. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Magnificent_Six%21" title="The Magnificent Six!">The Magnificent Six!</a></span>

<a name="Notes"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ripsnorter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Notes</span></h2>

• The picture at right could actually be <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pounder" title="Pounder">Pounder</a>, but Ripsnorter had a gun and Pounder did not.