Ratbat (ROTF)

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

Ratbat is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

Autobots are a suspicious and cowardly lot. I shall become a Ratbat!

Ratbat is one of Soundwave's minions. He takes the form of a mechanical bat.

Fiction

IDW Transformers movie comics

After humans who were unrelated to NEST intervened in a battle between Autobots and Decepticons, Ratbat was among the minions Soundwave dispatched to attack this new human threat, leaving one alive for interrogation. The operation was not a success, and eventually, Soundwave was forced to pull out his forces, including Ratbat. Nefarious #1 Ratbat joined Buzzsaw, Rumble, Dirt Boss and Beastbox in freeing the captured Soundwave from a Bumblebee led Autobot convoy in New Mexico. Ratbat battled Knock Out with Buzzsaw, until Bumblebee, seeing his team being overwhelmed, pulled out and allowed the Decepticons to retreive Soundwave. Nefarious #3 After Soundwave tracked Ravage back to the Initiative base in eastern California, Ratbat and Buzzsaw were sent in to attack it, but were blasted by a high-tech anti-aircraft system. Nefarious #4