Predacon (Prime)

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

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The Predacons are an ancient Cybertronian race from the Aligned continuity family.

The Predacons are a faction of ancient Cybertronians led by Predaking. Prior to recent events, they were believed to be extinct.

Members include:

• Predaking (leader)
• Abominus
  • Hun-Gurrr
  • Twinstrike
  • Rippersnapper
  • Blight
  • Windrazor
• Backbite
• Bakudōra
• Budōra
• Gaidōra
• Grimwing
• Judōra
• Lazerback
• Ripclaw
• Scourge
• Ser-Ket
• Skystalker
• Vertebreak

Fiction

Prime cartoon

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The Predacons once ruled Cybertron but became extinct at the beginning of Cybertronian history. Shockwave discovered fossilized remains from which he was able to extract Cybonucleic acid and begin the process of cloning the ancient beasts. Prey During the Great War, he cloned a small army of Predacons which Megatron sent to Earth to destroy Autobots and look for energon. They eventually died there. Project Predacon

After suffering a setback with his space bridge work, leaving him stranded on Cybertron, Shockwave restarted his experiments and cloned a new Predacon. He activated it after rejoining Megatron's forces on Earth. Scattered The new Predacon proved formidable in battle against the Autobots Prey though it proved susceptible to the cold of the Arctic. Rebellion. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Decepticons began searching for the remains of Shockwave's earlier batch of clones, aided by the fact that the scientist had micro-chipped them all. Project Predacon

Toys

Prime: Beast Hunters

• Twinstrike (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
• Hun-Gurrr (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
• Abominus Combiner 5-pack contains:
  • Blight
  • Hun-Gurrr
  • Rippersnapper (Cyberverse Legion)
  • Twinstrike
  • Windrazor
• Predaking (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
• Lazerback (Deluxe, 2013)
• Ripclaw (Deluxe, 2013)
• Skystalker (Deluxe, 2013)
• Grimwing (Voyager, 2013)
• Predaking (Voyager, 2013)
• Predaking (Ultimate Class, 2013)

Bot Shots

• Hun-Gurrr
• Twinstrike

Kre-O

• Battle Net Bumblebee (2013)

Includes Stormrazor.

• Dragon Assault (2013)

Includes Grimwing.

• Mech Venom Strike (2013)

Includes Corhada.

• Ripclaw Strike (2013)

Includes Ripclaw and Ripclaw Kreon.

• Beast Blade Optimus Prime

Includes Lazerback

Go!

• G04 Gaidōra
• G07 Bakudōra
• G08 Budōra
• G09 Jagi Gattai Gorādora Set
• G12 Dragotron
• G21 Judōra

Trivia

The Prototype Insignia for the Predacons

• Before settling on the Dragon Head insignia, the Predacons were given an insignia similar to their Beast Wars counterparts.
• The term Cybonucleic acid is coined from the term ribonucleic acid (RNA), found in human or animal DNA.