Viper (CW)

Viper is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

He's come to vipe your vindows.

Viper is a tough drone airframe carrying a healthy supply of firepower into battle.

Fiction

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

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Viper, the "DeceptiCobra Alliance Incarnate", joined Starscream in attacking a group of Joes searching for Omega Supreme. The two jets were defeated when Omega turned out to be the very road below them, which coiled up and grabbed them out of the air. Pax Megatronus

Games

Transformers: Battle Tactics

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Viper participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

Generations

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So, after all this time, Cobra was hiding their own Transformer?!

• Decepticon Viper (Legends class, 2015)

Part of wave 3 of Combiner Wars Legends class, Viper is a retool of Powerglide. He's an homage to the Cobra Rattler from the G.I. Joe franchise, including two Cobra insignias (with integrated Decepticon insignia, no less), and a new face styled after the flight mask of Rattler pilot Wild Weasel. His right wing even sports the ZØ6" marking of Wild Weasel's Rattler. He can turn into a weapon for bigger Transformers figures. His packaging identifies him as an adjunct to Galvatronus.

Notes

• Viper was first introduced in Battle Tactics, and is the only new character from the game. Given the fact that every character design in this game is based on an existing toy, it was just a matter of time for Viper's figure to be revealed.
• When introduced at Toy Fair 2015, Viper was referred to as a "generic" style Transformer (i.e. fully-sentient, but with a shared design, such as Omnicons or Vehicons). This characterization is intended to facilitate army-building, recalling his namesake.
• Viper's product description on Hasbro's website describes him as having robot, jet, and "quick-strike drone" modes, presumably the result of some inexplicable misinterpretation of his gun mode.