Deathcobra (G1)
| The name or term "Deathcobra" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Deathcobra (disambiguation). |
- Deathcobra is a Decepticon Breastforce Warrior from the Victory portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Deathcobra (デスコブラ Desukobura) is a stern, strict, professional soldier. All the things Hellbat is not, which is why Hellbat is so threatened by him. An old friend of Leozack, Deathcobra transforms into a "Hind" Mi-24 assault helicopter.
Like each of the smaller Breastforce members, he has a Breast Animal partner, Cobrabreast,[1] who also forms his hand-held blaster. However, this partner was never shown in animal form, though it presumably transforms into a robotic snake, what with the "cobra" theme and all that. Deathcobra can also form part of Liokaiser (presumably as the left arm), though he has never truly been given the opportunity.
Fiction
Victory cartoon
- Voice actor: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese)
Deathcobra was summoned by Deathsaurus to join his cadre of warriors, completing the team that would form the goliath Liokaiser (by replacing Hellbat) as his left arm. However, he was intercepted on his way to the Decepticons' base by Hellbat, who begged him to just go away, knowing that with Deathcobra on the team, his usefulness was at an end.
Naturally, Deathcobra told Hellbat to stick it in his reactor linkage, and the jittery Hellbat threatened to shoot his rival. Unimpressed, Deathcobra advanced, and in a panic, Hellbat actually did shoot him. This led to a firefight where Hellbat was tremendously outclassed, but a wild, lucky shot ended up blowing through Deathcobra's chest and killed the Decepticon warrior.
Realizing what a deep pile he was in, Hellbat was saved when he realized the fight had been witnessed by the Micromasters Holi and Clipper, letting him place the blame for Deathcobra's death on the Autobots, and ensuring his position as part of Liokaiser.
Hellbat informed the Breastforce of Deathcobra's death at the hands of the Autobots which came as such a shock to them. Leozack however was a bit skeptic at Hellbat's story, Guyhawk was very angry and wanted to kill Star Saber himself. Once they got to the scene, they discovered Holi and Clipper next to Deathcobra's body and prepared a "blood bath" for them. However they were saved by Star Saber but the team revealed their secret and merged into Liokaiser vowing to defeat him in Deathcobra's memory.
They failed when God Ginrai showed up. Unite! Liokaiser
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Deathcobra was part of Deathsaurus's contingent of Decepticons stationed in their Warworld. In agreement with Tarn, Deathsaurus and his forces joined with the Decepticon Justice Division to continue the Decepticon dream and eliminate Megatron. The Permanent Revolution
Notes
Deathcobra's existence raises questions about Breastforce's makeup. While every combiner team before and since (as officially documented, at least) has had the exact number of members needed to form their super robot, this one has an additional member running around, providing Liokaiser with a spare left arm. Why? One wonders if there is a whole other Breastforce team out there, somewhere.
Foreign names
- English: Cobra (Omni Productions dub)
- Russian: Cobra (6th channel dub)
