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

Watch out, XCOM!

Viper participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character who could be recruited after collecting 24 units of Cybermetal. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

Generations

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, transforming into a modified-for-legal-reasons approximation of an A-10 Thunderbolt II assault plane. He can also transform into a multi-barreled cannon that can be held by larger toys.

Viper's deco is an overt homage to the Cobra Rattler from G.I. Joe, including two Cobra insignias (with integrated Decepticon insignia, no less), and the "ZØ6" marking of Rattler pilot Wild Weasel's personal Rattler on his right wing. His new face is even styled after Wild Weasel's flight mask.

His packaging identifies him as an adjunct to Galvatronus.

The mold was redecoed to make Adventure Dogfight.

Notes

• Viper appeatred in the Battle Tactics game before his toy was announced, leading some to believe he was an original character to the game. That didn't last long.
• 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.