Snarl (G1)

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

Snarl is an Autobot Dinobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

War! It's fan-tastic!

Snarl is an unhappy, unsociable loner. He grudgingly follows Grimlock's orders and that's about it. He leaves thinking to others. He has few opinions and rarely expresses those he has. Snarl's uncommunicative nature only serves to fuel his sense of isolation. On top of all this, he hates the ungainly stegosaur form given him by the Ark and feels that the war on Earth means he may never see his beloved Cybertron again. Snarl is a profoundly unhappy being.

Only in war does Snarl feel happiness. Only the joy of combat washes away the ache in his spark, and lets him forget anything but the rising thrill of the fight. For these reasons Snarl revels in combat more than even his fellow Dinobots.

As an Action Master, he is partnered with Tyrannitron.

“	Perfect end to a perfect day. We can't even die right.	”
—Snarl, Dinobot morale officer, Maximum Dinobots #3

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Hal Rayle (English), Ken Shiroyama (Japanese), Yoku Shioya (Japanese, 2010), Ken Yamaguchi (Japanese, "Call of the Primitives"), Edgar Wald (American Spanish)

Me Snarl so cool, me not part of first Dinobot batch.

Along with Swoop, Snarl was part of the second set of Dinobots created by Wheeljack. They fought the previous Dinobot group who had been tricked by Megatron into joining the Decepticons. After Optimus Prime risked his life to save Grimlock from a fate similar to death, the rebel Dinobots realized the error of their ways and rejoined the Autobots, with Swoop and Snarl under Grimlock's command. War of the Dinobots

Snarl, along with the rest of the Dinobots was deemed strong enough to battle the elements when Cybertron's close proximity to Earth was causing natural disasters. He assisted by sticking trees into the ground to help break up an oncoming tidal wave. The Ultimate Doom, Part 2

That's it, Snarl. Take one for the team.

Soon after a climactic battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron, the Constructicons dug their way into the Autobot headquarters in an attempt to destroy Teletraan I. Upon the sounding of the alarm, Snarl was among the Dinobots who drove the intruders outside the base. However, the Constructicons unleashed their secret weapon by combining to form the mighty Devastator. Snarl was kicked by the giant, ending up hanging over the edge of a river of lava which then proceeded to burn his already damaged backside. It was not a very good day. Heavy Metal War

Spike, Hound, and Bumblebee tried to teach the Dinobots how to play football, and Snarl found himself grappling with Wheeljack. Later, Wheeljack called Snarl and the Dinobots to Washington, D.C. during the battle with Nergill's Sub-Atlanticans. Once there, Snarl's tail whip broke the Decepticons' glass dome and sent Starscream's grenade back at him. At Sub-Atlantica, Optimus ordered the Dinobots to act prehistoric, which amounted to ripping the place apart. Atlantis, Arise!

When Prime was endangered, he called the Dinobots (minus Swoop, for whatever reason) to help him out. The tanks attacking Optimus were no match for Snarl's powerful tail. Day of the Machines

Why are you all looking at me Snarl? Oh, right. Is this about the energon goodie jar?

Snarl and Swoop were curious when they saw the other Dinobots wreaking havoc, but curiosity killed the cat when Snarl almost damaged Teletraan I (Trailbreaker's force field protected the computer) and his tail knocked away the repair bay that Ratchet intended to use. Though Grimlock stopped the Dinobots and explained that they meant no harm, they were exiled to a prehistoric island where they would be able to train without damaging any of the Autobots' equipment. Snarl got attached to the island quickly, and he practiced his "tail stuff", which meant whipping a rock at Sludge's face. However, Megatron soon arrived, and he scared a large pack of real dinosaurs into pushing Snarl and his comrades over a cliff, and into a tar pit, Dinobot Island, Part 1 which they soon escaped from. In return for Swoop using his lasers to dry off the Dinobots, Snarl did the same to him. Dinobot Island, Part 2

Starscream may be laughing now, but when he finds out how much Snarl sells for on eBay he'll be kicking himself.

Snarl came to an airport with the other Dinobots when Decepticons were spotted in the area. He was the first to smash into Megatron's secret hideout, and toppled Rumble, Megatron, and several Seekers, but Snarl was himself downed when the Decepticons fired on their weaker robot modes. As soon as their repairs were done, Optimus wanted the Dinobots to do more work, and Snarl had just about had enough, refusing to listen to Prime and instead choosing Grimlock as his leader. Grimlock's first order was bringing his team to Cybertron. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1 On the metallic planet, Swoop was separated from his teammates in the heat of battle, and the remaining Dinobots were reprogrammed by Shockwave to do his bidding in the Cybertonium pits. Snarl's memory circuits were restored by Carly, and he thanked her for this. Returning to the Ark with the Cybertonium, Snarl admitted that he'd now be loyal to Optimus Prime. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2

Look! Me Snarl am in movie!

In the year 2005, Snarl was conspicuously absent during one of the most significant battles of the Great War, but was present in the aftermath of the Decepticon attack on Autobot City. He disappeared after Ultra Magnus ordered the Autobots to get to the shuttles. Later, he was on the Quintesson spaceship commandeered by Hot Rod, Kup, the Dinobots and their new friend Wheelie when they arrived on the planet Junkion. The Transformers: The Movie

Snarl’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “Transformers: The Animated Movie.”

By 2006, Snarl had become a little more talkative. He and Sludge were left to guard Cybertron when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime told them all that Hot Rod, Arcee, Ultra Magnus, and Kup were killed by the Quintessons, only to see them arrive after the Autobot Fleet left. Despite Sludge's initial concern that the two Dinobots were dead, Snarl belatedly realized that something was wrong. Dark Awakening

When Fort Knox was stolen by a Transformer with dinosaur transform static, Snarl was among the dinosaur Autobots who was interrogated. But Perceptor discovered that the energon found was a Decepticon formula, leaving Trypticon as the real culprit. Snarl, riding on Broadside, accompanied the other Autobots to Carbombya and helped fight the Decepticons. Thief in the Night

Snarl would often spend his free time fishing in a lake/pond with the other Dinobots. Their idea of fishing was wading out and grabbing fish with their teeth. He was among the first Dinobots to realize that there was something wrong with Grimlock after he was exposed to anti-electrons, and the Dinobots temporarily ostracized him. They let Grimlock back after he transferred his super-intelligence to Computron. Grimlock's New Brain Later, he was among the Primitives summoned by Primacron's assistant to fight Tornedron. He objected to the "stupid Decepticon rhino"'s low opinion of Grimlock, and a brawl ensued. Other than that, he didn't really contribute much to the Primitives' adventures. Call of the Primitives

Prevenge

Voice actor: Hal Rayle (English)

Snarl was busy smashing Sweeps when he was suddenly transported away from the battlefield through a trans-dimensional portal. He found himself in a metal maze, where he met with the Rescue Bot Blades. Though Blades was distressed over coming face-to-face with the fearsome-looking Dinobot, Snarl told him to calm down, as he wouldn't harm him. Unless Blades either annoyed or bored him, that is. Then, several cannons popped up throughout the corridor, prompting Snarl to draw his sword and advising Blades to do likewise. Snarl was baffled to learn that Blades didn't HAVE a sword, despite his name being.... well, "Blades." On their way to the middle of the maze, the pair went through a "graphic and expensive-looking battle sequence." Once that was done with, they met with six other 'bots who had similarly been abducted from their home universes: Arcee, Sureshock, Sonar, Ironhide, Ultra Magnus and Ravage.

A menacing voice then made itself heard, claiming responsibility from bringing the group together within its death trap. After rather embarrassingly unleashing a sick and rusted Sharkticon onto the group, the voice ordered them to fight one another to the death. Snarl was pleased with this development, and allowed Blades to borrow his sword for the fight-to-come. But mostly everyone else was opposed to the fight and the architect behind the whole plot was forced to reveal himself. Unimpressed by the Skuxxoid that appeared before him, Snarl punted the villain over the horizon. The group was then left to devise a solution on returning themselves to their home dimensions. They settled on all laughing together, as characters from cheesy cartoons are prone to do when an episode draws to an end. This worked, surprisingly enough, and Snarl was returned to his point of origin. Prevenge

Japanese cartoon continuity

The Headmasters cartoon

In the year 2011, the Decepticons invaded Cybertron to get their hands on Vector Sigma. Wreck-Gar dispatched Snarl, Swoop and Grimlock to defend their planet. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky

Rodimus vs. Cyclonus

After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Snarl and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel's control panel. Snarl stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and the group later made their way to the planet Junk. Rodimus vs. Cyclonus

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Together with Hot Rod and Kup, the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps, though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup's war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the Elite Guard and fought on Beta-Nine. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Snarl and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. Wings of Honor

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Early during the war on Cybertron, the warriors who would later become the Dinobots began to suspect that one day they might become fed up with Optimus Prime's leadership and strike out on their own. In preparation, they snuck into a Decepticon spaceport, stole a number of ships, and hid them in the Rad Zone. A Savage Circle

Snarl wound up being one of the Autobots selected to accompany Optimus Prime in the Ark on a mission to clear a path for Cybertron through an asteroid belt, only for the ship to crash on Earth. Afterwards, Shockwave came to Earth in pursuit and landed in the Savage Land. The Ark rebuilt Snarl along with Grimlock, Slag, Sludge and Swoop into the Dinobots and sent them to the Savage Land to defeat Shockwave. The Last Stand Shockwave had the upper hand until Snarl smashed the mountainside Shockwave was standing on, sending him and the Dinobots submerged in a tar pit where they remained until they were dug out by Ratchet millions of years later. Snarl, along with the other Dinobots, then helped Ratchet to defeat Megatron and reclaim the Ark. Repeat Performance!

On the way back to the Ark, Snarl had his first encounter with a human, which ended with the organic fleeing in terror. Ratchet sought to explain why humans feared them with a story about the Autobots' battle with the Decepticons at Sherman Dam. At story's end, they reached the Ark, only to find their path block by Guardian, reprogrammed by Shockwave to attack any Autobot it came upon! Decepticon Dam-Busters! Seeing the Guardian pounding Swoop unconscious sent the rest of the Dinobots into a rage, but their might was no match for that of the Omega Class battle droid's. Ratchet intervened, sending the Guardian fleeing into the Ark by blasting into its cerebral access port. While Ratchet went to work repairing the rest of the Autobots, Snarl and the Dinobots began tracking down the Guardian as it stumbled through the Ark. Together, they managed to bring it down to its knees just as Ratchet discovered that the Guardian had been booby-trapped with a thermo-nuclear bomb. The Wrath of Guardian! Wheeljack managed to prevent the Dinobots from reducing the Ark to a smoldering crater by remote-controlling Optimus Prime's body, interrupting their execution of Guardian. This unfortunately allowed the droid to strike back, and it fled after knocking all of its opponents aside. The Dinobots reconvened in the medical bay, where Grimlock made sure Ratchet attended to Swoop in short order. Just as repairs on their comrade neared completion, Guardian burst into the room, and the Dinobots engaged the droid once again. However, Guardian was not planning to beat the Autobots through brute force this time around; instead, the droid had activated the bomb within its body, and was counting down to detonation. Snarl and the others were spared from utter destruction by Swoop, who flew Guardian up into the sky before the bomb went off. Believing their comrade to have perished, the Dinobots went off on their own afterwards. The Wrath of Grimlock!

Not long after this he went mad due to the burning out of his cybo-dendrons after being submerged in the tar pit for millions of years. The Autobots learned of the Dinobots' impending regression into animal-like states after tangling with Swoop, The Icarus Theory and set out to find them. Mirage, Trailbreaker and Brawn tracked Snarl to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, where he had been sent into a fury by local military men. Snarl trampled through a secret military base, sending all of its occupants fleeing while the Autobots were forced to hold back, allowing the humans to gain distance between themselves and the firefight that would ensue. The battle itself never came, however; the human Carl Thompson triggered an experimental weapon, which knocked Snarl unconscious. The Autobots were able to then easily retrieve their downed comrade. Dinobot Hunt! The Dinobots were taken in by Ratchet, who attempted to recover them from their coma-like stasis. While Snarl was offline, he dreamed of fighting the Guardian once more, the droid emerging victorious in their struggle. Victory!

Snarl later recovered along with the other Dinobots. Second Generation! When Prime organized a battle unit to assault the Decepticon base, not to demolish their enemy but to record some vital data, the Dinobots balked at the idea. Going into battle without intending to win was an anathema to them. Grimlock, Snarl and the other Dinobots chose to abandon the Autobot cause instead of putting up with Optimus Prime's "cowardly" ways any longer.Command Performances!

After their big speech, the Dinobots apparently hung around the Ark for a little while anyways, passing their time by working out. They soon grew bored and, on a whim, decided to help Sludge go after the "beautiful golden human" he had met while his cybo-dendrons were malfunctioning. Joy Meadows, the aforementioned "human", was a reporter who drew some serious heat after she started questioning the Robot-Master cover story being pumped over the air waves. This drew the attention of both the Decepticons and the US government to her, as they each had a stake in making sure the public believed all the Transformers were under the control of a so-called "terrorist." Snarl and Slag wrestled while the other Dinobots organized to get interviewed by Meadows and set the story straight. But before said interview was underway, Megatron and his troops tracked down the Dinobots, soon followed by Triple-I's agent, Professor Morris and his new robot Centurion. The 'Cons ultimately won the skirmish — Soundwave wiped Meadows' tapes and the Constructicons personally laid the beatdown on Snarl and the others. Despite some grumbling afterwards, Snarl and the Dinobots mostly decided to give up on the idea of "telling their story" to the humans. In the National Interest The Dinobots were then approached by Optimus and Prowl, who demanded to know what had transpired. Snarl and his teammates refused to talk, and instead walked away from the whole ordeal. Target: 2006

Well, isn't this awkward.

When the future Decepticon named Galvatron returned to the 1980s, his first act was to destroy Centurion. Seeking revenge, the Dinobots came after Galvatron in a pitched battle alongside several other Autobots. Despite Snarl's best efforts, he found that his attacks barely yielded any results against the time-traveler. The Dinobots were only spared when Shockwave's forces joined the fray. As Galvatron was unwilling to destroy his own future-troops, he retreated upon their arrival. Fallen Angel The Dinobots were still on their own, stealing fuel from the humans, when they learned of Optimus Prime's death. After Grimlock attempted to claim leadership of the Autobots for himself and failed, Snarl and the Dinobots happened upon Trypticon attacking the Ark. Snarl was content to sit back and enjoy the spectacle at first, but when Grimlock leaped into the fray, he decided to join in on the "fun." Trypticon was driven back through a space bridge by their attack, and Grimlock's leadership convinced the Autobots that Grimlock should be leader after all. King of the Hill!

When Swoop got in over his head taking on the Predacons by himself, the rest of the Dinobots were gathered up by Sludge and came to their teammate's rescue. Snarl battled both Headstrong and Tantrum in the ensuing scuffle, managing to knock the former silly with his tail after taking a few lumps from the latter. All of the warriors on both sides wound up walking away from the confrontation when Swoop called for an sudden end to it, wanting to properly deal with his rivalry against Divebomb at a later time.Grudge Match!

Under Grimlock's leadership, the Ark became spaceborne once more, though some Autobots began rebelling against their brutal commander. Chief among these insurgents was Blaster, who was tracked down to the Earth's orbit. Though the Autobots managed to capture four young human allied to their rogue agent, Blaster himself remained elusive. Grimlock cast the children out into the void of space (which he reassured Snarl was only the means to set up a trap, and was not meant to bring about the children's demise). His trap was foiled by the interference of another Autobot, Sky Lynx. Refusing to give up, Grimlock called upon Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots to help him hunt down Sky Lynx and his new passengers through a nearby asteroid belt. Sky Lynx proved too agile for them to catch up to, but Blaster was lured out nonetheless, as the ongoing chase threatened to exhaust the humans' limited oxygen supply. Spacehikers! With the rebel troublemaker taken captive, Grimlock returned to his capricious rule, with Snarl and the other Dinobots attending to his every need. Snarl was tasked with looking after Grimlock's crown, making sure it stayed straight on Grimlock's head so the Dinobot leader would always look his best. Grimlock's time of lazily lounging about was interrupted when Snarl received word that another team of Autobots, this one operating under Fortress Maximus, wanted to join forces with them. Unwilling to share leadership duties, Grimlock challenged the new arrival to a duel, and had Snarl and Slag throw Goldbug, being harbored by Maximus, into the brig. Blaster wound up taking up the fight in Maximus's stead, with nearly all of the other Autobots acting as audience to their match. The Dinobots cheered for Grimlock, though the fight came to an abrupt end when the Decepticons launched a surprise attack. Grimlock and Blaster momentarily put aside their differences to chase away the attackers, and in the battle's aftermath, Goldbug had left with several others to reconstruct Optimus Prime on Nebulos. Totaled!

Upon Prime's return he confronted Grimlock, Snarl and the other Dinobots, who were none too happy about having to cede control of the Autobots back to him. However, Prime proved to be his usual persuasive self and managed to sweet-talk them into following his orders again. These events were witnessed by the time travelling Dicet Alpha-zero. The Quest!

Afterwards, Snarl and the other Dinobots were lured up to the Arctic by a distress signal sent by Buster Witwicky. This turned out to be part of a complex series of manipulations, set up by Starscream, to distract all others from his bid for the legendary Underbase. The Autobots found a Decepticon ambush awaiting them after retrieving Buster, and were roped into battling the opposing faction until both sides realized they were being duped. Unable to prevent Starscream from absorbing part of the Underbase's cosmic energies, the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to spread their forces across various cities where they expected him to strike. Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots were stationed in Tokyo, where they were critically damaged by the Underbase-powered Seeker before managing to get any shots of their own in. Dark Star After being repaired by Ratchet using Pretender technology, Grimlock grew frustrated that Snarl and the other Dinobots were doomed to remain in stasis within the Ark's repair bay. The loss of both Ratchet and the Creation Matrix seemed to deprive the Autobots of any means of bringing them back online. But, upon learning of the miracle-substance Nucleon, Grimlock decided to take matters into his own hands. He took the Dinobots' bodies out of the medical bay and commandeered a shuttle to restore his team himself. Eye of the Storm Braving the guardians that protected the island of Farooth on Hydrus Four with the bodies of his comrades in tow, Grimlock succeeded in reaching the goal of his quest. He first tested Nucleon on himself, and feeling super-charged by it, proceeded to douse Snarl and the others in the substance. The Pri¢e of Life!

Once more fighting fit, Snarl helped Grimlock load up as much Nucleon as they could in the hopes of reviving all other Autobots still lying inoperative within the Ark. Snarl was especially chatty during this task, congratulating Grimlock on his decision to bring them all back "leaner, meaner, and badder than ever!" ...All This and Civil War 2 Upon the Dinobots' return to the Ark, however, they found the ship completely deserted. Snarl performed a scan to locate any Transformers on Earth, finding the planet nearly devoid of both Autobots and Decepticons as well. Surmising that the Autobots had somehow traveled to Cybertron to battle Unicron in their absence, Grimlock had Swoop and Snarl pilot the Ark towards their homeworld, while Sludge and Slag dispensed the Nucleon in the medical bay. The Void! Their comrades revived, the Dinobots approached Cybertron with the battle against Unicron already underway. Grimlock rammed the Ark into the Chaos-Bringer's face, sending the Ark plummeting towards the planet's surface, and forcing all aboard to leap out before it crashed. On the Edge of Extinction!

Following Unicron's defeat, Optimus named Grimlock the Autobots' new leader before expiring. Though Prowl advised him to nurture the strenuous alliance between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Grimlock instead decided to seek out the Ark and all of the still-inoperative Autobots within it, taking his Dinobots with him for the task. En-route, Grimlock suddenly seized up, causing Snarl to bump into his suddenly-immobilized leader. Before the group could figure out what was happening, they were approached by Hi-Q, then being chased by a pack of demons! Snarl tried to cut one of their numbers down with his Energo Sword, only to find his weapon incapable of penetrating the Demon's hide. He narrowly avoided getting eviscerated when Slag came to his rescue, but the Dinobots still found themselves hopelessly outmatched by their opponents. Thankfully, Grimlock's paralysis was in reality the prelude to a metamorphosis! Shedding his outer plating, Grimlock emerged as an Action Master, and easily sent the demons packing. Still Life! The Dinobots never managed to find the Ark on Cybertron, as it had already been commandeered by Shockwave and Starscream. Worse yet, due to the sundering of Primus's consciousness during the battle with Unicron, Cybertron was now falling apart. Grimlock, anticipating further treachery from the Decepticons, planned ahead to ensure the Autobots wouldn't be left stranded on their decaying world when the Decepticons decided to abandon them. Sure enough, the new Decepticon leader Bludgeon sabotaged the Autobots' spaceships, and took off with his troops to seek out new worlds to conquer. After this had happened, Snarl approached Grimlock and assured him all was going according to plan; Exodus! the Dinobots had gone to the Rad Zone to recover the hidden starships they had stashed there millions of years prior! A Savage Circle With transportation secured, the Autobots tracked down the Decepticons to the planet Klo. Unfortunately, the Decepticons anticipated being followed, and lured their pursuers into a trap as soon as they made planetfall. Snarl was killed in the ensuing ambush, only to be presumably revived by the Last Autobot when this newest ally appeared alongside Optimus Prime to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat, and end the war. End of the Road!

Marvel UK future timelines

In 2008, Snarl and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when Scourge and Cyclonus led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by Unicron himself who was reconstructing himself on the planet of Junkion. When Smokescreen returned from Junk with this news, Rodimus Prime gathered Scattershot, Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Snarl and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the Junkions Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. The Legacy of Unicron!

Earthforce

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

Searching for a means to revive his fellow Dinobots, Grimlock found a way and brought Snarl and the others back to full activation. Shockwave wanted the secret for himself, but the Dinobots weren't exactly forthcoming. During a fight with Shockwave's Decepticons, Snarl took Starscream to school, battering him with his tail, taking a bite out of his legs, and finally zapping the treacherous Decepticon with solar energy from his spines. But then Optimus turned up, and began berating Grimlock for his overly violent methods. The Decepticons took advantage of the distraction to sneak off. Two Steps Back! This led to a shouting match between Grimlock and Optimus, where the former threatened to take his Dinobots and leave the Autobot army. The situation deteriorated further, with Snarl and the others hanging back as Optimus and Grimlock eventually knocked some sense into one another. Optimus Prime took the Ark off-planet, leaving Earth under the protection of Grimlock, the Dinobots, and the newly formed Autobot Earthforce they commanded. Break-Away! Although Grimlock had promised Optimus Prime that he would show restraint on Earth, Snarl was present at the first meeting of the Earthforce where their leader literally threw the rule book out of the window. Once upon a Time...

Feeling Grimlock was taking his new command gig too seriously, Snarl and the other Dinobots decided to have a little fun with the boss, thanks to the Earth custom of April Fools' Day. They sent him out on a wild robo-goose chase for Shockwave, only to end up at an ice sculpture of the Decepticon set behind an "April Fools!" sign. Grimlock didn't take this too well, and was later seen headed towards Snarl and the Dinobots with the world's biggest snowball. Snow Fun!

When Wheeljack discovered an evil plot behind Sleepfast nightlights, he had Snarl help him break into the manufacturing warehouse to confirm his suspicions. While inside, they were attacked by a swarm of evil nightlight gremlins and confronted by the mastermind behind the nefarious scheme: Mindwipe! Thinking quickly, Snarl and Wheeljack were able to turn the thought-activated nightlights against their creator, mentally commanding the hundreds of lights to all flash on at once, temporarily shorting out Mindwipe's neural circuitry. Mindwipe was left unresponsive, and his plot was foiled. The Living Nightlights!

As Autobot Earthbase finished construction, Snarl was present for Wheeljack's demonstration of its systems. Unfortunately, Wheeljack had forgotten that the base's defenses could only be deactivated from within, a noticeable problem once it was pointed out that their entire fighting force was in attendance for the presentation. Prowl was forced to run the gauntlet of the base's defenses to shut them down. The House that Wheeljack Built! Snarl was also on hand to defend the base from an attack by Soundwave and the Decepticons. Divide and Conquer!

As always, the Dinobots stuck together in crises, like when Slag went into a routine berserker rage right when Optimus Prime was performing an inspection of the Earthforce operation. Snarl and the others went racing around the base trying to keep Slag from destroying TOO much necessary equipment before Prime left. Though Slag escaped them for a short bit, the other Dinobots managed to catch up to him and wrangle him long enough for him to burn himself out. Optimus left shortly thereafter, with any embarrassments avoided. The 4,000,000 Year Itch! On a more serious note, however, Snarl himself came down with a debilitating case of Corrodia Gravis, a wasting disease that would cause him to slowly rust to death unless he received a systems boost from a compatible Transformer. The problem? That Transformer was Starscream. Assassins

Snarl goes to pieces.

Starscream made a deal with the Autobots and agreed to the systems boost, The Lesser Evil! but years later the disease returned and Snarl was completely incapacitated. The Dinobots theorized that the central control crystal from the shuttle which first brought them to Earth could help, storing Snarl's cerebral patterns until a new body could be constructed for him. Once they traveled to the Savage Land, however, they found that the crystal wasn't in the shuttle anymore. Searching the area, the Dinobots found a paleontologist named Professor Embrey, who had adapted the crystal and used its radiative properties to stop a wasting disease that was killing off the dinosaurs in the Savage Land. Unable to retrieve the crystal from Embrey without condemning the dinosaurs to death, Swoop arranged a solution by using the crystal to transfer Snarl's mind into a living Stegosaurus. Snarl remained behind in the Savage Land under Embrey's care until a new body could be made for him. Destiny of the Dinobots!

Although not explicitly set in Earthforce continuity and released before Earthforce even started, this is the best place it 'fits' in Marvel's sub-continuities due to the gravis link.

Another Time & Place

Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Snarl and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Snarl and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a Holocaust Trigger, overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. Roadhandler, Tote and several Micromasters managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Snarl and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. Another Time & Place

Marvel Generation 2 comic

They work hard, and they play hard.

Snarl and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot Firestormers when they uncovered the Cybertronians and their terraforming measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots to discuss the matter, they were captured by Jhiaxus, leader of this new enemy force. The seeming insignificance of their previous conflicts weighed heavily on Optimus, but once Grimlock convinced him of the need to fight on, the Autobots burst free from their cell. Snarl and the others became part of a major offensive against not only Jhiaxus and his ilk, but everything they represented. War Without End!

Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Snarl and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Using a stolen enemy shuttle, they attempted to sneak upon the Cybertronian ship, the Twilight with a Chaosmaster Bomb to obliterate it... But Snarl and the others were captured almost immediately, as Jhiaxus had increased his security. They only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. Devices and Desires! Grimlock mellowed a bit after that exchange, and so Snarl and the Dinobots were relegated to training exercises with the other newly arriving Autobots from other regions of space until a new plan of attack against the Cybertronian Empire could be made. The Power and the Glory

When Grimlock learned that Optimus had left to confront Megatron alone on Earth, hoping to negotiate a treaty and join forces against Jhiaxus's army, the Dinobot immediately recognized the foolishness in this decision. He gathered up Snarl among others to come to their commander's rescue, their arrival interrupting Megatron before he could deliver a killing blow. The Gathering Darkness Snarl continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades on Ethos. Escalation! Later, after the Autobots forged an alliance with the first-generation Decepticons against the Cybertronians, the Dinobots got into the spirit of things—they teamed up with Headstrong and Weirdwolf in a metal-munching contest, to see who could chow down on the most Cybertronians.

Man, too bad Hun-Grrr and Skullcruncher weren't there to make it a real contest. Total War!

Fleetway Generation 2 comics

When both Bludgeon and Megatron came to Earth and began causing destruction in their wake, Grimlock called upon Snarl and Slag, so that all three Dinobots could help Optimus Prime fight back against the Decepticons. The Dinobots made their way to the ruins of London, where Snarl shot down both Terradive and Eagle Eye, taking them out of the fight. Once the evil robots had all been driven off or defeated, Optimus had the Autobots retreat off-planet to avoid a confrontation with the humans. War Zone

Classics

Classics continues from the Marvel US series, and does not include the UK stories or any subsequently published stories.

He's not far away, that's actual scale, Ultra Magnus is really that big.

Snarl (in his Action Master body) was part of Grimlock's crew on the Graviton. He told a recently ditched Monzo one little promise: "He'd never have to hear Weirdwolf's voice again." That gave them everything they needed to defeat Bug Bite. Games of Deception

Later, Snarl and the rest of the team were seen hunting down Drag Strip, Overkill, and Acid Storm on a dusty planet. At Fight's End

Regeneration One

Template:Noterg1 In 2007, Snarl and the Dinobots reached a breaking point in their relationship with Grimlock. His reckless use of Nucleon on himself, them, and the other Autobots had caused too many consequences. Even their fellow Dinobot Slag was reduced to a mindlessly feral state in the Nursery. Learning the wrong lesson from the dressing-down, Grimlock swore to reverse the Nucleon effect on his comrades...again, regardless of the consequences. Natural Selection, Part One

Five years later, Grimlock had formed an alliance of convenience with the evil Scorponok, who was using a Gene Key device to rewrite all Autobots on Cybertron into essentially Decepticons. Snarl and the Dinobots were being hunted down by Scorponok's legions as further leverage to use against Grimlock. Reckoning that their fearless leader had finally gone too far, the Dinobots set off alarms at the Nursery as a challenge to Grimlock. When he arrived, the Dinobots attempted to give their traitorous former leader a quick death. A detachment of Scorponok's minions arrived though, and after Grimlock defeated them, Snarl and the others decided to give him one more chance. Natural Selection, Part Four

After retaking the Civil Defense Hub, the Dinobots raced to the Sonic Canyons to prevent Scorponok from activating a pan-global Gene Key to affect the entire planet at once. Snarl and the Dinobots damaged the bridge supports holding up the Key's position, but they were unable to stop Grimlock from sacrificing himself by grappling with Scorponok all the way down into the bottomless chasm below. Natural Selection, Part Five

Once Slag was restored by the Nebulan process, Snarl and the other Dinobots came to the new Autobot leader, Hot Rod. They all had a feeling that Grimlock wasn't really dead, and wanted to join Hot Rod on his expedition into Cybertron's core. Destiny, Part One Their search led them deep into Cybertron's under-structure, following a "map" imprinted on Hot Rod's mind by the Covenant of Primus. Destiny, Part Two In the Primus chamber, the group was confronted by Primordial Cybertronians, who only retreated after the arrival of Grimlock, aglow and inhabited by the power of Primus. Destiny, Part Three Snarl and the other Dinobots entered a form of mind-lock while Primus and Hot Rod conversed. After Primus dispatched Hot Rod on a quest through Zero Space, the Dinobots awoke to find a very confused Grimlock. Destiny, Part Four As they made their way back towards the surface, the Dinobots realized the primitives were passively following them as well. Emerging from the ground in the middle of a Decepticon invasion, the Dinobots took up arms against the 'Cons and their Blitz Engines, and led the primitives into battle as much needed reinforcements for the Autobot cause. Destiny, Part Five

After the invasion, however, the Autobots were unsettled by the presence of the Dinobots' new "friends". Even the newly risen Rodimus Prime, who first began the quest to reconnect with these ancestors, didn't want to know them. The War to End All Wars, Part 1 Snarl and the other Dinobots were unsettled by the ghetto constructed on the surface by the Autobots to house the primitives, and were suspicious of how passive the primitives had quickly become. When Jhiaxus's highly advanced Primum Fugae arrived on Cybertron, they quickly judged the primitives to be an evolutionary insult and began exterminating them. Snarl and the others stepped up to defend the creatures, but the Primum Fugae proved incredibly powerful. They only retreated after a larger Autobot force arrived. The War to End All Wars, Part 2

Damaged in the struggle, Snarl and the Dinobots remained behind on Cybertron when Rodimus Prime led a counter-attack against Jhiaxus's Hub worlds. The primitives' behavior continued to be unsettling as they spontaneously began growing "hibernation capsules" around themselves in the ghetto, apparently instinctively hiding out from some upcoming menace. The War to End All Wars, Part 4

Sure enough, the Anti-Matrix entity took advantage of the Autobots' absence and unleashing a corrupting wave over Cybertron, draining life and stability from nearly all the inhabitants. Swoop and the Dinobots only survived due to their proximity to Grimlock. It seemed it was the Anti-Matrix and not really Primus who inhabited Grimlock earlier, and that brief contact created an immunity for him. However, the Dinobots still had to deal with the shadow-demons all other transformers on Cybertron had devolved into thanks to the entity. They survived long enough to regroup with Rodimus Prime's fleet when they returned from the Hub. The War to End All Wars, Part 5

Kid Stuff Talking Story Books

Snarl and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. Snarl was travelling to the Autobots’ headquarter when he and the Dinobots were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets. The Dinobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and continued to Autobot headquarters. Back at the Dinobots’ base, another Snarl, immersed in his tar cocoon, awaited activation to join the Autobot ranks. When the Crusher, a Decepticon juggernaut, forced its way into the Dinobots’ headquarters, the vibrations it produced inadvertently freed the cocooned Dinobots, who charged at Megatron and Soundwave to fend them off. Jaws of Terror

Optimus had requested Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of Buru. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. Slaves of the Insecticons

Marvel Storybooks continuity

Snarl and the other Dinobots stood by while Swoop mercilessly butchered Devastator and killed the Constructicons one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons' carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. Battle for Earth

Marvel coloring books

When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots' vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to Shockwave and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Snarl used his thagomizer to topple Bonecrusher into a nearby pit. The rest of the Decepticons were then made to join the Constructicon, and the Autobots covered them with quick-drying cement to keep them out of further trouble. The Autobot Spy in the Sky

Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Snarl took out Soundwave with a swipe of his tail. Battle at Oil Valley

Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity

Voice actor: ??? (English)

Snarl was the leader of the Dinobots. Low on power, he lead them to Doctor Heath Blaisedale's solar plant in search of more solar energy. When they got there, they found the Autobots and Decepticons engaged in a fierce battle for control of the plant, and Snarl grudgingly answered Cliffjumper's plea for help in stopping Megatron. After Cliffjumper used glass gas to destroy Megatron's cannon, Snarl powered up on solar energy from the reactor and, standing on his hind legs, started attacking the Decepticon jets. Unfortunately in their enthusiasm for fighting, the Dinobots completely trashed the reactor. Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)

Milton Bradley mini-comic

Snarl was among a number of Autobots under Jetfire's command who crewed the ark. After it crashed into Earth, the ark detected Soundwave and repaired Snarl and three others into the Dinobots. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. In the Transformers

Big Looker storybooks

Snarl was one of the Autobots present at Metroplex when Hot Rod was talking about the car show at the Coliseum. Car Show Blow Up

Dinobot War

The following summarizes one or more multipath adventures. Details vary depending on the paths taken in-story. See the book's page for information on alternate paths.

Snarl, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were present during Earth's distant past, when you, Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons' plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you! Dinobot War

Dinobots Strike Back

The following summarizes one or more multipath adventures. Details vary depending on the paths taken in-story. See the book's page for information on alternate paths.

Snarl, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were on lookout duty in Hidden Valley. Bombshell managed to sneak up on the group and Snarl was one of the Dinobots who were subjected to the Insecticon's mind-control. After being ordered by his new master to attack Autobots and humans alike, Snarl's fate was up to the only Dinobot retaining his free-will, Swoop. If Swoop reports directly back to Autobot base about what transpired, the Autobots weigh multiple options on how to best stop the Dinobots' rampage.

If the Autobots choose to use Mirage's abilities against the Dinobots, Snarl and the rest of the sub-group are tricked into believing Optimus is standing at the edge of Bandit Bluff's precipice, and charge for the Autobot leader. Their target turns out to be an illusion fabricated by Mirage, and the Dinobots are knocked unconscious by their fall, and subsequently freed of Bombshell's control.

If the Autobots choose to use Windcharger's abilities against the Dinobots, the outcome of the Dinobots' and the rest of the Autobots' confrontation has two possible outcomes. If Windcharger uses his magnetic powers too close to the Dinobots, the powerful magnetic field sends Snarl and the other Dinobots into convulsions before killing them. If Windcharger decides to use his magnetic powers from a greater distance, the Cerebro-shells are harmlessly extracted from the Dinobots. Later, Snarl is celebrating with the Autobots when Grimlock recalls Bombshell announcing that controlling the Dinobots was only a part of the Insecticon's plan.

Optimus in turn can send Bumblebee, Skids and Sludge to investigate nearby electromagnetic activity. If he does, and Skids returns to Autobot base after the Decepticons has captured Bumblebee, Prowl suggests to send Snarl and his ilk as undercover agents into the Decepticons' local operation. Prowl explains that the Decepticons are likely unaware that the Dinobots are no longer under Bombshell's control. If Optimus goes with this plan, Snarl takes one Megatron himself, one of his tail-strikes causing the Decepticon leader's cannon to fire an opening in the Decepticon's base, leading to the Autobots successfully defeating the Decepticons thanks to the Dinobot's strategic placement.

If the Autobots choose to simply attack the Dinobots immediately and brutally, Snarl is brought to his knees by one of Powerglide's concussion bombs. Next, he missile by Swoop until his Cerebro-Shell falls out of his body.

If Swoop chooses to stay and fight Bombshell instead of reporting back to base after the Dinobots have become Bombshell's slaves, and successfully defeats the Insecticon, Snarl is freed along with the other Dinobots. Whatever other choices are made in this path, Snarl stays unaware of what has transpired, his memory a blank during the mind-control. Dinobots Strike Back

Toy pack-in material

Snarl, Grimlock, and Slag, were roaming about in a desert in their "undetectable everyday forms" when they came under attack from Starscream! Sweepstakes Offer!

The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual

After the Ark crashed into the Earth, Snarl, Grimlock and two others remained active and were reformatted to resemble dinosaurs, the planet's dominant lifeforms. Their new bodies also affected their minds however, leaving them acting like violent beasts. Eventually, the dinosaurs' reign came to an end. The meteor impact that led to their extinction also kicked up a dust cover which robbed the Dinobots of the solar radiation they needed to function. Falling into a coma-like state, they lay dormant beneath what became modern-day Brazil until Snarl and Grimlock were inadvertently awoken by developers from a logging company. Optimus Prime, Jazz and Blaze investigated the area after the Ark detected the Dinobots' power emissions. En-route, they were ambushed by the Decepticons and Soundwave trapped the Dinobots in a plasma net. But the net had an unforeseen reaction to the Dinobots; a negative ion feedback triggered their Transformer circuitry and restored their personalities along with their robot modes. Even after the Decepticons were sent packing, Snarl was ready to chase after them to enact more violence upon his foes. His hand was stayed by Grimlock, who pointed him towards the more important matter of finding the rest of their missing comrades. To this end, Snarl and Grimlock remained in Brazil while Optimus and his soldiers left to continue the war against Megatron. The Dinobots!

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Ooh, burn!

During Cybertron's "Dark Ages," Snarl was part of Grimlock's Lightning Strike Coalition. During one of the group's missions, Snarl fought the Predacons under Starscream's command with the rest of his team while Ironhide and Wheeljack made off with Starscream's energon. Fragmentation When Prowl and his squad of Autobots were overwhelmed in a fight with the titanic Trypticon, the Dynobots (after a bit of heated debate) responded to their distress call. While Grimlock split from the group to confront Jetfire, Snarl and the rest fought Trypticon until he fled. During the battle, Snarl angered Trypticon by making fun of his "dumb-looking" dinosaur-esque robot mode. Revelation Snarl and the rest of the Lightning Strike Coalition formed a truce with Shockwave when they learned that The Fallen, a greater and more malevolent power had devices for Cybertron. Together, they tracked down their missing comrades and rushed The Fallen's base of operations to prevent his evil schemes from coming to fruition. Conflagration

Afterwards, Ultra Magnus managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. This eventually forced the Ultracons and Shockwave's Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Snarl and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his Predacons struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into Tyger Pax, where the treaty was being signed. Snarl and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned Aerospace Extermination Squadron ended any ideas of truce at all. The Age of Wrath

At some point Megatron captured the Dinobots, using their imprisonment to force Grimlock to side with the Decepticons. Prime Directive issue 3 Grimlock freed them after Shockwave captured Megatron and Optimus Prime. Brothers' Burden Using a stolen Decepticon shuttle, the Dinobots then returned to Cybertron, crashing into its wastelands. They found the planet under the totalitarian regime of Shockwave, and set about sowing chaos and discord by rampaging about. Cold War Though the Dinobots made much headway towards Shockwave's Tower, their progress was halted by the newly reawakened Omega Sentinels. One of these titans quickly defeated all of the Dinobots at once. Passive Aggression

Later, once Shockwave's government had been overthrown, Snarl was among the Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help fortify Cybertron's planetary defenses. The Dinobots were to help Kup bolster the new Autobot bases on Cybertron's moons. The Route of All Evil

Dreamwave filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing Transformers at this point. A few details of Generation One #11 are known because Don Figueroa published the line-art of the comic up to page 9 on his DeviantArt account.

En-route to Cybertron's moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with Sludge while Arcee, Slag, and Snarl looked on. Generation 1 #11

Transformers Legends anthology

Snarl battled three Decepticons on Dinobot Island with Paddles. After two of the Decepticons retreated, the Dinobots cornered the last, Raze, who managed to damage Paddles before Snarl could finish him. Snarl flew off without bothering to check if Paddles was still functional, leaving the sand to swallow his comrade. Paddles

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

Snarl and his comrades got the name "Dinobots" after they were randomly sent into Earth's distant past by a malfunctioning Teletran 3 and given dinosaur beast modes. They were brought back to the present by a group of G.I. Joe and Cobra members, and proceeded to rip Shockwave and his army to pieces. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4

A few months later, Snarl helped defeat Serpent O.R.'s newly acquired army as well. He agreed with Storm Shadow's statement of "KIII-YAHHH!" as the two beat up Ransack and Venom. The Art of War #5

The Beast Within

Four million years ago, Snarl combined with his fellow Dinobots to form The Beast, a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences In the present day, Snarl participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He did not fare too well in the early stages of the battle, being on the receiving end of a volley of Decepticon laser blasts. Then, Grimlock called upon him and the other Dinobots to combine once more into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. The Beast Within

IDW Generation 1 continuity

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In the days of Nominus Prime, the Dynobots were known as the Primal Vanguard's Covert Strike Force, a team of demolitions and heavy weapons experts with a perfect track record. This came to end end during a mission to the caverns of the Toraxxis Plains, where the team was attacked by powerful monsters that forced them to fight back by using a revolutionary method of instantaneous altmode adaption to scan the monsters themselves. They escaped, but their grief over their loss of their medic, Skar, combined with the cold-blooded treatment by their superiors caused them to desert from the Vanguard. Underworld

Snarl and the Dynobots dropped off the radar, spending their time fighting in underground pit fights, up until the day the newly crowned Optimus Prime broadcast a rally call for Cybertronians to join him against the Decepticon dictatorship. Broadcast The Dynobots responded by joining the Autobot side, arriving at the battle for Iacon in time to tale out a lot of tanks. Endgame However, by this time their hastily scanned monster altmodes was causing the Dynobots to become increasingly aggressive. Fearing that they might actually become monsters and endanger the people of Cybertron, the team left the Autobots and turned to a life of crime, gathering money for the purpose of leaving the planet. Derelicts

During an heist on the Toraxxis mega-refinery, Snarl was responsible for wheeling in the tanker they used to siphon the refinery's energon. Wreckage The operation was interrupted by Scorponok's Decepticons, who were looking to capture the refinery for their own purposes, forcing Grimlock to trigger the alarm and summon the Autobots. Faces of Darkness Following the destruction of the refinery at the hands of Scorponok, the Dynobots had had enough and convinced Grimlock to turn themselves in to the Autobots in hopes that Optimus Prime could help them. Prey En route to Autobot headquarters they were pulled aside to respond to a riot at Starsreach Spaceport, where they were caught in another Decepticon attack. Massacre

During the attack Grimlock lost control and went on a violent rampage in monster mode, causing the Dynobots to lose their newfound hope in finding salvation. They regrettably went back to their original plan and left Cybertron on one of the spaceport's shuttles. Unleashed However, on learning that Trypticon had awakened, they turned back to help the Autobots fight the ancient beast and its minions—the very same creatures they'd met underground long ago. Annihilation Snarl was ready to give up after Trypticon devoured Grimlock, but unexpectedly this only allowed the Dynobot leader to bring the giant monster down from the inside. In the aftermath, the Dynobots rejoined the Autobots for good in hopes that Autobot science could cure them of their cursed altmodes. Belly of the Beast A cure was indeed found, and the Dynobots had lost their rage and reacquired vehicular altmodes by the time Megatron took back the Decepticons and attacked Iacon. Primacy #3 During the great battle, the Dynobots fought with the Predacons. Primacy #4

Millions of years later, Snarl and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against Shockwave, who blew up a cache of energon they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to Earth, the Dynobots pursued him and reformatted themselves to transform into robotic dinosaurs with a synthetic skin as a defense against energon overload. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave's energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into stasis lock due to excessive energon radiation. Due to a deadman's switch, the Dynobots' ship blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. Spotlight: Shockwave

Thousands of years later, the Dynobots were eventually excavated by Skywatch, Escalation #5 and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch's control through a virus implanted by a Machination spy (under orders from Scorponok). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Snarl and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however, plans to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. Spotlight: Grimlock

Some-times a-nother di-no-saur, wants-to- pick-a-fight. I don't get mad, I use my tail- it has four long, long spikes!

Skywatch activated Snarl, and in a test run, had him destroy a tank. When Grimlock showed up in Fallon, he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. Maximum Dinobots #1 The Dynobots were set loose on Grimlock, nearly tearing apart the town. Scorponok had the neural clamps on Snarl and the others loosened a bit to take advantage of their natural animosity towards Grimlock. As predicted, Snarl and the others weren’t happy to see their former commander, feeling Grimlock had betrayed their trust by activating the "dead man's switch" that entombed them along with Shockwave. But Grimlock pointed out that what he did was in keeping with the break-the-rules, win-at-any-cost Dynobot credo, which seemed to calm the others down briefly. Maximum Dinobots #2

However, Swoop simply couldn’t overlook what Grimlock had done and took off on his own. Snarl, Sludge, and Slag also walked away together. Scorponok chose this moment to have his Headmaster army engage Grimlock, curious to see if the wayward Dynobots would aid their now-estranged leader. And they did return, unwilling to watch Grimlock die alone. Despite their valiant efforts, it seemed as if the Sunstreaker clones would overwhelm them, but the Monsterbots arrived on the scene to give the Dynobots some reinforcement. Summoned earlier by Grimlock, the Monsterbots' addition to the battle soon turned the tide and the remaining Machination troops retreated. Maximum Dinobots #3

The Monsterbots agreed to ferry the Dynobots to Machination HQ in their ship. As Grimlock discussed terms of payment with Repugnus, Snarl and the others discussed what they considered a miserable situation. Snarl speculated that they were out in the cold now, in terms of faction. He admitted that although he enjoyed trashing Decepticons, he only did it so he could one day return to the trouble-free life he had on Cybertron. When Grimlock returned to tell the others the terms of their alliance with the Monsterbots, Sludge and Snarl both wondered aloud why they couldn't simply let Scorponok alone. Grimlock told them that it was personal now and it was the "Dynobot way" to settle up with Scorponok. Snarl disagreed; He pointed out that the "Dynobot way" was more often than not, "Grimlock’s way" and he wasn’t sure he wanted to be dragged down with Grimlock because of it. But Grimlock, being Grimlock, told them he was going in, with or without them. After their commander leapt out of the ship into battle once more, Snarl and the others decided "what the hell", and followed him despite their misgivings. They set about demolishing Sunstreaker clones again, with Snarl taking some damage to his leg. Grimlock told them he'd handle Scorponok, but Snarl insisted that they’d do it together, as Dynobot comrades-in-arms. Soon, the clones ground to a halt, and a damaged Hot Rod appeared to explain that Hunter O'Nion was likely responsible. As Sludge began to celebrate, he was blasted and apparently killed by Scorponok, who had decided to join the battle personally. Seconds later, Shockwave arrived on the scene, ALSO wanting a piece of the Dynobots and challenging Scorponok for the right to kill them. Maximum Dinobots #4

As Scorponok and Shockwave got into it, Snarl approached Grimlock, who was brooding over Sludge's downed body. Snarl urged Grimlock to snap out it and use the time to escape, while reminding him that the Dynobots never were ones to get all "band of brothers". But feeling that his obstinate attitude got Sludge killed, Grimlock told Snarl to retreat with the others while he remained behind to make amends. Snarl returned to Slag and Swoop and reported that Grimlock wasn’t going to be leaving with them.

Snarl brings plates to a claw-fight.

The three retreated to an evacuation point while Hot Rod decided to stay behind to breach Machination HQ again. The Monsterbots were waiting for Snarl and the others at the evacuation point and Repugnus was perfectly willing to take the remaining Dynobots on as members of his team. This offer did not particularly entice Snarl, Slag, and Swoop and they decided to return to help Grimlock. When they returned, they found that Scorponok had retreated, Sludge had come back online, and Grimlock was in pitched battle with Shockwave. Snarl and the others immediately set upon the one-eyed Decepticon, but Grimlock ordered them away to find Scorponok. They found Scorponok about to kill Hot Rod inside a chamber that housed the Decepticon Headmaster's original head. Using his stegosaur plates as handheld daggers, Snarl attacked Scorponok and Hot Rod directed Swoop to strike at the Decepticon’s original head. Swoop severed the connections keeping the original head alive and Scorponok was disabled. At Hunter's urging, Snarl was about to execute the helpless Decepticon when Ultra Magnus arrived on the scene. Magnus decreed that Scorponok and the now-defeated Shockwave would be taken into custody and made to pay for their crimes. He also suggested they clear the area of any Cybertronian evidence and depart as soon as possible. Snarl and the others agreed to this. When all was said and done, the warrants that Ultra Magnus had out on Snarl, Slag, Sludge, and Swoop were canceled when Grimlock took the blame for the initial going-AWOL incident and surrendered himself. Snarl was seen helping to repair the Skyfire and preparing to leave Earth with the remaining Dynobots. Maximum Dinobots #5

After traveling space for a few years, Snarl and the newly dubbed "Dinobots" returned to a reborn Cybertron and joined Ironhide for a mission to find the Aerialbots who had gone missing in the wilderness. After a run-in with a ferocious turbofox, which the Dinobots dealt with in their usual fashion, they discovered signs of Transformer weaponry which made Ironhide suspicious that Megatron was still around after the Decepticon leader had disappeared during the Autobot's last battle which ended the war. The night they set up camp, the Dinobots were suddenly compelled by an outside force to start fighting amongst themselves. Dinobot Hunt They eventually teamed up to pursue Ironhide, who was saved thanks to the timely arrival of the combined form of the Aerialbots, "The Superion". Night and the City

As it later turned out, the Dinobots' rage had been brought about by Megatron, who had been using them as test subjects for a mysterious type of energy capable of forcing Transformers to combine, though the Dinobots' egos proved too strong to allow for a combination. Superion's appearance caused them to recover, and they returned to Iacon with Ironhide and Superion just as the city was being conquered by Decepticons. Before the Dawn Snarl joined the fight and battled cassettes alongside Ironhide, Plan for Everything who then sent him and the Dinobots to help Arcee. While the Autobots did win in the end, they found themselves exiled into the wilderness when Starscream took command and banished all non-neutrals from the city. Heavy Is the Head Out in the wilderness, the Dinobots defended the Autobot convoy from the approaching Constructicons, at least until the Decepticon team revealed their desire to join forces with them. Second Exodus

The Dinobots were among the Autobots who responded to a mysterious light on the horizon, and on arrival witnessed the emergence of the Necrotitan from beneath the ground. Dark Dawn Snarl was ordered to flank the Titan in case it proved to be hostile, Black Metal only for a different battle to break out when the exiled Decepticons attacked the Autobots. The two factions fought it out until the Necrotitan suddenly unleashed a corrosive energy wave that injured many combatants on both sides. Winners & Losers The Dinobots retreated to protect the injured, then tried and failed to combat the Necrotitan as it began making its way to Iacon. No Exit They followed the giant to the city, continuing to to ineffectively blast at it until Metroplex showed up. Burning Bright After Metroplex had brought down the Necrotitan, Snarl and his mates were given a chance to rest and caught up with everyone else. The Becoming The peace proved short-lived, as an army of Ammonites then invaded Cybertron on Shockwave's orders, and the Dinobots went straight back to fighting. Black Planet Defending their planet alongside both Autobots and Decepticons, they held the Ammonites at bay until the invaders were destroyed and Shockwave was defeated. ...And the Damage Done

Once the battles were over, Snarl attended the trial of a surrendered Megatron. Towards Peace Months later, the Dinobots acted as security at a murder scene being investigated by Optimus Prime, Starscream, Windblade and Barricade. Fight or Flee When the Firecons became the prime suspects, the Dinobots took care of the arrest in their usual violent manner, with Snarl impaling Flamefeather on his tail. Quest for Fire Once the Decepticons were proven innocent, Optimus Prime accused Slug of the murders, and the other Dinobots chose to stand with their buddy as the two came to blows. The Killing Jar Snarl continued to support Slug as he plotted to murder Prime for accusing the Dinobots of war crimes, but it turned out Prime had only done so to lure out the real killer, Sandstorm, who was targeting Cybertronian war criminals. Sandstorm did attack the Dinobots, but their lives were saved by safety measures prepared by Prime. Forever Is a Long Time Coming

Hearts of Steel

Snarl was one of the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons on prehistoric Earth. Hearts of Steel #1

Lil Formers

Snarl was left distraught over the fact that nobody believed him when he said he starred in The Transformers: The Movie. Lil Formers

Mini Mayhem!

Eric Siebenaler tried to convince Snarl to show up in his magazine by promising him that he'd get to punch a Decepticon if he did. Snarl decided to punch Eric instead, and then walked off. Mini Mayhem!

Games

The Transformers (PS2)

Snarl is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.

The Transformers

Transformers Legends

At a time when their group was the Lightning Strike Coalition, Slug and Snarl were on a mission to find their leader Grimlock, who had disappeared. While searching the Sea of Rust, they were ambushed by Hardshell and the Insecticons. Slug and Snarl were overwhelmed and taken prisoners to Shockwave's lab, where they are reunited with the rest of their squadron. Shockwave experimented on the Lightning Strike Coalition, transforming them into the monstrous Dinobots. This backfired on the Decepticon scientist, however, when the Dinobots used their new found power to rise up against Shockwave and thrash his lab. Rescue the King

Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Snarl and the other remaining Dinobots refused to obey Autobot orders and set out for the Decepticon base, attacking Optimus when he tried to stop them. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. Day of the Dinobots - Part 1 The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by Shockwave, Ramjet and Ratbat. Day of the Dinobots - Part 2

The Dinobots supported Grimlock when their leader decided to take control of the Autobot army, and took part in an attack on the Decepticons, capturing Megatron and Shockwave. Me, Grimlock, King

When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Snarl and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. S.O.S. Dinobots

Ultra Magnus and Snarl were on a fact-finding mission to the planet of the Torkuli when Galvatron arrived there for treatment. They subsequently had to flee as Galvatron's treatment failed and he destroyed the planet. Web World

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Snarl participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:

• Snarl — This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Dinobots Destruction" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character.
• Snarl (G2) — This Epic character first appeared in the "S.O.S Dinobots!' event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Transformers: Frontiers

Transformers: Frontiers

Toys

Generation 1

So, why movie director tell me Snarl to wait here again?

• Snarl (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
  • Japanese ID number: 29
  • Accessories: "Energo Sword", "Electron Cannon", "Rocket Pod", 3 missiles

Snarl transforms from a robotic Stegosaurus bristling with gold vacuum-metalized armor plates, to a heavily armed robot armed with a red energo-blade, a smaller laser rifle and a rocket launcher with three black missiles. The spikes on his tail were shortened and rounded for safety reasons.

Snarl was later reissued in the European/Australian-exclusive "Classics" series (not to be confused with the 2006 Classics line). In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during Operation Combination, at a cost of 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two robot points.

• Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Snarl at Transformerland.com
• More information on Snarl at TFU.info

Me never like me dino mode anyway.

• Snarl (Action Master, 1990)
  • Accessories: "Tyrannitron" partner, "Intensity Beam"

Action Master Snarl is a non-transforming action figure that combines the animation model with toy-details and a few other new flourishes. Part of the third assortment of basic carded Action Masters, he came with his transforming partner Tyrannitron. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle.

• More information on Action Master Snarl at TFU.info

Generation 2

Me no like dino mode, be it red, green or silver!

• Snarl (Dinobot, 1993)
  • Accessories: "Vigor Sword", "Electron Gun"

The original Snarl toy went through several iterations in the Generation 2 line. First, he was re-released in the original silver base color without his missile launcher or missiles; the only notable difference in the toy proper is the inclusion of the "AUTOBOT" tampograph on the inside of one of his robot mode legs.

The toy then had its silver changed to green, and then changed again to red. The final red coloration is the most common, while the green and silver variations go for a little more on the secondary market.

• More information on Generation 2 Snarl at TFU.info

Transformers (2014)

• Dinobots Generation One 4-pack (Deluxe, 2014)
  • Accessories:

Available only as part of the Hasbro Toy Shop exclusive "Dinobots Generation One 4-pack" that was first made available at San Diego Comic-Con 2014. Snarl is packaged with Grimlock, Strafe and Slug, and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed Ark in Mount St. Hilary.

• More information on 2014 Snarl at TFU.info

Generations

His bio actually says his favorite battlefield is explosion-filled, No kidding!

• Dinobots Set (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)
  • Accessories: Axe-head, thagomizer

Part of the Platinum Edition Dinobots Set, Snarl is a G1-inspired redeco/new head retool of Age of Extinction Deluxe Class Snarl.

Snarl was bundled with Grimlock, Slog, Slug, and Strafe.

The set was initially released as a Toys R Us exclusive set in Canada in October 2015 and in Singapore in November 2015. The 5-pack never receive any release for the brick & mortar retail in the US, but was instead available online.

Merchandise

Decoy

• Cybertron Hero Collection 9 (multi-pack, 1986)

• Snarl (1987)
  • Decoy number: 2

The figurine was later brought over to Hasbro markets as part of the Decoy promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded Throttlebots, Aerialbots, Protectobots and Technobots.

• More information on Decoy Snarl at TFU.info

Notes

Nemesis Snarl was not very creative.

Smarter than Thunder Geist, dumber than Ptera Geist, and less violent than Horn Geist, Armor Geist suffers from "middle henchman" syndrome.

• Snarl had the preliminary name of Stegobot.
• The original Snarl toy was part of Takara's Diaclone Dinosaur Robo series. When Hasbro imported the toy for the Transformers line, the Diaclone driver mini-figure was dropped and the robot mode's black torso was turned to a more team-matching red.
• In "Heavy Metal War", Snarl demonstrated the ability to shoot lasers out of his nostrils.
• A 1986 Panini stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Snarl the alternate French language name "Smarl". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
• Action Master Snarl is the only carded returning-character Autobot Action Master to have an animal/robot partner rather than a giant accessory in the US line. Whether or not his partner Tyrannitron was originally intended to go with Kick-Off—who got a giant accessory rather than an animal/robot partner like all the other new-character Action Masters—is unknown.
• The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Snarl toy served as the basis for Armor Geist, one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production Brave Exkaiser. In what might be called a vision of things to come, the four "Geisters" were once briefly fused into a single robot called "Mad Geister" (マッドガイスター Maddogaisutā). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from Ptera Geist, they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not also prescient) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Armor Geist forming the lower body of "Hormor" (ホーマー Hōmā).
• According to his toy bio, the Beast Machines era Dinobot Striker is rumored to be one of the original Generation 1 Dinobots. If this is true, his stegosaur mode and energy absorbing spinal plates strongly point towards his being Snarl.
• Shortly after its original release in Europe, the G1 toy of Snarl was discovered to be painted using a lead based paint. A huge recall was undertaken by Hasbro to make sure Snarl didn't poison anyone. So had Prime just tricked the Decepticons into licking him then the war probably would have ended much quicker.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Snarl (スナール Sunāru)
• French: Grondeur (Canada)
• Hungarian: Acsargó
• Italian: Stego
• Mandarin: P^há-hsiāo (Taiwan, 咆哮, "Snarl"), Háojiào (China, 嚎叫, "Howl")
• Portuguese: Rugidor (Brazil comic), Grunhido (Brazil comic)

External links

• Diaclone Snarl at DIACLONE.net (Japanese-language site)