Domestication
- Domestication is a terrible thing from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Domestication is a gruesome form of torture, a medical process designed to denigrate and humiliate Transformers who possess beast modes. By lobotomizing the Transformer in question, mutilating their voice box, and subsequently removing their transformation cog, the victim becomes little more than a feral animal, unable to comprehend their situation or return to robot mode.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Dominus Ambus served as a mole within the Decepticon Justice Division until his cover was eventually blown. As retribution, Kaon had Dominus domesticated, leaving him permanently trapped as a turbofox that his tormentor adopted, nicknaming him "The Pet". At Close of Day
After the end of the war, the ex-Decpeticon Demus began kidnapping and domesticating beast mode Transformers, marketing them as fun "Roboid" toys. These half-dead "toys" were marketed to violent, robophobic species across the galaxy, and buyers tended to use them as torture dolls; the Roboids in question were just sentient enough to feel the pain. Following Demus's death, Fortress Maximus took custody of the Roboids, and Spinister left Maximus a note explaining how to reverse the domestication process. Animals
Back on Luna 1, Cerebros was tasked with reversing the procedure. Although Spinister's techniques were successful, they were also time-consuming, and months later only a fraction of the Roboids had been re-habiliated. Ten to Midnight
