Thundercracker (Movie)
| The name or term "Thundercracker" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Thundercracker (disambiguation). |
- Thundercracker is a Decepticon in the live-action movie continuity family.
Thundercracker is the master of fear. His victims can hear him coming from 200 miles away, which is the way he likes it - it's not worth the effort it takes to kill them unless they're nice and terrified first. He doesn't care much about galactic conquest or the All Spark, but as long as Megatron allows him to indulge himself, he's happy to serve.
Fiction
Titan Magazines
Thundercracker is a name for a series of drone units, used in the Decepticon occupation of Earth. Dreadwing and Starscream led a group of Thundercrackers in the annihilation of the NATO nuclear fleet. The drones were skilled enough to take out submarines with their guns whilst still in high-speed flight. Transformers Comic issue 10
Transformers: The Game (PSP)
Thundercracker can be unlocked by completing the game. Unlike his toy self, his game self is actually based on Dreadwing's appearance, but with an actual head.
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Unlike in his previous fictional appearences, Thundercracker is not a drone, but rather a fellow Seeker under Starscream's command. He apparently waited aboard the Nemesis, hidden on Mars, while the other Decepticons went to Earth in search of the All Spark. When Starscream returns to the Nemesis with Frenzy (who may or may not be still functioning), Thundercracker was there to greet his barely-functioning Commander, and brought him aboard for repairs.
Afterwards, Starscream began to confide in his subordinate his plans for recreating Cybertron when the Nemesis suddenly fell under Autobot attack. The Reign of Starscream issue 2
Toys
- Thundercracker (Voyager, 2007)
- This version of Thundercracker is a retooling of the Voyager class Starscream toy, with a new head. Cast mostly in light blue and grey plastic resembling Generation 1 Thundercracker's paint scheme, he transforms into a Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jet. As with Starscream, this vehicle mode is ridiculously inaccurate. Farcically so. Pushing the fighter along a smooth surface causes the barrels of his gigantic spring-loaded gattling missile launchers to rotate and fire their projectiles, which can also be stored in the black flip-up braces on the launchers.
- During transformation, pushing up upon the canopy fuselage piece activates Thundercracker's Automorphing gimmick which pushes panels out of the torso, wings and stabilizers. In robot mode, his projectile missiles are sculpted to resemble fingers, should users choose keep them loaded while Thundercracker is in robot mode.
Merchandise
- Thundercracker (3D Battle Card, 2007)
- Thundercracker's card is the same "mold" as Starscream's, but is decorated like G1 Thundercracker.
Trivia
- Curiously, Thundercracker's upturned nosecone behind his head is interpreted as being a part of his head on the box art. Target-exclusive Starscream, which was released nearly concurrently, uses the same box art, but with the odd nosecone section correctly removed.
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