Stunticon (Prime)

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

The Stunticons are a Decepticon subgroup from the Aligned continuity family.

What's Vector Sigma?

The Stunticons plot to take over planets' roads in any way they can. Whether that be searching for Cybertronian weapons that can help them or setting up posts at different roadways, controlled by one of their individual members, it doesn't matter. As long as they can take over the roads, they'll be satisfied. After all, the roads are their turf.

They are currently focusing their attention on Earth, but unfortunately a group of stupid lawbots is constantly interfering with their plans in order to defend the squishies. Stocking up on Cybertronian relics is the only way they can defend themselves, and the tracking device they found will certainly help.

The group includes:

• The rough and tough leader Motormaster, obsessed with being "ruler of the roads".
• The brutish and overconfident Heatseeker, who fires heat-seeking missiles.
• The confidence-lacking Wildbreak, who can emit painful energy waves through the air or ground.
• Wildbreak's "buddy ol' pal", the scheming and opportunistic Dragstrip, who leaves enemies in the dust with his nitro boosts.
• The snobbish and snarky Slashmark, who literally rips at the roads with his energy-induced tires.

The Stunticons are accomplished combiners with multiple tricks up their sleeves. They can double-up to share power: Dragstrip and Wildbreak have been known to form Dragbreak, while Heatseeker and Slashmark form Heatmark. The entire group can also combine into the fearsome (if unstable) titan Menasor.

Breakdown and Wildrider have been known to also be members of the team, but their relation to the others is unknown.

Notes

• Until their appearance in the third season of Robots in Disguise, the only information on the existence of the Stunticon team came from the toy bio of the Japanese-original Wildrider, with said bio only mentioning himself and Breakdown. Even prior to that, Motormaster appeared exclusively in the DS version of War For Cybertron, while Drag Strip appeared in most versions of the game and its sequels Fall of Cybertron and Rise of the Dark Spark alongside Breakdown. Ironically, Dead End, while he also appears in the games, has not yet been confirmed to be a Stunticon anywhere in the Aligned continuity. Wildrider, the only Stunticon absent from the games, would later have a toy in the Prime toyline that included a unique Stunticon logo among its optional decals, partly derived from the Team Stunticon symbol developed for BotCon 2011's "The Stunti-Con Job" comic and box set.
• By coincidence or design, Breakdown, Wildrider, and Dead End, the three more "traditional" Stunticons who appeared in Prime or got toys in the accompanying toyline, are the very same three who would be "replaced" later on in Robots in Disguise.

Foreign Names

• Japanese: Stunticon (スタンティコン Sutantikon)
• Mandarin: Tèjì Hǔ (特技虎, "Stunt Tiger")