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Toy bios

Skyfall: See OTFCC magazine issue 4 article.

Descent into Evil: Deathsaurus:

• Characters mentioned include: Star Saber.
• Star Saber and Deathsaurus were the leaders of the Autobot and Decepticon factions in the Victory franchise, hence their rivalry mentioned here.
• Emperor of Destruction is a Japanese term used to refer to the leader of the Decepticons/Predacons/etc.
• Notably, the fact that Maximals and Predacons exist places DiE at the very end stage of the Great War. While the DiE continuity would never be revisited, several ideas, such as the Autobot/Maximal and Decepticon/Predacon alliances, would later be explored in other BotCon fiction.
• The ability of his wings to absorb sunlight was part of Deathsaurus' original powerset, while the corrosive energy seems to be a reference to his Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon.

Dirge:

• This is the first mention of a Insecticon clan of ancient Cybertronians in fiction. While presumably not a reference, later continuities, such as the Aligned and IDW G1 continuities, would establish their versions of Insecticons as a race of ancient Cybertronians.

Buzzclaw:

• Gladitorial combat being part of pre-war society was first introduced in State Games, and has become a major part of Cybertronian history since. Polyhex was introduced in issue 17 of the Marvel Transformers comic.
• The Insecticons ability to clone themselves was introduced in the original Transformers cartoon.

Ironhide:

• Characters mentioned include: Optimus Prime.
• "Leaking lubricant" is an euphemism shouted by Ironhide in More than Meets the Eye, Part 1.
• Moonbase One and Moonbase Two were introduced and destroyed in The Transformers: The Movie. Presumably this means that Cybertron had two other moons not seen in the film.
• The Reconfiguration Matrix was originally mentioned in the Generation 2 Go-Bot Optimus Prime toy's bio, and it would be expanded upon in the Japanese Generation 2 story pages and pack-in manga.
• Ironhide's Trithyllium-steel skin was mentioned in his original bio, along with his ability to shoot chemicals and other liquids from his arms. His ability to combine with his trailer unit is presumably a reference to the original toy's Onebox component.

Fallback:

• Characters mentioned include: Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime.
• Fallback's change from Outback is explained here as the result of a near fatal injury, with a new outlook on life given when he was rebuilt.

Chromia:

• Characters mentioned include: Firestar.
• Notably, "Chromia's" toy has a deco, head, and personality based on Moonracer, as she was originally the one who this toy was intended for.

Ricochet:

• Characters mentioned include: Bumblebee.
• Ricochet was based upon on a fan character Ben Yee made when he was younger.
• Bumblebee was originally the Autobot's espionage agent in the original toyline. Looks like he's graduated to the top!

Ratchet:

• nothing notable

Flareup:

• Characters mentioned include: Firestar.
• Flareup was originally the student of Firestar, in a reference to the fact that she was originally intended to be a toy for Firestar.

Virulent Clones:

• As mentioned in the bio card for Buzzclaw, the Insecticons cloning ability originates from the G1 cartoon. Deathsaurus has had to unlock it from its latent state due to Dirge and Buzzclaw's changing body forms, presumably referring to their rather....organic looking body types.

Flamewar:

• Characters mentioned include: Megatron and the Tripredacus Council.
• Her body type is noted to be stolen from the Autobots.

Landquake:

• Characters mentioned include: Megatron
• Landquake's energon manipulating abilities are noted to be superior to that of the Omnicons.

Optimus Primal: See Dawn of Future's past bio

Rhinox:

• Characters mentioned include: Optimus Primal

Cheetor:

• Characters mentioned include: Maximal Command Security Force, Optimus Primal

Rattrap

• Characters mentioned include: Optimus Primal

Dinobot

• Characters mentioned include: Megatron, Tripredacus Council

Megatron: see DOFP bio

Waspinator

• Characters mentioned include: Megatron

Laserbeak

• Characters mentioned include: Divebomb, Ravage, Tripredacus Council

Buzzsaw:

• Characters mentioned include: Megatron, Shockwave

Tigatron: nothing notable

Rumble:

• Characters mentioned include: Frenzy, the Swarm, Unicron, Soundwave.
• Frenzy's death in Generation 2 issue 12 is mentioned.
• Apparently Rumble enjoys Bubblegum pop.

Inferno:

• Characters mentioned include: Megatron, Optimus Primal, Unicron.
• Inferno is noted to be a Vehicon General, having survived the Beast Wars unlike his main counterpart.

TOTGD bios

Stopgap: Stopgap spent several years undercover on Edaps, which is backwards for Spade, and named after fictional detective Sam Spade.

Backslash:

• Mentioned characters: Cryotek, Sharkticons, Buzzbomb, Scoponok, Megatron.
• The eye optics used by several Predacons in Beast Wars are noted to be a popular modification among Predacons.

Buzzbomb:

• Mentioned characters include: Cryotek, Backslash.

Dirge:

• Mentioned characters include: Cryotek, Blot
• Among the possessions Dirges has "aquired" include the Hand of Blot (presumably the hand of the G1 Terrorcon), and the Boltaxian Codex found in the slums of [Darkmount, named for Marvel-original Transformer Boltax.

Cryotek

• Mentioned characters include: Deathsaurus, Megatron.
• Before the end of the war, Cryotek worked as a supply manager under Deathsaurus.

Micro-Sized profiles

March 2nd profiles: Bunker-Buster, Knockdown, Nightscream, Offshoot, Strongarm.

• Mentioned characters include: Scourge, Override, Dirt Boss.
• Bunker-Buster is based off an unreleased redeco of the Attacktix Mini-Con mold, based on Energon Skyboom. Knockdown, Nightscream,Offshoot, and Strongarm were included with a special released of the Cybertron Primus toy, exclusive to Wal-Mart.
• Bunker-Buster is one of the lunar Mini-Con rebels under Thrust's command.
• Knockdown comes from the Jungle Planet.
• Nightscream comes from Gigantion. The idea that Gigantion's people were usually not allowed to return to lower levels comes from Cybertron episode Giant.
• Offshoot is from Velocitron, and is a partner of Dirt Boss; she shares his grudge with Override.
• Strongarm is one of the Earth-based Cybertronians, and works with the monster hunters (including Crosswise. He is noted to have holomatter avatars, technology introduced in IDW's Infiltration.