Terradive (G2)

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

Terradive is a Decepticon Skyscorcher from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Guess what? He's evil and doesn't like Autobots.

Terradive doesn't think much beyond "follow orders" and "shoot Autobots". He's all about brute force, mostly there to be pointed in the right direction and let loose on enemies.

Fiction

Fleetway Generation 2 comic

Terradive was part of Bludgeon's forces sent to Earth to smash stuff as a ploy to draw out Optimus Prime. War Without End When Megatron appeared to take back Decepticon leadership, Tornado retrieved Hawk and Terradive, who were attacking a squad of Autobots, so they could tackle Megatron.

Things didn't go too well for Terradive then. When the Dinobots arrived, Snarl shot Terradive down. He was presumably taken prisoner by the Autobots afterwards. War Zone

Wings Universe

Terradive was part of the "second generation" of Transformers created on Earth at the Cyberfactory. Although born without a faction, he soon chose one anyways and joined Clench's Decepticon Syndicate alongside many others. Generation 2: Redux

IDW 2005 continuity

Terradive served under the command of Turmoil when their second-in-command Deadlock abandoned his post. Drift #1

Regeneration One

When raiding the Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot in Kalis with Afterburner, Windrazor and Eagle Eye, Terradive apparently tripped "every alarm in the place", leading to a siege with Ultra Magnus's Cybertronian Civil Defense. As Eagle Eye prepared to rig one of the Warbirds' detonator caps to detonate and cover their escape they were surprised by three Insecticons, who burst in under orders from Soundwave to make "martyrs" of the Skyscorchers. Terradive was killed by Venom's, uh, venom. Loose Ends, Part 1

Toys

Generation 1

• Terradive (Skyscorcher, 1993)
  • Accessories: Radar array/rifle

Terradive transforms into a Ling-Temco-Vought A-7E Corsair II jet. His undercarriage radar becomes a hand-held non-firing blaster weapon for robot mode.

He was originally sold in the European market in 1993 as part of the "transitional" line that used the Generation 2 insignias, but lacked the new subline name. He was later released in the United States, with no notable changes, as part of the Generation 2 line. He was then later re-released in the European version of Generation 2 in 1994.

This toy is gang-molded with Eagle Eye.

• More information on Terradive at TFU.info

Generation 2

• Terradive (Skyscorcher, 1993/1994)
  • Accessories: Radar array/rifle

Terradive was released in Generation 2 in the United States in 1993. He was rereleased under the same line in 1994 in Europe.

Block Town

• Control Tower Set (Block Town, 1996)
  • Accessories: Radar array/rifle, control tower brick set

Roger, tower, which way is the sky?

Terradive's mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-Generation 2 Takara Block Town line, as an Autobot. To be redecoed in blue with green, he was to come with the TFBT-2 Control Tower Set, a building-block control tower that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This set ultimately never came to release.

In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the Block Town sets among several other future items coming out. Only the Galaxy Force items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store exclusives to boot).

Given that Terradive's Japanese name was revealed on a BotCon Japan-exclusive poster to be "Terradive" - a poster that also showed Windbreaker's Japanese name as being "Carzap", which was what the Block Town Windbreaker redeco showed up as in Transformers Generations - it's likely that the Block Town Terradive was going to be named "Terradive" as well. The whole "Autobot" thing makes the issue somewhat hazy, though.

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Notes

• A piece of internal documentation containing an unfinished version of Terradive's cardback once turned up on eBay, evidently from the collection of a former Hasbro employee. This mockup shows that Terradive once had the preproduction name of "Terraswoop".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Terradive (テラダイブ Teradaibu)
• French/Dutch: Nightmare (France, the Netherlands, Belgium)