Allicon

This article is about the Quintesson guards. For the drone built from pieces of Optimus Prime, see Alligaticon.

Okay, which one's Hawk and which one's Animal?

Allicons are another breed of the Quintessons' enforcer-units, often used as guards for more important members of the race. They are slightly smarter than the Sharkticons, even capable of speech, but free will has been pretty thoroughly removed from their programming, to the point where they will malfunction if resisting a direct order.

They transform into bipedal, vaguely crocodilian creatures.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Aron Kincaid (English, "The Killing Jar"), Reinhard Brock (German, "The Quintesson Journal")

A group of Allicons intercepted Kup and Hot Rod when the two Autobots were lost on Quintessa. Kup used the universal greeting and offered them energon goodies, which made the Allicons friendly... until the goodies ran out. Oops. The Allicons subdued the two Autobots and took them to the Quintessons' court chambers, tossing them into the cell next to Kranix. The Transformers: The Movie

The Allicons’ involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook "Transformers the Movie."

The better to eat you with!

Some Allicons guarded Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike to their trial after they were captured by the Quintessons during the Galactic Olympics. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1

A single Allicon later served as the guard for a Quintesson scientist who kidnapped Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus, Marissa Faireborn and Wreck-Gar. When the captives escaped, it dueled Wreck-Gar with a spear until the Quintesson's ship started being dragged into a black hole and the whole group had to work together to escape. When the Quintesson tried to flee in the only escape pod and everyone else tried to stop him, the Allicon just blanked out as it couldn't disobey its orders. Eventually they all escaped from the black hole, and the Allicon and its master went off on their own. The Killing Jar

An uncharacteristically intelligent Allicon once talked strategy with a judge-type Quintesson. The Quintesson Journal

Marvel The Transformers comics

Allicons appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

When Quintessa was threatened with destruction by the growing force of the time storm, the Quintessons activated the Trawler Project to find a new suitable homeworld to relocate to, by force if necessary. Allicon agents were sent out to many worlds to determine their suitability for colonization. But a freak cosmic storm diverted the message canister containing the results to the planet of Junk, where it was recovered by Wreck-Gar and the Junkions. Wreck-Gar was interrogated by the Quintessons, but provided no useful information. An Allicon led Wreck-Gar to his execution at the Sharkticon pits, but was overpowered by the Junkion and tossed into the pit himself. Wreck-Gar fought past a number of other Allicons before making his escape.

In the meantime, General Ghyrik led a fleet of Allicons and Quintessons to Earth for Plan B: the taking of Autobot City!

Ghyrik and the Allicons breached the outer walls using Trident attack crafts, and a commando raid secured the city itself in a matter of minutes. An Allicon soon informed Ghyrik that Phase 2 was underway: the conquest of Cybertron. Other Allicons continued the pursuit of Wreck-Gar away from Quintessa, but he evaded them. Allicon shock troopers simultaneously ambushed the Decepticon forces on Cybertron and stole the Creation Matrix from Rodimus Prime when he arrived at Autobot City. They pursued the now reduced Hot Rod and Arcee while working to crush the Autobot reinforcements at the City. Hot Rod managed to turn the tide by releasing Blaster's Mini-Cassettes and reactivating Metroplex from deep within Autobot City's core. Meanwhile, the Decepticons on Cybertron received a helping hand from Ultra Magnus and the Autobots. Magnus saved Soundwave's life when an Allicon nearly shot him in the back, and the battle turned against the Quintesson forces on both planets. Metroplex swatted the Allicons like flies, and the united Cybertronians drove off the other Quintesson invaders from their homeworld. Space Pirates!

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

The Age of Wrath ceased publication before the story could conclude. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

Following Flash's teleportation to Quintessa during the Age of Internment, he encountered a mob of Sharkticons and Allicons, but managed to evade them by taking shelter in a Quintesson Citadel. The Age of Wrath Pt.4

Allicons and Sharkticons stood guard on Quintessa while the Quintessons detailed their plans for Megatron. Generation 1 #0

3H comics

A school of Sharkticons and Allicons devoured the Beast Mutants when they arrived on Quintessa. Betrayal

Allicon troopers were involved in the invasion of Cybertron by the Quintessons set shortly after the techno-organic wave reformatted the planet's surface. It had all been part of a plot by the Quintessons through the Oracle, their private interface to the supercomputer, Vector Sigma. Little did they know that Primus had manipulated their plans to his own ends, advancing the evolution of his people. The Allicon troopers got more than they bargained for as the mechanical, bio-mechanical, and techno-organic denizens of Cybertron devastated the Quintesson invaders and secured their homeland for future generations. Wreckers: Finale Part II

Animated cartoon continuity

Sentinel Prime considered Seaspray on land to be clumsier than an one-legged Allicon. Nevertheless, Seaspray claimed to have destroyed hundreds of Allicons during the War of the Waves on Antilla. The AllSpark Almanac II

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

The Quintessons sent hordes of Allicons to stop Optimus Prime, Duke and Snake-Eyes from escaping their trial, though they failed. Everybody Hates Metroplex

Ask Vector Prime

Vector Prime, in response to a question about Alicorns, stated that Allicons are their own separate sub-species of Transformer similar to the Sharkticons, and that he is not aware of any other Transformer sharing an alt-mode with them. Ask Vector Prime

Swindle's Spiel

Swindle, Swindle and Swindle had Allicons among their drones for sale. Ask Vector Prime

Toys

Generations

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

It's either I bite your head off, or I stab you with this spear. Take your pick.

• Quintesson Allicon (Deluxe, 2020)
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  • Accessories: spear, dagger

Released as part of the Earthrise Deluxe Class lineup, this Quintesson Allicon converts into a humanoid crocodilian beast mode in 14 steps.

Notes

• The script for the movie originally called for the Allicons' scene to feature Sharkticons, but we got these critters instead. They were indeed Sharkticons in the first comic adaptation. Neither in this scene, nor in any of their reappearances during the series were they referred to by name—the script for "The Killing Jar" identified them only as "Quintesson Guards". The creatures were given the name 'Allicon' years after the fact in Dreamwave's 2004 More Than Meets The Eye series.
• Thanks to "The Killing Jar", an Allicon's beast mode was the first official use of the term "alternate mode".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Guard (ガード Gādo), Allicon (アリコン Arikon)
• Japanese: Èyú Jīng (鳄鱼精, "Alligator Demon")