Watchdog (G1)

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This article is about the Generation 1 patrol car. For the Armada video-game Mini-Con, see Watchdog (Armada).

A "watchdog" is a Decepticon from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

"I have Reflector's color scheme! Make of that what you will."

"Watchdog" units are part of the Decepticon security net on Cybertron under Shockwave. These hovercars patrol the roads of Cybertron, going where the traditional Decepticon jet cannot.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

When Spike, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, Bumblebee, and Brawn peed off Shockwave, he sent the entire Decepticon contingent on Cybertron after them. Two "watchdogs" pursued them through the streets, but they were able to evade them by ducking into the hidden entrance to Wheeljack's lab. The Ultimate Doom, Part 3

Notes

• Identified only as "futuristic Decepticon vehicles" in the episode's script, these two Decepticons are colloquially referred to as "watchdogs" by Spike. The share the same pale purple and grey colour scheme as Reflector; could they be some of the Photons—the robots who share Reflector's design—in their Cybertronian alternate modes?