Sharkticon (Energon)
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- Sharkticon is a Decepticon from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Sharkticon was recruited to work in space reconnaissance, but he is even more effective in space or underwater combat. His fellow Decepticons don't care what his assignment is, so long as it keeps this reeking, repellent, repulsively cruel degenerate far away from them. He is highly maneuverable and adaptable in his vehicle mode, and a powerful combatant in either mode.
Fiction
Energon comic
Sharkticon was assigned by Alpha Quintesson to join Slugslinger and Mirage (who had been recently reformatted from Tidal Wave) on a mission to abduct Kicker Jones. While he teammates beat up on some Omnicons, Sharkticon went to fetch the unconscious Kicker. Multiplicity, Pt. 2 However, as he rose to the surface, Kicker woke up. He promptly used his energon-manipulating powers to give Sharkticon the worst case of indigestion he ever had! Sharkticon went belly-up, and Kicker rose out of him, aglow with energy. Multiplicity, Pt. 3 Being the pals they were, Slugslinger and Mirage left him behind when they fled. Jerks. Multiplicity, Pt. 4
Later, Sharkticon attempted to infiltrate Ocean City from below. Having blasted his way through the clinging, jellyfish-like security system, Sharkticon ran across Kicker and the Energon Saber Mini-Cons, who knocked him back into the drink. Sharkticon's re-telling of his failure to Megatron was very unconvincing. Perspective
Energon pack-in comics
Sharkticon was part of an Eclipse-Team mission to steal refined energon from an Autobot installation on Earth. He and Slugslinger sneaked in through the sewers, but fell into an Autobot ambush. Sharkticon tried to flee, leaving the wounded Slugslinger behind, but was shot down by Omega Supreme. To make matters worse, it appears that Sharkticon's out of control flight incapacitated Shockblast. Energon Volume 3
Force of Habit
Teamed up with fellow boat Dreadwing, Sharkticon[1] was among the Decepticons who attacked the Autobot ship Iron Hope. Force of Habit
Toys
Energon
- Sharkticon (Deluxe, 2004)
- Accessories: 2 missiles
- Sharkticon transforms into a Cybertronic submarine/battleship with dimly animalistic styling. (He lacks any kind of "jaws", despite what his official bio says.) His small gun turrets are movable, plus his side panels can extend outward to reveal spring-loaded missile launchers for his "Hyper Mode". He has two "dead" Mini-Con ports, one on each forearm.
- Sharkticon's alternate mode was meant to resemble the Generation 1 Decepticon starship Nemesis. Aaron Archer, at one BotCon panel, even admitted that he still thought of the character as "Nemesis", and had trouble recalling the released toy's final name.
- Sharkticon was redecoed into the Timelines Sharkticons and United Axalon, and retooled into Timelines Sky-Byte.
Universe (2003)
- Sharkticon (Deluxe class, 2005)
- Accessories: 2 missiles
- Sharkticon was repackaged in Universe packaging and sold at discount chains like Family Dollar and Big Lots!. There are no discernible differences between this version of the toy itself and the original.
Notes
- Hasbro reached out to Ben Yee to ask for images of the Nemesis that, unbeknownst to Yee at the time, were to be used as reference material for designing Sharkticon's altmode.[2]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Sharkticon (シャークティコン Shākutikon)
