Quintesson Judge (G1)
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- Quintesson Judges are a type of Quintesson from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Leaders of the Quintesson race, the Quintesson Judges determine the sentences of their unfortunate victims in Quintessa's courtrooms and serve as the face of their many business and war excursions.
Faces
The Judge's most distinctive physical characteristic is their set of five rotating faces. Each face represents a different aspect of the Quintesson, although the specific order can differ.
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Death
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Angry
(aka "Rage," "Wrath") -
Smiling
(aka "Laughter," "War") -
Grimacing
(aka "Bitterness," "Wisdom") -
Suspicious
(aka "Doubt," "Judgment")
Only the Face of Death was identified in the original Transformers cartoon. The script for The Transformers: The Movie called for the expressions on the other four faces to be "angry," "smiling," "grimacing," and "suspcious," and artist Floro Dery designed the faces to represent these emotions. A spread in the January 1987 issue of Japan's Comic Bom Bom would also reflect this intent, with translations of the material by Andrew Hall circa 2002 identifiying the faces as "Rage," "Laughter," "Bitterness," and "Doubt." However, this information was not widely known to fandom at the time the 2004 publication, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, was written, resulting in the book's author Simon Furman inventing names for the other four faces. While he struck lucky dubbing the "angry" face "Wrath," the others — "War," "Wisdom," and "Judgement" — have no connection to the actual intent behind the Quintessons' design.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
Macrocosmic Seekers
The Seeker was a Quintesson Judge before he abandoned his race to become a being of pure information. A Treasure's True Worth
Legends comic
A Judge and a Prosecutor were in contact with the Matrix, which was filled with the Quintessons' evil wisdom. Bonus Edition Vol. EX
A sole Judge from a time long before 2021 led a troop of Overcharges to attack the Legends World through a portal. He was attacked by the diminutive Blitzwing of 2021, but was thrown away by the Judge's attendant Overcharge. Blitzwing soon made his own transtector from an fallen Overcharge, and he was able to convince his past self, who was the Judge's Overcharge, to find his own identity. Fleeing Blitzwing back to his native time and place, the Judge declared the creators of the Legends World to be dangerous. Bonus Edition Vol. 59
The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers manga
A Judge loudly announced the emergence of Gilthor from Earth's oceans. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4
Controverse
The Galactic Court assigned Adveraros, a Quintesson Judge, to Primacron's trial on Millaath. Controverse
Kiss Players Position
Generations Selects Special Comic
The Quintessons would eventually break free of their dimensional prison thanks to the Angolmois Energy on Earth and the unique properties of Dinobot Island. With one Judge leading several other Judges, a Bailiff, and some Allicons, the Quintessons sought to subdue the Dinobots so they could sell the Autobots to the highest bidder. The Dinobots resisted, so the lead Judge released a Recreator Volcanicus comic 1 that recreated Predaking to fight the Dinobots. However, the Dinobots were able to combine into Volcanicus, and the Quintessons fled while the Dinobot combiner defeated Predaking. Volcanicus comic 2
Marvel The Transformers comics
Lord Kledji and Sevax were Quintesson Judges. Space Pirates!
3H comics
Derodomontatus, Betrayal Heirodyus, and Brinn were Judges. Wreckers: Finale Part II
2005 IDW continuity
Pentius was a Judge-type Quintesson. Faces of Darkness
Toys
Generations
- Quintesson Judge (Voyager Class, 2020)
- ID number: WFC-E22
- Japanese ID number: ER EX-08
- Japanese release date: August 29, 2020
- Accessories: Blaster, cage, seat, blast effect
- The first Generation 1 Quintesson toy, released at the Voyager price point as part of the Earthrise toyline. The Quintesson Judge converts into a modular battle station and prison in 16 steps. The prison cell is large enough to fit a Battlemaster, and the five faces have articulated mouths and a rotating gimmick. The included blaster resembles the welding / repair gun that a Quintesson Judge used in "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2". The order of the faces matches Transformers: The Movie, which means it does not match the order in the cartoon show or the comics, which had Rage and Doubt surrounding Death, rather than Bitterness and Laughter.
- Two faces (Rage and Doubt) come detached in the package, requiring owners to plug them into their respective sides; strangely, there have been multiple reports from owners that Rage was far more difficult to plug in. Promotional photos depicted a yellow levitation beam but production pieces were clear.
- He was originally supposed to be released in the second wave, but was changed to the third wave, with Starscream replacing him. In Japan, the Quintesson Judge was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.
- Quintesson Pit of Judgment (2020)
- Accessories: blaster, cage, seat, blast effect
- This giftset represents the "trial" of Kranix during The Transformers: The Movie. The set includes a brighter redeco of the Earthrise Quintesson Judge toy. The interior packaging forms the Sharkticon execution pit.
- This piece was exclusive to Hasbro Pulse in the United States. It was announced to the public before the "standard" versions of the Judge and Allicon were released, and was available first for people who attended the Hasbro Fans Expo in Hong Kong and preordered the set.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Itsutsu-gao (5つ顔, "five-faced"), hanji (判事, "judge"), saibankan (裁判官, "judge"), Quintesson Judge (クインテッサンジャッジ Kuintessan Jajji)
