Cloning
| This article is about all cases of Clones in general . For the G1 toy subgroup Clones , see Clone (subgroup) . |
- Cloning is the process of creating a living organism that is exactly (or nearly) identical to another living organism.
In the case of Transformers, clones are created in a number of different ways, and they need not be identical in both modes to be clones. Indeed the original Transformer Clones, Autobots Fastlane and Cloudraker, and Decepticons Pounce and Wingspan shared only their resopective robot modes and had entirely different alternate forms.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Generation 1 cartoon
The Insecticons possessed cloning abilities that allowed them to create clones of themselves using metallic debris. Using this, they were able to increase their numbers from three to potentially hundreds of thousands. A Plague of Insecticons The Decepticons attempted to use the Insecticon clones to produce energon by having the Insecticons ingest organic food, but the Insecticon clones were destroyed by Morphobots. Quest for Survival
Beast Wars
Megatron made a habit out of cloning things, especially in relation to his former leutenant Dinobot.
Dreamwave
It was established that Transformer clones such as Pounce, Wingspan, Fastlane, and Cloudraker were established by artificially replicating the process that normally leads to Transformer siblings and artificially splitting a spark as it is introduced to a protoform. These pares are less well-balanced and more co-dependant than naturally occuring siblings.
After the Great Shutdown, Shockwave began research into cloning. He developed several clones of prominent individuals, using technology he had gained when Megatron struck a deal with the Quintessons over the Aerospace Extermination Squadron. When Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus overthrew his regime, Shockwave's clones were not yet ready. The Battlechargers discovered his lab while looking for a CR chamber, finding several of the clones who had yet to be activated. However, the computers were processing the information that Shockwave had downloaded from Vector Sigma, spilling into whatever available memory it could find...including Sunstorm, a clone of Starscream. Generation One ongoing
