Quintesson Executioner (G1)
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- Quintesson Executioners are a type of Quintesson from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Quintesson Executioners are tasked with putting an end to the victims of Quintessa's courts.
Fiction
[edit]Generation 1 cartoon continuity
[edit]The Transformers cartoon
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When the Quintesson Prosecutor declared a prisoner innocent or guilty, an Executioner-type Quintesson was responsible for flipping the switch that sent them tumbling into the Sharkticons' pit. The Transformers: The Movie
Deviations
[edit]In a divergent timeline, when Optimus Prime burst in with a team to shut down the kangaroo court, two executioners were among the Quintessons sent fleeing. Transformers: Deviations
Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]General Ghyrik and Jolup were Executioner-type Quintessons. Space Pirates!
3H comics
[edit]Overseer Rexian and In-Saba Nur were Executioners. Wreckers: Finale Part II
Notes
[edit]- Marvel's The Transformers Universe referred to this kind of Quintesson as a "Gatekeeper", suggesting the design was created specifically for a scene that wound up being deleted from the film, in which a Quintesson standing watch at the gate to their citadel sent the Dinobots (searching for Hot Rod and Kup) off in the wrong direction. With the deletion of this scene, the design was instead used for the Quintesson who throws the switch that sends Arblus plummeting into the Sharkticon pit, earning them the fan-designation of "Executioner"[1], which later found its way into official use.
Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Monban (門番, "Gatekeeper")
References
[edit]- ↑ ""Haha, you know, I DO. I cant PROVE this, but I think *I* might be responsible for them. 20 years ago, for fun, I mocked up an "Ultimate Guide" style page for the Quintessons and invented some names for the various types. I've no idea if any of these terms were independently coined by others or were in use by fans before this, but I do know the Ark artbook used all of them about three years later!""—Chris McFeely, Bluesky Social, 2024/10/04
