Decepticon detector

<I>A Decepticon detector isn't a device in the <A class=mw-redirect

title="Generation 1 (cartoon)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_(cartoon)">cartoon</A> portion of the <A class=mw-redirect title="Generation 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1">Generation 1</A> <A title="Continuity family" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family">continuity family</A>.</I>

<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 252px"><A class=image title="No clue what it is, but we know one thing it's not." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Decepticon_detector.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=188 alt="No clue what it is, but we know one thing it's not." src="Decepticon detector - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/250px-Decepticon_detector.jpg" width=250 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Decepticon_detector.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Decepticon detector - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>No clue what it is, but we know one thing it's not.</DIV></DIV></DIV> Ain't no such thing as a Decepticon detector. You know that, and I know that, but... <A name=Fiction></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Decepticon_detector&action=edit&section=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Fiction</SPAN></H2><A name=Generation_1_cartoon_continuity></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Generation 1 cartoon continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Decepticon_detector&action=edit&section=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Generation 1 cartoon continuity</SPAN></H3> When the <A title=Autobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot">Autobots</A> were searching for <A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon">Decepticons</A> after they were scattered post-<A title=Unicron href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron">Unicron</A>, they turned their eyes to <A class=mw-redirect title=Carbombya href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Carbombya">Carbombya</A>. <A title="Abdul Fakkadi" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Abdul_Fakkadi">President Fakkadi</A> insisted that he harbored no Decepticons, but <A title=Outback href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Outback">Outback</A> and <A title="Blaster (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blaster_(G1)">Blaster</A> arrived to search his air force nonetheless. When Blaster lamented the difficulty in finding their quarry, Outback produced a device he claimed was a "Decepticon detector." Blaster expressed disbelief, and Outback admitted he was making it up. But when they were actually on the airfield, Outback announced that he had it and waved it around. Spooked, <A title="Dirge (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dirge_(G1)">Dirge</A> and <A title="Ramjet (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_(G1)">Ramjet</A> suddenly took off.

But Outback grounded them anyway, and they even gave him the location of <A title=Chaar href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chaar">Chaar</A>. Maybe he told them he had a "Decepticon information extractor" too. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Five_Faces_of_Darkness,_Part_1">Five Faces of