Shockblast
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| This article is about the Energon Decepticon tank/satellite. For the Generation 1 space gun, see Shockwave (G1). |
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- Shockblast is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_%28franchise%29" title="Energon (franchise)">Energon</a> portion of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy" title="Unicron Trilogy">Unicron Trilogy</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.
[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|No, the toy doesn't have that hose. Or that arm joint. Or that hand.]] Shockblast packs an incredible amount of strength and firepower inside his chassis, and he knows it. He's brash, arrogant, sarcastic, and fearless, even willing to challenge the might of Megatron directly. He's also a sociopath, casually killing solely for the fun of it. He revels in destruction, and he's not particularly bothered which side is doing the exploding.
Shockblast is the brother of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Six_Shot_%28Energon%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Six Shot (Energon)">Six Shot</a>. He has an unspecified history with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tidal_Wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidal Wave">Tidal Wave</a>; the two hate each other, probably because Shockblast is a jerk.
- Japanese name: Laserwave
- Hungarian name: Pöröly ("Hammer"), Sokkoló ("Shocker", <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Ultimate_Battles&action=edit" class="new" title="Ultimate Battles">Ultimate Battles</a> DVD only)
<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shockblast_%28Energon%29&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="Energon_pack-in_mini-comics"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shockblast_%28Energon%29&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: Energon pack-in mini-comics">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Energon pack-in mini-comics</span></h3> When <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slugslinger_%28Energon%29" title="Slugslinger (Energon)">Slugslinger</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sharkticon_%28Energon%29" title="Sharkticon (Energon)">Sharkticon</a> attempted to break into an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> island facility, Shockblast scrambled the security system with an electromagnetic pulse from orbit. However, when the plan went wrong, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Omega_Supreme_%28Energon%29" title="Omega Supreme (Energon)">Omega Supreme</a> nailed Shockblast with cannon-fire, despite the Decepticon being in low orbit.
Later, Shockblast was part of the Decepticon party that had cornered <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28Armada%29" title="Optimus Prime (Armada)">Optimus Prime</a> and a wounded <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Shot_%28Armada%29" title="Hot Shot (Armada)">Hot Shot</a>. However, Shockblast was blown away by the combined power of Optimus and the newly-arrived <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wing_Saber" title="Wing Saber">Wing Saber</a>.
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<a name="Energon"></a><h4><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shockblast_%28Energon%29&action=edit§ion=4" title="Edit section: Energon">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Energon</span></h4>
- Voice actor: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brian_Drummond" title="Brian Drummond">Brian Drummond</a> (US) <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nobutoshi_Canna" title="Nobutoshi Canna">Nobutoshi Canna</a> (Japan), <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Fredrik_Beckmann&action=edit" class="new" title="Fredrik Beckmann">Fredrik Beckmann</a> (Sweden)
[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|Tentacles. In a Japanese cartoon. This isn't going to end well...]] Shockblast was held prisoner deep inside Cybertron, under near-constant supervision due to his status as a dangerous Decepticon war criminal. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Q:_Identity" title="Alpha Q: Identity">Alpha Q: Identity</a></span> During a Decepticon uprising, Shockblast escaped and slaughtered most of the Autobot guards, including <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Padlock" title="Padlock">Padlock</a>. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28Armada%29" title="Megatron (Armada)">Megatron</a> decided to add Shockblast to his team, and dispatched <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tidal_Wave_%28Armada%29" title="Tidal Wave (Armada)">Tidal Wave</a> to Cybertron to retrieve him. The two immediately began to squabble, reviving an old emnity. Shockblast damaged Cybertron's <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_grid" title="Energon grid">energon grid</a> before fleeing the planet. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockblast:_Rampage" title="Shockblast: Rampage">Shockblast: Rampage</a></span>
Shockblast was quickly given command of Megatron's troops and told to lead an assault on Cybertron, to destroy the rest of the grid. Unfortunately, Tidal Wave was severely damaged during Shockblast's attack due to Shockblast's own carelessness, leading to his reformatting into <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tidal_Wave_%28Armada%29#Energon" title="Tidal Wave (Armada)">Mirage</a>. Wing Dagger attempted to capture Shockblast during this attack, but was also crushed under the same falling energon tower that damaged Tidal Wave. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Each_One_Fights..." title="Each One Fights...">Each One Fights...</a></span> <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Unleashed" title="Unicron Unleashed">Unicron Unleashed</a></span>
Shockblast regarded Megatron with a high level of contempt, and eventually attempted to overthrow Megatron and take command of Unicron. This didn't go so well for him. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Open_Fire%21" title="Open Fire!">Open Fire!</a></span> <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ripped_Up_Space" title="Ripped Up Space">Ripped Up Space</a></span>
On the other side of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rift_%28Energon%29" title="Rift (Energon)">rift in space</a>, he crash landed alone on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Iron_Planet&action=edit" class="new" title="Iron Planet">Iron Planet</a>. Surrounded by Autobots, he was defeated by the reborn <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wing_Saber" title="Wing Saber">Wing Saber</a>, captured and chained up. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Protection" title="Protection">Protection</a></span> For a time, Megatron refused to rescue him, but finally freed him, while capturing his guard Inferno at the same time. Shockblast was subsequently demoted to the bottom of the ranks for his treachery. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Improsoned_Inferno" title="Improsoned Inferno">Improsoned Inferno</a></span>
[[Image:|right|180px|thumb|..Told ya.]]
Shockblast eventually tricked Megatron and attempted to assume
control of Unicron in his stead. The full power of Unicron proved too
much for him to handle, however; it drove him insane, sending him on a
mindless rampage under Unicron's control. He crashed on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Blizzard_Planet&action=edit" class="new" title="Blizzard Planet">Blizzard Planet</a>,
where Optimus Prime battled him while trying to reach past Unicron to
reach the real Shockblast. Prime's words worked, and Shockblast managed
to free himself. He turned his firepower on Unicron, but the Chaos
Bringer brought one hand down on the surface of Blizzard Planet, and
Shockblast was crushed before Prime's horrified eyes. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Power" title="The Power">The Power</a></span>
<div style="border: 2px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0pt auto 0.2em; padding: 2px; width: 90%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); text-align: left;">Note: The Japanese Super Link<i>
version of the cartoon states that Shockblast (called Laserwave) was
part of Tidal Wave's platoon during the previous battles. After
eliminating their Autobot enemies, he grew bored and began to attack
and destroy his own Decepticon allies, leading to Tidal Wave's
animosity towards him. Shockblast and Six Shot were captured in between
</i>Armada and Energon for their continued attempts to keep the war going between the two factions, refusing to accept the newfound period of peace.</div>
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Shockblast intercepted the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ocean_City" title="Ocean City">Ocean City</a> schematics <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slugslinger_%28Energon%29" title="Slugslinger (Energon)">Slugslinger</a> used to infiltrate the Autobot installation.
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- Shockblast (Mega, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SD-14
- Accessories: Missile
[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|I transform into nothing!]]
- Shockblast transforms into a Cybertronic laser-tank, plus has
a third satellite-cannon mode. His cannon-arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher and an electronic sound gimmick (which refuses to shut up most of the time). His design is an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Homage" title="Homage">homage</a> to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1">Generation 1</a> Decepticon <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_%28G1%29" title="Shockwave (G1)">Shockwave</a>.
- Many specimens of this toy have the same problem: in satellite
mode, a peg on one of his legs will not fit into the corresponding slot to hold the mode together. Also, his torso connects to his legs via a very small hinge, which is quite susceptible to breaking.
- The Japanese version of Shockblast, named Laserwave, differs from the Hasbro release, with slightly more detailed paint deco and using a cooler grey plastic colour.
- This mold was also used to make Energon <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Six_Shot" title="Six Shot">Six Shot</a>.
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- Shockblast's right shoulder-armor was used for the shoulders of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot_nurse" title="Autobot nurse">Autobot nurse</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generic" title="Generic">generic</a> model in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_%28cartoon%29" title="Energon (cartoon)">Energon cartoon</a>.
- Shockblast's body was also used as the basis for <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cryotek_%28RID%29" title="Cryotek (RID)">Cryotek</a>'s pre-beast body in "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Theft_of_the_Golden_Disk" title="Theft of the Golden Disk">Theft of the Golden Disk</a>".
- Shockblast probably would've been called Shockwave if weren't
for Hasbro having issues with the rights for his name. This is supported by at least two facts: He's called Laserwave in the Japanese version (Laserwave is Shockwave's Japanese name), and in the same year, a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shockwave_%28G1%29#Alternators" title="Shockwave (G1)">second Shockwave homage figure</a> was released into the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alternators" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternators">Alternators</a> series, also officially called Shockblast, but bearing a license plate reading "SHKWAV".
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