Torkuli
- The Torkuli are aliens from the Generation 1 continuity family
The ape-like Torkuli are the dominant species of the planet Torkulon. They are reknowned throughout the galaxy as experts in psychiatric therapy; they have devoted their entire culture and all known activities on their world to the treatment and care of damaged or deranged minds. Torkuli are extremely intelligent, with advanced technology that can surpass even that of the Transformers. Their professorial demeanor and soft, monotonous voices can make them seem gentle at first. However, those who have studied Torkulon long enough have realized it is not an outpatient facility, and once the doctors have decided on a prescription, no matter how radical, there is no room for second opinions. After all, it is for the patient's own good.
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
As Galvatron's behavior grew more erratic and self-destructive, the Quintessons tricked Cyclonus into having him committed on Torkulon. At the time of first contact with Transformers, Torkuli therapists were already treating a wide variety of species. Some patients had advanced to the levels of creative workshops and interactive therapy sessions; others had to be caged in solitary confinement. Galvatron was processed like any other. Unconcerned by his raving threats and firepower, the Torkuli immobilized Galvatron and diagnosed the cause of his psychosis: embrittlement of his logic circuits resulting from a "plasma accident".
Torkuli doctors attempted to treat Galvatron through multiple means, including word association, arts and crafts, and primal scream therapies. When Galvatron only responded with defiance and violence, and developed a tolerance to their tranquilizer beam, the psychiatric staff had no choice but to authorize a more radical invasive procedure. They summoned the Alya to perform one of their "Maximal Interventions": having the giant bugs consume Galvatron's damaged thought circuitry altogether, weaving it into the mass of Torkulon's living circuit webs and leaving the Decepticon leader effectively lobotomized. With their superior technology, the Torkuli were able to keep Cyclonus and the Sweeps at bay while the procedure began, but Galvatron's madness was so acute that it overwhelmed the entire planetary network, driving it insane and allowing him to escape. Now victims of Galvatron's brutal revenge, the Torkuli were left prone and helpless in the smoldering wreckage of their shattered world, the targets of very unwelcome attention from their former "patients." Webworld
