Doublecross
- Doublecross is an Autobot Monsterbot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
You can't depend on Doublecross, since he is literally of two minds about... well, everything. Each of his beast heads has its own personality and they can't agree on anything. Make a deal or set plans with one hissing half of Doublecross and you'll likely find the other knew nothing about it and refuses to help. And don't think that getting him to transform to robot mode will help, as there's no way of knowing which mind is in control. Just about the only thing they can agree with themselves on is destroying Decepticons. Thankfully they are, at least, good at that.
- Italian name: Drekbot<br />
- French-Canadian name: Traître
Fiction
Toy commercial
Doublecross and the Monsterbots were created accidentally during an attempt to create new Autobots. Kup raced to warn Rodimus Prime and Blurr of the accident, as the wild Monsterbots trashed the lab where they were born. Thankfully the Decepticons Cyclonus, Scourge, and Octane attacked just then and the Monsterbots burst out of the building through the wall to fight them. Doublecross took on Cyclonus, chomping on him with both mouths. Rodimus expressed relief that, though they were monsters, at least they were Autobot monsters.
Marvel comics continuity
Doublecross, along with the other Monsterbots, joined Fortress Maximus on his travels to Nebulos in search of peace. Ring of Hate!
The dream of peace proved faulty when the Decepticons followed them there and began taking control of the planet. Along with his fellow Monsterbots and various other Autobots, Doublecross took part in the attempted defense of the Mercury Gardens of Melanossus, smashing a Decepticon with a hurled chunk of concrete. As the Decepticon Headmasters unleashed their full firepower, however, Doublecross was of two minds about the situation, with one head saying they must fall back, while the other head demanded that they stay and fight. Grotusque agreed with the first head and ordered a retreat.
Upon returning to the Autobot's swamp encampment, Doublecross and Grotusque dejectedly reported the outcome of the battle to their fellow Autobots.
Not long afterward, Doublecross's flight abilities proved useful as the Autobots left Nebulos, awkwardly returning to their their orbiting ship, the Steelhaven. He may or may not have been carrying a fellow Autobot as a passenger. Brothers in Armor!!
He later participated in a giant Autobot-Decepticon rumble on the Moon. Totaled!
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Michihiro Ikemizu and Kōji Totani (Japanese)
Doublecross and the Monsterbots were sent to the planet Beest, where the Decepticons were enslaving the natives. After they helped free the slaves and the Decepticons were driven away, Rodimus Prime ordered the Monsterbots to stay on Beest just in case the enemy returned. Grotusque and Repugnus said they had nothing against that, while Doublecross just quietly hung out in the background. Rebellion on Planet Beest
Eventually, the Monsterbots were called away from the planet to serve as reinforcements during a battle against the Decepticons on planet Paradise. Doublecross literally fought fire with fire as his right head tried to extinguish a burning forest using its flaming breath. The left head chastised him for such stupid thinking before realizing that it didn't have a "water-breath" either, and both opted for stomping the flames out. Shortly afterwards, Doublecross joined up with the other Monsterbots, and together they defeated Abominus and helped drive the Decepticons off the planet. Head Formation of Friendship
Doublecross later found himself on Earth, separated from the other two Monsterbots. He defended an Autobot energy facility in Miami from a Decepticon attack, and spent most of the time arguing with himself until the Horrorcon duo attacked him. Ultra Magnus Dies!!
Transformers PS2 game (Atlus)
3H Wreckers comics
Less than 3 deca-cycles after the reformatting of Cybertron into a technorganic wonderland, Doublecross and his fellow Monsterbots (apparently all having undergone the Maximal upgrade downsizing) are seen exiting a bar on the CSSB-16 Spaceport soused out of their minds on some high quality energon. Wreckers: Finale Part I If they had been a bit less drunk or exited just a bit later, they likely would have run smack into Devcon and the Dinobots. As it is... they just missed another chance to actually DO something in a TF story. sigh.
IDW comics continuity
Doublecross and the other Monsterbots traveled to Earth to bail out Grimlock. Maximum Dinobots issue 2 Upon arrival, Doublecross slaughtered Machination Headmasters by ripping them in two, incinerating them, and subjecting them to an extremely awful pun. Maximum Dinobots issue 3
Toys
Generation 1
- Doublecross (Monsterbot, 1987)
- Japanese ID number: C-100
- Accessories: "Rust-ray rifle"
- Doublecross transforms into a two-headed dragon with hints of organic limbs (he's the very first Transformer to have organic-like detailing, in fact). Pressing a lever on his back causes "cold" sparks to shoot from his dragon-mode collarbone and the buzzsaw in his chest to vibrate. As he does not have actual hands in robot mode, his "Rust-Ray Rifle" pegs into holes in his dragon-heads' jaws. There is a minor variation to the rifle: some have twin holes just above the "ammo clip", while others have two raised circles.
Trivia
- Doublecross's Tech Spec gives him a Strength rating of "1". This is presumably an editing gaffe, since only other times a "1" showed up in anybody's ratings were in cases such as the Mini-Vehicles and Throttlebots, under "Firepower" -- indicating that they had no guns at all! However, Doublecross's "1" was taken at face value by the More Than Meets the Eye profile books, which state that Doublecross is extremely weak. None of his fictional portrayals follow this, however.
- Doublecross is holding Repugnus's venom laser in all of his instruction graphics and vice versa.
