Reverb (Movie)

This article is about live-action film Decepticon helicopter. For Cybertron Mini-Con truck, see Reverb (Cybertron).

Reverb is an Decepticon from the 2007 movie franchise portion of the live-action film series continuity family.

Whenever Reverb goes into battle, he goes with a grin on his face, singing a song that he knew back in the old days. He brings doom to many Autobots by creating a thudding sonic cyclone from the wash on his rotors, twisting metal, destroying their audio sensors, and shattering glass.

Fiction

IDW Transformers movie comics

Sent to Earth by Soundwave, Reverb (along with Gunbarrel) is one of the Decepticons working under Fracture, who was nice enough to find an alternate mode for him at an Italian military base. After scanning, the Decepticons destroyed the installation. Alliance issue 3

Reverb and Gunbarrel were eventually hunted down and destroyed by the Autobots and their human allies. Alliance issue 4

Due to space constraints, Reverb and Gunbarrel do not actually appear in Alliance issue 4, but their deaths are reported by Ironhide.

Toys

Transformers (2007)

It's not easy being green. Also, having your toy canceled out from under you.

• Decepticon Reverb (Scout, 2009)
  • Accessories: Quintuple-barreled Energon Weapon cannon, Decepticon-style energon chip

Part of the canceled fifth assortment of Target exclusive movie-series Scouts, Decepticon Reverb would have been a redeco of Energon Stormcloud/Blackout, transforming into an assault helicopter similar to an Apache. He could also have formed an leg or arm to any Energon-series "Powerlinx Combiner" super robot — though no super robot torsos actually came out during the original live-action movie toyline, and his packaging makes no mention of the toy's ability to combine.

He would have come with a quintuple-barreled cannon that formed a hand or footplate for his limb-modes, plus a Decepticon-style energon chip.

This mold was also used to make the Fun Publications Transformers Collectors' Club-exclusive toy Topspin and Universe (2008) Bruticus Maximus team members Vortex and Swindle.

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Trivia

• Reverb's toy was first acknowledged on Hasbro's Transformers Action Figure Checklist.
• Reverb's deco was thought by many to an homage to an earlier character (Deathcobra and Waspinator were popular choices), but his colors were in fact based on Universe Cloudraker, as Joe Kyde was particularly pleased by Cloudraker's colors and wanted to re-use them on something bigger.