Junkion (species)
| This article is about the Transformer tribe. For their home planet, see Junkion (planet). |
Junkions are a tribe (or possibly race) of Transformers that inhabit the planetoid also known as Junkion. Their historical origin is unclear, although some sources imply that they may indeed be descended from Cybertronians. MTMTE guidebooks
They have very unique physiology, seemingly made of little more than the same rusted scraps of trash metal that compose their homeworld. They are capable of not only withstanding damage that would normally incapacitate or kill the average Transformer, but quickly repairing that damage using any pieces of scrap metal they can get their hands on. A Junkion may even be reduced to a pile of parts, only to come back at their enemy less than a minute later. Junkions in battle are utterly fearless, using tag-team and ambush tactics to keep mobile while swarming their opponents en masse.
They are also expert mechanics, even able to repair with remarkable ease Transformers normal medical science would write off as dead. How the Junkions have developed in this manner has yet to be explained.
Junkion culture is centered on one thing: Earth broadcasting. Their speech is a hodgepodge of television and radio clippings, making them oftentimes hard to understand. Junkions as a whole are somewhat childlike and naive. They are curious, but also tend to be wary of, if not outright hostile towards, newcomers to their planet (far too many have come with the goal of harming their world), but once a Junkion's friendship is gained, they go "coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs" and treat their allies as Friends For Life. As such, they are instinctively protective of humans, the source of television.
After having come in contact with the Autobots, the Junkions have become known as some of the best scrap metal merchants and traders around. Even some Decepticons make use of their services. The Junkions are all too happy to exchange energon for more scrap metal... even if they don't think to ask just where the scrap metal came from.
Known named Junkions include...
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
When a group of Autobots crashlanded on their planet, the Junkions saw them as nothing but intruding thieves. Without warning, Wreck-Gar and his Junkions led an assault on them, but they soon halted when another group of Autobots arrived and proved their friendliness with the universal greeting. Pacified, the Junkions revived the late Ultra Magnus and promptly organized a dance party for everyone.
When Hot Rod voiced his desire to destroy Unicron, the Junkions did not hesitate to join him, and a large number of them boarded a vessel with which to attack the dark god. The ship was crushed in Unicron's hand in the following battle, but luckily the passengers survived (at the very least, Wreck-Gar and Perceptor did). The Transformers: The Movie
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel UK future timelines
Following the destruction of Unicron, his still living head floated into range of the planet Junk, and using his vast mental powers he took control of the entire Junkion population. Planning to use Junk as his new body, Unicron ordered the Junkions to attach his head to the planet. His plot failed when Wreck-Gar, who had been off in space at the time Unicron took control, planted explosives benath his head and blew him up. The Legacy of Unicron!
Transformers Legends anthology
The Junkions did not take kindly to the Recyclons intending to recycle their planet into energon. After Salvage damaged Wreck-Gar, the Junkions swarmed the intruders and forced them to retreat into space. Down but not out, the Recyclons decided to fire the Prime Processing Unit to recycle the entire planet from orbit, but the Junkions fired a tractor beam in return, sending their ship crashing violently into Junk. Salvage was the sole survivor, his last sight alive being a group of Junkions moving in on him. Collect and Save
Toys
Generation 1
- Wreck-Gar (1986)
- The only Junkion toy originally produced was the group's leader.
- Detritus (Junkion, 2004)
- An e-Hobby exclusive redeco of Hound.
Trivia
- According to secret file on Autobots, the Junkions are a "tribe of Autobots that dwells on the planet Junkion", ostensibly cementing their place as Transformers.
- In G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3, the Dreadnoks, a Cobra biker gang, are shown to ride motorcycles that look just like the Junkions. The Dreadnoks claim to have found their new bikes in a junkyard at some point. No indication is given that the bikes are living Transformers, leaving it simply an Easter egg for the reader.
- In the movie, Bumblebee's damaged voice unit means that he can only speak in radio broadcasts, possibly in homage to the Junkions. Optimus' explanation that the Autobots learned Earth languages from the Internet may also be a reference.
