Terrorcon (Energon)
| The name or term "Terrorcon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Terrorcon (disambiguation). |
- The Terrorcons are a Decepticon subgroup from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
The Terrorcons are a special class of Decepticons. Though some are fully sentient Transformers, the majority are little more than expendable, mass-produced drones. Terrorcon altmodes generally take the form of robotic beasts.
The Terrorcons of the Energon Battles have an unusual ability, shared with the Omnicons, to handle and process raw energon, from which they can create energon weapons or power-booster cells known as Energon stars.
Fiction
Energon comic
Following the end of the Autobot/Decepticon war, Scorponok organized the Terrorcons as a neo-Decepticon faction bent on restarting the great war. Scorponok made a deal with Alpha Quintesson, in which the group would help the Quintesson to achieve its ends in exchange for Hyper Power abilities drawn from Unicron himself. Through unknown means, the Terrorcons Battle Ravage, Cruellock, Divebomb, and Insecticon were later granted the ability to create mass-produced duplicates of themselves, which could be employed as combat drones.
Known Members:
Animated continuity
Energon cartoon
The Terrorcons were created out of Unicron's body by Alpha Q; they were the reconstituted form of Planet Q's solider army, consumed by Unicron. They served as his near-mindless agents of energon collection, gathering more of the magical substance to help repair Unicron. Their natural instinct was to rush headlong, en masse, toward any source of the substance (the human Kicker once used the Terrorcons' energon-sensing capabilities to help locate an energon vein in a mine.) In the early stages of the energon war, the Terrorcons consisted of bird and puma types. Alpha Q eventually devised two additional breeds, the dinosaur and beetle versions.
Scorponok displayed an unusual affinity for the Terrorcons, and generally served as their leader. When he was reprogrammed to serve Megatron, many of the Terrorcons likewise came with him. On at least one occasion, they displayed their loyalty by defending and healing their injured leader.
A handful of Terrorcons displayed the ability to speak, though the only one identified by name, Blackout, was never seen to verbalize.
Known Terrorcon types:
- Scorponok (only one exists)
- Battle Ravage/Command Ravage
- Divebomb/Blackout
- Cruellock/Doom-Lock
- Insecticon
Cybertron cartoon
During the fight to save Cybertron from the Unicron Singularity, a new type of Terrorcon would appear: the verminous Scrapmetal.
Cybertron comic
Ramjet and Nemesis Prime employ a horde of reprogrammed Scrapmetal.
Toys
Energon
- Terrorcons (2003-2004)
- Battle Ravage
- Command Ravage (Battle Ravage redeco)
- Cruellock
- Dinobot Magma-Type (Cruellock redeco)
- Divebomb
- Shadow Hawk Cosmo Type (Divebomb redeco)
- Insecticon
- Chrome Horn Forest-Type (Insecticon redeco)
- Like their counterparts the Omnicons, the Terrorcons were sold carded at the $7 price point. They transform into mechanical beasts, following an angular, blocky aesthetic more rooted in the style of Generation 1's beasts than the organic styles of more recent toylines. Each comes with an "Energon weapon" made of colored translucent plastic, which uses a standardized peg and hole system to allow multiple attachments and configurations.
- Scorponok (2003)
- A much larger toy than the other Terrorcons, sold boxed.
- Built to Rule
- Scorponok
Cybertron
- Dark Scorponok
- A redeco of the Scorponok mold.
Merchandise
- Attacktix
- Battle Ravage (Booster, 2006)
- Scorponok (Booster, 2006)
- Dark Scorponok (Boooster, 2007) - unreleased
- Titaniums
- Scorponok (Robot Master, 2006)
- 3-D Battle Card Game
- Cruellock (2007)
