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Octane is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family. He is sometimes called Tankor.
"Oh, I don't know, Megatron. Why should I give you this energon?"
*Megatron cocks the fusion cannon*
"Okay, here it is."

Octane is considered vile, even by Decepticon standards. This triple changing bully is a cheat, a liar, and a coward who thinks only of himself and can't be trusted any further than Megatron can throw Devastator. The only reason that this inveterate thief is allowed to continue functioning is that he has an uncanny ability to locate stores of fuel for his fellow Decepticons, and is usually able to spin a fairly convincing excuse for why he was unable to assist them in their latest battle. As annoying and frustrating as he may be to work with, most of his allies will grudgingly admit that he does perform his job as a fuel transport quite well—if he could just get over his annoying habit of making them beg for every drop.

Japanese name: Octone (オクトーン Okutōn)<ref>The word "octane" is usually rendered in katakana as "オクタン" (okutan). The change thus appears to have been an intentional one, although the why of it is unknown.</ref>
Italian name: Triplex Tre ("Triplex Three")
Chinese name (Taiwan): Hsīn-wǎn (辛烷, "Octane")
Chinese name (China): Duqi Dan (毒气弹, "Poison Gas Bomb"）

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Beau Weaver (English), Kenyū Horiuchi (Japanese), Ignacio Campero (Latin American)

When the Decepticon forces were driven off Cybertron, Octane ended up on the barren planet of Chaar. When Cyclonus told the Decepticons that he was going to bring back Galvatron to lead them, Octane was amongst the cheering crowd. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 He then joined the beating-Autobots-to-death crowd when the Decepticons discovered Rodimus Prime and Grimlock spying on them. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2 Finally, he joined the energon-munching crowd when the Quintessons offered them energy in exchange for exterminating a group of Autobots on Goo. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

Octane first came to the Autobots' attention while doing what he did best—thinking about himself. When Trypticon had been defeated by Metroplex and hurled into the ocean, it was Octane who first discovered that the giant Decepticon had not been destroyed, but had actually survived his untimely dunk in the water. What happened next depends on who you believe: Octane tells a tale of great heroism, where he came across the weakened and dying Trypticon and, for the glory of the Decepticon Empire and out of the good of his own heart, nursed the injured giant back to health. The rest of the world prefer to take a less charitable look at his actions, and claim that Octane merely took advantage of Trypticon to secure himself a source of high-quality energon from the Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya. Whatever his motivation, it was not long before Octane and Trypticon were trading fuel for protection (even going so far as to assault passing cruise ships and then claiming they had been invading sovereign waters, though Trypticon did genuinely believe that they were invading ships). When that was no longer enough to keep their new landlords happy, Octane quickly came up with a scheme to use Trypticon in stealing all of the world's most important monuments and presenting them as gifts to the nation's leader. That got the attention of Rodimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots, who quickly crashed Octane's party. Worse, Galvatron caught wind of what had been happening, and was not amused with how selfishly Octane had been keeping Trypticon to himself. All the wheeling and dealing in the world failed in the face of Galvatron's rage, and Octane soon found himself ousted from the Decepticons (a fate he shared with his fellow Triple Changer, Blitzwing. Apparently Astrotrain was the only one of them worth keeping). Thief in the Night

Octane could only get along with someone who had nothing left to steal.

Alone and on the run, Octane soon discovered that Galvatron was less than willing to let bygones be bygones. The Decepticon leader had placed a price on Octane's head, and countless bounty hunters and assassins were closing in on him. After a close call on the planet Junk, where he narrowly avoided being blown to pieces, Octane quickly decided to seek asylum with the Autobots. It was here that he met and befriended Sandstorm, a fellow Triple Changer who had recently joined the Autobots after the destruction of his home planet of Paradron. After being attacked by the Combaticons at Autobot City, the pair fled to a space station, where they were assaulted once again by a paid assassin (who was fortunately so incompetent that the two robots barely noticed he was there). Eventually settling on Cybertron, Octane still found no peace, as Cyclonus and the Sweeps tracked him down yet again. Fleeing into the forgotten Decepticon Crypt, Octane stumbled onto the ghost of the most famous Decepticon traitor ever known: Starscream. Quickly realising kindred spirits in each other, the two joined forces in an attempt to let Starscream possess Cyclonus and take over the Decepticons. Needless to say, their coup attempt failed rather miserably, and both traitors found themselves once again fleeing from Galvatron's wrath. Starscream's Ghost

Despite this, Octane was later back under Galvatron's command, joining him in a firefight with the Protectobots during an attack on the Netherlands. The Ultimate Weapon

Octane's role in "Starscream's Ghost" was originally intended for Blitzwing, who would have been taking refuge with the Autobots after his actions in "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". What this says about Octane's role in "Thief in the Night" is not known.

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Ryōichi Tanaka (Japanese)

Under the command of Sixshot, Octane and his fellow Decepticon Triple Changers assaulted Ultra Magnus and his troops on Earth in order to prevent them from joining a battle on Cybertron. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky The three went on to defend Trypticon from Springer, Broadside and Octane's old buddy Sandstorm (there's a bromance that died out early). The Great Cassette Operation They also helped the Decepticon Headmasters steal the energy-gathering Solar 1 satellite for Scorponok. The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok On the planet Zarak, Octane acted as a cruel taskmaster, whipping the Beastformers into shape as they were forced to build Scorponok's giant Transtector. The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts He witnessed Scorponok's moment of triumph as he finally revealed his MegaZarak Transtector. Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears

Marvel Comics continuity

Generation 1

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.
In the comics, Octane wanted to be like Bono.

Octane was one of the many Decepticons left on Cybertron after Megatron's departure. Along with several others, Octane worked for the tyrant Straxus in the giant fortress known as Darkmount. He was regarded as one of Cybertron's deadliest killers, with soldiers like Macabre wanting to be seen as his equal, and considered a key target in Operation: Volcano. Target: 2006 When Optimus Prime was accidentally transported back to Cybertron and joined forces with the Wreckers, Octane ran away from them screaming—this is the first sign his rep may be a tad inflated. He reported on the battle to Straxus, greatly over-exaggerating his own role in the battle. Resurrection!

Octane was sent to Earth by Ratbat to investigate the loss of the Carwash of Doom, but when they found the crashed ship they discovered the reason it was lost was because of Scraplets. Infected, he failed to kill Blaster Crater Critters and would end up saved by accident. The Cure!

Aside from providing valuable background appearances and occasional comic relief, Octane is also worth noting for one important thing: during a battle in the Arctic that had been set up by Starscream, Octane managed to kill the Autobot known as Mirage. Of course, Mirage was up and running again shortly thereafter, so it wasn't even a GOOD killing ("deadliest killer" my arse) (and he didn't kill Rippersnapper during the previous battle either, as HE still functioned). Octane's death at the hands of Starscream in Buenos Aires later that day, however, WAS a good killing and lasted for quite some time. Dark Star

In 2009 of an alternate future, Octane was stationed at the Decepticon Powerbase when the last seven remaining Autobots staged a raid on it. After Laserbeak cut the rotors of the Autobot Crossblades, Octane and Astrotrain blew him out of the sky. Rhythms of Darkness!

Earthforce
These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.
"Sorry, 'Trons. We ran out of energon."
"Aye. Ye know how it iz with theze Ration Flashcardz."

Octane ended up on Earth under the command of Shockwave. The Bad Guy's Ball! He helped his boss and the other Triple Changers smack down on Megatron and steal an energon shipment from the other Decepticon leader. Secrets He also joined the raid on Autobot Earthbase, but was cut down in midair when Grimlock hurled his energo-sword through his wing in jet mode. Divide and Conquer! Octane often stole fuel from humans and transported it for the Decepticons—and on the way, he'd have fun trashing human cars and working over the occupants. However, one car (secretly Jazz, trying to end Octane's "games") led him on a merry chase to a military testing ground. These humans could fight back, and Octane—worried a shot in his full fuel tanks would blow him up—called Astrotrain and Blitzwing to help him. They did, until they found out he'd only gotten there by goofing off on a mission, at which point they left him to suffer. (WHY did Macabre want to be like you again?) Manoeuvres!


Generation 2

After Jhiaxus' second-generation Decepticons (led by the treacherous Starscream) attacked and boarded the Warworld, Octane's scrapped body could be seen amongst the casualties. Total War!

Classics

The Classics comic takes place after the end of the original Marvel Comic, but in a new timeline that does not include the events of the Marvel UK-exclusive stories or Generation 2.

Following Megatron's return in the 21st century, Octane was among the Decepticons who joined Megatron's faction. He was positioned for a strike on Bludgeon's faction before the Pretender was undone from within. At Fight's End

Transformers in 3-D

"Run away!! Run away!!"

Octane, Scorponok and Cyclonus intercepted Cosmos on his way to Andellor to find the Prism of Power. The trio forced Cosmos to lead them to the planet. There, they entered a cave, though Octane wasn't terribly keen on the prospect. His worries proved well founded, as a few minutes later, he was seized by tentacles and dragged into a pool. As his decapitated head flew back out, he requested that Cyclonus retrieve the rest of him. Transformers in 3-D issue 2

Dreamwave comics continuity

Octane participated in Shockwave's assault on Iacon shortly after Optronix arose to become Optimus Prime. The War Within

During the Dark Ages, Octane served under Starscream's command as one of the Predacons. War Within: The Dark Ages When the Decepticons fractured again after the disappearance of the Nemesis, he began working for Shockwave. Octane loved tormenting the pint-sized Decepticon Micromasters, lording over them with his size and rank.

Kids, never poke and mock bat-shit insane powerhouses!

After the Great Shutdown, Octane qualified for Shockwave's re-engineering process, and joined the Triple Changer Strike Force. He traveled to Earth in 2003 under Shockwave and Ultra Magnus' command to collect the "renegade" Autobots and Decepticons who were still fighting the Great War. New World Order They returned to Cybertron, and Octane assumed patrol duty until coming across the Dinobots, who had just crash-landed in the Wastelands after arriving from Earth. Sensing weakness, Octane mockingly challenged the woozy travelers, poking them and calling them "primitive".

Slag made an ashtray out of his skull. Even Grimlock was a little creeped out by this particular "trophy". Cold War

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

Octane was among the Decepticon forces waiting for Ultra Magnus's force field around Teletran 3 would go down. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2 After Serpent O.R. took control of the Decepticons, Octane and several subgroup leaders protected him from an assault by Optimus Prime. The Art of War #5

Hearts of Steel

His alt-modes in this continuity are "kite" and "wheelbarrow."

Octane participated in the questioning of Tobias Muldoon when Shockwave brought the human scientist down to the Decepticon at the bottom of the San Francisco Bay. In particular, Octane wanted to know if the humans had developed flight technology, which the Decepticons could exploit. Hearts of Steel #2

IDW comics continuity

Octane is called Tankor in this continuity to match his Universe toy

Four million years ago, Tankor was involved in the Decepticon war effort. He was part of a convoy carrying 75 tons of energon for Megatron. Unfortunately, they were intercepted by Optimus Prime and their scout, Ramjet, knocked senseless before he could fire off a shot. Prime and Ironhide managed to capture Tankor's unit without incident by threatening to detonate the unstable energon supply they were carrying. The Iron Age

Millions of years later, during the Decepticon siege of (parts of) the world, the European Union sent a nuclear bomb to wipe out the Transformer infestation of New York City. Unfortunately the plane they sent to carry the bomb was Tankor in disguise. All Hail Megatron issue 11 Even after the Autobots arrived, Megatron ordered Tankor to proceed with the bomb drop and to rendezvous with the Decepticons later, to which he expressed his pleasure. The bomb was indeed dropped, but diverted by Thundercracker. All Hail Megatron issue 12

Unfortunately, Tankor never made it off Earth. After getting captured by humans at some point, he was liberated by a small group of Decepticons led by Swindle. New Arrivals, Old Encounters Their ragtag team then located Thundercracker in the ruins of New York, and added him to the group. Seasons in Flight During an attack on Omega Supreme, Swindle starting questioning why they were fighting in the first place. Tankor replied "Because they're Autobots!", but it turned out Swindle was looking for a somewhat deeper answer. The Decepticons subsequently allied themselves with Hot Rod's defected Autobots, working together to find a way off the planet. New Arrivals, Old Encounters Tankor was last seen assisting Silverstreak in the construction of a spaceship. Seasons in Flight

Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics

After successfully conducting an energon theft, Octane gave his pursuers, Sideswipe and Bluestreak, the runaround by switching back and forth between his alternate modes, making them think they were chasing two culprits instead of one. Once he got bored with the chase, Octane revealed himself, but that proved to be a bad idea, as Sideswipe was able to rocket above him and shoot him down. Henkei! Henkei! #6

Octane's skills were later to put to the test by Cyclonus, who tasked him with stealing energon from a factory. Octane upped the stakes, promising to do the job in thirty minutes if Cyclonus would deliver a good report on him to Megatron. Despite the interference of Smokescreen and Red Alert, Cyclonus held Octane to the conditions of the deal, and Octane had to try and shake the two Autobots off as he headed for the factory. Octane thought he had succeeded, but found his two opponents waiting for him at the factory, along with Cyclonus, who announced his time was up. Cyclonus departed to report on Octane's failure to Megatron leaving the hapless swindler to Smokescreen and Red Alert's tender mercies. Henkei! Henkei! #12

Octane had the misfortune of being possessed by the ghost of a Starscream from another dimension and being forced to attack the Autobots. He beat up on Ironhide, before being taken down by the invisible Mirage. As Mirage had taken out Otacne's motor circuits, Starscream's ghost was forced to depart his body and search for a new host. Mirage's Rebirth

Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun comic

Octane was part of the small group of Decepticons who traveled to Earth with Megatron in pursuit of the lost Energon Cube. He was never seen in action during the battles on the planet, but was shown being rounded up by the combined might of the Autobots and Earth's military forces following Galvatron's apparent death. To the Sea of Stars

Games

The Transformers (PS2)

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“ Octane, warrior of the future. With a jet mode and tanker mode! Always loaded with fuel and evil ambition! ”
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In an alternate future where Shockwave discovered the mysterious mineral known as Zel Quartz and went mad by its power, Octane was one of the few Decepticons who survived his destructive rampage. The triple changer was chosen to be a part of the Transformers who were to go back in time in order to find the Zel Quartz before Shockwave did.

After the Autobots had dealt with the Sharkticons, Octane drove up to them in tanker mode, transforming to robot mode when he was in front of them. Stating his need for power, Octane announced that he was going to destroy the Autobots and then take all the energy of the Karzite mine. He then rambled on about how he was going to be leader of the Decepticons once he took down Galvatron, and then told the Autobots that he was going to melt them down. Rodimus Prime warned the greedy Triple Changer that those with endless ambitions were bound to be destroyed by it, but his warnings fell of deaf audio receptors. In the end, Octane was soundly defeated and he announced his surrender. Transforming to jet plane mode, Octane flew off, announcing that he would not forget his defeat. Rodimus just called him a "thin-fueled coward". Later, Octane fought alongside Cyclonus against the Autobots in the Atalstan gem mine. Even with a fellow flier for backup, he still lost.

In the Decepticon side of the story, the shuttle that the Decepticons of the future had been using crash-landed. Octane had managed to find the main Depecticon force of the present once they had found a drill bit they suspected to be the Zel Quartz. Driving up to them in tanker mode while expressing surprise to the fact that they were still alive, Octane transformed to robot form, explaining that he thought he was done for. He expressed his relief that he managed to rendezvous with the Decepticons, stating that the bad side always did win. Galvatron told the triple changer that if Octane fought hard for him, it would be enough. Octane promised that he would and requested to join back with the Decepticons.

Despite whichever side won, Starscream eventually managed to steal the Zel Quartz and flew off into space with it. This caused the Quartz to become completely useless; and with the timeline altered, Octane and all the Decepticons from the future disappeared from the present time.The Transformers

Toys

Generation 1

Ice Road Trucker.
  • Octane (Triple Changer, 1986, 1991)
    • Japanese ID number: D-72
    • Accessories: "Flamethrower", tail rudder/"Deflecto Shield", tanker top
Octane is a Triple Changer, with the ability to transform into two different vehicle modes. His ground vehicle mode is an extended truck cab with fuel-tanker trailer of undetermined model, with much of the detailing in this mode achieved through stickers rather than sculpting. His truck mode has rather strange proportions due to the robot arms sticking out of the sides and the generally broken-up look of the truck. He has three sets of rolling wheels: two purple sets and a set of grey wheels hidden under the middle of the truck. There is also a set of sculpted, non-rolling, unpainted wheels at the back of the truck
His aerial mode is based on the two-engined Boeing 767 jet plane. Though the better of the two vehicle modes, it has some odd concessions that were made due to Octane being a Triple Changer, such as the grey set of wheels from the middle of the truck now sticking up from the top of Octane's fuselage.
The tail fin of the jet form separates to become his "Deflecto Shield" for robot mode. The vacuum metallized tanker top piece can also be used as a shield.<ref>"The many secrets of Octane... Now with pictures!" on NTFA forums</ref> Care should be taken not to lose it, as it covers up some rather unsightly jet parts inside the tanker.
Octane was reissued in Europe and Australia as part of the 1991 Classics line.


Universe (2008)

My light-piping gimmick is useless. Join the club

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  • Tankor (Deluxe, 2008)
    • Accessories: Two blasters, "melee blade"
Hasbro, apparently being unable to secure the trademark to the name "Octane",<ref>Hasbro's preview of Universe Wave 1's toys</ref> rechristened the character "Tankor" for his Universe toy, part of the first wave of Deluxes in the line. Slyly, his bio mentions that he delivers "high octane fuel" (Possible pun intended?) to his fellow Decepticons.
This time around, Octane transforms from a heavy cargo plane (possibly a C-130) to an M978 Fueler. He is armed with a serrated "melee blade" weapon, which forms the top of his tanker mode and the base of his plane mode, and a pair of double-barreled blasters, which mount under his wings in plane mode and can combine in Double Targetmaster-style into a "Quad Laser". For truck mode, the instructions and stock photography (seen at right) place the blasters in the exposed robot-mode fist holes at the rear of the vehicle, facing forward, but it seems the intended location for them is the two otherwise-pointless holes on either side of the cab, facing upwards, to serve as smokestacks for the truck. The mold was designed for light-piped eyes (and presumably clear truck windows), but the relevant areas have been cast in opaque blue and the eyes are painted red.


Henkei! Henkei!

Beware my shiny quad-laser!
  • Destron Octone (Deluxe, 2008)
    • Japanese ID number: D-05
    • Accessories: Flamethrower *2, "melee blade"
Henkei! Henkei! Octone is a redeco of Universe Tankor. Like all Henkei! Henkei! releases, his colour scheme is designed to be more more accurate to his cartoon appearance and has vacuum metallized parts—specifically, his two blasters and the back of the truck mode's tank/the base of the melee blade. Besides the vacuum metallized parts, Octone replaces some of this black plastic with both gray and blue plastic. He also features a lighter and more cool shade of purple paint as well as Decepticon symbols on his wings.

Notes

I can see clearly now...
  • Octane is depicted as having white lower arms and fists in the USA 1986 catalog and chromed in some European 1986 catalogs. This was apparently changed very late in the process, as the chromed arms are pictured on Octane's box photography. The box art pictured above also shows the chromed arms.
  • As shown on Hasbro's website, Universe Tankor/Octane's prototype was designed to have transparent plastic windows in his tanker truck mode, but for reasons unknown the windows were opaque plastic with paint applications on both the Universe and Henkei! Henkei! final production versions of the toy.
  • In May 2010, a bogus picture of a photoshopped redeco of Universe Tankor/Octane as Clench was placed in BotCon.com's directory structure to throw off would-be scoop-hounds. The trick worked as one website reported it as being the real deal... until BotCon.com updated its own site with artwork of the actual 2010 version of Clench.
  • Octane's on screen plane mode is a two-engine version of the Boeing 707.

References

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