Plasma cannon
Plasma cannons are weapons which fire bursts of plasma at opponents.
Fiction
Generation 1
Quake's primary weapon in tank mode is his turret-mounted plasma cannon with a range of 40 miles. His allies would be more impressed with it, if he wasn't just as likely to blow them up as a platoon of Autobots. Longtooth's inner robot is armed with a hand-held plasma cannon.
Beast Wars
The Axalon was equipped with a plasma cannon. When it became apparent that the ship was falling into an unnamed planet's atmosphere, Optimus Primal ordered that the plasma cannon be fired on the fleeing Darksyde. The blast successfully crippled the Predacon vessel. Beast Wars (Part 1)
The almighty Shokaract wields his own personal plasma cannon. Shokaract packagin blurb
Movie continuity
Plasma cannons are employed by both the Autobots and the Decepticons. Ghosts of Yesterday
Upon arriving on Earth, Starscream used his plasma cannon to destroy an F-22 Raptor that he had just scanned. Movie Prequel issue 4
Bumblebee's primary weapon was a plasma cannon, which he used to great effect against Brawl...as well as intimidating his former Sector Seven oppressors. Transformers
Games
War for Cybertron
The Plasma Cannon was a favored weapon of Scout and Cloaker class Transformers during the Great War. It released bolts that could be charged to higher intensity levels. The Plasma Cannon was most effective against big, slow-moving targets, like hovering Soldiers or Trypticon. Transformers: War for Cybertron
- Damage: 8
- Range: 8
- Accuracy: 7
- Rate of Fire: 3
Toys
Generation 1
- Quake (Targetmaster, 1988)
- Accessories: "Tiptop" & "Heater" Targetmaster guns, plasma cannon
- Quake transforms into a Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank equipped with a plasma cannon.
- Longtooth (Small Pretender, 1989)
- Accessories: Plasma cannon, ionic field generator, carrier wheels/backpack
- Longtooth's Pretender shell uses the ionic field generator while the inner robot uses the plasma cannon.
Beast Wars
- Shokaract (Ultra, 2000)
- Though Shokaract is denoted as wielding a plasma cannon, it is not specified which of his weapons this designation refers to.
Transformers (2007)
- Bumblebee (Camaro Concept) (Deluxe Class Concept Camaro, 2007)
- Japanese ID number: MA-10
- Accessories: Plasma cannon
- Bumblebee comes with a mostly accurate version of his plasma cannon as it appears in the movie, but for added play value, it can Automorph into an energy blade by opening up the halves of the gun barrel and swinging them back. The cannon can be held in either of his hands.
- The plasma cannon was also included as an accessory to this toy's various re-releases and redecos.
- Ultimate Bumblebee (Ultimate, 2007)
- Accessories: Missile
- This toy features a plasma cannon integrated into Bumblebee's arm.
Robot Replicas
- Bumblebee (Robot Replicas, 2007)
- This toy features a plasma cannon integrated into Bumblebee's arm. It can be swapped out for an arm with a regular hand.
Titanium Series
- Bumblebee (Robot Masters, 2007)
- Accessories: Movie-style Autobot sigil isplay stand
- This toy features a plasma cannon integrated into Bumblebee's arm.
Merchandise
Transformers (2007)
- Bumblebee AllSpark Blaster (2008)
- The Bumblebee AllSpark Blaster is one of several Movie Roleplay toys. The toy consists of a a blaster attached to Bumblebee's (hollow) hand which a child can slip their own hand inside like a glove and wield. Pulling the trigger causes the toy to emit transformation sounds, allowing the user to transform the toy weapon from laser blaster mode to plasma cannon mode, by pulling the handle on the back. Laser blaster mode features laser pulse sounds and a "laser flare beam" (lights), while the plasma cannon mode has "plasma pulse lights" and explosion sounds.
Revenge of the Fallen
- Bumblebee Plasma Cannon (2009)
- The Plasma Cannon is a stylized version of Bumblebee's fist that converts to a plasma cannon roleplay toy when the barrel is slid forward or the trigger is pulled. When fired, a ring of red lights around the barrel flashes (totally awesome). If the trigger is only pulled half-way, a "charging" sound is made. There is also an Autobot sigil on the side that, when pressed, causes sound effects to be heard. These include conversion noises, a revving engine, and clips from Stan Bush's "The Touch" (also awesome, but only in the "Try Me" setting, which is not quite as awesome).
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