Scourge (G1)
| The name or term "Scourge" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Scourge (disambiguation). |
- Scourge is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Scourge is Galvatron's implacable tracker and leader of his own cadré of huntsmen, the deadly Sweeps. He was created by Unicron from the remains of a dead Decepticon. Immensely powerful like all the Unicronian Decepticons, arrogance is his only true weakness. Despite being quite powerful in his own right, Scourge generally acts as a near subordinate to Cyclonus, and, despite his leadership of the Sweeps, is generally content to take orders from others. Scourge tends to grumble and complain a bit (a habit sometimes shared by his Sweeps).
But then again, you'd also complain if your boss spent so much time beating you up, wouldn't you?
His Targetmaster partner is Fracas.
| “ | What kind of Decepticon are you, ugly? | ” |
| “ | The ultimate kind! | ” |
—Kup and Scourge, "The Burden Hardest to Bear" | ||
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actors: Stan Jones (English); Yutaka Shimaka (Japanese), Masashi Hirose (Japanese, "The Rebirth"), Víctor Mares (Latin American)
Following the Battle of Autobot City in 2005, Scourge was created from the remains of Thundercracker by Unicron. Scourge was designated commander of his legion of huntsmen, the Sweeps, and traveled with his new leader, Galvatron, back to Cybertron. Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus then returned to Autobot City and sent the remaining Autobots fleeing into outer space.
After blasting their ship, the Decepticons believed the Autobots dead. Unicron sent a painful message to Galvatron, informing him he was wrong. Galvatron argued the point until Scourge reminded his leader "we belong to him". The Decepticons then tracked the Autobots to the Planet of Junk where Scourge and the Sweeps dismembered Ultra Magnus and stole the Matrix of Leadership. Unicron learned of Galvatron's intended rebellion and attacked Cybertron. Whether Scourge, who was vocally loyal to Unicron, fought to protect Cybertron is unknown. The Transformers: The Movie
After the Decepticons were sent packing to Chaar, Cyclonus and Scourge went on an expedition to track down their lost leader, Galvatron, who hadn't been seen since Unicron went kablooey. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 They found Galvatron soaking in a lava pit on Thrull, and much to their disappointment, discovered their leader had gone totally nuts. Galvatron was set to plow his way through his minions before Scourge took to bended knee and appealed to Galvatron's ego to stop. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2 Scourge and Cyclonus took their leader back to Chaar to command the Decepticon army, only to find the planet all but deserted. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3 It turned out that the other Decepticons had allied with the Quintessons, which after some negotiation led to a Decepticon-Quintesson joint attack on Cybertron. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 Scourge participated in this attack, but the Decepticons were eventually driven away. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5
Scourge and his Sweeps were working with Galvatron and Cyclonus to hunt Rodimus Prime, when they came across the Autobot Mausoleum in deep space. Infiltrating the space barge, they continued their attack on the Autobots until Optimus Prime himself rose from the grave to fight back. Scourge and his huntsmen fled before the former Autobot leader, forcing Galvatron and Cyclonus to withdraw as well. Dark Awakening
Scourge and Cyclonus were hunting the Aerialbot called Air Raid for sport, but were caught in an ambush when the other Aerialbots jumped them in an asteroid field. The two Decepticons fled through a nearby vortex and crashed on the peaceful planet known as Paradron. Finding the world rich with energon resources, Scourge and Cyclonus immediately alerted Galvatron to their find and began to plunder the world of energy. Fight or Flee
When Octane took Trypticon to Carbombya without permission, Scourge came with Galvatron and the other Decepticons to chastise the fueler for disobedience. His discovery of super-energon made from Carbombyan oil temporarily assuaged Galvatron's anger, but once the Decepticons were forced out of Carbombya by the Autobots, Galvatron expelled Octane as a traitor to the cause. Thief in the Night Sometime later, Scourge was hunting Octane on Cybertron with Cyclonus and the Sweeps, when their prey fled underground into the Decepticon Crypt. Scourge would prove to be a very poor leader, with his followers, the Sweeps, refusing his order to follow Octane below (though they were scared to death of Cyclonus). Starscream's Ghost
Scourge stood with Cyclonus and Galvatron as they eavesdropped on the Autobots, who were preparing for a galactic Peace Conference. Foolish Autobots, thinking there can be peace! Galvatron ordered Cyclonus, Scourge, and the Sweeps to intercept a shuttle commandeered by Daniel Witwicky and Wheelie, but it seemed to be only Cyclonus and Sweeps who were seen thereafter. Surprise Party
He was later possessed by the disembodied ghost of Starscream, though this eventually became a mutual partnership. Starscream intended to help Unicron turn Cybertron into his new body in exchange for a new body of his own. Scourge began to have second thoughts about this until Unicron reminded him that "what I have given you, I can also take away". Scourge eventually left Unicron and rejoined the Decepticons. Why Galvatron accepted his return instead of, oh...reducing him to composite particles is unknown. Ghost in the Machine
After Predaking detected a Quintesson transmission, Scourge joined a Decepticon party in attempting to retrieve the secrets of the Quintessons' journal, but ultimately lost out to the Autobots. The Quintesson Journal
While searching for a new source of anti-electrons, the Decepticons attempted to raid Unicron's brain. Galvatron and the Terrorcons occupied the Autobots while Scourge and Cyclonus went after the prize. They found a flask of anti-electrons just waiting to be drained, but upset Unicron in the process and were blasted by his internal defenses. Grimlock's New Brain
At one point, Autobot commander Rodimus Prime was separated from the Matrix of Leadership by Galvatron. Galvatron, who was haunted by the spirits within it, instructed Scourge to dispose of the Matrix. Scourge decided to use the power of the Matrix to his advantage and installed it within his chest. Very bad idea. The Matrix proved incompatible with Decepticon programming, causing Scourge to morph into a hideous freak with the power driving him mad. Scourge attempted to seize control of the Decepticons until Hot Rod took back the Matrix. Scourge was left at the mercy of a very unhappy Galvatron, but somehow beat the reaper yet again. The Burden Hardest to Bear
The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1 The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2
In 2007, the Decepticons stole the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber on Cybertron, and Scourge was set with infiltrating the chamber whilst the other Decepticons performed a full-scale assault on the planet as a diversion. He succeeded, but inserting the key into the chamber led to a plasma energy burst that very nearly killed him. He was saved by an energon infusion from Cyclonus, and was subsequently sent to find the Autobots who had taken the key back while Scourge was unconscious. Together with Cyclonus, Slugslinger, Triggerhappy and Misfire, Scourge tracked the Autobots to Nebulon. The Rebirth, Part 1
After clashing with the brand new Autobot Headmasters and losing badly, Scourge and the others were kidnapped by the Nebulon group known as the Hive, who offered to binary-bond with the Decepticons and increase their power. Scourge chose to become a Targetmaster, getting the loud Nebulan Fracas as his partner, and the Decepticon Headmasters and Targetmasters subsequently attacked and defeated the Autobots. Scourge got the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber back and voiced his desire to destroy the Autobots completely before moving on, only for Fracas to threaten to shoot him unless the Decepticons went back to the Hive as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the Autobots copied their Targetmaster technology and went back into battle, and Arcee managed to knock Scourge down and steal the key back. The Rebirth, Part 2 The Rebirth, Part 3
The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers
Scourge took part in one of Galvatron's schemes alongside Cyclonus and Gnaw. The Autobots intervened when their mechanized space monster captured a human vessel. The Decepticons almost managed to snare Rodimus Prime, but he tricked Galvatron into blasting him an exit, leaving behind an explosive device that ended the Decepticon threat. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1 Later on, Scourge and his Sweeps joined the assault on the Prime Energy Tower on Feminia. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5
The Great Transformer War
After the resurrection of Optimus Prime, Scourge battled Springer and the other Autobots in deep space. The Great Transformer War #3
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Masaharu Satō (Japanese)
Both Scourge's and Cyclonus' intelligence seemed to have evaporated by the year 2011, leaving Galvatron's once right-hand men nothing but a pair of bumbling oafs. They assisted Galvatron in the attack on Cybertron to seize control over Vector Sigma. The Mystery of Planet Master Despite the fact that Optimus Prime had spent hours, perhaps days trying to reach the supercomputer's core, Scourge and Cyclonus somehow go ahead of him within mere minutes. Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime Scourge participated in the Decepticon operations on Planet Beast, but was largely ineffective in Galvatron's fight with Rodimus Prime. Not as bad as Cyclonus, who beaned his leader with a rock, but still. Rebellion on Planet Beast Scourge later called the Sweeps out of retirement to help occupy the Autobots until Galvatron's gravity-warping meteorite could reach Athenia. Approach of the Demon Meteorite Acting as Galvatron's social secretary, he informed his leader that Scorponok had arrived for a meeting. The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery
At one point Scourge and Cyclonus attempted to prove their worth by stealing Trypticon and using him to hunt down a mysterious Six Changer. However, that plan failed miserably when that Six Changer turned out to be their own ally, Sixshot. Both Scourge and Cyclonus ditched Trypticon in battle, leading to the Decepticon city's destruction (though he was eventually repaired). Terror! The Six Shadows After Galvatron vanished during Cybertron's destruction, and the unfamiliar Scorponok took over as Emperor of Destruction, Scourge and Cyclonus felt even less secure in their positions. When Soundblaster proudly sucked up to Scorponok, reporting on a new energy-absorbing satellite named Solar 1 set for launch, Scourge vowed to steal the satellite in order to gain favor in Scorponok's eyes. Joined by Cyclonus and Predaking, he attacked the launch pad, but was repelled by Raiden and the Headmasters. Brainstorm did some aerial dogfighting with Scourge, and the Decepticons were forced to leave empty-handed. The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok
Scourge and Cyclonus were concerned that Scorponok's latest series of attacks on Earth were more likely to destroy the planet than allow the Decepticons to gather energy. Scorponok told to them that the awe-inspiring plasma energy was released from Cybertron in its destruction. The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts In his next scheme, Scorponok explained to the duo that he planned to detonate a series of bombs to destroy the planet Mars, and harvest the plasma energy its destruction would surely generate. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger
Later, Scourge and Cyclonus made arrangements for Scorponok's official society debut as leader of the Decepticons. The Autobots attacked during the proceedings on Earth's moon, but all combatants were interrupted by the triumphant return of Galvatron. Scourge was quick to redirect his boot-licking towards his old commander, as Scorponok's leadership was immediately overruled. Return of the Immortal Emperor Scourge and Cyclonus would later field an SOS call from the planet Sandra, and reported their findings to Galvatron. SOS from Planet Sandra
Presumably left behind on Earth while Galvatron plundered the cosmos for energon, Scourge and Cyclonus were not seen for many months. After he returned, Galvatron heaped praise on Sixshot, telling Scourge and Cyclonus that they could learn a thing or two from the Ninja Commander. Grumbling to themselves, the duo noticed Counterpunch acting shifty, but were too caught up in their own problems to think too much about it. The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg
Scourge was briefly seen yes-manning to Scorponok in Lemuria. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)
Marvel Comics continuity
Following Unicron's consumption of Cybertron's moons, Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge traveled back in time from 2006 to 1986 as part of a plan to free themselves from Unicron's control by constructing a massive cannon that would destroy him upon their return to the future. The three Unicronian Decepticons proved themselves almost invincible in the face of the Autobots' attacks, though a lucky shot destroyed Scourge's weapon after he had incapacitated Trailbreaker, and Scourge was relatively weaponless (most of his weapons could only be used in vehicle mode). Though he also took down Grapple, Megatron managed to down Scourge and use him as a bargaining chip. The future Decepticons were finally defeated when Galvatron was duped into believing he was trapped in a temporal paradox, and returned to his own time to live out the remaining events of 2006. Target: 2006
Following the destruction of Unicron at the hands of Rodimus Prime and the Matrix, Galvatron transported himself back in time to 1987, leaving Cyclonus and Scourge in the future, under Shockwave’s command. The duo were attacked by the freelance peace-keeping agent, Death's Head, who was seeking the bounty on Galvatron’s head, and Cyclonus revealed Galvatron’s whereabouts to him. Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive! Later, Shockwave hired Death’s Head to kill Rodimus Prime, but Cyclonus and Scourge interfered with the job as they sought to kill Rodimus first, in order to reclaim their lost standing amongst the Decepticons. Headhunt This did not please Death’s Head, and consequently, he willingly accepted a contract from Rodimus to hunt down Cyclonus and Scourge, eventually tracking them down to the planet of Junk as 2008 dawned. Before he could finish the job, however, all three of them fell under the mind-controlling influence of Unicron, whose disembodied head had survived the destruction of his body and had landed on the planet, where he was having the native Junkions construct a new body for him.
Under Unicron's control, Cyclonus and Scourge killed Shockwave and became Decepticon leaders, reigniting the stalemated Cybertronian war to a furious degree to cover Unicron's actions. Death's Head, however, was able to fight the mind control and work with the Autobots long enough to stop the chaos-bringer's plan. As explosions destroyed Unicron, Death's Head tackled Cyclonus and Scourge, pushing them through a time portal Unicron had built, promising to kill them another time. The two Decepticons were hurled into the past of Cybertron by the portal, where they came under the command of Scorponok. The Legacy of Unicron!
"SHUT UP AND KEEP FIRING!"
Cyclonus and Scourge traveled with Scorponok and several other Decepticons to the peaceful planet Nebulos in pursuit of Fortress Maximus's Autobots. After Scorponok and the Terrorcons were defeated by the new Autobot Targetmasters, the Nebulan Vorath attempted to duplicate the technology on the Decepticons. Scourge was partnered with Fracas, a Nebulan recruit who had been bio-mechanically engineered to be able to transform into his weapon. Scourge was soon presented with an opportunity to test his new Targetmaster abilities when some Autobot Headmaster prisoners escaped. The fury of the battle destroyed the city of Koraja, culminating in Fortress Maximus knocking down Scourge and the other Decepticon Targetmasters with part of a beloved fountain. Ultimately, Scourge and Scorponok's Decepticons followed the Autobots off Nebulos to Earth. Brothers in Armor!!
Once there, Scourge and Cyclonus sought out Galvatron, and, no longer willing to serve him, instead demanded that he hand over his time travel device so that they could return to the future and their position as Decepticon leaders. The confrontation was disrupted by the sudden appearance of the Autobot commando squad, the Wreckers, who drew the ensuing battle away from the human settlement it was taking place in by professing to have stolen Galvatron's time jump mechanism, when in reality, the Decepticon no longer even had it for them to take. Wrecking Havoc
Having met with failure again, Cyclonus and Scourge decided to cut their losses and team up with Shockwave's present-day Earth-based Decepticon forces.
"Yep."
"You're sure?"
"Yep."
"You're not going to mention it at all, are you?"
"Nope."
Unfortunately, Cyclonus accidentally let slip that they would kill Shockwave in the future. Naturally wanting to ensure his continued existence, Shockwave unleashed a brainwashed Megatron clone upon the two. As Megatron killed Nightstick and grappled with Cyclonus, Scourge took aim at the clone... but stopped. He realized that killing Megatron in 1988 would likely prevent Galvatron's creation in 2006, and possibly his own as well. Unwilling to take the chance, he abandoned his comrade and fled. Dry Run!
Cyclonus and Scourge’s displacement into the past had circumvented the normal mass-replacement method used by time travel, and had hence unbalanced the space-time continuum, causing a rift to appear in the fabric of space and time. Cyclonus's death, eighteen years before he was even created, proved to be the final straw, accelerating the rift, which soon threatened to consume Earth and Cybertron. Realizing that the only way to stop it was to return himself, Galvatron and Cyclonus to their original time, Scourge attempted to recover Cyclonus’ body from Shockwave, only to be attacked by the deranged Decepticon, who had lost his mind due to the illogical nature of the situation, and had strung Cyclonus' remains up like a twisted trophy. Scourge staggered back to the time rift and allowed it to take him, hoping that that would have some effect on the situation. It didn't. Ravage, however, succeeded where Scourge had failed, and was able to bring Shockwave back to sanity enough for him to deposit Cyclonus’ remains after Galvatron and Scourge, and then seal it with an x-ray blast. Scourge was not seen again after this, and it is unknown exactly what happened to Scourge after he entered the rift. Time Wars
In the alternate future of 2006, Scourge participated in a battle on Junkion where he was tossed around by Omega Supreme and misidentified as "Sweeps" by Ultra Magnus. He later agreed with Cyclonus who said Junkion should be off-limits to Decepticons. The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)
An alternate version of Scourge later made a brief appearance, inhabiting an alternate future world of 2009 where Cybertron had been destroyed and Galvatron ruled Earth. With only seven Autobots left alive, Scourge battled Getaway, Chainclaw and Guzzle during the Autobots' last desperate raid on the Decepticon Powerbase. He was killed off-panel by the combined might of these warriors. Rhythms of Darkness!
Transformers in 3-D
Scourge was part of a Decepticon mission to track down the source of an Energon reading on an asteroid. As Cyclonus returned to Scorponok, Scourge warned him that Galvatron was in a particularly foul mood. As it turned out, the creature Cyclonus had brought back was the source of the Energon, however the situation escalated when they detected they were being spied on by Searchlight. Scourge and Cyclonus gave chase, only to find themselves running into Ultra Magnus and Blurr, who were chasing Ratbat in the other direction. The usual chaos ensued. The Test
Scourge and several Sweeps took part in an assault on Tau-Ursa, when Galvatron acquired a component for his latest weapon. Galvatron ordered them to destroy everything, but to let the Tau-Ursans live. The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3
Dreamwave Generation One comics
Millions of years ago, as Unicron entered a stage of hibernation, the first wave of his herald drone fleet was launched to scour the galaxy, looking for Cybertron. The Alpha drone designated Scourge managed to find Cybertron during the Great Shutdown, an enforced shutdown of all Transformers on the planet, and managed to reactivate Shockwave for the purpose of observing the Decepticon from afar. Generation One #0 However, Shockwave was soon attacked by the Quintesson Sharkticon extermination units left behind on this world. Forced to intervene, Scourge easily destroyed a number of Sharkticons and drove off the rest, saving Shockwave's life. Cold War As a way a saying thank you, Shockwave shot Scourge in the back, took him prisoner, dissected him and studied the Unicronian Transformer, gaining great knowledge of Cybertron's origin and its inhabitants. Generation One #0
Shockwave has a very weird sense of gratitude.
Scourge (or another drone like him) escaped to Earth and attacked Jetfire and Omega Supreme's shuttle just as it arrived on its mission to search for the missing Ark. Tricking the drone into pursuing an escape pod, Jetfire managed to shutdown the advanced Transformer's systems and was dragging him back to their crashed ship when they were both buried in an avalanche. Original Sin
Thousands of years later, the Autobots were drawn to the Alaskan shore, right into a trap set by the Decepticons. The Autobots fought desperately to keep the Autobot escape pod out of Megatron's hands, and during the fighting, it was inadvertently activated. Just as the Autobots gained the upper hand, Scourge ordered the combatants to stand down, informing them that the war was over, the factionalism that had divided their race had ended, and Cybertron was now unified under a new leader. Before he could speak further, Shockwave shot him in the back, declaring both Autobots and Decepticons to be war criminals. New World Order
Evidently Shockwave never bothered to recover Scourge's body, as he was retrieved by the Earth Defense Command and taken to their secret base for reverse-engineering. Unfortunately for the humans, Scourge was such an advanced Cybertronian that they were having serious problems figuring out his systems. Cold War EDC were still working on Scourge when Marissa Faireborn enlisted the aid of the Autobots under Jazz's command in investigating the mystery of San Desto. Infestation
Dreamwave Armada comics
A version of Scourge served as one of Unicron's heralds, along with versions of Thunderwing, Bludgeon, Dirge, and Galvatron. Unicron sent the five ahead of him to prepare this particular reality's Cybertron for his imminent arrival. Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4 After effortlessly conquering Decepticon Command Headquarters on Cybertron and taking control of its space bridge nexus, they found that the local Megatron was nowhere to be found, and moved on to search for him on Earth. Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4 At Silver Ridge, Scourge detected Thrust in the vicinity, and the Heralds chose to interrogate him in regards to Megatron's whereabouts. Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4 Thrust ended up being useless to them, but the Heralds suddenly learned of something else to worry about—the space bridge nexus was under attack. They immediately returned to Cybertron, where Jetfire and his team had already placed bombs throughout the Decepticon base. Upon arrival, Scourge ordered the others to kill Jetfire... and was promptly killed when the whole building was blown to kingdom come. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Whlist serving under Shockwave on Cybertron, Scourge and Cyclonus were shocked when one of their Decepticon comrades was suddenly teleported across space and time by Teletran 3. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1 Shortly afterwards, he and many other flying Decepticons gathered around the computer and waited for Ultra Magnus's force field to go down. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2
In a dystopian future where the Decepticons had conquered Earth, Scourge and his Sweeps patrolled the ruins of New York City. They attacked a team of Joes and Cobras who arrived from the past, but were chased off by the Dreadnoks. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3
While this future was eventually averted, Scourge and the Sweeps were later seen in the present, as part of Serpent O.R.'s forces on Cybertron. They fought back against a major Autobot/G.I. Joe assault on Serpent O.R.'s headquarters. The Art of War #5
Hearts of Steel
While traveling in the Astrotrain convoy, Scourge transformed into a blimp (with a familiar-shaped gondola) and dropped bombs on the Autobot freight. Sideswipe (or possibly Ironhide) popped his airbag, causing him to crash, then explode. Hearts of Steel #4
IDW comics continuity
Scourge was one of the crew from the original Ark, which was lost in the Benzuli Expanse and ended up in the Dead Universe. All Hail Megatron #14
While accusing Megatron of having no plan or goal beyond the conquest of Earth, Starscream wondered aloud who might be the Decepticon to take action, and suggested Scourge as a possibility. All Hail Megatron #6
After the failure of the Expansion, Cyclonus gathered the remains of his comrades on Gorlam Prime and prepared to melt them down as a warrior's burial. Scourge was barely alive, and Cyclonus sadly said this was the last thing he could do for him. However, Galvatron emerged from the solar pool and blasted Scourge and the others. Though Cyclonus thought him crazy, Galvatron explained the Darkness would not let Scourge die. Scourge recovered, and Galvatron again flung him into the slag, from which he emerged in pain but fully restored. Soon, the other warriors were transformed into clones of Scourge (though Galvatron complained they should have been made in his image). The clones, known as the Sweeps, were bonded to Scourge, who was to keep them in line. Scourge asked Cyclonus what they should do, and Cyclonus responded that as Seekers, they should follow Galvatron's bidding. All Hail Megatron #14
At Galvatron's command, the Seekers searched all over Gorlam Prime for signs of life, as the planet's entire population had apparently vanished at some point while they had been wasting away. Scourge and his Sweeps found nothing, so Galvatron opted to track down their ally Jhiaxus and the portal to the Dead Universe. They found him as a crushed and dismembered wreck, but Galvatron easily undid his injuries using the Darkness. Jhiaxus took them to the portal, which was different from before, but upon arrival they were attacked by Arcee and Hardhead. Heart of Darkness #1 Scourge and Cyclonus took on Hardhead, but even the two of them together were overpowered by the much larger and stronger Autobot. They were saved by Galvatron's mighty firepower, and were sent by him to chase after Arcee as she tried to flee. After sending her tumbling into an abyss, they returned to Galvatron's side and watched him enter the Dead Universe, where he met the malevolent entity known as "D-Void". He emerged rather panicky, telling his troops that they needed to raise an army to stand against this threat. Heart of Darkness #2
Scourge and his Sweeps accompanied Galvatron as he traveled to a wide variety of planets, reviving and recruiting robotic lifeforms to stand with him against D-Void. At one point they visited Spindrift, where they added Thinkbox and the corpses that inhabitated the Realm of Wrecks to their cause. Heart of Darkness issue 3
Some time later, Galvatron's ship encountered a space-time anomaly containing a frozen block of corpses, both organic and robotic. The crew brought in on board to investigate it, only to be faced with a zombie outbreak once the ice was thawed. Scourge and the others battled the undead, including several of his infected Sweeps, until their ship was sabotaged and crashed in Las Vegas, Earth. There, they attempted to team up with the local Autobots to contain the outbreak. The Transformers: Infestation issue 1 After some initial distrust between the two factions, they managed to stop bickering long enough to defeat the zombie mastermind, Britt. The Autobots still wouldn't join Galvatron, though, so Scourge and the others left Earth via a portal. The Transformers: Infestation issue 2
Wings of Honor
In 2007, after the Rebirth, Galvatron and Lord Zarak led Cyclonus, Scourge, and the rest of the Decepticons to further the war on Nebulos and other civilized worlds. Generation 2: Redux
In 2010, Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps surrounded an Autobot shuttle during a surprise attack. They lost track of the shuttle when it disappeared into a nebula. Eventually they found it and attacked its crew, which consisted of Rodimus, Kup, and the Dinobots. Scourge was defeated when Kup threw his blaster, which he'd set to overload, at Scourge. At first Scourge laughed at what seemed to be a pathetic tactic by the elder Autobot, but then suddenly stopped when his torso was blown open. Wings of Honor
United comic
At some undetermined point in time, Scourge stood in close proximity to Frenzy and Lugnut. A New Battle!
Games
The Transformers (PS2)
- Voice actor:
Right before the Autobots found the giant jewel of the Atalstan mine, Scourge ambushed them. Announcing that the "Autofools" had reached the end of the road, he transformed to robot mode. Saying that the noise caused by the Autobots engines was going to destroy his transducers, Scourge declared that he was going to shut them up forever. After a fight, Scourge admitted defeat and begged the Autobots to spare his life. Before his enemies could do anything, he transformed back to his hovercraft form and flew away.
Scourge later challenged the Autobots to a rematch on their way to ELTA, and was later joined by Cyclonus, but the Sweep leader was defeated again. When Cyclonus fled in his fighter craft form, Scourge called out for Cyclonus to wait for him before also fleeing in his hovercraft form. The Transformers
Toys
Generation 1
- Scourge (Decepticon Jet, 1986)
- Japanese ID number: D-71
- Accessories: "Disintegrator Ray", "Laser Blaster"
- Scourge has a beard and a mustache and transforms into a Cybertronic hovercraft. On early releases, the blue on the center of Scourge's alt mode was paint. This was changed to two stickers for later releases. The stickers on his ankles tend to get damaged through normal transformation.
- Scourge's design has some oddities to it other than just him being a beardo. His head mounted gun (the "Disintegrator Ray") is on a standardised 5mm post hole, but his fist holes are smaller — so his Laser Blaster and Disintegrator ray aren't interchangeable. Scourge also has knees. He's got no reason to have knees, they're not part of his transformation or really useful for anything, but he still has them. Maybe he could use them for flying poses in robot mode. Maybe.
- Some releases of Scourge came with a piece of a four-part The Transformers: The Movie poster with glow-in-the-dark elements.
- Scourge (Targetmaster, 1987)
- Accessories: "Fracas" Targetmaster "Incendiary Cannon", "Rocket Booster"
- A retool of the original Scourge toy, Targetmaster Scourge's hand-holes were widened, to accommodate a new Targetmaster weapon. His handgun was replaced with Fracas. This retooling made his weapons interchangeable, allowing Scourge to wear Fracas on his head and to hold his "Rocket Booster" (the new name for the "Disintegrator ray") in his hand.
- Yay, progress! Still don't know why he's got knees, though.
Titanium Series
- Scourge (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
- Scourge once again transforms into a retro-futuristic hovercraft, this time with a more accurate sculpt to his animation model (well, minus the head) and significantly improved articulation. While not 100% accurate, the wings in particular are now hinged in the middle to allow them to open wider, and the legs have a much more closely detailed design. But man does he have a big forehead.
Timelines
- Wings of Honor (multipack, 2009)
- Accessories: 2 wings/blades (left and right), red cyber key
- A retool of Cybertron Sideways, Scourge is a blue and white alien spacefighter with Cyber Planet Key-activated pop-out blades built into his battle shield. He comes with a red Planet X style Cyber Planet Key with blue deco. Sadly, the faction symbol-swapping gimmick has been neglected. Scourge was only available as part of a multi-pack at BotCon 2009.
- This toy was redecoed to make Sweeps Two, Six and Seven for the same convention. The original version of this mold was also used for the Japanese DVD-exclusive Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version and Universe Ratbat.
Generations
- Scourge (Deluxe, 2010/2011)
- Accessories: handguns
- Generations Scourge transforms into a jet loosely based on the Boeing X-48 blended wing body concept aircraft. He comes with two weapons that can combine (via clip joints) into a weapon that looks like Fracas. These weapon halves store inside the wings of the aircraft, which unfold to create Scourge's cape-like batwings in robot mode (though this is not suggested in the instructions). The weapon with the clip can also attach to his head-mounted laser, as can any other weapon that makes use of 3mm clips. His head can also rise up farther in vehicle mode so that you can reenact hilarious character model mishaps. It's not mentioned in the instructions either, but there's no other reason for that jointing to exist. The package photo shows Scourge with red light-piped eyes, but the production version changes that to blue, which is odd considering this is the only piece on the toy made out of clear plastic.
- Like many, many aircraft-based Transformers, Scourge possesses landing gear in his alternate mode. There is a pair of flaps near the middle of his underside that can unfold to display six wheels, and underneath his robot mode head is a seventh landing gear wheel that can be flipped out. However, this third section is unusable while his head is extended, which causes him to tip backwards even with the other two stabilizing sections out.
United
- Decepticon Scourge (Deluxe, 2011)
- Japanese ID number: UN-21
- Accessories: Handgun
- United Scourge's redeco of the Generations version includes metallic blue paint on his chest, shoulders, waist, and forearms. He also has extended wing stripes and red windows for the cockpit. The blue on his legs is now a lighter, more purple blue. Silver paint replaces the white paint on his forearms, and he has silver paint on his hands (retaining the metallic red fingers). His facial hair is now dark blue instead of gray, and he has dark blue and silver paint on his torso (instead of gray). The Decepticon logo is now smaller and towards the center of his torso. His eyes are now painted a clear red.
- Decepticon SET (3-pack, 2011)
- Accessories: Handgun
- Dubbed "Decepticon Scourge Purple Clear Version", this redeco of the 2010 Scourge mold (see above) is cast in transparent violet, translucent light blue, and opaque purple-blue plastics, emulating the scene in The Transformers: The Movie where Scourge is created from Thundercracker.
- This version was only available in an e-Hobby exclusive 3-pack with clear-plastic versions of Galvatron, Nightstick and Cyclonus. Preorders for the set were opened on December 13 of 2010 and closed on January 11 of 2011, and shipped in April.
- This figure was available with a Galvatron pin and Macrocosmic Seekers booklet directly from e-Hobby, he was also released in Asian countries outside of Japan without said pin and booklet.
Notes
- Like most of the 1986 Animated Film characters, Scourge has two character models. The first one was designer Floro Dery's original, which inspired the action figure and was used prominently in the Marvel Comics stories. The second was revised from Dery's to have more standard, "heroic" proportions and was used in the original cartoon, though not 100% consistently. Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of Dery's Scourge was the revealed head in vehicle mode. This was removed entirely for the revised version probably because it looked extremely dorky.
- When asked why Scourge and the Sweeps stick their heads out while they're in vehicle mode, Floro Dery replied: "The heads stick out because the idea is like a regular fighter plane. You can see just the head of the fighter pilot. If you have seen my "Egg" design on my web site, I based Scourge on it."[1]
- Early drafts of The Transformers: The Movie script also portray Scourge as propping his head out in vehicle mode to serve as sort of the "eyes" of the expedition. More interestingly, his alt mode was originally land based with Cyclonus and his armada being the only jets.
- A close examination of Scourge's character model (both final and early versions) reveals that his animation model transforms somewhat backwards from the way his toy representations do. Whereas the toys have the upward-facing torso concealed fully within the wings, the animation model actually has nearly all of the chest and body front details visible on the underside of the vehicle mode. This further implies that the robot head twists 180 degrees and folds backwards to complete formation of the vehicle mode rather than just staring at his own chest.
- It's not known how much (if any) communication there was between Marvel's US office and the UK offices where Simon Furman was churning out his behind-the-scenes stories, but regardless, Cyclonus and Scourge completely disappeared from the US book after Headmasters—leaving Furman free to send them off to find Galvatron in "Wrecking Havoc".
- For some reason, Scourge's head-mounted cannon was implied to not be a cannon in the comics, as the loss of a handgun in "Target: 2006" apparently left Scourge completely weaponless in robot mode, making transformation a complete necessity.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Scourge (スカージ Sukāji)
- Czech: Bič ("Whip")
- French: Fléo (Canada, Derived from "fléau", meaning "plague")
- Italian: Sheriff
- Hungarian: Ostor ("Whip"), Korbács (first The Movie dub, "Scourge")
- Mandarin: Tīen-chǐen (Taiwan, 天譴, "Scourge"), Wenyi (China, 瘟疫, "Plague")
- Russian: Knut (Кнут)
References
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