Clone synthesizer

Megatron has enough problems with one Starscream and yet he makes more!

The clone synthesizer is a Decepticon device with the ability to create clones of Transformers.

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

The clone synthesizer was installed in the Decepticon's temporary base as they tried to lure the Autobots into a crevasse filled with korlonium crystals. Megatron had Laserbeak take scans of Optimus Prime. He used the scans along with the clone synthesizer to create a remote-piloted Optimus Prime clone that was so convincing that Teletraan I couldn't distinguish it from the real Optimus. To further convince the Autobots of the clone's authenticity, Megatron used the machine to clone Starscream as well, in order to provide a convincing "victim" for the fake Prime. After the failure of the plan, the Decepticons fled in their rocket, taking the clone synthesizer with them. A Prime Problem

e-HOBBY comics

Using the clone synthesizer, Starscream's ghost gave the Dark Hot Rod persona within Rodimus Prime his own body. Destron Doppelgänger Black Rodimus Convoy

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: clone gōsei sōchi (クローン合成装置, "clone synthesis device")