King Poseidon
- King Poseidon is a Decepticon Combiner from the Super-God Masterforce portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
King Poseidon (キングポセイドン Kingu Poseidon) is the combined form of the Seacons, created when the Seacon leader Turtler merges with one of each of the numerous Seacon drones under his command. As Turtler is the only sentient member of the team, it is his consciousness alone which controls the giant combiner, becoming even more cold and cruel as he tears through the battlefield with his massively increased mobility and destructive power.
King Poseidon is composed of:
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Super-God Masterforce cartoon
- Voice actor: Masato Hirano (Japanese)
After numerous failures on the part of the individual Seacons and the other Decepticons serving under them, Decepticon leaders Giga and Mega decided it was time for King Poseidon to enter the fray. Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai The Seacon combiner introduced himself to the shocked Autobots during a battle on an island off the coast of America, and immediately attacked Ginrai, who found himself unable to match King Poseidon's raw power. As King Poseidon ground his foot down on top of Ginrai, the trailer Ginrai had recently added to his Transtector suddenly burst into life, flying through the air and knocking King Poseidon aside. Ginrai and the trailer then fused together to create "Super Ginrai", who seized King Poseidon and body-slammed him so hard that the Seacons forming his limbs exploded. Only Turtler survived, and escaped into the ocean. Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai
King Poseidon next battled Super Ginrai in Canada, where he was again quickly overcome by the Autobot's Chōkon Power and had his right arm blown off. Sent tumbling backwards, the combiner lost his grip on his sword, which wound up impaling his own leg and destroying it. With two limbs gone, the Seacons were forced to disengage and retreat. Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter
It was some time before King Poseidon reappeared, but he eventually showed up again when Autobot Godmaster Lightfoot clashed with the Seacons in the waters off Australia and was sent tumbling into a crevasse. When Ginrai arrived to save his team-mate, the Seacons merged into King Poseidon and collapsed the crevasse on both of them, intending to leave them both to be destroyed by a sub-sea volcano that was about to erupt. Ginrai's drone partner Godbomber soon came to dig them out, and King Poseidon engaged him in battle to prevent the Autobots from being rescued, but during their fight, the volcano erupted. King Poseidon was knocked aside by flying rocks, allowing Godbomber to extricate Ginrai and Lightfoot, but as they attempted to flee, King Poseidon recovered for one final attack. Ginrai and Godbomber merged into God Ginrai and grappled with the combiner on the rim of the volcano, at which point Lightfoot performed a "Chōkon Spin Drill", creating a water spout that threatened to suck King Poseidon in. With his attention divided, King Poseidon was overcome by Ginrai and hurled into the volcano, then hit with a blast from Ginrai's God Cannon, blowing him into his component parts. As ever, only Turtler survived, slinking back to Decepticon Base to report his failure. Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts
A little later, the Decepticons found themselves approached by the final Godmaster, Clouder, and Hydra instructed King Poseidon to test the newcomer's ability in battle. Surprisingly the other uninformed Decepticons, King Poseidon burst from beneath the ground and mercilessly attacked Clouder, who countered by transforming to his falcon form, seizing the combiner's shoulders, and hoisting him into the air. As he was dragged over a nearby cliff and dangled over the ocean, King Poseidon attempted to free himself with his double cannons, but wound up having his limbs blasted off by Clouder's Chōkon Power. As he tumbled into the ocean, Clouder hit him with one more blast, blowing King Poseidon to pieces yet again and proving himself to the other Decepticons. Appearance!! The Final Godmaster Clouder was subsequently installed as a double agent within the Autobot ranks, and the information he fed the Decepticons enabled them to perform an all-out assault on Autobot Base. King Poseidon was summoned into action by Giga and separated into his component Seacon parts, which proceeded to invade the base and destroy it from within. Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes
When the Decepticons captured Autobot Headmaster Junior Shūta Gō, King Poseidon served as jailer for the young hero, holding him in an unbreakable grip as Ginrai arrived in the base to rescue him. Unable to act thanks to King Poseidon's hold on his team-mate, Ginrai was pummelled by Overlord, but the tables turned most unexpectedly when the Decepticon Junior Cancer could finally no longer stomach the Decepticons' evil and opened fire on King Poseidon. King Poseidon's arm was blown off and he dropped Shūta, but Cancer pressed his attack, and King Poseidon turned his weapons on the youth, blasting his gun out of his hand. Luckily, before he could deliver the killing blow, King Poseidon was once again blasted to smithereens by Godbomber. God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base Cancer subsequently sided with the Autobots and provided them with the information they needed to mount an attack on the Decepticons' headquarters, during which King Poseidon was formed once again, only to be promptly blown apart by Grand Maximus. The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform
When the Autobots' assault resulted in the destruction of Decepticon Base, the villains relocated to the Grand Canyon for an attack on North America, and the Autobots pursued, splitting up into teams to search. The team consisting of the Headmaster Juniors and Ranger were about to scale a rock face when it exploded into fragments, revealing King Poseidon hiding within it. When their weapons proved ineffective against the giant, Shūta and Cab grabbed his arms in hopes of breaking them off, but King Poseidon simply slammed his arms together, crushing the boys between them. Although Ginrai and Grand Maximus arrived to save them, the Decepticons pulled out rather than fight on, heading for the Alps for their final attack on Earth. Autobots! Desperate Attack!! Again, the Autobots gave chase, but as soon as they arrived in the Alps, Metalhawk and the Autobot Juniors were almost immediately attacked by the waiting King Poseidon. Metalhawk engaged the combiner in a swordfight, but as they strained their blades against one another, Ginrai appeared in the skies overhead and knocked King Poseidon into his component Seacons with a God Punch attack. Rather uncharacteristically, the Seacons actually managed to stay intact through his disassembly, and Turtler had them immediately recombine to attack Ginrai, but the Autobot hero easily blew King Poseidon to fragments with his God Cannon, for the final time. Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z Turtler, of course, survived the explosion, but disappeared, and was not seen either during the final battle, or when the other Decepticons fled into space at the war's end. A Battle... and Then...
Zone catalog
Years later, King Poseidon was among several powerful Decepticons led in an assault on planet Zone by the reborn Dark Emperor Deathsaurus. Attempting to steal their Energon Z, the Decepticons proved no match for the Micromasters and were driven away. Zone Project Story
Zone cartoon
When the supernatural entity known as Violen Jiger took command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit Nine Great Demon Generals from Decepticon history. King Poseidon was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank of Aquatic General as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before.
King Poseidon was sent to Earth along with Devastator, Trypticon and Predaking to steal the Zodiac necessary for Violen Jiger's schemes. The mysterious energy source was located beneath the planet's surface by new Autobot commander Dai Atlas and stolen by Devastator, but as Dai Atlas attempted to chase him down, King Poseidon struck, emerging from a nearby subterranean lake and ensnaring Dai Atlas with a chain. Devastator handed the Zodiac off to King Poseidon, who returned to the surface with it, where he was attacked by Sonic Bomber and forced to hurl the Zodiac out of his reach. Unfortunately for the villains, Dai Atlas was the one who caught it, prompting Trypticon to fire a beam of Energon Z at the heroes. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac, which empowered Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber with its energies, transforming them into powerful new "Zone Modes". The firepower of the two Autobots' new modes was directed upon King Poseidon and Trypticon, who were destroyed when they exploded dramatically. Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!
Comic continuity
Super-God Masterforce comic
King Poseidon's sole recorded foray onto the battlefield occurred when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic projections of legendary Decepticons from years past. Racing into action, the Autobots suddenly found themselves surrounded by a legion of Decepticons led by "Galvatron", and while the holograms themselves posed no danger, the threat of King Poseidon was all too real. The Seacon combiner loomed over the battlefield, bearing down on the Autobots, at which point the new Autobot Godmasters Lightfoot, Ranger and Road King arrived with a new trailer unit for Ginrai's Transtector. At Lightfoot's instruction, Ginrai combined with the trailer, transforming into "Super Ginrai" and unleashing the full extent of his Chōkon Power against King Poseidon. Struck by a "Super Fire Guts" attack, King Poseidon was smashed to bits, and the battered Turtler limped away while the Autobots realized the had been facing illusions. Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!
Although there were no further documented instances of Turtler combining with the other Seacons, he did later combine with several other Decepticons into the mis-matched "Scramble 7", which, naturally, had Piranacon's head and torso. The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops
Zone comic and story pages
Years later, King Poseidon was one of nine Decepticons selected by the supernatural new emperor of the Decepticons, Violen Jiger, to become one of his Great Demon Generals. Appointed "Aquatic General" and equipped with new powers and weapons to make him stronger than before, King Poseidon was first unleashed against the Autobots on the ocean planet of Wall. Hiding beneath the waves alongside Trypticon, King Poseidon emerged to battle Autobot commander Star Saber, but was beaten back by a concentrated attack from Erector, Skywave, Missile Bull and Overload. Zone Part 3
Later, King Poseidon, Trypticon, Predaking and Devastator were directed to attack Earth in search of the mysterious "Zodiac", in order to create the super-energy Violen Jiger needed for his schemes. They were pursued to the planet by the Autobot Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber but while, Dai Atlas was occupied in a subterranean battle with Devastator, King Poseidon located and absconded with the Zodiac. Dai Atlas pursued him back to Earth's surface, where both sides grappled for possession of the Zodiac until Trypticon fired a beam of Energon Z at the Autobots. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac and unleashed its energies, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into heavily-armed new "Zone Modes". The two heroes blasted the generals with their powerful new weapons, winning the day. Transformers: Zone
The Generals later schooled Metrotitan and the Metrosquad in the ways of evil, making tem formidable oponents to the Powered Masters. Zone Part 7
Toys
Super-God Masterforce
- King Poseidon (1988)
- Japanese ID number: D-318
- The six Seacons who form King Poseidon could be purchased separately, or together as a giftset. The toys were sold concurrently in Hasbro markets as the American Seacon team, who formed Piranacon, but unlike the Piranacon giftset, which omitted Nautilator, the King Poseidon giftset includes all six members.
- King Poseidon was later redecoed into God Neptune, then into the Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive Piranacon giftset.
Merchandise
Transformers Caramel
- King Poseidon 1 (1988)
- King Poseidon 2 (1988)
- The six Seacons were available as part of Kabaya's Transformers Caramel line of candy toys. These non-transforming Decoy-style soft rubber figures came in two sets: the first contained Turtler, Gulf and Kraken, with Overbite, Tentakil and Lobclaw coming together in the second, who could then be plugged together to form King Poseidon. Each group of three connected together on a shared rubber sprue, and were available in blue, yellow or red, so you could wind up with a mis-matched King Poseidon, like the one we've got pictured here! Each set came packaged with a piece of caramel.
Transformers Gum
- King Poseidon A (1988)
- King Poseidon B (1988)
- Snap-together model kits of the Seacons were released in the tenth wave of Kabaya's Transformers Gum line, split across two sets: set A contained Turtler and Overbite, with the remaining four Seacons grouped together in set B. All six robots were fully transformable into all three modes (robot, creature and weapon), and could combine into King Poseidon. The kits were made from solid magenta, teal and grey plastic, with stickers rather than paint operations for detail. They came packaged with a stick of gum.
Notes
Foreign names
- English: Piranacon (Omni Productions dub, Shout! Factory sub)
- Spanish: Piranicón (America)
- Russian: Zhivodjor (Живодёр, "Flayer")
- Italian: Piranha
