Ratbat (WFC)

The name or term "Ratbat" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ratbat (disambiguation).

Ratbat is a Decepticon Mini-Con from the War for Cybertron portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Ratbat was once the Mini-Con representative for the High Council in the days before the great war, and was well known for being corrupt and in the pocket of the wealthy elite. The general opinion was that he believed only what he was paid to, and only while the payment was good. When the war began, he left that position and, along with fellow Council member Contrail, joined Megatron's Decepticons.

Nowadays, Ratbat is one of Soundwave's agents, but spends most of his time away from the others. What he does during this time is what he always does best, and that is masterminding incredibly complex financial schemes and scams to drag his targets in the red while he rakes in the credits. And they say war changes people...

Fiction

Exodus

Ratbat generally made useless interjections during Megatron and Orion Pax's hearing before the High Council, humiliating Orion when he joked he could imagine an end to their session when the young librarian complained the caste system had rendered the society imaginationless. Ratbat became more serious when Halogen began to concur with Orion and Megatron's beliefs, and was informed that no matter what, it was the beginning of the end for the castes.

Ratbat then mentioned attempts to find the Matrix of Leadership had been made by the rebels, and uncharacteristically commented since it had not been found, the Matrix was unwilling to give itself up. This in turn led to the Council's unanimous vote for Orion to become Optimus Prime and be given the quest to find it. An enraged Megatron killed Halogen, declared war and called the Decepticons to follow him. Optimus noticed Ratbat boarded Contrail and left with the Decepticons. During the war Polyhex, Ratbat's home, quickly fell to the Decepticons. Teracycles later, Ratbat's cowardly survival was notable enough for Teletraan-1 to inform Omega Supreme of it. Transformers: Exodus

Toys

Generations

• Decepticon Frenzy & Ratbat (Legends Class, 2012)
  • Series / number: 01 / 002
  • Accessories: Disc case

Part of the first wave of Generations Legends Class toys, Ratbat is a redeco and retool of Laserbeak, and transforms from a "data disc" into a bat. He is designed to interact with the Voyager Class Soundwave mold, being capable of storing in and launching out of Soundwave's chest compartment, and features a fully automatic, spring-loaded transformation to bat mode that is triggered when a button on his underside is pressed. He comes with a clear-purple plastic case which can be used to store him in disc mode.

He was only available in a two-pack with Decepticon Frenzy. The original version of this mold was redecoed into Buzzsaw.

• Decepticon Data (Disc Set, 2013)
  • Japanese ID number: TG16

Notes

• Ratbat is described as being the Mini-Cons's representative to the Council. So it's not surprising that he's often described as being tiny and scampering. As of the end of the story, he's also the only Mini-Con that is depicted talking, versus communicating in beeps and tones. (Rumble and Frenzy are said to be able to, but use the coded beeps and tones when it's quicker or more efficient.)

• The Ratbat Mold used for the Generations Legends class bears a striking resemblance of his form from the The Transformers: Devastation issue 1 seen here