Scrambling neon Decepticon

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The scrambling neon Decepticon is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The scrambling neon Decepticon is a Transformer, sometimes a Decepticon. He's buddies with a tentacled tin can.

He appears to transform into a land vehicle.

“	Decepticons, we're under attack; scramble!	”
—Shockwave calls Cybertron's defenders into action, The Transformers: The Movie

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Run like the Devil's on your tail, for he most assuredly is.

The scrambling neon Decepticon was part of the Decepticon force occupying Cybertron in the year 2005. When Unicron attacked his planet this valiant Decepticon followed Shockwave's orders to "Scramble!" and rushed to man the defenses. The Transformers: The Movie

IDW Generation 1 continuity

The scrambling neon Decepticon NAIL was among the many recently-arrived Transformers on Cybertron. He's buddies with a non-humanoid tentacle-equipped Cybertronian. Nice. The Autonomy Lesson

Notes

• Penciller Andrew Griffith did not intend the generic character in "The Autonomy Lesson" to be the scrambling character from the movie, but colorist Josh Perez actually did color him to deliberately resemble that 'bot.