Squawkbox
- Squawkbox is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Squawkbox --the combined form of the Decepticons Beastbox and Squawktalk-- is a passionate musician. He loves playing with sound, using the combined powers of his components. Listening to, creating, and manipulating sound is his life. The results of his compositions have been called "unnervingly cacophonous", but his Decepticon commanders came up with a way to put them to good use.
Squawkbox has been assigned the function of "Battlefield Dissonance" and set free to distract and disorient the Autobots with his latest works. Squawkbox is thrilled to have both a captive audience and access to all the terrible sounds of a battlefield for future use. Unfortunately for him, his work can prove just as detrimental to his teammates as his opponents if he's not careful, and at that point it's anyone's guess as to which side will be the first to try and shut him up via photon blaster.
Fiction
IDW: Hearts of Steel
Squawkbox serves as Starscream's communications officer while Megatron and Soundwave are deactivated. When Starscream learns the Autobots have awakened, he orders Squawkbox to alert the other Decepticon forces by telegraph.
Toys
Generation 1
- Squawktalk & Beastbox (Micro Cassettes 2-pack, 1988)
- The Decepticon cassettes Squawktalk and Beastbox were packaged together, and combined to form the humanoid robot Squawkbox. Though they had seperate bios, the combined form lacked one. They were the last Decepticon cassettes ever released in the United States, years after Soundwave himself stopped being available.
- In Japan, Squakwkbox was only available as a mail-away exclusive during Masterforce.
Trivia
- Squawkbox got his first ever official profile/bio in the Dreamwave "More Than Meets The Eye" Guide, 15 years after the toy was released.
