Skywarp (G1)
| The name or term "Skywarp" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Skywarp (disambiguation). |
- Skywarp is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the Autobots, Skywarp is the only Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).
Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Generation 1
Skywarp was one of Megatron's troops who attacked the Ark during its mission to clear a path for Cybertron through an asteroid field. Deactivated when the vessel crashed on Earth, Skywarp lay dormant for four million years until the Transformers were awoken in 1984, at which point he was given the new alternate mode an Earth jet. Soon after their revival, Skywarp joined his fellow Decepticon fliers in battling the Autobots at a drive-in movie theater, The Transformers then followed up that victory with an attack on the Harrison Nuclear Power Plant to gather raw materials with which to build a base of operations. With the discovery that the Autobots' human Sparkplug Witwicky had developed a conversion process that would allow Earth fuels to be used by the Transformers, Skywarp took part in the attack on his repair shop that ended with the successful abduction of Sparkplug, using his jet mode to ferry around the shrunken alternate modes of his non-flight-capable allies. Power Play!
While Sparkplug was put to work brewing his conversion formula for the Decepticons, Skywarp, Thundercracker and Starscream were dispatched to England to investigate a Cybertronian signal that was discovered to be emanating from an spaceship that had crashed there centuries before. Reports of this mission are contradictory; one account had Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from Bluestreak during an early attack on the Autobots, but another identified Skywarp as the killer of the craft's occupant, the Man of Iron, using his teleporting ability to get the drop on the ancient mechanoid. Man of Iron
Returning to America, the three jets were then unleashed upon the human military forces who attempted a hopeless attack on the Decepticons' base; Skywarp dazzled a pilot with his teleporting powers before proudly transforming to robot mode to grant the human a look at the "true face of their destroyer". The Autobots soon joined the fray, but while Skywarp and his comrades took potshots at them, they failed to realise that Gears and Spider-Man were using the battle as cover to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. Prisoner of War!
When Starscream fired upon his teammate Ravage for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. Starscream attempted to flee their wrath, but Skywarp and Thundercracker pursued; Thundercracker disoriented their quarry with a sonic boom, and Skywarp teleported into his path and shot him out of the sky. Starscream argued for a trial by a combat, and subsequently manipulated the proceedings to suggest treachery by the Autobots, prompting the Decepticons to forget his misdoings and launch a vengeful attack on the Ark. The Enemy Within! This battle was ended prematurely when Auntie, the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. Raiders of the Last Ark Also around this time, Skywarp and Thundercracker happened upon Autobot spies Jazz and Sunstreaker, who had been sent to scout the Decepticons' base, and made a strafing run on them. Jazz was deafened and blasted off the road, but Sunstreaker led them into the human military encampment around the base, prompting Megatron to call them off, not wanting the humans' to interfere with his operations just yet. ...Perchance to Dream
Though the most severely damaged of the Decepticons from recent battles, Skywarp was easily repaired by the Decepticons' medic, and was soon refuelled using Sparkplug's conversion formula. Little did the Decepticons know, the human had poisoned the formula, causing Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons to collapse at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. The Last Stand Decepticon logician Shockwave then took command of the crippled Decepticon forces and the Ark shortly thereafter and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp was put to work tidying up the bodies of the Autobots Shockwave had offlined, The New Order then used his jet mode to transport Soundwave, Rumble and Frenzy to the Blackrock Enterprises oil-drilling platform Shockwave had captured. The Worse of Two Evils!
Following the disappearance of both Megatron and Shockwave, the Decepticons fell under Soundwave's leadership, and Skywarp took part in his plan to capture Bumblebee for use as bait in a trap for Optimus Prime. Affronted when the cornered little Autobot tried striking out at him, Skywarp pummelled Bumblebee into unconsciousness, but was soon on the receiving end of similar treatment from Optimus himself when the attempted trap went wrong and the Autobot leader overpowered all three Decepticon jets. Crisis of Command! Soon after, when the Dinobots were running wild across America, Skywarp joined Soundwave and Scavenger in tracking down Sludge in the swamps of Littlewood, California, where they successfully subdued him and the Autobots searching for him. Arriving too late to Old River Valley, Idaho, to secure Slag, the Decepticons went ahead with their plan with just Sludge, controlling him with a sonic lance and pitting him against Grimlock in Doonstown, Canada. Skywarp reconned the area and found an oil rig for the Decepticons to steal energy from, so they left the Dinobots to cause chaos and threaten the lives of the Autobots who came seeking them. The Autobots naturally managed to disable the sonic lance and stop the rampaging Dinobots, but the unscathed Decepticons considered the whole affair a victory over the weakened Autobot ranks. Dinobot Hunt!
Breaking away from Soundwave, Starscream and his fellow jets returned to the Blackrock oil rig, but soon found their makeshift base surrounded by government forces, leaving them trapped for weeks. Shockwave returned to help them make their getaway by providing an energon cube that Skywarp lobbed at the military craft, blasting a way through their barricade. The trio were then charged with using a power siphon to convert sound energy from a Brick Springhorn concert into morecubes, but they were bested in the attempt by the Autobots Rock and Roll-Out! Later, Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash Bumblebee into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. Plight of the Bumblebee! The scattered Decepticon forces were then re-integrated when Skywarp, his fellow jets, and Shockwave were brought to the new base the returned Megatron had established in Wyoming. The Bridge to Nowhere!
At Megatron's command, Skywarp was part of a Decepticon unit who headed out to welcome new troops who had crossed the space bridge from Cybertron. No sooner had they discovered that the new arrivals were actually Autobots than they were alerted by Shockwave to a full-scale Autobot attack on their base. Believing that this meant the Ark was undefended, Megatron had his unit attack it instead, only for them to run afoul of the Ark's powerful new guardian, Omega Supreme. The mighty Omega deactivated most of the Decepticons, Skywarp included, and their bodies were imprisoned in stasis by the Autobots. Command Performances!
The Autobots found a use for Skywarp's inert form not long thereafter, when the time-travelling Decepticon Galvatron arrived from the future to threaten them. Removing him from stasis, the Autobots painted him to look like Starscream, and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back to take credit for the Autobots' destruction of Galvatron's super-weapon. Furious, Galvatron blasted the disguised Skywarp to pieces... but just as the Autobots had planned, Galvatron believed that, by causing "Starscream's" death in 1986, he had created an alternate timeline to his own, in which Starscream was not supposed to die by his hands until 2006.
Concluding that anything he did in this "alternate" past" would not affect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. Target: 2006
Skywarp would remain offline for several years, though an anomalous account placed him in the midst of the battle that resulted when the combined forces of the Autobots, G.I. Joe and Cobra attacked the Decepticons' island base. ...All Fall Down! Years later, during a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the Constructicons and subsequently brought back online, under the command of new Decepticon Earth leader Ratbat. Totaled! During the first Decepticon Civil War between Ratbat's forces and those of rival Decepticon leader Scorponok, Skywarp surprised Bugly with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. Cold War! Skywarp was repaired in time to face an Underbase-powered Starscream in Tokyo, but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. Dark Star
Generation 2
Skywarp had been reactivated by the time Bludgeon had taken control of the Decepticons and led them in a series of attacks on Earth. Once Megatron returned and retook command, Skywarp stood with the other Decepticons and watched as their revived leader tore Creation Matrix out of Optimus Prime's body, then they withdrew with their prize. The Gathering Darkness
The Autobots and the Decepticons later forged an alliance against the Cybertronian Empire, but the Deceptions initially declined to help when the Autobots went to the planet Ethos to battle a Cybertronian raiding party there. The Autobots were almost defeated, until Skywarp suddenly warped into the battle, followed by the rest of the Decepticon army. For Skywarp's part, he and the rest of the Decepticons' fliers aided the Aerialbots in the skies above the battlefield. Escalation!
As the united Autobots and Decepticons gathered on Earth to face the approaching Swarm, a Seeker that may or may not have been Skywarp appeared among the throng of 'bots. A Rage in Heaven!
Classics
His broken body rescued from Tokyo by Megatron, Skywarp was rebuilt using upgraded Seeker schematics designed by Shockwave, and his mind was restored from backed-up personality engrams the scientist has created. His memory was left a little spotty as a result, but when he was told that the Underbase-empowered Starscream had been responsible for killing him, he took it in stride—he couldn't be too surprised that Starscream had stabbed him in the back, and in any case, the traitor would have to let down his guard sometime. Skywarp's Classics profile
When the mysterious crossdimensional Decepticon Landquake appeared on their world, the Decepticons interrogated him with Skywarp's gun pressed to his head the entire time. Convinced that his tales of another universe were true, Megatron ordered his bonds undone, but instructed Skywarp and Scavenger to monitor him at all times, and break his legs at any sign of treachery, which Skywarp was particularly amused at the thought of. The Decepticons subsequently traveled to South America to investigate an equally mysterious power source that seemed to share traits with Landquake. En route, they were attacked by Walter Barnett's RUNT squad. Crossing Over, Part 2 Skywarp managed to shake off these interlopers just before Optimus Prime and his Autobots arrived in search of this same power source, and a new battle between the factions began in the jungles surrounding the power source. Crossing Over: Part 3 As the battle escalated, Skywarp and Starscream fought Jetfire across the skies, Crossing Over: Part 5 but ultimately, Megatron was forced to call for a withdrawal. Crossing Over: Part 6
With his nosecone still battered from the fight, Skywarp came with Starscream and Ramjet to investigate what Bug Bite and his crew were doing on Earth. He was happy to see that Thundercracker was among them, but less so when his old buddy shot a cerebro-shell at him, forcing him to follow Bug Bite's commands. Skywarp and the others were sent to assassinate Megatron, but were soon freed from Bug Bite's control due to Autobot interference. Games of Deception
Regeneration One
Template:Noterg1 After being deactivated by Starscream during the Underbase Saga, Skywarp was reactivated (and lobotomised) by Megatron years later. He was pressed into service as part of a unit alongside Octane, Razorclaw, Skalor, Bugly, Thundercracker, Thrust and Ratbat and charged with exterminating a convoy of escaping humans that included Buster and Jessie. Less Than Zero
In 2012, after Megatron had shot down the Wreckers' ship, Skywarp and his fellow zombies were ordered to chase down the survivors. Thanks to his teleportation ability Skywarp got the drop on Kup, shot him in the back and returned the Autobot to Megatron. Loose Ends, Part 2
When Springer, Sandstorm and Whirl attempted to rescue the captive Kup, Skywarp and Thundercracker were the ones to spring Megatron's ambush, arriving via warp hole to attack the Wreckers. Loose Ends, Part 4 He and the other zombified Cybertronians were offlined permanently once Circuit Smasher frizzle-fried the Ark's computer, Auntie. Loose Ends, Part 5 After Megatron's defeat, all of the deactivated zombies were piled into a large pit by the Autobots and obliterated from orbit. Natural Selection, Part One
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Masashi Ebara (Japanese), Jacques Ferrière (French), Roberto Alexander (Latin American), Peter Bertram (German, Transport to Oblivion), Peter Musäus (German, Roll For It), Bernd Simon (German, The Autobot Run), Willy Schäfer (German, Most of the Generation 2 Dub), Frank Muth (German, Generation 2 Dub of More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 & 2 & The Golden Lagoon), Christoph Lindert (German, Starscreams Brigade)
Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that served Megatron on Cybertron millions of years ago. In the early days of the Decepticon rebellion, he and Thundercracker both faced the powerful protectors of Cybertron's cities, the Guardian robots; even millions of years later, the powerful Guardians struck fear into Skywarp's laser core. War Dawn
Four million years ago, Skywarp and his fellow Seekers were stationed a mega-mile out from the bridge to Iacon when Autobots Wheeljack and Bumblebee returned from pilfering energy conductors. Once Wheeljack broke through their defenses, Skywarp and Thundercracker transformed to their tetrajet modes and followed the Autobots. They managed to get a good shot in against Bumblebee, but soon both Autobots escaped termination by taking the chase underground. Skywarp later joined Megatron in attacking and boarding the Autobot ship on their search for energy. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and Autobots laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred the ship's computer back to life. Skywarp was the first of the ship's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by Teletraan I, in the form of an Earthly F-15 fighter jet. Once active, Skywarp immediately dragged his master Megatron's body into the reformatting rays of the Autobot ship's computer, and soon all the Decepticons were revived. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1
Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, Sherman Dam and the ruby crystal mines of Burma. On the last raid, Skywarp and Thundercracker caught a pair of snoops — Bumblebee and the human, Sparkplug Witwicky, and were knocking the little Autobot around for fun, pondering how to giftwrap him for Megatron, when an explosive the pair had planted detonated and caved the mine in around them. More than Meets the Eye, Part 2
When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the airborne duo of Ironhide and Bluestreak, Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky. Subsequently, when the Autobots laid siege to the Decepticons' staging base, Skywarp wielded his leader in pistol mode against their attackers. More than Meets the Eye, Part 3
When Bumblebee was caught spying on the Decepticons' new space bridge, Skywarp and Starscream captured him for Megatron. After Bumblebee was reprogrammed to lead the Autobots into a trap, Skywarp biffed Prowl from behind, causing him to fall down in an almost pushing-down-stairs-like fashion. Transport to Oblivion
| “ | You little fool... You're no match for Skywarp! | ” |
—Skywarp announces his superiority to a kid in a wheelchair., "Roll for It" | ||
After the Decepticons acquired an antimatter formula, they were en route to Autobot Headquarters when Sunstreaker and Sideswipe intercepted them, practicing their jet judo maneuvers. Skywarp was being thrown off-course by Sideswipe's antics until Starscream knocked the Autobot warrior loose. During the battle, Megatron charged himself up with the Decepticons' new toy, and transformed into an "anti-matter gun" to obliterate the Autobots. When Megatron was knocked from Starscream's grip, Skywarp snatched him up to get in on the action, but before he could start blasting, Spike Witwicky attacked his leg with a jackhammer. He scooped up the puny fleshling and was about to blast him with the anti-matter gun (and, incidentally, probably blow his own hand off in the process) when Chip Chase attached a computer override device invented by Wheeljack, which allowed Teletraan I to take brief control of his body. Skywarp started firing Megatron's anti-matter power at the other Decepticons, overheating the unstable power supply and forcing the Decepticons to retreat. Roll for It
Skywarp was later part of a Decepticon raid on a factory, apparently in a very playful mood with his teleporting power. First he 'ported behind some human guards to taunt them before making them scatter with laser fire. Then, when Thundercracker blasted open some power lines to begin filling his energon cubes, Skywarp "cut in line" by teleporting between Thundercracker and the energy to fill his own cube first. When Optimus Prime showed up to stop them, Skywarp fired a heat-seeking missile at him, only for Prime to deflect it with a punch. The Autobot was eventually defeated, and Skywarp ran off with some energon cubes. Divide and Conquer
When the Decepticons began draining heat energy out of Earth's core using a crystal shaft in the Arctic, Skywarp got a bit bored at the lack of real action. He was in the middle of taunting Rumble when the two of them accidentally caused a miniature avalanche in one of the caves. By sheer happenstance, this led to the Decepticons recovering the long-lost Skyfire from an icy tomb. Skywarp helped perform repairs on the giant flier, though it was probably better for all concerned if somebody with actual knowledge had performed these repairs. Fire in the Sky
During a battle at Great Falls hydroelectric power facility, the newly constructed Dinobots arrived to rescue the beleaguered Autobots, who had been captured by the Decepticons. Skywarp foolishly attempted to beat the flamethrowing Slag with a mere pair of heat-seeking missiles, and ended up being grabbed out of the air by the mighty jaws of Grimlock, who chomped on his wing and threw Skywarp into his fellow Megatron loyalist Soundwave. S.O.S. Dinobots Soon afterwards, during an operation in Peru, Skywarp got to be Megatron's favorite Seeker for the day after Starscream and Thundercracker stole poor-quality steel for their latest super-weapon. He had fun taunting the egotistic Starscream when Megatron called him to battle, leaving the other Seekers behind on mere guard duty. Fire on the Mountain Later, Skywarp helped Megatron steal a giant meteor, although its unstable power proved too dangerous to use for energon cubes. War of the Dinobots
Skywarp was in a playful mood during the Decepticons' raid of a solar power plant in India, cracking wise and hoping to play a game of catch... with the maharaja he had captured as the ball. He had even more fun in a quick free-for-all with the Autobots, a distraction so that the Decepticons could kidnap one of the Autobots' fleshling friends as a guinea pig for Doctor Arkeville's mind-control experiments. Skywarp enjoyed himself so much, he got in a fight with Starscream on the way back to headquarters about how brilliant Megatron's plan was. Thundercracker had to jump out of the way while the two of them roughhoused in the elevator. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 Thanks in part to Arkeville's hypno-chip slaves, the Decepticons were able to bring Cybertron into Earth's orbit, creating massive environmental disturbances that produced millions of energon cubes. What's more, transporting energon to Cybertron was now just a short flight away. Unfortunately, the devastation was greater than Megatron had anticipated. While Skywarp was on a return flight from Cybertron, a tidal wave broke off the access tower to the Decepticons' undersea base, flooding it. The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 Skywarp was present at the final battle before the Autobots knocked Cybertron out of orbit, and fled when Megatron abandoned his troops to escape with the energon cubes. The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 With Megatron seemingly destroyed as his star cruiser exploded with the cubes on board, the Decepticons were left rudderless. While working on repairs for their undersea base, tempers flared as Skywarp picked a fight with his favorite target, Rumble, and his pint-sized partner, Frenzy. Skywarp bit off more than he could chew, however, as Frenzy's surprising strength overcame Skywarp as he tried to crush the mini-cassette beneath his heel. Thundercracker and Soundwave started to get involved in the fracas too, but Megatron soon arrived to put his house back in order. Countdown to Extinction
Like all Decepticons, Skywarp provided his power chip rectifier to Megatron for his single combat with Optimus Prime. Heavy Metal War When the Decepticons attacked another rocket base, Skywarp and Thundercracker attempted to double-team Optimus Prime, but only succeeded in destroying the very rockets they came to plunder. Autobot Spike Later, the Decepticons attacked a mining camp to lure the Autobots out into the open, and Skywarp stood guard over the humans being used as bait. After they used the opportunity to kidnap Gears for his special circuit board, Skywarp later helped fill the energon cubes from Megatron's Solar Needle. Changing Gears As the Decepticons took over New York to create the city of New Cybertron, Skywarp was seen loading cars into Mixmaster's drum for reconstruction. He and Thundercracker were later damaged after trying to take some potshots at Optimus Prime, only to miss and crash straight through a building in the process. City of Steel He also served in a later assault on the Ark, distracting the Autobots long enough for Megatron to sneak inside and mess with their recharging chambers. Attack of the Autobots
Rather stoic in recent weeks, Skywarp was back to his cheery but malicious self when he and Starscream went after some electro-cells at the Experimental Energy Research Laboratory. While breaking through the roof of the installation, Skywarp merrily remarked on the joy of opening presents. During a fight with the Autobot named Mirage, one of Skywarp's insignia was ripped off, and later planted to help turn the Insecticons against the Decepticons. Traitor During a battle with the Autobots over the Immobilizer, Skywarp unleashed his new toy: a bouncer bomb. This weapon ricocheted through the trees, explosively bouncing from one side of the battlefield to another. Unfortunately, the Decepticons were also subject to its "friendly fire" until Megatron shot the blasted thing down. The Immobilizer
Skywarp's teleportation power did come in useful when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots with the Transfixatron. One quick zap and they were all frozen in vehicle mode. However, he failed to zap ALL the Autobots, which ultimately led to the undoing of Megatron's scheme. The Autobot Run Skywarp was present during the Decepticon alliance with Sub-Atlantica, and was part of their attack on Washington D.C. He and Thundercracker strafed the Autobots while in battle on the Great Lawn. Atlantis, Arise! When the Decepticons stole the ninja robot Nightbird, Skywarp used his grapples to pull the roof off of the demonstration amphitheater, allowing Starscream and Thundercracker to swoop in and grab the robot. Enter the Nightbird
Skywarp and his flying buddies once attempted to triple-team Optimus Prime in battle, but failed to do more than provide Optimus with a chance to toss a good quip. Strangely, Skywarp was later seen throwing what looking like a standard pineapple grenade at the Autobots. It was effective enough, but looked as out of place as an AK or a tommygun in Transformer hands. A Prime Problem When the Decepticons made yet another attempt at harnessing some sort of power from the Earth's core, Skywarp defended their drilling operation from the Autobots. He and the Seekers attempted to bomb the Autobots from the air, but a scattering of explosive missiles from Bluestreak's shoulder launchers took them out of the fight. The Core
During the assault on Iron Mountain, Skywarp was briefly taken over by Bombshell's cerebro-shells during a tiff between Megatron and the Insecticons. The Insecticon Syndrome He also joined the Decepticon expedition to Dinobot Island, to loot and plunder its various sources of energy. Skywarp was eager to do battle with the Dinobots when they arrived to defend their new home...which just goes to show Skywarp's kinda stupid. Dinobot Island, Part 1 When the Autobots eventually arrived to help drive the Decepticons off of Dinobot Island, they were aided by a band of dinosaurs themselves, prodded onward by Grimlock. Skywarp and Thundercracker found their lasers ineffective against the charging brutes, and were forced to retreat with the rest of their army. Dinobot Island, Part 2
During some aerial dogfighting with the Autobot ace, Powerglide, Skywarp took a nasty hit to the wing. He must have managed to limp back to base, because he was present for Megatron's interrogation of the Constructicons a short while later. The Master Builders When the Decepticons went after Wheeljack's latest super-weapon, the Negavator, Skywarp and the Seekers strafed the Autobot convoy in a box canyon. Their efforts were blocked by Smokescreen's disruptor beams and magnetic smoke, which left the Seekers unable to see or navigate in any way. Skywarp and Thrust ended up in a three-way collision with each other and a canyon wall. Auto Berserk Once, the Decepticons were pre-emptively celebrating the destruction of the Autobots after Megatron acquired the Heart of Cybertron. They got over-energized on energon cubes and passed out in the desert. Five'll get you ten, whoever passed out closest to Skywarp woke up with a Scraplet drawn on their face in permanent marker. Microbots
Skywarp was a participant in the ultimate prank against the Autobots. Using Autobot costumes left over from last Halloween, Skywarp and some others raided an oil refinery for fuel, only to be driven off when the "heroic" Decepticons arrived to stop the "evil" Autobots. The entire scene was filmed by Shawn Berger and used to smear the Autobots' good name so severely that they were forced to abandon Earth entirely in a rocket cruiser. Ha HA! Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 The fleshlings didn't appreciate the joke when they found out the punchline, but Skywarp and the Decepticons were too busy enslaving Central City to care. As bad luck would have it, though, the Autobots managed to make their way back to Earth, and drive off the Decepticon occupation. Killjoys. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
When the Decepticons set up a temporary base of operations at the airport, Optimus Prime sent in the Dinobots to clear them out. Skywarp and the other jets were caught off-guard initially, but the Decepticons had learned from previous encounters that the Dinobots were more vulnerable in their robot modes. By feigning defeat, Skywarp and the others lured the Dinobots into a false sense of security, and they transformed back to robot mode. Skywarp and Megatron then unleashed a barrage of energy, igniting the jumbo jets on the tarmac and causing the Dinobots tremendous damage. The Decepticons finally scored a decent victory against the Dinos, and they owed it all to a dirty underhanded sneak attack. It was a good day to be Skywarp. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1
Skywarp joined the Decepticons on a mission to Great Britain, A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court after which, like most of the Decepticons, he was rendered temporarily invulnerable due to exposure to electrum. Invincibility didn't make him any better a prison guard, though, as even Beachcomber was able to overpower him and escape from the Decepticons' undersea headquarters. The Golden Lagoon Skywarp was seen delivering the Insecticons' share of the energon harvested from their clones using Megatron's energon transference process. Since the meager three cubes the Insecticons got were a small pittance compared to how many were actually being generated, Skywarp was surely snickering to himself as he handed them over. Quest for Survival When the space bridge materialized in the middle of a baseball stadium, Skywarp and Soundwave got into a friendly game of catch...with flesh-creatures as the ball. Then the Autobots had to show up and ruin their fun. Child's Play
When Skywarp and the Seekers kidnapped a group of Earth's world leaders, they ran into the Aerialbots during their getaway. Skywarp nearly nailed Slingshot with a loop-the-loop, coming down on him from above, but was shot down by Skydive. War Dawn A while later, Skywarp and Thundercracker were guarding the space bridge when Starscream, recently banished from the Decepticon ranks, arrived. Refusing him access without proper authorization, Skywarp quickly accepted that having a null ray shoved in his faced was good enough authorization for him, and the pair allowed Starscream to travel to Cybertron. Starscream's Brigade
Starscream's schemes resulted in the creation of the Combaticons, who soon joined with the main Decepticon force, but when they went missing, Megatron ordered Skywarp to visit their headquarters to check up on their progress in the latest Decepticon scheme. Upon finding a trail of Combaticon parts leading from the base, Skywarp just gawped at the debris until an exasperated Megatron had to instruct him to follow the trail. He and Starscream found Swindle at the end of the trail, dumping off junked Combaticon parts, and dragged him back to base. Soon after, Skywarp took part in the Decepticons' attack on Autobot Headquarters using their orbit disruptor cannon. B.O.T.
In 2005, Skywarp was part of a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City on Earth. He was badly damaged during the battle, but managed to escape with the rest of his comrades aboard Astrotrain. However, en route to Cybertron he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by Unicron and, among others, used to make Galvatron's new warriors. The Transformers: The Movie
Japanese cartoon continuity
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages
Soon after the Transformers' awakening on Earth, Skywarp joined Starscream and Thundercracker in attacking New York City. When the Autobots arrived, the jets took on Jazz while Inferno and Ratchet tried to fight the fire they had started. Story page #1
When Skywarp, Thundercracker and Reflector raided a human space center to steal energy from a shuttle launch, their efforts were impeded by Sideswipe, Red Alert and Inferno. While Reflector made off with a few cubes, Skywarp and his flying partner engaged the two Lamborghini Autobots in mid-air combat. Story page #3 Skywarp and the other Decepticons jets later battled Optimus Prime and the Aerialbots in Egypt. Story page #10
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga
Under orders from Megatron, Skywarp accompanied Starscream and Thundercracker in an energy raid on Tokyo. Things were going well, as they enjoyed bombing pedestrians and children while screaming their demands for energy to the Heavens, at least until Optimus Prime and a unit of Autobot vehicles arrived. Though their victory seemed assured when they unleashed Menasor on their foes, their strategy was undone when the Autobots drove up a ramp at top speed, transformed to vehicle mode and punched everybody in the face. Skywarp was forced to retreat. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1
Skywarp later took part in an all-out assault on Autobot Headquarters in Arizona. The attack was nothing more than a diversion so Soundwave could go do unspecified stuff in Japan and the Decepticons were eventually defeated and driven off. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2
Scramble City cartoon
When the Decepticons succeeded in locating the construction site of the Autobots' Scramble City project, Skywarp joined Starscream, Thundercracker, and the Constructicons in an attack on the hidden facility. They initially held off Optimus Prime's counterattack team, but when the Aerialbots arrived to back Prime up, Skywarp and his fellow jets opted for the better part of valour and pulled out. Scramble City: Mobilization
Full Throttle Scramble Power!
As Megatron bragged to Toru that the Decepticons would strip Earth of all its resources, Skywarp (or Thundercracker) was shown attacking a power plant. Full Throttle Scramble Power!
The Battle of the Star Gate
In the mid-1990s, Skywarp participated in Megatron's first attempted takeover of the Trigger, bursting out of Astrotrain alongside the other Seekers. First Contact
Robotmasters online comic
When a variety of time-displaced Autobots and Decepticons arrived on Earth in 2004, Skywarp took part in the final battle at Autobot Headquarters over the last of the solitarium on the planet. He, Thundercracker and Starscream took on Lio Convoy during the fight, but the Autobots ultimately triumphed. And Then
Macrocosmic Seekers
In 2010, Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge were captured by the alien Seeker, who used his powers over space and time to revert them to the moment of their transformation by Unicron, intending to freeze them in this transitional state and study their recreation. Inadvertently liberated by the Junkion Scrapheap, the Decepticons' remained in this flux-state for a period of time; in Cyclonus's case, his mind and body had partially reverted back into being Skywarp. Time to Move In addition to thinking his commander was Megatron, he regained his power of teleportation, which he used to escape the barrage of fire the Seeker unleashed against them. Those Who Resist After destroying the Seeker's ship to escape, the space-time energies faded away, and their bodies returned to normal. A Treasure's True Worth
Wings Universe
As Devastator breached Iacon's walls, Skywarp was there with the rest of Megatron's forces. Battle Lines, Part 5 He was still there shortly before Megatron called a retreat. Battle Lines, Part 6
Marvel coloring books
Millions of years ago, Skywarp was one of the Decepticons who battled the Autobots on their home planet of Cybertron, and in outer space. During one such outer space battle, the Decepticons rammed their ship into the Autobots' vessel, and both craft crashed on Earth, where they would lay for four million years until both factions were revived to continue their war on a new world. A Message From Outer Space
When the Decepticons set out on patrol to seek the Autobots, Skywarp searched the skies over Earth's oceans, but had no luck. A report from Laserbeak of a factory building an Autobot army brought Skywarp, Thundercracker and Starscream together for a bombing run, but their bombardment had no effect, as the factory was actually a hologram generate by Mirage to lure the Decepticons into a trap. During the battle that followed, Optimus Prime seized Skywarp and Megatron and hurled them into orbit. Decepticon Patrol
Skywarp was probably among the Decepticon Seekers who battled the Autobots over the captive Buster and Sparkplug Witwicky, and was also probably one of the Seekers who subsequently attacked Hoover Dam. The Deadly Fuel Shortage Skywarp took particular joy in the Decepticons' plan to steal gasoline with a molecular transfer device as he surveyed a road's worth of abandoned human vehicles. As the Autobots came rolling to the rescue, Skywarp was first to spot them and alerted his fellow Decepticons, but the battle was lost when the Autobots were able to turn the molecular transfer device on the Decepticonse themselves, draining their energy supplies. Summertime Coloring Book
Skywarp might have been among the Decepticons who were duped into abandoning their base by a phoney Martian message sent by Bumblebee. A Message From Outer Space He definitely took part in Megatron's plan to demolish a forest in order to built a Decepticon factory (you could tell by his fancy hat), Forest Rescue Mission and later joined in an attack on what the Decepticons thought was the Autobots' camp, only to find they had been duped by another of Mirage's mirages. Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission
Big Looker storybooks
Skywarp and the Decepticons were the first to awake when the Transformers were reactivated on Earth; he and his fellow jets were seen flying out of the Autobots' ship by Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky. After re-energizing themselves using a nuclear power station, Skywarp and his comrades returned to attack the Ark, only to be ambush by the Autobots themselves, disguised in the form of Earth automobiles. Battle for Cybertron
When the Autobots took part in the Big Car Rally, Skywarp attacked Mirage on a coastal road during the first heat, blasting him with missiles and machine guns. He failed to reckon with Mirage's electro-scrambler, however, which short-circuited his systems and sent him crashing into the ocean. The Great Car Rally Later, Skywarp and several other flight-capable Decepticons all joined in buzzing the Autobots' base in a failed attempt to distract them while the other Decepticons hijacked an oil truck. Decepticon Hijack
Skywarp sat around with the other Decepticons listening to Megatron rant about his desire to steal energy from a power plant. He was still there a little later when the Insecticons brought in the mind-controlled Grapple to analyze the plant, and took part in the battle that followed when the Autobots arrived to rescue their friend. After the cerebro-shell controlling Grapple was removed, he turned on Megatron, and the Decepticon leader was sent crashing to several of his troops, including Skywarp. Insecticon Attack!
Kid Stuff storybooks
Skywarp was among the Decepticons who attacked the travelling Dinobots in an attempt to learn the location of their subterranean Arctic recovery base and the oil supply it held. Jaws of Terror Later, he and the other jets took part in a series of hit-and-run attacks on Autobot superjet forces around the Pacific Rim to draw attention away from their operations on the island of Buru. Slaves of the Insecticons
Ladybird Books continuity
Skywarp was among the Decepticons who went to stop Starscream and Rumble destroying a mysterious Autobot invention because Megatron believed the Decepticons could harness it. Unfortunately it turned out to be a lightning collector which unleashed a burst of energy, knocking them all flat. When Skywarp tried to get up, instead he spontaneously transformed halfway and got stuck. With the other Decepticons suffering malfunctions as well, they all swiftly retreated. Autobots' Lightning Strike
As Laserbeak was sent out to learn more about the strange creatures inhabiting the world the Decepticons were on, Skywarp was among those who monitored the transmissions he sent back. When the transmissions abruptly ceased, Skywarp wondered if the humans had destroyed Laserbeak, but Starscream scoffed at the suggestion. Laserbeak's Fury
Colorforms audiobooks continuity
- Voice actor: ???
Under Starscream's leadership, Thundercracker and Skywarp attacked a solar plant although Skywarp, for once the voice of reason, pointed out that Megatron had ordered them not to damage the solar reactor. After Starscream was damaged by Optimus Prime and Megatron furiously ordered them to withdraw lest they damage the reactor, the trio retreated. Rendezvousing with Megatron's forces, Skywarp admitted they'd used "poor judgement" in following Starscream's orders. Megatron let him and Thundercracker take part in the subsequent attack on the solar plant anyway. Sun Raid
The Battle for Planet Earth
- Voice actor: Peter Marinker (English)
When Laserbeak reported that a group of Autobots were in South America, Skywarp's first instinct was to go destroy them. He got his wish, as he was part of Megatron's team that followed the Autobots there, but the Decepticons were caught in the eruption of Mount Sheelah and trapped by lava. Terror of Mount Sheelah After helping kidnap some humans for use as slave labor, Skywarp was sent out on guard duty and managed to carelessly let Bumblebee into the base. Disgruntled, he returned to complain to Megatron about having to stand guard, and inadvertently let Bumblebee out again. After failing to track down the Autobot, he faced disciplinary action, which probably only got worse when they discovered that Bumblebee had stolen the global crystal. Bumblebee to the Rescue
When the Decepticons went to conquer Stanley Lake dam, Skywarp hid in the bushes and pranked the other Decepticons with Autobot engine noises. No one was impressed. He and the other Decepticons were defeated when the Autobots lured them in front of the dam and opened the sluice gates. Menace at the Dam Despite being an idiot, Skywarp was still among those Megatron consulted for ideas on getting back at the Autobots. He took part in an attack on Mount Levram on the strength of Starscream's intelligence, and as a result the Decepticon base was destroyed. Espionage!!!!!
Find Your Fate Junior
Dinobots Strike Back
In one of many paths ending in an Autobot assault on the Decepticons' superfuel lab in Mount Lomas, Megatron was ready for them, and ordered his warrior jets into the air over Dolphin's Bay. Skywarp scored the first hit of the battle, dropping a heat-seeking missile on the water-bound Topspin. As the only other Autobot present with a boat alt-mode, Seaspray was enraged, and being a large destroyer at the time instead of a hovercraft, he retaliated with a barrage of lasers and missiles all directed at Skywarp. It's not clear if any of them hit, but when Powerglide and Tracks showed up to provide air support, the former's thermal beam did enough damage to the warrior jets in general to allow the Autobots to take the mountain, so Skywarp presumably didn't fare too well. At least he scored the only documented Autobot casualty! Dinobots Strike Back
Battle Drive
Earthquake
The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual
Beast Wars cartoon
When Megatron travelled back in time and entered the Ark with the intent of changing history, Skywarp's inert form was prominent among the deactivated Transformers that the Predacon leader flew past. The Agenda (Part III)
3H comics
In 2005, when Unicron rebuilt Skywarp into Cyclonus's Armada, Skywarp was also reprogrammed to obey Cyclonus. Even later, when Skywarp's original personality reasserted itself, that mental link remained. Wreckers: Finale Part II
After the Decepticons lost the Great War and Maximals and Predacons claimed the planet, another Megatron subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of Vehicons. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and Cyclonus joined up with the legendary strike team, the Wreckers. Given a mission by the Oracle, the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons (Cyclonus, Skywarp, and Rotorbolt took care of the Spy Streak drones) to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. Departure
Skywarp served as the shuttle's pilot, which served as a point of contention when the bounty hunter Devcon stowed away on board, who didn't like that the Wreckers apparently now included Decepticons and Predacons among their ranks. As the shuttle approached the Archa system, their given destination, Skywarp detected the homing beacon of the Sojourner's Passage, an exploration ship that was lost centuries ago. Since the Autobot shuttle had been damaged en route, once it had landed on Archa Nine, Skywarp helped repair it while others searched the surface. While Skywarp was occupied with this, Cyclonus revealed himself as a traitor, stealing the Divine Light, a mysterious artifact the Wreckers were sent by the Oracle to find. Betrayal
Though it's likely Skywarp didn't really care, the rest of the Wreckers were dealt a blow to morale after this betrayal. Regardless, the Wreckers set off for a new destination given by the Oracle, a desolate ice planet on which a search team found an exiled Quintesson scientist named Al-Badur. While Al-Badur was explaining the meaning of the Divine Light, an army of Sharkticons attacked both the search team and Skywarp and the others back at the shuttle. Skywarp was able to easily destroy their attackers. The search team returned to the shuttle, and Primal Prime told Skywarp that he'd be taking direction from the Quintesson. Al-Badur asked Skywarp what compelled him to join this team of Autobots and Maximals; Skywarp told him it involved "returning a favor" and "Decepticon honor," things he wouldn't understand. Disclosure
After receiving an encrypted message, Skywarp flew the Wreckers back to Cybertron as quickly as possible. Cryotek and his Quintesson partners had invaded the planet. But on arrival to Cybertron, the Quintessons' attacks were so thick that they kept the shuttle from being able to land. Primal Prime ordered a few of the Wreckers off the ship to join the troops below, while Rodimus, Skywarp, and the remainder were to land elsewhere. The Wreckers: Finale Part 1
In the aftermath of Cyclonus's betrayal, the other Wreckers were understandably wary of Skywarp, though the Decepticon claimed he had no part or knowledge of his fellow Decepticon's actions. While circling overhead Cybertron, the Wreckers' shuttle was critically hit. Rodimus told everyone else to evacuate while he kept the ship level, but Skywarp chose this moment to strike. He knocked Rodimus away and told Tap-Out to help everyone else disembark; the Decepticon was going to guide the shuttle down. When it landed, taking out a large portion of the Sharkticon invading forces in a fantastic explosion, the Wreckers were shocked. Skywarp had sacrificed his life for them? As Rodimus began to give a regretful eulogy for the untrusted Decepticon, Skywarp appeared behind them, laughing about his sweet maneuver. He had, of course, used his warping power to leave the ship at the last moment. "Did you see that? I think I managed to shove the forward nacelle antennae right through the Quint Overseer!" Everyone grumbled.
As their group joined the battle against Cryotek and Cyclonus within Cybertron, it seemed Skywarp may not have been so forthright after all. He violently silenced the overbearing Ramulus (muttering that he was surprised no one thanked him) and took his place at Cyclonus's side. Rodimus was understandably confused and hurt, but Skywarp told the Autobot that he'd more than paid him back recently and he no longer owed the Wreckers anything. Cyclonus laughed, and told the Wreckers of his mental link to Skywarp. But Skywarp muttered, having "always hated that," and attacked Cyclonus. He reappeared at the Wreckers' side again, noting that he'd only harmed Ramulus to get in Cyclonus's good graces long enough to deal the blow.
But Cyclonus had scores of Sharkticons at his disposal, and they quickly filled the chamber. Rodimus wanted to throttle Skywarp for what he'd done to Ramulus, but Skywarp shrewdly pointed out that they had bigger problems at the moment. But in the middle of the battle, a strange surge of energy passed through the subterranean chamber, flowing through Tap-Out and Skywarp, causing both to disappear in a flash of light. Wreckers: Finale Part II
Skywarp and Tap-Out had been abducted by Unicron and, under undisclosed circumstances, Skywarp joined Razorclaw's Minions of Unicron during the Universe conflict. During the final battle within the Pit, he was defeated by Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. Revelations Part 2
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
Skywarp was one of Megatron's "inner circle" in the early days of war on Cybertron, with standing high enough that he was among those who stood at the Decepticon leader's side as he delivered speeches to his burgeoning army. The Route of All Evil
Some time into the war, on the eve of the appointment of the Autobots' new Prime, Skywarp and Thundercracker were sent to blow up a building full of pesky neutrals in Altihex. Skywarp confided to his partner that he had spent some time debating whether or not it was the right thing to do—not because it was morally wrong or anything, but because it was too easy—but had concluded that, hey, of course it was, and promply murdered the neutrals. The War Within #1 Some time later, the two came with Starscream when he tried to sway Grimlock into joining the Decepticons. Skywarp tried to stop Starscream from spilling the beans about the Seekers' next mission at Sector Zero-Six, but was told to shut up. When the trio later carried out said mission, they found that Grimlock had evacuated the area and placed a bomb to welcome them. Skywarp barely had time to teleport himself and his comrades away before the place went up in flames. The War Within Preview When Starscream decided to blame Megatron for what happened, Skywarp snapped and pointed out that it was all his fault for telling the enemy about their mission, then took off with Thundercracker. The War Within #3
Following the disappearance of Megatron in a space bridge accident, the Decepticons split into several splinter groups, but Skywarp stayed with the main faction under the command of Shockwave. He participated in an attack on the minions of The Fallen in Protihex, where his teleporting power enabled him to get the best of Bludgeon and gun him down. Conflagration
Skywarp was part of the original crew of the Decepticon flagship the Nemesis who attacked and boarded the Autobots' Ark when it departed Cybertron on a quest for energy. The craft crashed on Earth, entombing all occupants for four million years, until they awoke in 1984 to continue their war. More than Meets the Eye #8 The war reached its climax in 1999, when the Autobots and their human allies defeated the Decepticons. Skywarp and the other prisoners were loaded aboard the spacecraft Ark II with the intent that they be returned to Cybertron, but the vessel had been sabotaged by arms dealer Adam "Lazarus" Rook, and exploded mid-flight. Lazarus recovered the bodies of Skywarp and the other Decepticons, and spent the next several years reprogramming them in order to sell them to foreign powers. Prime Directive #5
In 2002, Megatron was finally able to overcome Lazarus's programming, and proceeded to free his Decepticon subordinates in order to put forward his plans to infect Earth with a metallic virus. To pass the time while preparations for this plan were being put into motion, Skywarp, Starscream and Thundercracker occupied themselves by tearing apart the small Autobots that had also been captured by Lazarus. Prime Directive #3 Once the virus had been unleashed, Skywarp participated in Megatron's attack on San Francisco, where he and his felow Seekers blew Superion into his component Aerialbots with a cluster bomb barrage. Prime Directive #4
When Megatron was kidnapped by the Keepers and Decepticon leadership was up for grabs, Skywarp began acting more serious and ambitious than his regular "lunatic prankster" persona would suggest. One of the few Decepticons who aggressively refused to follow Starscream in Megatron's absence, Skywarp teamed up with the Reflector trio in an attempt to seize power for himself. He lured Starscream into leaving his new kingdom in Las Vegas and travelling to Hoover Dam. Once there, Skywarp challenged Starscream directly for leadership of the Decepticons. He failed miserably, however; Starscream dealt Skywarp severe damage using his null bolts at close range, then tossed his former wingman over the falls. Skywarp was in stasis lock for some time thereafter, and he begrudgingly chose to serve under Starscream after his repair cycle aboard the Nemesis was completed. Hardwired
When Grimlock and his private army of humans attacked Las Vegas, along with Prowl and Bumblebee, Skywarp was among the Decepticons who charged out to meet them in battle along the Strip. As Thundercracker and Soundwave kept the rampaging Dinobot's attention, Skywarp prepared a delicious, underhanded sneak attack. Diving at Grimlock at full speed, Skywarp planned on unleashing his heat-seeking missiles at near point-blank range for maximum devastation. Luckily for Grimlock, the little Autobot Bumblebee was willing to sacrifice his functionality in order to keep the more powerful Autobot warrior in play and took the full impact of the missiles at the last second. Enraged, Grimlock struck Skywarp with enough force to send him flying miles away into the desert and out of the fight for the immediate future.
Curiously, Skywarp chose NOT to leave Las Vegas with Megatron once the former Decepticon leader returned to Earth. Damaged after his time with the Keepers, Megatron lost a fight with Starscream and was forced to relinquish his leadership to the Aerospace Commander. Still, Megatron refused to serve under Starscream, and he led a revolt of several Decepticons into exile. For whatever reason, Skywarp remained at Starscream's side until the Keepers attacked, possessing Starscream as a host body and caging the rest of the Decepticons still in Las Vegas inside a dome of impenetrable energy. Skywarp assumed command of the remaining Decepticons in Starscream's absence and directed the Constructicons into not attacking the dome directly as Devastator, but digging beneath the energy field to forge a tunnel they could exit through. He also made contact with Megatron's forces outside the city and agreed to wait patiently until the time was right for all the Transformers to assault the Keepers as one.
When the time came, Skywarp "allowed" his Decepticons to join forces with Megatron's, because it was the only "logical" thing to do. During the fight, he blasted the Bluestreak-Keeper with an explosive gamma radiation blast. The attack was effective, but proved moot when the Bluestreak-Keeper fused with the Starscream-Keeper, creating one massive and deformed robotic god figure. In the end, it was Optimus Prime and the power of the Matrix which finally ended the war with the Keepers, diverting the force of a nuclear missile launched by the American government. In the aftermath, Starscream's scrap was salvaged and rebuilt, but Megatron chose to make Skywarp his new second-in-command for a time, mostly just to piss Starscream off. Still, Skywarp certainly saw it as the most "logical" thing to do. Annihilation
In Washington D.C., Megatron and the Decepticons stormed the White House to show their displeasure to the President for trying to wipe them out with a nuclear strike. Megatron assigned Skywarp to deal with the SWAT teams in the streets, then sent him into the skies to join Starscream in shooting down the air support called in by the military. Final tally—Starscream: 12, Skywarp: 5. Sometime later, Skywarp was present in the Nevada desert when the Autobots and Decepticons confronted the United States military. Thanks to their airborne tactics, Thundercracker and Skywarp did significant injury to the troops and survived the deconstructionite assault virtually unscathed. After the Keepers were finally defeated and Starscream had been restored to his normal, irascible self, Megatron chose to restore the status quo and replaced Skywarp with Starscream as his second-in-command yet again. Fusion
When the Decepticons clashed with the Autobots over a crashed Autobot vessel discovered in the Arctic, Skywarp engaged Ironhide, dodging the old Autobot's blasts with his teleporting ability and shooting him in the back. This battle was soon interrupted by the arrival of Shockwave and his army of Triple Changers, who had come from Cybertron to bring the planet's errant sons home. He quickly disposed of Megatron and demanded that Skywarp and the others submit to him. New World Order The Decepticons somewhat begrudgingly assented to return to Cybertron, but upon arrival Skywarp and Thundercracker were amazed at what Shockwave had accomplished in their absence. While relaxing in an energon bath, they debated how to proceed; Thundercracker believed it would not be long before Shockwave demanded they pledge themselves to his cause, but Skywarp didn't care much, advocating they do what they always did and pick the side with the biggest guns. Brothers' Burden
Their tune soon changed, however, when Shockwave's dark schemes were uncovered by Optimus Prime; the two Seekers tried to shut the blast door to the command centre before the Autobot leader could make it through, but they failed, and Prime throttled Skywarp until he coughed up Shockwave's location. Countdown to Extinction Presently, Starscream passed through on his way to the shuttle bay, intending to escape the planet and return to Earth, and he ordered Skywarp and Thundercracker to accompany him. Revelation
Back on Earth, Skywarp was part of Starscream's initial salvo against the Ark, a decoy to be deliberately taken prisoner in order to draw out the remaining Autobots where the newly reformatted Combaticons could get at them. Night of the Combaticons After decimating the Autobots' ranks, Bruticus freed the fallen Decepticons, and they were about ready to terminate their opponents when the awe-inspiring clone known as Sunstorm emerged from fold-space, looking to have words with Starscream. Sunstorm's "purifying light" induced an energon overload in their systems, knocking them into stasis lock. Black Sunshine Skywarp and the others remained Autobot prisoners until Starscream negotiated a deal for their release in exchange for his aid against Sunstorm. Skyfire
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Skywarp was one of the Transformers reprogrammed to serve the terrorist organization Cobra and was, along with Thundercracker, rebuilt to transform into a Rattler aircraft in the process. Their first mission was to show off Cobra's power by assaulting a peace ceremony in Washington, D.C., and either Skywarp or Thundercracker was the first to reveal his robot mode to the shocked Air Force before wrecking Ace's jet with a single punch. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1
When Wheeljack undid Cobra's reprogramming of the Transformers, Skywarp waited on the runway in Rattler mode until Major Bludd, unaware of the plane's true identity, decided to use him as his ticket off Cobra Island. After causing Bludd some stress by refusing to start his engines, Skywarp revealed himself and told him that he'd rather walk, then transformed, crushing the human to death with his moving innards in the process. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4 He then joined Thundercracker in fighting Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Cliffjumper, who had also been freed from Cobra's control. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5 Unfortunately, the two Seekers were later caught in the SPS Satellite's rain of energy beams and deactivated. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6
Transformers/G.I. Joe
Skywarp was among the Decepticons revived by Cobra in 1938. He may have been one of the Seekers driven back by the Aerialbots in the battle of the Fera Islands. Trial by Fire Later, during the Autobots' attack on the Terrordrome, Skywarp was lounging about when he overheard some Cobra troopers talking dirt about the Decepticons. Picking one of the humans up, Skywarp suggested that he be a little grateful that the Decepticons were helping them conquer their filthy mudball of a planet. Before he could finish insulting them, however, Optimus Prime burst out of the ground and beat him up. The Iron Fist
Transformers Legends
Skywarp and Thundercracker were at the end of a berating from Megatron when the news came in that Starscream had badly injured himself in a rock-climbing accident. Skywarp probably even helped look for Starscream. Redemption Center
Enraged at Swindle for selling off Decepticon weapons on the black market, Megatron commanded Skywarp to bring the Combaticon in—in pieces of necessary. Two for the Price of One
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Skywarp, Thundercracker and Starscream were early recruits for Megatron, helping sow terror across Cybertron and kidnap Senator Decimus just prior to the Great War and founding of the Decepticons. Megatron Origin #3 When Megatron made his big push to conquer Kaon, Skywarp and Thundercracker shot down a civilian cruiser. Megatron Origin #4 At one point he was part of a squad intent on assassinating Zeta Prime, but the plan was thwarted when Blurr warned the Autobot leader (tackling Skywarp in the back on the way). Spotlight: Blurr
Alongside several other Decepticons, Skywarp showed up to stop Orion Pax when he was arresting Soundwave near the Kaon border. Holding Bumblebee hostage in case the Autobots tried to start any trouble, they warned Orion that he had no jurisdiction in Kaon and let him know that Megatron wanted to see him. The Hunt for Soundwave Unfortunately, Orion Pax rejected Megatron's offer to join him, saved Bumblebee and fled. Skywarp offered to shoot down the Autobots' escape vehicle, but was ordered by Megatron to let them go. Cause and Effect Megatron later led him and several other Decepticons to Nyon, where they prevented Zeta Prime from killing Orion Pax. Megatron and Orion then agreed to work together for the purpose of overthrowing Zeta. Choices During their combined attack on Zeta's Citadel, Skywarp utilized his teleportation abilities for aerial harassment. Overthrown After Orion was presumed dead, Skywarp and Thundercracker brought Hot Rod to the Decepticon-controlled Citadel for an audience with Megatron. Rise Megatron ordered Starscream and the other Seekers, including Skywarp to defend the Citadel from the assaulting Autobots and the alive and well Orion Pax who was now Optimus Prime. They were intercepted by the newly recruited Aerialbots. Broadcast
Following Megatron's defeat, Scorponok announced to Skywarp and the rest of the Decepticons that he was their new leader. Wreckage His first act as leader was to lead the Seekers on an attack on the Toraxxis mega-refinery, Faces of Darkness and later sent them to bomb Starsreach Spaceport. Massacre After Megatron took back control of the Decepticon forces, he summoned them to the ruins of Harmonex to chase the Autobots away from a fallen Trypticon. Skywarp was more interested in destroying the weakened Autobots right then and there, but was ordered to let them go. Belly of the Beast
In 2006, Skywarp was part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. Infiltration #3 His alternate form was an F-22 Raptor fighter jet, and his main job seemed to be using his teleporting powers to transport his comrades to places. Starscream assigned him and Blitzwing to destroy all traces of the Nebraska operation, but after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he was severely damaged by Megatron, who, unfortunately for Skywarp, had been inside at the time. Infiltration #5 Megatron was apparently not one to hold grudges, and he soon had Skywarp repaired and functioning again.
The Decepticons took up temporary residence in an array structure in Latveria. There, Megatron activated the Psycho-Prism he had stolen from Doctor Doom. The Psycho-Prism emitted an aggression wave that acted on humans, increasing international tensions in the area. Megatron sent Thundercracker and Skywarp to bomb the neighboring country of Symkaria so they would blame Latveria and start a war. After their return the Decepticon array was being besieged by Autobots and Avengers. Along with the other Decepticons (except Ramjet), Skywarp powered-up with the captured Spider-Man's super powers as part of mirror response mode. Man and Machine, Part Two
Skywarp warped outside to join Thundercracker, Runabout, and Runamuck in the battle with Autobots and Avengers. He shot at Ms. Marvel and The Falcon and was chased by the Quinjet before getting swatted out of the air by Iron Man in Transformer-sized armor. Man and Machine, Part Three He laid there until Megatron called for a retreat via emergency warp-out. Man and Machine, Part Four
Megatron called a meeting to make sure it was perfectly understood there would be no second chances when it comes to insubordination. Escalation #1 While on a mission to destabilize Middle Eastern energy supplies, Skywarp confessed to Thundercracker that he believed Megatron had it in for all of them, especially himself, though his fellow Decepticon pointed out the fact that Megatron did have him repaired. Escalation #2 Skywarp participated in the operation at Brasnya where he injured Hot Rod and evacuated Megatron before the Autobots could destroy him. Escalation #6
When Ramjet began his coup, he first contacted Skywarp in an effort to get a viable ally. Skywarp thought it was a big load of crap, but said that if Ramjet could get some results in one day, they'd talk. However, Skywarp did mention that he always "bets on the leader." This turned out to be a prudent decision. Spotlight: Ramjet
Skywarp was among the concerned Decepticons who feared that Megatron had lost all sense of reason when he deployed Sixshot on Earth. They conspired to bring Starscream back into the fold to talk some sense into their leader. Devastation #1 Emboldened by Starscream's lone stand against the Reapers, the Decepticons attacked and eventually the alien invaders, with Skywarp participating in the destruction of their starship. Devastation #6
About a year later, Megatron had somehow regained Skywarp's confidence, and Skywarp assured Thundercracker that Megatron knew what he was doing when he created three thousand twisted perversions of their own race. The Decepticons later lured Optimus Prime and his troops into a trap and utterly crushed them, with Skywarp ripping Sideswipe's arm clean off. All Hail Megatron #7 They proceeded to conquer New York City. During that attack, Skywarp got to make stuff go boom and kill a lotta folks, and it was the best day out ever. All Hail Megatron #1
After taking out several military helicopters, Skywarp was assigned to accompany Soundwave, Hook and Astrotrain as they took Frenzy to deal with a large ground force. Hook voiced his doubt that the tiny Decepticon had a chance against such a huge number of enemies, but Skywarp, enjoying a chance for a dig at the new guy, simply told him to make sure he kept his distance. All Hail Megatron #2 All the fun of smashing things and killing millions of people soon soured though, as Skywarp started clashing with the uppity Insecticons and getting lonely now Thundercracker was being mopey and Starscream wasn't around much. Even mindlessly killing eight million people in China couldn't perk him up. All Hail Megatron #6
When the Autobots eventually returned to Earth, Skywarp battled them in the ruins of New York City. All Hail Megatron #11 He grabbed Kup and took to the sky, asking the old timer why he wasn't insane anymore. Kup responded by calling Skywarp a "mouthy punk" and shooting him in the gut, causing him to drop the Autobot. The Decepticons fled when Megatron was defeated, but Skywarp came back when he noticed that Thundercracker had diverted the nuke that Megatron had arranged to be dropped on New York. Furious at his fellow Seeker's betrayal, he ignored Thundercracker's arguments and shot him point blank in the face. All Hail Megatron #12
Starscream punished Skywarp for attacking a fellow Decepticon Woken Furies, apparently by stranding him on Earth. Unlike some left-behind Decepticons, however, Skywarp was in no rush to get off the planet; instead he came up with the idea to steal and stockpile human weapons for Megatron's eventual return. He attacked the technology corporations Dynomic and Allodyne Logic Systems for information on their advanced technology, which in turn attracted the attention of Skywatch. Some two years after the Decepticons' defeat in New York, Skywarp had filled at least one whole garage with missiles and bombs. The Hanging Sword In addition to his vast collection of anti-human weapons, he also worked to create a weapon capable of crippling all the Autobots on the planet. Skywarp beamed signals into space in order to report his progress to Megatron, who he really hoped would be back soon. The Impossible Knot
While the Autobots worked on finding a way to disable the kill-switch badges that the rogue Skywatch Colonel Gordon Horiuchi had provided them, Skywarp attacked Skywatch's Phillips base to gain access to information to track down the kill-switch control board. Arriving at Skywatch researcher Sanjay Bharwaney's home The Gift Horse, Skywarp moved in for the kill, but was foiled by the timely intervention of Bumblebee, who saved Bharwaney and his daughter Serena. Skywarp chased them into an industrial area, and as he hunted, he ranted about how Megatron would be returning here to take his rightful place as ruler of the galaxy, with Skywarp at his side, and once he had the control board, all the Autobots would fall into line under the Decepticon banner, making Skywarp a hero. Just when it seemed Skywarp would get his hands on Bumblebee and the control board, Skywatch operative Daniel Klonowski intervened, firing a weapon powerful enough to damage Bumblebee. Injured but undeterred, Skywarp managed to corner the Autobot, offering to let him go in exchange for the control board as a "professional courtesy". His confidence turned to panic when Bumblebee steeled himself to activate the control board, the little Autobot declaring that unlike Skywarp, he has friends who would fix him. The electro-magnetic pulse from the control board seriously damaged both Transformers, and he was presumably taken into Skywatch custody. Wings of Wax
Somehow, Skywarp made it off Earth and joined the main Decepticon forces in space in time to witness Megatron's return. He threatened to teleport his fist into Windsweeper's abdomen if he dared intervene with Megatron's punishment of Starscream for leading the Decepticons into ruin. Spotlight: Megatron Like the rest of the Decepticons, he followed Megatron back to Earth, where he was present when Optimus Prime gatecrashed their base. Enemy Mine Megatron would later use space bridge technology built into in his new body to summon Skywarp and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. At first they did battle with the Autobots, but were soon mind-controlled by D-Void via Galvatron into combining with Galvatron's Sweep army and forming a huge monster. Kings
Once this "Deceptigod" was defeated by Megatron, the component Decepticons were weakened. The Autobots subsequently detained them and kept them under control by placing inhibitor/deterrence chips in their heads, locking away their weapons, alternate modes and special abilities. The Autonomy Lesson This didn't last long, however, as Ratbat took control of the Decepticons and had Soundwave and Shockwave hack the chips and restore Skywarp's abilities. Using his teleportation, he secretly witnessed Horri-Bull's death by I/D chip and reported it to Ratbat. Much to his enjoyment, his next mission was to assassinate Autobot leader Bumblebee and leave the NAIL Zetca to take the blame, but Starscream leaked the plan to the Autobots and Skywarp ended up being ambushed and defeated by Prowl. The World & Everything in It He was held in Autobot custody, where he was later surprised to see Starscream stop by. City on Fire When the Decepticons caused a riot and freed a captive Megatron from the Autobot prison, Skywarp was released as well. The Verge
With Megatron leading them once again, the Decepticon army prepared to conquer Cybertron. Before the Dawn Skywarp attacked Ironhide and some other Autobots, but fled once Frenzy was defeated and he was left alone. Plan for Everything He proceeded to use his teleportation skills to duke it out with Arcee only to end up getting stabbed in the chest mid-warp. Heavy Is the Head The injury affected Skywarp's ability to control his teleportation power, causing him to have trouble keeping himself solid. Shockpoint Nevertheless he participated in Soundwave's attack on a rogue Shockwave, having a brief scuffle with a group of Autobots standing in the way. Winners & Losers When they reached Shockwave, Skywarp took it upon himself to free the captive Megatron from the scientist's grasp, only for his condition to worsen and leave him in mid-phase-out, unable to interact with the world around him. He scrambled for some nearby Ore-14 to repair him, but it was all blown away by Shockwave's Necrotitan, leaving him to lament helplessly as he lost control completely and just... disappeared. Finest Hour
Skywarp was eventually able to reconstitute himself enough to teleport Metalhawk and Waspinator out of Crystal City and to Starscream, whom they warned of the next step of Shockwave's devastating plan. The Becoming Autobots, Decepticons and NAILs alike formed an elite team to confront Shockwave at his base, relying on Skywarp to teleport them there, though the Seeker wasn't strong enough to bring all volunteers and left some behind. As soon as the group arrived at Crystal City, he lost control of his powers and disappeared again. Black Planet He recovered and joined the new Decepticon forces under the command of Galvatron and Soundwave, who had him wired into a machine in their starship in an apparent attempt to direct his out-of-control powers. This machine allowed Skywarp to remotely teleport others from a great distance, a power he used to teleport the Decepticon forces between Earth and the orbiting ship. The Mind Bomb
Hearts of Steel
Skywarp was one of the Decepticons who woke up on mid-19th century Earth, where he took on the form of a spiky airplane with three propellers. In the Decepticons' desert headquarters, Starscream told him about the plans to conquer Earth, and ordered him to fly ahead of the Astrotrain, leading the way towards New York City. Skywarp was concerned that the Autobots might interfere, but Starscream assured him their enemies had not yet awoken. Hearts of Steel #2 He was later present when Starscream learned that he was mistaken. Hearts of Steel #3
Alternity
A Skywarp from an unspecified universal stream was selected by Megatron to become part of his Questor forces. Granted a portion of the hyperdimensional powers that his leader had obtained from the monstrous Hytherion, Skywarp was given a new body with an uncharacteristic sports car alternate mode, a Timaeus drive that granted him the ability to travel through dimensions, and a massively enhanced teleportation power that actually allowed him to warp the fabric of space and time around him. About the only thing that didn't change was his characteristic lack of intelligence and initiative; coupled with the brain-bending complexities of higher-dimensional life and battle, this meant that Skywarp was left still relying on Megatron's specific orders for and when to use his powers.
Skywarp proved his worth when he succeeded in his mission to scour the year 2010 all across the dimensions for a trace of the two-dimensional world of the Planicrons. Precisely what Megatron needed the Planicrons for, Skywarp didn't know, but he recalled a rumor among the Questors that they were key to the destruction of the Alternity, and smirked with excitement to himself as he informed Megatron of his discovery. Hunt for the Planicrons
Mars Attacks: The Transformers
Skywarp was among the Decepticons who found themselves in the midst of a Martian invasion after being defeated by the Autobots. After an abortive attempt to form an alliance with the invaders, Skywarp joined Thundercracker in shooting down Martian saucers. Mars Attacks: The Transformers
Commercial appearances
Skywarp's history of commercial appearances includes:
- The very first Transformers animation, a commercial for Issue #1 of Marvel's The Transformers comic book. On Earth, he flies across the desert with Starscream and Thundercracker to attack a power plant.
- He is briefly seen battling in the desert against Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr, until Cyclonus and Scourge (!!) swoop in to counterattack.
- Skywarp attacks an Autobot power station along with Thrust and Starscream in a commercial for Ultra Magnus.
- He can be very briefly glimpsed swooping into battle alongside Galvatron (!!) on Earth in a subsequent commercial for Ultra Magnus and Galvatron.
- Along with his original Seeker wingmates, he gets barreled over by the Dinobots in a commercial for the Predacons.
Games
Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' Minicar troops from the Decepticons, Skywarp could interfere with Optimus Prime's progress, by teleporting him back to the beginning of the Decepticons' maze-like base. Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game
Transformers: Mystery of Convoy
When Ultra Magnus set out on a journey, Skywarp was one of the many Decepticons who opposed him. Transformers: Mystery of Convoy
The Transformers (Commodore 64)
3D Battle-Card Game
Skywarp serves under Megatron as one of his Decepticon soldiers, battling Optimus Primal's many Autobot allies in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. Energon Wars Expansion Set
The Transformers (PS2)
Transformers G1: Awakening
Skywarp was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot Ark. When the ship crashed on Earth, all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. Picking up Jetfire, whom they tricked into becoming a Decepticon, Skywarp took part in an attack on Dyson Dam. He and the other Seekers picked a fight with Grimlock and were soundly trounced by the Dinobot. He also took part in a disastrous assault on the Ark, which ended with the Decepticons in retreat. Transformers G1: Awakening
Transformers Legends
Skywarp was among the Seekers who went on a worldwide rampage, until they were thwarted by the Autobots. Robots in the Sky During a major battle at Autobot City, Skywarp used his teleportation power to confuse the Dinobots, but when he called them dumb, he was downed by an enraged Grimlock. S.O.S. Dinobots
Skywarp was amongst the Decepticons who coated themselves with Electrum after Thrust had discovered a lagoon full of the stuff. Invulnerable to Autobot firepower thanks to the substance's properties, the Decepticons were able to defeat Omega Supreme. They found themselves at a disadvantage when the Autobots also gained access to the Electrum, and the Decepticon's own invulnerability wore off first. The Golden Lagoon
Dark Cybertron
Skywarp was among the Transformers who attempted to make contact with the Necrotitan, and subsequently had to battle it. Dark Cybertron
Toys
Notes
- Skywarp's one-line characterization in the original Transformers production bible was "sneaky but dumb". Hee hee. [1] In a more peculiar note, his longer write-up in the production bible noted that he was colored olive drab. [2] This error isn't as unusual as one might first think, as Skywarp was the only first-year jet whose colors didn't originate in Diaclone—thus, they simply may not have been decided upon when the production bible was written.
- A handful of Marvel Books coloring books (among them Decepticon Patrol) depict Skywarp and Thundercracker with original head designs. It's possible these were developed so kids could tell the characters apart in black and white, but the numerous character model oddities in these books make any kind of certain judgment difficult.
- Character bios written by unknown persons for the Australian (Madman) DVD release of The Transformers: The Movie definitely claim that Skywarp became Cyclonus. Basically, nobody considers that weighty "evidence".
- For such a popular character, Skywarp doesn't DO much of anything in the original show. But (as stated above) he is the first Transformer we see reformatted with an Earth-based alternate mode in the cartoon continuity.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Skywarp (スカイワープ Sukaiwāpu)
- French: Fraudeur (Canada, "Defrauder")
- Hebrew: Shohék Sh'hakim (שוחק שחקים, "Sky Wearer")
- Hungarian: Égretörő ("Sky-springer")
- Italian: Corvo ("Crow")
- Portuguese: Espião Celeste (Portugal comics), Viajante (Brazil comics, "Traveller")
- Mandarin: Tīen Wān (Taiwan, 天彎, "Sky Warp"), Nao Fan Tian (China, 鬧翻天, "Extreme Ruckus")
- Russian: Deformer (Деформер)
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