Tidal Wave (G1)

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

The Tidal Wave is a starship from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The Tidal Wave, Scourge of the Seven Systems, is the ship of the Star Seekers, captained by the lineage of Decepticon pirates named Cannonball. Armed with laser turrets, proton missiles and rail guns, it carries its crew as they pillage and plunder their way across the galaxy.

The current crew includes:

• Arms Minicons
  • Pillage
  • Plunder
• Axor (Master Gunner's "apprentice")
• Brimstone (Master Gunner and Quartermaster)
• Cannonball the 5th (captain)
• Chairman (speech writer and captain's chair)
• Dread Pirate Crew
  • Boltcaster
  • Cutback (Chairman's escort)
  • Drydock (chief mechanic)
  • Lockpick (gunner)
  • Neurotoxin (boatswain)
  • Rolling Thunder
  • Skyduster
  • Stormcharge
  • Thunderclap
  • Turbolift
  • Wheellock
• Eclipse
• Ferak (engineer)
• Ferrocious
• Hunter
• Izzerkilod
• Navigator
• Olin Zarak/Scorponok (laborer)
• Rockhopper (maintenance)
• Squirm
• Thunderlane (cook and bartender)
• Tornado (saboteur)
• Vez (doctor)

Fiction

Timelines

Tornado's Personal Journal Hoist the Flag

Toys

Armada

• Tidal Wave with Ramjet (Giga-Con, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MD-06
  • Accessories: Ramjet Mini-Con partner, 2 missiles

{{note|[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada Tidal Wave's warship mode was repurposed as the Tidal Wave.}}

Tidal Wave is a robot that is made up of three different aquatic vehicles, collectively called the "Dark Fleet"; an aircraft carrier, a Cybertronic double-bowed battleship, and a troop-landing craft. All three can combine to form a single gigantic warship, which from there can transform to robot mode without having to separate. Each smaller craft has its own gimmick; the carrier has a working storage elevator for Tidal Wave's Mini-Con partner Ramjet, the battleship has Mini-Con Powerlinx-activated swiveling cannons (also usable in robot mode), and the landing craft opens up to reveal seats for Mini-Cons to sit on.

• More information on Tidal Wave at TFU.info

Notes

• The Tidal Wave is treated as a perfectly normal spaceship in all fiction, although Timelines #10 artist Hayato Sakamoto sold a poster at BotCon 2014 depicting it in a robot mode (again based on the Armada Tidal Wave toy).