Nine Great Demon Generals
- The Nine Great Demon Generals are a group of Decepticons from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Nine Great Demon Generals are a troop of elite warriors gathered together by the Decepticon Emperor of Destruction, Violen Jygar.
The Nine Great Demon Generals are:
- Flame General Bruticus
- Beast General Predaking
- Monster General Abominus
- Intelligence General Menasor
- Aquatic General King Poseidon
- Technology General Devastator
- Evil Spirit General Black Zarak
- Saurian General Trypticon
- Super God General Overlord
It should also be noted that in addition to the cool new outfits, eight of generals all had their sizes increased which made them as big as Trypticon.
Fiction
Zone
Violen Jygar, a mysterious supernatural entity born from the culmination of numerous pissed off Decepticon sparks, used his paranormal abilities to summon the Nine Generals to aid him in his quest to obtain the Zodiac. In their first mission, the Generals obliterated Feminia, nearly killing Victory Saber in the process. Unfortunately, the Generals did not fare entirely too well after that.
During their attack on planet Zone, their attempts to steal the Zodiac were obstructed by Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber. The generals nearly killed the two Powered Masters, but Devastator, King Poseidon, Trypticon and Predaking were killed when Dai Atlas released the Zodiac.
The remaining Generals all suffered defeats before their leader, Violen Jygar, was killed by Big Powered.
Notes
- The Japanese name for the Nine Great Demon Generals is Kyū Dai Mashōgun, which literally translates to "9 Great Demonic Warriors". However, there is a pun present in there which doesn't translate into the English language. "Mashō" is the word for "devilish" or "demonic", while "shōgun" is the word for "General", hence how they are considered "generals" over "warriors".
- The presence of the word "demon" as well as Black Zarak, a dead Decepticon, leaves some to believe that all the Demon Generals were resurrected from the dead. This would mean that all the Generals, save for Black Zarak, suffered deaths off-screen after their last appearances but prior to their appearance in Zone. Many people reject that theory, however.
- A few of Magami Ban's character models for the Nine Generals which were used in the Zone story pages differ considerably from the animation models used in the Zone OVA.
