This is a list of characters in the ''

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'' Generation 1 comics series.

Non-Transformer characters

A

* Aunty - The

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s computer on board the

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B

* Walter Barnett -

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official and friend of the

s. Originally suspicious of the Autobots, Barnett became convinced they were friendly after seeing they chose not to fight back when attacked by humans. Barnett saved the lives of the Throttlebots by transferring their "brains" to toy cars before their bodies were destroyed. * Berko - Originally a homeless man, abducted into the Cosmic Carnival. Eventually becomes the Cosmic Carnival's ringmaster. * B'ghdad - Crime lord. He appears in a

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story based on the film '' The Maltese Falcon''. * Big Top - Owner of the Cosmic Carnival. * G. B. Blackrock -

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and friend of the

s. Blackrock owns several companies, most prominently a chain of gas stations. He is a bit of a playboy and likes to flaunt his riches. Following an attack by the current

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commander,

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, at one of his seabound oil refineries, one of Blackrock's workers, Josie Beller, was crippled.''Transformers'' #6 (July 1985). Feeling responsible for her neurological injuries, Blackrock swore revenge on the Transformers by developing an anti-robot weapon. Later, though, Blackrock joins the Autobots. In the latter part of the series, Blackrock founded a team of human

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es called the Neo-Knights. Blackrock himself does not have super powers, he simply acts as the team's manager. In the ''ReGeneration One'' comics by

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, two decades of constant war against the Decepticons has forced Blackrock to abandon his millionaire playboy lifestyle and become a survivalist warrior, joining Spike Witwicky's resistance group against the Decepticons. The war has disabled Blackrock, leaving him requiring a mobile chair device, similar to the wheelchair-using Professor

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. Blackrock also has a ''Shattered Glass'' counterpart by the name of R.J. Blackrock.

C

* Carissa Carr - Science fiction film actress. Carr played the lead female character in a movie, where the

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Skullgrin was chosen as the main villain. This led to an enormously successful movie career for Skullgrin, but it ended abruptly when Circuit Breaker discovered he was a robot and attacked him. * Charlene - Woman who accidentally became

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's friend.

D

* Jake Dalrymple - Short-tempered man. *

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- A robotic bounty hunter (or rather, as he calls himself, a "freelance peace-keeping agent").

F

* Miss Fatale - Resourceful female adventurer. She appears in a

story based on the film '' The Maltese Falcon''. * Charlie Fong - Scientist. Fong helped the Autobots Goldbug and Blaster survive an infection of Scraplets.

G

* Galen Kord - A Nebulan who preceded Spike Witwicky as the biological binary-bonded partner of

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. Like the other Nebulan partners of the Headmasters, Galen was binary-bonded to Fortress Maximus already on Nebulos, before the Nebulan council drove all the Transformers and their Nebulan partners off their homeworld. Galen had a romantic interest with Llyra, Lord Zarak's daughter, but was forced to abandon it after both he and Zarak (binary-bonded to

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) were driven off Nebulos. Galen was killed by Scorponok inside a mountain cave on Earth, inviting Spike Witwicky to succeed him. Unlike all other Nebulan partners appearing in the comics, Galen was never produced as a toy. * Gutt - Crime lord. He appears in a

story based on the film '' The Maltese Falcon''.

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* Hook, Line and Sinker -

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s created by

Unicron Unicron is a fictional villain from the ''Transformers'' media franchise. Designed by Floro Dery, he was introduced in the 1986 animated film ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and has since reappeared in ''Transformers: Armada'', ''Transformers: ...

. They originally were three minor criminals from the planet Ghennix. As Unicron devoured the planet, he reformatted the criminals into three powerful assassins to serve as

Galvatron Megatron is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the ''Transformers'' media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. Megatron is the cruel and tyrannical leader of the Decepticons, a ...

's assistants. However, Galvatron betrayed his master and killed Hook, Line and Sinker.

J

* Jake "Jackhammer" Jackson -

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. He participated in a couple of wrestling matches against the Autobot Micromaster Roadhandler. His nickname comes from his use of a real

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in the ring. * J'Oh - Bartender. He serves as the bartender of the Central Space Station and is decidedly unfriendly to robots, whom he refuses to serve anything.

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* Llyra - Lord Zarak's daughter. In love with Galen Kord, Llyra was torn between two devotions. Llyra was left heartbroken on Nebulos as both her father and her lover were forced to depart, having affiliated themselves with opposing sides.

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* Mecannibals - A race of robots that eat other robots. These bright red, spherical robots live on a spaceship in orbit around the Central Space Station. The Autobot Sky Lynx was captured by them and about to be eaten, but he was rescued by the Pretenders Cloudburst and

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. * The Mechanic - Notorious car thief. The Mechanic's criminal career underwent a huge improvement after he accidentally stole the Autobot Ratchet, who he thought was just a normal ambulance. This gave the Mechanic access to the

's technology, which he used to fit various weapons into stolen cars. His criminal career was finally put to an end by a co-operation with the Autobot Blaster and the local police.

N

* Neo-Knights - Team of four

es. ** Circuit Breaker (Josie Beller). Invented a kind of bodysuit with imbedded circuits that allowed her to move her body after a spinal cord injury, disrupt the circuits of electronic devices and Transformers, and fly. ** Dynamo (Hector Dialonzo). Can channel the force of the Earth itself and use it to his advantage. ** Rapture (Katrina Vesotzky). Can project images into a person's or other animal's or even a robot's mind, causing him/her to dream and forget the real situation. ** Thunderpunch (Lee Gruber). Has tremendous strength.

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* "O" - Buster Witwicky's friend. "O", whose real name has not been mentioned, only appeared in the very early issues. He usually likes to hang out with Buster and his girlfriend Jessie.

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* Roadjammers - Group of four vigilantes. *

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figure and actor. * Rorza - Stunt driver. A very minor character, Rorza's only appearance was as a stunt driver in the Cosmic Carnival, where he tried to stop Sky Lynx and Berko from escaping.

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* Cecilia Santiago -

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host. A fairly minor character, she presented a talk show where the Autobot Micromaster Roadhandler appeared as a guest during his career as a professional wrestler. * Scraplets - Robotic parasites. Scraplets are semi-

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robotic lifeforms, about five centimetres tall. Like the Transformers, they can transform between two modes: from various

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modes to

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s or bolts. Scraplets feed on other robotic lifeforms, fastening themselves in the host robot's

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using some kind of

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agent. Using the raw materials of the host, a Scraplet can multiply itself, creating more Scraplets. The Scraplets' only weakness is

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. When doused with water, a Scraplet loosens its grip on the host, allowing it to be safely destroyed without harming the host. In

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, Scraplets are considered to be Cybertron's most dangerous form of vermin and resemble small orbs similar in size to a soccer ball with eight pairs of legs, a mill of razor-sharp teeth, and the ability to fly in pursuit of prey. As mentioned by Bulkhead and Ratchet, they travel in large swarms and can dismantle large transformers in minutes as was seen in "Orion Pax: Part 3" when they were used by Jack Darby to kill an Insecticon. Unlike their G1 counterparts, Scraplets in Transformers Prime cannot transform, and have a severe weakness to extreme cold; being easily dispatched by Jack Darby's fire extinguisher and the subzero temperatures of the Arctic where they were lured to by Bulkhead in "Scrapheap". * Soriza - Nebulan council member. *

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- Human superhero. In issue #3 Spider-Man was sent by S.H.I.E.L.D to find Gears and help the Autobots to fight the Decepticons. After the fighting the Decepticons, Optimus Prime tells Spider-Man it's the Autobots' fight and very dangerous. Spider-Man accepts and leaves.

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- The oldest friends of the

s. ** Spike Witwicky - Buster's older brother and husband of

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. ** Sparkplug Witwicky - Father of Spike and Buster. Grandfather of Daniel. ** Buster Witwicky - The first Witwicky introduced. **

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(cameo) - Son of Spike, like his animated counterpart, though he was once portrayed as Buster's son. ** Jessie Witwicky - Buster's girlfriend. In one story, she married Buster and had a son named Daniel.

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* Ethan Zachary - Computer programmer. The owner and chief software architect of a

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s company. It was in his company that

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and

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fought in a virtual battle, ending with the apparent death of Optimus Prime. However, Zachary had saved Optimus Prime's mind on a

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, and he was later resurrected as a Powermaster.

Transformers

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* Aerialbots/Superion ** Air Raid **

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** Slingshot * Autobot Headmasters ** Brainstorm with Arcana ** Chromedome with Stylor ** Fortress Maximus *** Cerebros with Spike Witwicky *** Cog and Galen **

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with Duros **

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with Gort **

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with Lug ** Nightbeat with Muzzle ** Siren with Quig * Autobot Micromasters ** Off Road Patrol *** Highjump *** Mudslinger *** Powertrain *** Tote ** Race Car Patrol *** Free Wheeler *** Roadhandler *** Swindler *** Tailspin ** Rescue Patrol *** Fixit *** Red Hot *** Seawatch ***

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* Autobot Powermasters ** Getaway with Rev ** Joyride with Hotwire **

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with Lube * Autobot Pretenders ** Cloudburst ** Crossblades ** Doubleheader ** Groundbreaker **

** Longtooth ** Pincher ** Splashdown ** Waverider * Autobot Targetmasters **

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with Haywire **

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with Pinpointer ** Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime with Firebolt ** Kup with Recoil **

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with Flintlock and Silencer **

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with Peacemaker ** Quickmix with Boomer and

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** Scoop with Holepunch and Tracer ** Sureshot with Spoilsport

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*Barricade * Battlechargers ** Runabout ** Runamuck * Beachcomber * Bluestreak * Blaster * Boltax - Seen in a video recording from millions of years ago as a guardian of the Underbase. * Brawn * Bumblebee/Goldbug *

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* Bombshell *

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* Blurr * Brawl * Blackwall - Seen in The Transformers: Primacy as a hulking Decepticon * Chromedome * Cliffjumper">Chromedome_(Trans.html" ;"title="reakaway/Getaway

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* Chromedome *

Combaticons/Bruticus ** Blast Off (Transformers)">Blast Off ** Brawl ** Onslaught **

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Constructicons/Devastator **

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** Long Haul ** Mixmaster ** Scavenger (Transformers), Scavenger ** Scrapper (Transformers), Scrapper * Cosmos (Transformers), Cosmos

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* Headmaster (Transformers), Decepticon Headmasters ** Fangry with Brisko ** Horri-Bull with Kreb ** Scorponok#Transformers: Generation 1, Scorponok with Zarak ** Skullcruncher with Grax ** Squeezeplay with Lokos ** Weirdwolf with Monzo * Decepticon Justice Division - a group of Decepticons who exist to hunt down traitors to the group. ** Tarn - leader of the Justice Division. ** Vos ** Kaon ** Tesarus ** Helex ** The Pet ** Nickel - a female medic who maintains the members of the Justice Division. * Decepticon Micromasters ** Air Strike Patrol *** Nightflight *** Storm Cloud ***

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*** Whisper ** Sports Car Patrol *** Blackjack *** Detour *** Hyperdrive *** Road Hugger * Decepticon Powermasters **

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*** Darkwing with Throttle * Decepticon Pretenders ** Bludgeon ** Bomb-Burst ** Carnivac ** Finback ** Iguanus ** Octopunch ** Skullgrin ** Snarler ** Stranglehold **

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** Thunderwing * Decepticon Targetmasters **

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with

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** Needlenose with Sunbeam and Zig-Zag ** Quake with Tiptop and Heater ** Scourge with Fracas **

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with Hairsplitter and Singe ** Triggerhappy/Triggershot with Blowpipe * Decepticon Triple Changers **

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** Blitzwing * Destructons - a team introduced in

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's ''Transformers: 3-D'', and later reintroduced in

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storyline for 2014. **Lord Imperious Delirious-dragon-like leader of the Destructons. **Medusa - Naga-like female Destructon. **Bruton - A massive, powerful Destructon warrior. **Psychokhan - a centaur-like Destructon. * Dinobots **

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** Slag ** Sludge **

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** Swoop

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** Cindersaur ** Flamefeather ** Sparkstalker

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-One of the Leaders of the Decepticons usually an upgraded Megatron,a future version of Megatron, or a separate entity from Megatron *

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* Grapple

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* Hoist * Horrorcons ** Apeface with Spasma ** Snapdragon with Krunk * Huffer *

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I

* Inferno *

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** Bombshell ** Kickback ** Shrapnel * Ironhide * Impactor - Leader of the Wreckers

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Jetfire Jetfire is the name of several character (arts), fictional characters from the ''Transformers'' franchise. He is almost always depicted as an Autobot with flight capabilities and a jet or space shuttle as an alternate mode. In some continuities he ...

* Jhiaxus

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* The Keeper - Ancient being watching over Primus's slumber. The Autobot Pretender Classics met him in the centre of Cybertron. The story where the Keeper appears is the first appearance of Primus in the American Transformers comic.

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* Last Autobot - Legendary Autobot warrior, later identified by the name Autonomous Maximus. The Transformers equivalent of a

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, he has been dormant in the centre of Cybertron for millions of years, until he was finally called upon to defeat the Decepticons at Klo. This story marks the end of the American G1 Transformers comic. * Lord Straxus- Former Decepticon leader and would-be rival of Megatron.

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* Maccadam - A mysterious Transformer who runs Maccadam's Old Oil House on Cybertron and who keeps his identity concealed from the various patrons; he is thought by some to be a member of the Thirteen Primes. The oil house would be featured in several comics and an episode of '' Transformers: Animated'', and Maccadam himself would later appear in his establishment in the novel '' Transformers: Retribution.'' This Maccadam is described as an older Cybertronian with a short but strong body decorated with purple and gold armor and sporting a goatee. Wheeljack recognized him as the robot who always played the piano in the oil house, and Maccadam was revealed to be the center of Ultra Magnus' spy network in the Decepticon-held Iacon. *

Metroplex A metroplex is a conurbation with more than one principal anchor city of near equal importance. Metroplex may refer to: * Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, a conurbation in Texas, U.S. *Eastgate Metroplex, a professional/retail complex in Tulsa, O ...

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* Motormaster * Moonracer * Mixmaster *

Misfire Misfire may refer to: * Misfire (Transformers), the Transformers character * ''Misfire'' (film), a 2014 American action film * Misfire (That '70s Show), an episode from ''That '70s Show'' * An engine misfire, see engine knocking * A song on Queen ...

Mudslinger The Autobots are the main protagonists in the fictional continuities of the Transformers multimedia franchise, and are depicted in a collection of various toys, cartoons, films, graphic novels, and paperback books first introduced in 1984. The ...

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*Octane *

Omega Supreme ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

, revived as a Powermaster (with Hi-Q) and again as an Action Master. *

Orion Pax Optimus Prime, , is a fictional character in the ''Transformers'' franchise. The Transformers characters were developed for an American market after Hasbro representatives visited the 1983 Tokyo Toy Show. The characters were modified and the ...

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Perceptor ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

Powerglide The Powerglide is a two-speed automatic transmission designed by General Motors. It was available primarily on Chevrolet from January 1950 through 1973, although some Pontiac models also used this automatic transmission after the fire at the Hyd ...

* Predacons/Predaking ** Divebomb ** Headstrong ** Razorclaw ** Rampage ** Tantrum * Protectobots/Defensor **

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** Groove ** Hot Spot ** Streetwise * Prowl * Prima * Primus

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* Rack & Ruin *

Ratbat ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

* Ratchet * Ravage * Rumble and Frenzy * Red Alert * Rodimus Prime

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Sandstorm A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Fine particles are transporte ...

* Scrounge * Seacons/Piranacon ** Nautilator ** Overbite ** Seawing ** Skalor ** Snaptrap ** Tentakil *

Seaspray Seaspray may refer to: * Sea spray, aerosol particles formed directly from the ocean Military * SEASPRAY, a clandestine U.S. Army special operations unit * Operation Sea-Spray, a secret U.S. Navy experiment in which bacteria were sprayed over th ...

Seekers The Seekers, or Legatine-Arians as they were sometimes known, were an English dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s, probably inspired by the preaching of three brothers – Walter, Thomas, and Bartholomew Legate. Seekers considered all ...

** Dirge ** Ramjet **

Skywarp ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

Starscream Starscream is a fictional character in the ''Transformers'' media franchise. He is one of the most frequently occurring characters in the franchise, appearing in almost all of its different continuities. Starscream in generally depicted as the s ...

** Thrust **

Thundercracker ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

* Sentinel Prime *

* Sideswipe * Sixshot *

* Sky Lynx * Slamdance ** Grand Slam ** Raindance * Slugslinger * Smokescreen * Soundwave * Soundblaster * Sparkabots ** Fizzle ** Guzzle ** Sizzle ** Streetwise * Sparkstalker * Speedstream *

* Stockade - an enforcer back on Cybertron; threatening neutral Cybertronians to stay neutral or punishing them. He was one of the Decepticons who was brought to Earth by Starscream and the other surviving Decepticons. According to the biography printed in the collected Reign of Starscream books Stockade is a thug who relished his job as forman of a Decepticon work gang. *

Stunticons This is a list of characters from ''The Transformers'' television series. Autobots The Autobots (also known as Cybertrons in Japan) are the heroes in the '' Transformers toyline'' and related spin-off comics and cartoons. Their main leader is Op ...

Menasor ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

Dead End Dead End or dead end may refer to: * Dead end (street), a street connected only at one end with other streets, called by many other official names, including ''cul-de-sac''. Film and television * ''The Dead End'' (1914 film), directed by David ...

** Drag Strip ** Motormaster ** Wildrider *

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* Technobots/Computron **

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Nosecone A nose cone is the conically shaped forwardmost section of a rocket, guided missile or aircraft, designed to modulate oncoming airflow behaviors and minimize aerodynamic drag. Nose cones are also designed for submerged watercraft such as ...

Scattorshot The Autobots are the main protagonists in the fictional continuities of the Transformers multimedia franchise, and are depicted in a collection of various toys, cartoons, films, graphic novels, and paperback books first introduced in 1984. The ...

Strafe Strafing is the military practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons. Less commonly, the term is used by extension to describe high-speed firing runs by any land or naval craft such ...

* Terrorcons/Abominus ** Blot ** Cutthroat **

Hun-Gurrr ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

** Rippersnapper ** Sinnertwin * Throttlebots ** Chase ** Freeway ** Rollbar ** Searchlight ** Wideload * Tracks *

Trailbreaker ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

* Triggerbots ** Backstreet ** Dogfight ** Override * Triggercons **

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** Ruckus ** Windsweeper *

Trypticon ''The Transformers'' is an American animated television series that originally aired from September 17, 1984, to November 11, 1987, in syndication based upon Hasbro's ''Transformers'' toy line. The first television series in the ''Transformer ...

with Wipe-Out

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- Dark god and planet eater.

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Warpath Warpath may refer to: *Great Indian Warpath, a network of trails in eastern North America used by Native Americans Games * ''Warpath'' (video game), a 2006 FPS video game by Digital Extremes for the PC and Xbox *'' Warpath: Jurassic Park'', a 199 ...

Windcharger This is a list of characters in the ''Transformers'' Generation 1 comics series. Non-Transformer characters A * Aunty - The Autobots computer on board the Ark. B * Walter Barnett - US government official and friend of the Autobots. Originally su ...

** Windblade * Wing * Wheeljack * Wreckers ** Topspin ** Twin-twist ** Whirl ** Roadbuster ** Springer ** Broadside ** Sandstorm ** Rack & Ruin ** Impactor

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* Emirate Xaaron - Autobot chieftain. Created by

Simon Furman Simon Christopher Francis Furman (born 22 March 1961) is a British people, British Script (comics), comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's ''Transformers'' franchise, starting with writing Marvel Comics, Marvel's The Tran ...

and first appeared in the UK comic. His first US comic appearance was as a leader of an Autobot rebel squad trying to overthrow Decepticon suppression. This drew him deeper and deeper into the secrets of Cybertron's past, until he finally became an avatar of the god Primus.

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