History Characters / TransformersGeneration1Decepticons

!!!'''Function:''' Gunman

* MythologyGag: He's based on a planned G2 recolor for Ramjet who was cancelled.

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!!!'''Function:''' Warrior

!!!'''Function:''' Mercenary
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Jeep

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Decepticons are portrayed in a more sympathetic light in the 2005 IDW continuity: they were orginally a group of freedom fighters formed by Megatron to topple the corrupt Autobot government before they end up becoming no better than them. Some of them even got this treatment to varying degrees and pulled a HeelFaceTurn in the end.

* ToylessToylineCharacter: Originates in ''Transformers Roleplaying Game'', meaning he never received a toy.

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-->''"I stand my ground... I accept any challenge... I am hungry for conflict."''

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!!!'''Function:''' Air Commandant (Skyquake), Leader (Falcon), Scientific Advisor (Skydive), Surveillance (Snare), Advance Fighter (Talon), Communications Expert (Stalker)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Northrop YF-23 fighter jet (Skydive), ICBM launcher tank (Stalker), SR-71 Blackbird recon plane (Skyquake), Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk (Falcon), Grumman X-29 (Snare), [=McDonnell=]-Douglas F-15 Eagle (Talon)

!!!'''Function:''' Leader (Tornado/Windrazor), Technicians Master (Snipe/Afterburner), Infiltrator (Eagle Eye/Hawk), Advance Fighter (Terradive)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' F-16 Fighting Falcon (Tornado/Windrazor), F-104G Starfighter (Snipe/Afterburner), Eurofighter Typhoon (Eagle Eye/Hawk), A-7E Corsair II (Terradive)

!!!'''Function:''' Leader (Rage), Engineer (Aquablast), Coordinator (Drench), Scientific Advisor (Hydradread)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Jaguar [=XJ220=] sports car (Rage), Mitsubishi HSR (Aquablast), Chevrolet Corvette Indy concept car (Drench), Pontiac Sunfire Concept Car (Hydradread)

!!!'''Function:''' Attack Specialist (Fearswoop), Battle Analyst (Calcar)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Lockheed-Martin Y-22 fighter jet (Fearswoop), Cabriolet buggy (Calcar)

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-->''"I will not rest until the last Autobot is crushed to nothing and Decepticons rule."''

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!!!'''Function:''' Sneak Attack Specialist (Jolt), Warfare Strategist (Sizzle)
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Ford "Deuce Coupe" (Jolt), Ford Panel Wagon (Sizzle)

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!!!'''Function:''' Materials Transport (Dirtbag), Front-Line Defense (Roadblock)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Mining dumper/haul truck (Dirtbag), Mining Loader (Roadblock)

!!!'''Function:''' Hit and Run (Hooligan), Spy (Skyjack), Air Recon (Space Case)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (Hooligan), Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk (Skyjack), Hybrid Fighter Jet (Space Case)

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* ArmCannon: Averted. The ladder for her vehicle form acts a weapon of her choice, however.

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A Seeker specializing in hit and run attacks. Armed with powerful repulsor cannons and missile launchers, Redwing enters the battlefield guns blazing with a "devil may care" attitude. More often than not, that's all he needs.

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!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Pickup truck

For the 'Cons introduced between 1988 and 1990, [[Characters/TransformersGeneration1Decepticons1988To1990 click here]].

* PaletteSwap: Her original [=BotCon=] exclusive is a redeco of fellow G2 Gobot High Beam. Her ''Timelines'' figure is a redeco of Tailgate instead.

!!!'''Function:''' Warrior

* RedRightHand: Her left optic is missing, leaving the eyesocket empty for all to see.

* ToylessToylineCharacter: Originating in the ''Transformers Role Playing Game'' means she doesn't have a toy.
* WhipOfDominance: She wields a spiked wire as a whip and she has dominatrix vibes in her design and personality.

* ToylessToylineCharacter: Originating in the ''Transformers Role Playing Game'' means she doesn't have a toy.

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* MadScientist: A particularly dark variation: [[spoiler: Mesothulas was a wetwork operative who used his mad inventions to commit war crimes in order to aid the Autobots from behind the scenes]].

* GreenAndMean: His color scheme is green and he's both unpleasant and anti-social, while Fire Beast is not much better. Even Bumblebee compares them unfavorably to Treadshot and Catgut.

!!Lockdown
!!!'''Function:''' Bounty Hunter
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' [[Film/MadMax V8 Interceptor]] Muscle Car
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->''"Run all you want. It'll make the chase more fun."''
A bounty hunter whose primary motivations are credits and upgrades, Lockdown wears the Decepticon standard because [[EvilPaysBetter they offer the most lucrative contracts]]. First appeared in IDW's Drift miniseries, now leader of a band of Decepticons in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''.

->''"I stand my ground... I accept any challenge... I am hungry for conflict."''

-->'''Rage:''' "If you're not living in the thick of the action - you're not living."\\
'''Aquablast:''' "Listen! That's the music of one of my super-tuned, ultra-hot engines! And think what terror it must strike in the hearts of those Autobot cowards..."\\
'''Drench:''' "A well run campaign is my greatest pleasure."\\
'''Hydradread:''' "Let me study the battle plans. I'll think up something really unpleasent - and then make it even nastier."\\

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-->'''Dirtbag:''' "Move it or lose it!"\\
'''Roadblock''' "Get out of my way... now!"

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->''"You have the right to scream for mercy."''

!!!'''Function:''' Gladiator

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* OneSteveLimit: Has the same name as the Insecticon, while his name in the UK/European pacckage is Blitz.

* OneSteveLimit: Road Block, or Roadblock, has the same name as the Pretender introduced a few years older.

-->'''Hooligan:''' "I'll break your funny bone!"\\
'''Skyjack:''' "Trust me if you dare!"\\
'''Space Case:''' "My mind may be slow, but I move like greased lightning!"

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* KilledOffForReal: Being a character original for the comics means he' been killed off in both IDW continuity.
** In the 2005 IDW he dismissed Starscream's skill as a warrior and got himself impaled by Metalhawk's severed blade hand.

* TalkingAnimal: The 2019 continuity shows Fire Beast can talk like other beast cybertronians.

* ScaryScorpions: Being an {{Expý}} of Scorponok means he turns into a scorpion.

* UndyingLoyalty: Carried over from his [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Animated namesake.]] If the grand and '''GLORIOUS''' Megatron commands it, Lugnut will obey without question.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Charger is hot-headed, anti-social and generally unpleasant, while Fire beast is not much better.
* MeaningfulName: Charger always chargers forth into battle.

* UseYourHead: Charger can do this when equipped with Fire Beast.

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%%->''"Double the power means double the destruction!"''
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-> "I have no need for friends, even less for enemies."

-> "There's nothing like dive-bombing Autobots from 60,000 feet!"

--> ''"I will not rest until the last Autobot is crushed to nothing and Decepticons rule."''

--> ''"If there's a chance for destruction, I take it!"''

--> "When you least expect it, expect me!"

--> "A good shot is worth more than a big mouth."

* PaletteSwap: Her original Bot-Con exclusive is a redeco of fellow G2 Gobot High Beam. Her ''Timelines'' figure is a redeco of Tailgate instead.

-->"Light my fuse and I'll race like a rocket!"

An Action Master available only in European markets, his partner is Screech.

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!!!'''Function:''' Information controller

[[folder:Overlord]]
!!!'''Function:''' Self Contained Nomadic Assault Machine
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Interstellar Warship, Stealth Fighter, Tank, Mobile Defense Battery
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->''"I stand my ground... I accept any challenge... I am hungry for conflict."''
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PatrickSeitz (''[[WebAnimation/TransformersPrimeWarsTrilogy Prime Wars]]'') (EN); Creator/KeiichiNoda (''[[Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce Masterforce]]'') (JP)

A Double Powermaster whose robot mode can split into two vehicles (or [[MileLongShip one huge spaceship]]), Overlord is one of the Decepticon's "Warriors Elite", legendary "super warriors" [[OneManArmy capable of singlehandedly laying waste to entire worlds]].

!!!'''Function:''' Warrior

* ArchEnemy: Ginrai in the Japanese continuity. When he was being controlled by Lady Mega and Lord Giga, they saw Ginrai as a WorthyOpponent, and [[spoiler: they died regretful that they were not able to end their feud honorably.]] This rivalry continued after he regained sentience, with Overlord launching several campaigns against Ginrai from space. In the IDW comics he is obsessed with destroying Megatron but gains an emmity with Springer and Impactor in the process.

This character sheet is for listing the tropes related to Decepticons in the various ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' continuities. Due to the page having been split over the years, this page mainly covers tropes for characters introduced from 1988 onwards and {{canon immigrant}}s/[[CanonForeigner foreigners]].

!![[center: [[Characters/TransformersGeneration1 G1 Character Index]]: [[Characters/TransformersGeneration1Autobots Autobots]] ([[Characters/TransformersGeneration1Autobots1984To1985 '84-'85]]) ([[Characters/TransformersGeneration1Autobots1986To1987 '86-'87]]) | Decepticons ([[Characters/TransformersGeneration1Decepticons1984To1985 '84-'85]]) ([[Characters/TransformersGeneration1Decepticons1986To1987 '86-'87]])]]

!!1988 Decepticons
[[folder:Bomb-Burst]]
!!!'''Function:''' Predator
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' VTOL Suborbital Fighter
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->''"The greater the foe, the sweeter his fuel."''

A twisted, vampire-like Decepticon Pretender whose bat-monster shell, while highly inefficient in its energy consumption, can corrode metal with its touch and leech the energy from other Cybertronians to strengthen Bomb-Burst.

* BatOutOfHell: His Pretender shell is a monstrous-looking humanoid bat.
* BlindedByTheLight: His optics are over-sensitized to light, so he shuns brightly lit places and sunlight.
* CoolButInefficient: Bomb-Burst's Pretender shell is a vampiric weapon that can inflict rusting on contact, can drain Autobots of their fuel, and bolsters his strength the more victims he claims. However, said shell is not only energy-inefficient, but it risks draining Bomb-Burst himself, forcing him to drain a large number of victims to offset this.
* DeathByLookingUp: In the Marvel comics, Bomb-Burst is crushed under Unicron's foot alongside the Autobot Hardhead.
* TheDreaded: Bomb-Burst is regarded as a dark and terrifying legend among Autobots for his preferred methods of silently hunting them down and picking them off, one by one, leaving behind mangled corpses sucked dry of fuel that are only found in dawn's light.
* GodInHumanForm: His ''Power of the Primes'' toy is a disguised Megatronus.
* HarmfulToTouch: His Pretender shell is specially textured to give any robot that touches it a "rust rash".
* LandSeaSky: Of the first wave Decepticon Pretenders, Bomb-Burst has a jet alternate mode, in contrast to his wavemates' land and sea-based altmodes.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He's a giant alien robot who feeds on the energy of other robots because it both increases his strength and because his specialised armor will swiftly drain ''him'' of energy if he doesn't.
* SpacePlane: His altmode is a Cybertronian jet with VTOL rotors in the wings.
* VampiricDraining: With serrated fangs, Bomb-Burst's Pretender shell can pierce an enemy's armor and drain their fuel, using it to bolster Bomb-Burst's own strength.
* WeaponSpecialization: While in his Pretender shell, a battle axe is one of his weapons of choice.

[[folder:Bugly]]
!!!'''Function:''' Strategist
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Cybertronian Hoverjet
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->''"The greatest power is the power to control."''
A Decepticon warrior with pinpoint maneuverability in the air, and a practitioner of Circuit-Su, an ancient Cybertronian martial art. His Pretender shell resembles a giant insectoid creature, with powerful electric stingers in the helmet.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: His Pretender shell is a large insectoid monster, befitting his name.
* CoDragons: In ''The Dark Ages'', he's one of The Fallen's goons, alongside Bludgeon and Mindwipe.
* ControlFreak: He likes to have his fellow Decepticons follow his orders and strategies to the letter, relishing domination over others.
* FantasticFightingStyle: Practices a martial art called Circuit-Su.
* KilledOffscreen: In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRegenerationOne'', an undead Bugly is seen among Megatron's zombie army on Earth, despite his death never being shown or alluded to in the original Marvel comic.
* LandSeaSky: Like the first wave of Decepticon Pretenders, the second wave continues the theme with their altmodes; Bugly represents "sky" by turning into a Cybertronian jet.
* TheParalyzer: His stingers are capable of subduing some 'bots. In extreme cases, it causes permanent paralysis.
* PowerPincers: Instead of a right hand, Bugly's Pretender shell has a large crablike claw.
* PunnyName: His pretender shell is a bug and rather ugly.
* ShockAndAwe: Uses Circuit-Su to channel his energy into electric blasts and can use the the stingers in his helmet to deliver electric shocks.
* TheStrategist: His primary function, as his Tech Specs helpfully point out, is to devise new strategies and tactics in battle.

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!!!'''Function:''' Hunter/Tracker
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Wolf
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->''"A cunning smile is more devastating than the fiercest weapon."''

A Pretender whose shell and alt mode are wolf-shaped. The original leader of the Mayhem Attack Squad, EvilCounterpart of the Wreckers.

* AdaptationalHeroism: While his toy bio solicits him as a crazy sadist, his main appearances in fiction (Marvel UK and IDW) cast him as a NobleDemon at worst and an AntiHero at best. Beyond that he's often just background filler and presumably no worse than the average Decepticon.
* AntiHero: Post-HeelFaceTurn in Marvel UK continuity. Somewhere between a Type II and a Type III (arguably a type IV in his revenge arc).
* AntiVillain: Before HeelFaceTurn in UK comic continuity.
* AxCrazy: His Dreamwave incarnation supposedly went nuts a long time ago, becoming a savage monster.
* BloodKnight: (Marvel UK) As he says to Springer: "I'm a Decepticon warrior! The need to fight is in my oil." However, he comes to value the fight for more than its own sake whilst defending humans from his former Decepticon comrades.
* CruelMercy: Stops Springer from killing Bludgeon, Stranglehold and Octopunch as he reasons "denying them their 'warrior's death' is the worst fate I could think of".
* DefectorFromDecadence: Marvel UK. Breaks away from the Mayhem Attack Squad with his Pretender comrade Catilla and joins up with the remnants of the Wreckers to form the Survivors. Later comes to admire and value human life.
* TheDragon: To Tarantulas in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersSinsOfTheWreckers''.
* EnemyMine: Teams up with the Wreckers to fight Megs and Galvy in ''Time Wars''.
* EvenEvilHasStandards
* FaceHeelTurn: In an inversion of his Marvel UK characterization, in the IDW continuity he was originally an Autobot before he joined the Decepticons.
* FireForgedFriends: With Springer and the Wreckers as a result of their ''Time Wars'' team-up.
* HeelFaceTurn: Again, in Marvel UK continuity. Joins the Autobots and comes to appreciate the value of human life; however, he still retains his Decepticon ruthlessness when fighting his former comrades. See Cruel Mercy and RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* NobleDemon: In the Marvel UK continuity, he disobeys his orders to "kill any Wreckers left standing" after fighting with them against Galvatron and Megatron in ''Time Wars''.
* OutOfFocus: Carnivac has sadly never regained the focus he got in the Marvel UK days.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Marvel UK.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Takes out most of the New Mayhem Attack Squad after they kill his comrade, and fellow DefectorFromDecadence, Catilla. However, he spares Bludgeon, Stranglehold and Octopunch in the spirit of CruelMercy.

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!!!'''Function:''' Mercenary
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Vulture, Missile Carrier Truck
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->''"The price of victory is never too high."''
An amoral Double Powermaster who works both sides of the Autobot and Decepticon conflict to maximize profits for himself.

* AgentProvocateur: The IDW comics (alongside the toy's tendency to be marketed as a Decepticon) imply that he is at least nominally a Decepticon agent embedded into the Autobot ranks as a provocateur. However, he is still steering things toward the outcome that will give him the highest amount of credits, and there's nothing to keep him loyal to the Decepticons in the face of potentially better offers.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Originally called Dealer, the Decepticons nicknamed him Doubledealer because of his [[OpportunisticBastard duplicitous nature]].
* TheArtifact: Doubledealer was an oddity in that he was a triple changer with only one vehicle mode and two robot modes. Originally his humanoid robot mode was the form he took when an Autobot and his condor robot mode was the form he took as a Decepticon. Nowadays this has been dropped and Doubledealer's humanoid robot form is considered his default appearance when dealing with both sides and his condor mode became just an alt-mode. The 2005 IDW comics omitted the condor mode entirely (with its redesign as an insect only appearing in concept art) and the 2020 toy made it so his robot mode could swap insignias (in contrast to his original toy, who's robot mode only had the Autobot logo and condor mode only had the Decepticon logo).
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance:
** It's very fitting that Doubledealer can turn into a vulture. Much like how the bird exploits dying animals for food, Doubledealer exploits both sides of the Autobot-Decepticon War for profit.
** The kibble parts belonging to Doubledealer's robot and beast modes are hidden away quite nicely, depending on which forms he chooses. This helps distance the relation between his Autobot and Decepticon personas considerably. The most blatant kibble parts are his vulture-mode wings in his robot-mode, which are folded neatly against his back in plain sight. Even then, they can easily pass off as a cape.
* CapedMecha: In his robot mode, Doubledealer's vulture wings fold up against his back, making it seem like he's donned an understated, lavender cape.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Doubledealer seems to have gotten some ideas from [[Film/{{Yojimbo}} Sanjuro]] and [[Film/AFistfulOfDollars The Man With No Name]], but they had a conscience... [[TheUnfettered he doesn't]].
* DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Undercover as an Autobot AND as a Decepticon, so he can get benefits from both sides. He even uses two different robot modes (android as an Autobot, vulture as a Decepticon) to not be discovered. Fortunately for him, nobody seems to notice that the android and the bird seem to have the same vehicle mode.
-->'''Doubledealer:''' "Show one face to the world. Hide the other. Be an island. Let no one in."
* EvilCounterpart: To Punch/Counterpunch, another faction-changer who was released the year before him. Punch is really an Autobot posing as a Decepticon, while Doubledealer is a manipulative backstabber loyal only to himself, despite not officially being a Decepticon.
* FeatheredFiend: His Decepticon persona is a mechanical vulture, erroneously described as a falcon on his tech specs[[note]][[RuleOfSymbolism Vultures are scavengers, while falcons are predators]][[/note]].
* GambitPileup: Falls victim to this in the IDW comics.
* GodhoodSeeker: In the IDW comics, Doubledealer ultimately proves his true loyalties when he sees how powerful the [[{{MacGuffin}} Magnificence]] is.
-->'''Doubledealer:''' "I imagine all it can do. The wonders and secrets it can unlock. And any lingering thoughts of surrendering it to the Decepticon Secret Service vanish. Why trade it when it can make me...omnipotent!"
* KilledOffForReal: IDW comics. Hot Rod shoots him square in the chest, he bursts into flames and plummets down a mountain, shattering to pieces on impact.
* ObviouslyEvil: After killing him, Hot Rod admits that his treachery was staring him in the face.
* PlayingBothSides: In his only Marvel UK appearance, he uses his dual identities to manipulate Optimus and Scorponok.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Which should be rather suspicious for an ''Autobot''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dreadwing]]
!!Darkwing
!!!'''Function:''' Aerial Assault
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Cybertronian Jet
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->''"Things are never as bad as they seem - usually they're worse."''
!!Dreadwind
!!!'''Function:''' Air Defense
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Cybertronian Jet
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->''"Fear is a friend whose presence is felt long after he's left."''

A grim Decepticon Powermaster duo who can combine their jet forms into the spacecruiser Dreadwing. Darkwing's partnered with the Nebulan thief Throttle while Dreadwind is paired with the rogue Nebulan scientist Hi-Test.
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* CombiningMecha: Their jet modes can combine with each other to form the spacecruiser Dreadwing. Their ''Power of the Primes'' toys not only retain this functionality, but can also form a limbs for a combiner.
* CompositeCharacter: In the ''ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2'' comic, G2 Dreadwing[[note]]a singular Transformer unrelated to the combined form of Dreadwind and Darkwing[[/note]] is an upgraded form of Darkwing rather than his own separate character.
* TheEeyore: Dreadwind is in the running against Dead End for Most Depressing Outlook In The Decepticon Army.
* KilledOffForReal: Dreadwind is shot to death and cannibalized in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW''.
* {{Portmanteau}}: The name of their combined form. '''Dread'''wind + Dark'''wing'''.
* StrawNihilist: Darkwing has a similarly depressing outlook on existence as Dreadwind, but he sees this as motivation to actively make the lives of others worse.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fangry]]
!!!'''Function:''' Tracker
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Gargoyle
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->''"Leaders are for fools who need to follow."''

A hot-headed warrior with a tendency to rebel against authority, Fangry has complete faith in his judgment alone, no matter how flawed his reasoning may be. He is binary bonded to the Nebulan Brisko, who is smart enough to limit his influence to mild suggestions and reverse psychology.

* TheBerserker: Hot-headed, kinda crazy and very angry and he fights like the angriest 'con around.
* BerserkButton: Throws a fit if he's given orders.
* BlowYouAway: Carries a compressed air cannon in both modes.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Hated by squadmates and commanders alike, Fangry often ends up holding the line against the Autobots all by himself. He wouldn't have it any other way, though - the implication that he needs help would be insulting to him.
* HateSink: Both his Bio and his canon appearances make it clear Fangry's just an asshole through and through. In the Marvel comics, he keeps picking fights with Grimlock over the new peace and eventually restarts the war. In the 2005 IDW comics, he pals around with Kaput for a bit before killing him and dozens of other civilians to take over.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fangry's bio and his fictional appearances consistently characterize him as an asshole.
* LosingYourHead: He's a Headmaster.
* ManipulativeBastard: Brisko subtly directs Fangry's rage, lightly nudging him toward the targets he thinks his partner should be attacking.
* MixAndMatchCritters: His beast form is depicted as a wolf with bat wings and a reptilian tail.
* TooDumbToLive: In the Marvel comics, he repeatedly picks a fight with Grimlock. In the final issue, it finally comes back to bite him, when Grimlock punches straight through his chest.

[[folder:Finback]]
!!!'''Function:''' Naval Assault
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Hovercraft
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->''"Ashes to ashes, rust to rust."''
One of the earliest volunteers for the Pretender process, Finback is a grizzled veteran sporting numerous carbon scoring from previous battles. In a state of constant pain, his only remaining joy is in making Autobots suffer as much as he has.

* EvilCripple: Suffering from a corrosive disease which his Pretender shell is keeping in check.
* FishPeople: His Pretender shell. It even appears as if it was wearing a iron mask.
* KilledOffForReal: In ''ComicBook/{{The Transformers|Marvel}}'' he dies fighting Unicron, when the guns he's manning (meching?) overload and explode.
* ShadowArchetype: To the Autobot Pretender Splashdown. Both are aquatic-themed warriors, but while Splashdown is friendly and jovial, Finback is sour and constantly unhappy.

[[folder:The Firecons]]
!!!'''Function:''' Firestorm Trooper (Cindersaur), Warrior (Flamefeather), Cryptologist (Sparkstalker)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Mutant Lizard (Cindersaur), Harpy (Flamefeather), {{Kaiju}} (Sparkstalker)
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->'''Cindersaur:''' ''"Crash and burn... and burn... and burn."''
->'''Flamefeather:''' ''"The only good Autobot is a deactivated Autobot."''
->'''Sparkstalker:''' ''"The smallest details reveal the largest secrets."''

The {{pyromaniac}} Cindersaur, the violent Flamefeather and the intelligent Sparkstalker, who can transform into a trio of fire-breathing beasts.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the 2019 IDW comics, where they are stated to have ignited an entire planet's atmosphere, killing all life on it in moments.
* AscendedExtra: Sparkstalker got upgraded to a supporting character late in the IDW continuity and got some developement on his own away from Cindersaur and Flamefeather. He even got a HeelFaceTurn and a love interest.
* AxCrazy: Cindersaur ''and'' Flamefeather, much to Sparkstalker's chagrin.
* BackFromTheDead: Despite his reported death in the Marvel comics, Sparkstalker returns alive and well in the Regeneration One comics.
* TheBerserker: Cindersaur ''and'' Flamefeather, again, the former because of his unbelievable idiocy and the latter because he's so violent that even the Decepticon military academies didn't want him.
* TheCracker: Sparkstalker, a brilliant cryptologist and extremely stealthy, subtle hacker. Instead of using those talents, he's stuck babysitting a driveling idiot and a rage fueled hate machine.
* BreathWeapon: [[KillItWithFire Take a wild guess.]]
* TheDividual: While their bios all display subtle differences between Cindersaur and Flamefeather and major differences with Sparkstalker, most fiction depicts them as a trio of like minded minions with flame powers.
* DumbMuscle: Sweet Primus yes. Cindersaur and Flamefreather are dumb as a pair of smoldering stumps. Flamefeather is the brighter of the two, but only just. They're both stronger than their leader, Sparkstalker, but because they're such dim bulbs the only use they have is to be pointed vaguely in the direction of an enemy.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Sparkabots, Autobots with flame-throwing vehicle modes.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Cindersaur. "Hey guys, watch Fizzle ''sizzle''!"
* {{Gonk}}: They are drawn with a very high degree of toy accuracy in robot mode in the Marvel comics. Unfortunately, this makes them all stumpy, chubby-looking dwarfs compared to more the proportionally humanoid designs of, say, the Seekers.
* HairTriggerTemper: It's said that Flamefeather's greatest achievement in life was talking to someone for a full minute without going into a frothing rage.
* KilledOffForReal: Sparkstalker was accidentally incinerated by the idiotic Cindersaur in a FriendOrFoe incident.
* OnlySaneMan: Sparkstalker, who is the only functional adult of the three. He's able to make plans, hold conversations, and not burn everything down either by accident or intent. He even manages to find a Conjunx Endura. By comparison, Cindersaur could probably be outwitted by a mundane blowtorch and Flamefeather is homicidally furious beyond all reason or sense.
* PyroManiac: By definition, but Cindersaur in particular.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Though incinerated in the Marvel comics, Sparkstalker shows up fine in the sequel ''Regeneration One''.
* WrongLineOfWork: Sparkstalker is one of the Decepticons' most skilled hackers and could arguably give Soundwave a run for his money as a military intelligence asset. No one has yet offered a good explanation for why they instead decided to modify him into a Firecon and forced him to babysit a pair of barely-competent walking fire safety violations.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Horri-Bull]]
!!!'''Function:''' Ground Trooper
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Bull
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->''"Smash all that stands and trample the rest."''
A brutish thug with a HairTriggerTemper, Horri-Bull is a [[TheUnfettered Card-Carrying Barbarian]] who constantly reeks of oil, grease, and smog. He is binary bonded to Kreb, who is nearly as slovenly as he is.

* BrutishBulls: Horri-Bull is a brutish Decepticon with a HairTriggerTemper who transforms into a bull.
* TheBully: He's an asshole who picks on other people, even other Decepticons. Also a pun.
* KillItWithFire: Flamethrower tail-gun for robot mode, burning smoky breath for beast mode.
* LosingYourHead: He's a Headmaster. He later got his head blown off his shoulders, which was decidedly more fatal.
* NoAccountingForTaste: Why was Needlenose dating this guy again?
* ShoutOut: While called a bull, his beast mode design owes a fair bit to the 'terror dogs' of ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' (which predated his release by two years).
* UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness: Not just gross but ''deliberately'' repulsive. He's proud about the fact that he can't remember his last bath. He's also extremely bad-tempered and abusive.
* YourHeadAsplode: In the IDW comics thanks to an Autobot inhibitor/deterrence chip [[spoiler:that was actually Soundwave's doing]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Iguanus]]
!!!'''Function:''' Terror Trooper
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Cybertronian Motorcycle
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->''"Sow the seeds of fear and victory is yours."''
A Pretender whose polydermal shell resembles a lizard like creature, Iguanus has developed an obsession with reptiles, and secretly aspires toward the perfect synthesis of scales and steel, if such as thing is possible.

* AnArmAndALeg: IDW comics. When he goes to Bludgeon about the Autobots having infiltrated the base, Bludegon's merged with his pretender shell, and the psychic shock causes him to go crazy and slice off one of Iguanus's arms and legs. He bleeds to death from the injury.
* BecomingTheMask: Ever since he gained a reptilian Pretender shell, he's been obsessed with them. His bio calls it 'misguided camaraderie.'
* CoolBike: He transforms into a bike that is a dead-ringer for a ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'' recon bike.
* EldritchAbomination: In ''Regeneration One''. The Autobots have no idea what the shadow-leeches are until they isolate one, analyze it, and discover to their horror that it used to be Iguanus...meaning that the other leeches used to be ''everyone else.''
* HypnoticEyes: According to his Dreamwave profile, his shell comes equipped with a pair.
* KilledOffForReal:
** Fatally dismembered in ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMegaseries Stormbringer]]'' by Bludgeon.
** In Regeneration One he's one of many absorbed by the Shadow Leeches, with his death in particular confirmed by the protagonists via scanning one.
* {{Narcissist}}: Swoons over his own freaky reptilian Pretender shell.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: A big creep in more ways than one. Even his bio calls him hideous, loathsome, and a monster.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Needlenose]]
!!!'''Function:''' Aerial Warrior
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' F-16XL Falcon Fighter Jet
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->''"Get hip or get hit!"''
A former Microchip designer before the war, Needlenose joined the Decepticons because he blamed the Autobots for the failure of his business. A Double Targetmaster, Needlenose is partnered with Zigzag and Sunbeam, who can combine to form a high powered rifle.

* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Finds Earth's fads and trends fascinating. So far, that means being a video game nerd.
* CryingWolf: Does this in the appropriately named Marvel UK strip ''Cry Wolf''; his comrades don't take it well; Carnivac ({{HeelFaceTurn}}ed Decepticon with ''wolf'' Pretender shell and alt mode) uses Needlenose's fear and paranoia to his advantage, making the paranoid Decepticon the first target of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* {{Empathic Weapon}}s: Sunbeam and Zigzag.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: During the Marvel Comics' storyline "Matrix Quest", he was disgusted over Thunderwing using Windsweeper as bait in his plan to take the Matrix.
* EvilCounterpart: Needlenose's interest on Earth culture makes him very similar to Jazz.
* FireBreathingWeapon: He has a flamethrower in the IDW comics.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' where he's in love with Horri-Bull and tries to avoid fighting his brother Tracks.
* MauveShirt: ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'', he keeps showing up doing odd jobs for the Decepticons or for himself, from enforcing the peace, to hiding Dirge, to beating up civilians, to advocating that the Autobots not kill Megatron.
* TheMourningAfter: Needlenose never got over Horri-Bull's death and blamed the Autobots for it [[spoiler:because he never learned that it had actually been detonated by Soundwave]].
* NoAccountingForTaste: Why the chic, would-be trendsetter was dating the abrasive, phenomenally gross bully is anyone's guess.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: He is depicted as Track's brother in the IDW comics.
* RoboFamily: His brother is the Autobot Tracks. Amusingly it's the Autobot who's the elitist snob. Unlike other siblings in the franchise there's no clear indication of what makes the two of them related.
* SiblingRivalry: With his brother Tracks, as one is an Autobot and the other joined the Decepticons.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Quake]]
!!!'''Function:''' Ground Assault
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank
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->''"Nothing lasts forever... so why not destroy it now?"''
A berserker with unconventional battle tactics, Quake's squadmates often fear that his aggressiveness in battle will leave them CollateralDamage. As a Double Targetmaster, he is paired with Tiptop and Heater, who can transform into Heavy Pistols, or combine into a massive plasma shotgun.

* TheBerserker: Violent to a fault. Other Decepticons have to dive for cover because he shoots everywhere and lets his hit count do the talking.
* TheBully: Basically a big ol' jerk that tries to pick on anyone he thinks is weaker than him, which usually comes back to bite him in the aft.
* ConArtist: Tiptop was once a [[TheStrongman circus strongman]] who turned his diet and exercise routine into a worldwide phenomenom. Then it was discovered that he had actually gained his strength from illegal muscle-enhancing chemicals, and the diet he promoted was not only ineffective, but dangerously unhealthy.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: His battle tactics can sometimes be quite inventive, but he never considers how they might affect his fellow Decepticons.
* DrivingUpAWall: His tank treads can exude an adhesive that allows him to scale even vertical surfaces.
* DumbMuscle: His Strength, Endurance, Courage, and Firepower levels are quite high. His intelligence is only slightly better than Sludge, widely considered the dimmest bulb among the Dinobots.
* {{Empathic Weapon}}s: Tiptop and Heater.
* LazyBum: Heater, a former street thug and chemical dealer who can't stand doing any real work.
* MuggingTheMonster: Quake tends to underestimate people, and then tends to get his butt kicked. Most notably, he mocked the relatively diminutive [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Tigatron]] during the 3H comic era, and got his face vaporized off for his effort.
* PurpleIsPowerful: A powerful brute who turns into a magenta-purple tank.
* TheSociopath: Described as one in the 2019 IDW continuity. Quake is unmpathetic and relates more to stimulation from violence than anything else.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The turret in his tank mode can become a shotgun in robot mode. Also, Tiptop and Heater can combine to form a shotgun.
* TankGoodness: Transforms into a tank, fitting for a strong and formidable Decepticon.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Quake has a bad habit of dying a lot.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roadgrabber]]
!!!'''Function:''' Gunner
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Cybertronian Jet, Cybertronian Car, Attack Chariot
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->''"Destruction has a beauty all its own."''
A Decepticon Pretender with a mechanical shell that transforms into an armored vehicle. Enjoying inflicting pain but fearful of being injured himself, Roadgrabber specializes in hit and run attacks, taking advantage of his outer vehicle's speed and firepower.

* DirtyCoward: He prefers to remain in his Pretender shell for the bulk of a battle, only coming out when there's nothing left but wounded Autobots who are too weak to fight back.
* ForTheEvulz: He's been known to blast the kneecaps out of a fleeing Autobot, just so he can enjoy the sight of them flailing around in agony.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: ''ComicBook/TransformersWingsOfHonor'' he's not that effective or smart. When chased down a hallway, he emptied several clips into the wall behind him, reasoning that the pursuers have to come around the same corner and get shot (his companion said it was stupid, as they wouldn't run into a hallway riddled with gunfire).
* RedShirt: In IDW comics he's killed when fighting Thunderwing. Adding insult to injury, almost everyone else in that fight turned up alive again later. Roadgrabber didn't.
* TheSociopath: Enjoys shooting Autobots and watching them die a slow death.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Seacons]]
!!!'''Function:''' Seacon Team Leader (Snaptrap), Underwater Excavations (Nautilator), Undersea Terminator (Overbite), Undersea Reconnaissance (Seawing), Amphibious Assault (Skalor), Underwater Demolitions (Tentakil), Undersea Warrior (Piranacon)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Mutant Turtle (Snaptrap), Mutant Crab (Nautilator), Mutant Shark (Overbite), Mutant Manta Ray (Seawing), Mutant Coelacanth (Skalor), Mutant Cephalopod (Tentakil)
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->'''Snaptrap:''' ''"Broken Autobots never mend."''
->'''Nautilator:''' ''"Blame someone else before they blame you."''
->'''Overbite:''' ''"There are two kinds of creatures: predator and prey."''
->'''Seawing:''' ''"The darkest depths reveal the darkest secrets."''
->'''Skalor:''' ''"I stink, therefore I am."''
->'''Tentakil:''' ''"Embrace your enemies... until they're terminated."''
->'''Piranacon:''' ''"Underwater, no one can hear you scream."''

A team of six Decepticons who transform into sea creatures. They are Snaptrap (leader, a turtle), Nautilator (a lobster), Overbite (a shark), Seawing (a manta ray), Skalor (a coelacanth) and Tentakil (a squid).

* AcidAttack: Skalor's weapon mode is a double-barreled corrosive slime shooter.
* AnimalMecha: All of them transform into sea animals.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Overbite's color scheme bears a purple not seen anywhere else on the Seacons. This distinction helps highlight Overbite's default placement as Piranacon's Targetmaster -- contemporarily released Targetmasters in 1988 commonly have distinct colors from their handlers.
* {{BFS}}: Piranacon wields an incendiary sword, formed from Snaptrap's.
* BloodKnight: Snaptrap's favorite part of the hunt is the kill.
* ButtMonkey: Nautilator has a particularly bad luck. He's a very poor swimmer and is very suspectible to rusting (in spite of the fact that he is a part of ''the team suited for underwater warfare''), has NoSenseOfDirection, frequently gets lost, and is loathed by his fellow Seacons due to his uselessness. If not for the fact that he occasionally brings something useful during his scavenging (and the team discovers it only because they constantly have to drag his aft out of the latest place he gets stuck in), he would've been left behind to drown and rust away.
** Also a meta example: Nautilator was excluded the first time the team was sold as a multi-pack. Later multi-pack releases ''do'' include him.
* CombiningMecha: They form Piranacon.
* TheDeterminator: Every Seacon (even Nautilator) shares a common trait -- extreme determination in pursuing the target they want to hunt down, which results in Piranacon becoming endlessly relentless.
* DumbMuscle: [[DownplayedTrope While Piranacon is reasonably intelligent for a combiner]], he eschews his component's inhibitions in favor of a single-minded obsession with hunting. It's so strong that Piranacon generally refuses to ''stop'' if left unchecked, even when running low on fuel or covered in scars. Thus, Snaptrap had to install an automatic timer to force him and his partners to separate, thereby allowing them to regroup.
* EgomaniacHunter: All of them are obsessed with hunting, which is taken to such an extreme in Piranacon that Snaptrap had to install an automatic timer to ensure they'd separate after a certain amount of time, to prevent Piranacon from hunting forever.
* EmpathicWeapon: Piranacon's a "Scramble City" Combiner with special hands. So any one of his limbs can become his gun.
* FalseFriend: Tentakil is known to befriend people only to kill them once they get to trust him enough to let their defenses down.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Tentakil is mentioned to be the cruelest Seacon of them all, which he masks by very friendly facade.
* FiendishFish: Seawing transforms into a manta ray and Skalor transforms into a Coelacanth.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Nautilator transforms into a giant lobster.
* GiantSquid: Tentakil transforms into a gigantic squid.
* GracefulInTheirElement: With the exception of Nautilator, they are generally far more capable and dangerous in deep water. On land, their creature modes are for the most part ungainly and slow.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The Seacons' mutual interest in hunting means they synergize very well when they combine. The result, however, perverts this interest into something too strong for his own health. To wit, Piranacon strongly neglects self-care, causing him to accumulate tons of battle-damage and forget to refuel. Without Snaptrap's combiner timer, the gestalt would surely kill himself.
* KilledOffForReal:
** In ''ComicBook/{{The Transformers|Marvel}}'', the entire team is frazzled during the Underbase saga. Adding insult to injury, in the US comics, this was but a few issues after they'd been introduced. In an issue of the UK Marvel series, Megatron attempted to go back in time and save them to add to his army but he was foiled and the Seacons remained dead. However, they were revived later in the ''Classics'' timeline.
** In the ''Classics'' timeline, the stories homaged ''Anime/BeastWarsII'' and the Seacons had some change-ups to reflect that. Megatron, Dirge, and the Seacons crash on an irradiated planet, and when Nautilator and Tentakil go outside the radiation immobilizes them and they're trampled to death by a herd of buffalo. This was done to make the team more in line with their BWII counterparts who lacked a Nautilator and Tentakil was replaced by Scylla (who debuts in that ''Classics'' storyline). With the loss of two components, Piranacon seems to have died as well as the combination of the remaining four Seacons and Scylla identifies as a new separate being, God Neptune.
** IDW's 2005 continuity gives a number of ambiguous fates to the Seacons in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. Seawing is gunned down and Snaptrap is dismembered, neither is confirmed dead (Snaptrap previously surviving being stabbed through the head). Nautilator wasn't so lucky with Whirl blowing his head apart effectively killing him. Overbite was not affiliated with the group in this continuity but he would later be killed by Overlord.
* TheKlutz: Described as a "stumbling, bumbling amphibious foul-up" in his tech specs, Nautilator is exceptionally poor swimmer who frequently gets lost during the underwater missions, much to his teammates' irritation.
* LazyBum: Unlike Blot, who is simply unable to keep up with his maintenance problems, Skalor could easily get his personal hygiene issues under control. He just can't be bothered to do so.
* LeeroyJenkins: Nautilator. His physical abilities are certainly impressive...but he's such a moron that the rest of the Seacons end up {{Face Palm}}ing every time he gets himself in trouble and they have to rescue him.
* TheLoad: The rest of the Seacons see Nautilator as a good-for-nothing millstone, since they've repeatedly had to fish his chassis out of the depths whenever he gets himself lost. Whenever they form Piranacon, the Seacons always make Nautilator serve as their weapon, rather than let him form a body part, so that they don't have to mentally merge with him. When Nautilator ''is'' allowed to form one of Piranacon's limbs, the gestalt's performance is noticeably impaired. As Snaptrap says, if Nautilator didn't occasionally find something useful when he got lost, they would have left him to rust a long time ago.
* LoudOfWar: The cannons on Snaptrap's back fire sonic shells.
* MightyGlacier:
** Piranacon is one of the slowest combiners both inside and outside the water.
** Snaptrap is also as slow as the turtle he gets his alt mode from, but he is a NighInvulnerable WalkingArmory.
* NeverMyFault: Nautilator is, according to his tech specs, a "stumbling, bumbling amphibious foul-up". Of course, whenever he's called out for his screw-ups, he always tries to shift the blame to someone else.
* TheParalyzer: Seawing has rays which can temporarily freeze up a Cybertronian's body. They even work on Galvatron.
* ThePigPen: Skalor DOES NOT CARE about what other Decepticons think about his lack of personal hygiene.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Appropriately for the aquatic combiner team, Snaptrap/Piranacon wields a three-pronged incendiary sword, which appears to be a cross between a sword and a trident.
* RedBaron: Snaptrap is known as "The Butcher of the Bogs", after an incident when he ambushed and killed a group of Autobots in the Toxic Sludge Swamps on his own.
* SerialKiller: Tentakil operates like a serial killer, luring his victims into a false sense of security by getting along with them and knowing them better so that they'd lower their guard, and once they do, he kills them in a cold blood and then moves on to the next victim.
* ShockAndAwe: Tentakil's weapon mode is a powerful lightning bolt rifle.
* SinisterStingrays: Seawing, who uses his manta ray form to ominously glide through the water.
* TheStarscream: Seawing, inside the team.
* StickySituation: Skalor carries two "crustation rifles"; one fires a powerful glue, while the other fires shrapnel shards. When used in concert, they cover a target in tough, sticky particles until they're completely immobilized.
* SturdyAndSteadyTurtles: Snaptrap transforms into a tortoise with NighInvulnerable shell, but with extremely low speed (marked as 2 out of 10 in Tech Specs).
* SuperDrowningSkills: Nautilator tends to rust easily, he can't navigate to save his spark, and he has trouble swimming. And he's a member of the Decepticons' ''underwater strike force''.
* ThreateningShark: Overbite transforms into a shark, and he greatly enjoys hunting his prey, even attacking human ships in his spare time when he's not busy attacking the Autobots.
* UncleanlinessIsNextToUngodliness: Skalor, a disgusting slob who is as unkind as he is unsanitary.
* UndyingLoyalty: In the ''Classics'' timeline, they are, first and foremost, loyal to Megatron. Though they were initially serving Bludgeon after the end of the war, when Megatron came to seize the Decepticon leadership back, they immediately sided with him, initially serving as his {{Deep Cover Agent}}s, and then killing Bludgeon when the time came right.
* WalkingArmory: Snaptrap's tech specs give him enough firepower to equip the rest of the Seacons on his own.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: In the Marvel US comics, they were killed ''three'' issues since their debut.
* TheWorfEffect: Piranacon is claimed to be a nigh-unstoppable, terrifying murder machine. Galvatron once defeated him handily.
-->'''Galvatron:''' What is this? Shockwave sends '''''fish''''' against me? Does he expect me to laugh myself to death?
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Tentakil has been known to lure in Autobots by claiming that his fellow Decepticons are [[TrappedInVillainy forcing him to fight]]… then quickly proves otherwise by crushing them.
* WrongLineOfWork: Nautilator was assigned to the Seacons without receiving any aquatic combat training. While he loves the ocean, he is a poor swimmer, and can't navigate to save his life. His teammates are deeply irritated at having to constantly rescue him from the depths.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Skullgrin]]
!!!'''Function:''' Siege Warrior
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Cybertronian Tank
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->''"Those who stand against me shall soon fall before me!"''
A Decepticon Pretender whose shell is a monstrous, horned, skull-headed humanoid.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Tends to favour his own interests more than the Decepticon cause and get distracted from his missions.
* TheBerserker: What he becomes if he spends too much time in his shell, which was designed to bring out his base instincts.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Thanks to "Monstercon From Mars", writers are torn between having Skullgrin be a mindless brute obsessed with destruction and violence (per his tech specs) and his Marvel comic portrayal, who was smart, obsessed with fame and [[AlienArtsAreAppreciated immersing himself in human culture]] (including becoming an actor), and showing kindness to humans. Dreamwave's profile books went with the notion that he's normally the latter, which annoyed his bosses, who programmed his Pretender shell to make him the former.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Transformers #46 (Monstercon From Mars), which has Skullgrin embrace Earth and become a movie star, showing him as someone who was far more than a bruiser and who was interested in fame as an actor and capable of kindness towards humans.
* GodInHumanForm: His ''Power of the Primes'' toy is a disguised Liege Maximo.
* KilledOffForReal: G2 has him killed when his spaceship blew up in orbit.
* PeopleInRubberSuits: In-Universe example. He used his Pretender shell to become a star in monster films.
* PetTheDog: Forms an actual friendship with an actress when he was taken to become an actor, and saves her later on. His teammates make fun of him for it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Snarler]]
!!!'''Function:''' Assault Warrior
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Wild Pig
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->''"Stealing isn't a crime, getting caught is."''
A Pretender whose shell and alt mode resemble a wild pig. A member of the Mayhem Attack Squad alongside fellow Pretender beast Carnivac, Snarler is not above throwing his fellow soldiers into the line-of-fire ahead of him, if that's what it takes to survive.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: He's not quite smart enough to pull off his scams as skillfully as he'd like.
* FullBoarAction: His pretender shell and regular alt-mode are both boars.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He possesses a short-sighted selfishness, even being unwilling to follow orders unless he's sure he can benefit from them (the fact that his superiors are perfectly happy to scrap him otherwise usually does the trick).
* {{Jerkass}}: Snarler is utterly unwilling to lift so much as a finger to help allies unless he's absolutely certain it'll benefit him.
* MightyGlacier: Snarler's strong and durable, but he's speed isn't much to write home about.
* ThisIsADrill: His regular beast mode has a drill-snout.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Spinister]]
!!!'''Function:''' Aerial Assault
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter
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->''"Respect your foes' abilities as you would your own."''

A Double Targetmaster who has few friends in the Decepticon ranks, but is highly respected for his combat prowess and uncanny ability to turn the tide of battle whenever he enters the fray.

* TheCameo: He appears in Anime/TransformersArmada where he is the sole survivor of a dead Cybertron in another Universe.
* CombatPragmatist: In the Marvel comics. When Carnivac comes for them, Spinister snipes him instead of fighting him hand to hand. When the Mayhems resolve to go down fighting, he opts to run.
* TheDitz: In the 2005-2018 IDW comics.
-->'''Misfire:''' If he seems distracted by his own fingers, it's because - [[NotHyperbole and I present this as an empirical truth]] - he is truly the stupidest person in the universe.
* {{Empathic Weapon}}s: Hairsplitter (heavy blaster) and Singe (flamethrower), who can also merge to form a sniper rifle.
* EnigmaticMinion: That's his bio in a nutshell, he's a mystery to all those around him, no one knows his motives. In the Regeneration 1 comics, all the Decepticons opt to work for Scorponok after he kills Misfire, while leaving, Spinister relays the information to Soundwave, for his own reasons.
* GeniusDitz: In the IDW continuity he's an expert surgeon despite being too dumb to count to three.
* KilledOffForReal: Carnivac killed him in the Marvel comics (the comics in question had questionable continuity, and all future appearances in that continuity keep him alive), and in Anime/TransformersArmada, he was killed by Unicron.
* MythologyGag: His IDW personality, being a bit crazy in the head and all, hearkens back to ''Anime/TransformersArmada'', where Optimus prime meets an insane Spinister on a dead Cybertron.
* {{Portmanteau}}: His name; spin (like a helicopter) + sinister (like a decepticon).
* PunchClockVillain: Has no real animus toward his Autobot opponents, views his fellow Decepticons primarily as co-workers, and does not gloat about his own abilities.
* TheQuietOne: Rarely speaks, and when he does it's only about something relevant to the task at hand.
* SpacePirates: In the 2019 IDW continuity, he leads a crew of [[OrganTheft splicers]], essentially the Cybertronian equivalent of the Harvesters from ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution''.
* WeakButSkilled: He has some impressive moves, but is seriously lacking in physical strength.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Squawkbox]]
!!!'''Function:''' Interrogator (Beastbox), Translator (Squawktalk), Battlefield Dissonance (Squawkbox)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Micro-Cassette (both)
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->'''Beastbox:''' ''"Speak now if you intend to ever speak at all."''
->'''Squawktalk:''' ''"If you have nothing interesting to say, say it anyway."''
->'''Squawkbox:''' ''"One being's noise is another's music."''

The combined form of two of Soundwave's micro-cassettes, the chatty Squawktalk and the brutish Beastbox, Squawkbox is a scientist specializing at weaponizing sound. Viewing his creations as being akin to musical works of art, Squawkbox uses his "compositions" to disorient Autobots on the battlefield.

* AreaOfEffect: If he's not careful, Squawkbox's sound-based attacks can affect any of his fellow Decepticons within the vicinity.
* TheBrute: Beastbox. And someone thought he was a good choice for interrogation. His bad temper usually means he beats his prisoners to death, without even taking down what they're trying to say.
* KillerGorilla: Beastbox, hands down.
* FeatheredFiend: Squawktalk, though he is nowhere near as violent as Beastbox.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Squawktalk couldn't stop talking if he life depended on it. This habit doesn't exactly endear him to his comrades.
-->'''Dirge:''' Not only does his constant ranting have the potential to alert the Autobots, it puts everyone around him on edge. If he doesn't shut up, I'm going to kill him myself.
* GaleForceSound: Squawkbox can produce a disorienting and physically damaging sound show.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Squawktalk doesn't mean to annoy his teammates. He just loves the sound of foreign languages, and finds it pleasant and relaxing to listen to - even if he's the one speaking them.
* {{Omniglot}}: Squawktalk can request a cracker in trillions of languages.
* RememberTheNewGuy: In the IDW comics, Soundwaves cassettes all are shown a little backstory, Ravage, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw found and befriended him, Rumble and Frenzy get retooled to work with him, and he forces Ratbat into a cassette body, but Squawkbox just shows up out of nowhere helping to deliver weapons to the newly formed Decepticon army.
* SoMuchForStealth: Squawktalk's constant talking makes it impossible for him to follow through on any missions requiring some level of stealth.
* WrongLineOfWork: Beastbox is poorly suited to his role as an interrogator, due to losing his temper and beating his prisoners to a pulp with little provocation.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Squeezeplay]]
!!!'''Function:''' Saboteur
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Alien Crab
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->''"Place brawn before brains and victory is yours."''

A self-described engine of destruction, Squeezeplay has harnessed the tactical advantages of brute force and intimidation, using his aggression and ferocity to throw his opponents off balance. He is binary bonded to the [[RuthlessModernPirates pirate]] Lokos, whose craftiness counterbalances Squeezeplay's brutality.
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* TheBrute: While not unintelligent (the [[GeniusBruiser opposite]], in fact), he prefers to rely on sheer force to win. The results are effective enough that Lokos usually lets him have his fun.
* GiantEnemyCrab: His alternate form is a huge crab beast. Most people confused it for a bipedal cobra with pincers, but that's not the case.
* LosingYourHead: He's a Headmaster.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Submarauder]]
!!!'''Function:''' Undersea Warfare
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Alien Submersible
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->''"Conquer the seas and the rest will fall!"''
An aquatic Decepticon Pretender whose Pretender shell is a vaguely humanoid aquatic lifeform, something like the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon in Roman Legionary armour.
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* BecomingTheMask: His Pretender shell has engendered a very real respect and care for sea life.
* BerserkButton: Submarauder ''hates'' company in general, but people -- human, Autobot, even Decepticon -- interfering with the creatures he is so fascinated with ''really'' stirs him up.
* ForgetsToEat: Submarauder apparently can get so caught up in his studies and meditations that he forgets to return to base for refuelling.
* GeniusBruiser: The savage, raging berserker is actually, at heart, a reclusive and scholarly intellectual who finds great satisfaction in observing sea life and pondering the ocean's mysteries.
* GodInHumanForm: His ''Power of the Primes'' toy is a disguised Alchemist Prime.
* HiddenDepths: Let's face it, "easily-angered Decepticon warrior" and "scholar with a genuine love for sea creatures and the ocean" don't exactly go together at first glance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Triggercons]]

Composed of the whiny Crankcase, the loud Ruckus and the neat freak Windsweeper. They are part of the Mayhem Attack Squad.

* EvilCounterpart: To the Autobot Triggerbots, though both groups were introduced at exactly the same time.
* HiddenWeapons: Their gimmick, shared with the Triggerbots. They can all flip out guns hidden inside their bodies.

!!Crankcase
!!!'''Function:''' Data Collector
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
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->'''Crankcase:''' ''"Things are never as good as they seem."''
A grumpy, cynical Decepticon who enjoys being in a bad mood.

* AscendedExtra: Crankcase was given a major role in the 2005 IDW series as a member of "The Scavengers" an ineffective team of Decepticons that the ''MTMTE'' comics would follow. Crankcase was their pilot and often played TheStraightMan to whatever antics they got up to.
* TheCynic: Crankcase is always in a bad mood.
%%* GiverOfLameNames: Crankcase in the IDW comics.
* MadeOfIron: In the IDW comics, Crankcase been pummeled, electrocuted, and previously had a chunk of his head blown off. His original appearance had him survive an encounter with Thunderwing, a being who killed most of his squad (including Ruckus) and leveled at least two planets.
* NotQuiteDead: Crankcase and Ruckus both got smashed by Thunderwing. Crankcase was shown to have survived years later.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Crankcase was originally a scrawny, nerdy, constantly picked-on fuel spill janitor before getting an upgraded body complete with shoulder cannons.
* OnlySaneMan: Shares this role with [[TheLeader Krok]] as part of the Scavengers in ''MMTE''.

!!Ruckus
!!!'''Function:''' Combat Assault
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' HPI Baja Dune Buggy
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->'''Ruckus:''' ''"I take a licking and keep on kicking."''
A brash and boisterous Decepticon warrior.
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* {{Determinator}}: In the Marvel comics, he supposedly once got reduced to nothing more than his ''voicebox'', and still did what he could to get a message to Megatron.
* KilledOffForReal: While Crankcase is shown to have survived Thunderwing's assault in ''Stormbringer'', Ruckus wasn't so lucky.
** He also doesn't survive being possessed by Exarchon during ''ComicBook/Transformers2019''.
%%* LoudOfWar: Ruckus
* MeaningfulName: He's loud and can cause quite a ruckus.
* NoIndoorVoice: Ruckus' signature character trait.
* ShoulderCannon: His Triggercon guns rest on his shoulders in robot mode.

!!Windsweeper
!!!'''Function:''' Air Defense
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Modified B-1B Lancer Bomber
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->'''Windsweeper:''' ''"Uninvited guests soon become smoldering wrecks."''
A neurotic neat freak who seeks to clean the skies of germs and any other impurities.
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* NeatFreak: Windsweeper, along with a bit of TerrifiedOfGerms, to the point of shooting anything else in the air: planes, birds, insects, leaves, even clouds. He can be defeated by throwing garbage at him, as being dirty causes him to become irrational enough to literally blow a fuse.
* SkewedPriorities: In ''Spotlight Megatron'', Windsweeper wonders if they should stop Starscream and Megatron from killing each other because they were making a mess. Skywarp threatens to TeleFrag him if he tries.
[[/folder]]

!!1989 Decepticons
[[folder:The Air Strike Patrol]]
!!!'''Function:''' Surveillance (Whisper), Electronic Warfare (Storm Cloud), Espionage (Nightflight), Reconnsaisance (Tailwind)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Stealth Fighter (Whisper), Dassault Rafale Fighter Jet (Storm Cloud), [=F14D=] Tomcat Fighter Jet (Nightflight), A-10 Thunderbolt Fighter Jet (Tailwind)
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->'''Whisper:''' ''"Undetected in flight; undefeated in fight."''
->'''Storm Cloud:''' ''"The air is my playground."''
->'''Nightflight:''' ''"I prey like a vulture in the night."''
->'''Tailwind:''' ''"Revenge is sweet, victory is sweeter."''
One of the first Decepticon Micromaster units, the Air Strike patrol specialize in surveillance, electronic warfare, and hit and run tactics. Consists of Whisper, Storm Cloud, Nightflight, and Tailwind, who are [[TeethClenchedTeamwork constantly fighting amongst themselves]].

* TheChessmaster: Tailwind, the only one of the group who stands a chance of success in scheming to take control of the team because he's both subtle and manipulative.
* TheCracker: Storm Cloud, in his team role as a combination virus writer and ECM specialist.
* DirtyCoward: Nightflight, though he'll argue he's actually a CombatPragmatist.
* KilledOffForReal: In the first run of the Marvel Comics, #68 ''The Human Factor''.
* TheMole: In an EvilVersusEvil scenario. They faked loyalty to Scorponok, but actually worked for Megatron.
* MuggingTheMonster: They attack an oil refinery and run into Hector Dialonzo. They think he's just another flesh creature. [[spoiler: They don't survive, as it turns out he's the superhero Dynamo.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Whisper, who lacks any real flaws aside from being a Decepticon squad leader.
* OpportunisticBastard: Nightflight again. He's the sort of person who would prefer to steal pocket change rather than put in the effort to rob a bank because the change was easier to take.
* TheStarscream: ''Everyone'' to Whisper. That's right, his entire team is trying to usurp his command. Fortunately for Whisper, Tailwind is the only one who could actually pull it off... if he ever decides the time is right to strike.
* TheStoic: Tailwind. He says the least of anyone in the team, but that just means he's more likely to get away with his plots.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The only way this bunch of backstabbing, squabbling rowdies get anything done.
* TooDumbToLive: Storm Cloud. Usually, attempting to stage a coup in a villain's army requires a degree of subtlety, restraint, or skill. Storm Cloud has none of these and will loudly announce plans to overthrow Whisper in public. In front of Whisper.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Airwave]]
!!!'''Function:''' Aerial Defense
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' [=F14D=] Tomcat Fighter Jet
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->''"My price is too high and you're going to pay."''

A former airbase inspector with a reputation for taking bribes, Airwave joined the Decepticons under the stipulation that he continue his black marketeering operations. Eventually, he was put in charge of a Decepticon airbase, where he proved to be a capable commander with a sadistic streak.

* CombatPragmatist: Not good at close quarter combat, but has used artillery to rack up an impressive body count.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: To Airwave, ''everything'' is an extortion racket. He is so greedy and corrupt that even Swindle hates him. Megatron grudgingly tolerates Airwave's illicit activities because he's a capable soldier, but is prepared to kill him the moment he becomes a liability.
* GeniusLoci: The ''Earthrise'' toyline makes Airwave a Modulator, combining the character with his Airport Base, which he now turns into.
* RedOnesGoFaster: A red fighter jet with a top speed of 800 miles per hour.
* WeakButSkilled: His physical strength is fairly low, so he fights smarter, not harder.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bludgeon]]
!!!'''Function:''' Electric Warrior
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Tank
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->''"To know your own limits, you must first know your foe's limits."''

A Decepticon martial artist whose Pretender shell is a samurai skeleton.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: How he died in the ''Generation 2'' comics. After Megatron tore off the head of his Pretender shell, Bludgeon transformed into tank mode and continued his attack. Megatron, barely damaged from Bludgeon's cannon blast, transformed into his own tank mode and annihilated Bludgeon with a single shot.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: A master of the Cybertronian martial art of Metallikato, and prone to preceeding his sentences with a heartfelt '''"Fools!"'''
* BigBad: He becomes the Decepticon leader following the battle with Unicron in [[Comicbook/TheTransformersMarvel the Marvel comics]], and keeps the title for the remainder of the series. In continuations of the book (such as ''[[ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2 Generation 2]]'' and ''Regeneration One'') he continues to be Decepticon leader, if only at first.
* BreakoutVillain: Bludgeon is easily the most popular of the Pretender toyline. His memorable skeleton samurai look as well as his major role in the Marvel comics ended up making him a fan favorite and since then he's received a number of new toys and he's been adapted into other continuities.
* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Whenever he appears in fiction or as a toy, you're far more likely to see Bludgeon with his Pretender shell on than the inner robot inside it. [[PragmaticAdaptation Some toys have even made it the primary robot mode]].
* CoolTank: Outside of his pretender shell, Bludgeon turns into a simple tank.
* CruelMercy: In ''Regeneration One'', Bludgeon begs Rodimus to finish him off. Rodimus instead chooses to spare him so he can live to suffer the humiliation of defeat.
* DeathSeeker: On some level he seeks to meet his end in glorious battle. And his master plan in ''Regeneration One'' was intended to end with his own death.
-->'''Bludgeon:''' Kill me. Finish what you started.
-->'''Rodimus Prime:''' No. [[CruelMercy I can think of no more fitting punishment than to deny you whatever "glorious" death you coveted.]]
* DragonAscendant: In [[Comicbook/TheTransformersMarvel the Marvel comics]], he becomes Captain of the Mayhem Attack Squad after Carnivac's HeelFaceTurn, and later becomes Decepticon leader following the battle with Unicron and Scorponok's death.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The IDW version is implied to sound this way, as John Barber [[PaintingTheMedium tended to give him black speech bubbles]].
* FantasticFightingStyle: Metallikato. In at least some continuities, it's meant to be outlawed.
* GodInHumanForm: His ''Power of the Primes'' toy is a disguised Quintus Prime.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He wields a katana in most fiction appearances, despite his original toy lacking such a weapon entirely.
* KilledOffForReal: Bludgeon's position as a significant Decepticon usually gives his death a kind of story importance.
** ''ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2'': Bludgeon is killed fairly early on. Megatron is rebuilt and returns to wrestle control of the faction back from him. They battle it out and Megatron emerges victorious, killing Bludgeon. Though later, Megatron would lament killing off such a useful soldier.
** ''ComicBook/TransformersGenerationOne'': The Decepticons and Autobots team up to defeat the Chaos Trinity (Bludgeon, Bugly, and Mindwipe). Bludgeon is the last to die, gunned down by Skywarp.
** ''Anime/TransformersArmada'': In the comic adaptation Bludgeon debuts as one of Unicron's interdimensional heralds. He's killed when the base he occupied was blown up.
** ''Classics'': The story ''At Fight's End'' has Megatron take leadership back from Bludgeon after the Marvel series. Bludgeon is betrayed by the Seacons and destroyed by Piranacon using Tentakil's mass compression cannon mode.
** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersUnicron'': After surviving a lot of punishment in the 2005 IDW comics, Bludgeon finally meets his end battling Slug. The ship they're battling on crashes killing both.
* LaserBlade: In the IDW comics, the katana is upgraded to a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]].
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: He's a Ninja Samurai Skeleton Robot thanks to his Pretender shell.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: His plans tend to involve a lot of collateral damage:
-->'''Thundercracker:''' [[EvenEvilHasStandards You're going to kill civilians with this stunt, Bludgeon. I thought we were supposed to be fighting on their behalf.]]
-->'''Bludgeon:''' Every civilian is a Decepticon at heart. Those that die today are martyrs. [[DeathSeeker I envy them]].
* NonIndicativeName: A bludgeon is a blunt object, something that doesn't really mesh with the samurai-like aesthetics of his Pretender shell, or even his inner robot's tank mode.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: After becoming [[BigBad Decepticon leader]], Bludgeon gives a RousingSpeech to the Decepticons, saying that they're warriors and shouldn't fight what's in their oil.
* SkeleBot9000: Since most post-G1 incarnations of the character turn his Pretender shell into his robot mode, he usually has the appearance of a robotic skeleton in samurai armor.
* TankGoodness: His alternate mode.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Flattop]]
!!!'''Function:''' Naval Warfare
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' F4 Phantom Fighter Jet
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->''"Terror is the ultimate weapon."''
A self-described "scourge of the seven seas", Flattop patrols the oceans looking for targets he can destroy. Captaining the aircraft carrier Platonix, Flattop can merge with the ship, transforming it into an interstellar warship that can terrorize targets in space.

* AceCustom: Platonix, a space ship which he can pilot manually or attach to his jet mode.
* SmugSnake: Flattop thinks he's better than every other Decepticon, and often refuses to admit he needs help.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Greasepit]]
!!!'''Function:''' Fuel Depot
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Monster Truck
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->''"An engine is only as powerful as the fuel that runs it."''
A Micromaster Base Commander, Greasepit runs a fuel depot that can transform into an anti-aircraft battery. Greedy and opportunistic, he takes full advantage of the goodwill inherent in his position to gain advancement.

* ConArtist: Greasepit operates a fake gas station, which he uses to siphon fuel.
* GeniusLoci: ''Earthrise'' makes Greasepit a Modulator, meaning he now turns into his refuelling facility.
* SmugSnake: The other Decepticons would like Greasepit a little more if he just stopped going on about how he's doing them a favour.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Octopunch]]
!!!'''Function:''' Salvage
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Crab
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->''"Anything that can sink is worth sinking."''

A Pretender whose shell resembles a humanoid squid monster, Octopunch is a pirate who frequently serves on the Mayhem Attack Squad when he isn't plundering treasures on [[SingleBiomePlanet aquatic worlds]].

* CreepyOldFashionedDivingSuit: His pretender shell wears an old-fashioned diving helmet that barely conceals his horrifying visage.
* {{Expy}}: [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Black Manta]] as a Decepticon, [[DependingOnTheWriter sort of]].
* GiantEnemyCrab: His alt mode is a crab.
* GodInHumanForm: His ''Power of the Primes'' toy is a disguised Solus Prime.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: He's no more dangerous than your average Decepticon, but, to quote [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Octopunch_(G1) TFWiki]], get back to us on this after [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace he shoots God in the face]].
* RuthlessModernPirates: The Decepticon [[RecycledInSpace equivalent]] of one. If he's not stealing sunken treasure or ancient artifacts, he amuses himself by smashing holes in submarines and cruise ships.
* TentacledTerror: His Pretender shell is a horrifically ugly octopus-like monster wearing a diving suit.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In "[[Comicbook/TheTransformersMarvel The Primal Scream]]", he shoots Grimlock, the shot bounces off him and hits Primus, awakening the dormant creator with a scream... which warns Unicron about his presence, so he courses towards Cybertron. [[SarcasmMode Thanks a lot, Octopunch]]. Later fiction states that this action was heard ''multiversally'', awakening Unicron from his own dormancy.
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[[folder:The Pretender Monsters]]
!!!'''Function:''' Aerial Attack Trooper (Birdbrain), Ground Assault (Bristleback), Demolitions (Icepick), Sonic Saboteur (Scowl), Combat Artist (Slog), Aerial Assault (Wildfly), Super Warrior (Monstructor)
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Gryphon (Birdbrain), [[LandShark Bulette]] (Bristleback), Kaiju (Icepick), Werewolf (Scowl), Demon (Slog), Harpy (Wildfly)
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[[caption-width-right:205:Bristleback]]
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[[caption-width-right:205:Scowl]]
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[[caption-width-right:205:Slog]]
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[[caption-width-right:205:Wildfly]]
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->'''Birdbrain:''' ''"Anyone who is not a predator is considered prey."''
->'''Bristlebck:''' ''"You can't tell a Decepticon by its cover."''
->'''Icepick:''' ''"From today's rubble-strewn fields shall emerge a new Decepticon world!"''
->'''Scowl:''' ''"Control sound, and the faintest whisper can be the fiercest weapon."''
->'''Slog:''' ''"Destruction is the highest form of art."''
->'''Wildfly:''' ''"Strike fear into your enemy, and you've won half the battle."''
->'''Monstructor:''' ''"My touch is death."''

Six pretenders whose shells and alt modes are monster-shaped. They are Birdbrain, Bristleback, Icepick, Scowl, Slog and Wildfly.

* CombiningMecha: They form Monstructor.
* TheDreaded: Monstructor actually projects a field of terror, to help the pants-darkening sight of his just appearing.
* EldritchAbomination: The Dreamwave profiles paint Monstructor as some horrific thing that just ''happens'' to come in the form of a violent robot, channelling evil there isn't a name for.
* HairTriggerTemper: Bristleback is filled with hate for everything and everyone.
* HatesBeingCalledCute: Scowl hates his werewolf altmode because its squat, chubby proportions make people find it cute; he loves his pretender shell, meanwhile, because it's as gruesome and monstrous as he feels.
* HiddenDepths: Underneath his mad exterior, Slog laments the loss of life the war causes on both sides. His superiors aren't happy with that.
* KilledOffForReal:
** Monstructor gets killed in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersUnicron'' when Superion blasts a hole in his chest while Victorion punches his head into oblivion, killing the mad combiner and all of his components.
** Monstructor is also annhilated by Omega Supreme in ''Regeneration One''.
* MadArtist: Slog turns his enemies into alleged masterpieces.
* NoIndoorVoice: Scowl, with his already loud voice amplified by his shell.
* PoisonousPerson: [[EldritchAbomination Monstructor]] [[OmnicidalManiac literally kills]] [[TouchOfDeath anything he touches]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Wildfly thinks he's some daring prankster. His fellow Decepticons think he's a moron.
* TheStarscream: Icepick, in "Rythms of Darkness", thought maybe getting rid of Galvatron was a good plan. He didn't get anywhere before a large building collapsed upon him.
* SuperScream: Scowl's power.
* TooDumbToLive: Wildfly thought it was a good idea to bad-mouth ''Galvatron'' in earshot.
* VerbalTic: Talks strangely, Slog does.
* WalkingWasteland: Monstructor drains the life out of everything nearby, and his solar rifle draws in every bit of sunlight nearby. He longs for the day when he just roam the galaxy killing everyone and everything he can find.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Bristleback has to stay in his shell most of the time, otherwise he'll start rusting up like mad.
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[[folder:Roadblock]]
!!!'''Function:''' Ground Forces Commander
!!!'''Alt Modes:''' Cybertronian Tank, Hoverbike
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->''"To show fear is to admit defeat."''
A Pretender equipped with a mechanical transforming shell, Roadblock is a former member of the Mayhem Attack Squad who has since moved up to become something of a boogeyman of the Decepticon Army. Though equally capable of direct frontal assault or stealth-based reconnaissance missions, Roadblock generally favors the former, showing no fear in battle and demanding the same confidence from the soldiers under his command.

* AceCustom: In addition to his two vehicle modes, he also has a Film/MadMax style battering ram siege tank that he drives.
* BadBoss: His troops tend to be the first Decepticons to charge at the Autobots... because they are running away from ''him''. It eventually got so bad that Megatron started using Roadblock's command as a PunishmentDetail.
* BloodKnight: A self-described "locomotive of destruction" that crushes everything in his path with his iron-studded wheels.
* TheDragon: To Carnivac in ''Regeneration One''.
* DroneDeployer: To survey a battle site before attacking, or to provide air support for himself when he goes into battle.
* HollywoodAcid: Equipped with corrosive grenades that eat through enemy armor.
* MightyGlacier: Tech specs give him Level 8 Strength and Firepower, but only a 3 for Speed.
* NoSympathy: Utterly contemptuous of those who show even the slightest weakness.
* OneManArmy: He's armed to the teeth, and since his inner robot and outer shell can both transform, he can essentially split himself into two vehicles (hovercraft and tank).
* PurpleIsPowerful: His Pretender shell.
* TankGoodness: His inner robot transforms into a tank.
* VillainousValor: Roadblock knows no fear whatsoever. He'll charge into battle alone, if he must.
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[[folder:Roughstuff]]
!!!'''Function:''' Aerial Defense
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Missile Truck
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->''"Shoot first, aim later."''
Originally part of a neutral faction that oversaw the everyday maintenance of Cybertron, Roughstuff became a Decepticon due to his eagerness to fight. When his trigger happy nature proved poorly suited to the front lines, Roughstuff found himself assigned to remote outposts, which makes him even more eager for something to shoot at.

* {{Irony}}: In the 2019 IDW continuity, it's Roughstuff that gets shot by a fellow Decepticon eager for something to shoot at.
-->'''Triggerhappy:''' We probably shouldn't have shot him. I mean me. I shouldn't have shot him. Maybe. Right? Hard to say.
* LeeroyJenkins: Has a habit of firing upon anything that enters his airspace without checking to see who it is beforehand. He's been known to have accidentally blasted his fellow Decepticons due to this.
* ReassignedToAntarctica: Deemed too incompetent for the front lines.
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[[folder:Skyhopper]]
!!!'''Function:''' Aerial Assault Commander
!!!'''Alt Mode:''' Dassault Rafale Fighter Jet
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->''"The bigger the boom, the better I like it!"''

An unusually dedicated air warrior, Skyhopper gets a special kick out of [[StuffBlowingUP watching things explode]]. When not terrorizing targets in the air, he operates a mobile defense base equipped with a disruptor cannon that damages electronics by [[ReversePolarity reversing their polarity]].