"and kills Ironhide, Starscream pursues and kills Bumblebee, taking the AllSpark from his corpse. Blackout and Barricade arrive to arrest Starscream, but both are killed. The Create-A-Bot tries to pursue Starscream to avenge his comrades, but he manages to escape. Meanwhile, Megatron fights and kills Optimus. Starscream shows up a moment later and challenges Megatron to one last battle to decide who will rule the Decepticons. Megatron and the Create-A-Bot pursue him to the casino strip where the Create-A-Bot first arrived on Earth. The Create-A-Bot takes the AllSpark from Starscream and rams it into his chest, badly wounding himself. Unfortunately,"
"Decepticon The Decepticons are a fictional faction of sentient mechanical self-configuring modular robotic lifeforms from the planet Cybertron led by Megatron, and are the main antagonists in the fictional universes of the ""Transformers"" franchise and related comics and cartoons. Decepticons have red eyes (while Autobots have blue eyes) and are typically represented by the purple facial insignia they all wear. Primarily, they have a preference for high-tech or powerful vehicles; including aircraft, military vehicles, construction vehicles, expensive luxury or sports cars and even smaller-than-human-sized objects. In the Japanese version of the franchise, the Decepticons are called Destron or Deathtron ("
"The character listing/mini-poster that came inside Transformer packaging identified him as ""Autobot Commander"", as contrasted with Megatron's title of ""Decepticon Leader"". In the Marvel comic continuity, it was established that the Decepticons came in and out of the gladiator pits on Cybertron. Early on, the leadership of the Decepticons constantly changed due to their tendency to kill and replace their leaders. It would not be until a lowly Decepticon affiliated gladiator named Megatron assumed the throne that the Decepticons became a true threat to the rest of the population of Cybertron. While Megatron was the primary leader, other Decepticons had"
"form a splinter group separate from the main faction. Known as Decepticons, they follow Megatron, their powerful and ruthless leader. The main faction, known as the Autobots, follow the command of Zeta Prime. However, Zeta Prime is killed, leaving behind an inexperienced leader, Optimus, who must lead the Autobot forces to prevent Megatron from corrupting the planet, itself a Transformer, with Dark Energon. The Decepticon story is told in the first five chapters of the game, with the Autobot story directly following it. Players may choose to start either campaign first regardless of chronological order. In the Decepticon campaign, Megatron"
"eruption causes a probe to give them all new forms which come from vehicles in the surrounding area. After the featured film """", Megatron was reformed as Galvatron, and Optimus Prime was replaced for a time by Rodimus Prime, only to return later on. Unlike the Autobots, whose leader is a Prime bearing a Matrix, the Decepticons are led by the most powerful of their ranks (usually Megatron). This tends to cause some conflict, given how generally ""every"" Decepticon thinks that they're the most powerful. Also, the Decepticons are not exactly the most compassionate beings in the universe, but not"
"Decepticon generals in the service of the mysterious insectoid Violenjiger, and met his end when Autobot leader Dai Atlas cleaved his body in two (somewhat bizarrely revealing what appeared to be an organic brain within him). In ""Beast Wars II"", the Predacons were led by Galvatron. As this show is not exactly canon with the first ""Beast Wars"" show, it is unclear whether Galvatron was a renegade like Megatron, or whether he was operating with the Council's tacit approval, but Galvatron also recruited his own army of followers, including his ""brother"" Megastorm. Unlike Megatron, Galvatron waged open warfare on the"
"""Desutoron""). The only exception to this naming convention is ""Car Robots"", where the sub-group referred to as ""Decepticons"" in the """" adaptation, is known in Japan as the Combatrons (the Japanese name of the G1 subgroup known as the Combaticons). The overall name of the ""Robots in Disguise"" villain faction is Destronger. However, the Japanese Version of Transformers Animated uses Decepticon (ディセプティコン). As opposed to the Autobots' Supreme Commander or Prime, the Decepticons' highest ranking leader is often given the title Emperor of Destruction. Beginning with Animated, the Decepticon rallying cry has been ""Decepticons attack!"" in parody of the Autobots'"
"to control Cybertron. These Decepticons who left their homeworld became ""The Second Generation"" Decepticons, who were led by the villainous Liege Maximo. On the final page of the last issue, the Liege Maximo indicates that the Decepticons and all their descendants came from him, which indicates that he is the original founder of the Decepticons. In the original animated series continuity, the Decepticons owe their warlike ways to their faction's origin as military hardware robots, created by the five-faced aliens, the Quintessons, while the Autobots were designed as consumer goods. Following the rebellion that forced the Quintessons off the planet,"
"Predacon The Predacons are usually depicted as antagonists in the fictional continuities of the ""Transformers"" storyline and related comics and cartoons. Usually, they have a relation to the Decepticons, the more prominent antagonists of the series, be they a subgroup, their successors, or even their creators. They are the enemies of the Maximals and even sometimes their predecessors, the Autobots, depending on the continuity. The villains take many forms, and have many different origins and stories across the numerous different Transformers media, but in almost all incarnations, they are led by a character who is either Megatron (the original or"
"was prone to bursts of temper and aggression due to his pride and secret shame at being a necessary counter-force to balance out light and darkness within the Thirteen. Following the War of the Primes, he exiled himself from Cybertron after unintentionally murdering Solus Prime. Megatron is the founder of the Decepticon uprising and their most feared leader. Bob Budiansky, the writer for the Marvel Comics series, stated that originally Hasbro took issue with the name, saying it sounded too frightening. Budiansky responded that as the lead villain, that was the point. Hasbro later agreed with his reasoning, and approved"
"during which Autobots and Decepticons became Maximals and Predacons is referred to as ""The Great Upgrade."") The leader of the Predacon team is Megatron, a namesake of the original Decepticon commander. He and his forces are a splinter group on the hunt for powerful crystals known as Energon, though in ""The Agenda Part 1"" it's revealed Megatron got the location of energon as a bonus to be used in a ploy for power and dominance. They do this with the aid of an artifact known as the Golden Disk and Megatron's stolen ship, the ""Darksyde"", which is equipped with a"
"evil, is the founder of the Decepticons, with Megatron being the leader of its second incarnation, accepting The Fallen as his master and mentor. This would seem to imply the Decepticons were originally Autobots who turned evil. In the final battle in the second movie, there are many Decepticon casualties including Devastator (destroyed by a rail gun), Mixmaster (cut in half and his head stomped off by Jetfire), Rampage (killed by Bumblebee), Ravage (Stripped from his spine by Bumblebee), Scrapper and Long Haul (killed by an airstrike), Scorponok (head crushed by Jetfire) and the Fallen himself (spark ripped out by"
"prominent roles as leaders of the group. Shockwave, Scorponok, Bludgeon, and Ratbat all led the Decepticons, often overthrowing Megatron in the process or taking over the group during the period when Megatron was believed dead. In the G2 Marvel series (which continues from the G1 Marvel series), it is stated that the Decepticon forces on Cybertron underwent a massive split in the wake of Megatron's disappearance when Megatron, Optimus Prime, and their respective troops crashed on Earth. The smartest, strongest, and most intelligent Decepticons left Cybertron to colonize nearby galaxies, leaving a token leadership of overly cruel and duplicitous Decepticons"
"an entirely separate character who took his name), or Predaking, an ancient Predacon leader. They are typically represented by the facial insignia they all wear. In the Japanese version of the franchise, the Predacons are called Destrons or Animatrons ( ""Desutoron""). The one exception to this naming convention is ""Car Robots"", where the overall name of the ""Robots in Disguise"" villain faction is Destronger. In the , the Predacons (the ""Animatrons"" in Japan) are a team of five fearsome Decepticon hunters, able to transform into wild beasts and combine their bodies and minds into the giant robot, Predaking. The original"
"vary greatly from the classics Decepticon image. In the ""Transtech"" storyline, the Autobots and Decepticons are merely political factions on a Cybertron which never broke out into war. Lines between good and evil are more blurred. In the ""Shattered Glass"" storyline, a group of Decepticons, led by Megatron, are the mirror images of the personalities of most Decepticons. In this world the Decepticon logo is red, and worn by heroic Transformers who seek to protect the weak and oppressed from the evil Autobots. The main group of Decepticons, led by Megatron, in the 2010 computer animated series """" is much"
"founder and leader of the Decepticons (as Megatron accepts the Fallen as his master), and all future Decepticons would wear an insignia which is similar to the Fallen's face. In the present day, the Fallen appears after millennia and resumes leadership of the Decepticons. As he was weakened in the fight against the other Primes, he has spent all this time stuck on his ship on a planet far from Earth, draining energy from the Cybertronian protoforms on the ship to regain his strength. The Fallen reveals to the revived Megatron that the AllSpark's power is now in Sam Witwicky,"
"Decepticons (gang) The Decepticons were a Brooklyn street gang around from the late 1980s into the early 1990s. Originating as a bond of “brotherhood” soon escalated into one of the most feared gangs of their time with their flash mob style attacks and muggings. Although their reign was for a limited time, they managed to terrorize the streets of New York enough to leave their mark on them, even relevant to today's society. The Decepticons were a Street gang or Street Organization that thrived from the late 80s through the early 90s. Their members were teenagers and young adults ranging"
"Skyquake (Transformers) Skyquake is the name of several fictional characters from the various Transformers universes. Skyquake is leader of the Decepticon Predators. He is cold, cruel and single minded. Skyquake appeared in ""Megatron Origin"", working for Clench and then Megatron when the latter slew the former in a fight. He also led the Predators in attacking the Autobot detention facility on Garrus-9 in the first issue of ""The Last Stand of the Wreckers"" before getting killed by Overlord. Skyquake appeared in a flashback to the early days of the Great Cybertronian War as leader of experimental Decepticon Sky Raiders. Among"
"life to Transformers - and keep Cybertron itself alive. Eventually, Megatron began to desire its power for himself and assembled a like-minded army of separatists - the Decepticons. Megatron soon struck, and Cybertron became embroiled in civil war. However, this would later seem to be changed by the sequel films, where it is revealed that Sentinel Prime was the first leader of the Autobots and The Fallen the founder and supreme master of the Decepticons. Optimus would only take command after Sentinel was seemingly killed in action and Megatron served as leader of the second incarnation of the Decepticons with"
"exacting standards. His hard-nosed, abusive leadership style does not do much for morale, but he figures it's for their own good. Barricade is the commander of the team and pushes the other members. His only fictional appearance is in the Dreamwave comics Micromaster series. Originally named ""Runner"", Barricade was created as part of a cross-factional experiment in which new Micromasters were allowed to function as neutrals, and to choose their own affiliations. Barricade quickly saw the potential rewards of joining the Decepticons, and earned the new moniker ""Barricade"" in recognition of his blockade-running taction. Barricade was among the Micromasters who"
"Decepticons to flee the planet. Although the toy includes Zarak as a Headmaster, Black Zarak is not a Headmaster in the series itself, proving the fact by being decapitated and continuing to function on two occasions. The companion manga in ""TV Magazine"" provides the answer to this mystery - Zarak does not ""Head On"" with his Black Zarak body, but is actually fully integrated as part of it within the chest compartment. Through the power of Zone Energy, Black Zarak was later resurrected by the mysterious insectoid being called Violenjiger in 1990s """" along with eight other great Decepticon generals"
"and the other Decepticons to presumably head for Kaon. They then get into an escape pod and launch, landing somewhere on Cybertron. In the movie, Shockwave and Starscream are the leaders of the Decepticons, and continue to relocate again and again to avoid detection from the Autobots. Together they revive Project Predacon, and have made two Predacons, Darksteel and Skylynx. Starscream later summons Shockwave to Predaking's grounds, where he has located many Predacon bones unearthed by the restoration of Cybertron. While they gather the bones, Unicron in Megatron's body comes over, and resurrects the dead Predacons with dark energon. Starscream"
"later his mother, nurse June Darby, Japanese transfer student Miko Nakadai, computer prodigy Rafael Esquivel and American government agent William Fowler. The Decepticons, led by Megatron, operate from their warship, the ""Nemesis"". Other members include Starscream, Soundwave and his minion Laserbeak, Knock Out, Breakdown, Airachnid, the Insecticon hive led by Hardshell, Dreadwing and his brother Skyquake, and Shockwave. Shockwave creates the series’ third Transformers faction, the Predacons, consisting of Predaking, Skylynx, and Darksteel. Other series' antagonists include Unicron, an evil, planet-eating Transformer, whose body serves as the Earth itself; and MECH, a human faction which wishes to create a new"
"Scorponok Scorponok is the name shared by several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. Characters with this name are usually Decepticons or Predacons that turn into robotic scorpions or has a scorpion-shaped robot modes. Some versions of the character are also known as Megazarak or Black Zarak in Japan. Leader of the Decepticon Headmasters, Scorponok is binary-bonded to Lord Zarak, the leader of an evil faction of Nebulons, and wields an anti-gravity gun in robot mode. A Triple Changer, Scorponok's primary alternate mode is that of a giant scorpion, with claws that can crush mountains and a tail that"
"The Decepticon faction begins with Megatron (referred to here by his Japanese title Emperor of Destruction), Starscream and Soundwave with Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge joining them later on. Other Transformers are unlocked as the game progresses and join their respective factions. These Transformers include such Generation 1 stalwarts as Ratchet, Bumblebee, Hound, Astrotrain, Blitzwing and Shockwave. Later additions from the Transformers movie, such as Springer and Ultra Magnus, also appear. A number of characters from the Japanese exclusive series The Headmasters make appearances as well, notably the Trainbots and Sixshot (who is portrayed as a powerful ninja warrior as he"
"#3, ""Bots of Science"", Scorponok witnessed Ratchet introducing himself to Oil Slick, who would later infect the Autobot medic with Cosmic Rust. However, Ratchet manages to sneak the antidote from him. Megazarak used to be the Decepticon leader. When the Decepticons first arose as a subfaction of the Destrons, Megazarak was their leader. However, he was exiled by Megatron, who then took over his position. I'm SCORPONOK, and I'm always one step ahead of the game. If you think you can outsmart me, you've got another thing coming – in the form of my toxic tail! I'm big, I'm bad,"
"Prime"" would introduce additional versions of this Megatron/Galvatron, both associating with other tyrants. One version would join forces with the Predacon Cryotek, who reformatted him into the Vehicon Megabolt to enable him to control Fortress Maximus. Similarly, in another universe the tyrannical Megazarak would use the remains of the fallen Megatron to create an undead Megabolt to serve as his own controller for Fortress Maximus. However, before he could implement this plan, Megabolt and others of Megazarak's forces would be abducted by Unicron. The Megatron of the ""Unicron Trilogy"" ("""", """" and """") is the leader of the evil Decepticons"
"they quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. The newly created Decepticons would try many schemes over the course of the series, including attacking various dams and faking their defection to the Autobots. But their leader, Scourge, had grander ambitions in mind. The copy of Optimus' personality had been warped by Megatron's evil influence, but the individuality of Optimus remained and Scourge now wanted to control both Predacons and Decepticons. He would seize his chance when Fortress Maximus was awakened, directing him to destroy Galvatron (Megatron's new form). The attempt failed and Galvatron took a terrible revenge"
"Decepticons to create new minions who would serve Galvatron in his quest to destroy the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Created from the remains of Thundercracker, Scourge became the leader of a group of robots (identical in appearance to Scourge himself) known as the Sweeps. Scourge did not immediately display any overt personality traits after his creation, beyond his unswerving loyalty to Unicron and Galvatron. In ""The Transformers"" animated series, Scourge began to come into his own after the apparent destruction of both. Less willing to take orders from Cyclonus, but doing so all the same, Scourge used his scanners to"
"with Steeljaw fabricating a story that Scorponok had betrayed them. At the end of the season, Steeljaw usurps Sabrehorn and Glowstrike and becomes leader of the escaped Decepticons (collectively known as ""Decepticon Island""), but Bumblebee's team sets off a specialized bomb that places all Decepticons on board the Alchemor in stasis, including Steeljaw. Optimus Prime, Windblade, Ratchet, and the former Mini-Con prisoners then take the recaptured Decepticons back to Cybertron while Bumblebee decides to establish a permanent Autobot base on Earth. Decepticon The Decepticons are a fictional faction of sentient mechanical self-configuring modular robotic lifeforms from the planet Cybertron led"
"the Autobot leadership. They succeeded in eliminating most of the Autobot High Council and gravely wounded Grimlock, but were stopped when the other three factions united to stop them. After Megatron's return with an army of Seeker clones the Predacons were reabsorbed into the Decepticons. The Predacons first appeared in the animated series ""Beast Wars"" in a transwarp equipped ship known as the ""Darkside"". Megatron (named after the original Decepticon Megatron who became Galvatron), the leader of a small group of Predacons, stole the Golden Disk from Cybertron in an attempt to travel back in time and locate pre-historic Earth"
"(the new Decepticon leader). Later, when Galvatron and the Quintessons joined forces to defeat the Autobots, Galvatron sent Blitzwing to report back to the Quintessons. Blitzwing subsequently discovered the Quintessons' treachery and their plan to paralyze all the Transformers and take Cybertron for themselves. However, when he tried to warn Galvatron, the Decepticon leader, who had been driven insane after the destruction of Unicron, did not believe him and knocked him down, telling him to """"tell it to the Autobots"""". Blitzwing resorted to telling Rodimus Prime (the new Autobot leader) about the Quintessons' plan, and stopped a group of Sharkticons"
"of Elite Guardsmen then came across a Decepticon who was separated from his group. Brawl was able to get the location of a Decepticon base from the captive before he went offline. The Guard teams fround the base and were able to kill Shadowcaster, the base's leader. Metalhawk's team reported to Magnum, but the Combaticons stayed to investigate, Onslaught thinking their victory was too easy. They were captured by Decepticons. He later became a Decepticon. Metalhawk and his Strike Team were searching for Decepticons when they ran into a crazy ""empty"" who ranted about the coming of the ""brute"". They"