Starscream (スタースクリーム, Sutāsukurīmu) was an Air Commander of the Seekers, Cybertron's finest air warriors. However, it also acts as a powerful narcotic, filling the user with thrilling, dark sensations and causing addiction. #my art #Starscream #dark Energon starscream #tfp starscream #tfp #transformers prime #undertale #mettaton #my bullshit #crossover #I … He eventually gains a powerful Iacon relic known as the Apex Armor, and also manages to obtain speed-enhancing red energon, though he loses the former to the Autobot Smokescreen. In the episode, he first appears possessing Scourge and reactivates the head of Unicron. At the urging of both Prime and Metroplex, Starscream ordered the Decepticons to retreat. In season three, Starscream is forced to share his high-ranking position with Shockwave, and tries to earn Megatron's respect by finding the Autobots before his rival, which results in an outbreak of energon vampires when he foolishly combines Dark Energon with unstable Synthetic Energon, resulting in the loss of over half of the Decepticon forces. When in jet mode, he can simulate the presence of a human pilot, the same holographic model (referred to as "Mustache Man" on-set and in the credits) that "pilots" Blackout and "drives" Barricade. Starscream then leads the Decepticons on the hunt for Sam and Mikaela, sends Rampage after them, and leads the assault against the Autobots and NEST. [16], In the 21st century re-imagining of the Generation One universe by the comics company Dreamwave Productions, Starscream remained his treacherous, power-hungry self. Authors have created many characters in the franchise based on the appeal of Starscream's treachery and cunning; most of these share his desire to lead the Decepticons. He wasn't seen again after that. He transforms back into jet mode and flies away, leaving Ironhide and Ratchet damaged. Starscream then eagerly attempts to reinstate himself as leader of the Decepticons, but is confronted by Predaking, Skylynx and Darksteel, who are intent on revenge for their cruel treatment at his hands. Nevertheless, he still desired the Mini-Cons as part of his goals and ended up having Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream brought to him when they were captured by mistake. In "Starscream's Brigade", he attempts—in what was then only his latest in a series of attempts—to overthrow Megatron as the leader of Decepticons. He travels to Cybertron using the Space Bridge, forcing the guards and eluding Shockwave to do so. Generally depicted as a deadly Decepticon who transforms into a jet fighter and who serves as Megatron's second-in-command on Earth, Starscream's defining trait is his desire to overthrow Megatron and take his place as Decepticon leader. Unfortunately for him, the Decepticon flagship was right above him. In 2008 a McDonald's Happy Meal was produced with a simple transforming Starscream toy inside to promote the series. Also, Megatron treats Starscream with far more respect and considers him a genius. In the prequel novel Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday, it is revealed that Starscream is the leader of the Decepticons following Megatron's disappearance during his search for the Allspark. Megatron eventually executed him for his treason. [citation needed], Starscream appears in the 2011 Dark of the Moon video game. Shockwave then sends Starscream to recover the drone called Brains. He, Thundercracker and Skywarp then reactivated the Energon Bridge to create more Dark Energon. Transformers: Prime is an American computer-animated television series based on the Transformers toy franchise by Hasbro that aired on Hub Network from November 29, 2010, to July 26, 2013. His color scheme is an homage to the Generation 1 Autobot Jetfire. A G1 incarnation of Starscream returns in Beast Wars: Transformers, voiced by Doug Parker. He would join the crew of the Nemesis, and continue to seek Megatron's overthrow through a bargain with the Quintessons. After meeting the rebel upstart Megatron, he decides to join his Decepticon insurrection of serving under Megatron, as leader of the Decepticons' aerial forces, although he would prefer it to be the other way around, meaning: Starscream has been plotting a way to ultimately betray and overthrow him when the time is right. Unfortunately for Starscream, Optimus returned and defeated him while he was powered up by the Minicons, with the help of Bumblebee's team. For the last thousand years of the Great War, Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing Dark Energon, though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefullness. 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However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's Energon-axe and forced to retreat. He gloats about Megatron's weakened state, which angers his master. It is later found by Megatron who briefly laments to it before abandoning the head in Cade's junkyard. Starscream was an Air Commander of the Seekers, Cybertron's finest air warriors. Starscream carries both a Null Ray and a Scatter Blaster and has the abilites Shockwave and Hover. He is defeated by the combined efforts of the Maximals and Blackarachnia, freeing Waspinator's body, and sending Starcream's ghost hurtling back into the depths of space. Eventually, Starscream became the overseer of the Station and the Dark Energon supply. However, when the Nemesis Crew Members began to fear for Megatron's life, Starscream summoned his fellow Decepticons, Knock Out and Breakdown, as the former was a medic. When their leader, Scorponok, arrived, Starscream was unable to talk himself out of trouble and was blasted into the plant's machinery by Scorponok, seemingly dying. Starscream appears as a playable Decepticon character in the 2010 video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, voiced by Sam Riegel. If the craving is not satisfied, the user devolves to a beast-like … Later, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode by threatening to execute any retreating Decepticon. Starscream arrested them for their treachery, along with all those who defied his reign. Starscream then appears in the BotCon 2008 Timelines comic Transformers: Timelines story "Shattered Glass" as one of the troops of the heroic Decepticon Megatron. As Decepticon Air Commander, he leads the other Decepticon Seeker jets, many of whom share his physical design. [citation needed], Starscream is among the characters appearing in the 2004 Transformers video game for the PlayStation 2. Starscream appears as a playable Decepticon character in the 2010 video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, voiced by Sam Riegel.. It was imported to become part of the Transformers toy line by Hasbro in 1984. However, Megatron eventually gets a hold of Starscream, using his newfound connection with Unicron to brainwash him into his loyal second-in-command. Seeking a more fitting form, Galvatron directed Cyclonus to approach the disembodied head of Unicron, who was convinced to help Galvatron attain a combiner form with Cyclonus as its core. After a grueling battle and the destruction of the E… Their version of the Generation One universe begins with a miniseries called The Transformers: Infiltration. As such, there have been times when Megatron has been close to killing Starscream. Starscream would return in issue #22 of the Titan Transformers Magazine series in a story called "The Decepticon who Haunted Himself". Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off of Megatron's back. Afterwards, Starscream decided to have a coronation, as a homage to The Movie, but was dethroned by the revived Megatron. He appears in the official movie sequel comic called "The Reign of Starscream". It is also he who suggests terminating the Predacon soldiers they have been creating, including Predaking, after he shew his sentient and capacity of transformation, and blaming it on the Autobots, later causing Predaking to turn against them. Though he was packaged on an individual card, he was initially sold as part of a set with the Dark Energon versions of Bumblebee , Wheeljack , and Knock Out . Following his defeat at the conclusion of The Headmasters, Galvatron's icy tomb was discovered by Cyclonus, whose body Galvatron modified to accommodate his own head in the chest compartment. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 . While Megatron frequently overlooks him as a threat, authors suggest such reasons for Megatron's tolerance of Starscream's presence as grudging respect for his scheming nature and precautionary observation. Although slightly cowardly, Starscream is an excellent warrior, since he almost single-handedly took down all of the Autobots in a battle over the Allspark. Starscream (Aligned Continuity) is Megatron's right-hand man during the events of Transformers: War for Cybertron, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark; however, given the former Energon Seeker's history of trying to off his leader, this position is most likely based on the principle of keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Launchers mounted on his arm (under his wings in jet mode) can deliver cluster bombs capable of leveling a 10,000 square feet (900 m2) area and fire his signature null ray, which for brief periods disrupts the flow of electricity in any circuitry it contacts. Megatron sent him with Thundercracker and Skywarp to Cybertron to reactivate the Energon Bridge. He and his Seekers knew it couldn't be controlled, and remained untouched until Megatron's arrival during the War for Cybertron. ", Decepticon Second-in-command and First Lieutenant, Energon Seeker Air Commander, 9 (10 for the majority of the first season), Megatron, Soundwave, Knock Out, Shockwave, "I, Megatron's true heir, Lord Starscream! In conjunction with the Combiner Wars (Unite Warriors in Japan) line, Takara Tomy released a comic detailing how the Galvatronus combiner came to be. The air commander of the Seekers, Starscream is as ambitious as they come. Find more awesome images on PicsArt. As the Decepticon suffered heavy losses, Starscream aborted the mission and ordered a full retreat. Here he and the Seekers were the bodyguards of Sentinel Prime, but captured him and pledged their allegiance to Megatron when the war between Autobots and Decepticons broke out. When transformed Starscream becomes a stealth fighter capable of soaring at very high speed. When the transport was out in the open, Starscream ordered an assault on it, despite the fact the anti-aircraft gun were still functional. Starscream successfully accomplishes most of this, however, when he can no longer possess Scourge, he demands that Unicron restore his own, original body so that he can complete the connections. However, Starscream was injured by Optimus's axe and forced to retreat. The vengeful ghost easily escapes and re-appears in an additional episode, "Ghost in the Machine". This Starscream was also released in the Universe toy as a small Legends figure, shipping with a whole wave of tiny Animated characters. After that he nominates himself as the new leader of Decepticons. No whining, no angst, just pure TransFormers Bloggery - photos and personal impressions of one of the best toy lines to come out of 1984. He initially seeks to usurp control of the Decepticons from Megatron, but eventually learns his place and becomes content with being second in the Decepticon hierarchy.. Starscream for the 2007 and 2009 movie had numerous toys released. The angry Dinobot refused the offer by throwing him into the control panel, freeing himself. After proving his worth in helping Megatron and Optimus Prime (who teamed up to prevent the Earth from destruction) stop the deranged Bruticus, Starscream gets restored to Decepticon ranks and Megatron reprograms Bruticus to obey only him. Despite having the original G1 Thundercracker color scheme, Starscream was never renamed into the fellow seeker, but had stated "I look like Thundercracker" when he gained the new body colors. While this is going on, the Stunticons arrive, combine into Menasor and defeat Bruticus. He used most of the Decepticon energon and supplies to further his own ego and cover the Decepticon bases with portraits and effigies of himself and constantly broadcasting self glorifying speeches to his troops. In the final episode, Starscream, along with Mirage, follows Galvatron into an energon sun, Galvatron having done so to break Unicron's hold over him. Starscream has the ambition to overthrow Megatron as the Decepticons' leader. However, this incarnation displays a resolute tenacity towards his objective, shown by his flying around in a brutally damaged Nemesis to track down the Allspark's energy signature for 50 years by himself. It turns pain into pleasure, rendering any blows inflicted on a user futile and heals their wounds as well. [15] This Starscream appeared in the Fun Publications story "Transcendent", where he reported his findings on Skyfall and Landquake to Optimus Prime. Starscream possesses Cyclonus's body and tricks Galvatron into being captured by the Autobots, however Galvatron escapes, returns and shoots Cyclonus, not aware that his second-in-command has been possessed by Starscream's ghost. [12], This Starscream is a morally good version of the Generation 1 character from the BotCon exclusive "Shattered Glass" comic, in which the Decepticons are on the side of good and the Autobots on the side of evil. During the Battle of Iacon City, Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and Brawl led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, Soundwave, and Breakdown went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the Omega Key. Megatron and Starscream retreat as the Autobots arrive to save Sam. Megatron: Hold your postion! However, due to Hasbro setting the "Cybertron" games in the same continuity as Transformers Prime, he presumably rejoins Megatron's Decepticons. In 1997 he was released as a black redeco of Generation 2 Smokescreen. Even so, Starscream often quickly exhausts Megatron's patience; violent-yet-brief verbal and/or physical conflicts between the two are not uncommon. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron. After the Decepticons' defeat, they retreat in Astrotrain. This action temporarily renders inoperable any electronic device or machine, including Transformers. During the early days of the war, Starscream sold the military services of the Seekers to Megatron in order to one day usurp his Decepticon master and take command of Cybertron for himself. Starscream, Shockwave and the other Decepticons then retreat. At this point, the Autobots set off an explosion that blows Unicron's head and Starscream out into space. In Transformers: Prime - The Game, Starscream is present in the first level. Megatron then orders Astrotrain to exile Starscream and the Combaticons to a distant asteroid. As Energon is the emanation of Primus, from which all Transformer life and power is formed. This week seems to be devoted to paint variants, so to go along with the trend I’m going to throw one more Starscream onto the pile. Simon Furman portrayed the character's scheming and ambition with more subtlety than the animated series, making Starscream more intelligent and cunning. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at — at least, at first. Missions To get the firstData Disk You Need A Heavy Transformer. During season 2, upon being resurrected by a shard of the Allspark embedded on his forehead, Starscream displays a sense of perseverance in the series, making numerous attempts to eliminate Megatron before and after being destroyed by the Decepticon leader, including creating a squadron of clones that embodied sides of his personality. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. Hellscream is last seen escaping the exploding Nemesis with Max B and Gigastorm. ", Fast Action Battlers, Micro Vehicles, Deluxe, Voyagers, Leaders. These toys were recolored and released as fellow Decepticons Ramjet, Skywarp and Thundercracker. In the next episode, "The Revenge of Bruticus", the Combaticons blame Starscream for their punishment. Needless to say, the prisons were full to bursting as barely a handful of Decepticons hand any faith in their new leader. Transformers Prime Dark energon Starscream. He also came into possession of Megatron's Dark Star Saber and promptly took control of it, though the sword began rejecting him and he could not access its full power. He is joined by Starscream, who realized he needed a leader. In the third film, Starscream first appears alongside Megatron, Soundwave, and Laserbeak in Africa. In the Japanese-exclusive animated series, Beast Wars II, a character named Starscream was one of Galvatron's most loyal minions. Starscream appears in the following books: Starscream appears in the novel Transformers: Exodus,[10] and its sequels; Transformers: Exiles and Transformers: Retribution. Unicron promptly granted Starscream a new physical form, though half-alive-half-dead to ensure loyalty, and Galvatron's head took control of his new minions to take on his new form of Galvatronus.