History Characters / TransformersEnergon

* AdaptationalWimp: In most incarnations, Ironhide is a SouthernFriedPrivate who is a longtime friend of Optimus Prime and often one of his lieutenants. ''Energon'' recasts him as a NaiveNewcomer who had the misfortune of being partnered with Kicker.

* {{Expy}}: He visually evokes G1 Inferno. His upgrade, Roadblock evokes G1 Grapple, who himself shared a mold/animation model with Inferno.

* {{Expy}}: Of the original Scorponok.

* {{Expy}}: Of Ravage

* {{Expy}}: Of Dinobot. It's why he's a sword wielding raptor.

* MotiveDecay: Downplayed. He still wanted to destroy Prime by the end, but it was his even greater hatred for his BadBoss that blatantly [[IncrediblyLamePun galvanised]] his decision to destroy and usurp him to do so.

* DubNameChange: ''Superlink'' changes his name to Skyfire, the name G1 Jetfire had in the cartoon because distancing him from his original toy to let Takara air the episodes he was in made him barely advertise his intended toy anymore.

* DubNameChange: Landmine is named "Guardshell" in ''Galaxy Force''.

* CoolPlane
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Strongarm

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Zigzagged between dubs. ''Superlink'' has Alpha Quintesson succeed in resurrecting his home planet along with the other ones Unicron devoured with the aid of the Autobots. Unfortunately, ''Energon'' '''''skips the episode in which this happens''''' and the subsequent episode is re-dubbed to remove references to its events, meaning it never occurred in the English dub. In either case, Alpha-Q is killed.]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Junichi Endo (JP), Creator/DavidKaye (EN), Framk Maneiro (LA SP)

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Alpha Q chooses to not run away when Unicron's restored body makes its way to the head. He sends Kicker to a planet so that he can say farewell to his human friend.]]
* TheMaker: [[spoiler:Alpha Q becomes a godlike entity and begins creating planets with Energon cores. He becomes quite protective of the planets and is devastated when Megatron has Scorponok destroy them.]]

* DubNameChange: Ironhide is known as Roadbuster in Superlink. [[spoiler: This name change also affects his upgraded form. With him being known as Energon Ironhide in well....Energon, and known as Wild Roadbuster in Superlink.]]

* DubNameChange: He shares the same name between ''Energon'' and ''Superlink'', but his ''Micron Legend'' name is Hot Rod (no connection to the G1 character, who's called Hot Rodimus in Japan), and his ''Galaxy Force'' name is Exillion with his Cybertron Defense form getting renamed to Exigeyser.

* KidAppealCharacter

* DubNameChange: His Japanese version is named Red Alert. No connection to the paranoid Autobot Medic, who is called Alert in Japan.

* TheDragon: Throughout most of the trilogy. In ''Cybertron'', this ends when he breaks off and becomes a BigBadEnsemble with Megatron.

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* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: His brother, Six Shot, did genuinely love him despite his being a sociopathic murderer and war criminal. For his part, Shockblast never mentioned him once (although given the inconsistency of the dub and writing, it's not clear if this was deliberate).

* EvenEvilHasStandards: W
** hen he sees the Terracons attacking Cybertron, he still fights to defend the planet despite feeling a lack of purpose in life due to Megatron's death.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Likes to remind everyone that he’s called Six Shot with little prompting (this is a result of a joke LostInTranslation, wherein everyone would [[MistakenIdentity call him “Laserwave”]].) It’s even his LastWords.

This is the page for characters in the ''Anime/UnicronTrilogy'' who were introduced in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon''.

[[folder:Autobots]]

[[folder:Decepticons]]

!!Six Shot
->Voiced by: Terry Klassen (EN), Creator/NobutoshiCanna (JP)

* AintTooProudToBeg: In true Starscream fashion, as often as he sneered back at Galvatron, he quickly resorted to simpering whenever conflict turned physical.
* {{Blackmail}}: Since he was the only Decepticon who knew how to control Cybertron's network, he soon knew he could hold out on Decepticon artillery whenever Galvatron kicked him around one time too many.
* BosssUnfavoriteEmployee: Though Shockblast and Starscream come very close throughout the Unicron era, Sixshot, despite his very short tenure, barely lasted an episode without provoking Galvatron's violent temper, due to his persistent interfering with his rivalry with Prime and compromising his general ControlFreak approach to leadership, even blackmailing him on occasion. After an attempted coup where Sixshot blasted Galvatron to near pieces, he healed and immediately destroyed Sixshot, swearing hellfire if he ever had to deal with a Decepticon that insolent again.
* BullyingTheDragon: True to any G1 Starscream {{Expy}}, Sixshot ceaselessly pushed every single BerserkButton of his brutish, control (and Optimus Prime) obsessed leader Galvatron. Pretty much every time ended with the expected beating.
* TheChewToy: Got hurled into one of his own monitors nearly OnceAnEpisode for conniving behind Galvatron's back.
* TheDogBitesBack: As his abuse continued, Sixshot started more and more openly insulting and disobeying Galvatron, even endangering their defences deliberately in demand of appreciation. This culminated in him throwing a coup and coming much closer to destroying the Decepticon leader than any other Transformer in the series.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is clearly loyal to his brother Shockblast and [[spoiler: swears eternal vengeance on Prime for his death -- unaware that it was Megatron/Galavtron who betrayed and murderered Shockblast.]]
* EvilGloating: A rare EvilVersusEvil example. Sixshot actually had the perfect opportunity to kill a wounded Galvatron, though savours the reversed roles a bit too long, giving Scorponok time to make the save.
* ExactWords: After one too many punishments from Galvatron for disobedience, Sixshot started trolling the Decepticon leader like this. Don't interfere against Prime? He won't act then, even when Galvatron wants assistance. Set the Energon grid to too high a level? He'll set all the way up and ''leave the planet to implode''.
-->'''Sixshot:''' ''*snide*'' Why I'm only following ''your'' orders, sir! I'm only trying to please you, [[MythologyGag oh mighty]] commander!
* FauxAffablyEvil: Six Shot is much calmer than Shockblast, though is conniving and back-stabbing to go with it.
* HowAboutASmile: After too much abuse, Sixshot demonstrated his control over Galvatron's forces and started pulling this. In one instance Starscream, aware the furious commander wouldn't budge, had to beg in Galvatron's place just to save their operation.
* ItsPersonal: His initial reason for going after Optimus Prime is because he believed the Autobot leader killed his older brother.
* MotiveDecay: Downplayed. He still wanted to destroy Prime by the end, but it was his even greater hatred for his BadBoss that blatantly [[IncrediblyLamePun galvanised]] his decision to destroy and usurp him to do so.
* NonActionGuy: Only went into combat in two episodes, one of which was out of continuity, the other was exclusively against his own team. In his defence, he half turned ''Galvatron'' to slag when pushed enough.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: To Optimus Prime, which causes a ''teeny'' bit of conflict between him and Galvatron to say the least.
* OverzealousUnderling: He quickly gets on Galvatron's bad side by disobeying commands to try and defeat Optimus Prime. Expectedly after a few lambastings for this, Sixshot deems his own commander an interference and starts blackmailing or outright trying to kill him so he can deal with Prime alone.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Shockblast never mentions having a brother, let alone tries to break him out of Cybertron prison. Not that this is unlike [[JerkAss Shockblast]] however.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Most of both his and Galvatron's attempts against Prime were ruined by the other's interference, wanting the honour of destroying him themselves. Along with both having an ultimately murderous hatred for the other anyway.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Likes to remind everyone that he’s called Six Shot with little prompting (this is a result of a joke LostInTranslation, wherein everyone would [[MistakenIdentity call him “Laserwave”]].) It’s even his LastWords.
-->'''Galvatron:''' You’re finished!
-->'''Six Shot:''' No I’m Six Shot, don’t you remember?
* TheStarscream: After one too many beatings from Galvatron over dealing with Optimus, Sixshot decides to take over the Decepticons so he can handle things uninterrupted. Sixshot injures and nearly kills Galvatron, though he escapes and heals in Super Energon and deals with Sixshot promptly...
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He resembles his brother Shockblast in design, but his colors are yellow and red instead of purple and green.
* UnknownRival: Despite his suicidal determination to destroy Optimus Prime in revenge, the two never met in person. Poetically, he ended up having a much more personal rivalry with Galvatron, Shockblast's ''real'' killer.

!!Constructicon Maximus
->Voiced by: Down Brown (EN), Creator/NobuoTobita (JP)

* CombiningMecha: Has elements of HiveMind and DetachmentCombat like Superion Maximus.
* DubNameChange: As Devastator's Japanese name had already been used by ''Armada'' Scavenger, Constructicon Maximus' Japanese version is called Buildron, the Japanese name for the Constructicons. Why the English version couldn't be called Devastator since the name was available isn't clear.

!!Bruticus Maximus
->Voiced by: Creator/TrevorDevall (EN), Creator/MakotoYasumura (JP)

* CombiningMecha: Similar with Constructicon Maximus and Superion Maximus, he has elements of HiveMind and DetachmentCombat.
* DubNameChange: Minor, but he lacks the Maximus suffix in Japan.

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!!Alpha Quintesson
->Voiced by: Creator/TrevorDevall (EN), Creator/YuichiNagashima (JP)

* AdaptationalVillainy: The comics completely change his backstory, and have him as your typical Quintesson schemer, hoping to take over Cybertron.
* TheChessmaster: Comic version, who has spent centuries making his mysterious plan. He tries to be this at the start of the anime, but Megatron quickly hijacks his plan.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Zigzagged between dubs. ''Superlink'' has Alpha Quintesson succeed in resurrecting his home planet along with the other ones Unicron devoured with the aid of the Autobots. Unfortunately, ''Energon'' '''''skips the episode in which this happens''''' and the subsequent episode is re-dubbed to remove references to its events, meaning it never occurred in the English dub. In either case, Alpha-Q is killed.]]
** The premise of ''Cybertron'' takes it up to eleven. [[spoiler:The planets he worked so hard to restore are once again obliterated by the Unicron Singularity]]. Poor guy can't win, really.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Alpha Q chooses to not run away when Unicron’s restored body makes its way to the head. He sends Kicker to a planet so that he can say farewell to his human friend.]]
* TheMaker: [[spoiler:Alpha Q becomes a godlike entity and begins creating planets with Energon cores. He becomes quite protective of the planets and is devastated when Megatron has Scorponok destroy them.]]
* VocalDissonance: The Japanese version has his true voice be that of a little girl. However…
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The dub goes with this for his true voice. Justified as “the combined spirits of those who were lost in the destruction of Planet Q”.

!!Scorponok
->Voiced by: Creator/ColinMurdock (EN), Creator/YasunoriMatsutani (JP), Luis Lugo (LA SP)

* AdaptationalVillainy: The comic version is more of a straight up brutal Decepticon, compared to the tragic NobleDemon he is in the anime.
* BadBoss: Comic Scorponok is an utter jerkass toward Tidal Wave, repeatedly threatening him, and eventually beating him senseless for failing a mission.
* BenevolentBoss: In contrast, he is this to his Terracon army in the anime.
* TheBrute: Both versions of Scorponok prefer tearing through enemy fortifications and killing everyone they find. The comic's version in particular doesn't think that highly of Megatron's ideas about "subtlety".
* CameBackWrong: In Cybertron’s [[AllThereInTheManual side material]], he resurrects as a feral berserker due to the black hole’s effect on his body.
* DubNameChange: Called [=MegaZarak=] in Japan, G1 Scorponok's Japanese name.
* {{Expy}}: Of the original Scorponok.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Comic version gets Megatron's sword through the Spark, rendering him DeaderThanDead.
* MoreThanMindControl: Played with in the anime. Megatron revived Scorponok's husk, though reformatted him to be loyal to him. He regained his memories after seeing the deceased Alpha Q, though without a master, he decides to continue serving Megatron anyway [[IOweYouMyLife out of gratitude for reviving him.]]
* PetTheDog: The animated rendition, even as a Decepticon, remained a BenevolentBoss to his Terracons, who shown UndyingLoyalty in return.
* UndyingLoyalty:
** To Megatron post-reformating in the anime.
** Both he and his Terracon army reflect this towards each other as well, Megatron revived him specifically so he could keep the latter under the control. When the Terracons went berserk from a Super Energon boost, they broke from their rampage to heal Scorponok from serious injuries.

!!Battle Ravage

* {{Expy}}: Of Ravage

!!Cruellock

* {{Expy}}: Of Dinobot. It's why he's a sword wielding raptor.

!!Divebomb

!!Insecticon

[[folder:Humans]]

!!Brad "Kicker" Jones

The series' human sidekick. Has the ability to detect Energon deposits. And thoroughly unlikeable.

* AbusiveParents: A plot point that was never really addressed in the series. Kicker's father was extremely negligent in regards to his son's emotional well-being, using him as a tool to hunt down energon without regard for the effect such treatment and experiences would have on Kicker's state of mind. His mother wasn't much better since she pretty much allowed her husband to treat their son in such a manner without any protest. Furthermore, any attempts by Kicker to express his feelings on the matter are treated by both the show and the other characters as him being a drama queen instead of an emotionally damaged young man.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The comics rendition has a vastly less abrasive personality.
* BerserkButton: More than one can count.
** Do ''not'' threaten Misha.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Misha.
* ControlFreak: Whenever something does not go his way, Kicker is sure to throw a fit like a baby.
* EasilyForgiven: No matter how much of jerk he is, his friends always think of him as a loyal ally and friend. [[NoSympathy They even think his abuse of Ironhide is actually funny]].
* FreudianExcuse: While it doesn't totally excuse his behavior, Kicker did ''not'' have an easy childhood. Upon discovering Kicker's reactivity to Energon, his own father effectively used him as an Energon fishing rod, throwing Kicker into incredibly dangerous situations as a child in hopes of finding more Energon. Kicker was often left with little-to-no assistance, being stuck on barren planets and deep space, and other hostile areas just for the sake of his father's research. He was constantly dragged from world to world with no time to settle down or have normal social interactions with people his own age for much of his life and is generally treated as a tool more than a person. All of his major life choices were effectively made for him as he had no say about what his father made him do. Is it any wonder that he's so abrasive and controlling?
* {{Jerkass}}: "Brash", "obnoxious" and "angsty" are words that describe Kicker pretty well. Every once in while, Kicker proves himself [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold not to be a complete asshole]], but these moments of decency are overshadowed by longer, more consistent periods of insufferable selfishness.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: When he’s not being rude to his robotic allies, Kicker proves he has a softer side. He wishes his family to be safe as they’re being evacuated from Earth and he worries about his girlfriend’s safety when she stays behind. There are also some times where he shows concern for Optimus’s team if they’re in danger. Also, despite rejecting his father’s attempts to spend time with him, he returned to Ocean City when his sister claimed their father was injured in an attack led by Megatron.
* MeaningfulName: Got his name because he kicks Ironhide. ''A lot''!
* SpiderSense: His hair will briefly glow if there’s Energon nearby. In addition to searching for Energon hotspots, he can also detect when danger is afoot.
* TagalongKid: As usual, he exists to see the Autobot-Decepticon war from a human perspective.
* TookALevelInKindness: After Ironhide's idolising squad took illy to Kicker's treatment of him, [[OhCrap he wisely backed off]]. Even after they were destroyed however, Kicker remained softer towards Ironhide out of sympathy for the rest of the series.


!!Misha Miramond

The series' other human sidekick. She is Kicker's girlfriend and a gifted energon scientist.

* BridgeBunny: Of the Miranda II.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It’s implied she and Kicker have known each other since they were little kids.
* CoolDownHug: To Alpha Q
%%* MsFanservice
%%* NiceGirl
* ParentalAbandonment: Both her parents died when she was very young.
* ShesNotMyGirlfriend: Kicker claims this in one episode; it’s a lie of course.
* SupremeChef: She's hinted to be the one who cooks Kicker's meals.
* TagalongKid: Same as Kicker.
%%* TeenGenius

->Voiced by: Paul Dobson (EN), Creator/RyōtarōOkiayu (JP), Creator/RubenLeon (LA SP)

->Voiced by: Paul Dobson (EN), Creator/Ryōtarō Okiayu (JP), Creator/RubenLeon (LA SP)

->Voiced by: Paul Dobson (EN), Creator/IsshinChiba (JP), Creator/RubenLeon (LA SP)

->Voiced by: Creator/MattHill (EN), Creator/MitsuoIwata (JP)

->Voiced by: Creator/MichaelDaingerfield (EN), Creator/NobutoshiCanna (JP)

->Voiced by: Creator/ColinMurdock (Energon) & Peter Kelamis (Cybertron) (EN), Creator/KojiYusa (Energon) & Takayasu Usui (Cybertron) (JP)

->Voiced by: Paul Dobson (EN), Creator/IsshinChiba (JP)

->Voiced by: Alistair Abell (EN), Creator/MakotoYasumura (JP)

->Voiced by: Ward Perry (Energon) & Paul Dobson (Cybertron) (EN), Creator/KentaMiyake (Energon) & Tomoyuki Shimura (Cybertron) (JP)

->Voiced by: French Tickner (EN), Creator/NobuoTobita (JP)

->Voiced by: Ty Olsson (EN), Creator/MakotoYasumura (JP)

->Voiced by: Sharon Alexander (EN), Creator/MayumiAsano (JP)

->Voiced by: Brian Drummond (EN), Creator/NobutoshiCanna (JP)

->Voiced by: Creator/ColinMurdock (EN), Creator/YasunoriMatsutani (JP)