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

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



* TheBrute: His role largely consisted of leading troops on the front lines and wrecking things.
* BadBoss: Instantly made a high rank Decepticon upon his release, and instantly made Megatron look reasonable. Came to an end after his betrayal, after which he was allowed back to the team, but as last in command.

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* TheBrute: His role largely consisted of leading troops on the front lines and wrecking things.
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Instantly made a high rank Decepticon upon his release, and instantly made Megatron look reasonable. Came to an end after his betrayal, after which he was allowed back to the team, but as last in command.command.
** Even prior to his promotion, he shot a Decepticon grunt who was trying to rescue him, for no reason other than his own amusement.
* BigBadWannabe: He tries deposing his boss multiple times, and in his final attempt [[spoiler:tries to harness the power of Unicron, an actual god]]. Unfortunately for him, he's not competent enough to pull this off.
* TheBrute: His role largely consisted of leading troops on the front lines and wrecking things. He wasn't inherently ''stupid'', but otherwise fits the role well.



* 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).



* MilesGloriosus: DownplayedTrope. He's a powerful combatant, but his leadership skills are abysmal and he's nowhere near Megatron in competence.

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* MilesGloriosus: DownplayedTrope. He's a powerful combatant, but his leadership skills are abysmal and he's nowhere near Megatron in competence. [[spoiler:He also comes to regret trying to take over Unicron.]]
* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:His death at the literal hands of Unicron resembles his ''G1'' counterpart's fate in an early script for that continuity's film.]] It's unclear if this was deliberate.
* PlayingBothSides: He attempts this by trying to lure Rodimus and his honour guard into Megatron's throne room so they'll finish him off. It doesn't work, so he attempts to just kill Megatron himself.


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* TheSociopath: A low functioning example. He has ''highly superficial'' charm, extremely poor impulse control, a sadistic streak and no loyalty towards anyone but himself.

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* TheBrute

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* TheBruteTheBrute: His role largely consisted of leading troops on the front lines and wrecking things.



* {{CoDragon|s}}: Initially one to Megatron alongside Starscream. He is demoted after he first betrays Megatron however.

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* {{CoDragon|s}}: CoDragons: Initially one to Megatron alongside Starscream. He is demoted after he first betrays Megatron Megatron, however.



* TheFriendNoBodyLikes: Tidal Wave loathes Shockblast, and it didn't take long for the other Decepticons to understand why. His attempts to betray Megatron didn't make him any more popular.
* HairTriggerTemper

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* TheFriendNoBodyLikes: TheFriendNobodyLikes: Tidal Wave loathes Shockblast, and it didn't take long for the other Decepticons to understand why. His attempts to betray Megatron didn't make him any more popular.
* HairTriggerTemperHairTriggerTemper: Shockblast suffers from very poor discipline and impulse control, leading to him outright attempting to murder his own teammate in a fight.
* HateSink: A loathsome sadist who'll even turn on his own side for amusement or his own gain, there's little to like here.



* MilesGloriosus

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* MilesGloriosusMilesGloriosus: DownplayedTrope. He's a powerful combatant, but his leadership skills are abysmal and he's nowhere near Megatron in competence.


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* UngratefulBastard: A Decepticon force is sent to break him out of jail, and one trooper makes it there to rescue him. Shockblast then breaks himself free and '' shoots the bot in the chest''.
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* EvilGloating: A rare EvilVsEvil 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.

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* EvilGloating: A rare EvilVsEvil 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.
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* AdaptationalWhimp: 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.

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* AdaptationalWhimp: 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.
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* AdaptationalWhimp: 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.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: He is very clearly meant to be Shockwave, but Hasbro, at the time, didn't have the trademark for that name, and would've been sued to hell and back if they used it. They eventually did get the trademark back, though, and all future incarnations of Shockwave ''have'' been named Shockwave.
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* 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.
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* Meganekko: Sometimes when doing her work.
* MsFanservice
* NiceGirl

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* Meganekko: {{Meganekko}}: Sometimes when doing her work.
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* BadassGrandpa: Oddly enough, his ''Cybertron'' incarnation shows him as a young rookie. Perhaps the Unicron Singularity de-aged him?

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* MeaningfulName: Got his name because he kicks Ironhide. ''A lot''.

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* MeaningfulName: Got his name because he kicks Ironhide. ''A lot''.lot''!



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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Misha.



* MeaningfulName: Got his name because he kicks Ironhide.

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* MeaningfulName: Got his name because he kicks Ironhide. ''A lot''.



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

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



* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Its implied she and Kicker have known each other since they were little kids.



* ParentalAbandonment

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* ParentalAbandonmentParentalAbandonment: Both her parents died when she was very young.
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* BerserkButton: More than one can count.
**Do ''not'' threaten Misha.


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

* BridgeBunny: Of the Miranda II.
* CoolDownHug: To Alpha Q
* Meganekko: Sometimes when doing her work.
* MsFanservice
* NiceGirl
* ParentalAbandonment
* ShesNotMyGirlfriend: Kicker claims this in one episode, its a lie of course.
* SupremeChef: She's hinted to be the one who cooks Kicker's meals.
* TagalongKid: Same as Kicker.
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* AxCrazy

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* AxCrazyAxCrazy: Easily one of the most brutal Decepticons in the trilogy, whereas some of them looked comical, this guy has an ''on-screen body count'' that rapidly grows and is always gruesome.



* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After betraying Megatron and sucking in Unicron's lifeblood, Shockblast is overwhelmed by Unicron's evil-radiated Energon. A deranged and power-mad Shockblast lands on Blizzard Planet. After Megatron senses where he is, Megatron retaliates by smashing Unicron's fist down on him and Shockblast is crushed into smithereens, while his power-infused spark transfers to Megatron and drives ''him'' mad with power in return.


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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:After betraying Megatron and sucking in Unicron's lifeblood, Shockblast is overwhelmed by Unicron's evil-radiated Energon. A deranged and power-mad Shockblast lands on Blizzard Planet. After Megatron senses where he is, Megatron retaliates by smashing Unicron's fist down on him and Shockblast is crushed into smithereens, while his power-infused spark transfers to Megatron and drives ''him'' mad with power in return.]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: After betraying Megatron and sucking in Unicron's lifeblood, Shockblast is overwhelmed by Unicron's evil-radiated Energon. A deranged and power-mad Shockblast lands on Blizzard Planet. After Megatron senses where he is, Megatron retaliates by smashing Unicron's fist down on him and Shockblast is crushed into smithereens, while his power-infused spark transfers to Megatron and drives ''him'' mad with power in return.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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->Voiced by: {{Scott McNeil}} (EN), Creator/MakotoAoki (JP)

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->Voiced by: {{Scott McNeil}} Creator/ScottMcNeil (EN), Creator/MakotoAoki (JP)
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->Voiced by: {{Scott McNeil}} (EN), Creator/KentaMiyake (JP)

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->Voiced by: {{Scott McNeil}} Creator/ScottMcNeil (EN), Creator/KentaMiyake (JP)
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* 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?

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* CoolPlane
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Strongarm




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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Skyblast




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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Bruticus Maximus.




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* ThoseTwoBadGuys With Constructicon Maximus.
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* CoDragon: Initially one to Megatron alongside Starscream. He is demoted after he first betrays Megatron however.

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* CoDragon: {{CoDragon|s}}: Initially one to Megatron alongside Starscream. He is demoted after he first betrays Megatron however.

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* ColdSniper: His long water cannon for his fire truck form can act as a sniper weapon mounter on his right arm.



* FriendlySniper: His long water cannon for his fire truck form can act as a sniper weapon mounter on his right arm.




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* TerseTalker: Averted with '''this''' Omega Supreme.



* CoolOldGuy: Can be an oddball, but he is strongly loyal to the Autobots nevertheless.

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* CoolOldGuy: Can be an oddball, but he is strongly loyal his loyalty to the Autobots nevertheless.never falters.



* {{Expy}}: He visually evokes G1 Wheeljack, and he's named Wheeljack in ''Superlink''.

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* {{Expy}}: He visually evokes G1 Wheeljack, and he's even named Wheeljack in ''Superlink''.



* GratuitousEnglish: Has a habit of saying "Check it out, yo!"

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* GratuitousEnglish: Has a habit of saying "Check it out, yo!"
yo!" in the Japanese dub.



* CombiningMecha: Similar with Constructicon Maximus and Superion Maximus, he has elements of HiveMind and DetachmentConbat.

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* CombiningMecha: Similar with Constructicon Maximus and Superion Maximus, he has elements of HiveMind and DetachmentConbat.
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* CombiningMecha: Can fuse with Optimus Prime for Sonic Wing Mode.[[note]]In the Energon Japanese dub, he is Wing Convoy, while in the Cybertron Japanese dub, he is Sonic Convoy.[[/note]]



* DetachmentCombat: Can split himself in two vehicles: One half is a construction vehicle with a huge claw; the other is a warship. His head is also a smaller robot, in reminiscence of Headmasters from G1. Can also combine with Optimus to become Optimus Supreme.

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* DetachmentCombat: Can split himself in two vehicles: One half is a construction vehicle with a huge claw; the other is a warship. His head is also a smaller robot, in reminiscence of Headmasters from G1. Can also combine with Optimus to become Optimus Supreme. \n[[note]]'''Omega Convoy''' in the Japanese dub[[/note]]
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->Voiced by: Trevor Devall (EN), Creator/MakotoYasumura (JP)

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->Voiced by: Trevor Devall Creator/TrevorDevall (EN), Creator/MakotoYasumura (JP)



->Voiced by: Trevor Devall(EN)

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->Voiced by: Trevor Devall(EN)
Creator/TrevorDevall (EN), Creator/YuichiNagashima (JP)

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* BackFromTheDead: Of a sort. [[spoiler: After he hurled himself into the Energon star, Jetfire was able to recover his spark. He was reborn as Roadblock episodes later.]]



* DetachmentCombat: Can split himself in two vehicles: One half is a construction vehicle with a huge claw; the other is a warship. His head is also a smaller head, in reminiscence of Headmasters from G1. Can also combine with Optimus to become Optimus Supreme.

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* DetachmentCombat: Can split himself in two vehicles: One half is a construction vehicle with a huge claw; the other is a warship. His head is also a smaller head, robot, in reminiscence of Headmasters from G1. Can also combine with Optimus to become Optimus Supreme.



* {{Expy}}: Of G1 Rodimus Prime; only difference is that this version of Rodimus was never born as Hot Rod to begin with.



* CoolOldGuy: Can be an oddball, but he is strongly loyal to the Autobots nevertheless.



* GratuitousEnglish: Has a habit of saying "Check it out, yo!"



* CombiningMecha: Has elements of HiveMind; His toys depict his components as separate Aeiralbots, but in the series, all of the are one Autobot with several bodies.
* DetachmentCombat: Has the ability to fuse and unfuse.



->Voiced by: Terry Klassen (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Down Brown (EN)

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

* CombiningMecha: Has elements of HiveMind and DetachmentCombat like Superion Maximus.



->Voiced by: Trevor Devall (EN)

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->Voiced by: Trevor Devall (EN)
(EN), Creator/MakotoYasumura (JP)

* CombiningMecha: Similar with Constructicon Maximus and Superion Maximus, he has elements of HiveMind and DetachmentConbat.



* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Zigzagged between dubs. ''Superlink'' has Alpha Quintesson succeed in resurrecting his home planet. 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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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Zigzagged between dubs. ''Superlink'' has Alpha Quintesson succeed in resurrecting his home planet.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.]]



->Voiced by: Colin Murdoch (EN)

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

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->Voiced by: Matt Hill (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Creator/MichaelDaingerfield (EN)

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



* ColdSniper: His long water cannon for his fire truck form can act as a sniper weapon mounter on his right arm.



->Voiced by: Colin Murdoch (Energon) & Peter Kelamis (Cybertron) (EN)

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



->Voiced by: {{Scott McNeil}} (EN)

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* TheBigGuy
* DetachmentCombat: Can split himself in two vehicles: One half is a construction vehicle with a huge claw; the other is a warship. His head is also a smaller head, in reminiscence of Headmasters from G1. Can also combine with Optimus to become Optimus Supreme.



->Voiced by: Paul Dobson (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Alistair Abell (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Ward Perry (Energon) & Paul Dobson (Cybertron) (EN)

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



->Voiced by: French Tickner (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Ty Olsson (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Doron Bell, Jr. (EN)

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->Voiced by: Doron Bell, Jr. (EN)
(EN), Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (JP)



->Voiced by: Sharon Alexander (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Michael Dobson (EN)

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->Voiced by: Michael Dobson (EN)
(EN), Creator/NobuoTobita (JP)



->Voiced by: Terry Klassen (EN)

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->Voiced by: Terry Klassen (EN)
(EN), Creator/JinYamanoi (JP)



->Voiced by: {{Scott McNeil}} (EN)

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->Voiced by: {{Scott McNeil}} (EN)
(EN), Creator/MakotoAoki (JP)



->Voiced by: Paul Dobson (EN)

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



->Voiced by: Brain Drummond (EN)

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



* DamselInDistress: A rare villainous example after being captured by Wing Saber following his first coup. Megatron left him at the Autobots' mercy at first, knowing he would soon beg to rejoin the Decepticons.

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* DamselInDistress: DudeInDistress: A rare villainous example after being captured by Wing Saber following his first coup. Megatron left him at the Autobots' mercy at first, knowing he would soon beg to rejoin the Decepticons.
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* 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.

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* BullyingTheDragon: True to any G1 Starscream {{Expy}}, Sixshot ceaselessly defied, insulted, blackmailed and later even attacked Galvatron. Pretty much all of these ended with the expected beating.

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* {{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.
* BullyingTheDragon: True to any G1 Starscream {{Expy}}, Sixshot ceaselessly defied, insulted, blackmailed and later even attacked pushed every single BerserkButton of his brutish, control (and Optimus Prime) obsessed leader Galvatron. Pretty much all of these every time ended with the expected beating.




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* 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.

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