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TRANSFORMERS - GENERATION ONE (1984) Thundercracker is one of the first Decepticons to awaken on Earth in 1984. After laying dormant for four million years, he now shares the same Earthen appearance as Starscream and Skywarp and is usually allied with them during attacks. Thundercracker's toy was originally from an older toyline called Diaclone which was created by Takara in the late 1970s. Television Series/Movie In the year 2005, Thundercracker was present in the battle at Autobot City. With the defeat of their leader Megatron, the Decepticons were forced to retreat. However, there were too many Decepticons aboard their escape shuttle Astrotrain and Thundercracker was amongst those few Decepticons too weakened to put up a fight to stay on board. Being cast out into space, Thundercracker and the other abandoned Decepticons drifted into the path of the planet Unicron and was reformatted into Scourge (Transformers) . Thundercracker was voiced by John Stephenson . Dreamwave Comics Thundercracker could always fly, even before joining the Decepticons. He was recruited as a Decepticon under the leadership of Megatron in his war against the Autobots on the planet Cybertron. Thundercracker became a member of the elite Seekers under Aerospace Commander Starscream. He often worked with fellow Seeker Skywarp. Skywarp and Thundercracker launched an attack against the city of Altihex, where they killed the Autobot named Overhaul and routed Grimlock and his group of Autobots. Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker attacked the city of Protihex under the orders of Megatron, but this time Grimlock launched a successful counterattack. If not for Skywarp's ability to teleport to safety, the Decepticons may have not escaped alive. Because he was part of Megatron's loyal inner circle, Thundercracker was chosen as a member of the crew of the Nemesis when Megatron launched it to attack the Ark, an Autobot ship. Both ships fought, and after the Decepticons boarded the Ark, it crashed on the planet Earth. All on board were placed in emergency stasis lock for millions of years. In the Earth year 1984, a volcanic explosion awakened the Ark. The Ark's computer, Teletran One, reformatted all on board to be able to assume the forms of Earth machines. Skywarp was given the form of an F-15 fighter jet. Eventually the combined forces of the Autobots on Earth, and their human allies were able to capture the Decepticons. A ship called the Ark II was built to take the Cybertonians back to Cybertron, along with some human companions, but the ship exploded shortly after takeoff. The human allies were killed, but the Cybertonians were lost in the ocean, again in statis lock. After being awoken again Thundercracker and the other Decepticons on Earth returned to Cybertron with Shockwave. Returning to Earth under the command of Starscream, Skywarp, Soundwave and Thundercracker were captured by the Autobots and locked in cells on board the Ark. They escaped when the Ark was attacked by Bruticus (Transformers: Generation One III #1). Devil's Due Comics In this reimagining of the Generation One story, the Ark was discovered by the terrorist Cobra orginization, and all the Transformers inside were reformatted into Cobra vehicles remotely controlled by the Televipers. In this storyline Thundercracker turned into a Cobra Rattler jet. Action Masters (1991) A repaint of Action Master Starscream with new accessories, this toy was only released in Europe. The color scheme does not resemble the original, and is considered garish by some. Thundercracker comes with a jet which he can ride or wear as armor when it is transformed. This version of Thundercracker does not appear in any official Transformers fiction. Function: Aerial Assault Motto: "The deadliest weapon is terror." Bio A mean-spirited, ruthless sky jockey who enjoys running his enemies into the ground. Contemptuous of anyone who can't fly. Engage the enemy in high-speed dogfights at maximum altitudes then power-dives straight down. Enjoys pulling up at the last second and sending his opponent into a crash landing. Plane equipped with special, duraflex metal construction that bends to accommodate excessive G-forces. Able to fly very fast at low altitudes, skimming across treetops and dodging obstacles with death-defying accuracy. Plane converts into high density, exo-suit battle armor, impervious to most armaments. Also armed with deafening sonic boom blaster. MACHINE WARS (1997) Function: Rebel Warrior Motto: ''"The best Weapon is terror!"'' Sharing the same mold as fellow Decepticon Skywarp, Thundercracker was a "flip-changer" jet where if the toy's nosecone was pressed down, the toy would automatically transform to robot mode. It is difficult to determine where the Machine Wars characters are placed within the overall Transformers storyline as there was no fictional material other than their tech specs. Machine Wars characters are usually considered alternate reality versions of the main G1 characters which was never expanded upon. Bio Believes in the Decepticon cause, but remains rebellious among his own ranks. Contemptuous and cruel to anything that can't fly. Produces 200 mile radius sonic boom at excessive flight speeds. Uses terror tactics to strike fear in enemies, and panic among the innocent. TRANSFORMERS: ARMADA (2003) Armada Thundercracker is actually a Hasbro release of the Japanese Micron Legend toy Starscream Super Mode. This began a trend which was prominent during Transformers: Energon where Hasbro released toys that were repainted from another as a separate character with a different name even though the show depicted the repaint as an upgrade to the original character. This was because the show's creators did not like to use repainted toys as separate characters. To cement the character of Starscream as being separate from the toy character he now looked like, the American version of the show added a line of dialogue where Starscream remarked that "he looked like Thundercracker", implying an off-screen character that Starscream somehow knew. Thundercracker's Mini-Con is called Zapmaster who is a grey repaint of Starscream's Mini-Con. Thundercracker's only fictional appearance was in a flashback scene in the Transformers: Energon comic #30 and #31. Bio: ''(From Dreamwave's More Than Meets The Eye)'' Briefing D-34 from Blurr, Autobot Truly a rebel without a cause, the apathetic Thundercracker was an exceptional Decepticon warrior who wished for nothing more than to excel at his appointed task. Despite his constant attempts to win Megatron's favor, the bold aerial warrior eventually grew to resent his former leader and the cause for which he stood. Having abandoned the Decepticon ranks some time before the Earthen Conflict, Thundercracker dropped out of sight for so long that he was believed destroyed, but it's been ~ rumored that he may have set up a new base of operations within the portion of Cybertron's southern hemisphere known as the Wastelands. Several recent reports have also suggested that he has returned to Cyber City, serving in a mercenary capacity along with a currently unidentified Mini-Con accomplice. Without any hard evidence of Thunder cracker's continued existence, it's hard to substantiate such claims. Thundercracker commands an extensive knowledge of a wide range of Cybertronian martial arts and combat techniques, having trained several of the Decepticon elite, including Starscream and ~. Thundercracker is also rumored to possess a fierce "warrior spirit" which allows him to perform nearly impossible feats of strength and endurance when properly motivated. Like Starscream, he can utili~e, his wing as a deadly Energon-powered blade in hand-to-hand combat. Thundercracker's lack of motivation and susceptibility to apathetic thinking can lead to bouts of depression and self-doubt, which can adversely affect his battlefield abilities. (2005) Despite sharing the same name as a Decepticon in Armada, Thundercracker is a completely new and unrelated character. His toy is an update of the old Cyberjet sub-group from Generation 2. Originally released alone, Thundercracker was later packaged with a Mini-Con partner but is unable to powerlinx with the Mini-Con. As a character, Thundercracker is a Deception highly distinguished for his love of battle. This excessive blood-lust affects the entire Deception group. What he lacks in skills, Megatron recognizes Thundercracker's talent for encourage the troupe's fighting spirit. He always has his sights on target in either robot or as F-type jet fighter. After realising that Galvatron has no intentions of helping his minions escape the Black Hole disaster in the first place, Thundercracker and the remaining Decepticons abandoned their allegiance to Galvatron and considered themselves free. He assisted the Autobots to prevent Jungle Planet from colliding with After Galvatron's death, Thundercracker in an attempt to continue being active, allies himself with the Autobots by taking part in construction work on Earth. He was forced back to the Decepticon ranks by Thunderblast , Dark Crumplezone and Ransack , who self-declared themselves as the new Decepticon army. The toy of Thundercracker was sold by itself, as well as packaged with the Mini-Con Downshift and a Tiny-Tin as a promotion at Walmart stores. Bio: The loyal Decepticon works under the command of Starscream for the recovery of the Planet Key on Earth. Thundercracker believes that the most effective way to defeat an enemy is to terrorize and demoralize him before attacking. The mere sound of his focused somic booms - audible for more than 200 miles - is enough to firghten many other Transformers. Unlocked Key Content Thundercracker is a goofball, and a practical joker. One time, he thought it would be funny to throw a surprise birthday party for Megatron. Little did he know that Optimus Prime in a battle had just beaten Megatron... Megatron got back to the base and Thundercracker came out yelling "SURPRISE!!!?" Megatron was not amused. Thundercracker ended up spending the next 5 hours cleaning the Energon-Goodie-Cake out of his joints... Mini-Con Pack A specialty of THUNDERCRACKER is creating fear among the enemy, and the chance to snatch DOWNSHIFT from the AUTOBOTS offered him a rare opportunity. Kidnapping the MINI-CON was a piece of cake, but he never counted on the speed of the tiny robot, or his willingness to help THUNDERCRACKER create chaos. The two have formed an uneasy partnership, dedicated to causing as much havoc as they can among the AUTOBOT forces on Earth. (2005) Thundercracker is a repaint of Robot Masters Starscream and was released in a package with Robot Masters Skywarp. Apart from his new chest missiles, he is the exact same character as his original appearance. Thundercracker did not appear in any Robot Masters fiction. (2006) A new 6" Thundercracker toy based on his 'The War Within' design was unveiled on the 8th March by an internet store. A day later the pictures were taken down at the request of Hasbro. This version of Thundercracker seems to be based on his appearance in the Dreamwave War Within comics series. |
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