Predacon (Transformers)
| Predacons | |
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top to bottom, left to right, Transmetal Dragon Megatron, original T-Rex Megatron, Transmetal II Dinobot, Transmetal T-Rex Megatron, Rampage, Transmetal Tarantulas, Terrorsaur, Ravage partially covered, Blackarachnia, Scorponok, Waspinator, Quickstrike, original Tarantulas. The Predacon Inferno is not shown here.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics, IDW Publishing, Dreamwave Productions, Devil's Due Publishing, Fun Publications |
| First appearance |
The Transformers #25 (October 1986) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) |
Homeworld: Cybertron Other: the Darksyde, the Megastar, and the Nemesis. |
| Member(s) |
Leaders: Razorclaw, Starscream, Megatron, Galvatron, Magmatron, Blackarachnia, Predaking, Ser-Ket, Dragotron, Shockwave, and Unicron. Other: See: List of Predacons |
| Decepticon/Predacon | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Predacons, Mega-Beasts, Beast-Hunters, Transmetals, Commanders, and Combiners. |
| Function | Predacon Demon Overlord, Ultimate Warrior and Autobot Hunter, and Beast-Combiner. |
| Rank | 7 |
| Partner | Side Burn, Skid-Z, Darksteel, and Skylynx. |
| Motto | "Destroy first, ask questions later." "Free your inner beast from its mechanical cage." "I am not your boss, I am your King!" |
| Alternate modes | 4/5 Predacons, Transmetal T-Rex, and Cybertronian dragon. |
| Series |
Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Titanium Transformers: Armada Transformers: Prime Kre-O Transformers |
| English voice actor | Bud Davis (G1) Peter Mensah (Prime) |
| Predacon | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Thirteen Primes |
| Function | Predacon Creator Archetype, Ultimate Warrior and Hunter. |
| Alternate modes | Unknown, presumably Cybertronian dragon. |
| Series | Transformers: Prime |
The Predacons are usually depicted as antagonists in the fictional universes 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 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 (Japanese: デストロン 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 original series, 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 team includes:
Released in 1986, the Predacons became a popular seller, and came in two variants - entirely plastic, and with die-cast metal parts, the latter version being the most sought after. Unlike the other combiners released that year, Predaking was substantially larger and did not follow the same basic so-called "Scramble City" design which allowed his component limbs to be swapped freely; each arm and leg could be interchanged with each other, but an arm could not form a leg, and vice versa. Illustrating this point are the various depictions of Predaking's limb arrangement - his instructions and toy box art depict Divebomb as the left arm, Rampage the right arm, Headstrong the left leg and Tantrum the right, while his cartoon and comic book appearances perform a straight swap of this.
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