

Tankor (Vehicon) was revealed to be Rhinox (Maximal). Strictly speaking, Sentinel Prime did not actually join the Decepticons (including getting the purple badge) but he did ally himself with them and even assumed command of them (see above quote).Īnd an honorary mention should go to this character from Beast Wars/Beast Machines (spoilers for Beast Machines) 2 Sentinel usurps Megatron and assumes command of the Decepticons to oversee the final phase of the plan in Chicago. He demands the exile of the Autobots, who are apparently destroyed while leaving the planet in their space ship. After teleporting hundreds of Decepticons to Earth, he has a confrontation with Optimus, but spares him, in the hope that he would recognize the moral of what he was doing. betrays the Autobots, kills Ironhide, transports the pillars to Washington D.C. Once he arrived back at their base, Sentinel. the first Decepticon and the true founder and leader of the Decepticons (as Megatron accepts the Fallen as his master), and all future Decepticons would wear an insignia which is similar to the Fallen's face.Īnd from Transformers: Dark of the Moon (spoilers) He is typically described as one of the thirteen original Primes who then went on to become the founder of the Decepticons.įor example, in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the Fallen is described as: The character called The Fallen has occurred in multiple Transformers universes. Wheeljack hence left his large scarred Autobot symbol (ironically looking like it had been crossed out) on his robot chest/car bonnet and put a new, smaller, Decepticon symbol underneath. But it was Megatron who saved him that day, and in return, Wheeljack became a Decepticon. Meanwhile, Wheeljack saw a figure approaching through the flames, thinking that at last, Hot Shot had returned. An arrogant Autobot officer forbade Hot Shot from returning, claiming the fire was too intense and they couldn't risk more lives. Hot Shot could not lift the wreckage alone, and left to get some help, promising to return, but he never did. However, that friendship was broken one day when Wheeljack was trapped under rubble in the middle of an intense fire. Wheeljack was once an Autobot in the same military unit as Hot Shot, looking up to his peer due to his own inexperience in battle, and they considered each other good friends. Amidst all of this an officer of the law named Orion Pax and a revolutionary named Megatron set out to change things.There are three Autobots who became Decepticons that I can think of: After learning the truth of the fake Matrix of Leadership held by the current leader of Cybertron, Nominus Prime, Sentinel killed him and took the title Sentinel Prime himself, further ruling the planet with an authoritative fist and a brutal regime. He was also their secret enforcer, imtimidating or killing anyone who disagreed with their rule. In fact, the term was mostly used in association with the force of Sentinel, the Transformer in charge of the security for the Cybertronian Senate. The symbol of the Autobots was created six million years prior by Onyx Prime to represent the alliance of the ancient Primes - the powerful leaders of the Transformers - and as such it became a universal symbol for all Cybertronions, not any specific faction. However, IDW Publishings’ run with Transformers actually gave an answer to the true meaning of Autobots, revealing it came from a major insult.īefore the Great War the term Autobot was not widely used, as most transformers were simply known as Cybertronians.

The Transformers are broken down into two major factions, Autobots and Decepticons, and as cool as the names sound, they have always been almost excessively simplistic.
