The purpose of this article is to provide further
understanding about the Decepticons in the Transformers film series, to prepare
for the upcoming sequel, Age of Extinction. Readers should have a clear
understanding about the characters after reading this article.
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Note: The following article is written based on information
provided in the films, online transformers fan sites such as wikia, tfwiki,
tfw2005, seibertron.com. The pictures are taken from google, the previously
mentioned online sites and the films as well (for the transformers
designs).
The characters will be explained according to the order they appear in films. This article will be edited from time to time for any
updates (mostly for Age of extinction characters).
By the end of Dark of the Moon, all upper rank Decepticons
are eliminated and there’s only a few surviving Decepticons from the protoform army
remained on Earth, without any leader to assume command.
It is shown that all Decepticons identify themselves with an
insignia based on the face of The Fallen, the first Decepticon and the true
founder and leader of the Decepticons.
Transformers
Megatron
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The ruthless current leader of the Decepticons, the master of warfare
and a disciple of The Fallen. He was once brothers-in-arms with Optimus and a
student of Sentinel Prime. But Megatron envied and resented Optimus when he
knows that he’s a Prime. He’s willing to risk everything just to achieve his
goals. This feeling of resentment and envy allows the Fallen to corrupt him
to become his disciple. The explanation for not using his gun form from the
source material is that director Michael Bay does not want to include any
sort of size changing in the transformations for realistic purposes.
Megatron crash-landed in the Arctic years ago in his search for the
Allspark and was frozen solid for thousands of years until the humans found
him. In the years that followed, many modern technological devices (by Earth
standards) were reverse-engineered from his frozen body. He was remained
frozen until the Decepticons found him and free him from his state. At the
end of the first film, Sam merged the Allspark with Megatron's spark,
destroying both the Decepticon leader and the Allspark’s physical form. Only
a single fragment of the cube appeared to remain, which Prime plucked from
Megatron's dead body (There's another Allspark shard in Sam's old T-shirt when he destroyed Megatron). Megatron’s body was thrown into the Laurentian Abyss.
In Revenge of the Fallen, Megatron is the second-in-command behind
his true master, the Fallen. Megatron is resurrected by the Decepticons with
the AllSpark shard and becomes stronger as a result.
After Optimus destroyed half of his face in Revenge of the Fallen,
Megatron used a cowl to partially hide his face. After ‘persuaded’ by Carly
to defeat Sentinel Prime, Megatron is finally killed by Optimus with his
energon axe, which rips Megatron's head and spine from his body.
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Starscream
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The treacherous Decepticon Air Commander who has his own personal
agenda. He was also Megatron’s
second-in-command. Starscream was actually unconcerned with resurrecting
Megatron, he flew into space at the end of the first film and chose to spend
his time as acting commander on the Decepticon ship Nemesis to engineer a new
army for himself instead. His plan failed miserably, as without energon the
hatchlings were dying.
After Soundwave and his deception army successfully executed his plan
to resurrect Megatron, Starscream attempted to welcome his commander with
open arms, only to be criticized by Megatron for leaving him to die in the
Laurentian Abyss.
In Dark of the Moon, Starscream is killed by Sam Witwicky who blows
off his head with a small timer bomb that was designed and given to him by
Que.
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Barricade
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A Decepticon scout whom Frenzy guides to Sam. Barricade stores Frenzy
in a compartment in his chest and ejects him from his front grill. Barricade
disappears at the end of the first film after he is defeated by Bumblebee and
reappears again in Dark of the Moon. He is shown executing Que by Dylan's
orders. During the battle in Chicago, he is killed by several shots to his
head by gunfire from the soldiers.
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Bonecrusher
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A Decepticon who tries to attack the Autobots on the highway to
Mission City. Bonecrusher was subsequently beheaded in a fight with Optimus
Prime.
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Blackout and Grindor
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Blackout is a one of the largest first-strike Decepticon soldier who
is very loyal to Megatron. Other than his arsenal of weapons, he has the
ability to disrupt electronic devices via EMP blasts. He is also able to
detach and wield his tail rotor blades as a close-combat weapon. Blackout has
a minion, Scorponok that attaches to him. He is killed by William Lennox when
he shoots his spark toward the end of the first film.
Grindor is another Decepticon who similar to Blackout but they’re
different characters. Grindor appears in Revenge of the Fallen to capture Sam
for Megatron, Starscream, and the Doctor to obtain information about the
‘knowledge’ of the Allspark in his mind. He can be seen fighting Optimus
along with Megatron and Starscream before his head is torn apart by Optimus.
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Scorponok
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A Decepticon Tracker who served under Blackout. His machine form is a
robotic scorpion and he has no robot mode. He is able to dive under desert sands
or other soft landforms. Scorponok repaired his tail after being wounded in
an attack by the military. He was involved in the Egypt Giza battle where he
managed to severely wound Jetfire before the old Seeker kills him.
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Frenzy
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A small but skilled Decepticon spy/infiltrator who is responsible for
locating Megatron whereabouts and find the Allspark. Frenzy mostly speaks in
Cybertronian. He is killed by his own razor-disk shot from his chest that
aimed the wrong way.
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Brawl
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A Decepticon demolition specialist who is seen in the first film answering
to Starscream's call with the other Decepticons. The character was intended
to be named Brawl, but a subtitled Cybertronian line in the film mistakenly
showed as “Devastator reporting”. Bumblebee killed him by shooting him
several times in the chest with the last hit getting him in the spark.
In Dark of the Moon, there’s another decepticon protoform that takes
the same form as Brawl (but in a different colour). He is seen fighting the Autobots
before being killed by Optimus.
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Revenge of the Fallen
The Fallen
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The first and original founder and leader of the Decepticons, the strongest member of the Dynasty of Primes and Megatron's master. As one of the original seven Primes, he can only be killed by a Prime or a descendant of the Primes. All Decepticons must have an insignia which is similar to the Fallen’s face as a sign of allegiance to him.
He has the ability to teleport by opening Space Bridges at will and generates
a shockwave upon reappearance. He wields a spear as his weapon. He also has
telekinesis. As a Prime, he cannot transform, but is bigger in terms of size
compared with other Cybertronians. He is initially shown to be in the Decepticon
Nemesis ship in some kind of stasis due to the injuries he suffered during
the battle of the Primes. He is ultimately killed by Optimus Prime.
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Soundwave
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Decepticon’s Intelligence and Communication Officer who is very loyal
to Megatron. Soundwave is a satellite in Revenge of the Fallen, stationed
high in the upper atmosphere and capable of processing millions of data
streams at once. He is able to attach himself to a military satellite to
monitor the Autobots and coordinate Decepticon movements around the world.
It is actually Soundwave and his deception army that’s successfully retrieves the Allspark shard to resurrect Megatron. Soundwave have two minions to serve him: Ravage and Laserbeak. In Dark of the Moon, he disguises himself as a car given to Carly by Dylan and is ultimately killed by Bumblebee in Chicago. |
Constructicons
The Constructicons are Decepticon robots that transform into
various construction vehicles and they are capable of combining with each other
to have a larger form known as Devastator.
Demolishor/Scavenger
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The largest Constructicon. In robot mode, his treads turn into huge
wheels, enabling him to roll either on the two of them, or only on the front
one, with the rear lifted behind his head. He is killed when Optimus Prime
shoots him the right eye at point blank range.
Demolishor shares his model with another Decepticon, Scavenger. Scavenger
takes part in the formation of Devastator (forms part of the upper torso of
Devastator) and he was destroyed when Devastator was ripped apart by a rail
gun.
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Rampage
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A member of the Constructicons. He moves around by jumping and he has
treads coming out of his hands, which he uses as whips. He is killed by
Bumblebee.
Rampage also shares his model with another Decepticon but colored
yellow. The yellow Decepticon forms Devastator's left leg and was destroyed
when Devastator was ripped apart by a rail gun.
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Mixmaster
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A member of the Constructicons. He has a third “battle mode” which
appears to be a gun emplacement other than his robot form. He is killed by
Jetfire during the Egypt Giza battle.
Mixmaster also shares his model with another Decepticon. The
Decepticon forms the head of Devastator and was destroyed when Devastator was
ripped apart by a rail gun.
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Long Haul/Payload
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A member of the Constructicons. Long Haul is killed in an airstrike
during the battle in Egypt.
Long Haul also shares his model with two other Decepticons. One of
which forms the right leg of Devastator (Payload) and was destroyed when
Devastator was ripped apart by a rail gun, while the other is present in the Chicago
invasion and seen fighting the Autobots before being killed by Optimus.
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Scrapper
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A member of the Constructicons. He is able to use his left arm as a
chain mace. He is killed in an airstrike during the final battle in Egypt.
Scrapper also shares his model with two other Decepticons. One of
which forms the right arm of Devastator and was destroyed when Devastator was
ripped apart by a rail gun, while the other is present in the Chicago
invasion and seen fighting the Autobots before being killed by Optimus.
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Scrapmetal – ‘The Little One’
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A member of the Constructicons. When Soundwave retrieved the Allspark
shard and informed the Decepticons of Megatron’s location, Scrapmetal joins the
Doctor, Mixmaster, Long Haul and Rampage on the retrieval mission to recover
Megatron. After the Doctor examined Megatron's corpse, he ordered
Scrapmetal’s execution in order to provide spare parts for Megatron.
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Devastator
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(ROTF) Devastator is made up of:
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A massive Decepticon combiner formed by several combining
construction vehicles (he can be formed from six, seven, or nine
Constructicons). He is so huge that he is physically unable to stand up
straight, forcing him to walk in a four-legged fashion. He has a Vortex
Grinder, which located in his mouth. He also has grappling hooks to climb the
Great Pyramid of Giza. Devastator excavated the Harvester from the Great
Pyramid of Giza with his Vortex Grinder before he was destroyed by a rail
gun.
Devastator was originally supposed to be made up of several
Constructicons combine together in the film. Due to the complexity of the
CGI, which takes a huge amount of time to render, Devastator was ultimately
made to be formed by other vehicles that come together. As a result of this
change, Overload’s and Hightower’s robot forms were dropped and only their
vehicle modes being seen in the film.
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Sideways
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A Decepticon surveillance agent/spy. He is found to be in hiding with Demolishor
in Shanghai, China. After getting chased by Arcee, Sideswipe killed Sideways
by slicing him in half with his blades.
Sideways shares his model with another Decepticon that is present
during the Chicago invasion. He is seen fighting with the Autobots before
being killed by Optimus.
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Ravage
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A Decepticon infiltration expert and a minion of Soundwave. He can
spy inside highly secure locations undetected by using swarms of microcons
(Reedman). He is killed by Bumblebee during the Egypt battle.
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Microcons (Reedman)
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Reedman is a one-eyed razor-thin robot formed by a group of
microcons. Microcons are swarms of extremely small robots shaped like ball
bearings, which can unfold to reveal the robot hidden inside. Ravage deployed
Reedman to infiltrate the human-Autobot alliance NEST military base at the island
of Diego Garcia to retrieve the Allspark fragment. Reedman’s extremely thin
frame makes him virtually invisible as long as he is facing directly at his
enemy.
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The Doctor (Scalpel)
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Decepticon’s field medic and scientist. The Doctor has vast databases
of anatomical and mechanical knowledge and extremely skilled in dissecting
and rebuilding most technological devices or life-forms.
In Dark of The Moon, it was shown that there’s a group of Doctors
attempting to repair Megatron's head that’s damaged during his battle with Optimus
in Revenge of the Fallen.
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Insecticons
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Insecticons are small insect-like Decepticons that are used to search for the target’s location.
There’s an Insecticon called the Watch-bot in Dark of the Moon. It
can attach itself to a host around the wrist and gives the appearance of a
wristwatch. However, once it has tapped into the central nervous system, it
can control its host, as well as observe and record any data the host sees
and hears. Once it has finished gathering intelligence, it drops off and
heads back to the Decepticons to report. It is later killed by Sam, with his
foot.
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Pretender Alice
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Alt mode: A human named Alice.
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A Decepticon Pretender in Revenge of the Fallen. She is sent by the
Decepticons to retrieve information regarding the Allspark fragment from Sam.
She is killed by Mikaela Banes.
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Dark of the Moon
Sentinel Prime
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One of the descendants of Primes, former leader of the Autobots,
Optimus Prime's predecessor and mentor, captain of the Ark that carries the
Pillar technology. He has a shield, a double-bladed Primax Blade sword that
can be folded into one and a cosmic rust cannon that causes any metal object
that it hits to rust. His intention is to restore Cybertron to its former
glory after the war, no matter the cost, even causing him to turn against his
ideals by siding with the Decepticons.
After betraying the Autobots,
Sentinel activates the space bridge pillars in Chicago, intending to summon
Cybertron itself to Earth's atmosphere and repair the planet using Earth's
resources and mankind as a workforce. Optimus fights with Sentinel but he was
no match for his old mentor, until Megatron blasting Sentinel with his rifle,
defeating him by surprise. Optimus seize the chance and kill Megatron by pulling
out his head and spine with an energon axe and executes the weakened Sentinel
for betraying the Autobots.
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Laserbeak
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Alt mode: Multiple, able to transform into a variety of electronic
devices, such as a printer, desktop computer, and an audio system and even a
child-size pink version of Bumblebee.
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An intelligent Decepticon infiltration expert/spy and a minion of
Soundwave. He’s able to speak English, unlike Ravage. Laserbeak is killed on
a Decepticon ship (piloted by Bumblebee) when Sam holds his head in front of
a gun barrel which Bumblebee fires, blowing off his head.
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Shockwave
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A cruel, emotionless Decepticon assassin/hunter and scientist with a
cold devotion to logic. His head features a single eye, and has an arm-mounted
cannon, with a tube connecting it to his body. He commands a Cybertronian
creature called the Driller that is used for personal transport and pet. He
is killed by Optimus Prime.
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Driller
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The largest subterranean lifeform native to Cybertron, an enormous multi-tentacled beast capable of burrowing through the ground or through buildings with ease. They are capable of great destruction on any scale. Driller is killed by Jetwing Optimus.
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Dreads – Crowbar, Hatchet, Crankcase
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The Dreads are a group of fearsome Decepticon assassins/enforcers. Their
designs seem to resemble the Predator. Crankcase is the leader of the Dreads.
The Dreads attacked Sam and the Autobots on the highway. Hatchet is killed by
Bumblebee and Dino on the highway. Crankcase and Crowbar fought Sideswipe and
Ironhide together. Both were killed by Ironhide with Sideswipe’s help.
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Igor
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A deformed Decepticon that wanders around with Megatron at his base
in Africa. He is last seen eating the head of the Abraham Lincoln statue in the
Lincoln Memorial. His status is unknown, presumably hunted down and killed by humans before Age of Extinction.
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Devcon
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A massive quadruped Decepticon present during the Chicago invasion in
Dark of the Moon. Devcon is killed by the combined firepower of the Wreckers.
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Junkheap
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A Decepticon who has the same body mold as Long Haul. He is only seen
trans-scanning his vehicle mode before driving off after he arrived on Earth
from the moon through the space bridge pillar. He did not participate in the
Chicago invasion. Junkheap is presumably hunted down and killed down by humans, made back as a Vehicon, in Age of Extinction.
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Protoform army
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The Decepticon army mostly consists of lower rank Decepticons that do not bother (or can’t) to trans-scan to adopt new alternate Earth forms for disguise. They follow orders blindly from their upper rank transformable superiors, and are highly expendable.
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WARNING: SPOILER ALERT:
Please do not proceed if you do not wish to know the characters and plot details.
Age of Extinction
Galvatron
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A human-made Transformer who does not belong to any faction, Autobot or Decepticon, will later become the new Decepticon/Vehicon leader
in Age of Extinction. Galvatron is made from Megatron’s
parts and he gains sentience and decides to fight against the humans by the end of Age of Extinction. Instead of transforming, he is able to change his form molecularly. Despite the fact that Galvatron is built from Megatron parts and carries his 'will', but he is not Megatron. He's a glitchy imperfect version of Megatron.
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Lockdown
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A bounty hunter from outer space who does not belong to any faction, Autobot or Decepticon, will make an
appearance in Age of Extinction. He works for the 'Creators' of the Transformers. He is the main antagonist in the
film. He has a huge spaceship of his own (given by the 'Creators') and is being sent by the 'Creators' to retrieve Prime on Earth (There's a bounty for Prime). He has kept a lot artifacts, weapons or alien lifeforms of unknown origins in his spaceship. He has a group of techno-organic workers and a pack of techno-organic canines under his command, referred to as
Steeljaw. He is killed by Optimus Prime, with combined effort from Bumblebee, Cade, Tessa and Shane.
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Stinger
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A human-made Transformer who does not belong to any faction, Autobot or Decepticon, later becomes a spy/sabotage
specialist and fight under the command of Galvatron. He will appear in Age of Extinction. He is designed based on Bumblebee
and shares the same look as him in robot mode. Instead of transforming, he is able to change his form molecularly.
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Vehicons
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Vehicons are mass-produced Transformers made by humans, reverse-engineered from various dead bodies of the Transformers after learning their biology (knowing what they are made of), to counterattack any
future Cybertronian invasion. They will eventually go out of control and under the command of Galvatron. They will appear in Age of
Extinction. The Autobots managed to stop them with assistance from the Dinobots.
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