As mentioned above, most combiners form a super robot. TRANSFORMERS COMBINER FORCE ROBOTS IN DISGUISE WAVE 2 ACTIVATOR COMBINERS SIDESWIPE GREAT BYTE CRASH. Land Powered 13. The Chosen One, After the Ore-13 crisis, the human dictator Count "Iron Klaw" von Rani was able to develop an alternate version of combination technology with the help of Garrison Kregier; by using a copy of the mysterious Talisman to improve on the Predacon's failed combination technology, he was able to instigate a proper combination, dubbing their combined form "Predaking.". The Duocons are another case of this sort. To remain mobile on the barren post-war Cybertron, the Constructicons downsized to Micromaster bodies, but by this time 2/3rds of Devastator's components had been replaced with Autobots. The Iron Klaw, The next breakthrough in combiner technology came in the final battle of the Great War after the villainous entity D-Void harnessed a mysterious energy emitted by Cybertron's core; using the powers of the planet itself, the creature managed to suppress the individual wills of Galvatron, his Sweeps, and the entirety of Megatron's Decepticon army, creating a monstrous creature under the D-Void's direct control. Retribution, The Decepticon criminal Chop Shop was formed from five identical robots. As the group lacked any sense of unity however, their combined form was a savage beast, governed only by the basest impulses of its components. Battle Lines, Part 5, After becoming the new Decepticon leader, Starscream was pressed into the service of Unicron bargaining that the Chaos Bringer bestow upon the power to combine with his inner circle. Rather, Super Robot and combiner are two different categories of Transformer which sometimes overlap. The term was and remains quite popular in the fandom, and it eventually gained official use as well. The combiner lumbered across Cybertron in search for energon before it was felled in Rivets Field, the Enigma being buried beneath the landscape. Additionally, most of them have no formal definition and thus may be used differently by different fans. In spite of being able to deter the initial invasion force, he was rammed by the Defiant, Targetmasters which killed Long Haul and seemingly ended Devastator Earth: R.I.P. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2 Starscream installed the Combaticons' personality components into junked military vehicles. The combined form was simply controlled by whichever Autobot was "on top". This combiner consists of three uniformly colored teams (in a similar fashion to the vehicular Voltron of the same time period): Air team (blue) — two jets, two helicopters, a space shuttle. Menasor and Bruticus have already defeated Superion as the team arrives, but as Defensor, they protect the other Autobots as Scramble City transforms into its robot mode—Metroplex! Having recovered the five surviving Constructicons, Bombshell upgraded them into a new, modular design, one capable of accepting any compatible Transformer, and used Prowl as a guinea pig to form a Devastator under the control of Bombshell's cerebro-shells. Construction team (green) — a hauler, a bulldozer, a steam shovel, a tank (don't ask), a missile carrier (don't ask). However, Transformers’ imminent success put Diaclone and Jizai Gattai on ice. For the rest of the episode, his limbs are drawn as being in their alternate configuration, but are colored like their standard configuration, up until Metroplex dispatches Menasor, at which point it's Breakdown (left arm), Wildrider colored as Dead End (right arm), Dead End colored as Wildrider (left leg) and Drag Strip (right leg). While not fully visible, so we can't tell who it's, When Menasor launches his arm to replace Superion's leg, the arms are drawn correctly as Breakdown and Wildrider, but are. Seeing their ultimate weapons be defeated convinced Decepticon High Command, bar Megatron, that the battle was lost. Abomenaticus (オボメナティカス Obomenatikasu) is a Decepticon Scramble City-type combiner composed of Transformers from various subgroups. The Technobots were part of Fortress Maximus's crew and the Terrorcons were part of Scorponok's crew on Cybertron. Out of the ShadowsHeatseeker and Slashmark also display this power as Heatmark. Essentially in this scenario, the combiners put aside their differences and then switch limbs. However, there are a few combiners whose components specialize in synchronizing their thoughts and producing a stable combiner. Super Robot Lifeform Transformers — Megatron Set (Takara) — Japanese audio only. This is the most general term for all combining Transformers, and the most common term that has been used by Hasbro in an official capacity, starting with the Micromaster Combiners from 1990 (with the exception of the more limited "special teams" and a recent official use of the term "gestalt"), having even appeared with its own logo on the 2001 Robots in Disguise toyline packaging. The Next Day, and the Next, At some point during the Great War, the Decepticons drafted five subjects to become the "Combicons," an experimental attempt at building a workable Decepticon combiner. Constructicons Rising, Part 4, When Gozer invaded Cybertron, the Decepticons turned their combiners against the invader only for the deity to overpower them. Transformers: The Ultimate Guide. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5 The combinable Terrorcons were part of Galvatron's troops. The Decepticons kept trying to beat the Autobots and miserably failed each time, frequently due to this new team-up, which also helped the Autobots survive and win the Unicron Battles. Scramble 7 (スクランブル7 Sukuranburu Sebun) is a Decepticon Scramble City-type combiner composed of Transformers from various Scramble City-type combiner teams. The non-flying members of the evil Speed Chaser Team could form the Magnawing aircraft to transport themselves around. The three Mini-Con companions of the humans Rad, Alexis and Carlos could band together to form Perceptor. Special Team: A synonym for Scramble City-style combiner. A base consisting mostly of ramps and a hollow tower in the center that combined with 14 non-transforming cars and vans. )created on Earth with the ability to combine to bolster the Decepticons' strength. Menasor seizes the opportunity and disengages Wildrider, who attaches as Superion's leg, with painful results for the air warrior. Out of all of what are known as the ‘Scramble City’ combiners, Defensor is the most advanced in terms of toy engineering. Teams of Autobots and Decepticons combine to form giant super robots called Combiners and fight for control of the universe, part one of the Transformers Prime Wars Trilogy! A decidedly goofy organic insect combiner composed of a stag beetle (right leg), another beetle (left leg), grasshopper (left arm), fly (right arm), and a cockroach body. Optimus Maximus willingly split himself apart in the aftermath so that Prowl could be arrested. However, they had nearly exhausted Takara’s former Diaclone designs, and thus turned to unfinished ideas for that series. Amalgam model: Yet another obscure term for combiners first used by Simon Furman via Wheeljack in the "Devastation Derby!" The initial attempts at combination, despite cleaning up a Mecannibal nest, proved less than successful. The mental and physical torture involved left Devastator only interested in causing destruction. Computron appeared in the last season (Season 3) and his origin story is documented in the episode "Grimlock's New Brain". When all five were forced to the ground, the Dinobots formed Volcanicus to turn the tide of the battle. The combined forms do not have specific names. Safeguard (Animated) 16… A one-robot Super Robot may also be referred to as that robot's Super Mode. You can help Transformers Wiki by expanding it. Due to the fact any robot can form either an arm or a leg, the franchise as a whole very rarely enforces a "standard" combination setup to a particular Scramble City combiner. This is the case when Mini-Cons Powerlinx with bulks, as well as with binary-bonded partners like Headmasters, Powermasters/Godmasters, Kiss Players, and Breastforce members. Now and On Earth, When Optimus Prime annexed Earth, he brought Superion and Victorion to assist him. Moon Breaker, To combat Soundwave, the Bee Team attempted to form Ultra Bee but found themselves unable to complete the combination without Drift. Dreadwing (G1) / Darkwings 8. We hate it, oh God yes, but there it is. Joe invasion, the Constructicons formed Devastator. This article on a faction, government, organization or subgroup, is a stub and is missing information. Also refers to that composite form itself. The term was coined by fans, and there was never consensus on how broadly it could be applied; for example, if Squawkbox would fall under the category or not. Dashtacker 3. When Snake-Eyes smashed the console that kept them docile, their argumentative personalities resurfaced and tore the combiner apart. Beast Wars Sourcebook Both Magnaboss and Predacus played vital roles in the last battle of the war that led to the signing of the Pax Cybertronia. The concept of the whole combiner-limb-switching thing is practically the whole point of "Scramble City", and is completely wrecked by repeated coloring errors. Testing the process on themselves, the Constructicons combined into Devastator. Journey's End, Unlike other combiners, where a single, strong-willed 'bot could dominate the emergent personality, Enigma combiners relied on the joined minds of their components merging into a balanced mental entity, and failure to do so relied in the combiner becoming paralyzed by indecision. Cultural Appropriation, During the Vehicon Apocalypse, Devastator formed again, this time alongside the combiner Magnaboss, to fight the Grand Mal. Before the Great War, Shockwave experimented on the Combaticons during his time at Crystal City. During this time, Thirteen member Nexus Prime wielded the Enigma of Combination, an extremely powerful artifact that allowed two or more Cybertronians to combine with one another. In a secret subterranean factory, the Autobots and their human allies work diligently on their "Scramble City" project, constructing a giant mobile fortress under the direction of Ultra Magnus. Combiners were a very popular idea during the "Generation 1" toyline and as such there are loads of scrapped combiner designs that never got past the drawing board. The Crucible As the Great War began, however, Megatron sought to bolster his growing Decepticon army by creating a viable combiner. Thunder Mayhem eventually made its way off Cybertron, turning its destructive power on other planets. Throughout all of this, Superion undergoes several similar errors, but ultimately, they're far less noticeable; the four smaller Aerialbots are virtually identical in limb-form, making it hard to tell if they've changed positions, or if they've been colored wrong. Both combined forms had limited intelligence: Superion was seemingly incapable of any thoughts beyond "destroy Decepticons" and "protect innocents", while Bruticus Maximus, despite being both dumb and slow, could overwhelm almost any opponent his strength and nigh-impenetrable armor. The Autobots counter with their own combiners and things get ugly. Powered-up robot modes composed of only one Transformer who combines with some of their own accessories are often also referred to as Super Robots, such as Powermaster Optimus Prime or the incarnations of Prime from Robots in Disguise and all three Unicron Trilogy series. Computron, one of the last of the "Scramble City" Combiners released in the original run of the TV series. A simpler dinosaur combiner composed of a pterodactyl, a not-really-a-. These new Combiners began battling one another and laying waste to their surroundings in a conflict known as the Combiner Wars, which continued for decades after the Great War had concluded. A Concorde jet that split into two robots, where the front portion's robot can pop out three wheels and a spare cockpit to give it a land mode. Abomenaticus is composed of: Terrorcons. A fifteen (!) Hoping to rule the planet as part of an empire, Starscream's ambitions set in motion the brief but destructive "Combiner Wars," a series of battles on Cybertron and Caminus that saw the Enigma change hands numerous times, creating several new combiners. The energy allowed Slide to become Victorion's new limb, allowing the two Autobot combiners to defeat Monstructor. Get a Clue, All five Stunticons were able to combine into the powerful (though unintelligent) Menasor. Transformers who have two or more "components" which combine into a single entity. As the Transformers brand reached its peak in 1986 Hasbro unleashed a gamut of new toys and merchandise. A fundamental disadvantage to the combination process is that fusing five or six minds together dilutes the strength of their individual thoughts. So Computron is pretty color accurate and his transformation and combination are pretty impressive. Megatron also adapted them with the ability to combine into Devastator to challenge Omega Supreme. The new Devastator was formed at their graduation ceremony, and the smarter, constructive-minded combiner was heralded as the champion of the Builders. Six of the seven released Generation 1 Scramble City-type combiners were apparently released in themed pairs, themes usually further reinforced by their team members' tech spec bios to some extent. A robot formed from a truck cab and four cars with no robot modes that each have flip out weapon arrays. As the conflict continued with no end in sight, the Decepticon science division forged the Mayhem Attack Squad into a combiner, Thunder Mayhem. Mega-Dinobot 3. 2001 — The Transformers — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. (For more on its origin and meaning, see Notes.) All That Remains Defensor and Superion both showed an unwillingness to split into their components, which worried Optimus Prime. (See Abomenaticus, Autobot Super Scramble, Comperian, Decepticon Super Scramble, and Scramble 7.) Sometimes a smaller Transformer will attach to and enhance a larger Transformer in some way. Without the reality-warping power of the Enigma, the process was imperfect; Primus: All Good Things The Crucible this stunted form of combination relied on forcibly merging the bodies and minds of the 'bots involved in the combination. All That Remains, After the formation of the Council of Worlds, Arcee tried to steal the Enigma of Combination, sparking in motion a chain of events that led to six visiting Torchbearers accidentally merging into the powerful Victorion. Optimus Prime Fight Mode or Optimus Prime Flight Mode, Fight! They were given life through Creation Matrix energy stored in Optimus Prime's head. Just deal with it. Scramble city was a original OVA episode of Transformers created to showcase the most recent characters which had new toys coming soon. Lively Pursuit, Catching up with Thunder Mayhem on the planet Earth, Wreckage, thanks to a beam of energy fired by the superhuman Elizabeth, managed to force his foe to decombine by destroying the Matrix of Malice. until they got a replacement lower torso. The Mind Bomb Darklander warrior Galvatron, convinced of the innate "purity" of humanoid Cybertronians, The Crucible saw combination as a perversion that "rotted away the individual" OnoffON and slaughtered the Headmasters to the last 'bot in his campaign — a campaign that led him to Nexus Prime's castle. When the angle changes and Menasor falls over, his right arm is Breakdown once again colored like Dead End, while his right arm is... well, it's. Dragstrip and Wildbreak demonstrated the ability to do this, when they became Dragbreak to evade capture from the Bee Team. On Cybertron, the Constructicons were existing Transformers who were brainwashed by Megatron to become Decepticons. Worried about the destructive potential combiner posed, Cybertronian ruler Starscream ordered a team of scientists to repair the damaged Superion so that he could have a combiner of his own, incorporating Powerglide and Alpha Bravo as replacements. The markedly more stable Wreckage proved himself by defeating the Teklaans who sought to claim Cybertron as their own. Fixit deduced the radiation from the nuclear waste dump gave them this ability. During the War of the Threefold Spark, a group of Cybertronians seized the Enigma of Combination and used it to turn them into a combiner. Near the end of the Great War, many new Combiners were created by the Enigma of Combination. 11:04. Comfort was rather decidedly not on the top of the list of priorities and, as a result, the process was brutally painful to the Transformers involved, which also made the combiners fuse in a very aggressive and painful manner. Transformers Robots In Disguise Saison 3 Combiner Force Episode 16 L'Union fait la force. He didn't get the chance, however, since the "Monstructor Six" were soon captured by the Decepticon Secret Service. The Constructicons had considerable difficulty coordinating together as Devastator in their first mission. 2 #6 If one Devisien died, the remaining partner could no longer transform. Transformers: Scramble City. The Last Knight. As Superion strikes back, Breakdown (left arm) and Drag Strip (right leg) are drawn and colored correctly, while Dead End (left leg) and Wildrider (right arm) have their colors swapped. The first such combiner to be created using this process was to be the prototype for Jhiaxus's future endeavors; while the six volunteers who Jhiaxus had conscripted were able to successfully combine, the resultant personality was violently insane, dubbing itself "Monstructor" and rampaging through Crystal City until it was subdued and imprisoned by Omega Supreme. Midway through the war, he perfected his experiments, creating the Constructicon combiner known as Devastator. Club Con! Horrified by Wreckage's power, Alpha Bravo took it upon himself to kill the combiner by severing two of its limbs, killing Offroad and allowing himself to be killed shortly afterwards. The original colouring error continues into the next shot, as Superion kicks Menasor. Kings, Inspired by this power, Megatron learned to manipulate the very same energy, which discombobulated the sensors of individual Cybertronians who strayed too far from the outskirts of Iacon. Enemy Action! A third magic mushroom appeared late on in the series literally out of nowhere. Prime's new 'shroom, named Overload, formed a large pair of cannons on top of Super Optimus's shoulders. As such, most combiner robots suffer from miniscule intelligence and occasionally insanity. Omega Supreme pursued the Constructicons for millions of years. Finale. The combining Predacons were summoned to Earth from Cybertron by Megatron. Transformers fiction often depicts characters to the same relative scale as the toys, which duplicates the intra-toyline problems described above. No special explanation of their origin was offered. Prey! Among them were: Due to the many uses of redecoes as new characters and convenience for reading, each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/retools on the same line. When Ultra Magnus, monitoring the battle from the base, sees the Constructicons merge into Devastator, he sends the Aerialbots to join the fight. The combiner prototype opposed Orion Pax and his allies on several occasions until Shockwave was finally defeated. When the Aerialbots ventured into the Cybertronian wilderness, they experienced a different effect: unnatural conflicts developed between them, and the group became increasingly aggressive until they spontaneously combined into Superion; this reaction was speculated to be a CNA-level defense mechanism against the hostile signal. Using Scramble Power, the two super robots shift their limbs for optimum power, but after a few reconfigurations, Fireflight gets confused and attempts to connect as the wrong limb, crashing into his team-mates and falling off. TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE COMBINER FORCE, OPTIMUS PRIME, SIDESWIPE, SPRINGLOAD & MINI ROBOTS. I Dream of Wires Even after he lost his place in the combination, Prowl stated that his experiences as Devastator meant that he no longer saw the Decepticons as enemies, but as a part of him. Without access to the Enigma of Combination, he was forced to use the Talisman to suppress their individual minds and turn them into mindless drones under his control. However, as soon as they connect, their colours change back to those of the limbs as if they were in their traditional positions (Breakdown is coloured maroon like Dead End, Drag Strip is off-white like Breakdown, etc.). The Prime was saved by Hot Rod who teleported his leader away and opened the Matrix saving Cybertron while destroying himself and Megascream. One of these new combiners was Blades, a Bell 212 civilian “Huey”. When the Decepticons detect magnetic fluctuations emanating from the concealed base, however, Soundwave's cassettes investigate; despite resistance from Blaster and his tapes, Ratbat manages to penetrate the cavern and discovers the construction work.