Cyclonus is a minor antagonist in season 3 of Transformers: Animated, serving as Strika's second in command of Team Chaar. He wields twin "Bleedblack" blades that can sap energy from opponents, and transforms into a purple Cybertronian fighter jet.
Biography[]
The AllSpark Almanac[]
He appeared in a storm of light above the Decepticon city of New Kaon. After being rebuilt by Scalpel, he noted that Cyclonus's internal chronometer was off by megacycles, implying he was from the future, and that he was obsessively loyal to a figure called "Galvatron". It is possible he is waiting for Megatron to become Galvatron, essentially "killing time" until his true master appears.
As well as this, Cyclonus shared Starscream's self preservation algorithms commented out", heavily implying he was created from Starscream's cowardly clone Skywarp. After coming to, Cyclonus swore loyalty to Megatron, albeit in the abstract.
Transformers: Animated[]
Cyclonus and Team Chaar battled their Autobot counterparts, Team Athenia, for control of the Autobot Space Bridge to Cybertron. Cyclonus strafed Rodimus before using his twin swords to disable Ironhide and Brawn with the help of Oil Slick. Silently accepting Strika's orders to secure the area, he ignored the stoic defiance of Rodimus, not even watching it get disabled. When the Elite Guard arrived and he was given the order to retreat, he did so without complaint.
Personality[]
He is a competent warrior who follows orders without complaint, which contrasts him with many of the more ambitious and treacherous Decepticons. He shows little emotion and simply accepts Strika's orders, ignoring the defiance of his Autobot opponents. He finds Oil Slick's tactics distasteful, preferring to face his enemies one-on-one.
Trivia[]
- Him possibly being Skywarp reformatted by Unicron is a reference to him either implied to be Bombshell (whose existence in Animated is a mere cameo via All There in the Manual) or Skywarp being reformatted by Unicron in various Generation 1 continuities. Most interpretations go with him being Bombshell, making Animated the only case so far where he was Skywarp.
- Animated Cyclonus seems to come from a dark future when Unicron converts Megatron into Galvatron, and it is unclear whether this is the "true" future of the Animated universe, or just one potential one.
- While Animated Cyclonus does not speak in Transwarped, he is characterised as speaking melodramatically, often using recurring phrases commonly associated with long time Transformers writer Simon Furman, nicknamed Furmanisms.
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