The Predacons are a Decepticon combiner team with robotic animals as alt modes, and are able to combine into Predaking. They appear in the Generation One cartoon, where they were often involved with the Quintessons, sharing a rivalry with the Autobot Lieutenant Commander Sky Lynx, and the Marvel Comics, where they serve as elite hunters, and were rivals with the Dinobots. The group consists of:
- Razorclaw (Lion)
- Divebomb (Hawk)
- Headstrong (Rhino)
- Rampage (Tiger)
- Tantrum (Buffalo)
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The Predacons first appeared in Five Faces of Darkness as a new team, while the Decepticons were aligned with the Quintessons, and were charged with stealing Metroplex's Transformation Cog, and battled Sky Lynx on Io.
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the Headmasters[]
Marvel's the Transformers[]
The Predacons were a group of hunters aligned with the Decepticons, but, serving in a somewhat mercenary role, were not necessarily loyal to the current leader.
In Prey The Predacons were summoned to Earth by Megatron to aid him to dispatching the isolated Optimus Prime. The Predacons proved their skills, engaging in some target practice on Motormaster, and were approved by their leader. However, Shockwave approached them with an offer to turn on Megatron and destroy him instead. Heading out with Megatron to hunt Optimus, the Predacons aided in ambushing him, but Prime proved to be a worthy match for them individually. Combining into Predaking, they chased him down, flushing Prime out. With Prime on his knees, in The Harder They Die, the Predacons used the opportunity to turn on Megatron, disarming him, and Megatron and Optimus fell into the space bridge, believed dead for some time.
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- In the Japanese version of the cartoon, it is revealed that the Quintessons were the ones who created the Predacons.
- In the UK version of the comics, the Predacons debut before their US appearance in a similar storyline of hunting down Megatron. In the UK reprint of Gone But Not Forgotten, an explanation is given that Megatron had lost his memories of the Predacons.
