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| “ | Total Destruction requires total victory. | „ |
| ~ Trypticon's motto |
| “ | Trypticon cannot be stopped! Nothing can stand in my way!! | „ |
| ~ Trypticon |
Trypticon is a colossal Godzilla-like Decepticon and the group's strongest weapon ever known. He has 3 modes, consisting of his Godzilla-like robot mode, a city and a mobile battle station. Though a ruthless killer who enjoyed his battles well, he doubts whether if his allegiance to the Decepticons is indeed right. He is aided by Decepticon drones named Full-Tilt and Brunt, and is shown to be the sworn nemesis of both Omega Supreme and Metroplex.
Trypticon was voiced by Brad Garrett, who would later voice Grease Pit in Biker Mice from Mars and would later play Robert in Everybody Loves Raymond.
Toy Biography[]
Doesn't stop blasting until he's hit-deep in the smoking rubble. Completely without mercy. The most lethal fighting machine devised by the Decepticons. In dinosaur mode, jumps 20 miles with a rocket backpack. Shoots heat-seeking plasma bombs from mouth & mind-controlling hypno beam from optical sensor. As city, has landing & repair bays, communication center & rotating scanners. In mobile station mode, has laser cannon, rotating blasters, destructo-beams & dual photon launchers.
History[]
G1 Transformers Cartoon[]
First appearing in the 5-part episode "5 Faces of Darkness" in the year 2005, Trypticon was created by the Constructicons after the Decepticons formed an alliance with the Quintessons, using a populated human city as a source. After being created, he frightened off most of the humans living within his body before transforming into his theropod mode. Trypticon's first mission was to destroy Autobot Headquarters, but met a small resistance of who tried to stop him. He knocks Powerglide out of the way & beated the rest of the Autobot ground forces, stepping on Swerve in the process before finally destroying the Ark for good. After finishing this mission, Trypticon heads toward Autobot City to destroy it, leaving a disabled Metroplex at risk. The collosal Autobot was however saved with the arrival of Blurr, Wheelie & Sky Lynx, who had Metroplex' transformation cog. Sky Lynx distracted the Decepticons to give Blurr & Wheelie enough time to insert Metroplex' transformation cog, enabling him to transform into robot mode. The collosal Autobot gained an upper hand when he beat up Trypticon for good & hurled him into the horizon, crashing into the Pacific Ocean.
Marvel Comics[]
Trypticon made his one and only appearance in the Marvel US comic in Issue #27. He was despatched to Earth by the Cybertronian Decepticon commander Ratbat as a favour to the Earth Decepticons, a one-off lending of resource to deal with the Earth Autobots. Trypticon launched an attack on the Ark, aided by his assistant Wipe-Out, decimating an Autobot advance party whilst using sonic-scrambler missiles to prevent Autobot reinforcements from reaching them. When he also tried to kill young human Rachel Becker, it prompted first Grimlock and then the rest of the Dinobots to enter the fray, keeping Trypticon busy until Ratbat recalled him to Cybertron, declaring he had exceeded his fuel allowance.
Trypticon’s only other appearance was in the UK-exclusive story “Meltdown”, when Flywheels brought him to assist the Autobots against their mutual enemy, the insane Autobot scientist Flame, who was about to activate a poorly-managed reactor that would go critical and destroy Cybertron. Trypticon smashed down the door to Flame’s control room and fought Flame’s zombie army. Curiously, he was not seen among the group assembled after Flame’s engines exploded and appeared to be too big to fit through the hatch Emirate Xaaron used to escape, making his fate unclear (although Xaaron does make a reference to “Decepticons” being among the survivors).
Transformers: Scramble City[]
Trypticon appeared in the OVA Scramble City, set within the Japanese version of the G1 cartoon, appearing in the OVA's ending after Metroplex aided Superion & Defensor beat Menasor & Bruticus, preparing to battle Metroplex.
IDW Comics[]
- Main article: Trypticon (IDW Comics)
Aligned Universe[]
- Main article: Trypticon (Aligned)
Trivia[]
- In tie-in comics to the original Transformers film series, Trypticon is featured as the capital of Cybertron which would become the Decepticons' headquarters. In an early draft of the comic The Reign of Starcream, the city would have been brought to life as a consequence of Starscream's scheme to create a replica AllSpark, but this idea was dropped from the final comic.
- In Transformers Animated, Trypticon Prison referenced in tie-in media, as a maximum security prison for Decepticons.
