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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 & the groups' most strongest weapon ever known. He has 3 modes, consisting of his Godzilla-like robot mode, a city & 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 by Decepticon drones named Full-Tilt & Brunt & is shown to be the sworn nemesis of both Omega Supreme and Metroplex. In his defeat, he turned into Megatron's battleship known as the Nemesis.
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.
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.
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 noncanonical Japanese continuity of G1 Transformers OVA Scramble City, appearing in the OVA's ending after Metroplex aided Superion & Defensor beat Menasor & Bruticus, preparing to battle Metroplex.
Transformers: War for Cybertron[]
| “ | YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS, AUTOBOTS!! | „ |
| ~ Trypitcon's catchphrase. |
When the Autobots were attempting to evacuate Cybertron, Trypticon (in his cannon form) fires the ships under the command of Megatron to ensure the Autobots cannot escape from him. When Megatron ordered Trypticon to fire both Iacon and Optimus Prime, the Aerialbots destroyed Trypticon's Conversion Cog to revert him into his original form. While his jetpack was destroyed, Trypticon fell from orbit and crashed to Iacon to fight Optimus, Bumblebee and Iacon. He easily defeated the newly arrived Aerialbots but gotten defeated by the Autobots and fell into the Energon Lake by Optimus and his Energon Axe.
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark[]
After Optimus, Jazz and the now rescued Cliffjumper were trapped in Kolkular, Jetfire infiltrated inside of the in-stasis Trypticon's body until he encountered Starscream and his troops. Jetfire used Trypticon's laser beam at Kolkular to free Optimus and the others.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron[]
| “ | Trypticon. If you can hear me, understand this is not a rescue mission. Despite your great power, you failed to destroy the Autobots. You failed me. Henceforth, your chassis will be altered and redesigned to my specifications. | „ |
| ~ Megatron to Trypticon punishing him for his failure. |
Following Megatron's resurrection and his subsequent deposing of Starscream, the reinstated leader of the Decepticons set about leading his army to victory. As part of his plan to destroy the Autobots and access a new, energy rich world Shockwave had discovered, Megatron led an assault upon Iacon, with the intention of reclaiming Trypticon. The Autobots stationed at the facility put up a fierce resistance, but Megatron was able to (literally) cut through them. Along the way, the Decepticon leader managed to reassemble Trypticon's scattered body parts, by depowering the stabilizers and reattaching the scattered limbs back onto his largest servants body. Eventually, the Autobot's were defeated and Trypticon was liberated.
After the battle, Megatron had Soundwave run a diagnostic. The scans revealed that Trypticon's body was still heavily damaged from his previous encounter with Optimus and the Aerialbots. Megatron's loyal lieutenant also informed his master that whilst functional, Trypticon had entered a deep stasis (the transformer equivalent to a coma). Soundwave prepared to calculate how long it would take to fix the giant transformer, only for Megatron to immediately tell him not to bother.
Using the section quote, Megatron addressed then Trypticon directly. Ignoring the very real likelihood that the giant transformer could not hear him, Megatron made it very clear that despite appearances, he was not here to rescue Trypticon. The giant transformer had failed in his mission to kill Optimus Prime and failure was something the leader of the Decepticon's did not tolerate. Megatron declared that as punishment for his failure, Trypticon's body would now be altered to his masters benefit, whether the giant transformer wanted it or not. Hearing this Soundwave, perhaps realizing what Megatron was planning, notified his master that any modifications would rob Trypticon of his ability to transform and he would remain stuck in his alternative form indefinitely. Megatron however, was not concerned, stating that this development suited him perfectly.
Without a moments hesitation, Megatron ordered Soundwave to start the Nemesis Protocol. Complying with his leaders instructions, Soundwave pressed several keys, uploading the schematics for a new warship. Once the download was complete, the inert monster was forcefully altered into a battleship. It is not clear if Trypticon was conscious during the procedure, but if he was, the unresponsive transformer was unable to do anything to stop or prevent this conversion.
Transformers: Prime[]
Years later after transformed into the Nemesis, Trypticon was revived by Dark Energon and regain his controls. He intended to seek out more Iacon relics but willing to neutralize Megatron and the Decepticons (whom they didn't recognized Trypticon many years ago) and placed them in stasis lock. Jack, Miko, Raf, Agent Fowler and Ratchet infiltrated into Trypticon to remove Dark Energon from the Energon fueler until Trypticon attempted to terminate them but accidentally cause Megatron fall pulling the lever to remove Dark Energon and Trypticon returned into deep stasis.
Trivia[]
- Trypticon's fate during the War for Cybertron video game, in conjunction with the fate of the Autobot's largest transformer Metroplex, highlights the difference between the Autobots and the Decepticons, alongside the concern that their leaders have for their troops.
- Unable to escape Cybertron himself, Metroplex voluntarily gave his life, despite Optimus' protests, so that the remaining Autobot's might stand a chance in the future. This sacrifice was honored by Prime, who mourned the fallen warrior.
- In contrast, Megatron showed no concern for Trypticon's well being. Although he could have used the Iacon facility to repair or perhaps even upgrade Trypticon thus making him more powerful, he instead had Trypticons body dissected and altered to suit his own purpose. When Soundwave made it clear Trypticon would never recover from the process, Megatron made it very clear that he did not care.
- Trypticon's transformation into the Nemesis in the Fall of Cybertron and Transformers Prime is very similar to Omega Supreme's original fate in the Transformers Animated series. After a battle with the Decepticons, the heavily-injured giant was likewise transformed into a space ship and put in stasis by Ratchet. The difference was that Omega Supreme did this voluntarily and was later repaired with the help of Sari and the AllSpark Key. As such, he had regained his true form and will by the end of the series. Although temporarily awakened by the Dark Energon in Transformers Prime, Trypticon never regained his true form and as stated above, returned to stasis when Megatron removed the aforementioned energy source.
