This resulted in an odd curiosity of the original cartoon's designs as the designers were evidently working off these renderings rather than a flat image, the beveled detail at the top of the Decepticon symbol's crest was misinterpreted as a third spike on said crest, resulting in a disparity between the cartoon insignia and other appearances of the Decepticon badge. The original Autobot and Decepticon insignias, supposedly designed by Wayne Molinare, were seemingly based on toys from the first year of the original Transformers toyline the Autobot symbol is a heavily stylized and simplified version of the face of Prowl, while the Decepticon insignia is drawn from that of Soundwave.įor the toy packaging and the cartoon's scene transitions, the insignia were rendered in metallic colors with beveled edges. Joe and Visionaries, but the Transformers toys were the first to make heavy use of the idea on the toys themselves.
Note the beveled detailing on the Decepticon symbol's crest, which was misinterpreted as a third spike for the cartoon.įaction insignia were used to differentiate heroes and villains in several 1980s Hasbro toylines, including G.I. Finally, he expressed remorse for his actions thereby reverting, in his spark, to a Maximal.ġ Credit and thanks to Jared for this suggestion.Ģ With thanks to phantom42 for this suggestion.The toy packaging's faction insignia were stylized and metallic. Though he was initially reprogrammed by Megatron to be a Vehicon, Tankor somewhat embraced it for a while (after regaining his Rhinox memories). Tankor (Vehicon) was revealed to be Rhinox (Maximal).
Strictly speaking, Sentinel Prime did not actually join the Decepticons (including getting the purple badge) but he did ally himself with them and even assumed command of them (see above quote).Īnd an honorary mention should go to this character from Beast Wars/Beast Machines (spoilers for Beast Machines) 2 Sentinel usurps Megatron and assumes command of the Decepticons to oversee the final phase of the plan in Chicago. He demands the exile of the Autobots, who are apparently destroyed while leaving the planet in their space ship. After teleporting hundreds of Decepticons to Earth, he has a confrontation with Optimus, but spares him, in the hope that he would recognize the moral of what he was doing. betrays the Autobots, kills Ironhide, transports the pillars to Washington D.C. Once he arrived back at their base, Sentinel. the first Decepticon and the true founder and leader of the Decepticons (as Megatron accepts the Fallen as his master), and all future Decepticons would wear an insignia which is similar to the Fallen's face.Īnd from Transformers: Dark of the Moon (spoilers)
He is typically described as one of the thirteen original Primes who then went on to become the founder of the Decepticons.įor example, in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the Fallen is described as: The character called The Fallen has occurred in multiple Transformers universes. Wheeljack hence left his large scarred Autobot symbol (ironically looking like it had been crossed out) on his robot chest/car bonnet and put a new, smaller, Decepticon symbol underneath. But it was Megatron who saved him that day, and in return, Wheeljack became a Decepticon. Meanwhile, Wheeljack saw a figure approaching through the flames, thinking that at last, Hot Shot had returned. An arrogant Autobot officer forbade Hot Shot from returning, claiming the fire was too intense and they couldn't risk more lives. Hot Shot could not lift the wreckage alone, and left to get some help, promising to return, but he never did. However, that friendship was broken one day when Wheeljack was trapped under rubble in the middle of an intense fire. Wheeljack was once an Autobot in the same military unit as Hot Shot, looking up to his peer due to his own inexperience in battle, and they considered each other good friends. There are three Autobots who became Decepticons that I can think of:
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