The name Soundwave has been applied to several Transformers.

• Soundwave the Decepticon Communications Officer from Generation One, who later took the name Soundblaster in Japan.

• Soundwave the Mutant crocodile/bat from Beast Wars.

• Soundwave the Decepticon Planet X-born stealth bomber from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy.

• Soundwave the Decepticon music box/Scion xB with a guitar and a keytar from Transformers Animated.

• Soundwave the Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen portion of live-action film continuity family.

• Soundwave the Decepticon Cybertronic SUV from the War for Cybertron video game and the Prime animated spinoff series.

Soundwave should not be confused with...

• Soundblaster the other Planet X stealth bomber from the Cybertron series.

• Shockwave