Talk:Shockwave (Animated)

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Contents 1 Locked 2 I have the Picture 3 Shockwave? Where are you? 4 Logic suggests merger 5 Toy? 6 Shockwave release 7 New stuff coming 8 Spoiler pic 9 Final Fate 10 Triple Changer 11 Voyager Toy Description 12 Trivia

[edit] Locked

So, how long is the lock out going to last? -- SFH 17:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

I'd guess, until Autoboot Camp airs in the States. --Professor Icepick 17:50, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Seems to be the trend. I can agree with it.--Rosicrucian^Talk 18:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Why is this still locked? TransRyan 21:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] I have the Picture

Please unlock the Shockwave article. Mr. Serious 15:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Uh, that's not from Autoboot Camp is it?User:GWolfv2 16.53 June 5th 2008

It seems to be, I recognise that pose. We could use it until a whole body image or some toy images are released, although one of him transforming from Longarm Prime to Shockwave would be good too (Shotgun on the Autbot counterpart gag). Metal Gear NOIZE 15:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Couldn't we put the picture lower on the article and put the "Does Prime Die?" spoiler warning at the top. That way people who haven't seen Autoboot Camp don't get the spoiler like some people who have seen it. Just an idea.--AWT88 16:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

The picture should go in the same place as always, because there's nothing remotely spoilery about it. Shockwave is on a viewscreen. Could mean anything. --Thylacine 2000 16:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, since this is about to be deleted, we don't have to do anything. -- SFH 17:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Now I changed the name of the image. Mr. Serious 19:14, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't work that way. You have to reupload the image to change the name. Try something like Animated Shockwave or TFA Autoboot Camp Shockwave. Something that defines the what continuity the subject is in. -- SFH 19:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I now named it TFA Shockwave. Mr. Serious 16:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but this episode is gonna air in the US this week ain't it? Or is it S.U.V. that's gonna air this week? I don't know for sure because I don't get Cartoon Network and have been watching them on YouTube a week at a time.--AWT88 03:41, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Autoboot Camp is this week's Moose episode. The US gets SUV this week. --FortMax 03:43, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, guess I was wrong. So I'm a few weeks ahead of the rest of the nation. But I will not go past Black Friday (which I'll probably end up watching Sunday after work).--AWT88 03:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shockwave? Where are you?

I try to avoid Youtube and the sort so i haven't seen the episode, but I can't help but look up characters. This being said, why does the "little red autobot" have a picture and Shockwave doesn't?

EDIT: Sorry for not signing, and I just realized that it's locked... Ragingtsunami726 19:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Logic suggests merger

Now that its shown in Canaidia, can we go ahead and merge this with Longarm's article?User:GWolfv2 22.46 June 7th

I believe we said, at least in one place, that we were going to try to keep the character pages spoiler free (or at least marked as spoilers int he fiction section) until the episode airs in the US in another week. Since a redirect is inherently a spoiler (anyone clicking on it to read the general bio of Shockwave or Longarm-- but stopping before the section marked as spoilers, would be spoiled just by the act of clicking.)

The decision on the date may have changed- there was a lot of back and forth on it- but 'when it airs int he US' was what I remember last. -Derik 22:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

That being said, can we at least unlock the page to allow registered users to work on it? We have an image now, and the guy who uploaded it deserves a chance to place it on with a caption of his choice. -- SFH 23:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

If I knew when it happened, I would suggest merging them when the Autobots find out that he's playing both sides. But with Animated having a Starscream whose betrayal is secretive and covert, Shockwave's role as a backstabbing spy may actually go undetected, with no dramatic reveal to his Autobot patsies just to go "Mwa Ha Ha, I am evil the whole time!".--Carrion 01:45, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

God knows I object to TFRocks' approach of making the reveal in the first paragraph of the fiction section.--Rosicrucian^Talk 19:31, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm also holding off on posting the double agents category, as nobody wants to get spoiled just by browsing a category.--Rosicrucian^Talk 20:11, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Toy?

Is there any news on a toy for Shockwave yet, and if so, does it (commented out to avoid spoilers, I guess)KrytenKoro 22:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shockwave release

Here's hoping they release a a triplchanger for him, one mode tank, one mode crane and two robot settings - Longarm Scuba Mask and Shockwave Cyclops... Well, I hope that's how it comes out! - User:Shockwave Prime

[edit] New stuff coming

I realised he was not the only autobot and decepticon shape shifter and he is also a double Agent, How come it wasn't in the article. 82.17.140.55 19:08, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

There are lots of words above. They are for your reading. --ItsWalky 19:54, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spoiler pic

Just figured I'd link this here, so it can be posted whenever we're ready to do so. --Professor Icepick 19:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

You mean this picture. 82.17.140.55 20:19, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

...you are something special. He linked it so it wouldn't spoil people. So you embed it. GAH. --Rosicrucian^Talk 21:05, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

So, should we stick this pic in somewhere, or just delete it? --Professor Icepick 21:22, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Final Fate

I think we need to at least say it is uncertain what happens to Shockwave in the end/afterwards, and perhaps mention that since there were several witnesses, it is likely his Double Agent career is at an end, like-

It is uncertain what will happen to Shockwave after the events of the series, but considering that he revealed himself to several witnesses, his career as a double agent is most likely at an end.

Shadow Mask Prime 15:16, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah, but what an end! Schockwave: 2, Autobots: 0. I think maybe we should consider mentioning how *brutal* this cartoon is. It certainly lives up to the legacy of the animated movie. Gorthuar 15:00, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Triple Changer

So have we seen enough to confirm Shockwave as a Triple Changer ?

Retroqqq 13:40, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Triple Changer, in terms of belonging to that category, does not mean a Transformers with 3 modes. It means "A transformers who is identified as a 'triple changer' in packaging, cartoon or fiction."

Triple Changer is a term with specific meaning, like Targetmaster. Just because Megatron transforms into a gun does not make him a Targetmaster. Just because a character has 3 modes does not make them a Triple Changer. Same deal. -Derik 13:44, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Besides which, Shockwave has four forms, not three, and two are due to a power, and might not qualify as alts GWolfv2 14.46 16th Aug 2008 (UTC)

In the Beast Wars Sourcebook, Optimal Optimus was referred to as a "Quadformer". While the circumstances were a little different, him having 3 alt modes and a robot mode, and Shockwave having 2 alt modes and 2 robot modes, this may be a more appropriate designation. Just a suggestion. *shrug*--TriPredRavage 04:12, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

That is right, shockwave is a quadruple changer. Black rhino ranger 15:58, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

I just removed the trivia about Shockwave's tank turning into Longarm's crane. For one thing, it's not 'sometimes', it's 'easily', and for another, it's not exactly trivia when the instructions tell you how to do it. Harley Quinn hyenaholic 13:45, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Voyager Toy Description

Is there any real reason to have the text about him looking "JUST like a robotic demon"? --Loudstone 09:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Should the trivia about the Autobots on earth knowing Shockwave's identity, but the Cybertonians not knowing, be removed? It's out of date now --Loudstone 09:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Where is the interview that is mentioned in trivia? That link is dead. I found what I thought was the specified interview here, but it makes no mention of the decision to include Shockwave in animated. If this trivia does stay, it should at least be moved to a separate bullet, instead of being in the middle of another fact. --Loudstone 09:14, 8 April 2009 (UTC)