Shockwave (TFA)


 * Shockwave is a Decepticon from the Transformers Animated continuity family.



Shockwave is a covert agent in service to Megatron. A master of disguise, he represents Megatron's long-term plans, if outright military conquest proves unfeasible. He's been in deep cover on Cybertron for so long that even he probably doesn't know who he really is, but he provides the inside scoop on what the Autobots are doing.

Animated cartoon

 * Voice actor: Corey Burton (English)

Shockwave was recruited by Megatron because his mass-shifting abilities allowed him to effectively impersonate a wide variety of shapes and sizes, making it difficult for Autobots to accurately track him during missions of infiltration and sabotage. It was these traits which led to Megatron sending him to enlist in the Autobot armed services, as a means of climbing the ranks and eventually taking the organization down from within.

Unfortunately, during his initial boot camp training Shockwave slipped up and was overheard reporting to Megatron by the black sheep recruit Bumblebee. Seeing his fellow recruit Wasp (probably Shockwave) leaving the building shortly afterwards, Bumblebee was aware there was a traitor in their midst, and suspected Wasp. Turning to espionage-savvy Longarm, the young Autobot set out to expose the traitor as a means to ensuring his career in the Cybertron Elite Guard. As Bumblebee got closer to the truth, Shockwave had to take matters into his own hands and switched the training equipment to live ammo in an attempt to offline the Autobot.

To get the annoying Autobot off his track, Shockwave planted a communicator in Wasp's footlocker to frame him as a traitor. In the end the matter was settled with Wasp being dragged off to prison, a piece of deductive work which Longarm commended Bumblebee for. Years later Wasp escaped from prison, and Megatron started receiving transmissions from his double agent on Cybertron. Bumblebee again suspected Wasp, and informed his old friend Longarm, now Longarm Prime, head of Cybertron Intelligence. Longarm Prime expressed his pleasure at hearing from Bumblebee and Bulkhead again, and promised to deal with the matter of the traitor personally. Very personally, as he reported back to Megatron that the Autobots didn't suspect a thing and that Wasp's jailbreak had been the perfect distraction. Megatron's plan had succeeded, and in the guise of Longarm Prime Shockwave was ready to take the Autobots down from the inside.

Trivia

 * Shockwave's body appears to be largely patterned after Armada Megatron; he transforms into an "H-tank", the front treads end up on his shoulders, and his helmet features large, serrated blades of the kind found on Megatron's Armada-body helmet. However, he retains the classic Shockwave window-chest and face that is little more than a single, round optic. It is unknown at this time if one of his hands retracts to reveal a blaster-cannon.


 * Actor Corey Burton reprises the role of Shockwave from Generation One.


 * Despite not having a face, Shockwave still manages to have a chin. Granted, it is not as outlandishly large as some others are.


 * Shockwave has been entrusted to remain on Cybertron with the mission to prepare the place for Megatron's return. Humm... Déjà vu!


 * He is Not the only one that can transform into an autobot