Ransack (Movie)


 * Ransack is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise portion of the live-action film continuity family.

Back in the distance past of Cybertron, when flight was a new technology, Ransack was first of the flying aces. He was a ruthless combatant, blasting his opponents out of the sky, and then strafing the helpless troops stuck on the ground without cover. He may be past his prime and equipped with outdated weapons now, but there was a time when Ransack was the most feared name on Cybertron.

"I'm Ransack. And the way this works is...I fly, You DIE!"

- Ransack to Skids and Mudflap in the Titan comics.

Revenge of the Fallen novel
After Jetfire transported Sam's group to Egypt, he attacked them. His attack consisted of a single shot that just pinged off of Jetfire's body. Jetfire responded by simply stepping on him, killing Ransack. Jetfire commented he didn't like him anyway, but the attack caused Jetfire's memory to return somewhat.

Titan Magazines
Ransack attacks Skids and Mudflap on Interstate I-90. He forces them onto a muddy field. When Ransack come around for another strike, Mudflap throws mud in his engine, making him lose control for a second. He comes round to attack again he looses off his machine guns, causing skids to fall. Ransack transforms to finish them off. Just as he lands, Bumblebee arrives after he received an S.O.S from the twins. He launches missiles at Ransack, and badly damaging him, he retreats with smoke trailing from his engine.

While training on Phobos, a moon of mars, Soundwave, Grindor and Sideways arrive and force them to look for Ransack. They leave and head for Earth. Later, they search for Ransack at an old barn. Just as they're gonna leave, Ransack bursts out of the barn and takes off. He swings around and attacks the Autobots. Skids and Mudflap try to escape and Ransack pursuits them. Then, Grindor and Sideways arrive. Grindor shoots out Ransack's wings causing him to crash, then Sideways attacks Mudflap. Mudflap manages to ram Sideways into a tree, disabling him. Grindor finds the crashed Ransack and tows him away.

Toy
Ransack (Scout, 2009)


 * Ransack transforms into a German biplane based heavily on the Albatros D.III, though judging by the shape of his wings (with scalloped surfaces), he’s a Fokker. He’s got some excess undercarriage junk on his lower wings resembling load-bearing reinforcement struts which carry double machine guns on his right wing, and a pair of bombs on his left wing.  These “struts” become his weapon-laden arms in his gangly, whisper-thin robot mode, the skeletal appearance of which is enhanced by his skull-like visage. The emblems on his wings are a hybrid of the Decepticon insignia and various crosses seen on Germanic war-planes.