Clone number 2716057


 * The Sycophant Starscream is a Decepticon from the Animated continuity family.



The Sycophant Starscream is a Starscream clone who is Starscream's flattering, "kiss-up" nature incarnate.

"Oh, great and mighty Autobot! It is an honor to merely bask in your majestic pre-daaagh!"

- The Sycophant tries his shtick on an unimpressed Omega

Animated cartoon
The Sycophant first appeared with a reddish-brown and off-white coloration, leaning towards a "hot" interpretation of Starscream's colors. True to form, he went so far as to laud grandiosely and in turn each of the assembled Autobots trying to capture him (though he did forget Bulkhead's name), assuming he was the true Starscream. When Prowl took him down with a sneak attack, he also complimented the underhanded move, further horrifying Prowl (who had done some damage to the city while showing off with his fancy new mods). The clone was brought to Megatron's attention, who had the Coward, another clone. Both clones had bombs in their spark chambers and were destroyed in the upper atmosphere, when Prowl sent them high to avoid destroying Old Detroit.



The Sycophant was rebuilt afterward, this time in a bright orange and white color scheme. His suck-up nature was even more prominent, as he basically kissed the aft of everyone he came in contact with. Starscream rather liked that. During the space bridge battle, the Sycophant quickly capitulated to Megatron as soon as Starscream was beheaded, and even sucked up to Omega Supreme... and got smashed into the dirt then blasted for it.

Trivia

 * Though the Female clone refers to him as "a suck-up", according to Derrick Wyatt, his official model-sheet name is "Sycophant Starscream".


 * Sycophant's second set of colors are based on Generation 1 Sunstorm's.