Clone number 3370318


 * The Coward Starscream is brave enough to be a Decepticon from the Animated continuity family. Barely.



The Coward Starscream is a type of Starscream clone embodying the original Starscream's cowardly side, although it seems to have been greatly enhanced. So much that he's basically afraid of everything. He can't even stand still; even when nothing is going on, he's trembling at some imagined threat.

Naturally, this makes him something of a liability in battle. But he does make one fine decoy to draw enemy fire.

"Us? Against Megatron? Are you insane?! (whimpers) I… think I just sprang an oil leak."

- The second Coward, right after his activation

Animated cartoon

 * Voice actor: Tom Kenny (English)

First Coward


The first Coward had a "cool" version of Starscream's normal colours, heavily tending toward purple with gray extremities. He bolted after Lockdown and Prowl tracked him down, confusing him for the real Starscream, though both were a little taken aback by how chicken "Starscream" was being. Prowl was able to take the fleeing jet out of the air using his fancy new mods. The clone begged and pleaded with his captors not to be given to Megatron, who had ordered a bounty on Starscream's head. As Prowl explained he was going to be given to the Cybertron Elite Guard, Lockdown tied Prowl up, then ran off with the clone and dragged him to his rendezvous with Megatron.

As Megatron was about to make an example of him, the Autobots arrived with another Starscream clone, the Sycophant, prompting a Mexican standoff. Both clones had bombs implanted in their spark chambers and were used as bait to draw all of Starscream's enemies to one spot. As Lockdown and the Decepticons made a break for it, Prowl welded his borrowed mods to the pair and launched them into the sky, where they exploded.

Second Coward
A second Coward would later appear, this time with a black, purple and grey colour scheme. He was the last clone brought online before Starscream led his new force to Earth.

In the battle for the space bridge, he mostly cowered and pleaded. Blurr got a pair of stasis cuffs on him, which absolutely terrified him, as he claimed that he had an irrational fear of stasis lock. But then both of them and the Egomaniacal clone were accidentally hurled into the space bridge, their destination unknown.

Trivia

 * The second Coward's colors are taken from the far braver Generation 1 Skywarp. He may very likely be Animated Skywarp, but this is not confirmed. The uncertainty about it undoubtedly terrifies the Coward to no end.