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{{Transformers
:''Nautilator is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
 
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|Image = [[Image:G1Nautilator_MTMTE.jpg|300px|]]
 
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|Name = Nautilator
[[Image:G1Nautilator_MTMTE.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Doctor Zoidberg in Decepticon form.]]
 
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|Continuity = [[The Transformers (franchise)|The Transformers]]
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|Affiliation = [[Decepticon]]s
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|Subgroup = [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]]
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'''Nautilator''' is a Class-A, 100% certified screw-up in every sense of the term. Rage-filled bellows of ''"Nautilatooooooooorrrr!!!"'' echo throughout the halls of the Decepticon Headquarters, as his peers and superiors struggle in vain to cope with his oafish buffoonery. A train-wreck of a warrior, Nautilator can barely manage to swim, let alone follow complex orders in an aquatic environment. Though if one were to ask Nautilator why he's such a doofus, he'd be quick to point a claw at anyone but himself. After all, it's not ''his'' fault the pencil-pushing eggheads at Decepticon HQ decided to turn him into a crab when he ''clearly'' had no deep sea training of any kind.
 
'''Nautilator''' is a Class-A, 100% certified screw-up in every sense of the term. Rage-filled bellows of ''"Nautilatooooooooorrrr!!!"'' echo throughout the halls of the Decepticon Headquarters, as his peers and superiors struggle in vain to cope with his oafish buffoonery. A train-wreck of a warrior, Nautilator can barely manage to swim, let alone follow complex orders in an aquatic environment. Though if one were to ask Nautilator why he's such a doofus, he'd be quick to point a claw at anyone but himself. After all, it's not ''his'' fault the pencil-pushing eggheads at Decepticon HQ decided to turn him into a crab when he ''clearly'' had no deep sea training of any kind.
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When he's not sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic, Nautilator can combine with his fellow [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]]s to form [[Piranacon]].
 
When he's not sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic, Nautilator can combine with his fellow [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]]s to form [[Piranacon]].
   
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Nautile'''
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:''French name (Canada):'' '''Nautile'''
   
 
==Fiction==
 
==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
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===Marvel Generation One comics===
 
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''When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Earthbound Decepticons established their new undersea base, Seawing and the [[Seacon]]s were summoned from Cybertron to work on the base's fortifications, as they were uniquely suited for underwater activity. They got more than they bargained for when the super-Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] came a'calling. In the battle, Seawing and [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] managed to momentarily stun Galvatron, but in the end even the combined might of [[Piranacon]] couldn't beat him. {{Storylink|Enemy Action!}}''
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''When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Earthbound Decepticons established their new undersea base, Seawing and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]]s were summoned from Cybertron to work on the base's fortifications, as they were uniquely suited for underwater activity. They got more than they bargained for when the super-Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] came a'calling. In the battle, Seawing and [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] managed to momentarily stun Galvatron, but in the end even the combined might of [[Piranacon]] couldn't beat him. {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}''
   
''After Shockwave was deposed, the new commander [[Ratbat]] kept the Seacons on retainer for another mission. ''The Seacons were commissioned to hunt down a sunken shipwreck in the water around the Decepticon undersea base, a wreck which supposedly contained two Autobot cassettes with valuable information encoded on them. They successfully obtained the treasure chest containing the cassettes and, despite a brief theft by the Autobot [[Blaster]], managed to recapture the prize and return it to their leader. Unfortunately for them, this led to a sequence of events whereby the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] acquired the power of the [[Underbase]] for himself. The Autobots and Decepticons of Earth were forced to unite in order to stop him from seizing ultimate power. The Seacons attacked Starscream in unison in the waters around Manhattan, but were destroyed in a single energy discharge. {{Storylink|Dark Star!}}
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''After Shockwave was deposed, the new commander [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] kept the Seacons on retainer for another mission. ''The Seacons were commissioned to hunt down a sunken shipwreck in the water around the Decepticon undersea base, a wreck which supposedly contained two Autobot cassettes with valuable information encoded on them. They successfully obtained the treasure chest containing the cassettes and, despite a brief theft by the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], managed to recapture the prize and return it to their leader. Unfortunately for them, this led to a sequence of events whereby the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] acquired the power of the [[Underbase]] for himself. The Autobots and Decepticons of Earth were forced to unite in order to stop him from seizing ultimate power. The Seacons attacked Starscream in unison in the waters around Manhattan, but were destroyed in a single energy discharge. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}
   
''Sometime later, during the [[Earthforce]] saga, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] traveled back in time and possessed the body of Seacon leader Snaptrap during the [[Underbase Saga]], in an attempt to save them in the past to bolster his troops in the present. He failed due to the intervention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and the Seacons met their fate as before. {{Storylink|Flashback!}}''
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''Sometime later, during the [[Earthforce]] saga, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] traveled back in time and possessed the body of Seacon leader Snaptrap during the [[Underbase Saga]], in an attempt to save them in the past to bolster his troops in the present. He failed due to the intervention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and the Seacons met their fate as before. {{storylink|Flashback!}}''
   
 
==Toys==
 
==Toys==
===Generation 1===
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===Generation One===
 
*'''Nautilator''' (Seacon, 1988)
 
*'''Nautilator''' (Seacon, 1988)
 
**''Team ID number:'' '''SE3'''
 
**''Team ID number:'' '''SE3'''
 
**''Accessories'': "[[Triple crusher cannon]]", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base
 
**''Accessories'': "[[Triple crusher cannon]]", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base
   
: Nautilator transforms into a robot lobster. He also has a third [[Targetmaster]]<ref>1988 [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' catalog</ref> mode, which can be mounted on the weapon stand formed from the "Tripod Rifle" and other accessories, or held in the hand of the Seacons' combined robot. As a "[[Scramble City]]"-styled combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any compatible robot combination, though his nominal placement is as the hand-cannon for Piranacon.
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: Nautilator transforms into a robot lobster. He also has a third [[Targetmaster]]<ref>1988 [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' catalog</ref> mode, which can be mounted on the weapon stand formed from the "Tripod Rifle" and other accessories, or held in the hand of the Seacons' combined robot. As a "[[Scramble City]]"-styled combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any compatible robot combination; the instructions included with the individual Seacons depict Nautilator as the right leg of Piranacon, while most other art depicts him as the right arm. The instructions and boxart associated with the Piranacon giftset omit Nautilator entirely, since he himself was omitted from the set.
   
 
: His beast-mode lobster-claws are not really meant to be separate accessories and are not listed as such in his instructions, but they are easily removable, and therefore often missing from loose samples.
 
: His beast-mode lobster-claws are not really meant to be separate accessories and are not listed as such in his instructions, but they are easily removable, and therefore often missing from loose samples.
   
: This exact toy was released in Japan as the [[Lobclaw]] drone. It was to be [[redeco]]ed into ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Nautilator (Energon)|Nautilator]], but was canceled and is now set to be a collectors club exclusive in june of 2008.
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: This exact toy was released in Japan as the [[Lobclaw]] drone.
   
 
===Timelines===
*'''Piranacon''' (Gift set, 1988)
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*'''Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2008)
   
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: A [[redeco]] of the Generation One mold above, ''Timelines'' Overbite was available exclusively as part of a [[Official Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] giftset containing all six Seacons in new color schemes. He is once again depicted as the right arm of the combined super robot.
: Nautilator was also available in the ''Italian'' version of the Seacon box set, along with his teammates [[Snaptrap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]], [[Skalor]] and [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]].
 
   
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:This toy was originally intended as an exclusive set of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''-series [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], but was shelved due to a lack of retailer interest. The team were called the Piranhacons and their combined form was Piranhaking, but this other Nautilator's name would have remained Nautilator.
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*'''Piranacon''' (2008)
 
   
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==Notes==
:Revealed at [[OTFCC 2004]], Nautilator was to be a [[redeco]] of the [[Generation 1]] [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] [[Nautilator (G1)|Nautilator]], transforming into a robotic lobster. He was to be available only in a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] Piranhaking set for the ''Energon'' line. However, Wal*Mart ended up passing on the exclusive, likely to to low sales of previous exclusives to the chain. (Though in all fairness, Wal*Mart had almost a half-dozen different ''[[Universe]]'' exclusive toys come out in the span of a month.) This was one of several proposed exclusive toys that ended up in development limbo during that year. The toy, but not the character, was eventually picked up by the [[Transformers Collector's Club]].
 
 
==Trivia==
 
 
* How big a screw-up is Nautilator? Well, he was ''left out'' of the US/UK Piranacon and the ''Beast Wars II'' gift set, which had the other five members of his team! He wasn't even drawn in the super-robot art! Ouch!
 
* How big a screw-up is Nautilator? Well, he was ''left out'' of the US/UK Piranacon and the ''Beast Wars II'' gift set, which had the other five members of his team! He wasn't even drawn in the super-robot art! Ouch!
   
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*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Nautilator/nautilator.htm Nautilator at TFU.info]
 
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Nautilator/nautilator.htm Nautilator at TFU.info]
   
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Nautilator is a Class-A, 100% certified screw-up in every sense of the term. Rage-filled bellows of "Nautilatooooooooorrrr!!!" echo throughout the halls of the Decepticon Headquarters, as his peers and superiors struggle in vain to cope with his oafish buffoonery. A train-wreck of a warrior, Nautilator can barely manage to swim, let alone follow complex orders in an aquatic environment. Though if one were to ask Nautilator why he's such a doofus, he'd be quick to point a claw at anyone but himself. After all, it's not his fault the pencil-pushing eggheads at Decepticon HQ decided to turn him into a crab when he clearly had no deep sea training of any kind.

When he's not sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic, Nautilator can combine with his fellow Seacons to form Piranacon.

French name (Canada): Nautile

Fiction[]

Marvel Generation One comics[]

Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

When Shockwave's Earthbound Decepticons established their new undersea base, Seawing and the Seacons were summoned from Cybertron to work on the base's fortifications, as they were uniquely suited for underwater activity. They got more than they bargained for when the super-Decepticon Galvatron came a'calling. In the battle, Seawing and Jawbreaker managed to momentarily stun Galvatron, but in the end even the combined might of Piranacon couldn't beat him. Enemy Action!

After Shockwave was deposed, the new commander Ratbat kept the Seacons on retainer for another mission. The Seacons were commissioned to hunt down a sunken shipwreck in the water around the Decepticon undersea base, a wreck which supposedly contained two Autobot cassettes with valuable information encoded on them. They successfully obtained the treasure chest containing the cassettes and, despite a brief theft by the Autobot Blaster, managed to recapture the prize and return it to their leader. Unfortunately for them, this led to a sequence of events whereby the treacherous Starscream acquired the power of the Underbase for himself. The Autobots and Decepticons of Earth were forced to unite in order to stop him from seizing ultimate power. The Seacons attacked Starscream in unison in the waters around Manhattan, but were destroyed in a single energy discharge. Dark Star!

Sometime later, during the Earthforce saga, Megatron traveled back in time and possessed the body of Seacon leader Snaptrap during the Underbase Saga, in an attempt to save them in the past to bolster his troops in the present. He failed due to the intervention of Prowl, and the Seacons met their fate as before. Flashback!

Toys[]

Generation One[]

  • Nautilator (Seacon, 1988)
Nautilator transforms into a robot lobster. He also has a third Targetmaster[1] mode, which can be mounted on the weapon stand formed from the "Tripod Rifle" and other accessories, or held in the hand of the Seacons' combined robot. As a "Scramble City"-styled combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any compatible robot combination; the instructions included with the individual Seacons depict Nautilator as the right leg of Piranacon, while most other art depicts him as the right arm. The instructions and boxart associated with the Piranacon giftset omit Nautilator entirely, since he himself was omitted from the set.
His beast-mode lobster-claws are not really meant to be separate accessories and are not listed as such in his instructions, but they are easily removable, and therefore often missing from loose samples.
This exact toy was released in Japan as the Lobclaw drone.

Timelines[]

  • Piranacon (Seacon giftset, 2008)
A redeco of the Generation One mold above, Timelines Overbite was available exclusively as part of a Official Transformers Collectors' Club-exclusive giftset containing all six Seacons in new color schemes. He is once again depicted as the right arm of the combined super robot.
This toy was originally intended as an exclusive set of Energon-series Terrorcons, but was shelved due to a lack of retailer interest. The team were called the Piranhacons and their combined form was Piranhaking, but this other Nautilator's name would have remained Nautilator.

Notes[]

  • How big a screw-up is Nautilator? Well, he was left out of the US/UK Piranacon and the Beast Wars II gift set, which had the other five members of his team! He wasn't even drawn in the super-robot art! Ouch!

References[]

  1. 1988 Hasbro Transformers catalog

External links[]