Shockwave (Movie)

The name or term Shockwave refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Shockwave (disambiguation).

Shockwave
Continuity:	Movie
Franchise:	Dark of the Moon
Affiliation:	Decepticon
Alternate Mode:	Apache attack helicopter 88mm Anti-tank gun Cybertronian tank
Weapons:	Cannon

Shockwave is a massive triple-changing cycloptic Decepticon, capable of converting from his robot mode to either an artillery cannon or an Apache assault helicopter. Apparently, he's been working to oust Megatron since before Starscream got the idea. Starscream decided Shockwave will be lucky to be kept as a pet if he takes over.

Fiction

Dark of the Moon film

You can't take my face Prime!...I don't have one!

Shockwave and his Driller ambush N.E.S.T. and the Autobots at Chernobyl after a tip-off by a Russian agent. Driller steals the Ark's fuel cell that was being held there. After the Autobots retrieve the Ark's fuel cell, Shockwave appears and glares at Optimus, says Optimus's name, and sinks back into to Driller. Driller then retreats.

"Wait, you mean I'm NOT the main villian for this one?!"

When N.E.S.T. and Autobots break in to Chicago, he sees Epps and his troops in a building. He immeadiatly calls in Driller to take down the building. Driller nearly succeeds but Optimus flies in and takes it out, but gets tangled in some wires after Shockwave blasts him in revenge. Shockwave and his forces temporairily retreats. After that, Epps and his team follow him to take him out. Shockwave starts blowing them apart with his cannon, but Optimus, now freed, goes in and fights Shockwave, slashing across the torso with bladed knuckles and ripping his eye out, killing him. Optimus then proccedes to use Shockwave's cannon to blast the Control Pillar from the building its on, temporarily deactivating the space bridge. Dark of the Moon

Game

Transformers: The Game (console)

Well, there goes his chance for being in the sequel.

Shockwave appears as a boss character in the Autobot campaign. Under the orders of Starscream, he attacked Tranquility, the hometown of Sam Witwicky, but was beaten to death by Optimus Prime.

Shockwave also appears in the Autobots' Cybertron bonus stage. When there are only 3 Decepticons left, Shockwave is one of them. He doesn't transform in this stage (neither can the player character).

Transformers Decepticons (DS)

Shockwave is playable, after a fashion, via scanning the Attack Copter, the Recon Chopper and the Stealth Chopper. Only the Attack Chopper is able to look relatively like Shockwave, with Purple and Black as the colors. However, it's easier to make it look like this guy. The others can be changed to a darkish blue or black, but only minor details can be made purple.

Transformers Autobots (DS)

Shockwave's body type appears as three helicopters: the Attack Copter, the Recon Chopper and the Stealth Chopper. However, the only one of the three able to become purple like Shockwave is the Attack Copter.

Transformers: The Game (PSP)

Shockwave is a playable character in the PSP version of the game. However he only has one alternate mode, which is a rail-cannon tank based on Energon Shockblast. Accompanied by Thundercracker, he tried to find Megatron in the arctic, only to discover that his leader had been moved. However, he also found something worth more than the All Spark; the massive drone army that had followed Megatron to Earth.

To revive the drones, he had to transmit a signal from a high altitude, so he made his way to a missile base, where he used a rocket to transmit it from space. However, Shockwave's control of the giant robot army was shortlived, as the two Autobots Trailbreaker and Hound planted a virus in the signal, shutting the drones down. After Megatron was defeated, Shockwave fought Starscream over leadership of the Decepticons back on Cybertron. He was blasted to bits.

Note: It is unclear of Shockwave actually dies as there is no ending cutscene, but the place he was standing explodes during the "level complete" screen. Also note that Shockwave is one of the hardest bosses in the game, as he has a tendency to mercilessly fire on you without overheating his guns, and has a load of HP.

Toys

Dark of the Moon

• Shockwave' (Voyager, 2011)

Shockwave is a MechTech figure that turns into a ground assault vehicle. His battle cannon utilizes MechTech technology to convert to a particle wave blaster. The toy's file says that he prefers stealthy tactics and never leaves a trace.

Notes

• At some point during Revenge of the Fallen film, Shockwave was caught on film and the event was written up for a newspaper article. A newspaper page with the headline "Mysterious Robot Spotted" was discarded in Egypt, where it was sucked up by a rampaging Devastator.

• His vehicle mode is never seen in Dark of the Moon, mostly because he uses Driller as transport most of the time.
  • This makes him similar to the Fallen who also does not show his alternate mode through the duration of his movie.

• He has a red eye just like his Transformers Animated counterpart, and he appears to have some sort of mouth.

• Shockwave is featured on Linkin Park's music video for Iridescent, probably because of his former state as the main antagonist for Dark of the Moon.

• Shockwave is the second cycloptic Decepticon in the live-action films, the other being Ravage.

External links

• Video interview with Daniel Suarez, featuring Shockwave footage
• Revenge of the Fallen Shockwave at Blogger