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

The Female Starscream is a ~~nagging harpy~~ Decepticon from the Animated continuity family.

Femalescream-ABTC — Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Laserwave!

The Starscream clone that raises the most questions, the purple and pale teal Laserwave possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the original Starscream's personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).

Practically everything she ever says to the original Starscream is an insult of some form. Really makes you wonder about Starscream, doesn't it?

"Any leader has to be an improvement over you!"

―Laserwave offers an opinion on her template^{[["A Bridge Too Close, Part II"| [src]]]}

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Voice actor: Tara Strong (English), Silvia Mißbach (German)

TFA ABTC1 Screamer Clones Argue — Hm. Men.

When the clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. Laserwave revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: megalomania, cowardice, bootlicking, and deception. When Starscream asked (a little suggestively) where she came from, Laserwave warned him not to ask. Once they were ready to depart, Egomaniac pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really was a pain in the gearshaft. Laserwave bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything. A Bridge Too Close, Part I

Laserwave proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive Bulkhead. After the original Starscream was decapitated by Isaac Sumdac piloting a Headmaster unit, she promptly declared that she was better off being led by Megatron. When Omega Supreme joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away, their fates uncertain. A Bridge Too Close, Part II

Trivia

Femalescream-full — "Try Blue! It's the new red!"

Where Laserwave got her colors from was hotly debated by the fandom, with the most frequent guess being Generation 2 Ramjet. However, when contacted about it, Derrick Wyatt revealed that her color scheme was actually "loosely inspired" by the Japanese Godmaster Overlord. Unexpected! Still, half of Overlord was technically female...
While the Transformers fandom has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless self-insertion characters that are variants on the theme), Laserwave is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.
This may well be the "female without a tragic past" hinted at by the production team at BotCon 2008, although maybe they meant Slo-Mo. Although it's debatable how tragic she would consider being Starscream's clone is.
Laserwave could also be some sort of reference to the unusually large (and occasionally somewhat disturbing) number of female fans that the various Starscream characters have attracted over the years.
In the Ending Credits of A Bridge Too Close, Part II, Laserwave was mentioned to be just the Female Starscream, it is possible that the creators have no idea who to call her.
She also seems to be the smart one, as shown when she told the other clones to aim at Omega Supreme's legs in "A Bridge Too Close, Part II."

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 -->:''The Female Starscream is a <s>nagging harpy</s> [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''.
-[[Image:Femalescream-ABTC.jpg|thumb|300px|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's SUPERBITCH!]]
+[[Image:Femalescream-ABTC.jpg|thumb|300px|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Laserwave!]]
-The [[Starscream clone]] that raises the most questions, the purple and pale teal '''Female Starscream''' possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the [[Starscream (Animated)|original Starscream's]] personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).
+The [[Starscream clone]] that raises the most questions, the purple and pale teal '''Laserwave''' possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the [[Starscream (Animated)|original Starscream's]] personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).
 Practically everything she ever says to the original Starscream is an insult of some form. Really makes you wonder about Starscream, doesn't it?
-{{quote|''Any'' leader has to be an improvement over you!|The Female offers an opinion on her template|"[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]"}}
+{{quote|''Any'' leader has to be an improvement over you!|Laserwave offers an opinion on her template|"[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]"}}
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 [[Image:TFA ABTC1 Screamer Clones Argue.jpg|thumb|left|thumb|Hm. Men.]]
-When the clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. The Female revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: [[Thundercracker (Animated)|megalomania]], [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardice]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|bootlicking]], and [[Ramjet (Animated)|deception]]. When Starscream asked (a little suggestively) where she came from, Female Starscream warned him not to ask. Once they were ready to depart, Egomaniac pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really ''was'' a pain in the gearshaft. Female Starscream bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}
+When the clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. Laserwave revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: [[Thundercracker (Animated)|megalomania]], [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardice]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|bootlicking]], and [[Ramjet (Animated)|deception]]. When Starscream asked (a little suggestively) where she came from, Laserwave warned him not to ask. Once they were ready to depart, Egomaniac pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really ''was'' a pain in the gearshaft. Laserwave bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}
-The Female proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. After the original Starscream was decapitated by [[Isaac Sumdac]] piloting a [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] unit, she promptly declared that she was better off being led by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. When [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away, their fates uncertain. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}
+Laserwave proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. After the original Starscream was decapitated by [[Isaac Sumdac]] piloting a [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] unit, she promptly declared that she was better off being led by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. When [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away, their fates uncertain. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}
 ==Trivia==
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 -->[[Image:Femalescream-full.jpg|thumb|150px|"Try Blue! It's the new red!"]]
-* Where the female clone got her colors from was hotly debated by the fandom, with the most frequent guess being ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. However, when contacted about it, [[Derrick Wyatt]] revealed that her color scheme was actually "loosely inspired" by the Japanese [[Godmaster]] [[Overlord]]. Unexpected! Still, half of Overlord ''was'' [[Mega|technically female]]...
+* Where Laserwave got her colors from was hotly debated by the fandom, with the most frequent guess being ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. However, when contacted about it, [[Derrick Wyatt]] revealed that her color scheme was actually "loosely inspired" by the Japanese [[Godmaster]] [[Overlord]]. Unexpected! Still, half of Overlord ''was'' [[Mega|technically female]]...
-* While the Transformers [[fandom]] has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless [[Wikipedia:Mary Sue|self-insertion characters]] that are variants on the theme), this is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.
+* While the Transformers [[fandom]] has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless [[Wikipedia:Mary Sue|self-insertion characters]] that are variants on the theme), Laserwave is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.
 * This may well be the "female ''without'' a tragic past" hinted at by the production team at [[BotCon 2008]], although maybe they meant [[Slo-Mo]]. Although it's debatable how tragic she would consider being Starscream's clone is.
-* The Female clone could also be some sort of reference to the unusually large (and occasionally somewhat disturbing) number of female fans that the various [[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]] characters have attracted over the years.
+* Laserwave could also be some sort of reference to the unusually large (and occasionally somewhat disturbing) number of female fans that the various [[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]] characters have attracted over the years.
-* In the Ending Credits of [[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]], The Femle Starscream was mentioned to be just the Female Starscream, it is possible that the creators have no idea who to call her.
+* In the Ending Credits of [[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]], Laserwave was mentioned to be just the Female Starscream, it is possible that the creators have no idea who to call her.
 * She also seems to be the smart one, as shown when she told the other clones to aim at Omega Supreme's legs in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]."