Answer: Constructicons
The Constructicons were a team of Decepticons that consisted of six green and purple colored construction vehicles. The team consisted of Scavenger (steam shovel), Mixmaster (cement mixer), Long Haul (dump truck), Bonecrusher (bulldozer), Hook (crane) and Scrapper (payloader). In the opening scene of the "Heavy Metal War", the Constructicons raided a human construction site where a new power station was being built. They stole several devices that they needed in order to complete Scrapper's new invention for Megatron.
From Quiz: Heavy Metal War
Answer: Megatron
Megatron was the leader of the Decepticon army and the arch-nemesis of the Autobot leader Optimus Prime. Despite being a 20 ft tall robot, he transformed into a Walther P-38 handgun with various attachments that could shrink down to human size if necessary. Megatron was extremely powerful and wore a large black fusion powered cannon on his right arm. Megatron was the leader of the Decepticons throughout the first two seasons of "The Transformers" cartoon series. Megatron would continue to lead the Decepticons during seasons three and four after being reformatted into Galvatron following "The Transformers: The Movie".
From Quiz: Know Your Decepticons
Answer: Cosmos
The mini Autobot Cosmos, who transformed into a green UFO, seemed to crash in nearly every episode he was featured in, this one being no exception. In "The God Gambit", he was being pursued by the Decepticons near the planet Saturn. Cosmos was shot down and he crashed near a village on Saturn's moon, Titan. The villagers believed he was one of their "Sky Gods" who fell out from the heavens.
From Quiz: The God Gambit
Answer: An Autobot mausoleum
In "Dark Awakening", Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Kup, Spike and Daniel Witwicky are aboard a damaged starship attempting to flee from Galvatron's warship. After they launch the escape ship, they see a blip on their screen and go there to seek shelter. The object was an Autobot mausoleum which entombed the bodies of Optimus Prime and other Autobots who had perished in the attack on Autobot City during "Transformers: The Movie".
From Quiz: Dark Awakening
Answer: Cybertron
The Transformers are a race of sentient robots that inhabited their planet, Cybetron, for millions of years. Those that were originally built as consumer goods became Autobots, and were lead by Optimus Prime. Those that were built as military hardware became Decepticons, and were lead by Megatron. The Decepticons, intent on controlling the planet and eventually the universe, started a war that went on for countless eons, devastating Cybetron and its resources.
From Quiz: More Than Meets the Eye
Answer: F-15 Eagle
Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker were known as "The Seekers" by "Transformers" fans. They were three of the original Decepticons who crash landed on Earth in first series.
From Quiz: The Big "Transformers" Quiz
Answer: Heights
Silverbolt was a concorde in vehicle mode and was the leader of the Aerialbots who made their debut halfway through series two. The Aerialbots were created to match and oppose Devastator.
From Quiz: Gestalt Characters in "The Transformers"
Answer: Soundwave
Soundwave is probably the most loyal Decepticon to Megatron's commands. He is obedient yet somewhat uncharismatic. Soundwave's voice is awesome!
From Quiz: "Transformers": Generation #1
Answer: Optimus Prime
Optimus Prime was the leader of the Autobots. He was voiced by Peter Cullen, who also did the voice for Ironhide. Optimus Prime was a freightliner in vehicle mode.
From Quiz: Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Answer: "The Five Faces of Darkness"
The post-movie episodes began with the five-part arc, "The Five Faces of Darkness", which vastly expanded the limited role played by the Quintessons in the movie. The other three were three-part stories.
From Quiz: Quizmasters, Transform! And Roll Out!
Answer: Roll out
From Quiz: Transformers: Generation 1
Answer: "His overdeveloped sense of honor"
Megatron's plan in "Heavy Metal War" was to take advantage of Optimus Prime's sense of honor. Megatron proposed a one-on-one duel where (according to the laws of Cybertron) the loser of the duel and their entire faction would have to leave the planet, leaving the other faction to do as they pleased. Assuming that he could defeat Megatron, Optimus Prime agreed to the duel, hoping to end the Cybertronian war once and for all.
From Quiz: Heavy Metal War
Answer: Astrotrain
The Decepticon triple changer Astrotrain was given the lead villain role in "The God Gambit". The episode may have been originally written to feature Megatron, but the writers may have changed it to feature Astrotrain as he was a newer character at the time. Astrotrain transformed into both a space shuttle and a steam locomotive.
From Quiz: The God Gambit
Answer: Chaar
After the Decepticon leader Galvatron was defeated by Rodimus Prime in "Transformers: The Movie", the remaining Decepticons fled to a dark lifeless planet named Chaar. They were seen fighting amongst one another for what little energy was available to them. Rodimus Prime suspected the Decepticons were responsible for the attack at the games and went with Grimlock to Chaar to investigate.
From Quiz: Five Faces of Darkness
Answer: Huffer
As Daniel walks by the Autobots' tombs he reads off the names of the fallen warriors. He calls out the names of Ironhide, Ratchet and Prowl who were killed in "Transformers: The Movie". Huffer's fate was not yet confirmed until this episode premiered.
From Quiz: Dark Awakening
Answer: energy
Millions of years of war managed to deplete Cybetron of nearly all its energy. "More Than Meets the Eye" opens with Wheeljack and Bumblebee, who are trying to scrape together energy from wherever they can find it. Dodging Decepticon jets, they return to the Autobot base at Iacon. Optimus Prime believes he has found a new source of energy on a distant planet, and launches a ship to go after it. The Decepticons, having discovered their plans, follow them and board their ship. In the ensuing fight, the ship crashes on an unknown planet -- Earth -- and all Transformers end up deactivated.
From Quiz: More Than Meets the Eye
Answer: Wheeljack
Wheeljack is the Autobot's mad scientist. He is first seen in his Cybertronian car mode. All of the "Transformers" look much different in their alternate modes on Cybertron.
From Quiz: "The Transformers" G1 Quiz
Answer: Ferrari 308 GTB
Wildrider was the craziest driver of all the Stunticons, having little regard for anything on the road in his vicinity. The Stunticons were constructed with a special forcefield meaning they could survive head on collisions.
From Quiz: The Big "Transformers" Quiz
Answer: Superion
Superion is the first Autobot Gestalt team to be created. The Aerialbots were based on air planes and fighter jets.
From Quiz: Gestalt Characters in "The Transformers"
Answer: Frankenstein
Spike's mind was transferred into a robot designed by his father Sparkplug. Spike became confused and started destroying everything because he thought he had become a monster.
From Quiz: "Transformers": Generation #1
Answer: Megatron
Megatron was the maniacal leader of the Decepticons. In his alternate mode he was a Walther P38 pistol, usually fired by either Starscream or Skywarp.
From Quiz: Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Answer: Spacebridge
In 'The Ultimate Doom,' through the use of a mssive Spacebridge, Megatron manages to transport the whole planet of Cybertron into Earth's orbit, triggering many natural disasters such as tidal waves and earthquakes.
From Quiz: Transformers: Generation 1
Answer: People
The quote was spoken by the Decepticon Starscream after he, Astrotrain and Thrust arrived at the village on Titan. They discovered that the fleshling natives of the village worshiped beings that vaguely resembled Transformers. Astrotrain and the Decepticons decided to trick the natives into believing that they were the "Sky Gods" they had been worshiping.
From Quiz: The God Gambit
Answer: Carbombya
Using his "trusty Decepticon detector", Autobot Outback was able to flush out two Decepticons hiding in the fictional nation of Carbombya. The nation was a parody of Middle Eastern nations and was ruled by Abdul Fakkadi, the "President-for Life, King of Kings of the Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya". This parody unfortunately led to voice actor Casey Kasem (Bluestreak/Cliffjumper/Teletraan-1) leaving the show, since he was of Lebanese decent and was offended by the concept of Carbombya.
From Quiz: Five Faces of Darkness
Answer: Optimus Prime
When Galvatron arrives, the Autobots are forced to fall back into the mausoleum. Optimus Prime, who was thought to be dead, shows up and blasts Galvatron with his rifle shouting, "Decepticons, leave this place or die!" The Decepticons are forced to retreat.
From Quiz: Dark Awakening
Answer: volcanic eruption
Four million years after crashing into a mountain on Earth, the volcano erupts and inadvertently brings the Autobot ship's systems back online. The system -- Teletraan 1 -- repairs a transformer, who happens to be Skywarp, a Decepticon. Skywarp readily helps Teletraan 1 rebuild the Decepticons, which are given new forms based on designs found on Earth. Though they leave the Autobots as they are, Starscream blasts at the ship a few times, unknowingly pushing Optimus Prime into Teletraan 1's repair beam. In the meantime, the Decepticons start setting up a base and gathering energy.
From Quiz: More Than Meets the Eye
Answer: Frank Welker
Cullen is the voice of Prime. Latta did Starscream and Kasem did SilverStreak/Bluestreak. Welker also provided the voice for the Decepticon Soundwave.
From Quiz: "The Transformers" G1 Quiz
Answer: Thrust
Thrust was one of the "Coneheads". He was a modified F-15 like his counterparts of Ramjet and Dirge. The Electrum coated Thrust making him temporarily invulnerable.
From Quiz: The Big "Transformers" Quiz
Answer: Starscream
Bruticus was a Gestalt robot, created by Starscream as an ally against the Decepticons' Gestalts of Devastator and Menasor.
From Quiz: Gestalt Characters in "The Transformers"
Answer: Become invisible
Mirage was an F1 style car in vehicle mode. His invisibility power helps infiltrate most of the Decepticons' plans. This was used to full effect when he infiltrated the Decepticons' ship and blew up the control panel, causing them to crash into the sea.
From Quiz: "Transformers": Generation #1
Answer: Sideswipe
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were both very enthusiastic warriors, modelled on the "surfer" personality as they were portrayed as thrill seekers, often seen attacking the Decepticon jets by riding on them.
From Quiz: Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Answer: Witwicky
Spike and Sparkplug Witwicky were the Autobots' closest human friends during the first two seasons. Spike Spiegel was the main character in the anime "Cowboy Bebop". Spike Dudley was a professional wrestler. The "Heathcliff" comic strip featured a bully named Muggsy Faber, who had a bulldog named Spike.
From Quiz: Quizmasters, Transform! And Roll Out!
Answer: "gladitorial combats in ancient Rome"
As the Autobots and their human allies took their seats around the duel location, Chip Chase (a teenage boy who used a wheelchair) asked Ironhide if the battle reminded him of "gladiatorial combats in ancient Rome". Being a robot from another planet, Ironhide understandably had no clue what Chip was talking about.
From Quiz: Heavy Metal War
Answer: Talaria
Talaria was the leader of an anti-religious faction on Titan who felt the "Sky Gods" were false and that they were just an excuse for village leaders to impose unfair taxes and laws on the citizens. Her arch nemesis was a religious leader named Jero, who forced the villagers to donate every scrap of food and money as a sacrifice to the gods. Jero declared his loyalty to the Decepticons when they revealed themselves to be the "Sky Gods".
From Quiz: The God Gambit
Answer: Teaspoon, Chief Dishwasher
In "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2", the Quintesson judges were interrogating Kup, attempting to gain information about the Autobots and Cybertron. They knew that Kup was the Chief of Security, but he played dumb and told them that his name was Teaspoon, Cybertron's Chief Dishwasher. The Quintessons did not seem to want to question Spike Witwicky as they had little knowledge and a fear of the human species.
From Quiz: Five Faces of Darkness
Answer: "Forgive me"
An ecstatic Rodimus Prime returns the Matrix to Optimus Prime, despite the warnings of Ultra Magnus regarding Prime's condition. Optimus hesitates to take it at first, but Rodimus places it in his hands and becomes Hot Rod again. After receiving the Matrix, Optimus tells Hot Rod, "Forgive me." He then blasts Hot Rod and flees in an escape ship abandoning the Autobots on the mausoleum which has been set to self-destruct.
From Quiz: Dark Awakening
Answer: oil rig
The Autobots Hound and Cliffjumper attempt to attack the Decepticons, but only end up alerting them to their own revival. The Decepticons fend them off, and their search for energy takes them to an offshore oil rig. They quickly overpower the humans working the rig, and beat the Autobots when they arrive to fight them. A few blasts from Megatron destroys the oil rig and sets it on fire. Optimus Prime manages to rescue Spike and Sparkplug, who offer to help the Autobots beat the Decepticons. They believe they can help because they know more about Earth than the Autobots do.
From Quiz: More Than Meets the Eye
Answer: Shockwave
Shockwave protects the "Transformer" home planet of Cybertron. He is also credited for inventing the space bridge for Megatron.
From Quiz: "The Transformers" G1 Quiz
Answer: Titan
In this episode, Astrotrain declares himself as a god to the inhabitants of Titan, forcing them to harvest the energy rich crystals for the Decepticons.
From Quiz: The Big "Transformers" Quiz
Answer: Devastator
Devastator was the only Gestalt to feature in the 1986 film. Devastator was actually hit by two giant missiles in that film and was completely unscathed in the Decepticons' assault on Autobot City on Earth.
From Quiz: Gestalt Characters in "The Transformers"
