Cyclonus is a Decepticon from the Animated continuity family.

He's from the future and knows a lot about hysteria.

The other members of Team Chaar don't know what to make of Cyclonus. A few centuries ago, he fell down to earth from the sky over New Kaon, and the dark warrior isn't the type for exposition. A nihilist, Cyclonus cares for little and his expressions run cold and dispassionate. During the few occasions in which he speaks, he mentions only the imminent end of all things, and insists that all creation will ultimately reap the whirlwind of annihilation. He seems to long for this future apocalypse to come to pass and for this current age to be over, finished.

In battle, Cyclonus is a warrior unequaled, looming over the battlefield like some vast, predatory bird. He carries twin Bleedblack blades that can sap the energy out of his opponents, and wages war tirelessly thanks to a reactor linkage that draws power beyond measure from an unknown, limitless source of energy via transwarp circuitry. Whatever his true origins, this Decepticon has taught many an Autobot a short, sharp lesson, and brings a whole world of pain wherever he goes.

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Falling downwards like some vast predatory bird.

Cyclonus appeared out of nowhere in a storm of light and tachyons over New Kaon. As Scalpel reassembled him, he noted his immense power, that his internal chronometer was off by megacycles, that he constantly muttered about someone named "Galvatron", and that—perhaps most peculiarly of all—his sourcecode shared Starscream's "self preservation" algorithms, albeit commented out. Cyclonus soon swore allegiance to Megatron, but seemingly in the abstract. The AllSpark Almanac II

I don't care how cool I look.

Battling for the control of a space bridge with Team Chaar, Cyclonus strafed Rodimus before using his twin swords to disable Ironhide and Brawn with the help of Oil Slick. Silently accepting Strika's orders to secure the area, he ignored the stoic defiance of the Autobot he had strafed before, not even watching it get disabled. It didn't matter to him. When the Elite Guard arrived and he was given the order to retreat, he did so without complaint. It's not like he cared anyway. TransWarped

The Cool comic

Seemingly acting as leader, Cyclonus joined the rest of Team Chaar as they secretly observed Team Athenia's battle against a Rock Lord. Having all been a test of the Autobots' strength, Cyclonus informed his cohorts that the strategy was set and they were ready to attack. The Cool Extra #2

Notes

• Animated Cyclonus was designed by Irineo Maramba.^[1]
• Due to the great similarity between this incarnation of Cyclonus and his Generation 1 counterpart's Universe toy, Hasbro would not design a toy of the Animated character.
• The implication of Cyclonus being an upgraded Skywarp was added at the behest of Derrick J. Wyatt, who considered it true for Cyclonus in the original cartoon.^[2]
• In case the joke isn't clear, the AllSpark Almanac portrays Cyclonus with melodramatic speech patterns making heavy use of Furmanisms—something suggested by Jim Sorenson to Marty Isenberg, though he had to explain what a Furmanism was first.^[3]

Foreign names

• Japanese: Cyclonus (サイクロナス Saikuronasu)

See also

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Versions of Cyclonus have appeared in other continuity families, including:

• Cyclonus, the loyal and honorable Decepticon from Generation 1.
• Cyclonus, the Decepticon subversive mastermind from the Aligned continuity family.

For more information, see Cyclonus (disambiguation).

References

1. ↑ "Let's see, of the Rodimus and Strika teams Irineo did Hotshot, Brawn, Cyclonus and Oil Slick, and I did the rest."—Derrick J. Wyatt, A Delightful Tedium, 2008/12/10
2. ↑ "Derrick told us that Cyclonus was created from Skywarp, so we had the line about Starscream’s self preservation algorithms being commented out."—Bill Forster, Disciples of Boltax, "Secrets of the Almanac II Part One", 2011/11/16
3. ↑ Moonbase 2 podcast interview with Jim Sorenson and Chris McFeely