Spark extractor
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A spark extractor is a device that is used for pulling a Transformer's spark out of its mechanical body. This process can be accomplished even against the will of the target Transformer (as was, in fact, the norm). Once removed from its body, a Transformer's spark is more or less helpless.
When an extractor is near a Transformer and activated, even before the spark emerges, the Transformer often appears to be stunned or dazed such that they find it difficult to resist. The extraction itself is quite fast, taking well under thirty Earth-seconds in most cases. Extractors are therefore quite effective as weapons, requiring only that the victim be momentarily immobilized in order for the extractor to do its work.
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Fiction
Beast Wars cartoon continuity
3H comics
Spark extractor technology, of Cryotek's devising, fell into Megatron's hands when he returned to Cybertron from the Beast Wars and briefly worked with Cryotek.
Beast Machines cartoon
Spark extractors were used frequently, such as on Blackarachnia on several occasions. After interfacing with the Oracle, Megatron's own disembodied spark also had the ability to remove the sparks of living Transformers even without the technological aid of an extractor.
Prime cartoon
One of the class-A weapons confiscated from the Decepticons, the Spark Extractor was stored in the Iacon Vaults. When the Decepticons stormed Iacon, the Extractor was sent off-planet Operation Bumblebee, Part 1 by Alpha Trion, and ended up on Earth. Alpha/Omega It remained buried until the Decepticons unearthed it many years later. Though Optimus Prime attempted to take it, Megatron threatened to trigger it, potentially extracting the spark of everyone present. As the Decepticon leader tried to return to his ship, Bumblebee stole the device from him and took it back to the Autobot base. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1
The Autobots attempted to deploy the Spark Extractor in an attack on the Decepticon warship, but the ship's newly awakened intelligence put them all into stasis lock. Megatron ordered the ship to move closer so he could retrieve his weapon, only for the warship to change course instead. Flying Mind The Autobots later recovered the Spark Extractor, returning it to their vault. New Recruit
When the Autobots were preparing to go to Cybertron, Smokescreen took the Spark Extractor from storage. After the Autobots had seized the Omega Keys, he deployed the weapon in the middle of the Decepticon ranks. The Extractor eliminated the Vehicons squadron before Megatron impaled it with his Dark Star Saber. Regeneration
Live-action film series
Age of Extinction film
Lockdown had a device that was capable of extracting sparks and used it on Ratchet when the Autobot refused to give away Optimus Prime's whereabouts. He deployed it once more when threatening Cade Yeager. Age of Extinction
2005 IDW continuity
As part of Mesothulas and Prowl's collaboration during the early days of the Great War, the two of them brainstormed punitive imprisonment measures for prisoners of war. Their efforts began as the Noisemaze, but they decided to abandon it in favor of developing a technique for spark extraction. Sins of the Wreckers #3 When Prowl rebelled against his partner, the Noisemaze was forgotten and spark extraction became the normal way of containing prisoners. Numerous criminals, both Autobot and Decepticon, had their Sparks separated at Garrus-9. Arcee described the experience as being in "blissful desensitized non-space". Spotlight: Arcee
After the Scavengers had stolen the Firstborn, they attempted to teleport themselves to Garrus-9 to try and make use of the spark extractors so they could remove Rat-a-Tat-Tat's spark from the creature. Kill All 'Cons
Cyberverse cartoon
After Cheetor's AllSpark powers had sabotaged Starscream's attack on the Nemesis, the Seeker attempted to extract the guardian's spark and merge it with his own. As he was testing out the machine on Bumblebee's spark, Cheetor managed to halt the process. Spotted
When the AllSpark was returned to Cybertron's core, Shockwave extracted his spark so it would return to and corrupt the artifact. Cheetor repeated the act soon after to purify the AllSpark and save Cybertron. Battle For Cybertron IV
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Foreign names
- Japanese: Spark Kyūin Sōchi (スパーク吸引装置 Supāku Kyūin Sōchi, "Spark Suction Device")
