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

Trypticon is a Decepticon Titan from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Enormous in both size and power, Trypticon is an unstoppable engine of destruction. Utterly relentless, totally without mercy, steadfastly unwilling to stop his attack until all that is left of his target is their smoldering remains, he is programmed only to feel hate. That, however, is also Trypticon's downfall—for all he can do is hate. He loathes the Autobots to the extent that he would destroy an entire city just to get at one, but he also hates his fellow Decepticons, and that, in turn, means he is not emotionally committed to their cause, as he sees just as little value in them and what they stand for as he does in anything else. Consequently, though he has accepted what he sees as his fated role as the ultimate Decepticon weapon, the war seems pointless and boring to him. It is a prison... and deep down, as much as he refuses to acknowledge it, the most powerful hatred Trypticon feels is hate for himself, for allowing him to be trapped in it.

Trypticon is often accompanied by smaller robots, including the autonomous Wipe-Out and the drones Full-Tilt and Brunt. They man and support Trypticon's massive artillery platform alternate mode, a form so dangerous and devastating that the Autobots usually have to resort to trickery to defeat him. The only Autobot who can go toe-to-toe with him is Metroplex, and there is a great rivalry between the two cities—though their battles almost always end with Trypticon getting hurled into water.

Contents 1 Fiction 1.1 Generation 1 cartoon continuity 1.1.1 The Transformers cartoon 1.1.2 Japanese cartoon continuity 1.1.2.1 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages 1.1.2.2 Scramble City: Mobilization 1.1.2.3 Unite Warriors/Legends 1.1.2.4 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 story pages 1.1.2.5 The Headmasters cartoon 1.1.2.6 Legends comic (1) 1.1.2.7 Zone cartoon 1.1.2.8 Legends comic (2) 1.1.2.9 Generations Selects Special Comic 1.1.3 TV Magazine comic continuity 1.1.3.1 Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic 1.1.3.2 The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers 1.1.3.3 The Great Transformer War 1.1.3.4 Zone comic 1.2 Marvel The Transformers comics 1.3 Toy pack-in material 1.4 Dreamwave Generation One continuity 1.5 G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers 1.5.1 TransTech 1.6 2005 IDW continuity 1.7 Alternity 1.8 Transformers vs. G.I. Joe 1.9 Knights of Unicron 1.10 Titans Return marketing material 1.11 Beast Wars: Uprising 1.12 Prime Wars Trilogy cartoons 1.13 Star Trek vs. Transformers 1.14 War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material 2 Commercial appearances 3 Games 3.1 Transformers: Mystery of Convoy 3.2 Transformers: The Headmasters 3.3 The Transformers (PS2) 3.3.1 Autobot story 3.3.2 Decepticon story 3.4 Transformers Battle Circuit 3.5 Transformers G1: Awakening 3.6 Transformers Legends 3.7 Angry Birds Transformers 3.8 Transformers Operation Omega 3.9 Transformers: Earth Wars 4 Toys 4.1 The Transformers 4.1.1 Transform Jr 4.2 Classics 4.3 Device Label 4.4 Kre-O 4.5 Platinum Edition 4.6 Titans Return 4.7 Legends 4.8 Generations Selects 5 Merchandise 5.1 Transformers Gum 5.2 Transformers Milk Caramel 5.3 Forms Robo 5.4 MyClone 5.5 Transformers Trading Card Game 5.6 Transformers Character Card 6 Notes 6.1 Foreign names 7 Gallery 8 References

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Peter Cullen (English, Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 only), Brad Garrett (English), Yutaka Shimaka (Japanese), Yang Wenyuan (Chinese), Gernot Duda (German, "Thief in the Night", "The Ultimate Weapon"), Holger Schwiers (German, "Five Faces of Darkness", "Call of the Primitives"), Thomas Albus (German, Generation 2), Carlos Seidl (Portuguese), Orlando Drummond (Portuguese, "Thief in the Night"), André Luiz Chapéu (Portuguese, "The Ultimate Weapon")

In the year 2005, the allied forces of the Decepticons and the Quintessons sought to attack the Autobots on two fronts, besieging them on both Cybertron and Earth. To counter the power of the Autobots' transforming Earth city, Metroplex, the Decepticons arranged for the construction of a transforming city-robot of their own: Trypticon. Surreptitiously created out of a human city by the Constructicons, Trypticon sent his former human occupants running for their lives as their city shifted and changed into the giant saurian robot. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4

Trypticon's first mission was to attack Autobot Headquarters, but he met resistance in the form of a team of Minibots. Trypticon knocked Powerglide out of the sky and shrugged off the other Autobots' attacks from below (stepping on Swerve in the process) before battling his way through a barrage of cannon fire and leveling Autobot Headquarters. With this task complete, Trypticon turned his attention to Autobot City and Metroplex, and the giant Autobot could not have been at a worse disadvantage, being as he was without his transforming cog and thus unable to transform to robot mode. Thankfully, the timely arrival of Blurr and Wheelie with the cog allowed Metroplex to transform and gain the upper hand in the battle. Trypticon was seized by the Autobot giant and hurled over the horizon, crashing into the Pacific Ocean. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

While the Autobots believed that Trypticon had been destroyed, the dinosaur Decepticon had, in fact, retreated to Dinobot Island to recuperate. In 2006, in the midst of his recovery, Trypticon was approached by Decepticon wheeler-dealer Octane, who talked him into relocating with him to the Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya. There, Octane made a deal with ruler Abdul Fakkadi: In exchange for the Carbombya's high-grade oil, he and Trypticon would guard the country's coasts.

The deal soured when Fakkadi discovered how ridiculously energy-consumptive Trypticon was, and things came to a head when the dull-witted dino mistook a passing cruise ship for an invader and fired on it. Octane turned things around by arranging to have Trypticon use his prodigious size and strength to steal famous monuments for Fakkadi from around the world. Initially, the Dinobots and Sky Lynx were suspected of the thefts, but Perceptor linked the crime back to Trypticon, and the Decepticon was caught in the act stealing the Eiffel Tower. Trypticon was able to beat the Autobots back, and he then attempted to steal the Kremlin (in reality St.Vasily's cathedral), but was ambushed by the waiting Autobot forces and stopped from doing so. With help from Fakkadi, the Autobots tracked the Decepticons back to Carbombya, where Metroplex engaged Trypticon in battle once more and hurled him into the ocean again. Thief in the Night

Trypticon survived his dunking and was relocated to Chaar, where he was the victim of the ghost of deceased Decepticon Starscream when the spirit made a pact with Unicron to restore his body. In exchange for this boon, the dark god charged Starscream with fulfilling three tasks, beginning with the theft of Metroplex's eyes to replace Unicron's own. One of Metroplex's eyes was destroyed in the attempted theft, necessitating that Starscream and his pawn, Scourge, steal one of Trypticon's instead. Next, Starscream possessed Trypticon's body itself and brought the giant Decepticon to Unicron so that his transforming cog could be transplanted into Unicron's head. The final task was to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron itself, so the planet could become his new body, but as Starscream used Trypticon's possessed body to complete the connections, Thrust, Dirge and the Battlechargers disabled the city-bot from within, rendering him unable to complete the task. Ghost in the Machine

Later, after Swindle stole Metroplex's transforming cog, Galvatron dispatched Trypticon to destroy the defenseless city. Confident of victory, Trypticon decided to have some fun, eating a naval destroyer and menacing the passengers of a train. However, Silverbolt flew into Trypticon through his mouth, firing all the while, giving the giant dinosaur the worst case of indigestion he'd ever had. Trypticon was forced to retreat, and he transformed back into city mode so that human repairmen recruited by the Decepticons(?!) could fix his damaged innards. As it turned out, the "repairmen" were Autobot allies Spike Witwicky and his son Daniel, who stole Trypticon's own transforming cog, intending to use it on Metroplex. This forced the Decepticons to use Metroplex's transforming cog on Trypticon, but neither cog worked particularly well in either of the two robots, and as they battled, they wound up partially transforming, shifting and stalling at various stages between their modes. At first, Trypticon had the advantage in the battle and threw Metroplex into a lake, but eventually, First Aid arrived to align the Decepticon cog properly within Metroplex, allowing the Autobot to transform fully. Metroplex regained the initiative, and yet again treated Trypticon to another dunking, hurling him even deeper into the lake, where he sank. The Ultimate Weapon

Trypticon later participated in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, during which he and all the other "Primitive" animal-based Transformers present were telepathically contacted by the being known as the Oracle. Trypticon served as a transport that carried the Primitives to the dead world at the center of the universe from which the summons came, but was too large to enter the cavern in which the Oracle resided, and so he stood sentinel outside while the others ventured in. As the Oracle explained that he had summoned them to battle the energy-draining creature known as Tornedron, Trypticon was the first to face off with the parasite, which took the form of a dragon and sucked his energy dry. Trypticon's lifeless husk toppled over on top of Grimlock, leading all the other Primitives to believe him destroyed, but the Dinobot leader had, in fact, survived, and was finally the one to defeat Tornedron and restore Trypticon and all the others drained by him. Call of the Primitives

Japanese cartoon continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages

In the late 1980s, while the Autobots were in the process of constructing Metroplex, the Decepticons were just as busy creating a counter in the form of Trypticon. story page #14

Scramble City: Mobilization

Upon the Autobots' eventual completion of Metroplex, the city-bot was dispatched on his first mission to aid Superion and Defensor in battle against their Decepticon foes. The villains were soon defeated, but as the Autobots stood victorious on a cliff overlooking the ocean, an explosion from beneath the waves caught their attention. As they watched, the sea parted to reveal Trypticon's towering form, as Megatron ordered him into battle with Metroplex. The two giant robots stared each other down, preparing to clash for the first time... Scramble City: Mobilization

Unite Warriors/Legends

After emerging from the ocean, Trypticon attacked Metroplex at the command of Galvatron II, a Decepticon who had traveled to the 1980s from the future of an alternate universe. Both Trypticon and Galvatron were destroyed by Metroplex's antimatter projector, but not before Trypticon tore out Metroplex's transformation cog, which later left the giant Autobot unable to fully transform during the Battle of Autobot City.^[1] The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter Ruination Chapter, Part Two LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter

From the wreckage of Trypticon's remains, Thrust and Dirge were able to recover Full-Tilt, who served as a kind of "black box" that allowed Trypticon's life-functions to be preserved. Years later, in 2010, Full-Tilt interfaced with the human city that had been recreated by the Constructicons to become the new Trypticon, and the dinosaur Decepticon was brought to life once more. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 story pages

At one point, Starscream took Trypticon into battle against Metroplex and Ultra Magnus. The two cities' strength, courage, and firepower were evenly matched, and the earth shook with the force of their combat! Giant Base Robot Rivals

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Masato Hirano (Japanese)

Trypticon continued serving the Decepticons into the year 2011, acting under the command of the leader of the Decepticons' Earth-based unit, Sixshot. However, when the Decepticons renewed hostilities against the Autobots, Trypticon's first foray into battle was not an impressive one, as he menaced Daniel Witwicky and Wheelie amidst the mountains close to Autobot City. The two youths tricked the giant Decepticon into walking onto a rickety rope bridge, which subsequently buckled under his weight and dumped him into a ravine. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky

In battle station mode, Trypticon was later rolled into action with Sixshot at the controls. He attacked an oil refinery in order to draw out Metroplex, who was then disabled by the Decepticons' newest weapon, the electromagnetic Madmachine. Seeking to learn the secret of the Madmachine, Twincast later infiltrated Trypticon and discovered that the robot was being controlled from Chaar by Soundblaster. The Great Cassette Operation

A little later, Trypticon was commandeered by Cyclonus and Scourge to help them take down a mysterious blackmailer who was extorting energy from countries all around the world. Trypticon arrived in Tokyo in the midst of a battle between the blackmailer and Raiden, and began attacking Raiden when the Autobot combiner opened fire on him. The Autobot Headmasters soon arrived to occupy Trypticon's attention, forcing Cyclonus and Scourge to bail out of the giant. Everyone wound up dogpiling on the blackmailer, but the joke was on Cyclonus and Scourge, as it turned out it was their own superior officer, Sixshot, carrying out a secret mission from Galvatron. The two Decepticons fled, leaving the badly damaged Trypticon behind. Terror! The Six Shadows

Trypticon was recovered and repaired in time to help Sixshot prevent the Technobots from aiding a team of Autobots imperiled on Mars. When Metroplex attempted to stop the six-changer's interference, Trypticon came stomping onto the scene, headbutted him, and pushed him back with a barrage of laser fire. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger Later, Galvatron rendezvoused with Sixshot at Trypticon before attempting to thwart the Autobots' attempt to lend aid to the troubled planet Sandra. SOS from Planet Sandra

When Sixshot mobilized the Decepticons for a series of major attacks across the Earth, Trypticon accompanied him for his approach on Autobot City. When Metroplex chased after Sixshot, Trypticon charged into action and began grappling with Metroplex, freeing up Sixshot to duel, and ultimately kill, Ultra Magnus. Ultra Magnus Dies!! Not long after, Trypticon attacked Autobot City again when Spike was in the middle of explaining to the Autobots that he had deduced the Decepticons' current plan involving the Pacific Ring of Fire. Metroplex quickly engaged his perennial foe, but when Sixshot arrived, Metroplex focused his attentions on the six-changer, seeking revenge for the death of Ultra Magnus. Spike attempted to shout a warning to Metroplex as Trypticon jumped him from behind, but it came too late. Metroplex was at the saurian city's mercy until Suiken joined the fight and helped tear Trypticon away from him. Trypticon was then sent fleeing under a barrage of combined firepower from Metroplex and Suiken. I Risk My Life for Earth

Legends comic (1)

In 2015, Trypticon went up against Swerve and Tailgate, literally walking all over the little Autobots. Bonus Edition Vol. 8 Swerve tried to fight the giant beast using his Mini-Con partner Phaser's My First Blaster mode, but the helpful sound effects emitted by the blaster made it easy for Trypticon to dodge since he could tell where Swerve was aiming. 2015's Swerve The battle was observed by the Rattrap of the Legends World, who somehow projected himself into the middle of events via his dreams, and helped them to win by becoming Tailgate's new Mini-Con partner, incapacitating Trypticon using a ribbon bomb. Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter Trypticon's final defeat came after Swerve discovered that he had a weak point on the sole of his foot. Bonus Edition Vol. 43LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter

Trypticon was left wrecked by the battle, but the Battlechargers recovered Full-Tilt once again. When Trypticon was rebuilt this time, however, it was into a smaller form, into which Full-Tilt was fully integrated, instead of simply attaching to. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter

Zone cartoon

Voice actor: Daisuke Gōri (Japanese)

The new smaller Trypticon was among the Nine Great Demon Generals recruited by the Decepticons' newest Emperor of Destruction, Violengiguar. Outfitted with new armor and weaponry, including a club and shield, Trypticon was dubbed the "Dinosaur General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a Decepticon Zone. Zone Part 1 He and King Poseidon attempted to dominate the oceanic world of Wall, where they bested Victory Saber, but were eventually defeated by the efforts of Overload, Erector, Missile Bull, and Skywave commanding the Off Road Patrol Team, Jet Patrol Team, and Race Car Patrol Team. Zone Part 3

Trypticon fought the Powered Masters, engaging them in battle alongside Overlord. The two heroes were not particularly impressed, and they strove to end the fight in less than eight seconds. True to their word, they beat the snot out of them; Sonic Bomber besting Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack. Zone Part 6 At some point, Trypticon and the others schooled Metrotitan and the Metrosquad in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. Zone Part 7

After several of the Demon Generals stole the Autobots' Energon Z from the planet Zone, they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, Devastator, Predaking, and King Poseidon. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the Zodiac. Trypticon began tearing through China, smashing the Great Wall and breathing fire on the counterattacking military force. A team of Autobot Micromasters soon arrived on the planet to battle the generals at Mount Fuji, and though their attacks had no effect on Trypticon, they struggled on until the Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber arrived to take up the fight. Sonic Bomber kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac, and when he re-emerged with the ancient energy source in hand, the furious Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z directly at him. Dai Atlas was knocked off his feet, and Trypticon prepared to deliver another blast, but Sonic Bomber leapt in front of the beam and took the blast to save his commander. With the two Autobots now lying right in front of him, Trypticon readied another Energon Z blast, but just as he unleashed it, Dai Atlas held the Zodiac aloft. When the Energon Z and Zodiac interacted, the Zodiac's true power was unleashed, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into powerful "Zone Mode" battle stations. Using the mighty firepower of their new modes, the Powered Masters destroyed Trypticon and the other generals in one colossal blast. Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

Legends comic (2)

Following Trypticon's destruction at the hands of the Powered Masters, the Race Track Patrol recovered Full-Tilt's personality component from the wreckage. The component was re-engineered to transform into a diminutive robot form of its own. In this diminished state, Full-Tilt was contacted by the Decepticons in the Legends World, who had designs on restoring Trypticon to life once more. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter They hired Nightbeat to steal data on Godbomber's technology for use in Trypticon's new body. Bonus Edition Vol. 42

Trypticon was built in base mode at the bottom of Tokyo Bay before he was equipped with Metroplex's stolen transformation cog and raised to the surface. Decepticon Civil War Transforming into a monstrous new mobile base mode capable of flight, Trypticon devoured the local troops deployed against him and easily took down Fortress Maximus's Battleship Maximus and Headmaster warriors. Full-Tilt then interfaced with him and uploaded his backup data, fully restoring the dinosaur who began moving towards Metroplex's location in Akihabara, gobbling up all humans, beasts and Transformers in his way and drawing power from them using Godbomber-derived Triplemaster technology. He was opposed by Blaster, Megatron, and God Ginrai, and while he took them out with ease, they delayed him long enough for the Autobots to restore Metroplex and summon Swerve. Stunned by an attack to his weak spot, Trypticon was defeated by Metroplex and his base mode was repurposed as a nerd paradise where Akihabara's residents could stay while the wrecked city was rebuilt. Bonus Edition Vol. 43

When the new Akihabara was finished, Trypticon's city mode had been integrated into it. Targetmaster Chapter Prologue Grimlock later used his Headmaster mode to take control of Trypticon and use him to frighten a bunch of Sharkticons into submission. Bonus Edition Vol. 44 As one of the buildings purchased by Misfire, Trypticon's city mode played host to the Targetmaster's battle with Hot Rod and Shaoshao Li. Bonus Edition Vol. 52 Not even Trypticon stood a chance against Armada Thrust when he took control of Broadside's gigantic transtector, and he was unceremoniously picked up by the tail and defeated. Bonus Edition Vol. 53 Metroplex would later think about how his life in the Legends World had been peaceful until Trypticon appeared. Bonus Edition Vol. EX After Metroplex left the city, Trypticon took his place as Mayor Megatron's office building, suffering an attack from the Concurrence as a result. Bonus Edition Vol. 63

During his invasion of the Legends World, Tigerburn used his head mode to take over Trypticon, transforming him into a Laser Beast, only to cause his own defeat before he had the chance to use the dinosaur. Bonus Edition Vol. 64 Trypticon was damaged in Windblade and Katsu Don's attempt to destroy the world, but repaired by Topspin using the Zodiac's power. Bonus Edition Vol. 66 Megatron later deployed Trypticon to help defend the world from Majin Zarak, but its size and power dwarfed even him and he was obliterated by its firepower, though Full-Tilt survived. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One

By 2039, Trypticon was rebuilt and established on Earth, becoming a peaceful sister city to Metroplex. Epiloge

Generations Selects Special Comic

By 2050, Trypticon operated on Earth as the Cybertron Alliance harvested Angolmois Energy for the good of all. Volcanicus comic 1

TV Magazine comic continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic

Astrotrain and Reflector were able to sneak past the Autobots' security and spy on the construction of Metroplex, acquiring the information that Megatron needed to discover whether or not Metroplex was strong enough to stand up to Trypticon. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3

Trypticon was completed soon after and was unleashed by the Decepticons on an island utopia that they had conquered. The Autobots were quick to arrive, but Trypticon made short work of Superion and would have killed him if not for the sudden appearance of Metroplex. An over-eager Trypticon dove head-first at his rival, only to phase right through him and fall off a cliff and into the ocean. As it turned out, it was a hologram created by Hound and magnified by Perceptor. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6

The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers

On a bright and sunny day in the year 2010, the Autobots invited a group of human families to come take a tour of Metroplex. They were all very impressed and everything was going great... until Trypticon attacked. Preoccupied with keeping everyone inside him from dying, Metroplex was left to take all of Trypticon's attacks on the chin, including his Dual Plasma Cannons and Dino-Head Attack. With Scamper quickly taken out by Full-Tilt, it looked as though Metroplex would be felled by a blast from the Brunt tank.

Luckily, Ultra Magnus deployed Six-Gun just in time. Six-Gun took out Full-Tilt and then proceeded to turn the Brunt tank around on Trypticon, blasting the Decepticon with his own drone. The blast destroyed Trypticon's head controls, forcing Galvatron to call a retreat. With the day won, Metroplex returned to city mode. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3

The Great Transformer War

After kidnapping the scientist Doctor Dalton, Galvatron forced him to upgrade a number of his Decepticons, including Trypticon. With Dalton's upgrade, Trypticon became able to link up with Motormaster and Onslaught in base mode, enhancing their power. This new ability spelled trouble for the Aerialbots and Protectobots, who barely managed to escape their encounter with the upgraded Trypticon and rescue Dalton. The Great Transformer War #1

In 2011, as part of his massive assault to retake Cybertron, Galvatron unleashed Trypticon on Metroplex, the battle thoroughly occupying the Earth forces of the Autobots, keeping them from coming to Cybertron's defense. The Great Transformer War #3

Zone comic

Trypticon was among the Nine Great Demon Generals recruited by the Decepticons' newest Emperor of Destruction, Violengiguar. Outfitted with new armor and weaponry, including a club and shield, Trypticon was dubbed the "Dinosaur General" of the group, and sent forth to conquer planets in pursuit of Violengiguar's goal of creating a Decepticon Zone. Zone Part 1 He and King Poseidon attempted to dominate the oceanic world of Wall, where they bested Victory Saber, but were eventually defeated by the efforts of Overload, Erector, Missile Bull, and Skywave commanding the Off Road Patrol Team, Jet Patrol Team, and Race Car Patrol Team. Zone Part 3

Trypticon fought the Powered Masters, engaging them in battle alongside Overlord. The two heroes were not particularly impressed, and they strove to end the fight in less than eight seconds. True to their word, they beat the snot out of them; Sonic Bomber besting Trypticon with his "Meteor Drop" attack. Zone Part 6 At some point, Trypticon and the others schooled Metrotitan and the Metrosquad in the ways of evil, making them more than formidable foes for the Powered Masters. Zone Part 7

After a group of the generals stole the Autobots' Energon Z from planet Zone, they handed it off to a second team consisting of Trypticon, Predaking, Devastator and King Poseidon. The capsule was stored within Trypticon's mouth, and he and his team proceeded to head for Earth to search for the second component required for the Zodiac. Trypticon tore through France before converging on Mount Fuji with the other generals, where they easily batted around the Micromasters that arrived to confront them. When the Powered Masters Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber arrived, the Micromasters kept Trypticon busy while Dai Atlas headed underground to search for the Zodiac. Dai Atlas soon emerged victorious, and everyone began grappling over the Zodiac, at which point Trypticon unleashed a beam of Energon Z from the capsule in his mouth. Timing things just right, Dai Atlas held up the Zodiac so that the Energon Z beam would hit it, unlocking its true power. Suffused with the power of the Zodiac, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber transformed into powerful new "Zone Mode" battle stations and sent the Decepticons fleeing under a barrage of awesome firepower. Zone

Marvel The Transformers comics

When Ratbat informed Decepticon Earth commander Shockwave of his decision to shut down the space bridge in order to conserve energy, Shockwave petitioned him for one last use of the bridge, that they might send the deadliest Decepticon on Cybertron to attack the Ark and take its energy resources for their own. Ratbat agreed, and dispatched Trypticon into the forests of Oregon, where he was spotted by paleontology student Rachel Becker as he stomped his way toward the Ark. Preferring to face his enemies head-on rather than ambush them, Trypticon launched a sonic-scrambler mine at the Ark to draw a small investigative team of Autobots out, then promptly began bombarding them with firepower in his battle station mode. With more sonic-scrambler mines carpeting the cave entrance to the Ark in order to prevent any Autobot reinforcements coming to the aid of the team, the Autobots seemed doomed, until Trypticon's attention was drawn by his minion, Wipe-Out. Trypticon's flunky had captured Rachel Becker and brought her to Trypticon to be destroyed, and Trypticon transformed back into his saurian mode, intrigued at the prospect of eliminating an organic. Suddenly, Trypticon was attacked by the Dinobot Grimlock, who had been observing the conflict from afar and sought to protect the human. The other Dinobots soon came stampeding into battle, and Trypticon was able to hold his own against all five of them; indeed, he might have even won the battle, had the miserly Ratbat not contacted him to inform him that he had exceeded his allotted energy expenditure for the mission. The space bridge materialized next to Trypticon, and he broke off the fight, calmly obeying Ratbat's orders to return to Cybertron. The "defeat" of Trypticon promptly led to Grimlock being elected Autobot leader. King of the Hill!

Much later, when the Autobot mad scientist Flame threatened Cybertron with his zombie army, only a small band of Autobots, along with the Decepticon Flywheels, stood against him. Ultra Magnus made the questionable decision to allow Flywheels to break off from the group to seek reinforcements, but the Autobots need not have worried: the Duocon returned with Trypticon, who smashed his way into Flame's underground base and delighted in stomping zombies underfoot. Meltdown!

Toy pack-in material

Trypticon participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base. He and Bruticus shot at Ultra Magnus and Defensor as they entered the conflict. Decipher the Decepticon

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Trypticon began life as an early Decepticon military project, the prototype iteration of which was put to use in the Decepticons' initial wave of attacks after the death of Sentinel Prime around eight million years ago. The War Within #2

Trypticon himself was created when the prototype was upgraded during the period of time known as the "Dark Ages", between seven-and-a-half and six-and-a-half million years ago. Investigating reports that merely described a "mobile command base", Prowl led a team of Autobots to the Praetorus Wharf in search of this mysterious new Decepticon weapon, and they wound up driving onto the camouflaged structure before they even knew it. Just as they realized their mistake, the base transformed into a towering saurian robot mode and introduced itself as Trypticon, delighted at the prospect of a full-fledged trial run of its destructive capabilities. Devastation Prowl's Autobots threw everything they had at Trypticon, but even with the aid of some reinforcements led by Hound, they proved unable even to slow down the titan. They would surely have been destroyed had Trypticon not been called away to the Neutral Territories to aid his leader, Shockwave, who had been attacked by the minions of the mysterious Fallen. Revelation Trypticon later joined an allied team of Decepticons and Autobots in battling the Fallen's minions in Protihex, where he put his impressive firepower to use trying to blast open the door to the Well of All Sparks. Conflagration

Despite his effectiveness as a killing machine and his delight in the use of his powers in his formative years, Trypticon came to doubt the Decepticon cause and hate his role in it. He thinks that his abilities will eventually merit his taking leadership of the Decepticons, though he accepts this with the same resignation as the rest of his futile existence. More than Meets the Eye

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

As part of Serpent O.R.'s forces, Trypticon defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/G.I. Joe strike force. A massive barrage from Ultra Magnus and G.I. Joe's artillery almost felled the giant Decepticon.

Later, a vision of the future witnessed by a Matrix-empowered Hawk showed Trypticon fighting alongside Iron Klaw against Sgt. Savage and Fortress Maximus. The Art of War #5

TransTech

Trypticon was part of the S.K.A.R.-Decepticon alliance against the Autobots and Screaming Eagles. A clash between him and Fortress Maximus nearly destroyed Earth's magnetosphere, but ultimately, the Autobots and Joes won the day. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01

2005 IDW continuity

First appearance: Transformers: Stormbringer #1

An ancient, bestial Titan, Cybertronian legend held that Trypticon had been created by Mortilus, god of death, using the Void Scepter. Salvation Whatever the truth of his origins was, Trypticon was ancient, having lived on Cybertron since the days of the God War between the members of the Guiding Hand, Primacy #1 until the day he was defeated by fellow Titan Metroplex and sealed away deep underground beneath the Toraxxis Plains. The Illusion of Control There he remained dormant until an explosion opened up the caverns and he was rediscovered by a team of Autobot scientists sent to investigate. Old carvings nearby depicted Trypticon doing battle with normal Transformers, Underworld causing Jetfire to theorize that the mythical Knights of Cybertron had been responsible for the sealing. Prey When Scorponok learned of the monster's existence, he had the caverns bombed, destroying the seal and awakening Trypticon in the hopes that he would bring Cybertron's civilization to its knees. Unleashed

Trypticon went on a mindless rampage across the planet, destroying everything in his path and prompting the Autobots to gather their strongest weapons in an attempt to defeat him. As he entered Harmonex, the Autobots lured him close to the city's giant central structure and collapsed it on top of him. The Illusion of Control Unharmed, Trypticon emerged from the rubble and unleashed countless "cyber-morphic predators", dragon-like minions created within his internal foundries, to attack the Autobots. Knowing that the monster hailed from ancient times, Optimus Prime tried to use the power of the equally ancient Matrix of Leadership to defeat him, only for Trypticon to ignore the artifact and stomp on him. Annihilation After devouring Grimlock and Megatron, Trypticon detected the presence of his old nemesis Metroplex in Iacon and began heading in his direction. However, Grimlock and Megatron were still alive within him and located and destroyed his core, powered by a type of energon that caused increased strength and aggression, causing the monster to go offline. Megatron later returned to the fallen giant and placed the spark of the Quintesson Pentius within his extinguished core, reawakening Trypticon under his command. Belly of the Beast

The method of Trypticon's resurrection caused him to inherit the intelligence and memories of Pentius, making him more than a mindless beast, and also forged a connection between his spark and Megatron's. Megatron was suspicious of Pentius's influence on the giant's mind, so Trypticon let him look into his mind and read his very memories, memories that were a jumbled mix of his own and Pentius's. Convinced that enough of Trypticon's mind and desire for destruction remained, Megatron accepted him into the Decepticons and had him use his space-faring alternate mode to take the Decepticons off Cybertron. Primacy #1 After a journey across space to gather their forces, the Decepticons returned to Cybertron and had Trypticon dropped from orbit onto Iacon (and, thus, his rival, Metroplex). Primacy #2

The two giants fought in a mighty battle in which Trypticon used his beastly claws and tail to his advantage, but in the end he was grappled onto the ground where Metroplex curb-stomped his head, breaking his jaws off. As he lay defeated, however, Trypticon revealed he was merely a distraction that allowed the other Decepticons to impale Metroplex with their other starship. Primacy #3 Megatron later realized the will of Pentius and his desire to destroy Cybertron did indeed live on within Trypticon, prompting him to try to extract the Quintesson's spark from the fallen beast. Before he could do so he was confronted by Optimus Prime, who used the Matrix to purge the remains of Pentius's spark from the Decepticon leader's systems, and likely Trypticon's as well. Primacy #4

Trypticon was later integrated into the Decepticon army proper by Bludgeon. Salvation Early in the war, he was part of a battle during which he waited in disguise for the Autobots to advance right into his arms. However, Optimus Prime suspected a trap, and ordered his troops to retreat instead. Old Ways

Hundreds of years ago, Trypticon fought Thunderwing alongside Megatron, Optimus Prime, and Omega Supreme. Stormbringer #1 He survived the battle and was part of a major Decepticon counter-offensive on what was left of Cybertron shortly thereafter, led by the Predacons. Spotlight: Blaster

Like most Transformers, Trypticon abandoned the devastated Cybertron and returned when the war was winding down, only be frozen in the ice of Praetorus Wharf when Vector Sigma "reset" the planet. Salvation His inert form was discovered by Bludgeon, who used the corrupted energon within him in twisted experiments involving newborn sparks. A group of Transformers transporting a shipment of sparks drove across Trypticon's body on their way to Alyon, but failed to recognize the black metallic surface. Redemption

Intending to use Trypticon's internal space bridge to conquer the galaxy, Bludgeon used the sparks to reactivate the Titan and took control of his mind using a replica of the mythical Void Scepter. He had Trypticon attack Iacon before transforming him into his starship mode for the conquest, but his plans were cut short when the Void Scepter was destroyed. Free from his control, a vengeful Trypticon blasted Bludgeon into scrap before returning to the depths of Cybertron where he was said to be created. Reflecting on how everyone had always treated him nothing but a force of destruction, he took Bludgeon's stolen sparks into himself and let them form protoforms from his body's metal, intending to become a force of creation instead. Salvation

Following the Iron Ring's invasion of Cybertron, the group was approached by Centurion who discovered the growing protoforms and sent a message to Blackrock about them. When Blackrock arrived, Slug attacked his fellow Dinobots and Sandstorm. Sludge fled the battle to check on the protoforms only to be tailed by Arcee who was subsequently tackled by one of the protoforms. Arcee aiming her sword at the protoform was enough to rouse Trypticon into action, who broke through the ground and demanded a stop to the fighting. Optimus Prime then proposed that Trypticon then become Earth's embassy so that the protoforms could be placed under Optimus' protection rather as opposed to becoming tools of Starscream. The Dead Come Home, Part 2

After the embassy had been established within Trypticon, he mainly hung around the outskirts of Iacon in robot mode. When visiting Marissa Faireborn, Thundercracker complimented her on her new lodgings. Starscream: The Movie

Eventually, "Onyx Prime" returned to Cybertron, but when the Prime was unmasked as none another than a time-travelling Shockwave, Iacon quickly collapsed into anarchy, culminating in Nemesis fatally wounding Metrotitan. Trypticon was unwilling to risk his protoforms by entering the battle against his taciturn sibling, and, over the protests of his crew, he promptly generated a spacebridge to Earth to protect the protoforms exactly as Shockwave had predicted. The Hallowing Trypticon materialized on Mount Rushmore, causing widespread panic as the United States government tried to establish a perimeter around his person; unaware of this minor crisis, he had a philosophical discussion with Slug. When Jazz surrendered himself over to human custody, the authorities directed Trypticon to allow Rom to make usage of his space bridge. Unstopped and Unstoppable Trypticon opted not to take part in the discussion regarding Jazz's release and remained on the sidelines when the Dinobots clashed with the Colonist Soldiers. Time Will Rust

Shortly afterwards, the threat of Unicron made itself clear as the planet-eater arrived over Earth, and in order to defend the next generation of Cybertronians Trypticon realized that he would have to take up arms. He unloaded his cargo of sparks and protoforms so that they would be kept safe on Earth Ceremony and spent the time before the attack on Unicron hanging out with his new pal Slug. A Sunrise Dark Trypticon then joined Metroplex in Earth's orbit to bring the fight to Unicron, directed by Centurion. Assembly

This battle was intended as a distraction, to keep the planet-eater occupied long enough for Optimus, Arcee, Thundercracker, Starscream, and Skywarp to slip past Unicron's defenses with the Talisman. Trypticon made fun of Metroplex's expression of awe at Unicron's size, but quickly apologized for allowing his old prejudices to come to the surface. Despite bringing his full might to bear, Trypticon was the first to fall, rent in half by Unicron's eye laser. Ceremony

Alternity

Trypticon was one of several powerful opponents chosen by a higher-dimensional Megatron in a "game full of death and suffering", to go against Optimus Prime's avatar. To Die Game!

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

Once wild, Trypticon was tamed by Megatron and fashioned into the mobile capital of the Decepticon Empire on Cybertron, his cavernous mouth serving as Megatron's throne room. G.I. Joe targeted him during their G.I.Rocket bombing run on the planet, but the bombs were stopped by a force field and Trypticon counterattacked by unleashing Decepticon troops from his mouth to take down their ship. Targetmasters Destro later used the M.A.S.S. Device to travel from Earth to Trypticon for an audience with Megatron. Funeral for a Friend Furious that the Autobots had formed an alliance with G.I. Joe, Megatron had Trypticon attack their home at Metroplex, but before he could finish off the mode-locked city-bot he was interrupted by Fortress Maximus. Trypticon bit the meddler's head off, only for said head to transform into Cerebros and hold his jaws open as Autobots and Joes made their way into the throne room. Everybody Hates Metroplex Trypticon later watched as a victorious Megatron defeated Optimus Prime and had Cybertron dig its "horns" into Earth. Pax Megatronus

With Earth destroyed, Megatron and his Cobra allies celebrated with a feast inside Trypticon. Earth: R.I.P. As Megatron turned his attention toward the sun, transforming Cybertron into Primus so the planet could absorb the star's energy, he had Trypticon wander out on one of its horns. Escape from Primus Setting out to stop this, the joint forces of the Autobots and G.I. Joe attacked Trypticon, negating his force field using a sonic signal programmed with information gathered by Perceptor, Tunnel Rat and Roadblock during their time in the Decepticon base. Trypticon's insides were then punctured by Metroplex's fist, allowing the "Jotobots" entry into him, and he was ultimately taken down by a blast from Defensor's Peacemaker. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12

Knights of Unicron

The Trypticon Dinobase, located on Planet Chaar, was the eighth venue for the Knights of Unicron on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. Knights of Unicron

Titans Return marketing material

Trypticon is an ancient Titan who travels between worlds crewed by Necro and hungrily gobbles living Titan Masters the way others would Energon cubes. Titans Return Trypticon online bio

Beast Wars: Uprising

During the Great War, Trypticon was infamous as a cityformer, ravager of worlds. When the Human Confederacy became fed up of Cybertronians, Trypticon was among the Decepticon forces who took part in the doomed Great Push of 2033. During this, he was critically injured, and Full-Tilt volunteered to become a form of Powermaster, replacing Trypticon's busted transformation cog. With the war over, Trypticon was repurposed as a spaceship, called the Dinosaur, and came to be crewed largely by Predacons (and the odd Maximal), who remained unaware of their ship's true origin, merely thinking it was just a ship. Trypticon became increasingly bitter over his lack of mobility, and came to hate the Proto-races.

By the 24th century C.E., the Dinosaur was the only Cybertronian warship allowed near the border of the Allowed Zone. During this patrol they went somewhere near Arkus, and the ship's paranoid security chief Killer Punch became convinced there was a stowaway on board, and had the ship torn apart looking for it. Nobody knew that Dead-End had smuggled Gnaw, a Sharkticon aboard. Intersectionality

On Cybertron, Fortress Maximus mused that if he wanted to conquer Cybertron or invade other planets, few could have stood in his way other than Trypticon or the Titans, wanly noting that Trypticon never liked fair fights anyway. Head Games

Around the time the Grand Uprising began, the Dinosaur received a signal from LGC-8802, a planet of interest to the Builders. It also received a signal from Cybertron, Lio Convoy's call-to-arms, which prompted the ship's political officer, Synapse, to murder Hydra to cover it up. Trypticon agreed with Synapse's decision, taking his side over Full-Tilt's objections.

Shortly after arriving at LGC-8802, the ship came under attack from an Intruder craft, which they fought off. Killer Punch became suspicious of Hydra's absence and went looking for him, but Trypticon shifted his insides about to prevent the Predacon finding his comrade's body. With some help from Magmatron, Killer Punch managed to get to the lab, only to find Synapse waiting for him. After explaining what had happened, Synapse had Trypticon murder the Predacon. Only Killer Punch had anticipated this, and broadcast the fact to Magmatron, who made his way to the bridge to recruit everyone else left. Trypticon responded by trying to kill everyone with the auto-guns. When that didn't work, Trypticon changed tack, trying to roast them with burn-off from the engine.

Elsewhere, the ship had been infiltrated by Medusa, who vaporized Trypticon's main turbine, sending him into freefall. Magmatron tried using this fact to stop his trying to kill them, but Trypticon continued regardless. Magmatron's quick thinking convinced Trypticon he'd crushed him and Guiledart good, unaware they'd managed to slip through to Full-Tilt's quarters. Soon after, Magmatron told Dead-End to find Trypticon's brain and shut it down. As she got close to Trypticon's processor, he unleashed Brunt on her. As this happened, Magmatron tried fixing the engines, but was distracted by Synapse's arrival. By the time the political officer had been dealt with, Trypticon was too far gone, rendered unable to fly again as it entered the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Dead-End used Trypticon's notorious temper to distract him, as she set her pet Sharkticon on Brunt, gaining access to his computer core, and began methodically removing the chips controlling Trypticon's mind and personality. As she did, Trypticon pleaded with her to stop, as he felt his mind going. She didn't, and Trypticon died.

His body remained a problem, but Guiledart was able to revive Full-Tilt, who did what he could to slow the fall. With some assistance from the Logicon hive-mind on the planet below, Trypticon's body was slowed enough to hit the ground without destroying it, before it transformed into Trypticon's dinosaur form to control its crash-landing. Once it stopped, Trypticon's corpse turned into a badly battered city, never to fly again.

In the cycles that followed, what was left of Trypticon was salvaged, and eventually turned into a city. Intersectionality Dinosaur City was a thriving colony a decade later when the Vok arrived to judge them. The Inexorable March

Prime Wars Trilogy cartoons

Voice actor: Frank Todaro (English)

Trypticon was an old Decepticon battle station, used during the Great War. He was eventually destroyed, and his remains were buried over time. Our Heroes Respond Starscream, left as an aimlessly-floating spark after his destruction, passed over the destroyed Decepticon Titan and was unwillingly pulled into his body. As Trypticon was revived, a light was emitted, catching the attention of Windblade and Metroplex. Aftermath and Rebirth

The awakened Trypticon (now being influenced by Starscream's spark) entered the city and began rampaging. The Mistress of Flame ordered the Elite Air Resistance Squadron to engage the Titan, but they were quickly wiped out and Windblade and Metroplex moved to take on Trypticon next. Our Heroes Respond Metroplex and Trypticon clashed, causing massive collateral damage to the city. The Fight Begins A missile fired from Fortress Maximus that contained Emissary struck Metroplex in the back, distracting him enough for Trypticon to bite down on his arm. Emissary entered Metroplex's interior and explained that he was a Titan Master and could help in the battle. Emissary's power-up granted Metroplex the ability to fire eyebeams, which freed him from Trypticon's jaws, although the Decepticon Titan ripped his arm off in the process. Overlord and Emissary

Trypticon got the upper hand and pinned Metroplex under his foot. After taking a second to smack Windblade away, Trypticon crashed down hard on Metroplex's downed form, killing him. After Emissary escaped from Metroplex's body, Trypticon bent down and swallowed him, forcibly bonding the Titan Master to his own systems. Now granted flame breath by Emissary, Trypticon continued to attack Windblade and the newly arrived Hot Rod before being struck with a missile barrage from Fortress Maximus. Hot Rod managed to infiltrate Trypticon and rescue Emissary, but was smashed to the ground by the Titan's tail. At the Last Second

Once again unimpeded, Trypticon began to march further into the city, towards the Primal Basilica. The Basilica's defenses were activated by Optimus Prime and fired an electrical blast that temporarily stymied Trypticon. Desperate Actions Victorion, enhanced and enlarged by the Enigma of Combination arrived to confront Trypticon but was quickly knocked down by the Decepticon Titan and stomped on. Run for Our Lives Victorion managed to prevent Trypticon from using his flame breath on her, but Trypticon overwhelmed her again and picked up her sword in his jaws to finish her off with her own weapon. Optimus Prime attacked Trypticon on his own, saving Victorion, who split up into her component combiners. Victorion, Devastator, Menasor, and Computron followed Optimus Prime's lead in attacking Trypticon again. They made some headway, only for Trypticon to transform to his battle station mode and begin bombarding them with all his firepower. In Good Hands

Fortress Maximus arrived on the scene to take Trypticon on, and after the Decepticon transformed back to his robot mode the two Titans engaged in a beam struggle. Fortress Maximus won, bowling Trypticon over, but when Victorion attempted to finish their opponent off, Trypticon swallowed her. Absorbing the Enigma of Combination within her, Trypticon powered-up even further and overwhelmed Fortress Maximus in their next exchange. He then used the Enigma's power to seize control of the other three combiners, forcing them to attack Maximus and Optimus Prime. Fortress Maximus attacked again, but Trypticon was distracted by Perceptor, who arrived carrying the Matrix of Leadership. Drawn to the artifact, Trypticon swallowed Perceptor and the Matrix, beginning to enlarge with the influx of its power. Consumed However this had an adverse reaction, as Trypticon quickly shrank back to normal size and spit Victorion, Perceptor, the Enigma and the Matrix back out. Starscream's ghost was also exorcised from Trypticon's frame, and the Titan slumped and fell deactivated once more, with Fortress Maximus lamenting the loss of another of his Titan brothers. All Things Must Pass

Star Trek vs. Transformers

As World War III consumed Earth, the Autobots chose to flee the planet aboard the Titan Fortress Maximus, unaware that the Decepticons had chosen to pursue them aboard Trypticon, a Decepticon Titan of their own. After years of following the Autobots through deep space, the Decepticons finally caught up with their foes just after the Autobots detected an energon deposit on the nearby world of Cygnus Seven. An orbital battle commenced, and only ended when the Decepticons abandoned Trypticon to board the Autobot Titan... just before Maximus wound up crashing onto the surface, sending him and all of his occupants into stasis lock. Prime's Directive, Part Two Trypticon, evidently abandoned, went dormant for several centuries and wound up on a nearby moon in his city mode.

In the mid-23rd century, Kuri's group of Klingon warriors from the nearby Klingon Empire would discover Trypticon's form after their Warbird had been shot down by the Federation, who had recently colonized Cygnus Seven. Their investigation of the mysterious city, which they mistakenly believed to be a Federation base, prompted Trypticon to send out a Decepticon signal, which caught the attention of the recently awakened Soundwave and alerted Megatron and the other Decepticons to rendezvous at Trypticon's current position. On discovering the organics, Megatron decided to make an alliance with the aliens to take down their mutual enemies. Prime's Directive, Part One

The Klingons allowed Trypticon to scan their damaged ship; thanks to this, the Titan gained the craft's ability to cloak, allowing the Klingons to ambush the USS Enterprise as it tracked the Decepticon signal to the moon. In his new shape, Trypticon promptly decloaked and crippled the human starship before he led the charge to the dilithium mining colony on Cygnus Seven itself. Prime's Directive, Part Two

Trypticon kept to the skies in the ensuing confrontation, raining down fire on the Federation facilities, until Fortress Maximus—himself reformatted into a copy of the Enterprise—entered the fray, prompting Trypticon to assume his robot mode and unleash his fire-breath on the heroes. Undaunted, the Autobot Titan transformed into his own robot mode, now "Fortress Tiberius" thanks to his mental merge with Captain Kirk and invited his ancient foe to take him on. Prime's Directive, Part Three

As the Autobots, Decepticons, Federation, and Klingons fought around them, the two Titans slugged it out, and though Trypticon was able to get an early advantage over his opponent, he was unprepared when the Autobot, desiring revenge from their last confrontation, reconfigured his warp engines into a pair of shoulder-mounted cannons to blast him from afar. Though Trypticon quickly recovered, using his fiery breath to melt through Tiberius's armor, he was finally laid low when Kirk disentangled himself from his shared mental connection from Tiberius and knocked Trypticon out with a single punch.

When Megatron realized that he had been double-crossed by Starscream, who had absconded with a load of dilithium and fled to Kronos to conquer the Klingon homeworld for himself, the Decepticon leader sounded the retreat, with Trypticon resuming his starship mode to beam his allies aboard so as to pursue Starscream. Prime's Directive, Part Four

Megatron's Decepticons caught up with the treacherous Air Commander shortly after the latter had invaded the Klingon capitol building and attempted to install himself as emperor; Megatron, however, was more concerned with taking the planet for himself, and ordered the Decepticons to raze the planet and rebuild it into the capital of a new Decepticon Empire. Before they could do so, however, Optimus Prime and his allies appeared, having augmented their forces with transforming battlesuits for the crew of the Enterprise. Trypticon battled Kirk once more, and was able to defeat him after Soundwave deployed a paralyzing signal... but the Decepticons were unprepared for the Klingons, who were immune to the frequency and able to counterattack with a flotilla of warbirds. After ratifying a makeshift truce with the Federation, Trypticon and the other Decepticons were imprisoned on Kronos. Prime's Directive, Part Five

War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material

Located at the Praetorus Wharf, an advanced, mobile, weaponized Decepticon base had been discovered by the Autobots. Teletraan-1's scanners indicated that this base was actually the Titan Trypticon. Stationed there was also the Decepticon Weaponizer, Brunt. Siege Teletraan-1 Data Files

Commercial appearances

When Trypticon came under attack by the Protectobots, the Decepticon city transformed into its battle station mode to fight back. The Protectobots responded by combining into Defensor, prompting Trypticon to transform once more, this time into its dinosaur mode. Trypticon then forced Defensor to fly off with a torrent of fiery breath. Defensor and Trypticon commercial

Games

Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

On a search for the truth behind the death of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus endured a game of death and suffering that culminated in a final battle with Trypticon at the end of the Time Tunnel, within a dark room with three hovering platforms. Trypticon hurled massive fireballs at the City Commander, but Magnus's unrelenting barrage of attacks on the Decepticon's weak spot -the clear glowing dome in the middle of his forehead- ultimately caused Trypticon to fall. Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

Transformers: The Headmasters

When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Sixshot and Trypticon attacked the planet Earth. Trypticon was the first foe faced by Chromedome on his quest to rescue his allies, striking at the Autobot from an elevated platform. Although this set-up left Chromedome at a disadvantage, since he was waging the battle in vehicle mode, he persevered and defeated Trypticon. Transformers: The Headmasters

The Transformers (PS2)

Voice actor: Jeff Manning (English)

Autobot story

Right when the Autobots had found the drill they were looking for in the Karzite mine, Trypticon gave out a loud roar. Rodimus Prime recognized it, but he was in disbelief about what it meant. Sure enough, Trypticon fell from the sky, stating that the Autobots were too late. The Decepticon announced that he was going to crush all of the Autobots now that they had nowhere to run. Surprisingly, the Autobots managed to take down Trypticon, who cried out and announced his being hurt afterward. Threatening the Autobots that he would not forget his defeat and warning them that he would crush them some day, Trypticon fled back to the Decepticon base. The Transformers

Decepticon story

After Springer was defeated for the second time, Trypticon arrived and offered to help, but quickly realized that he was of extremely limited usefulness in the search for the Zel Quartz. His massive size made him a liability in a search, so he sent Full-Tilt in his stead. The Transformers

Transformers Battle Circuit

Trypticon, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time", was part of a Decepticon team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Autobots in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Bumblebee, Rodimus, Grimlock, Jetfire, and Optimus Prime, Trypticon was declared to be the tournament's champion! Transformers Battle Circuit

Transformers G1: Awakening

Trypticon was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot Ark. When the ship crashed on Earth, all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. Trypticon was put to work guarding the space bridge they were building, and was ordered to destroy Jetfire when the traitor scouted the area. He completely failed to keep the Autobots from the bridge, and after Optimus Prime's team was captured on Cybertron, Trypticon was placed on guard duty. He was unable to prevent the Autobots from escaping, however. He later took part in Megatron's ill-fated assault on the Ark, and completely failed to stop the Autobots when they attacked the Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. Transformers G1: Awakening

Transformers Legends

Growing desperate, Galvatron summoned Trypticon to the field of battle. The titan's firepower allowed Galvatron's forces to push further into Autobot territory, despite their opponents bringing out Metroplex. The Colossus War After making a number of coastal attacks, Trypticon leveled Autobot Headquarters and set his sights on Autobot City. Unfortunately for him, Ironhide and Fireflight supplied Metroplex with a new transformation cog, and the giant Autobot sent Trypticon crashing to the bottom of the sea. Monstrosity

Unicron had his eyes on Trypticon as a potential new body for himself, however his agents were intercepted before they could reach the giant Decepticon. Unicron Returns

Angry Birds Transformers

Main article: Hal#As Trypticon

Trypticon appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Hal. Angry Birds Transformers

Transformers Operation Omega

In every battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, Decepticon forces were deployed from Trypticon's city mode to march towards the Autobots, who were in turn deployed from Metroplex on the opposite side of the battlefield. Whenever Trypticon sustained too much damage, the Decepticons lost the battle. Transformers Operation Omega

Transformers: Earth Wars

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Toys

The Transformers

• Trypticon (Decepticon City, 1986/1987)

• Takara ID number: D-63
• Accessories: 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, left & right tank treads, laser cannon

Released in the third year of the original The Transformers toyline (second in the European and Japanese lines), Trypticon transforms from a large grey, teal and purple dinosaur into a sprawling "city" mode, and from there into a mobile battle station. Like his contemporary and counterpart Metroplex, he is accompanied by an entourage of smaller robots—the transforming mini-car, Full-Tilt, who forms Trypticon's chest plate, and the tank Brunt, who is formed from several of his city mode towers and other pieces. Also like Metroplex, Trypticon can link up with the leaders of the 1986 Decepticon combiner teams, Onslaught and Motormaster, when they are in their base forms. Unlike Metroplex's combiner connections though, the two leaders don't plug directly into Trypticon, instead linking up to him through two smaller "connector" pieces. This interactivity was played up to a great extent in Japan, where he was released as part of the Scramble City sub-line.

In an undocumented feature, these connector pieces can plug into Trypticon's back in dinosaur mode, where their acute angles make them look like more Godzilla-styled back plates; when in this configuration you can also plug Trypticon's small weapon accessories into the concavities of the connector pieces, giving him more of a "complete" transformation.

Trypticon is further distinguished from Metroplex by the inclusion of several electronic gimmicks. Two C-size batteries power the electronics of Trypticon himself, allowing him to walk in dinosaur mode and causing his scanners and blasters to spin in city and battle station mode, respectively. Trypticon's main laser cannon (also part of Brunt) is powered by an AA battery and flashes orange.

Like a fair number of larger Transformers toys, Trypticon was never released in the UK, although #185 of the Marvel UK comic, in conjunction with Hasbro UK, offered three Trypticon toys as competition prizes in late 1988.

This mold was later retooled, redecoed, and sold with fewer accessories as Beast Wars II Gigastorm.

• More information on Trypticon at TFU.info

Transform Jr

• Dinosaurer (1986)

• ID number: D-63
• Accessories: 4 ramps, laser cannon

The Transform Jr version of Trypticon shrinks and simplifies the original toy, omitting the electronics, the battle station mode and... the color purple.

Classics

• Trypticon (Legends Class, 2006)

• Known designers: Joe Kyde (deco artist)

Released in the first wave of Classics "Classic Legends" toys, Trypticon is a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Scourge, transforming into a three-headed robotic dragon. His extra shoulder-heads are painted up to evoke the original toy's over-the-shoulder towers/cannnons, and can fold back a bit in both modes.

He needs cuddles.

This mold was later used to make Universe Hun-Grrr.

• More information on Trypticon at TFU.info

Device Label

• Dinosaurer (2009)

• Known designers: Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Takara's Device Label Trypticon transforms from a working USB laser mouse into a mechanoid raptor. He shares this mold with Device Label Grimlock.

According to early BigBadToyStore solicitations, the mice were originally supposed to depict Generation 1 Overkill and Beast Wars Dinobot.

• More information on Device Label Trypticon at TFU.info

Kre-O

• Trypticon (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)

• Bag number: 40551 48
• Accessories: Stand brick, double barreled gun, 2 claws

Part of the fifth assortment of Kre-O blind-bagged Kreon Micro-Changers, Trypticon can be rebuilt from robot mode into a dinosaur. The tampographs on his torso are based on his Classics Legends Class toy rather than his original figure.

He shares the tyrannosaur-head helmet with Farside.

Platinum Edition

• Trypticon (Platinum Edition, 2015)

• Accessories: 2 loading ramps, 2 blaster stands, single-barreled blaster, double-barreled blaster, 2 scanners, 2 connectors, large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon

Platinum Edition Trypticon is a reissue of his original toy. Both Brunt and Full-Tilt are included along with all his electronics, including the motorized walking gimmick.

This reissue features non-reflective eye stickers and shorter guide stripe stickers on the central ramp. There are several tooling changes, such as larger power switches, battery covers that are held shut by screws, molded detail replacing the large bearings on his legs, and bizarrely, added plastic on his feet that keeps the purple "U" pieces from being flush with the rest of the foot. He features dull grey plastic as opposed to silver, and the thigh's holes that connect the grey piece is now retooled to make the piece plug in properly. Brunt's cannon is now a friction joint instead of a ratchet joint.

This figure was officially released as an Amazon exclusive in the United States and Canada. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers BigBadToyStore and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines; usually found at Toys"R"Us stores, though it's currently unknown whether it was actually a Toys"R"Us exclusive there or not). In Australia, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores, whereas in the United Kingdom, it was both sold at Toys"R"Us stores and officially available via the UK division of Amazon, making this the first official UK release of Generation 1 Trypticon! In Germany, he was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in Nerf blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German fan sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Insecticon sets as a result.

Unusually for a Platinum Edition figure, Trypticon (aka "Dinosaurer") was even officially released in Japan, exclusively available as a lucky draw prize (limited to 300 pieces) via TakaraTomy Mall, labeled as a USA Edition, the first of those in nearly a decade.

• More information on Platinum Edition Trypticon at TFU.info

Titans Return

• Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon (Titan Class, 2017)

• Accessories: Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
• Known designers: John Warden (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy), Hirofumi Ichikawa (detailing), Mark Maher (deco artist)

Trypticon beat out Omega Supreme and Scorponok to become winner of a Facebook poll held by Hasbro in November 2015 to determine who would be the next Titan Class figure.^[2][3] Standing at 20 inches tall, Titans Return Trypticon was the tallest Decepticon figure made at that point. (It was later surpassed by the Earthrise release of Scorponok.) He features several new action features, such as a spring-loaded pop-out forehead-gun and the ability to "eat" Titan Master figures, who fall down his throat into his stomach, which can be opened to retrieve them. His city mode unfolds to around three feet wide, and the "battle station" mode of his classic toy is rebranded as a spaceship (officially the Nemesis according to Hasbro's YouTube channel) that can fit a Deluxe-class action figure in its forward bay. The front of the spaceship mode features sculpted faux eyes, intended to make it look like it is formed by Trypticon's head. In lieu of electronics, Trypticon comes with his old partner Full-Tilt, who has been significantly upgraded to become a full-sized Deluxe figure in his own right, with his own Titan Master partner, Necro, who is actually a new version of Trypticon's comic bud, Wipe-Out. Since his head is obviously too large to interact with Titan Masters as most Titans Return figures do, he features a slot near the back of his head where you can insert a head-mode Titan Master, causing the orange canopy on his head to open and the laser cannon to slide up.

Another feature, as documented in the instructions, shows that he can connect with any Titans Return baseformers in city mode through really short "ramps" on his robot mode hips. The officially designated figures were Leader Class Overlord and his premold Sky Shadow, which means the trio are now called Nemesis Command. You can still do this with Powermaster Optimus Prime and Autobot Blaster, if you wish to eschew the faction differences. You can also connect him with Thrilling 30 Metroplex, or the retool/Trypticon's opposite number Titans Return Fortress Maximus. Jump a few toylines and you can connect him to Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege Chapter Omega Supreme and his redeco Generations Selects Guardian Robot. The biggest drawback is that some figures don't have long enough ramps for Trypticon's short ones.

Early production runs of the figure had a serious design flaw in the hip ratchets: a combination of strong springs and weak plastic caused the mechanisms of the joints to basically self-destruct themselves very quickly if they were used. Cutting the springs in half or repeatedly compressing them to reduce their length appears to solve this problem on affected copies of the toy. Later production runs appear to have fixed the issue entirely. Similarly, early specimens of this figure had a chest door that would not latch closed properly and could not bear the weight of Full-Tilt; this too was fixed in later shipments. However, the tail is entirely a different matter: the rotary pawl of its ratchet joint is a separate piece that's not secured against the post it's meant to attach to. This causes the parts to compete against each other when rotated, causing a snapping noise after a certain point and preventing the tail from locking in place. Provided its pieces aren't damaged beyond repair from repeat rotations, the joint can be placed in good working order by disassembling Trypticon and gluing or taping the rotary pawl to its intended position.

The large cannons on Trypticon's back can be extended; this is mentioned in the instructions, but not depicted in any of the stock photography. Originally, the paired towers on Trypticon's back were symmetrical in their design, mirroring each other. A later variant was released with a retooled right tower, mimicking the asymmetrical tower designs on the original figure.

On Monday 13th February 2017, the Monday before Toy Fair 2017, a picture of the toy was released and swiftly withdrawn from the Transformers Instagram account.

In fall 2018, huge quantities of Trypticons were found at outlet stores in the U.S. for a fraction of their original price. This may be a sign of poor initial sales, or a result of other retailers buying up what was supposed to be a year's worth of inventory from recently bankrupted U.S. branch of Toys"R"Us.

Like Fortress Maximus, Trypticon doesn't come with his vehicular drone Brunt, though a new Brunt was later announced a year later for the Siege toyline.

Legends

• Dinosaurer (Trypticon)^[4] (Titan, 2017)

• ID number: LG43
• Release date: August 26, 2017
• Accessories: Cannon/Full-Tilt holder

Released in the twentieth wave of TakaraTomy's Legends toyline, Dinosaurer is a fairly straightforward re-release of the Titans Return figure above; only replacing the standard screws with black ones. This figure also features an altered sticker sheet layout, with the stickers themselves being exactly the same as the Titans Return version. The figure comes packaged with the legs attached, unlike the Hasbro figure above and also appears to have fixed the hip issue that was featured on earlier samples of the Hasbro toy.

As seen in the 43rd volume of the Legends Bonus Edition comic printed on his instructions, Dinosaurer can also convert into an additional "Monster Mode" by transforming his legs backwards and converting his tail into his "alternate" head, complete with an opening and closing mouth.

Generations Selects

• Trypticon (Titan, 2025)

• TakaraTomy name: Decepticon Trypticon (ディセプティコントリプティコン)
• TakaraTomy ID number: AOTP-13
• TakaraTomy release date: 2025 September 27
• Accessories: Cannon/Full-Tilt holder
• Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Amy Bence (packaging)^[5]

A Generations Selects add-on to Age of the Primes, Trypticon is a redeco of his Titans Return figure, sporting a darker color scheme based on his cartoon appearance. Additionally, parts of his chest that previously used clear plastic are now opaque. He still comes with Full-Tilt and Necro, both of whom are redecoed to match Trypticon's new color scheme. In keeping with contemporary Generations releases, the original figure's stickers have been omitted.

Once again, his battle station mode is rebranded as transforming into a "Nemesis-class spaceship". The stock photography shown by some several online retailers omits the double cannon at the tip of the spaceship and the docking platform for Full-Tilt in some shots, but the actual toy has it.

Trypticon also notably marks a major shift in the packaging design for Generations Selects, abandoning the line's previous "cardboard box" aesthetic in favor of a new look that unifies Generations Selects with the main Age of the Primes line and the similarly-redesigned Studio Series.

Generations Selects Trypticon was revealed through the official Transformers Instagram page on December 28, 2024, with preorders going live on January 14 of the following year.

Merchandise

Transformers Gum

• Dinosaurer (1986)
  • Accessories: Large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt

A snap-together model kit of Trypticon was available as part of the fifth wave of Kabaya's Transformers Gum candy toy series. A much-shrunken version of the original Trypticon toy, the kit transforms into something of a cross between city and battle station modes, and still comes with all the pieces to make Brunt, as well as a non-transforming car mode Full-Tilt. Molded from black, red, and grey plastic, Trypticon has stickers for detail rather than paint operations, and came with a stick of gum.

Transformers Milk Caramel

• Dinosaurer (1986)

A small soft-rubber keshigomu figurine of Trypticon, similar to the larger Decoys, was released as part of Kabaya's line of Transformers Milk Caramel candy toys. Like all the figures from the 1986 range, he came blindpacked, and was available in a variety of pearlescent glow-in-the-dark colors including red, yellow, blue, and green. As the name of the series suggests, he came with a piece of caramel candy.

Forms Robo

• Dinosaurer (1987)

Trypticon was also among the ten characters who were rendered as part of the Forms Robo line of over-sized keshigomu figures. He came individually packaged in a plastic baggie, and was available in red, yellow, green, or blue. Of the various Forms Robo figures, Trypticon is easily one of the hardest to find, rarely appearing on the secondary market.

MyClone

• Dinosaurer (MyClone, 2003)
  • ID number: MTF018
  • Accessories: Display stand

• Known designers: Kazutami Abiko (TakaraTomy)

The Trypticon MyClone is the adorable-est little killer dinosaur you ever did see. He was released in the third wave of the MyClone line of Transformers PVC figures, and comes with a hexagonal teal display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other MyClone figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure; however, the only standard MyClone part he uses is the upper torso piece, and that's been turned 90 degrees from the normal humanoid orientation to be used as his pelvic region.

Sadly, his little Full-Tilt part has a large thick torso-peg on its bottom to attach to Trypticon, so he can't really be used as a mini-vehicle or chestplate for any other MyClone mashup you want to try out.

Transformers Trading Card Game

• Trypticon, Assault Base (2019)
  • Wave 4A: War for Cybertron: Siege II
  • Rarity: SRT
  • Card Number: T01/T04
  • Stars: 24

Trypticon, Assault Base is available in a special pack-in bonus pack in every sealed booster box of Wave 4 of the Transformers Trading Card Game - War for Cybertron: Siege II. In order to represent Trypticon's size, the card is over-sized, being the same size as the previously released cards for Metroplex and the LootCrate exclusive card for Omega Supreme. The Trypticon pack also includes deployable character cards Brunt, Artillery Drone, Full-Tilt, Base Recon, and Wipe-Out, Devoted Minion.

The card's line-art is reused from the Transformers Legends mobile game, with new colors that match the aesthetic of the Siege stock art. The Bot Mode line-art was originally drawn by Guido Guidi.

Transformers Character Card

• Metroflex & Dinosaurer Set (November 1, 2022)
  • ID number: 33 & 34

Released as part of the fifth wave of the e-HOBBY exclusive Transformers Character Card series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Metroplex (with Scamper) and Trypticon (with Full-Tilt and Brunt) along with character profiles and tech specs.

• Translation of Trypticon's Transformers Character Card

Notes

• A triptych is an artifact divided into three hinged folding segments. Though obscure, this is an appropriate name for Trypticon, because his tyrannosaur mode is a triptych, unfolding into three segments when it transforms into city or battle station modes. See, parents, this stuff is educational too!
• The cut-down version of Trypticon's original bio used for his toy packaging omits basically every subtlety of his personality, mentioning only his great destructive power and none of his unfiltered hatred, boredom, and self-loathing. Which is likely a large part of why you never saw that side of him in Generation 1 media!
• Trypticon's original Tech Specs give him a very high rank of 9, but he is never portrayed as somebody so far up in the Decepticon power structure. But then again, not many would argue with a towering dinosaur robot that's bigger than Godzilla.
• Trypticon has two completely different character models. The first was used for his appearances in "Scramble City: Mobilization" and the Marvel comic, while the second, more toy-accurate model was used for all his appearances in the animated series. Virtually every piece of Trypticon's body is different between the two models, whether in shape, detail, or both; notable features of the earlier model include rounded legs and feet, and differently shaped shoulder-buildings. The early model is superior in one regard to the second, however: it colors Trypticon's optics. They were left uncolored on the finished model, and he spent the entire cartoon looking as if he had no eyes.
  • The early model is published in Transformers: The Ark and Marvel's The Transformers Universe, and depicts Trypticon's translucent orange nose-panel as being open, as it was on the finished model. However, there was obviously a variant version of the early model with an alternate head design that had a closed nose panel, because that's how Trypticon looks in the actual Marvel comics and "Scramble City" animation.
• A wonderfully nonsensical advert for the Metroplex and Trypticon toys published in TV Magazine depicts him attacking Metroplex while the Autobot City holds the lifeless Optimus Prime in his hand.
• Despite Trypticon having different names in the Japanese market, Takara recycled his Hasbro name in 1998 for the Japanese name of the Tripredacus Council, "Trypticon Council".
• Shattered Glass Grimlock's color scheme is based on Trypticon. His character bio (and this was when Grimlock was an idiot) had Trypticon's Marvel Generation 1 motto: "Total victory requires total destruction."
• In a subtle nod to his Godzilla-like nature, Trypticon's Transformers Legends card art is an homage to the poster art for 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars (shown, bottom right)
• Hasbro senior designer John Warden described the Titans Return incarnation of Trypticon as transforming into the Decepticon flagship Nemesis, but this did not factor into the toy design or any fictional appearances.^[6]

Foreign names

• Japanese: Dinosaurer (ダイナザウラー Dainazaurā; "Scramble City", ダイノザウラー Dainozaurā), Dinobase (city mode, ダイノベース Dainobēsu), Trypticon (トリプティコン Toriputikon)
• French: Tryptican (Europe, cartoon dub)
• Hungarian: Triptikon
• Mandarin: Bàolóng Jīngāng (Taiwan, 暴龍金剛, "Tyrannosaurus Vajra"), Tiějiǎ Lóng (China, 铁甲龙, "Iron-Armored Dinosaur")
• Portuguese: Tripticão

Gallery

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  Dreamwave The War Within concept art

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  Machinima Titans Return model

References