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Topspin and Twin-twist, the Jumpstarters! I loved those things because at the time they were the only Cybertronian mode Autobots.

I'd nominate Skywarp as well. Starscream had the personality but Skywarp had the best look /colour scheme of any Decep from any series, as well as the most intimidating powers among the original seeker trio.

Also, I never felt that I got to see Sideswipe really cut loose either since he had the coolest vehicle mode in G1.

Skywarp, he's a badass who needs to be in the spotlight.. he's a "Goodfellas" Wise cracking street muscle type Bot. Megatron trusts him and has even given him rank over Starscream on occasion, and has even let him weild him in Altmode.. Thundercracker was never really played up either and is unsung amongst the Decepticons.

My other favorite from Generation One would be Wheel Jack, the Insecticons, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Cliff jumper.. Brawn was cool too.. why should bumblebee have all the glory??

Beast Wars.. DepthCharge definitely!!!

skywarp-2 wrote:Skywarp, he's a badass who needs to be in the spotlight.. he's a "Goodfellas" Wise cracking street muscle type Bot. Megatron trusts him and has even given him rank over Starscream on occasion, and has even let him weild him in Altmode.. Thundercracker was never really played up either and is unsung amongst the Decepticons.

My other favorite from Generation One would be Wheel Jack, the Insecticons, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Cliff jumper.. Brawn was cool too.. why should bumblebee have all the glory??

Beast Wars.. DepthCharge definitely!!!

Skywarp is cool. But hes such a cluts though.

Reflector
Shockwave
Graple
Trail Blazer
Huffer

I always thought Blitzwing was pretty cool.

Movie Optimus wrote:I always thought Blitzwing was pretty cool.

Well hes one of the most powerful Decepticons thats for sure!

Definitely Blaster. He was a cool character I was glad survived the great Autobot massacre. Springer and Kup were the only new Autobots that I liked. I always liked Ironhide and Hound, too.

STUNTICONS! - They are hilarious. Masquerade has to be one of my favorite episodes of all the TF series. There's a lot of interesting characterization in it for most of the group; they behave like siblings in a way. Dead End is a personal favorite, incredibly snarky and usually spot on about how a situation is.

COMBATICONS - I wish we'd gotten around to knowing more about them being "political prisoners". Swindle's my favorite of the group, and the reason I like "B.O.T." so much.

INSECTICONS - Just really, really fun self-indulgent insane characters. I'm happy they got as much screen time as they did in G1. They had some great lines and great voices behind them as well.

Hound - Wish they could have explored more of him, other than the brief moments we had in the first season.

Dirge - Love his voice! "The Gambler" is one of my faves only because of how well Bud Davis spoke his lines.

Octane, he's a pervert but I always liked his cartoon portrayl

Battlechargers, are robo-bevis an robo-butthead.

Stunticons are great, The Jerk, The Downer, The Crazy, The Bully and The Parinoid. Sounds like the people I slum around with actually...

Energon Slugslinger, even though he has a Two-Face grimmace.

Delta Seeker and X-Gunner, I like the Idea of former friends on opposing sides of the war. I like the cyberjets in general really.

Mirage, Tracks, Grapple, and Hoist. I have an affinity for the "upper crust" autobots.

*to quote Grimlock*

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I don't have the time to go into depth, but here's some of my favorites:

G1:

Smokescreen (but not the kind of idiot he was portrayed as in "The Gambler")
Skyfire
Perceptor
Blaster

Beast Wars:

Waspinator
Airazor
Depth Charge
Megatron's Ducky

RID:

Sideburn
Team Bullet Train (consists of Midnight Express, Railspike, and Rapid Run)

Armada:

Blurr
Sideswipe
Perceptor (a combo of Grindor, Sureshock, & High Wire)

Cybertron:

Clocker
Red Alert
Scattorshot
Evac
Landmine

That's it for now.

The combaticons didn't get enough play to me. I would have like them to explore the personalities a little more. Basically give them one episoded like they gave swindle that one episode (B.O.T.)

Tracks - though not a huge fan of the cartoon, always enjoyed his appearances. Love that voice.

Dirge

Ramjet - love that pic of him charging tha Ark in issue 2 of War and Peace

Prowl - just wish they paid more attention to his tech specs instead of making him such a whiner in the comics. Need to see him teamed up with prowl. 2 of Prime's more professional soldiers.

Blurr - Loved the voice and he got a few punches in on the Matrix powered Thunderwing. Would love to see a Spotlight of him whizzing Neo-like through a wave of Decepticons. Also when are the writers going to remember his tech spec intelligence is 8?

Snarl

Thundercracker

Snapdragon

Dragstrip, heck all the Stunticons - wish they had better toys. Repaint RID Magnus for Motormaster and RM Mirage as Drag Strip. RID Prowl sans sirens and Sideburn as Breakdown and Dead End respectively.

Battlechargers - deserve decent toys. Love to see E-hobby repaint Tracks for these guys. Plus Starscream and co. got seeker drones, would love to see Battlecharger drones. Remember the watchdogs chasing Trailbreaker, Wheeljack and co. in the Ultimate Doom. So see them as Cybertronian Battlechargers!

Catilla

Movie Barricade - Ehobby must repaint G1 or RID Prowl for this guy.

Sunstreaker - Thanks to Dreamwave for giving him great characterisation

Sideswipe - can't have Streaker without Swipe.

Seeker drones - Love the idea of waves of seekers descending on Autobot positions. Every villain needs his army. Love their indiffernce to humans in MTMTE. Just grab the energy and ignore the humans unless sufficiently provoked ala the Borg.

Getaway

Skullgrin - loved his Marvel comics appearances

Landmine and Cloudburst - the odd couple of TF. Loved their Mecannibals story.

G1 Override

G1 Silverbolt

Thunderwing - Marvel appearances

And just for the other side of the coin. Overrated and overused.

Jetfire

Kup

Wheeljack

Thunderwing - IDW appearances

Ratbat

Bumblebee

Well he died in the movie, but Brawn was always funny to me. Oh well.