No, seriously, this guy is Thundercracker. He was less than pleased with his new sports car alternate mode, however; having always considered his ability to fly one of things that put him above most other lifeforms, Thundercracker saw his new ground-bound form something of an ironic humiliation. The mysterious Machine Wars were a tumultuous time for Thundercracker. Thundercracker joined Laserbeak and the Autobot Wheeljack on air patrol during the fight with the Keepers, strafing the aliens and their puppets, Bluestreak and Starscream. In the wake of Megatron's defeat, a guilty Thundercracker returned to Menonia to survey the damage done to the planet, where he received a message from the Planicrons thanking him for helping them. Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun).

Under Starscream's leadership, Thundercracker and Skywarp attacked a solar plant. He was partnered with Skywarp The Route of All Evil, Some time into the war, on the eve of the appointment of the Autobots' new Prime, Thundercracker and Skywarp were charged with massacring a building's worth of pesky neutrals in Altihex. When the group retreated to a nearby moon, they found Trypticon being swarmed by Kuri's Klingons. He features a metallic flake blue version of his cartoon colour scheme, rather than his darker blue Generation One toy colour scheme. Speed: Prime Directive #4 The Decepticons triumphed over the Autobots, and Thundercracker stood watch over their defeated foes while Megatron tried to persuade Optimus Prime to help the Decepticons conquer Earth.

Change ). A chance to be part of the exciting world of underground gladiator games turned into a life Thundercracker never wanted. Thundercracker, alongside Starscream, Acid Storm, Hotlink and another Seeker gave chase in vehicle mode, and though Hotlink was lost, Thundercracker and the others succeeded in shooting down Jetfire. Return to Cybertron, Thundercracker is one of Megatron's most vicious fighters. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Revenge He then came under fire from human military in the city, and was eventually overpowered by their barrage. He served as part of Starscream's infiltration unit on Earth, but when Megatron laid waste to the planet, it was more than Thundercracker could bear. volume 5. After Starscream was hit by Optimus, Thundercracker asked if he was still functional. Total: After Megatron and Doctor Hell formed an alliance of their own, Thundercracker and Skywarp joined the Mechanical Beasts in their attack on the facility, but Mazinger Z shot them both out of the sky. Transformers: Mystery of Convoy, Thundercracker was one of the Decepticons who joined the battle on the planet Zel Samine over the powerful Zel Quartz, where he defended the Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station and ELTA against Autobot incursion. Granted a portion of the hyperdimensional powers that his leader had obtained from the monstrous Hytherion, Thundercracker was given a new body with a Timaeus drive that granted him the ability to travel through dimensions, and an assortment of new weaponry, among them a "Power Zap" that let him drain energy from other machines, including his enemies, and a Nova Concussion Generator that allowed him to create the functional equivalent of sonic booms in the vacuum of space. When Jetfire admitted that Starscream spoke the truth, Megatron ordered his execution, and Thundercracker prepared to attack, only to be thrown aside by Jetfire launching missiles, and he fled into the air. Depending on the timeline you follow, Unicron eit… He was involved in Megatron's scheme to take over the Earth by holding millions of humans hostage. Fleeing the captured Autobot base under the mistaken belief it was about to be attacked by Martians, Thundercracker and Starscream once again wound up in the vise-like grip of Huffer. Intelligence: Gears, City of Steel, Attack of the Autobots, Traitor, The Immobilizer, Atlantis