| “ | All you 'bots down on the floor, get ready to rock it. | „ |
| ~ Soundwave, Giant. |
Soundwave is a Decepticon and a recurring antagonist in the Transformers Cybertron. Originating from the Cybertronian colony world of Planet X, Soundwave is one of it's most intimidating warriors, but his talent comes from his abilites at creating confusion.
His speech seems to be geared towards throwing people off-balance; though his tone is often monotone, his speech is that of a rave-club DJ. Despite the appearance these mannerisms give off, he's actually a very serious-minded and focused robot, far more than his fellow Planet X agent Sideways.
History[]
Backstory[]
When Planet X was at it's zenith, Soundwave served as an information specialist, infiltrating targeted planets and find important individuals and technologies to deal with. When his home was destroyed in a war with Gigantion, Soundwave was one of a group of survivors who became fixated on revenge against the Giant Planet. After discovering evidence of an ancient, planet-devouring being brought them Soundwave and the other survivors split up across the universe to search for it. Soundwave succeeded in the millennia-long quest, tracing the Gigantion Mini-Cons' origins to Unicron. Soundwave struck a deal with the Chaos Bringer: a million years of servitude in return for the destruction of Gigantion. However, Unicron was destroyed just as his servitude ended.
Cybertron[]
Working with the Decepticons[]
In Titans, the Autobots and Decepticons focused their efforts into locating the fourth Cyber Planet Key, located on Gigantion, the Decepticons were unable to voyage across time and space to the parallel dimension in which Gigantion was located. Soundwave seized upon a chance for revenge and opted to ally himself with the villains. Emerging before the Decepticons from a fiery portal in space, Soundwave performed a bit of dramatic posturing before revealing his name and informing them that he knew the way to the planet.
Living up to his word, in Warp Soundwave led Megatron and his troops through a fiery portal, across the dimensions to the Giant Planet. When the Decepticons clashed with Optimus Prime's Autobots in Giant, Soundwave shocked the amassed heroes with his talent for mimicry by flawlessly impersonating the Autobot leader's voice. Prime was flattered and merged with Wing Saber to battle Soundwave; the villain held his own in the fight, but when Megatron was thoroughly owned by Giant Planet leader Metroplex, he joined the Decepticons in fleeing. In Fury Megatron tapped into Gigantion's Cyber Planet Key, and transformed himself into Galvatron, at which point Soundwave flew off to carry out his own agenda. He observed Galvatron's subsequent battle with Optimus from afar with great interest.
Final Gambit with Sideways[]
In City, during a battle between Optimus and fellow Planet X native Sideways over the starship Atlantis, Soundwave suddenly came streaking into the middle of the battlefield to yank Sideways out of the path of a blast from Prime. The pair retreated to safety, as Soundwave reminded Sideways not to forget the true reason they were there. In Challenge, the duo began searching for Gigantion's Cyber Planet Key, but when they were caught in the act by the Cybertron Defense Team, Soundwave didn't have any reservations about revealing his and Sideways's true history to the Autobot trio, as he intended to destroy them. As Laserbeak shrouded the area with a smokescreen, Soundwave used his imitative abilities to distract and disorient the three Autobots, until Scattorshot saw through his Hot Shot impersonation and blasted Laserbeak out of the air. After the smoke cleared, the trio unloaded their weapons on the two tricksters, collapsing a tower on top of them.
Following this defeat, Soundwave and Sideways didn't resurface until the events of Showdown, by which point Galvatron stole all four keys and the Omega Lock from the Autobots, but was was confronted by the treacherous Starscream. As the two engaged in battle, the Autobots prepared to intercede, only for Soundwave and Sideways to stand in their path. The two Planet X natives kept the Autobots occupied while Galvatron and Starscream's battle escalated until the two Decepticons were channelling so much raw energy that reality began to warp around them. Having failed to predict this outcome, Soundwave was in favor of fleeing to fight another day, but Sideways insisted on making one final play for the Cyber Planet Keys; while he pleaded for Soundwave to flee and save himself, Soundwave stuck by his friend. The pair lunged for the Omega Lock, suspended between Galvatron and Starscream, just as their conflict reached a crescendo, resulting in a colossal explosion of energy. As the light from the blast dimmed, Starscream, Soundwave and Sideways had vanished, and Vector Prime believed that they had been blasted into yet another dimension.
Soundwave and Sideways did survive the experience. In Unfinished, when Galvatron had a vision of Starscream, seemingly reaching out across the dimensions to mock him one last time, Soundwave and Sideways were seen standing at his side. In Beginning, the pair were shown to have found another Planet X, and seemed to be pretty happy there.
Trivia[]
- Soundwave speaking like a DJ is probably a reference to how his main voice actor, Robert O. Smith, was a DJ.