| “ | I am Soundwave. I am Decepticon. The revolution begins now! | „ |
| ~ Soundwave, Sound and Fury |
Soundwave was a Decepticon created on Earth by Megatron, and a recurring antagonist in Transformers Animated. Initially created as a toy, Soundwave gained sentience and upgraded himself, planning to free machinery from human slavery.
History[]
Season 1[]
In Sound and Fury, Soundwave was created as a toy by Megatron, who asked Isacc Sumdac to give it as a toy to his daughter Sari as a birthday present. Megatron knew Sari would use her AllSpark key on Soundwav,e which would allow him to upgrade, to become Megatron's new body. However, the upgrades actually made Soundwave self-aware, and he concluded that machines should be the masters of the world and humans would be an ideal slave force. Megatron decided to recruit Soundwave. Megatron convinced Soundwave to join the Decepticons, asking him to take control of the machines in Detroit and steal the AllSpark Key, and told him the Autobots' sympathy to humans made them enemies.
Once convinced, Soundwave upgraded himself into a transforming body using controlled robots, proclaiming himself to be a Decepticon, and began his task. He started taking over all the robots in Detroit, using Tutor Bot to kidnap Sari. The revolution of the robots was quickly opposed by the Autobots. When Bulkhead came to rescue Sari, Soundwave blasted him with a sonic blast. Soundwave then appealed to Bulkhead to join the revolution, reminding him how Bulkhead had been replaced by Soundwave himself. Bulkhead played along, then used his wrecking ball to shatter Soundwave.
Unknown to all others, Soundwave still functioned as a small piece.
Season 3[]
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