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

(disambiguation).

Shockwave is a Decepticon from the Aligned continuity family.

Shockwave was a member of the scientist caste in the industrial city of Kaon. In a reversal of the usual order, he was swayed by the ambitions of the

former mining caste member turned gladiator Megatron. Serving as Megatron's "pet mad scientist" and second-in-command, he saw to the fighter's

armament during his rise to prominence, all the while fantasizing on the prospect of mass producingsuch warriors. Thankfully, Megatron's more practical

nature reined in Shockwave as the movement which became the Decepticons finally moved out of the shadows.

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SPM seeking abominations of science. Turn-ons:

dinosaurs, logic

1 Fiction

1.1 Aligned novels

1.2 IDW comics

1.3 Prime cartoon

1.4 Tales of the Beast Hunters

2 Games

2.1 Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3)2.2 Transformers: War for Cybertron - Decepticons (DS)

2.3 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

2.4 Transformers On Your Street

3 Commercial appearances

4 Toys

4.1 Generations

4.2 Prime

4.3 Beast Hunters

4.4 Go!5 Notes

5.1 Foreign names

Fiction

Aligned novels

Shockwave was a scientist who lived on the fringes of Cybertronian society, admitting to Orion

Pax he knew little of Iacon. He was one of the scientists whose innovations allowed the mass

production of stressed-crystal material used to build Crystal City. There he began his combiner

experiments, creating Bruticus Maximus, whose lack of intelligence in combined form made him a

danger to friend and foe, and he was put in stasis lock. Shockwave moved to Kaon, becoming a

surgeon for the gladiators, where he met Megatronus. He continued his combination experiments

with the three Insecticons, whom Megatronus bested in combat: it was in this match that the crowd chanted a shorter name for the gladiator, Megatron.

Megatron recognized two things about Shockwave: that he was bereft of any morality or ethics, and that while he was his most loyal ally, he would turn

on him one day.
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We three 'Cons of Kaon are...

During the Autobot-Decepticon war, Shockwave perfected his experiments with the

Constructicons, creating a Devastator which was unleashed on Crystal City. Shockwave set up

a laboratory in the ruins but was ordered to take command of the newly conquered city state

Tarn. Autobot sympathizers became fodder for experiments, while Shockwave's forces

conquered Vos. He quelled dissent in both cities by requesting Vos' Air Commanders photon

missile strike Tarn, for which he claimed the Autobots were responsible, and then had a photon

missile strike (of supposedly unknown origin) ordered on Vos, killing the Air Commanders

whose true loyalty lay with Starscream.

When the Decepticons captured Trypticon Station, Shockwave oversaw two of Starscream's

scientists ingest Dark Energon: the powerful result activated a security gyro-inhibitor charge

which rendered Shockwave unconscious. Shockwave later subjected the two subjects to a

deprivation study, and found it necessary to muzzle them as the duo agonized as a result of Dark

Energon's absence in their bodies. Shockwave also used the Sparks of those killed in the

capture to turn Trypticon into a Decepticon, able to spawn drones and Minicons in its corridors.

Shockwave remained on Cybertron in command of the Decepticons, while Megatron left withhis elite soldiers on theNemesis to pursue the AutobotArk. Shockwave promised Megatron that Cybertron would remain as he left it, the notion of

which Megatron chastised. He ordered Shockwave to rebuild Cybertron and enslave the remaining Autobots. Exodus

Exiles

IDW comics

Shockwave had been put in charge of a remote Decepticon base in the middle of the Sea of Rust, where he was to oversee a reportedly unlimited source

of Energon, a potentially amazing advantage in the waning days of the war for Cybertron. Swoop had been dispatched to the investigate this mysterious

Energon-rich Decepticon base when he overheard a conversation between Shockwave and Starscream. Starscream was concerned that Shockwave's

attentions were diverted away from the Energon discovery and was wasting his talents on examining the Insecticons he'd discovered and the "cosmic

secrets" he had learned. Shockwave's Insecticon horde discovered Swoop's presence, and the Autobot was captured. Secrets

Predictably, the other members of Swoop's Autobot team, the Lightning Strike Coalition Force arrived in hopes of retrieving Swoop. Shockwave

confronted the four and boasted that this action on their part was central to his plans. The Lightning Strike Coalition Force would make "perfect test

subjects" for his experiments, Siege Mentality and as their leader, Grimlock, fought back, Shockwave thanked him for not alerting Optimus Prime of their

whereabouts. The five would be fashioned into the ultimate weapon for the Decepticon cause! Last Stand
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And as purple as he is logical.

Logic dictates that there is a small chance that I will

kill you, here and now... but I'm gonna shoot

anyway.

Shockwave was waiting when Grimlock awoke, strung up in his laboratory. He explained that he had discovered

ancient Transformers technology, a bridge that could traverse both space and time. This "space bridge" had

offered him a glimpse of many worlds, but most relevantly Shockwave had seen into the past of a certain small

blue planet where amazing and terrible creatures once stalked its lands. As Shockwave's machinery took

Grimlock apart, he told the Autobot that he and his team would be rebuilt into forms resembling those alien

creatures. These Autobot heroes would become the greatest Decepticon weapons. Fragmentation

As Grimlock was being reformed, through his pain he saw visions of the future, of being unwittingly unleashed byStarscream and ultimately taking his revenge on Shockwave. Shockwave quells this visions by breaking into

Grimlock's mind, reducing the once fiercely intelligent leader to nothing but a feral beserker. Fall

After Optimus Prime and Megatron's group of warriors had left the planet, Shockwave remained behind. Left to

his own devices, Shockwave rediscovered a forgotten race of Transformers, the Predacons, and kept close

contact with one of their leaders, Ser-Ket. Rage of the Dinobots issue 1

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: David Sobolov (English), more

During the War for Cybertron, Shockwave cloned a

small army of Predacons and had them micro-chipped so

he could track them at all times. On Megatron's orders,

he dispatched them to Earth to destroy the Autobots stationed there and secure any energon

they could find. Project Predacon

While most of the population left Cybertron during the Great Exodus, Shockwave stayedbehind. He spent his time building and scavenging technology, and managed to reverse-

engineering space bridge technology. His efforts had come to fruition when Starscream, while

delivering Energon to power the bridge, brought him an encrypted Autobot transmission along

with two prisoners, Arcee and Cliffjumper. By using his own invention, the cortical psychic

patch, on Arcee, Shockwave gained the codes to decrypt the transmission, revealing it to be a

message from Optimus Prime calling the Autobots to Earth. He later found the two Autobots

sabotaging the space bridge, and was buried in rubble during the ensuing fight. After he dug himself out, he followed them into the space bridge and was

only stopped when Arcee hit his optical sensor. Shockwave was still inside the space bridge when it exploded, but Cliffjumper hoped he survived, as he

wanted a rematch. Out of the Past
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Logic dictates that my altmode should look

awesome.

Shockwave found himself back on the abandoned planet Cybertron, blinded. He repaired his injuries and continued his experiment, using recovered

CNA to clone a Predacon. Years later, Shockwave detected the energy surge caused by the Omega Lock and went to investigate, encountering Knock

Out who had come on an unrelated mission. Scattered Shockwave returned with him to Earth, where Megatron had created a fortress. Darkmount, NV

Megatron appointed Shockwave his first lieutenant in charge of science. With Starscream's interrogation of Wheeljack failing to yield results, Shockwave

attempted a cortical psychic patch, but was similarly unable to gain any information. The continuing failure to track down the scattered Autobots led

Shockwave to reveal the fruits of his cloning worka huge Predacon. Scattered Shockwave gave the creature a whiff of Wheeljack's energon before

unleashing it, however it eventually returned empty-handed. Prey

When Darkmount came under attack, Shockwave suggested unleashing the Predacon, only for

the beast to be defeated moments after it entered battle. Though Starscream took the opportunity

to get some mocking in, Shockwave simply turned and jumped his way down the outside of the

fortress before defeating the Autobots himself. The victory was short-lived, as once Optimus

Prime turned up, the Autobots turned on their captor. Despite holding his own against them,

Shockwave retreated through a GroundBridge once the citadel was destroyed. Rebellion

Shockwave then began retrieving Predacon remains from the clones previous sent to Earth, sothat he could clone them again and form a new army of Predacons. While he was retrieving

Predacon remains in Texas, he was attacked by Smokescreen, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime.

Soundwave arrived through a GroundBridge to give Shockwave support, keeping Prime busy

while Shockwave grappled with the other two Autobots. Though the fossil broke apart during

Shockwave's fight, thanks to Soundwave a fraction of it was GroundBridged back to theNemesis. Upon returning to the ship and at Megatron's urging,

Shockwave opted to let Starscream retrieve further genetic material. Project Predacon

When the Predacon returned safe and well to theNemesis, Shockwave was content for Megatron to place it under Starscream's command. Starscream

wasn't so keen. Chain of Command

Shockwave's cloning process neared completion, but the revelation that the existing Predacon was intelligent resulted in the Decepticons rethinking the

entire plan, as Predaking might turn against them. Shockwave agreed it was logical that they should use the Autobots to terminate the clones, however

Starscream lured the Autobots to the off-site laboratory while he was still purging sensitive information from the computers. He retreated, and after the

laboratory was destroyed, discovered that the Synthetic Energon they'd been storing in it had created Cybermatter. Evolution

Shockwave almost put out one of Starscream's eyes over the early arrival of the Autobots, but was talked out of it in time. The Decepticons decided to

repair the Omega Lock as a launch mechanism, with Shockwave in charge of perfecting Synthetic Energon. When they realized that Ratchet would be

helpful in perfecting the formula, Shockwave instructed Laserbeak to track Agent Fowler to find the Autobot base. Meanwhile Shockwave himself tookpart in a raid on the Solaris particle collider. Minus One Unfortunately Ultra Magnus proved too much for Shockwave to handle, and he had to be rescued
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Happy birthday, Starsc ream!

by Predaking.

Back on theNemesis, he used a cortical psychic patch on Ratchet in an attempt to learn the

completed Synth-En formula, but came up empty handed. As a result, the Decepticons had to

switch tack and attempt to persuade Ratchet to help them. Persuasion While Ratchet was put to

work on the Synthetic Energon formula, Shockwave was called away to oversee the completion

of the Omega Lock. As a result he was not there when Ratchet attempted to escape, but he was

able to salvage the completed formula from the mess Ratchet left, and began the process ofsynthesizing enough to power the Omega Lock. Synthesis

Spoiler warning:Plot and/or ending details for Deadlock

(episode) follow.

Spoilers expire in 19 days

Shockwave's attempts to activate the Omega Lock were hampered by having to fight Ratchet and the other Autobots who turned up. Following

Megatron's demise, he grabbed the protesting Starscream and the pair made a run for it. They escaped the warship in a lifepod, somewhere over

Cybertron. Deadlock

Tales of the Beast Hunters

Shockwave cloned Lazerback in a Hyperevolution Chamber, unaware his subject could hear everything he said. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 3 On

awakening Ripclaw, Shockwave told the Predacon that Predaking was in danger from the Autobots. Ripclaw promptly took off out of the laboratory.Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 8 Sometime later, Shockwave realized that the Predacons were as big a threat to the Decepticons as to the Autobots and

decided to shut down the cloning project. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 11 He found Smokescreen sneaking around his laboratory

Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 10 and came up with a new plan to blame the laboratory's destruction on the Autobots, hopefully causing Predaking to eliminate

Prime's team. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 11

Deciding to cut his losses and run, Shockwave enlisted Knock Out's help in packing up his laboratory. The pair took the last two remaining

Hyperevolution Chambers with them to Cybertron. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 20

Games
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"When your hit percentage

exceeds mine, YOU may choose

the soundtrack!"

Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3)

Voice actor: Steve Blum

Note: Shockwave is an pre-order exclusive downloadable content character for use in multiplayer

modes, and is not playable in the War for Cybertron storyline campaign. Using a preorder code to

unlock him will allow the player to use Shockwave in Escalation mode, and makes his chassisavailable for customizing an online multiplayer character for Decepticon scientists. His chassis is

labelled as "Retaliator". Shockwave was later made available alongside the other preorder-exclusive

characters in the Transformers: War for Cybertron Map and Character Pack. He was available for the

XBox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, but not for the PC version.

Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: War for Cybertron - Decepticons (DS)


Note: Shockwave is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version ofWar for Cybertron. On

the Decepticon version he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode. He can be

unlocked by beating Purification 6 in Arena Mode.

Shockwave was at the Energon Purification zone when the Decepticons had used it for their stores of Energon. Shockwave challenged Megatron and his

troops to a fight, saying if they beat him, he'd join their ranks. Shockwave was indeed defeated, and somewhat reluctantly joined the Decepticon ranks.Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron


When Cybertron was beginning to shut down, Shockwave wanted to reboot it, but to do this, he needed an large energon supply. As he searched for

one, he discovered an ancient technology in the Sea of Rust called Space Bridges. Using the observatories of the ancients that used to reside in the Sea

of Rust, Shockwave began searching for new planets that he could suck the life out of, and found one rich in raw energy. He also began experimenting on

several Insecticons which had started coming onto the planet's surface, and took three unusually intelligent Insecticons, Hardshell, Kickback andSharpshot, under his command. He later used them to capture five Autobots, whom he gave new forms based on the large reptiles he saw on the planet.
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He's being scouted for potential membership into

the Legion of Doom.

After Megatron was killed during siege on the Autobot's Ark, Starscream took command of the

Decepticons. The two argued over the use of a lake of Energon near the Space Bridge tower,

and though Shockwave attempted to convince him of its potential usefulness, Starscream simply

wanted to drain the lake. When Cliffjumper and Jazz disrupted the fuel line leading to the tower,

Shockwave unleashed an army of Insecticons upon them while he attempted to rectify the

problem. He failed to do so, but luckily he had already built a replica tower in Kaon. Following

Soundwave's resurrection of Megatron, Shockwave went to Kaon meet him and informed him

of his discovery of the Space Bridge and the planet they could plunder. Megatron subsequentlywent to retrieve Trypticon's power core so that they could power a craft to get the there, while

Shockwave went to finalize the completion of the tower.

Later, Starscream infiltrated Shockwave's facility and watched as Shockwave and his

Insecticons tortured one of the Autobots he had experimented on, before he attempted to recruit

Grimlock, which failed and resulted in the Autobot being freed. Shockwave decided to consider

the breakout a test of Grimlock's new abilities, and monitored him closely as he fought his

Insecticon minions, and proceeded to tear apart every one of them. Much later, Grimlock had

attempted to attack Shockwave at the Space Bridge, but he was quickly restrained. Shockwavetaunted Grimlock saying that he wouldn't create such a powerful weapon without a means to control it, calling him a pet, and contacted Megatron to let

him know the tower was active and the portal was open. After Megatron assigned Shockwave to take charge of the Decepticons in his absence,

Grimlock was enraged enough for him to transform into his Tyrannosaurus mode and attack Shockwave, tearing his left arm off and knocking him away

with his tail. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Transformers On Your Street

Shockwave arrived on your street from space in jet mode. He fought Grimlock and landed a blow against him while you watched through your blinds.

Grimlock retaliated by transforming into dinosaur mode, the sight of which sent Shockwave flying away. Transformers On Your Street

Commercial appearances

Voice actor: Corey Burton

Megatron left Shockwave to handle an unknown battle when he arrived. Shockwave instructed Soundwave to transform into boombox mode and play

The Touch! After a while, Starscream asked about Shockwave's choice of songs and was told once he got a higher hit percentage than Shockwave then

he could choose a soundtrack. GameStop's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive
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Well done. Here come the test results: "You

are a horrible person." That's what it says:

a horrible person. We weren't even testing

for that.

"I want him in the games until he dies playing.

Acknowledge."

"Acknowledged, Master Control."

"End of line."

Toys

Generations

Shockwave (Deluxe, 2012)

Series/number: 01 / #003

Accessories: Two-piece laser cannon

Part of the first wave of 2012 Generations Deluxe Class toys,Fall of Cybertron

Shockwave transforms into a "Cybertronian mobile artillery" mode. The front center

fuselage of the vehicle becomes a hand-held "laser cannon" that's modeled after the Sling

Shock. It can be stored on a 5mm port on his back, and undocumented in his instructions,

can replace his hands by folding either one of them in, and tabbing the cannon onto the

revealed wrist socket. As another undocumented feature, the cannon actually consists of

two pieces, with a large Y-shaped muzzle that can be removed, revealing the sculpted ends

of a triple-barreled gun. The muzzle stays on the cannon through friction and, depending on

the quality control, can fit rather loosely and slide off if pointed downward. The muzzle part

can also be stored on Shockwave's back, forming some sort of jet-pack exhaust.

Shockwave features two examples of faux-parts: The undersides of his heels resemble the

front end of the Y-shaped muzzle part, effectively serving as an extension of the muzzle in

vehicle mode, whereas a fake replica of the top end of his head (including his signature "ear" panels) is sculpted on the top side of his vehicle mode(which ends up on the underside of his backpack in robot mode).
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It is the year 2005...

The figure has a "dramatic reveal" feature, where pressing the chest into place causes the head to pop up. The clasp used to hold the spring-loaded

piece in place is fairly strong, and requires a small amount of force to latch if the head isn't pressed down before moving the chest assembly.

Depending on the individual quality of the figure, this can cause the latch to wear out, and the spring is strong enough that the head will push the

whole assembly out of place in vehicle mode if not properly retracted. As such, care should be taken on this step of conversion.

This toy was repurposed as Generation 1 Shockwave in IDW Publishing'sRobots in Disguise comics. This mold was also redecoed/retooled

intoFall of Cybertron Air Raid.

More information on Shockwave at TFU.info (http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/GenShockwave/shockwave.htm)

Prime

Shockwave (Deluxe, 12-15-12)

Japanese ID number:AM-29

Accessories: "Bido" Arms Micron

Part of the ninth wave of TakaraTomyPrime toys, Shockwave is a redeco/retool of his

Fall of Cybertron toy, and is the first release of said toy in Japan. His wings have been

retooled with additional 5mm posts and ports, and he has been redecoed to have a

brighter, metallic shade of purple plastic. Additionally, he has brighter silver paint

operations, and some of his other paint operations have been replaced with customer-

applied stickers.

Instead of his two-piece laser cannon, he now comes with an Arms Micron, Bido, who

transforms from a robotic rhinoceros beetle into Shockwave's cannon and vehicle fuselage.

Bido features numerous 5mm ports and posts for mounting, but can only be used as a

hand-held cannon, and is unable to replace Shockwave's hand. Sorry.

Beast Hunters

Shockwave (Voyager, 2013)

Series/number: 02 / 003

Accessories: Chest armor panel, 2 shoulder/foot armor panels
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Shockwave's early attempt at indoctrinating the

Predacons to the Decepticon cause involved

wearing dragon costumes. It... didn't go over so

well.

Part of the second wave ofPrime: Beast Hunters Voyager Class toys, Shockwave

transforms into a Cybertronian tank. He features numerous 5mm ports, such as his

shoulder-pads, right hand, and right forearm in robot mode, and his feet in vehicle mode.

His rear treads are made of rubberized plastic, and the left tread unfurls to become a hose

that attaches to the permanently attached "Hyperflux Cannon" that makes up his left

forearm. By repeatedly pressing down on the trigger on top of the cannon, the barrel of the

cannon spins while opening and closing, revealing more of its translucent red tip.

For accessories, he comes with three "beast armor" piecesa three-eyed chest-plate and

two claw-shaped panelsthat can be attached to Shockwave in both robot and vehicle

modes, with the "claw" pieces attaching to his shoulders and feet via 5mm post.

His instructions forget to mention that the "spike" panels on his tread backpack need to be

swung up for robot show-accuracy, and that the treaded portions themselves are on

telescoping joints, and need to be pulled apart and extended for tank mode. His

instructions also include the eleventh chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series.

More information on Beast Hunters Shockwave at TFU.info (http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm)

Shockwave (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)

Series/number: 03 / 007

Accessories: Missile

Part of the third wave ofPrime: Beast Hunters Series 3 Cyberverse Commander Classtoys, Shockwave is a smaller-scale mold. His right hand is compatible with 3mm posts,

and his left forearm is a "Hyperflux Cannon" that can launch its missile via pressure launch.

Go!

Hunter Shockwave (042713)
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Japanese ID number:G13

Accessories: Chest armor panel, 2 shoulder/foot armor panels

Part of the first wave ofGo! toys, Hunter Shockwave is a redeco of the "Beast Hunters" Voyager Class Shockwave toy, and is cast in a different,

metallic shade of purple plastic. His armor pieces are now black.

Notes

In the map of Cybertron from the "Binder of Revelation" included in Transformers Vault, Shockwave came from Tarn, which explains why he

took control of it during the war.

As noted above, Shockwave's model is usable in War for Cybertron multiplayer as the Retaliator-type chassis for Scientist-class characters. His

parts are also available for Scientists inFall of Cybertron, now classified as Defender-type components.

Shockwave is usable in both the Autobot and Decepticon versions of the War for Cybertron games for the DS. He is used only for multiplayer,

bonus missions and Arena mode in the Autobot version and used in Multiplayer, Arena mode, and campaign in the Decepticon version.

In the XBOX 360/PS3 versions of War for Cybertron, Shockwave's left arm is his Plasma Cannon, but in the DS version, it's his rightarm.

The GameStop War for Cybertron commercial describes Shockwave as second-in-command of the Decepticons, and Starscream is neverofficially referred to as such.

For said commercial, Shockwave was voiced by Corey Burton, voice actor of Generation 1 and Animated Shockwaves. He later lamented over a

forum post (http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=853&sid=3992b18086e21d8f6face60940505757) that the performance was

so rushed and the "gag" nature so out of character, that it hardly even sounded like him: "Two different sessions; and while they were awfully nice

to work with, I have to say that the gag line was written and directed completely off-character. Since it was all supposed to be pretty "camp"

anyway, and it had to be wedged-into a space that wasn't even there in the initial cut, I just went along with it. Figured it's just a silly bit of hype,

that wasn't worth taking seriously enough to fuss over."

The aforementioned commercial also indicates that Shockwave is evidently a fan of Stan Bush.

According to his Transformers Hall of Fame bio, Shockwave's emotions sometimes get the better of him, leading to irrational behavior. He alsohopes that one day his work will let him reformat all Cybertronians to a new form of existence and ideally become ruler of Cybertron in the

process. Looks like Megatron's hunch wasn't far off...

Although Shockwave is a Jet in the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game, he's a ground vehicle in the DS Version. This is most probably

because the mission he is unlocked in features his Autobot counterpart, Grimlock, a Heavy Ground vehicle. Shockwave's increasable stats are,

however, those of a Flying Vehicle.

In the Japanese dub ofPrime, actor Kenta Miyake channels the unique personality of Shockwave from the Japanese dub of the Generation 1

cartoon in that he's a grizzled old man with a gravelly voice and a short temper. Unlike the the Japanese Generation 1 Shockwave, this

Shockwave has a new verbal tic in which he endlessly punctuates sentences by bellowing the word "Shock!"
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Foreign names

Japanese:Shockwave (Shokkuwbu)

Russian:Vzryvala (, "Blaster")

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