Tidal Wave (Transformers)
Encyclopedia : T : TI : TID : Tidal Wave (Transformers)
Tidal Wave is the name of a fictional character from ' and '. He is a Decepticon, and at one point of the Energon series, he was rebuilt as .
His Japanese name is Shockwave, and later, Shockfleet.
In Transformers: Armada, Tidal Wave was a gigantic Transformer who had won a massive victory for the Decepticons on the planet Devola before being summoned to Earth by . Possessing great strength and massive size, his brain power was much less pronounced, and was known for droningly repeating his own name, usually in the form of "Tidal Wave... Tidal Wave...", and referring to himself in the 3rd person. He had the ability to combine with Megatron (known as Burning Megatron), and could separate into three smaller ships called the Dark Fleet. His main alternate mode was a massive aircraft carrier.
He was one of the main Decepticons to survive the end of the series.
Tidal Wave's Mini-Con partner was named Ramjet, but he never appeared in the cartoon series. He was also closely aligned with the Mini-Con Sea Team on several occasions.
Tidal Wave also appeared as a boss in the Transformers video game for the PS2. In one stage in the game, the player fights his way onto and inside an enemy aircraft carrier in order to destroy it, only to find out that the carrier is Tidal Wave himself. Tidal Wave transforms, and the player must fight him from the outside.
By the time of Transformers: Energon, Tidal Wave and numerous other Decepticons had allied with the Autobots. Possessing a new green and white paint job, he was the guardian of the Asteroid City Energon mine, until it was attacked by the . He was brought to and Alpha Q, and was persuaded to join them under the false pretense that they were working to resurrect Megatron. However, this would prove to be a mistake, and Megatron returned to life on his own, and earned Tidal Wave's loyalty, as well as that of and – both of them Megatron's minions and Tidal Wave's comrades in Armada. During the attack on the Desert City Energon mine, Tidal Wave mistakenly grabbed an Energon star, resulting in lightning-like burns covering his entire body.
Tidal Wave would continue to serve Megatron throughout the series. When the unruly and traitorous joined the group, Tidal Wave voiced displeasure, as though he and Shockblast had some sort of unclarified history. In battle, Tidal Wave was heavily damaged as a result of Shockblast's recklessness, and thus, he was reformatted by Megatron into Mirage. He now had a smaller, sleeker, speed-boat form, a sharp contrast to his previous form.
Mirage remained on Megatron's side until the end. This devotion would carry on to the end of the series, where Mirage flew into the Energon sun that had resulted in his leader's demise, all out of a feeling of extreme loyalty to his master - making him a tragic example for those who swore all-encompassing loyalty to Megatron.
In the Energon comic by Dreamwave, Tidal Wave is considerably more intelligent. He gains his Energon-series colors after receiving an upgrade and restoration from Unicron that followed having his own leg torn off. He had a particular rivalry with , and like in the cartoon, was up-graded into Mirage. The series ended before there could be any resolution to this character.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.