Disappeared

More than anything, these lost souls are proof...that all the good names really are taken.

The Disappearedare a collection ofTransformersthat—as their name implies—disappeared from thewarat various points throughout its history.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Having become obsessed with chronicling the death of every single Cybertronian following the loss of his friendTusk,the former forensic pathologistCensereerected a Memorial to the Disappeared on theNecroworldalongside statues of the Transformers whose fates he was able to record. When the crew of theLost Lightinvestigated the rumours of the "Necrobot",Nightbeatmet with Censere and discovered that he was listed amongst the Disappeared thanks to having been pulled into theDead Universeafter his death at the hands ofHardhead.Nightbeat then tookChromedomeandRewindto the Memorial to show them thatDominus Ambuswas also named there. Afterwards, Nightbeat took Censere to task over his obsession and suggested that he try to look after the living instead of recording the dead.The Not Knowing

Censere took Nightbeat's words seriously, and upon discovering atime caseleft byMegatronnear his own statue, connected it to his teleport chamber and attempted to rescue all of the Disappeared. Ironically, his actions ultimately created many of the Disappeared thanks to their unexplained departures from their own times. Thetime traveloften left them weak and disoriented so Censere kept them in stasis, disguised as organic life to hide them from unwanted attention. Unfortunately his actions did not go unnoticed and theDecepticon Justice Divisionarrived, presumably looking for some of the missing 'bots fromtheir own list.They set a trap for Megatron and the crew of theLost Lightand killed Censere when he tried to interfere.

Later, under siege from the D.J.D. in Censere's fortress,Team Rodimuswas greatly surprised when thestasis podscontaining the "organics" opened to reveal the likes ofRoller,Wavelength,Syphon,andTerminus.After reading Censere's journal, Rewind explained toRodimusthat thanks to the D.J.D. around half of the names on the Memorial of the Disappeared would remain unaccounted for.Do Not Go Gentle

When more of the Disappeared began to wake up,Ultra Magnusheld a 819 slide presentation to brief them on when and where they were as well as recent events.Some Other Cybertron

AfterTeam Rodimushad leftNecroworld,After Megatronthe Decepticon members of the Disappeared murdered their Autobot counterparts and took over the planet. They were then killed by theLuna 1Autobots.Sardines

The Disappeared

Saved by Censere

Otherwise accounted for

• Dominus AmbusofAmbustus Minor
• NightbeatofYuss

Unaccounted for

Notes

• TheFestival of Lost Lightincluded aHymn for the Disappeared.Foreshadowing!
• The first time we see the Memorial in "The Not Knowing", the name above that of Dominus Ambus ends with "...MLET", when we see it again in "Do Not Go Gentle" there's what appears to read "...N EIM..." and in "Anomie"it begins with" SCRAMBL... ". Presumably there's a Scramblin' Eimlet out there somewhere?
• In "Anomie", one of the names on the Memorial is 'Shock of Polyhex', though theShockwe are familiar with signed his name as 'Shock ofBitrex' in "No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases"and he was killed by aSparkeaterrather than mysteriously disappearing, as his fellowDuobotOredid in "You, Me, and Other Revelations".This could mean that we're either dealing with a different Shock, or that not even the Necrobot can tell Shock and Ore apart.
• Interestingly, none of the Disappeared whose names are visible in "Anomie" areM.T.O.s,as they are all named after city-states rather than military operations.
• Two unnamed Disappeared Decepticons inLost Light#2are modeled on theEnergonDivebombandCybertronHardtopmolds, with new color schemes.