Shadowzone (dimension)

"You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better."

TheShadowzoneis an alternate dimension outside the main reality. Its existence means that anyone trapped within it is unable to interact with normal space as they are out of phase and seemingly encased in a limited amount of space.

Fiction

Prime cartoon

During a battle againstStarscream,the activation of two simultaneousGroundBridgesled to the portals feeding off each other at the same moment. Thus,Miko Nakadai,Jack Darby,Raf Esquivel,theTerrorconSkyquake,and Starscream's severed arm got caught in the resulting explosion which catapulted all of them into a Shadowzone. WhilstOptimus Primeand theAutobotssearched for their human friends, Jack managed to alert them of being trapped in an alternate dimension by sending a text toMiko's phone,which was left at the Autobot base. This allowedRatchetto open a portal with the GroundBridge to allow the three humans to escape the Shadowzone, along with Skyquake's hand which had been chasing them. This left the trapped and undead Skyquake the remaining occupant of the Shadowzone.Shadowzone

Starscream later mentioned that Skyquake was likely still trapped in the Shadowzone while under acortical psychic patchinterrogation session, much toDreadwing's shock.Patch

AfterSoundwaveGroundBridged the Wreckers off the bridge of theNemesis,Jack and Miko, the latter in theApex Armor,boarded the ship. Soundwave attempted a repeat performance, giving Raf the opportunity to open a second GroundBridge, recreating the original accident and trapping the unwitting Decepticon in the Shadowzone.Deadlock

2015Robots in Disguisecartoon

Hey, look at that weird mirror...

While repairing a GroundBridge,Fixitaccidentally caused it to malfunction and open a portal to the Shadowzone. Soundwave emerged, and after trashing Team Bee, he threw Bumblebee into the realm. Remembering what had happened last time, Bumblebee managed to contact Fixit via radio. From there, the other team members were able to get Soundwave to accidentally overlap his GroundBridge portals, opening another rift and allowing Bumblebee to return. Soundwave and Laserbeak were summarily defeated and thrown back into their prison.Portals

Soundwave later made contact witha group of Mini-Conswho were capable of opening GroundBridge portals to and from the Shadowzone. Taking them as his minions, he sent them on raids to retrieveDecepticon Huntersfrom theBee Teamfor a project he was constructing within the dimension.King of the Hill (Part 2)The Great DivideGuilty As ChargedRailroad Rage.He later contactedSteeljaw's Packthrough one of the portals, ordering them (on behalf of their "benefactors") to prepare for his arrival back in normal space.Prepare for DepartureSoundwave eventually used the combined Decepticon Hunter weapon to break the dimensional barrier between Earth and the Shadowzone in order to escape with his project, a transgalactic beacon generator constructed from wreckage recovered in the Shadowzone. This move was detected by Ratchet, who was studying Shadowzone particles. Following Soundwave's defeat,Hi-Testwas encouraged by Optimus to make the Shadowzone his home, as nobody would hunt him there.Collateral Damage

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese:Shadowzone(シャドウゾーンShadōzōn)
• French:Zone d'ombre( "Shadowzone" )

See also

• Chronal phase