Stalker (G1)
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| The name or term "Stalker" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, seeStalker (disambiguation). |
- Stalker is aDecepticonPredatorfrom theGeneration 1 continuity family.
Stalkeris thePredators' communications specialist. The only land-based member of the team, he is a master of the double bluff and thrives on causing confusion among his enemies. It's his job to keep the Predators' communiques from being intercepted by theirTurbomasterfoes, but he also takes a cruel pleasure in using his 'Garble' comms systems to scramble theAutobots' own signals.
He has a talent for causing things pain.
| “ | Hate till it hurts and then hate some more. | ” |
—Stalker'sbioquote | ||
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Fiction
Predator Air Attack!
Stalker finally clashed with hisTurbomasterrival, the legendaryRotorstorm.He declared that the Autobot should prepare to die, then fired his arm blasters.Predator Air Attack!
2005 IDW continuity
- First Appearance:Megatron Origin#2;Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers#1(modern era)
Millions of years ago, Stalker worked withSkyquakeandClenchduring the deathmatch sports of Kaon, at the timeMegatronfirst entered the tournaments.Megatron Origin #2At some point after the war began, Stalker was staffed atGrindcore,where he administrated "mouth flowers", a mouth-installedinhibitor spike,to Autobot prisoners. Ifyoudidn'thavea mouth, Stalker would... 'make' one.Speak, Memory: Part 1
And I enjoy the career that I picked
I'm your dentiiiiist
And I get off on the pain I inflict!
After his stint at the prison, Stalker was part ofSkyquake's Predator force sent to crush a resistance movement in theSkomiloch Territories.He upgraded his optics and colouring to better fight the area'satmospheric conditions.During this time away from regular Decepticon protocols, Stalker hung out withSnareand began taking a sadistic pleasure in his treatment of the prisoners.Snare's personnel evaluation
The Predators were sent to seizeGarrus-9.WhenOverlordtook over, Stalker began to advise him.Last Stand of the Wreckers #1
Stalker was later with Overlord when the Wreckers arrived in the Pit. Stalker informed Overlord that a second group was free in the base. AfterTwin Twist,Springer,andImpactorwere captured, Stalker began torturing Twin Twist within Garrus-9's "Spark Extrainction Chamber ".Last Stand of the Wreckers #3
After taking a quick break to fetch a downright nasty torture instrument known as anendoscopic claw,Stalker continued to torture Twin Twist. However, the Autobot suddenly and rather vioilently died when hisbranched sparkbrother,Topspin,willingly gave up his/their spark to both unlock theAequitassupercomputerandput an end to Twin Twist's suffering. Stalker was disappointed that his victim had died before he could really start enjoying himself, but shrugged it off and moved on to Impactor. Before he could begin, he was interrupted byKupandGuzzle,who had been led there by his fellow PredatorSnare.Enraged by Snare's betrayal, Stalker fatally injured the traitor, but was in turn killed when Springer was released and stabbed him through the head with his own torture device.Last Stand of the Wreckers #4
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
TheMultiforcefought the Predators in the Skomiloch Territories after they were displaced from their native time by a dimensional shock.Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/01
Toys
The Transformers
- Stalker(Medium Predator,1992)
- Accessories:ICBM, radar dish, missile launcher, 5 missiles
- Known designers:Andy Couzens(Hasbro),Takio Ejima(TakaraTomy),Masakatsu Saito(concept artist)
- Released in the eighth year of theEuropean-marketTransformerstoyline(the final one to use the original faction symbols),PredatorStalker transforms into a four-tracked satellite station and ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) launcher. He is equipped with a standard Predator missile launcher which, while undocumented in the instructions, can mount on the smaller holes of his shoulders in vehicle mode. All un-loaded missiles can be stored on his tread-covers in either mode. His large rocket also serves as hisMegavisorscope, allowing the four Small Predators (Snare,Falcon,SkydiveandTalon) to connect to him, but also features its own slide on a flip-down panel, showing a schematic vehicle-mode image ofRotorstorm,with readouts reading "TAK-A-RA","MA-R-VEL","AUG-U-SA "and"YO-KE".
- Due to a combination of design andGold Plastic Syndrome,the Predator launchers are quite delicate. It's best never to load one of the launchers while it is in the hand of a Predator—the post is most likely to just snap right off. The trigger is also likely to snap off due to relying on on the plastic bending as opposed to being hinged.
- This mold was used to make bothMachine WarsSoundwaveandUniverseSoundwave.
- Japanese:Stalker(ストーカーSutōkā)
- Dutch:Buzzard
- French:Traqueur(Canada, "Tracker" ),Buzzard(Europe)
- Italian:Blindo
