Tox-En

From this angle, it looks a bit like a dying fish...but deadlier.

Tox-Enis a highly poisonousEnergonvariant, easily identified by its sickly green color and visible fumes. While harmless to organic creatures likehumans,it has the opposite effect as regular Energon onTransformers,causing them to feel nauseous and weakened by the slightest physical contact. Prolonged exposure to Tox-En can outright paralyze a Transformer, eventuallyextinguishingtheirspark.

Needless to say, it's pretty nasty stuff whichsane individualswill dispose of on sight. In the hands of acomplete lunatic,however, it can become a devastating weapon againsttheir enemies.

Fiction

Aligned continuity family

Primecartoon

Megatronfound a way to refine raw Tox-En during the war, converting it into a bioweapon that devastated the Autobots. A sample of the substance came into Autobot possession and was stored in theVaultsofIacon.At some point, it ended up onEarth,near a volcano at the equator. It fell into an active lava flow, which carried it some distance away from its projected coordinates, but neither the container nor its contents were damaged.

During the race to find theIacon relics,the Tox-En was found byBulkhead.Deeming it too dangerous to leave intact, he sought to destroy it in the fiery depths of the volcano. To stall Megatron's own search party—Hardshelland a group ofInsecticons—Bulkhead left a small chunk of Tox-En in the canister, along with a grenade that destroyed the chunk and left one Insecticon with a neck full of toxic shrapnel.

After leaving a false trail of Energon to keep the Decepticons busy, Bulkhead took the remainder of the Tox-En with him on his trek to the top of the volcano. Unfortunately, his earlier ruse forced him to actively carry the toxic substance, rapidly weakening his body and mind as he struggled up the slope. Although the encouragement ofAgent Fowlergave Bulkhead the strength to reach the crater, his fatigue allowed Hardshell and his remaining minions to catch up to him before he could destroy the Tox-En.

During the ensuing confrontation, Bulkhead used the Tox-En as a makeshift weapon against his foes, completely incapacitating one Insecticon and sapping Hardshell's strength. After a brief battle between the exhausted Cybertronians, Bulkhead further weakened Hardshell by forcing his face into the Tox-En. As Hardshell staggered back, Bulkhead tossed the Tox-En to him, causing the disoriented Insecticon to fall into the volcano. Although Hardshell survived, the Tox-En was dissolved in the molten rock.Toxicity

Unfortunately, the Tox-En exposure had taken its toll on Bulkhead; combined with a shot in the back from Hardshell, it was enough to leave him clinging to life. Ratchet was forced to put Bulkhead in stasis and diagnose him with sub-micronic system-wide shutdowns, preventing him from even beginning to operate on Bulkhead's other injuries until his patient had regained some strength. Meanwhile, Megatron was highly displeased at Hardshell's failure to secure the Tox-En, but the Insecticon managed to soothe his leader's wrath by his willingness to take responsibility for his own failure, as well as his claims of taking Bulkhead offline. Later, whenWheeljackfought Hardshell, he mockingly asked if the Insecticon couldn't handle an opponent who hadn't been weakened by Tox-En, but Hardshell replied that mid-battle banter was a sign of weakness.Hurt

Rescue Bots Academycartoon

A quantity of Tox-En was hidden in a location inIrelandby an ancient Autobot working with a human, in order to keep it out of hostile hands. Clues to its location were stored in aholokeywhich was eventually found by geologistFinn O'Reilly.When he teamed up with theRescue Botsto follow the clues to what they believed was treasure, it led toHot Shotbeing exposed to the substance, but luckily Finn, being human, was immune and was able to seal it back up.X Marks The Bot

2001Robots in Disguisecontinuity family

Shell Game

Following the death ofMegatroninViron 704.31 Epsilon,ScourgechallengedMegazarakfor leadership of the Decepticon andPredaconforces. Megazarak apparently backed down, only to use Tox-En to poison Scourge. He then recycled the body, using it to create the loyal but imbecilicToxitron.Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30

Notes

• The name "Tox-En" name comes from its nature as "toxicEnergon ". Its pronunciation is similar to the word" toxin ".
  • Its name is similar to "Synth-En",Ratchet'snickname for his version ofSynthetic Energon.Interestingly, both are an unnatural shade of green and detrimental to Transformers, but Synth-En mainly affected the user's mind, while Tox-En primarily affects the body.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Doku Energon( độc エネルゴンDoku Enerugon,"Toxic Energon" ),Doku Ene( độc エネ) for short