Ratbat (ROTF)

Ratbat is aDecepticonfrom theRevenge of the Fallenportion of thelive-action filmcontinuity family.

Autobotsare a suspicious and cowardly lot. I shall become a Ratbat!

Ratbatis one ofSoundwave's minions. He takes the form of a mechanical bat.

Fiction

IDW movie comics

Afterhumanswho were unrelated toNESTintervened in a battle betweenAutobotsandDecepticons,Ratbat was among the minions Soundwave dispatched to attack this new human threat, leaving one alive for interrogation. The operation was not a success, and eventually, Soundwave was forced to pull out his forces, including Ratbat.Nefarious #1Ratbat joinedBuzzsaw,Rumble,Dirt BossandBeastboxin freeing the captured Soundwave from aBumblebeeled Autobot convoy inNew Mexico.Ratbat battledKnock Outwith Buzzsaw, until Bumblebee, seeing his team being overwhelmed, pulled out and allowed the Decepticons to retrieve Soundwave.Nefarious #3After Soundwave trackedRavageback to theInitiative basein easternCalifornia,Ratbat and Buzzsaw were sent in to attack it, but were blasted by a high-tech anti-aircraft system.Nefarious #4

Ratbat later spent some time at the Decepticon base inNamibia.Rising Storm #2He and Soundwave's other minions were unleashed uponArcee,ChromiaandElita-Onewhen they learned ofShockwave's presence on Earth.Rising Storm #3The battle ended with the Autobots triggering a massive explosion, though seeing as only Arcee, Chromia, and Soundwave were unharmed, it is likely that the bat-bot died in the blast.Rising Storm #4

Hunt for the Decepticonsstorybooks

When Soundwave realized that the key to the Autobots' victories was their friendship with the humans, he dispatched Ratbat andBuzzsawto Earth. As the pair tore up ahumancity, Soundwave intercepted the radio signals sent by the police to the Autobots, causing the humans to believe that the Autobots had abandoned them. Eventually, the Autobots wised up to Soundwave's scheme, and they arrived in the city to combat the two Decepticons. Grabbing Ratbat, Optimus Prime threw the bat into Buzzsaw, and, defeated, the two quickly fled.Satellite Meltdown