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Please list characters by the media/incarnation that the darkhorse is most associated with. And let it be known, these characters have ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYRxf13tIg The Touch]''.

* [[Large Ham|Straxus]] was a character created specifically for the Marvel Comics, a deranged tyrant who basically existed to be killed off by Blaster after he killed Blaster's best buddy. However, Simon Furman revived him and had him {{spoiler|retroactively [[Hijacked by Ganon|hijack a lot of badass Megatron moments]].}} He eventually got a rather awesome Deluxe class toy in Generations.

* And in yet another case of "Decepticon leader who's better than [[General Failure|Megatron]]," we have [[Cyber Cyclops|Shockwave]]. In the cartoon, he was just a dull [[Yes-Man]], essentially a poor man's Soundwave. In the comics, he was the Big Bad for most of Budiansky's run, and his reason for [[The Starscream|constantly and successfully usurping Megatron]]? It's because he simply deems it logical, whilst also averting the [[Straw Vulcan]] trope in actually ''being'' logical.

* [[Hulk Speak|Me]] [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|Grimlock!]] It helps that he is regarded as Simon Furman's signature character in the comics.

* Swerve is quickly turning into this in the fandom thanks to Roberts' portrayal of him in ''More Than Meets the Eye''. He's gone from being used in past continuities as a filler character with no real distinct personality, to being a very chatty mischievous smartass with a [[Boisterous Bruiser]] personality packed into a minibot body.

* Rampage and Depth Charge. The former for being an immortal psychopath, the latter for being the only one badass enough to take him on. They are drawn to each other like matter and antimatter, and are about as safe to be around when it happens. Put them in a scene together and watch the awesome.

 

* Scourge for being an enormously [[Badass]] villain and one of the few [[Evil Twin|Evil Twins]] of Optimus to have a personality.

* Sky-Byte for being an endearingly pathetic [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]], and something of a [[Woobie]].

== [[Transformers Film Series]] ==

* Dispensor, the Mountain Dew vending machine turned into a homicidal robot by the power of the Allspark, despite being [[Product Placement]], not being ''named'', and barely appearing for more than a few seconds. Dispensor eventually got his own (short flash) game, where he infiltrates human facilities [[Looney Tunes]] style and [[Take Over the World|takes over the world]] in the name of Mountain Dew. He also got a toy, although, tragically, it doesn't transform and isn't poseable.

** His assistant [[Battle Butler|Dutch]] has become this as well, in the third film. Helps that he's played by [[Firefly|Alan Tudyk]].

* Jetfire, the British accented [[Badass Grandpa]] who fights with a giant cane-sword and turns into an [[Cool Plane|SR-71 Blackbird jet]].

 

== [[Transformers Prime]] ==

* [[Those Two Bad Guys|Knock-Out and Breakdown]] have become fairly popular, possibly in part due to [[Daran Norris|their]] [[Adam Baldwin|voice actors]], the fact they get an [[Establishing Character Moment]] to themselves, and being able to take down the Autobots in their first fight.

* Soundwave is gaining popularity after [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97uDfvsmT0M he gave Airachnid an epic asskicking.]

* Dreadwing. His [[Noble Demon]] personality and sense of honor remind people of the aforementioned Dinobot. Not to mention that he can hold his own in a fight with Optimus Prime.

 

* Ravage is one of the biggest examples of this. He was originally just a joke in ''[[Shortpacked]]'' about how a [[Mirror Universe]] Ravage would be a [[Motor Mouth]] [[Keet]] instead of a silent assassin. Then his creator started up a [[Twitter]] feed in which he was portrayed as the living incarnation of [[LOLcats]]. Eventually, the little guy became so popular, he was made canon and received a toy at Botcon 2010!

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|It has occurred to me that this page is dreadfully absent of the cunning and debonair Grimlock]], [[Verbal Tic|wot]]?