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* [[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]].

* 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]]?