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Rumble is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series.

1984 The Transformers

Rumble should not be confused with the GoBots character of the same name.

Reception

According to X-Entertainment Rumble was one of the cult icons Transformers cartoon, but often people confused his toy with that of Frenzy.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Rumble was featured in the 1985 Transformers audiobooks Autobots' Lightning Strike and Laserbeak's Fury. In both these books illustrations he was depicted in toy accurate red and black colors.

Rumble appeared in the 1986 story and coloring book The Lost Treasure of Cybertron by Marvel Books.

Comics

Devil's Due Publishing

In the G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comics printed by Devil's Due Publishing, Rumble was one of the Decepticons discovered by Cobra in the Ark, although they were reactivated later than the others. Frenzy was reprogrammed by Cobra Commander to follow his orders. Destro used a newly purchased Soundwave, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Laserbeak and Ratbat along with stolen Cybertronian technology to attack a military base—only to be ambushed by the newly formed G.I. Joe.

There is an interesting art error here. Rumble appears to get shot through the eye and killed while under Destro's command, yet he is among the Decepticons who break free next issue (and is clearly identified as Rumble by Soundwave). This leads to the possibility that it was intended to be Frenzy, not Rumble, who was killed, and an art error led to their color schemes being mixed up. In any case, Rumble would soon be killed, crushed by Storm Shadow's S.N.A.K.E battlesuit while chasing Destro.

Dreamwave Productions

Rumble and Frenzy appeared in the second Generation 1 mini-series by Dreamwave Productions, where they revived Menasor.

Marvel Comics

Rumble's Marvel Comics appearance would use Rumble's red color scheme. Because black coloring in those days usually involved darker inking and dark blues,Template:Citation needed Rumble ended up looking like a blue robot with red limbs. The same problem happened to Skywarp, who looked almost identical to his cohort Thundercracker because of it.

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Rumble and Frenzy battle the Autobot Brawn.

According Marvel's Transformers comics, Rumble and Frenzy are brothers. Rumble was one of the Decepticons that originally attacked the Ark and subsequently crashed to Earth. Reconfigured into the Earth mode of a microcassette, he participated in many of the early battles against the Autobots (even being defeated by a robo-suited Buster Witwicky at one point in the U.K. comics). Unfortunately, he accompanied Megatron in his raid against the Autobot base, summarily getting deactivated by Omega Supreme along with Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Frenzy and Buzzsaw. It would be a while before Rumble was seen again, being freed in U.S. issue #41.

Although he was seen being deactivated by the Underbase-powered Starscream, Rumble would not appear again until the Transformers: Generation 2 series, where he, along with many of the original Decepticons, would be restored to prominence by Megatron's return. He would battle both the Autobots (taking out Hot Rod at one point) and Jhiaxus' second generation Cybertronians. As he was not seen to be killed, it is assumed he survived.

Toys

See also: Tremor and Frequency

See also: Warrior Type-R

Gallery

Megatron, Shockwave and Rumble on the cover of the book Battle for Earth

Megatron, Shockwave and Rumble on the cover of the book Battle for Earth

Shattered Glass

Rumble appears in the Shattered Glass stories from Fun Publications. In this series he is colored like Generation 1 Rewind.

References

External links

http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Rumble/rumble.htm

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 Rumble should not be confused with the [[Rumble (GoBots)|GoBots character of the same name]].
+===Reception===
+According to X-Entertainment Rumble was one of the cult icons Transformers cartoon, but often people confused his toy with that of Frenzy.<ref>http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0773/</ref
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 ===Animated series===
-Due to an error in production the character of Rumble was colored blue/grey like the toy of Frenzy in ''The Transformers'' animated series.
+Rumble is often partnered with [[Soundwave (Transformers)|Soundwave]], along with other cassette Decepticons [[Ravage (Transformers)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak]]. Because of his coloration on the [[Transformers series|original cartoon]], he is sometimes identified as [[Frenzy (Transformers)|Frenzy]], as the color schemes for Frenzy and Rumble were actually transposed.
+Throughout the animated series Rumble was perceived as tough and full of firepower, but his fellow Decepticons, being much larger, were significantly more powerful. He gave the weaker [[Autobots]], such as [[Hound (Transformers)|Hound]], [[Mirage (Transformers)|Mirage]] and [[Bumblebee (Transformers)|Bumblebee]] hard times on the battlefield, due to their lack of warrior-like capabilities, although in one episode, Hound beat the tar out of Rumble during a huge Autobots/Decepticons battle. Due to his small size and average intelligence, he displayed a [[Napoleon complex]] and often tried to prove his loyalty to Soundwave and [[Megatron]] through tough talk and destructive tendencies.
+Rumble debuted in the series opener "More Than Meets the Eye part 1", being used by Soundwave and [[Starscream]] to destroy a power station with his [[pile driver|piledriver]] arms, and later to cause a large wave that would allow the Decepticons to create Energon cubes at a nearby dam. He battled and defeated Hound underwater, although the Autobot would get his revenge later on. Rumble appeared regularly throughout the series, although he rarely had major roles, and was usually called on to create tremors with his arms (such as in "Enter the Nightbird" or "Attack of the Autobots").
+He was defeated by Sludge in "S.O.S. Dinobots" when his attempt at generating an earthquake was thwarted by Sludge's own.
+One of Rumble's missiles damaged [[Red Alert (Transformers)|Red Alert]] in "Auto-Berserk", plunging the Autobot into a paranoid stupor.
+In the episode "Sea Change", Rumble was humiliatingly turned into a tree through magic.
+He was sent by Megatron to steal the cars that would become the [[Stunticon]]s in "The Key to Vector Sigma part 1".
+One of Rumble's most prominent appearances was in the episode "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court". [[Warpath (Transformers)|Warpath]], [[Hoist (Transformers)|Hoist]] and Spike were battling [[Starscream]], [[Ramjet (Transformers)|Ramjet]], Rumble and [[Ravage (Transformers)|Ravage]] in [[England]]. Low on power, the Autobots and Decepticons discovered a magical stone formation called the Dragon Mound and were transported back to the year 543 AD. Although Starscream attempted to take over a castle and build a new empire with himself as lord, the help of local knights and a wizard refueled the Autobots, who defeated the Decepticons. After defeating a dragon who nested in the Dragon Mound the Autobots and Decepticons and returned to their own time where they rejoined the fight in modern-day England. Here, Rumble ended up in a [[jousting]] contest atop his "steed" Ramjet.
+Rumble appeared in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', cutting off the Autobot communications alongside Frenzy, Ravage and [[Ratbat]], before battling their Autobot counterparts. During the leadership debate aboard [[Astrotrain]] (after Megatron had been unceremoniously set adrift in space) Rumble and Frenzy were deployed when the [[Constructicons]] insulted Soundwave's leadership ability (''Rumble: "Hey! Nobody calls Soundwave un-crasamatic!)"'' (uncharismatic)). When they tried to form into Devastator, Rumble and Frenzy used their piledriver arms to shake the giant into his component pieces.
+Rumble also appeared during the beginning of the third season in "Five Faces of Darkness," but disappeared shortly thereafter.
+====Headmasters====
+In the Japanese anime Transformers Headmasters, Rumble made sporadic appearances along other cassettes. He was first seen in the fourth episode of Headmasters, just after Soundwave is re-built as Soundblaster.
+===Books===
+Rumble was featured in the 1984 storybook ''[[The Great Car Rally]]'' by [[Dwight Jon Zimmerman]].
+Rumble was featured in the 1985 [[Find Your Fate]] Junior book called ''[[Dinobots Strike Back]]'' by [[Casey Todd]].<ref>[http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=1144&PHPSESSID=4d7776a874ecb72d37230c8f12a49c24 GameBooks.org]</ref>
+Rumble was featured in the 1985 Transformers [[audiobook]]s [[List of Transformers books#Autobots.27 Lightning Strike|Autobots' Lightning Strike]] and ''Laserbeak's Fury''. In both these books illustrations he was depicted in toy accurate red and black colors.
+Rumble appeared in the 1986 story and coloring book ''[[List of Transformers books#The Lost Treasure of Cybertron|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron]]'' by Marvel Books.
 ===Comics===
+===Devil's Due Publishing===
+In the ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics printed by [[Devil's Due Publishing]], Rumble was one of the Decepticons discovered by [[Cobra Command|Cobra]] in the ''[[Ark (Transformers)|Ark]]'', although they were reactivated later than the others. Frenzy was reprogrammed by [[Cobra Commander]] to follow his orders. [[Destro]] used a newly purchased Soundwave, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, [[Laserbeak]] and [[Ratbat]] along with stolen Cybertronian technology to attack a military base—only to be ambushed by the newly formed G.I. Joe.
+There is an interesting art error here. Rumble appears to get shot through the eye and killed while under Destro's command, yet he is among the Decepticons who break free next issue (and is clearly identified as Rumble by Soundwave). This leads to the possibility that it was intended to be Frenzy, not Rumble, who was killed, and an art error led to their color schemes being mixed up. In any case, Rumble would soon be killed, crushed by [[Storm Shadow (G.I. Joe)|Storm Shadow]]'s S.N.A.K.E battlesuit while chasing Destro.
 ====Dreamwave Productions====
 Rumble and Frenzy appeared in the second ''Generation 1'' mini-series by [[Dreamwave Productions]], where they revived [[Menasor]].
 ====Marvel Comics====
-Rumble was one of the original ten [[Decepticons]] that crashed to [[Earth]] in the ''[[Ark (Transformers)|Ark]]''.
+Rumble's [[Marvel Comics]] appearance would use Rumble's red color scheme. Because black coloring in those days usually involved darker inking and dark blues,{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} Rumble ended up looking like a blue robot with red limbs. The same problem happened to [[Skywarp]], who looked almost identical to his cohort [[Thundercracker]] because of it.
+[[File:Csbrawn9.jpg|left|thumb|Rumble and Frenzy battle the Autobot Brawn.]]
+According Marvel's Transformers comics, Rumble and Frenzy are brothers. Rumble was one of the Decepticons that originally attacked the ''[[Ark (Transformers)|Ark]]'' and subsequently crashed to Earth. Reconfigured into the Earth mode of a [[microcassette]], he participated in many of the early battles against the Autobots (even being defeated by a robo-suited [[Witwicky family#Buster Witwicky|Buster Witwicky]] at one point in the U.K. comics). Unfortunately, he accompanied Megatron in his raid against the Autobot base, summarily getting deactivated by [[Omega Supreme]] along with [[Starscream (Transformers)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker]], [[Frenzy (Transformers)|Frenzy]] and Buzzsaw. It would be a while before Rumble was seen again, being freed in U.S. issue #41.
+Although he was seen being deactivated by the [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream, Rumble would not appear again until the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2]]'' series, where he, along with many of the original Decepticons, would be restored to prominence by [[Megatron (Transformers)|Megatron]]'s return. He would battle both the Autobots (taking out [[Hot Rod (Transformers)|Hot Rod]] at one point) and [[Jhiaxus]]' second generation Cybertronians. As he was not seen to be killed, it is assumed he survived.
 ===Toys===