Hallowe'en 2018 Special - What Monstrous Transformers Do You Love?

[GoktimusPrime]

Halloween is supposed to be All Saints Day in the Christian calendar, so in regard to a saint-like figure -- i.e. someone who is:
* considered to be close to being Primus-like (or close to the acme of their given faction)
* has sacrificed themselves for their cause
I would say...
+ OPTIMUS PRIME - super obvious reason and a tough one to beat since he sacrifices himself like it's going out of style.
+ SCORPONOK (G1) - one of the most heroic Decepticons from G1, and the scene of him dying in Optimus Prime's arms remains one of the most emotionally moving moments in TF canon
+ DINOBOT - again, pretty straightforward reason here.
+ SHOCKWAVE (IDW) - his initial sacrifice, before he became a morally depraved time-traveller. But that brief moment where he became Senator Shockwave again and gave his Spark to save the universe. From himself. But still right in the feels!
+ RODIMUS PRIME (Marvel, alternate Earth) - from Rhythms of Darkness; we never saw him alive but instead saw his corpse strung up between the remains of the Twin Towers in New York (in post-2005, so definitely an alternate reality!). We know that this Rodimus Prime was fighting a desperate battle after having lost Cybertron to Unicron and fighting against Galvatron's forces in the United States. This Rodimus Prime was like the John Connor of the Autobot-human resistance, teaching them how to fight against the Decepticons using guerrilla tactics. Even in death his body continued to haunt Galvatron as his forces continued to be thwarted by Rodimus' legacy.


And technically all deceased Transformers whose Sparks have rejoined the Matrix would be considered Saints; that's the reason why Halloween has such a morbid theme - it's meant to be the celebration of the dearly departed who are now with God in Heaven. So it could be argued that Sparkless Transformers (or those not made by Primus) like Tarantulas cannot be considered Saints, but others like Dinobot would be. I don't know how BW Rampage would work, and arguably anyone else whose Spark was artificially cold constructed as opposed to those who are naturally forged. When Tyrest attempted to murder all cold constructed Transformers, I don't know if their artificially spliced Sparks would join the Matrix or not. But I don't recall Mortilus (the Necrobot) making any such discrimination, nor did it appear to be that way on his planet with all those "flowers."

Now, in terms of Transformers who are monsters, there are at least 2 criteria that I can think of. Transformers who are literally monsters in appearance, and Transformers who are figuratively monsters in their behaviour. In terms of literal monsters my favourite would have to be TRANSMETAL 2 MEGATRON

In terms of figurative monsters, I'd say...
+ STARSCREAM (G1, G2) - Underbase Saga & War World
+ GALVATRON (Marvel UK) - unstoppable juggernaut of a beast
+ OVERLORD (Hasbro/IDW) - much like the Joker from the Dark Knight, he just wants to see the world burn
+ DECEPTICON JUSTICE DIVISION - 'nuff sed
+ GETAWAY (IDW) - utterly morally depraved and incredibly dangerous. And let's not forget that he groomed Tailgate... doesn't get much more monstrous than that!