Editing Soundwave (Transformers) (section)

==Transformers Aligned Continuity==
{{Infobox character
| name = Soundwave
| series = [[Transformers]]
| image =
| alt = 
| caption = Soundwave as he appears in ''Transformers: Prime''
| voice = 
{{ubl
 |[[Isaac C. Singleton Jr.]] (Cybertron video games)
 | [[Frank Welker]] (Animated series)}}
| affiliation = Decepticon
| lbl21 = Sub-group
| data21 = Officer
| lbl22 = Function
| data22 = Communications and Intelligence Officer
| lbl23 = Rank
| data23 = 8
| lbl31 = Partner
| data31 = [[Laserbeak]], [[Megatron]], [[Starscream]], [[Shockwave (Transformers)|Shockwave]]
| lbl32 = Motto
| data32 = "''Soundwave superior, Autobots inferior.''"
| lbl33 = Alternate modes
| data33 = Cybertronian Truck/Boombox, [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper]]
}}
Soundwave was a gladiator around the same time as Megatron. He has many pet Mini-Cons who work for him, particularly [[Laserbeak]].

===''Transformers: Prime''===
Soundwave is one of the main antagonists in the 2011 animated series ''[[Transformers: Prime]]''.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/botcon-2010-transformers-prime-panel-coverage-170054/ TFW2005.com - BotCon 2010 ''Transformers: Prime'' Panel Coverage]</ref> Unlike his previous incarnations, Soundwave rarely speaks, instead recording archive audio and videos from other sources and repeating it when needed, on an electronic screen he wears, covering his face. This was because Duane Capizzi, the producer of the show, wanted Soundwave to contrast with the talkative [[Starscream]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-26 |title=Botcon 2010 Transformers Prime Panel Coverage |url=https://news.tfw2005.com/2010/06/26/botcon-2010-transformers-prime-panel-coverage-170054 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Transformer World 2005 - TFW2005.COM |language=en-US}}</ref> Due to his silent persona, the show's staff compared him to [[Boba Fett]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''. He is armed with two cables that extend from his back, each having an electrical appendage on their end that has a variety of uses, and can create portals to transport objects. He is rarely seen in combat, spending most of his time supporting the Decepticons as a communications officer and technical specialist. However, he is shown to be a proficient fighter when circumstances need it.

Soundwave speaks only once in the episode "Minus One", mocking the Autobots before going offline ("Soundwave: superior, Autobots: inferior"). Once again, his voice was modulated like his G1 counterpart, albeit less enhanced. Frank Welker reprises his role as Soundwave for the episode.

In the ''Darkness Rising'' 5 part mini-series, Soundwave detects the presence of [[Arcee]], so Starscream sends a pair of Decepticons to attack her. Later, Soundwave detects a signal from deep space, which he is certain is Megatron, so the Space Bridge is opened, and Megatron returns. Later, Soundwave deploys Laserbeak at Starscream's orders to capture Fowler in order to locate the Autobot base. He is later assigned to hijack an Earth bond radio telescope array to locate Cybertron, as part Megatron's plan to use their Space Bridge to transport Dark Energon to Cybertron. However, the Autobots' young human allies figure out the Decepticons have hijacked the array and go to the array to shut it down. The young computer wiz Raf hacks into the array's computer system, and Soundwave attacks them. He cuts the array's main line locking the dishes in place. While preparing to leave, the Autobots human ally Miko takes a picture of Soundwave with her cell phone.

Soundwave responds to this by taking a picture of Jack, Miko, and Raf (possibly with the intention of passing it along with information of their connection with the Autobots onto his fellow Decepticons).

Soundwave is well aware of Starscream's treachery against Megatron, and on several occasions saves Megatron from his treacherous lieutenant. In "Masters & Students", Soundwave sent Laserbeak to make sure that Starscream retrieved the incapacitated Megatron from the Space Bridge wreckage while he witnesses Optimus' battle with Skyquake. In "Sick Mind", when Starscream and Knock Out conspire to euthanize the comatose Megatron, Soundwave at first appears to consider agreeing with the two, but points out the cord of Bumblebee's cortical psychic patch the Autobot is hooked up to, and orders Megatron to be put back online so that he will not have fallen by an Autobot's hand.

In "Rock Bottom", Megatron reveals that he is aware of Starscream's ongoing treachery due to Soundwave having constant surveillance on the traitor and relaying his attempts of usurping him.

In "One Shall Rise" Pt. 3, Airachnid is placed in temporary command of the Decepticons when Megatron leaves to aid Optimus in defeating Unicron. In an attempt to secure her power for good, and to escape Unicron's wrath, Airachnid suggests that the Decepticons leaves Megatron to continue their efforts on another world. Soundwave, out of respect for Megatron, vetoed her orders and displayed unexpected combat skills to secure the ship for when Megatron returned. It is implied that, although Megatron is made aware of Airachnid's attempted grab for power, he does not punish her until Soundwave reminds him of her treachery in the season 2 episode "Crossfire".

In "Orion Pax" Pt. 1, Megatron orders Soundwave to remove Arcee from the ship after she broke in to try to rescue Optimus Prime. Soundwave manages to open a ground bridge to bridge her off, right before Orion saw her.

In "Triage", Soundwave hunts for an ancient Cybertronian relic. Having lost his minion Laserbeak, he continues the search on his own, fighting Wheeljack to claim the relic, the Resonance Blaster, and defeat Wheeljack before he reclaims Laserbeak. He returns to the Nemesis with Megatron's prize, and is highly praised for it by Megatron, putting Knock Out and Dreadwing, who lost their relics to Arcee, Bumblebee and Starscream, to shame. However, unknown to the Decepticons, Ratchet, with the help of Raf had planted a virus into Laserbeak which was engineered to pass from Laserbeak to Soundwave and then directly into the Nemesis' mainframe. The virus successfully transmitted the contents of the entire Iacon database to the Autobots, giving them a major advantage in the war against the Decepticons.

In "Hard Knocks", Soundwave captured Smokescreen and brought him on board the ''Nemesis'' after the Decepticons learned that Smokescreen was a clue to finding the final Omega Key.

In "Regeneration" and "Darkest Hour", Soundwave, along with Starscream and Knock Out, captured the children and held them for ransom unless the Autobots gave the Omega Keys to the Decepticons. However, when Optimus Prime destroyed the Omega Lock (and the Keys with them), Soundwave retreated back to the ''Nemesis'' with the other Decepticons.

In "Darkmount, NV", when Jack and Arcee were spotted in Jasper following the destruction of the Autobot base, Soundwave sent Laserbeak, along with two Vehicons, to terminate them. However, after Laserbeak was destroyed, Soundwave was unable to retrieve any surveillance footage from his remains.

In "Scattered" and "Prey", Soundwave was present when Shockwave presented Predaking to Megatron.

In "Rebellion", when Starscream sent out members of his armada to investigate a number of Autobot signals, Soundwave pointed out to him that their army was thinly spread and suggested that the Autobots were using the ''Harbinger'' as a base of operations. He later retreated with the other Decepticons as Darkmount was destroyed by Optimus Prime, aided by Agent Fowler and several Air Force pilots.

In "Thirst", he oversees the destruction of the mutant Terrorcons and is confronted by a newly freed Airachnid, who regained control of her Insecticons. When she charges him, he opens a space bridge to one of Cybertron's moons stranding her and her minions.

In "Minus One", Soundwave is taken captive by the Autobots and questioned for information regarding Megatron's motives. However, Soundwave erases all the data of Megatron's plans before Optimus gives Ratchet approval to crack him open. The normally mute Decepticon then taunts the Autobots in his own voice before deactivating. Later, Laserbeak attacks the Autobot base and hooks up with Soundwave, reactivating him and giving him a new copy of Megatron's plans. He then proceeds to incapacitate Bulkhead and Smokescreen before kidnapping Ratchet and bringing him to the Nemesis.

In "Deadlock", Soundwave fights Jack and Miko (who is in the Apex armor) on the bridge of the Nemesis. With help from Raf, Jack and Miko trap Soundwave in the Shadowzone.

===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''===
Soundwave returns from the Shadowzone in the tenth episode of the second season of the sequel series ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 TV series)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]].'' He escapes, trapping Bumblebee in the Shadowzone. Then, he quickly immobilizes most of the Autobots before getting tricked by Fixit and the humans into letting Bumblebee back in. The Autobots corner Soundwave and throw him back into the Shadowzone.
However, he returns in the final season, as a major antagonist with a new vehicle mode. In "Collateral Damage", he tries to return Megatron from his exile, but his plan fails when he is defeated by Bumblebee and his team along with Optimus Prime who was upgraded with Hi-Test.

Frank Welker reprises his role once again, with his voice more closely resembling his G1 counterpart than in ''Transformers: Prime''.

===Books===
Soundwave appears in the novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''. He was one of Megatrons' opponents and nearly defeated him, however this brought respect between the two instead. Soundwave commanded the [[Mini-Con]]s Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy, and [[Laserbeak]], and joined Megatron as one of the Decepticons.

Soundwave appears in the short story "Bumblebee at Tyger Pax" by [[Alex Irvine]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100624095632/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/06/22/exclusive-learn-how-bumblebee-lost-his-voice-in-this-short-story-from-exodus-author-alex-irvine/ MTV.com - Learn How Bumblebee Lost His Voice in This Short Story from ''Exodus'' Author Alex Irvine]</ref>

Soundwave appears in the novels ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Retribution]]''.

===Video games===
;''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''

A playable character in the last three chapters of the Decepticon campaign. While [[Shockwave (Transformers)#Transformers: Prime|Shockwave]] is established as [[Megatron (Transformers)#Transformers: Prime|Megatron]]'s [[second-in-command]], Soundwave is shown acting as Megatron's right hand during the campaign in Shockwave's absence.

Soundwave assists Megatron and Breakdown into infiltrating Iacon, defeating Zeta Prime, and hunting down Omega Supreme. He is also a boss in the Autobot campaign, being the warden of Kaon Prison in the Decepticons' capital city and using his tape cassettes Frenzy, Rumble and Laserbeak to attack. The Autobots manage to defeat him, but not before he delivers a fatal blow to Zeta Prime, absorbing what remained of his life force energy in order to regenerate his own strength, and then managing to escape before Optimus can finish him.

Aside from transforming into a Cybertronian truck, Soundwave can also turn into a [[boombox]], as shown right before his boss battle, in the game's ending credits and a [[GameStop]] promotional commercial for the game featuring Shockwave.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtyYt7oRMhs GameSpot Video Transformers War for Cybertron Storyline Movie2.flv - YouTube<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In this mode, he plays the [[Stan Bush]] songs "[[The Touch (Stan Bush song)|The Touch]]" and "Till All Are One".

;''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''

In this sequel to ''Transformers: War for Cybertron'', Soundwave is playable in two levels. The first time is in Chapter 9 in which he rebuilds Megatron after he was destroyed by Metroplex. The other level is the final one, in which Soundwave boards the ''Ark'' and helps destroy the Ark's defenses. Rumble and [[Laserbeak]] assist Soundwave in these tasks. He pops up throughout the rest of the game as an NPC.

===Toys===
* '''''Generations'' Deluxe Cybertronian Soundwave''' (2010)
:A new mold, based on his appearance on ''War for Cybertron''.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-generations-classics-30-35/official-image-of-generations-blurr-and-dirge-170208/ TFW2005.com - Official Images of Generations Blurr and Dirge]</ref>

* '''''United'' UN05 Deluxe Soundwave Cybertron Mode''' (2010)
:The Japanese version of the ''Generations'' figure by [[Takara Tomy]] is in a metallic repaint.

* '''''Prime'' Cyberverse Legion Soundwave''' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/tf-prime-cyberverse-decepticons-496/soundwave-6080/ |title = Soundwave (Mercedes SLS AMG)|date = 2012-01-22}}</ref>
* '''''Prime'' Robots in Disguise Revealers Deluxe Soundwave with Laserbeak''' (2012)
:A new Deluxe mold of Soundwave, which transforms into a UAV. A piece of his chest separates to form Laserbeak, which can be mounted on either of his hands.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/tf-prime-decepticons-458/soundwave-with-laserbeak-5268/ Soundwave with Laserbeak – Transformers Prime Main Line – TFW2005<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

* '''''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Soundwave & Ravage w/ Thunder Talon''' (2013)
:A retooled and a repaint of the Deluxe Robots in Disguise Soundwave. Soundwave comes with a new chest piece which can transform into Ravage and comes with a Talon Grapple Gun.

* '''''Prime: Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse Legion Soundwave w/ Sonic Saw''' (2013)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/beast-hunters-cyberverse-legion-soundwave-176670/ | title=Beast Hunters Cyberverse Legion Soundwave - Transformers News - TFW2005| date=2013-01-16}}</ref>

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