Wildfly
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- Wildfly is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Wildfly is one of those robots who would be considered a monster and hunted down whether there was a war on or not. He destroys random office buildings for fun and tears the wings off passenger jets to pass the time. Like Swoop, he actively sows fear in those below him to gain a psychological edge in combat, but unlike the airborne Dinobot, Wildfly is every bit as horrible on the inside as the image he strives to project.
The saddest part is probably that Wildfly likes to think he's an exceptionally clever jokester, that his ever-impulsive destructive outbursts are hilarious jokes that make him "the life of the party." He doesn't realize that his sense of "humor" is so base and predictable that even among the Decepticons, he's usually the only one laughing at his tiresome antics.
He can combine with his fellow Pretender Monsters to form Monstructor.
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Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
In an alternate future where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Wildfly and his fellow Pretender Monsters were led by Galvatron to the remains of New York City in an attempt to root out the last remaining vestiges of Autobot and human resistance. As Galvatron ranted on in the third person about his "historic victory," Wildfly noted that their leader was a few Froot Loops short of a complete balanced breakfast. Galvatron overheard him, however, and threatened to destroy all of them if they dared to challenge his power. Icepick gave Wildfly an angry rebuke for his indiscretion.
Not long later, Wildfly and the others rejoined the Decepticons to defend the Decepticon Powerbase against an Autobot attack. Rhythms of Darkness!
Transformers '84
In the early days of the war on Cybertron, Wildfly was one of Straxus's troops besieging an Autobot fort in Iacon's Border Regions. When Autobots led by Ultra Magnus arrived to defend the fort, Straxus ordered his troops to seize as many prisoners as they could and retreat. Secrets & Lies #2
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Wildfly was among a group of Decepticons who made a deal with Cobra-La, receiving power-enhancing organic shells in exchange for defending Cobra-La's underground kingdom. During Cobra-La's scheme to summon Unicron to Earth, the Pretender Monsters were sent to attack a trio of Autobots aboard the submerged Arc II. Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2 Later, they combined into Monstructor to defend Cobra-La's kingdom against surface attack by G.I. Joe, but were defeated by the Laser Squad. Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2
2005 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Spotlight: Optimus Prime
Millions of years ago, Wildfly and five others volunteered for Jhiaxus to merge them into the first combiner, becoming known as the "Monstructor Six". Created under the direction of Nova Prime, they were intended to be the ultimate fusion of mind and body, a vast amount of intellect combined with unparalleled strength. Unfortunately, they were driven into insanity by the merging process and became monsters. Primus: All Good Things After Nova Prime departed Cybertron in the Ark, Omega Supreme locked them in a dimensionally-displaced prison to live out the rest of their horrid existence. Eventually, they escaped and tracked down and attacked Omega Supreme, but were defeated by Optimus Prime and split apart into their individual bodies. Despite Omega Supreme's protestations about the dangers of gestalt technology falling into Decepticon hands, Prime had them taken into custody in an attempt to repair their shattered minds. Spotlight: Optimus Prime
Wildfly and his comrades were incarcerated at the Garrus-9 penitentiary where Jetfire attempted to carry out Optimus Prime's orders despite Fortress Maximus's misgivings about the whole endeavour. Thanks to a tip-off from the double-agent Dealer, Banzai-Tron's Decepticon Secret Service attacked the facility and absconded with the monsters. Spotlight: Arcee The breakout of the "Monstructor Six" eventually made its way to the Autobot Orbital Command Hub, and from there to Optimus Prime. Although Earth was currently facing the threat of Megatron and Sixshot, Prime decided that they couldn't risk allowing the Decepticons to gain gestalt technology, and ordered Prowl's team to abandon Earth and head to Garrus-9. Devastation
However, the Decepticons were later attacked in turn by the minions of Jhiaxus and Nova Prime (now Nemesis Prime), who took the gestalt Transformers for the purpose of making Monstructor a guardian of a Nega-Core, a device crucial to Nemesis Prime's grand plans. The Autobot Arcee and the Decepticon survivors struck a deal to capture Monstructor. Spotlight: Hardhead They engaged Monstructor on Rotan, but Arcee left mid-battle to confront Jhiaxus. Spotlight: Sideswipe
Falling back into the hands of the Decepticons, Wildfly and the others came under the command of Bludgeon. While hunting down Hot Rod, they were confronted by Kup's elite Autobot team, and combined into Monstructor to do battle with them. After Monstructor was downed by a precise shot from Perceptor, his components fled the scene with Bludgeon. Lost & Found
Bludgeon later patched up Monstructor's weak spot and, after learning of Jhiaxus's capture, traveled to Arduria where he used Monstructor to distract the Autobots while personally freeing Jhiaxus. The plan worked and they retreated in their separate components to continue Jhiaxus's mission of finding Regenesis missiles for Shockwave. Syndromica (1) Ending up on Gorlam Prime in search of a dormant Titan, the Monstructor Six lured the Autobots out by attacking Waspinator, then combined to force Orion Pax to defend himself by awakening the Titan. Homecoming The Monstructor Six then followed their masters to Cybertron as they reunited with Shockwave to enact his master plan. The Dead Are Not Enough The plan ultimately failed and Monstructor was defeated by Devastator and the Lost Light, but the Monstructor Six evaded captivity and remained at large. The World of Tomorrow
Years later, the Monstructor Six resurfaced as Bludgeon's minions once more, joining their master during Unicron's attack on Cybertron. Though they were able to combine and overpower Victorion during the battle in Cybertron's upper atmosphere, Our Finest when the battle moved to Earth, Monstructor was tag-teamed and destroyed by Victorion and Superion, killing Wildfly and the other members of the team. Ceremony
Ask Vector Prime
Widfly was presumably present as part of Monstructor when the combiner became one of Bio Ranger Iga's Thirteen Great Demon Generals. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/27
Precursor World
Wildfly was among Purple Wicked Convoy's collection of monsters. When Megatron Omega and the Blue Order's Straxus twins came to the Purple Planet in an attempt to take the power of the Purple Matrix, the monsters attacked them before their master decided to ally with the three instead. God Neptune comic 1
Commercial appearances
Wildfly, Icepick, and Scowl were granted Pretender shells by Starscream. After the process was complete, the three newly empowered Decepticons leaped forwards, ready to charge into battle. Pretender Monsters commercial
Toys
The Transformers
- Wildfly (Pretender Monster, 1989)
- Team ID number: PM3
- Accessories: "Photon rifle", shell, shell plate, Monstructor fist
- Released in the penultimate year of the original The Transformers toyline, Pretender Monster Wildfly is a Micromaster-sized robot that transforms into a clawed bipedal bird-monster-thing. He can also form either arm of the team's combined mode Monstructor, though his nominal placement is as the left arm.
- He comes with a rubbery Pretender shell of an upright, bulging-eyed, hunch-backed, fanged, winged gargoyle-monster. The shell's solid-plastic back panel can also hold his pistol and the included Monstructor fist. This shell, like all the Pretender Monster shells, has a nasty tendency to "sweat" an oily residue over time, plus it is possible for them to develop spotty miscoloration; Wildfly is especially susceptible to this, typically developing pink blotches all over (see image). While some water and a little bit of hand-soap should take care of the slime, there's not much to be done about the spots should (more like when) they appear.
- Wildfly's inner robot and combiner kibble were also used to make Yokuryu.
Notes
- The Power of the Primes Cutthroat toy had an alternate head based on Wildfly / Yokuryu that was never used.
Foreign names
- French: Acrobus (Canada)
- Italian: Vampiro ("Vampire")