ALLEGIANCE: DECEPTICON

FUNCTION: WARRIOR
FIRST APPEARANCE: –

“Too much destruction is never enough!”

Profile: Whether he’s talking, terrifying or attacking, Overkill does
everything to excess. Other Transformers have been known to run out of fuel
while listening to one of his interminable tirades. So excessively does he rant
and rave that potential victims often assume the role of an audience, laughing
so much at his theatrics that they forget about the threat he represents. On
the battlefield, he’s usually so busy proving how tough he is by snapping cars
between his powerful jaws or flattening small buildings with a swipe of his
tail that he loses sight of what he’s there for. This often leaves him wide
open to Autobot counterattacks. Even when he’s actually engaged in combat he
will sustain his attack long past the defeat of his opponent. Overkill talks
a better fight than he actually fights.

Abilities: Overkill can record messages when he shrinks to cassette
mode, but he primarily uses this mode as a devious way to strike at opponents.
Once he’s sneaked up on them he transforms to his full-size tyrannosaurus mode
and launches surprise attacks. In that form, he has tremendous strength. He
can rip open the hull of a battleship with a single swipe of his titanium steel
claws. He’s armed with two batteries of motion missiles, which zero in on their
targets by responding to the targets’ movements. The missiles are sensitive
to the movement of any object larger than a baseball. The best way to avoid
getting hit by them – they explode on contact – is to stand absolutely still.

Weaknesses: A defect in Overkill’s transformation circuitry often results
in him not being able to complete his transformations. Specifically, he transforms
from cassette to tyrannosaurus, but he’s unable to grow to his full size. He
remains the size of the cassette. When he’s stuck at this size he’s no more
of a threat than a particularly vicious rat.