Transformers: Generation One

The ravenous Sharkticons, the most famous and deadly of the Quintessons

Quintessons

Quintessons are fictional aliens from the Transformers universe. Within the TV series, they are the creators of the Transformers, although in most other fictional universes featuring the Transformers, they have no such status...

' slaves, are rotund robots capable of transforming into ferocious, amphibious creatures. They carry out the Quintessons' sentences

Sentence (law)

In law, a sentence forms the final explicit act of a judge-ruled process, and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. The sentence can generally involve a decree of imprisonment, a fine and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of a crime...

, consuming victims dropped into their pit, and are also used for performing commando

Commando

In English, the term commando means a specific kind of individual soldier or military unit. In contemporary usage, commando usually means elite light infantry and/or special operations forces units, specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting, rappelling and similar techniques, to conduct and...

 style raids and missions, though their limited intelligence meant that tasks entrusted to them were generally simple.

Film and animated series

Sharkticons first appeared in The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. It was released in North America on August 8, 1986 and in the UK on December 5, 1986....

in 1986. They served as the executioners of wandering robots who crash landed on Quintessa. However, one of their lunches was interrupted by Hot Rod, Kup

Kup

Kup is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universe. All are older Autobots who are members of the Elite Guard. Wired Magazine once nominated him as one 12 most ridiculous Transformers of all time...

, and the Dinobots

Dinobots

Dinobots is the name of several teams of characters in the fictional Transformers Universe. The groups are made up of several robots, each of whose transformed mode is that of a dinosaur or similar prehistoric animal. They are called Dinotrons in the Japanese version; and ' in the Japanese dub of...

. The Sharkticons were ordered by Grimlock

Grimlock

Grimlock is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers universes. He is usually portrayed as a tough leader who turns into a mechanical dinosaur...

 to execute the Quintessons, which they gladly did. The Sharkticons would frequently appear throughout Season 3 of the series as the Quintessons' henchmen. Their final appearance was in part one of the two-part episode "The Return of Optimus Prime", where they were shown to be infected by the Hate Plague. Sky Lynx

Sky Lynx

Sky Lynx is the name of several different characters in the fictional Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:Sky Lynx consists of two separate components: a space shuttle that can transform into a bird-like creature , and a ground transport vehicle,...

 had to rescue one of the Quintessons from a pack of infected Sharkticons and remove him from the planet.

The Sharkticons were voiced by Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings

James Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor who has appeared in almost 100 roles. He has appeared in classic animated movies such as Aladdin and The Lion King, as well as taking on roles in more current films, such as Bee Movie, Princess and the Frog, and Winnie the Pooh.-Personal...

 and Frank Welker

Frank Welker

Franklin Wendell "Frank" Welker is an American actor who specializes in voice acting and has contributed character voices and other vocal effects to American television and motion pictures.-Acting career:...

.

Action figure

A Sharkticon action figure was released under the name "Gnaw" that same year, nominally categorized as a Decepticon

Decepticon

The Decepticons are usually depicted as the antagonists in the fictional universes of the Transformers stoyline and related comics and cartoons, and the enemies of the Autobots and the University of California Davis Aggies...

. Although the same as the numerous legions of Sharkticons seen in the movie, the Transformers toyline was not ready for characterizations of a toy as one of many (unlike a Cobra Viper

Viper (G.I. Joe)

A Viper is the code-name given to a large majority of the soldiers/troops in the Cobra Organization, which are found in the G.I. Joe A Real American Hero universe. For the most part the code name Viper is followed or preceded by their area of expertise....

 figure from the G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe

G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...

 line representing an untold number of Viper troops). The character Gnaw appeared in Dreamwave Productions

Dreamwave Productions

Dreamwave Productions was a Canadian art design studio and comic book publisher founded in 1996 and is best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series...

's Transformers comic in 2004, as a companion of Wheelie

Wheelie (Transformers)

Wheelie is the name of two different fictional characters in the Transformers series.-Generation 1:The first Wheelie is a young Autobot who turns into a car. He has a distinctive style of speech, in which he rhymes his sentences while speaking in a high pitched voice, making him sound like a child....

. His origins, most likely those of a defected or reprogrammed Quintesson advanced agent, were left up to speculation.

Transformers: Energon

The name Sharkticon was given to an individual Decepticon in the Transformers: Energon

Transformers: Energon

Transformers: Energon, known in Japan as , is the 2004–2005 Transformers toyline, animated series and comic book series, another co-production between Hasbro and Takara and a direct sequel to Transformers: Armada...

 toyline in 2004. He transformed into a shark-shaped submarine with a color scheme similar to the Robots in Disguise

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Transformers: Robots in Disguise, known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime television series and serves as a self-contained universe separate from any of the other existing Transformers universes...

 Predacon

Predacon

The Predacons usually refer to the name of several fictional Decepticon-like teams led by Megatron, however Transformers: Armada, Predacon is the name of a single character.-Transformers: Generation 1:...

, Sky-Byte

Sky-Byte

Sky-Byte is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. He is usually a Predacon who turns in a mechanical shark.-Transformers: Robots in Disguise:...

. His bio indicated that he was recruited by Scorponok

Scorponok

Scorponok is the name shared by several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. All are Decepticons that turn into Scorpoins.- Transformers: Generation 1:...

 for space recon, but quickly proved more useful in underwater combat, where his sadistic methods of destroying his enemies instill fear in even his fellow Decepticons, including Megatron.

Dreamwave Productions

Sharkticon appeared in the Dreamwave Productions' Transformers: Energon

Transformers: Energon

Transformers: Energon, known in Japan as , is the 2004–2005 Transformers toyline, animated series and comic book series, another co-production between Hasbro and Takara and a direct sequel to Transformers: Armada...

comics. He was one of the Terrorcon

Terrorcon

The name Terrorcons refers to several different groups in the Transformers toyline. They are referred to as Terrortrons in Japan.-Transformers: Generation 1:...

s under Mirage's

Mirage (Transformers)

Mirage is any of several distinct fictional characters in the various Transformers series. Mirage is one of the single most re-used names in the Transformers series, and is almost entirely synonymous with characters possessing Formula One racing car alternate modes.-Transformers Generation 1:Some...

 command who had been sent to retrieve Kicker. While Mirage and Slugslinger were sent to distract Kicker's protectors, the Omnicon

Omnicon

-Transformers: Energon:Omnicons were a main group of characters Transformers: Energon series allied with the Autobots. They were opposition of to the Decepticon allied Terrorcons.The Omnicons include:...

s, Sharkticon was to kidnap the human. However, Kicker was able to charge up the defeated Omnicons with raw Energon and the Terrorcons were forced to flee.

Sharkticon also appeared in the Transformers Summer Special. In the future, Megatron had retaken command of the Decepticons and sent Snow Cat, Slugslinger, and Sharkticon on missions to steal copies of the plans for Omega Supreme

Omega Supreme

Omega Supreme is the name of a fictional character from the Transformers franchise. He is always an Autobot and is often depicted as a gigantic transformer with vast strength and/or overwhelming firepower.-Transformers: Generation 1:...

 from the Autobot

Autobot

Autobot, a faction of sentient robots from the planet Cybertron, are usually the main protagonists in the fictional universe of the Transformers, a collection of various toys, graphic novels, paperback books, cartoons and movies first introduced in 1984. In all but one Transformer story, the...

's Ocean City. Each of the three attempted to break in, but all were defeated. Sharkticon was nearly scrapped by the city's underwater defenses and was then defeated by Kicker and the Energon Saber Mini-Cons. The three each made up stories as to their failure and Megatron appointed Slugslinger as his lieutenant, as his lie was the most impressive.

Sharkticon also appeared in the Transformers: Energon #3 promotional comic where he was taken out by Omega Supreme.

Action figure

In 2005, Energon Sharkticon was repackaged in Transformers: Universe

Transformers: Universe

Transformers: Universe is a line of toys that consists of re-painted and re-released toys from various Transformers lines of toys. For the comic book series see Transformers Universe .- Toy line :...

packaging, but the toy was unaltered from his Energon toy.