5 Bad and 5 Good Starscream Characters

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Of course a character around this long has had good and bad versions.

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[pillarsofsnow]

The way you described the ideal Shattered Glass Starscream sounds like if Beast Wars Silverbolt had Inferno’s fanatical loyalty

[EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

Armada is the best Starscream; Animated is the best “traditional” Starscream. Honorable mentions for other good Screamers include Skybound Starscream (so far), Cybertron Starscream, and IDW1 Starscream after Barber and Mairghread got their mitts on him.

[samoli]

Here's one idea I just thought up for how to make the Energon Starscream kinda worthwhile. I mean this involves Cybertron being canon to Energon but what can you do?
Basically Starscream has been brainwashed and has been reinstilled with all the Decepticon ideals of power for power's sake, peace through tyranny, all that jazz. But here's the kicker. Somewhere deep in his battered and crusty old spark, is a beating drum of a fierce and unyielding hatred.

At first Starscream is lead to believe by Megatron that his anger is for the autobots, but as time goes on, he comes to realise that no matter how much damage he causes, his hatred cannot be supressed. Then he goes and gets captured by the Autobots, and realising how important it would be to have him back on side, they bring in Alexis to try and coax his old memories back. At first it hits dead end after dead end... until Starscream mentions the hatred in his heart.

Alexis gets the idea to try and explore these feelings of Anger, telling him about all the things Megatron did in the past, before eventually coming to the point where Starscream abandoned them for the Decepticons. Then he has a traumatic flashback to when Megatron beat the snot out of him infront of the troops. And it all comes back full force. Starscream's rage reaches its melting point at not only Megatron humiliating him, but also the stubborn bot's refusal to come to terms with Optimus and nearly risking everything. Starscream realises that he can never be truly free until Megatron and all the other Decepticons are wiped out entirely.

Alexis has indeed helped Starscream recover his memories, but in the process she has turned Starscream into a bigger monster than even Megatron anticipated. The seeker now believes that its his destiny to end Megatron and become powerful enough to end all wars on Cybertron. But the kicker? He thinks he's doing all this as a favour to Alexis. That by becoming this mad god, he'll be protecting her and all other humans from the atrocities of their race.

TL:DR, Starscream goes full Anakin Skywalker and vows to dominate both sides to end the war out of a mad desire for peace at all costs.

[Talon_Productions]

There are some valid points against Bay Starscream but I kinda find some of the arguments against him here to be either bad or not well researched. Especially the comments on him not being "powerful" and "threatening" because that just isn't true, especially when you look at the 2007 movie. Ironhide calls him out, "Its Starscream!", with a level of fear and concern that he rarely shows, he takes both Ratchet and Ironhide out of the battle by himself, and he takes out quite a few F-22s no problem and proceeds to blend in with them. All of that shows Starscream as a very capable threat and pretty powerful. I'd even argue that his interaction with Megatron in the 2007 movie showed him in a good light because he didn't seem particularly happy and didn't back down in their brief interaction.

Now with ROTF and DOTM they made him more cowardly and sniveling but he was still capable for the most part. Yeah he got beat with his own arm but that was brief and by Optimus during the Forrest Battle. Even in DOTM he is shown taking out Ospreys like it is no problem.

The only thing I'd say that he is missing is the treachery. Obviously a big point to be sure but he has most other qualities of a Starscream, especially in the sequels, and a point could be made that the treachery was there to a degree. Between the still debated scene of if Starscream was one of the F-22s that fired on Megatron to Megatron straight up calling him out in ROTF for leaving him to die. It may not be front and center, which is a missed opportunity, but it is there to a degree.

I don't know, he may not be one of the best versions of Starscream but I definitely wouldn't call him bad.

[shadyhunter]

For Movie Starscream
The games really fix that issue of not feeling like the character, particularly the DS games where he actually feels like Starscream..like scheming behind everyone's backs in the first game, or being actively against Megatron's revival in the 2nd game

The DS games are awesome, everyone should play them

[samurexatlas]

I didn't think we had that many, then remembered games and comics exist.

[nitrostormskystriker]

I like that the UT Starscreams are all next to eachother in order.

[mockery_finn]

I think the biggest issue with Animated Screamer is that in the end, he was never a big threat in comparison to Megatron or Lockdown.

Sure he had some plans but they always backfire spectacularly and while it is funny, he never came off as a character that it was satisfying when he gets blindsided.

His death in the finale wasn't even him being involved with the fight. It was just him showing up and then getting the fragment ripped from his head. Not really impressive.

[davifariatertuliano]

Hahahaha...!
I started to burst in laugh when you put Animated Starscream in bad, because I knew it would be an interesting hot take

[braydenpage]

My 2 all time favorite Starscream's are Prime and the new Skybound comics. I love Prime because of how weasely and conniving he is. He's only out for himself and his own needs. He also made for a pretty good leader, it was just his men that kinda sucked. And I love Skybound Starscream's ruthlessness. He will crush humans for fun and shot Bumblebee point blank in the face while he was still sleeping. This Starscream is also a pretty good leader as well. I guess I'm just a sucker for when Starscream actually becomes leader.

[ArcheTelos]

I love how Earthspark and Skybound gave us two total polar opposite Starscreams pretty much right next to each other and both of them absolutely nailed it. It's a fun testament to just how many different directions you can take the character in.

[babysinclairfan]

Cybertron Starscream wasn't just less cowardly. He also had more patience than ither starscreams. He spent s long time setting up his coup rather than shooting at Megatron the instant things went wrong

[Trebleshot]

I would argue that IDW's take on Shattered Glass is much closer to the "Mirror, Mirror" idea than the Botcon take. In the Trek episode that inspired the Shattered Glass universe, none of the alternate versions of the characters were a 180 of their main universe counterparts - just their morality was flipped. You never saw "goatee" Spock be an emotionally-driven nutcase, for example.

[alexmalcolm]

I'd have to say my favorite Starscream is the Cyberverse version simply because of how he keeps going bigger with each of his schemes and is so unrepentantly evil while doing so. This is a Starscream who is perfectly willing to sell out his entire universe out of petty spite and never once think that maybe this was all his fault.

[bowserbreaker]

My top five Starscreams are:
5. Armada-A great new take on the character.
4. G1-The foundation for the character, and a great one.
3. Cyberverse-He was so entertaining, seeing him continuously gaining different powers.
2. Prime-The funniest version, and his whole character arc of re-joining Megatron was interesting, but underdeveloped.
1. Animated-I love the design, voice, and his always trying to takeover with his crazy plans and cunning. You said it was lame that they didn't do anything new, but I liked that. He was the one character that stayed true. Besides, he fit Animated really well.

[Flare_IA]

I love that scene where cybertron starscream takes down every autobot (including a prime and 2 planet leaders) and wins

[firewarrior]

Honestly, with all these twists on characters in animated, Having Starscream be his usual self is completely fine. Especially considering how different his movie incarnation was

[MythicalMystical]

5 good and 5 bad Bomb Burst's could be pretty interesting

[JasonVoorhees]

I eagerly await when more characters get this treatment.

Personal bias is hoping my boy Shockwave is down the pipeline soon.

[LorzIX]

The design was indeed weak, but 07 Starscream did have a very memorable standout scene when he's taking down army jets, I still really like that, as well as overall how they animated him in other scenes. He pretty much had no character in the first movie, but I grew up with the DS Decepticon tie-in game, where they fleshed him out and showed him as a leader during Megatron's absence. So basically, yeah the movie character was nothing, but I still have a soft spot for the dorito.