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text: The following is a list of stadiums in the United Kingdom. They are ordered by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. Capacities are standard total capacity, including seats and any standing areas, and excluding any temporary seating. All stadiums with a capacity of 5,000 or more are included. Most stadiums in the UK are used for association football (referred to as football hereafter), with others hosting rugby union, rugby league, cricket, athletics, Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, tennis, American football, speedway and greyhound racing. Stadiums in neighbouring countries which compare in size to the larger British stadiums, include Barcelona's Camp Nou, Madrid's Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Dublin's Croke Park, Paris's Stade de France, Dortmund's Westfalenstadion, Milan's San Siro and Berlin's Olympiastadion.

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Stadium
Capacity
Location
Country
Club/Team
Sport

Wembley Stadium
7004900000000000000♠90,000[1]
London
 England
England national football team, Tottenham Hotspur F.C.**
Football, rugby league, rugby union, American football, Boxing

Twickenham Stadium
7004820000000000000♠82,000[2]
London
 England
England national rugby union team
Rugby union, American football

Old Trafford
7004757310000000000♠75,731[3]
Manchester
 England
Manchester United F.C.
Football, rugby league

Millennium Stadium
7004745000000000000♠74,500[4]
Cardiff
 Wales
Wales national rugby union team
football, rugby union, rugby league ,boxing

Murrayfield Stadium
7004671440000000000♠67,144[5]
Edinburgh
 Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
rugby union

London Stadium
7004660000000000000♠66,000[6]
London
 England
West Ham United F.C.,  British Athletics
Football, athletics, rugby league, rugby union, 2012 Summer Olympics

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
7004620620000000000♠62,062[7]
London
 England
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
football, American football

Celtic Park
7004604110000000000♠60,411[8]
Glasgow
 Scotland
Celtic F.C.
football

Emirates Stadium
7004598670000000000♠59,867[9]
London
 England
Arsenal F.C.
football

Etihad Stadium
7004550970000000000♠55,097[10]

Manchester
 England
Manchester City F.C.
2002 Commonwealth Games, Football

Anfield
7004540740000000000♠54,074[11]
Liverpool
 England
Liverpool F.C.
Football

St James' Park
7004524040000000000♠52,404
Newcastle upon Tyne
 England
Newcastle United F.C.
football

Hampden Park
7004518660000000000♠51,866[12]
Glasgow
 Scotland
Scotland national football team, Queen's Park F.C.
football

Ibrox Stadium
7004508170000000000♠50,817[13]
Glasgow
 Scotland
Rangers F.C.
Football

Stadium of Light
7004490000000000000♠49,000
Sunderland
 England
Sunderland A.F.C.
football

Villa Park
7004425730000000000♠42,573
Birmingham
 England
Aston Villa F.C.
football

Stamford Bridge
7004418410000000000♠41,841
London
 England
Chelsea F.C.
Football

Goodison Park
7004403940000000000♠40,394
Liverpool
 England
Everton F.C.
football

Hillsborough Stadium
7004397320000000000♠39,732
Sheffield
 England
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Football

Elland Road
7004378900000000000♠37,890[14]
Leeds
 England
Leeds United A.F.C.
football

Riverside Stadium
7004347420000000000♠34,742
Middlesbrough
 England
Middlesbrough F.C.
football

Pride Park Stadium
7004335970000000000♠33,597
Derby
 England
Derby County F.C.
football

Cardiff City Stadium
7004332800000000000♠33,280
Cardiff
 Wales
Cardiff City F.C., Wales national football team
football

Bramall Lane
7004327020000000000♠32,702
Sheffield
 England
Sheffield United F.C.
football

St Mary's Stadium
7004326890000000000♠32,689
Southampton
 England
Southampton F.C.
Football

Ricoh Arena
7004326090000000000♠32,609
Coventry
 England
Coventry City F.C., Wasps RFC
Rugby Union, Football

King Power Stadium
7004325000000000000♠32,500
Leicester
 England
Leicester City F.C.
football

Casement Park
7004320000000000000♠32,000
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Antrim GAA
hurling, camogie, Gaelic football

Molineux Stadium
7004317000000000000♠31,700
Wolverhampton
 England
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
football

Ewood Park
7004313670000000000♠31,367
Blackburn
 England
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Football

Amex Stadium
7004307500000000000♠30,750
Brighton
 England
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
football

City Ground
7004306020000000000♠30,602
Nottingham
 England
Nottingham Forest F.C.
football

Stadium mk
7004305000000000000♠30,500
Milton Keynes
 England
Milton Keynes Dons F.C.
Football

Portman Road
7004303110000000000♠30,311
Ipswich
 England
Ipswich Town F.C.
football

Bet365 Stadium
7004301830000000000♠30,183
Stoke-on-Trent
 England
Stoke City F.C.
football

St Andrew's
7004300090000000000♠30,009
Birmingham
 England
Birmingham City F.C.
football

University of Bolton Stadium
7004287230000000000♠28,723
Bolton
 England
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Football

Lord's Cricket Ground
7004280000000000000♠28,000
London
 England
Marylebone Cricket Club, Middlesex County Cricket Club
Cricket

Odsal Stadium
7004274910000000000♠27,491[15]
Bradford
 England
Bradford Bulls
Rugby League

The Valley
7004271110000000000♠27,111
London
 England
Charlton Athletic F.C.
football

Carrow Road
7004270330000000000♠27,033
Norwich
 England
Norwich City F.C.
football

Ashton Gate
7004270000000000000♠27,000
Bristol
 England
Bristol City F.C., Bristol Rugby
football, rugby union

The Hawthorns
7004266880000000000♠26,688[16]
West Bromwich
 England
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
football

Selhurst Park
7004263090000000000♠26,309
London
 England
Crystal Palace F.C.
football

Old Trafford Cricket Ground
7004260000000000000♠26,000
Manchester
 England
Lancashire County Cricket Club
cricket

Welford Road Stadium
7004258490000000000♠25,849
Leicester
 England
Leicester Tigers
rugby union

Craven Cottage
7004257000000000000♠25,700
London
 England
Fulham F.C.
football

KC Stadium
7004254040000000000♠25,404
Kingston upon Hull
 England
Hull F.C., Hull City A.F.C.,
Rugby League, Football

DW Stadium
7004251380000000000♠25,138
Wigan
 England
Wigan Warriors, Wigan Athletic F.C.
Rugby League, Football

Valley Parade
7004251360000000000♠25,136
Bradford
 England
Bradford City A.F.C.
football

The Darlington Arena
7004250000000000000♠25,000
Darlington
 England
Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C.
Rugby Union

Edgbaston Cricket Ground
7004250000000000000♠25,000
Birmingham
 England
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
cricket

Healy Park
7004250000000000000♠25,000
Omagh
 Northern Ireland
Omagh St. Enda's, Tyrone GAA
Gaelic football, hurling, camogie

Rose Bowl
7004250000000000000♠25,000
Southampton
 England
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Cricket

John Smith's Stadium
7004245000000000000♠24,500
Huddersfield
 England
Huddersfield Town F.C., Huddersfield Giants
football, Rugby League

Madejski Stadium
7004241610000000000♠24,161
Reading
 England
Reading F.C., London Irish
football, Rugby Union

The Oval
7004235000000000000♠23,500
London
 England
Surrey County Cricket Club
cricket

Deepdale
7004234080000000000♠23,408
Preston
 England
Preston North End F.C.
football

Oakwell
7004230090000000000♠23,009
Barnsley
 England
Barnsley F.C.
football

Turf Moor
7004225460000000000♠22,546
Burnley
 England
Burnley F.C.
football

Pittodrie Stadium
7004208660000000000♠20,866
Aberdeen
 Scotland
Aberdeen F.C.
football

Vicarage Road
7004219770000000000♠21,977
Watford
 England
Watford F.C.
football

Headingley rugby stadium
7004210500000000000♠21,050[17]
Leeds
 England
Leeds Rhinos, Leeds Carnegie
Rugby League, Rugby Union

Liberty Stadium
7004205320000000000♠20,532
Swansea
 Wales
Swansea City F.C., Ospreys
football, rugby union

Easter Road
7004204210000000000♠20,421[18]
Edinburgh
 Scotland
Hibernian F.C.
football

Fratton Park
7004202240000000000♠20,224
Portsmouth
 England
Portsmouth F.C.
football

Meadow Lane
7004202110000000000♠20,211
Nottingham
 England
Notts County F.C.
football

New Den Stadium
7004201460000000000♠20,146
London
 England
Millwall F.C.
football

Tynecastle Park
7004200990000000000♠20,099
Edinburgh
 Scotland
Heart of Midlothian F.C.
football

Brewster Park
7004200000000000000♠20,000
Enniskillen
 Northern Ireland
Fermanagh GAA
Gaelic football, hurling, camogie

Páirc Esler
7004200000000000000♠20,000
Newry
 Northern Ireland
Down GAA
Gaelic football, hurling, camogie

Home Park
7004195000000000000♠19,500
Plymouth
 England
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
football

Vale Park
7004190520000000000♠19,052
Stoke-on-Trent
 England
Port Vale F.C.
football

Windsor Park
7004186140000000000♠18,614
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland national football team, Linfield F.C.
football

Celtic Park
7004185000000000000♠18,500
Derry
 Northern Ireland
Derry GAA
Gaelic football, hurling, camogie

Loftus Road
7004182000000000000♠18,200
London
 England
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
football

Rugby Park
7004178890000000000♠17,889
Kilmarnock
 Scotland
Kilmarnock F.C.
football

Athletic Grounds
7004180000000000000♠18,000
Armagh
 Northern Ireland
Armagh GAA
Gaelic football, hurling, camogie

Langtree Park
7004180000000000000♠18,000
St. Helens
 England
St Helens R.F.C., St Helens Town F.C.
Rugby League

Ravenhill Stadium
7004180000000000000♠18,000
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Ulster Rugby
rugby union

Headingley cricket cround
7004175000000000000♠17,500
Leeds
 England
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
cricket

Trent Bridge
7004175000000000000♠17,500
Nottingham
 England
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
cricket

Prenton Park
7004167890000000000♠16,789
Birkenhead
 England
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
football

Brunton Park
7004166510000000000♠16,651
Carlisle
 England
Carlisle United F.C.
football

Kingsholm Stadium
7004165000000000000♠16,500
Gloucester
 England
Gloucester Rugby
rugby union

Meadowbank Stadium
7004165000000000000♠16,500[19]
Edinburgh
 Scotland
Edinburgh City F.C.
athletics, football

Bloomfield Road
7004162200000000000♠16,220
Blackpool
 England
Blackpool F.C.
football

County Cricket Ground
7004160000000000000♠16,000
Bristol
 England
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
cricket

County Ground
7004157280000000000♠15,728
Swindon
 England
Swindon Town F.C.
football

SWALEC Stadium
7004156430000000000♠15,643
Cardiff
 Wales
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
cricket

Crystal Palace National Sports Centre
7004155000000000000♠15,500
London
 England
London Grand Prix, London Olympians
athletics, American football

Racecourse Ground
7004155000000000000♠15,500
Wrexham
 Wales
Wrexham A.F.C., North Wales Crusaders
football, rugby league

London Road Stadium
7004154600000000000♠15,460
Peterborough
 England
Peterborough United F.C.
football

Franklin's Gardens
7004152490000000000♠15,249
Northampton
 England
Northampton Saints
rugby union

Keepmoat Stadium
7004152310000000000♠15,231
Doncaster
 England
Doncaster Rovers F.C., Doncaster
football, rugby league

Centre Court
7004150000000000000♠15,000
London
 England
The Championships, Wimbledon
tennis

Riverside Ground
7004150000000000000♠15,000
Chester-le-Street
 England
Durham County Cricket Club
cricket

St Lawrence Ground
7004150000000000000♠15,000
Canterbury
 England
Kent County Cricket Club, Kent Spitfires
cricket

The Oval
7004150000000000000♠15,000
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Glentoran F.C.
football

Halliwell Jones Stadium
7004150000000000000♠15,000[20]
Warrington
 England
Warrington Wolves
rugby league

Parc y Scarlets
7004148700000000000♠14,870
Llanelli
 Wales
Scarlets, Llanelli RFC, Llanelli A.F.C.*
rugby union, football

Twickenham Stoop
7004148160000000000♠14,816
London
 England
Harlequin F.C., London Broncos
rugby union

Recreation Ground
7004145000000000000♠14,500
Bath
 England
Bath Rugby
rugby union

Tannadice Park
7004142230000000000♠14,223
Dundee
 Scotland
Dundee United F.C.
football

The Shay
7004140610000000000♠14,061[21]
Halifax
 England
F.C. Halifax Town, Halifax
football, rugby league

Fir Park
7004136770000000000♠13,677
Motherwell
 Scotland
Motherwell F.C.
football

Boundary Park
7004135000000000000♠13,500
Oldham
 England
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
football

Halton Stadium
7004133500000000000♠13,350
Widnes
 England
Widnes Vikings
rugby league

Griffin Park
7004127630000000000♠12,763
London
 England
Brentford F.C.
football

Alexander Stadium
7004127000000000000♠12,700
Birmingham
 England
Birchfield Harriers
athletics

Cardiff Arms Park
7004125000000000000♠12,500
Cardiff
 Wales
Cardiff RFC
rugby union

Kassam Stadium
7004125000000000000♠12,500
Oxford
 England
Oxford United F.C.
football, rugby union

Roots Hall
7004123920000000000♠12,392
Southend-on-Sea
 England
Southend United F.C.
football

Memorial Stadium
7004121000000000000♠12,100
Bristol
 England
Bristol Rovers F.C.
football

Sixways Stadium
7004120240000000000♠12,024
Worcester
 England
Worcester Warriors
rugby union

New York Stadium
7004120210000000000♠12,021
Rotherham
 England
Rotherham United F.C.
football

Dean Court
7004120000000000000♠12,000
Bournemouth
 England
A.F.C. Bournemouth
football

Belle Vue
7004120000000000000♠12,000
Wakefield
 England
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
rugby league

Brewery Field
7004120000000000000♠12,000
Bridgend
 Wales
Bridgend Ravens, Bridgend Town F.C.
rugby union, football

Grace Road
7004120000000000000♠12,000
Leicester
 England
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
cricket

Salford City Stadium
7004120000000000000♠12,000
Salford
 England
Salford City Reds, Sale Sharks
rugby league, rugby union

Gateshead International Stadium
7004118000000000000♠11,800
Gateshead
 England
Gateshead F.C., Gateshead Senators
athletics, football, rugby league, American football

The Jungle
7004117500000000000♠11,750
Castleford
 England
Castleford Tigers
rugby league

Rodney Parade
7004116760000000000♠11,676
Newport
 Wales
Newport RFC, Dragons Newport County FC
rugby union, football

Gigg Lane
7004116690000000000♠11,669
Bury
 England
Bury F.C.
football

Cappielow
7004115890000000000♠11,589
Greenock
 Scotland
Greenock Morton F.C.
football

Priestfield Stadium
7004115820000000000♠11,582
Gillingham
 England
Gillingham F.C.
football

Dens Park
7004115060000000000♠11,506
Dundee
 Scotland
Dundee F.C.
football

North Marine Road
7004115000000000000♠11,500
Scarborough
 England
Scarborough Cricket Club, Yorkshire County Cricket Club*
cricket

East End Park
7004114800000000000♠11,480
Dunfermline
 Scotland
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
football

No. 1 Court
7004114290000000000♠11,429
London
 England
The Championships, Wimbledon
tennis

Bescot Stadium
7004113000000000000♠11,300
Walsall
 England
Walsall F.C.
football

Leigh Sports Village
7004110000000000000♠11,000[22]
Leigh
 England
Leigh Centurions
rugby league

Edgeley Park
7004108520000000000♠10,852
Stockport
 England
Stockport County F.C.
football

Sandy Park
7004128000000000000♠12,800
Exeter
 England
Exeter Chiefs
rugby union

McDiarmid Park
7004106960000000000♠10,696
Perth
 Scotland
St Johnstone F.C.
football

Cwmbran Stadium
7004105000000000000♠10,500
Cwmbran
 Wales
Cwmbran Town A.F.C.
athletics, football

B2net Stadium
7004103790000000000♠10,379
Chesterfield
 England
Chesterfield F.C.
football

Spotland Stadium
7004102490000000000♠10,249
Rochdale
 England
Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale Hornets
football, rugby league

Kenilworth Road
7004103560000000000♠10,356
Luton
 England
Luton Town F.C.
football

Kingston Park
7004102000000000000♠10,200
Newcastle upon Tyne
 England
Newcastle Falcons, Newcastle Thunder
rugby union, rugby league

Somerset Park
7004101850000000000♠10,185
Ayr
 Scotland
Ayr United F.C.
football

Excelsior Stadium
7004101010000000000♠10,101
Airdrie
 Scotland
Airdrieonians F.C.
football

Alexandra Stadium
7004101530000000000♠10,153
Crewe
 England
Crewe Alexandra F.C.
football

Sincil Bank
7004101270000000000♠10,127
Lincoln
 England
Lincoln City F.C.
football

Firhill Stadium
7004101020000000000♠10,102
Glasgow
 Scotland
Partick Thistle F.C.
football

Adams Park
7004100000000000000♠10,000
High Wycombe
 England
Wycombe Wanderers F.C.,
football

Barnet Copthall
7004100000000000000♠10,000
London
 England
Saracens F.C., Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
rugby union, athletics

County Cricket Ground
7004100000000000000♠10,000
Beckenham, Greater London
 England
Kent County Cricket Club*
cricket

Craven Park(The KC Lightstream Stadium)
7004100000000000000♠10,000
Kingston upon Hull
 England
Hull Kingston Rovers
rugby league

Derwent Park
7004100000000000000♠10,000
Workington
 England
Workington Town, Workington Comets
rugby league, speedway

Field Mill
7004100000000000000♠10,000
Mansfield
 England
Mansfield Town F.C.
football

Colchester Community Stadium
7004100000000000000♠10,000
Colchester
 England
Colchester United F.C.
football

Penydarren Park
7004100000000000000♠10,000
Merthyr Tydfil
 Wales
Merthyr Town F.C.
football

New Meadow
7003987500000000000♠9,875
Shrewsbury
 England
Shrewsbury Town F.C.
football

Almondvale Stadium
7003871600000000000♠8,716
Livingston
 Scotland
Livingston F.C.
football

Wilderspool Stadium
7003980000000000000♠9,800
Warrington
 England
Warrington Wizards
rugby league

Scotstoun Stadium
7003970800000000000♠9,708
Glasgow
 Scotland
Glasgow Warriors
rugby union, athletics

Huish Park
7003966500000000000♠9,665
Yeovil
 England
Yeovil Town F.C.
football

Abbey Stadium
7003961700000000000♠9,617
Cambridge
 England
Cambridge United F.C.
football

Blundell Park
7003954600000000000♠9,546
Cleethorpes
 England
Grimsby Town F.C.
football

County Cricket Ground
7003950000000000000♠9,500
Derby
 England
Derbyshire County Cricket Club*
cricket

Brisbane Road
7003927100000000000♠9,271
London
 England
Leyton Orient F.C.
football

Glanford Park
7003908800000000000♠9,088
Scunthorpe
 England
Scunthorpe United F.C.
football

Withdean Stadium
7003885000000000000♠8,850
Brighton
 England
Brighton & Hove Athletics Club
athletics

St James Park
7003883000000000000♠8,830
Exeter
 England
Exeter City F.C.
football

Pontypool Park
7003880000000000000♠8,800
Pontypool
 Wales
Pontypool RFC
rugby union

Twerton Park
7003880000000000000♠8,800
Bath
 England
Bath City F.C.
football

Falkirk Stadium
7003793700000000000♠7,937
Falkirk
 Scotland
Falkirk F.C.
football

The Racecourse
7003850000000000000♠8,500
Durham
 England
Durham University CCE
cricket

Stark's Park
7003886700000000000♠8,867
Kirkcaldy
 Scotland
Raith Rovers F.C.
football

St Mirren Park
7003802300000000000♠8,023
Paisley
 Scotland
St Mirren F.C.
football

Ballymena Showgrounds
7003800000000000000♠8,000
Ballymena
 Northern Ireland
Ballymena United F.C.
football

Eugene Cross Park
7003800000000000000♠8,000
Ebbw Vale
 Wales
Ebbw Vale RFC, Ebbw Vale Cricket Club
rugby union, cricket

New Grosvenor Stadium
7003800000000000000♠8,000
Lisburn
 Northern Ireland
Lisburn Distillery F.C.
football

Shamrock Park
7003800000000000000♠8,000
Portadown
 Northern Ireland
Portadown F.C.
football

Broadwood Stadium
7003808600000000000♠8,086
Cumbernauld
 Scotland
Clyde F.C.
football

Bootham Crescent
7003787200000000000♠7,872[23]
York
 England
York City F.C.
football

Sardis Road
7003786100000000000♠7,861
Pontypridd
 Wales
Pontypridd RFC
rugby union

Caledonian Stadium
7003751200000000000♠7,512
Inverness
 Scotland
Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
football

Cougar Park
7003780000000000000♠7,800
Keighley
 England
Silsden F.C., Keighley Cougars
football, rugby league

Brandywell Stadium
7003770000000000000♠7,700
Derry
 Northern Ireland
Derry City F.C.
football

Victoria Park
7003769100000000000♠7,691
Hartlepool
 England
Hartlepool United F.C.
football

Sixfields Stadium
7003765300000000000♠7,653
Northampton
 England
Northampton Town F.C.
football

Palmerston Park
7003869000000000000♠8,690
Dumfries
 Scotland
Queen of the South F.C.
football

Craven Park
7003750000000000000♠7,500
Barrow-in-Furness
 England
Barrow Raiders
rugby league

Recreation Ground
7003750000000000000♠7,500
Whitehaven
 England
Whitehaven
rugby league

South Kesteven Sports Stadium
7003750000000000000♠7,500
Grantham
 England
Grantham Town F.C.
football

Mount Pleasant
7003730000000000000♠7,300
Batley
 England
Batley Bulldogs
rugby league

Recreation Ground
7003710000000000000♠7,100
Aldershot
 England
Aldershot Town F.C.
football

Whaddon Road
7003706600000000000♠7,066
Cheltenham
 England
Cheltenham Town F.C., Gloucester City A.F.C.
football

Gander Green Lane
7003703200000000000♠7,032
Sutton
 England
Sutton United F.C.
football

Queen's Park
7003700000000000000♠7,000
Chesterfield
 England
Chesterfield CC, Derbyshire County Cricket Club*
cricket

Academy Stadium
7003700000000000000♠7,000
Manchester
 England
Manchester City W.F.C.
football

Pirelli Stadium
7003691200000000000♠6,912
Burton upon Trent
 England
Burton Albion F.C.
football

Queen’s Club Centre Court
7003685800000000000♠6,858[24]
London
 England
Queen's Club Championships
tennis

Post Office Road
7003681600000000000♠6,816
Featherstone
 England
Featherstone Rovers
rugby league

Station Park
7003677700000000000♠6,777
Forfar
 Scotland
Forfar Athletic F.C.
football

Broadhall Way
7003672200000000000♠6,722
Stevenage
 England
Stevenage F.C.
football

National Speedway Stadium
7003670000000000000♠6,700
Manchester
 England
Belle Vue Aces
Speedway & American Football

York Street
7003664300000000000♠6,643
Boston
 England
Boston United F.C.
football

Bob Lucas Stadium
7003660000000000000♠6,600
Weymouth
 England
Weymouth F.C.
football

Gayfield Park
7003660000000000000♠6,600
Arbroath
 Scotland
Arbroath F.C.
football

Victoria Park
7003654100000000000♠6,541
Dingwall
 Scotland
Ross County F.C.
football

Church Road
7003650000000000000♠6,500
London
 England
Hayes & Yeading United F.C.
football

Bower Fold
7003650000000000000♠6,500
Stalybridge
 England
Stalybridge Celtic, Oldham R.L.F.C.
football, rugby League

County Cricket Ground
7003650000000000000♠6,500
Northampton
 England
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
cricket

County Ground
7003650000000000000♠6,500
Taunton
 England
Somerset County Cricket Club, England women's cricket team
cricket

Crabble Athletic Ground
7003650000000000000♠6,500
River
 England
Dover Athletic F.C.
football

Manchester Regional Arena
7003650000000000000♠6,500
Manchester
 England
Manchester City L.F.C.
athletics, football

Seaview
7003650000000000000♠6,500
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Crusaders F.C.
football

The Showgrounds
7003650000000000000♠6,500
Coleraine
 Northern Ireland
Coleraine F.C., Newry City F.C.
football

Globe Arena
7003647600000000000♠6,476
Morecambe
 England
Morecambe F.C.
football

Nene Park
7003644100000000000♠6,441
Irthlingborough
 England
Kettering Town F.C.
football

The Hive Stadium
7003641800000000000♠6,418[25]
London
 England
Barnet F.C.
football

Moss Rose
7003635500000000000♠6,355
Macclesfield
 England
Macclesfield Town F.C.
football

New Bucks Head
7003630000000000000♠6,300
Telford
 England
A.F.C. Telford United
football

Aggborough
7003623800000000000♠6,238
Kidderminster
 England
Kidderminster Harriers F.C.
football

Rockingham Road
7003617000000000000♠6,170
Kettering
 England

football

Broadfield Stadium
7003613400000000000♠6,134
Crawley
 England
Crawley Town F.C.
football

Plainmoor
7003610400000000000♠6,104
Torquay
 England
Torquay United F.C.
football

Moss Lane
7003608500000000000♠6,085
Altrincham
 England
Altrincham F.C.
football

New Douglas Park
7003601800000000000♠6,018
Hamilton
 Scotland
Hamilton Academical F.C.
football

Victoria Road
7003607800000000000♠6,078
London
 England
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
football

Kingfield Stadium
7003603600000000000♠6,036
Woking
 England
Woking F.C.
football

Haig Avenue
7003600800000000000♠6,008
Southport
 England
Southport F.C.
football

County Cricket Ground
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Chelmsford
 England
Essex County Cricket Club*
cricket

Inver Park
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Larne
 Northern Ireland
Larne F.C.
football

Jenner Park Stadium
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Barry
 Wales
Barry Town F.C.
football, athletics

Solitude
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Cliftonville F.C.
football

Taylor's Avenue
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Carrickfergus
 Northern Ireland
Carrick Rangers F.C.
football

The Camrose
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Basingstoke
 England
Basingstoke Town F.C.
football

The Gnoll
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Neath
 Wales
Neath F.C., Neath RFC, South Wales Scorpions
football, rugby union, rugby league

Victoria Road
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Port Talbot
 Wales
Port Talbot Town F.C.
football

Footes Lane
7003600000000000000♠6,000
Guernsey
 Guernsey
Guernsey F.C.
football

Old Deer Park
7003585000000000000♠5,850
London
 England
London Welsh RFC
rugby union

The Walks Stadium
7003573300000000000♠5,733
King's Lynn
 England
King's Lynn Town F.C.
football

The Runnymede Stadium
7003556500000000000♠5,565
Egham
 England
Egham Town F.C.
football

Adamslie Park
7003550000000000000♠5,500
Kirkintilloch
 Scotland
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C.
football

Park Avenue
7003550000000000000♠5,500
Aberystwyth
 Wales
Aberystwyth Town F.C.
football

Poole Stadium
7003550000000000000♠5,500[26]
Poole
 England
Poole Pirates
speedway, greyhound racing

Dixon Park
7003533300000000000♠5,333
Ballyclare
 Northern Ireland
Ballyclare Comrades F.C., Ards F.C.
football

Deva Stadium
7003532800000000000♠5,328
Chester
 England
Chester
football

Edgar Street
7003522700000000000♠5,227
Hereford
 England
Hereford F.C.
football

The New Lawn
7003514700000000000♠5,147
Nailsworth
 England
Forest Green Rovers F.C.
football

Crown Flatt
7003510000000000000♠5,100
Dewsbury
 England
Dewsbury Rams
Rugby League

Crown Ground
7003505700000000000♠5,057
Accrington
 England
Accrington Stanley F.C.
football

Victoria Stadium
7003504600000000000♠5,046
Northwich
 England

football

Stonebridge Road
7003501100000000000♠5,011
Northfleet
 England
Ebbsfleet United F.C.
football

Avenue Stadium
7003500900000000000♠5,009
Dorchester
 England
Dorchester Town F.C.
football

Hamilton Crescent
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Glasgow
 Scotland
West of Scotland Cricket Club
cricket

Hughenden Stadium
7003500000000000000♠5,000[27]
Glasgow
 Scotland
Hillhead Jordanhill RFC
rugby union

Talbot Athletic Ground
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Port Talbot
 Wales
Aberavon RFC
rugby union

The Grange
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Edinburgh
 Scotland
Scotland national cricket team
cricket

The Valley
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Redditch
 England
Redditch United F.C.
football

The Meadow
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Chesham
 England
Chesham United F.C., Aylesbury United F.C.
football

Raymond McEnhill Stadium
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Salisbury
 England
Salisbury City F.C.
football

Latham Park
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Newtown
 Wales
Newtown A.F.C.
football

Mourneview Park
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Lurgan
 Northern Ireland
Glenavon F.C.
football

Skegoneill Avenue
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Brantwood F.C.
football

Stormont
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Belfast
 Northern Ireland
Civil Service North of Ireland Cricket Club
cricket

Victoria Park
7003500000000000000♠5,000
Buckie
 Scotland
Buckie Thistle F.C.
football

text:
* Team does not play all its home matches at the stadium
** Stadium not currently in use. Tottenham Hotspur will be using Wembley Stadium for home games until renovation is completed in time for the 2018/19 season.[28] The new capacity for White Hart Lane is expected to be 62,062. This will make it the 7th largest stadium in the UK, overtaking Emirates Stadium.[29]


document_title: The Greatest Showman

question_text: who plays dog man in the greatest showman

root

text: The Greatest Showman

text: Plot[edit]

text: The movie begins with P. T. Barnum and his troupe performing a show at the circus ("The Greatest Show"). We then flashback to Barnum's childhood where he and his father Philo, a tailor, work for the Hallett family, and he becomes infatuated with their daughter, Charity. Though Charity is being sent to finishing school, Barnum reassures her they will not be separated. The two keep in touch through letters until they meet again in adulthood ("A Million Dreams"), eventually marrying and raising two daughters, Caroline and Helen, in New York City ("A Million Dreams" reprise). They live a humble life; though Charity is happy, Barnum dreams of more.

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text: Barnum loses his job as a clerk at a shipping company after the company goes bankrupt. Taking a risky bet, he takes out a large loan from a bank, deceiving the bank into accepting his former employer's lost ships as collateral. He uses this loan to buy Barnum's American Museum in downtown Manhattan, an attraction showcasing various wax models. Initially, sales are slow; on the suggestion of his children to showcase something "alive", Barnum searches for "freaks" to serve as performers for his museum ("Come Alive"). This attracts a large audience despite protests and poor reviews, prompting Barnum to rename his venture "Barnum's Circus".

text: Searching for ways to further his reputation amongst the upper class, Barnum meets playwright Phillip Carlyle and convinces him to join his venture ("The Other Side"). Carlyle is enchanted with Anne Wheeler, an African-American trapeze artist, but he hides his feelings. During a trip Carlyle arranged for Barnum and his troupe to meet Queen Victoria, Barnum meets Jenny Lind, a famed Swedish singer, whom he convinces to perform in America, with him serving as her manager. Lind's first American performance is a rousing success ("Never Enough"). While Barnum gains favor with the aristocratic patrons, he begins to distance himself from his original troupe, refusing to socialize with them. Dejected, they decide to stand against their local harassers ("This Is Me").

text: Carlyle and Wheeler attend the theatre together one night, only to run into Carlyle's parents, who insult Wheeler's lowly status, causing her to leave. Carlyle chases her and tries to convince her that they can be together, but she rejects him despite her feelings towards him ("Rewrite the Stars"). As Barnum takes Lind on a U.S. tour, Charity feels isolated from her husband as she stays home with their daughters ("Tightrope"). While on tour, Lind begins falling in love with Barnum, but when he refuses her advances, she calls off the tour and kisses him at the end of her last show, which is photographed by the press ("Never Enough" reprise). Barnum returns home to find his circus on fire, caused by a fight between the protesters and the troupe. Carlyle, who had tried to save Anne not knowing she had already escaped, is rescued amid the chaos by Barnum but suffers severe burns. Most of the sets and props are destroyed. Word of Lind's cancellation and Barnum's public intimacy also reaches New York, resulting in his mansion being foreclosed upon and Charity taking Caroline and Helen back to her parents' home.

text: Depressed, Barnum starts drinking at a pub. His troupe find him there and persuade him to rebuild the circus. Barnum has an epiphany that causes him to realize the circus was for his friends and family rather than for himself ("From Now On"). Meanwhile, the injured Carlyle wakes in a hospital with Wheeler by his side and they share an intimate moment together.

text: Barnum leaves and finds his estranged wife, and they decide to mend their relationship. Faced with the financial difficulty of rebuilding the circus, the recovering Carlyle steps in, offering to use his earnings from his share of the circus's profits to rebuild it under the condition of becoming partners, which Barnum happily accepts. As rebuilding the circus in its original location would be too expensive, Barnum rebuilds it as an open-air tent circus by the docks. The new, revamped circus is a huge success, and Barnum gives full control of the show to Carlyle so he can focus on his family ("The Greatest Show" reprise).

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum, an ambitious showman and entrepreneur.

Ellis Rubin as Young P. T. Barnum

Ziv Zaifman provides Young P. T. Barnum's singing voice

Zac Efron as Phillip Carlyle, a playwright who becomes Barnum's partner. He is a composite character partly based on James Anthony Bailey.
Michelle Williams as Charity Hallett Barnum, the wife of P.T. Barnum.

Skylar Dunn as Young Charity

Rebecca Ferguson as Jenny Lind, the singer known as the "Swedish Nightingale".

Loren Allred provides Lind's singing voice.[8][9]

Zendaya as Anne Wheeler, an acrobat, trapeze artist, W.D.'s sister and Phillip Carlyle's love interest
Keala Settle as Lettie Lutz, a bearded lady. She is a composite character partly based on Josephine Clofullia and Annie Jones.
Sam Humphrey as Charles Stratton, a dwarf performer who is also known by his stage name, General Tom Thumb.
Austyn Johnson as Caroline Barnum, one of Barnum's daughters.
Cameron Seely as Helen Barnum, one of Barnum's daughters.
Paul Sparks as James Gordon Bennett, the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as W. D. Wheeler, an acrobat and Anne's brother.
Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Deng Yan, a Chinese blade-specialist.
Caoife Coleman and Mishay Petronelli as the Albino Twins, twins who both have albinism.
Eric Anderson as Mr. O'Malley, a former thief whom Barnum employs at his circus.
Daniel Everidge as The Lord of Leeds, The Huge Man.
Shannon Holtzapffel as Prince Constantine, The Tattooed Man.
Luciano Acuna Jr. as Fedor Jeftichew, The Dog Boy.
Danial Son and Yusaku Komori as Chang and Eng Bunker, The "Siamese Twins".
Jonathan Redavid as Frank Lentini, The Three-Legged Man.
Nick Jantz as Jeff Harris, The Juggler
Gayle Rankin as Queen Victoria.
Fredric Lehne as Benjamin Hallett, father of Charity and abusive father-in-law of Barnum.
Kathryn Meisle as Hannah Hallett, mother of Charity and mother-in-law of Barnum.
Will Swenson as Philo Barnum, a tailor and the father of P. T. Barnum.

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text: Production[edit]

text: The project was first announced in 2009, with Jackman already set for the title role.[10] In August 2011, Michael Gracey was chosen to direct.[11] In 2013, Fox hired lyricists Pasek and Paul to write the songs.[12] According to Jackman, the seven year development process was, in part, due to studios being unwilling to take a risk on an original musical.[13] Jackman mentioned that he took inspiration from Shah Rukh Khan for the film. Among other traits, Jackman used Khan's signature pose in the film.[14][15]

text: On June 15, 2016, Zac Efron began negotiations to star in the film,[16] and in July 2016, Michelle Williams was cast.[17][18][19][20]

text: Filming[edit]

text: Rehearsals on the film began in October 2016 in New York City, and principal photography began on November 22, 2016.[21][22]

text: Post-production[edit]

text: In December 2017, it was reported that James Mangold, who had worked with Jackman on several projects (including 2017's Logan), had been brought in to oversee the film's reshoots and post-production. This was due to the studio's concern that Gracey, a first-time director, was overwhelmed with the scope of the film and struggling with the pressure of an $84 million budget. Mangold was eventually given an executive producer credit.[23]

text: Music[edit]

text: Musical numbers[edit]

text: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote nine songs.[24]

text:
"The Greatest Show" – Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya
"A Million Dreams" – Ziv Zaifman, Jackman, Michelle Williams
"A Million Dreams" (Reprise) – Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Jackman
"Come Alive" – Jackman, Settle, Daniel Everidge, Zendaya
"The Other Side" – Jackman & Efron
"Never Enough" – Loren Allred
"This Is Me" – Settle
"Rewrite the Stars" – Efron & Zendaya
"Tightrope" – Williams
"Never Enough" (Reprise) – Allred
"From Now On" – Jackman

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text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: The soundtrack album features eleven tracks performed by the cast.

text: Release[edit]

text: The Greatest Showman held its premiere on December 8, 2017 aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2, while it was docked in New York City. The film was then released in the United States on December 20, 2017.[25][26] Like Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, a sing-along version of the film was released in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2018.[27] The film had a limited IMAX release on February 2.

text: Marketing[edit]

text: On June 28, 2017, 20th Century Fox released the first international trailer to promote the film. On November 13, 2017, the second trailer was released.[28]

text: On December 17, 2017, Fox televised a live performance of "Come Alive" from Warner Bros. Studios during its live musical special A Christmas Story Live! (which was based on fellow Pasek and Paul work A Christmas Story: The Musical). The number featured the film's stars and a cast of 150 dancers.[29][30]

text: Home media[edit]

text: The film will be released first on digital download on April 27th while Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD and DVD copies go on sale on May 14th.These versions will include the popular sing-along version, two hours of behind the scenes footage and music machine jukebox features.[31]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: As of February 25, 2018[update], The Greatest Showman has grossed $160.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $200.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $361.5 million, against a production budget of $84 million.[3]

text: In the United States and Canada, The Greatest Showman was released alongside Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and was projected to gross around $21 million from 3,006 theaters over its first six days.[32][33] It took in $2 million on its first day and $2 million on its second. Over the three day weekend, it grossed $9 million (for a six-day total of $19 million), finishing fourth at the box office, behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Pitch Perfect 3.[34] In its second weekend, the film grossed $15.5 million, again finishing 4th at the box office.[35] The weekend-to-weekend increase of 76.3% marked the largest ever for a film playing in over 3,000 theaters, and the fourth biggest ever.[36][37] In its third week, the film dropped 11% to $14 million.[38]

text: The film made $13 million in its fourth weekend and $11 million in its fifth, finishing 4th and 5th at the box office, respectively.[39] The film continued to hold well in its sixth week of release, grossing $9.5 million and returning to 4th place,[40] and again finished fourth in its seventh week, this time grossing $7.8 million (a drop of just 18%).[41]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 55% based on 203 reviews, and an average rating of 6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Greatest Showman tries hard to dazzle the audience with a Barnum-style sense of wonder – but at the expense of its complex subject's far more intriguing real-life story."[42] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[43] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while it earned a 70% "definite recommend" from comScore.[34]

text: Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review, writing, "The Greatest Showman is a concoction, the kind of film where all the pieces click into place, yet at an hour and 45 minutes it flies by, and the link it draws between P.T. Barnum and the spirit of today is more than hype."[44] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3/4 stars, saying, "With all that corn and cheese and old-timey sentiment, The Greatest Showman ends up scoring some very timely social arguments. P.T. Barnum himself would have approved the dramatic sleight of hand."[45] Steve Persall of Tampa Bay Times gave the film an 'A', and said, "The Greatest Showman is the feel-good movie the holiday season needs,"[46] while William Bibbiani of IGN gave The Greatest Showman a score of 7.9/10, and called the film, "wildly entertaining."[47]

text: Britton Peele of The Dallas Morning News said, "The story is interesting and the beats are well-acted, but it's the musical numbers that make The Greatest Showman."[48] Jackie K Cooper of HuffPost gave the film a score of 10/10 and wrote, "You will be overwhelmed by the music and magic that explode on the screen. The film has a message that should resonate with today's world concerning acceptance and courage."[49] Hugh Armitage of Digital Spy said, "The Greatest Showman is a broad and solid crowd-pleaser. An undemanding spectacle for all the family."[50] Alan Jones of Radio Times called it "A joyously uplifting potpourii of visual resplendence, stylish choreography and solid gold magic, one engineered to approximate the lavish spectacle the movie musical once offered."[51]

text: Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com gave it 3.5/4, stating "The Greatest Showman is an unabashed piece of pure entertainment punctuated by memorable songs."[52] Douglas Davidson of CLTure called the film, "An undeniable spectacle with a infectious soundtrack, a movie that dazzles and delights."[53] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film a 3/4 score, and said, "The film has show-stopping well-choreographed numbers with catchy tunes,"[54] and Calvin Wilson of St. Louis Post-Dispatch called the film "highly enjoyable."[55]

text: Carl Kozlowski of Pasadena Weekly gave the film an 'A', calling it "Groundbreaking & grandly innovative."[56] Sean P. Means of The Salt Lake Tribune gave The Greatest Showman 3.5/4 stars, stating, "A strong cast give emotional power to this romanticized, tune-filled biography."[57] Manuela Lazic of Little White Lies gave it 4/5, saying, "The Greatest Showman deserves to become a Christmas classic. the film's severe romanticism and ridiculous but affecting enthusiasm make it irresistibly life-affirming."[58] Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and called it, "A fantasia of song and dance, a joyous exercise in pure entertainment that is made for the holiday crowd."[59]

text: Conversely, Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a negative review, criticizing the songs and characters and saying "There's idiotic, and there's magnificent, but The Greatest Showman is that special thing that happens sometimes. It's magnificently idiotic. It's an awful mess, but it's flashy. The temptation is to cover your face and watch it through your fingers, because it's so earnest and embarrassing and misguided – and yet it's well-made."[60] In a negative review for The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney wrote "This ersatz portrait of American big-top tent impresario P.T. Barnum is all smoke and mirrors, no substance. It hammers pedestrian themes of family, friendship and inclusivity while neglecting the fundaments of character and story."[61]

text: Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers gave the film 1.5 out of 4 stars, saying, "How do you cast a virtuoso Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum, spare no expense in production values, add a score by Oscar and Tony winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and still end up with the shrill blast of nothing that is The Greatest Showman? Ask first-time director Michael Gracey, who cut his teeth on commercials and music videos without ever mastering the crucial knack of building snippets of musical comedy and drama into a satisfying whole."[62] Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film's failures "are rooted in something deeper: a dispiriting lack of faith in the audience's intelligence, and a dawning awareness of its own aesthetic hypocrisy. You've rarely seen a more straight-laced musical about the joys of letting your freak flag fly."[63]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
Result
Ref(s)

AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards
February 5, 2018
Best Grownup Love Story
The Greatest Showman
Won
[64][65]

Academy Awards
March 4, 2018
Best Original Song
"This Is Me" – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Pending
[66]

Casting Society of America
January 18, 2018
Big Budget – Comedy
Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Rori Bergman and Patrick Goodwin
Won
[67]

Costume Designers Guild
February 20, 2018
Excellence in Period Film
Ellen Mirojnick
Nominated
[68]

Critics' Choice Movie Awards
January 11, 2018
Best Song
"This Is Me" – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Nominated
[69]

Dorian Awards
February 24, 2018
Campy Flick of the Year
The Greatest Showman
Nominated
[70]
[71]

Empire Awards
March 18, 2018
Best Costume Design
The Greatest Showman
Pending
[72]
[73]

Best Make-up And Hairstyling
The Greatest Showman
Pending

Georgia Film Critics Association
January 12, 2018
Best Original Song
"This Is Me" – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Nominated
[74]

Golden Globe Awards
January 7, 2018
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Hugh Jackman
Nominated
[75]

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
The Greatest Showman
Nominated

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
"This Is Me" – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Won

Golden Reel Awards
February 18, 2018
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical
Jen Monnar, Jim Harrison, Jeff Carson, Peter Myles and Sheri Ozeki
Won
[76]

Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
February 8, 2018
Best Music Supervision for Film: Budgeted Over 25 Million Dollars
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Nominated
[77]

Best Song/Recording Created for a Film
"This Is Me" – Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Nominated

Heartland Film Festival
December 31, 2017
Truly Moving Picture Award
Michael Gracey
Won
[78]

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
February 24, 2018
Feature Motion Picture: Best Period and/or Character Makeup
Nicki Ledermann, Tania Ribalow and Sunday Englis
Nominated
[79]

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document_title: Decepticon

question_text: who is the leader of the decepticons in transformers 4

text: Decepticon

text: Transformers: Generation 1[edit]

text: The Decepticons are from a race called Transformers - robots that can change into vehicles, mechanical devices and even animal forms. They waged war for eons on their home planet of Cybertron against the heroic Autobots. Both factions needed supplies, and select numbers from each side intended to get them. The Autobots weren't looking for a fight with the Decepticons, but they get one out in space anyway. When the Decepticons board the Autobots' ship it takes a beating and crashes onto Primitive Earth and knocks everyone unconscious. Millions of years later, in 1984 a volcano eruption causes a probe to give them all new forms which come from vehicles in the surrounding area. After the featured film The Transformers: The Movie, Megatron was reformed as Galvatron, and Optimus Prime was replaced for a time by Rodimus Prime, only to return later on.

text: Members[edit]

text: Unlike the Autobots, whose leader is a Prime bearing a Matrix, the Decepticons are led by the most powerful of their ranks (usually Megatron). This tends to cause some conflict, given how generally every Decepticon thinks that they're the most powerful. Also, the Decepticons are not exactly the most compassionate beings in the universe, but not all fight for greed. More than a few have a sense of honor, while others believe that Cybertron would be better protected by aggressive expansion. Ultimately, the Decepticons desire to protect their homeworld, even if it is at the expense of others.

text: Hasbro toyline[edit]

text: Hasbro launched the Transformers toy line with eighteen different Autobot characters, all of whom transformed into automobiles, while the ten distinct Decepticons, (seven packages as three came two to a box/pack) were weapons, aircraft and communications equipment. Many of the Transformers were based on Takara designs. Optimus Prime was among the first Transformers released from Hasbro in 1984. The character listing/mini-poster that came inside Transformer packaging identified him as "Autobot Commander", as contrasted with Megatron's title of "Decepticon Leader".

text: Marvel Comics[edit]

text: In the Marvel comic continuity, it was established that the Decepticons came in and out of the gladiator pits on Cybertron. Early on, the leadership of the Decepticons constantly changed due to their tendency to kill and replace their leaders. It would not be until a lowly Decepticon affiliated gladiator named Megatron assumed the throne that the Decepticons became a true threat to the rest of the population of Cybertron.

text: While Megatron was the primary leader, other Decepticons had prominent roles as leaders of the group. Shockwave, Scorponok, Bludgeon, and Ratbat all led the Decepticons, often overthrowing Megatron in the process or taking over the group during the period when Megatron was believed dead.

text: In the G2 Marvel series (which continues from the G1 Marvel series), it is stated that the Decepticon forces on Cybertron underwent a massive split in the wake of Megatron's disappearance when Megatron, Optimus Prime, and their respective troops crashed on Earth. The smartest, strongest, and most intelligent Decepticons left Cybertron to colonize nearby galaxies, leaving a token leadership of overly cruel and duplicitous Decepticons to control Cybertron. These Decepticons who left their homeworld became "The Second Generation" Decepticons, who were led by the villainous Liege Maximo. On the final page of the last issue, the Liege Maximo indicates that the Decepticons and all their descendants came from him, which indicates that he is the original founder of the Decepticons.

text: Animated series[edit]

text: The Decepticons are a malevolent race of robot warriors, brutal and merciless. The Decepticons are driven by a single undeviating goal: total domination of the universe. In the war that raged between the Decepticons and Autobots for millions of years, their home planet of Cybertron was drained of its once rich sources of energy. In hopes of finding new reserves for making Energon, their basic fuel, the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Earth. Under the leadership of the ruthless Megatron, they continued their efforts to destroy the remaining Autobot forces. They attacked throughout the Earth and in space, using their underwater Decepticon headquarters as their staging base and bunker. But, by the year 2000, the Decepticons had proven to be the losers of the last Great War. In an attempt to bolster the Decepticons' strength, the evil planet gobbling world, Unicron, reformed Megatron into a new robot named Galvatron to lead the Decepticons in a new era. Now, in 2006, the Decepticons have retreated to a burned out hulk of a planet called Chaar, a world of ash and ruin. Galvatron and his Decepticon lieutenants, the sleek and awesome Cyclonus, and the mighty Scourge, the master of the dreaded Sweeps, strike fear throughout the universe. Their ultimate goal: to reconquer Cybertron and destroy the Autobots.

text: In the original animated series continuity, the Decepticons owe their warlike ways to their faction's origin as military hardware robots, created by the five-faced aliens, the Quintessons, while the Autobots were designed as consumer goods. Following the rebellion that forced the Quintessons off the planet, the Decepticons - as they named themselves - lusting for power, began a civil war. The Autobots could not hope to match the superior firepower and battlefield powers of the Decepticons, and instead turned to stealth, developing the art of transformation, modifying their bodies so that they could assume other forms. With this additional power, the Autobots were able to win the conflict, and a period of peace began, known as the Golden Age of Cybertron, when energy was plentiful and the planet shone with a golden hue.

text: Working in secret, the Decepticons also developed transformation technology, along with new robot-mode flight powers, and, under the command of one of the first of this new breed, Megatron, they attacked one of the capital's outer cities, killing the current Autobot leader. As the knowledge of this act was not made public, younger robots continued to idolize these powerful new flying robots - until one such young robot, Orion Pax, was duped by Megatron into allowing him access to an energy storage facility. Megatron turned on Pax and fatally injured him, but the ancient Autobot, Alpha Trion, then rebuilt Pax into the first of a new, battle-hardy breed of Autobot - now, he was Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, who led them against Megatron and the Decepticons as the civil war erupted once more.

text: After five million years, Cybertron was nearly depleted of all its energy when the Decepticons received word that the Autobots were planning to search for new energy resources. Following the Autobot ship, the Ark, in their ship, the Nemesis, the Decepticons boarded the Ark and engaged the Autobots on their ship. Unfortunately, the Ark drifted too close to Earth and crashed landed in a volcano. All the occupants of the Ark went into emergency stasis, while the Decepticons on the Nemesis ejected to South America. There, they scanned the forms of local insects, becoming the Insecticons. After 4 million years, the volcano the Ark was wedged in, erupted in Earth year 1984, restarting its computer, Teletraan I. Sending out Spy Satellites, Teletraan created alternative forms out of Earth vehicles for any transformers caught in its scanning beam (like F-15 Eagles for Skywarp and a Semi-trailer truck for Optimus Prime). The Decepticons awakened first but later the Autobots did too, thanks to Starscream's carelessness.

text: By the Earth year 2005, however, the Decepticons had succeeded in completely conquering Cybertron. In a final attempt to destroy the remaining Autobots they attacked Autobot City on Earth but were defeated. On their way back to Cybertron Astrotrain encountered difficulty leaving Earth's gravity due to an over-large payload. Starscream convinced the others to jettison all the damaged and dying decepticons, including Megatron. Megatron was then found by Unicron who offered to rebuild him in return for destroying the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. Megatron was reformed into Galvatron who returned to Cybertron, destroyed Starscream for his treachery and reassumed command of the Decepticons. Galvatron then attempted to use the Matrix against Unicron, provoking him into attacking Cybertron. The attack coupled with the temporary loss of Galvatron shattered the decepticon forces, allowing the Autobots to reclaim their home planet. The Decepticons fled to the planet Chaar, a world of ash and ruin, where they struggled to survive until Galvatron returned to them and reorganized them into a fighting force, battling to take back Cybertron.

text: Dreamwave Productions[edit]

text: After Autobot leader Optimus Prime and Decepticon leader Megatron disappeared in a Space Bridge accident several million years ago, the Autobots and Decepticons split up into several factions. One of those who broke away was Ratbat, who quickly took the opportunity to form his own power base. Gathering loyalist followers and setting up their HQ in the Polyhex region of Cybertron the Ultracons quickly came into conflict with the Autobot splinter faction The Wreckers. However, Ratbat added a secret weapon to his ranks - the combiner team the Constructicons, in flagrant defiance of treaties banning their use in the civil war as both Autobots and Decepticons splintered.

text: When the Ultracons attacked the Tagan Heights in order to seize its factories for themselves, they were opposed by the Wreckers. Ratbat quickly unleashed the Constructicons in their combined form of Devastator, routing the Wreckers. However, Ratbat was prevented from executing his rival Springer by the arrival of the Protectobots in their combined form of Defensor. The Autobot combiners were hoping to prevent an arms race between the various factions by stopping combiners signing up with the factions. After the battle devastated the very manufacturing facilities the two factions hoped to acquire, the Protectobots separated and defeated Devastator via sabotage. With their most potent weapon gone, the Ultracons retreated.

text: Later, the Ultracons joined with the Decepticons under Shockwave to support a peace accord with the Autobots, fighting off Starscream's Predacon faction. However, Megatron's return with an army of Seeker clones would bring a halt to the peace proceedings, and the Ultracons would be reabsorbed into the Decepticons.

text: IDW Publishing[edit]

text: The origins of the Decepticons in the IDW continuity would be explored in The Transformers: Megatron Origin, which confirmed Megatron as their founder in this timeline. A lowly miner, Megatron penned a manifesto against Functionalism, the forcible assignment of cybertronians to jobs based on their vehicle modes, which was in force at the time on religious grounds. Megatron began to work against the practice through peaceful protest, but following imprisonment and a brutal beating by police, he determines that force is the only way to bring about equality. Ironically, on his way out the station after having been saved from a government ordered 'accidental-death-by-interrogation', he first meets the future Optimus Prime, who would go on to use his original writings as the basis for the Autobot movement.

text: On the run after an unrelated attack on an Autobot Senator after a mining dispute, Megatron stumbled onto underground gladiator games in the state of Kaon and quickly became one of its rising stars. However, it only truly became more than this when Ratbat, then a senator seeing an opportunity for profit, dispatched Soundwave to arm the gladiators. Megatron's forces then began to commit acts of terrorism increasing in scale and daring, attracting the attention of Sentinel Prime. Kidnapping Senator Decimus as a symbol (with the help of new airborne recruit Starscream) Megatron issued a rallying call to the gladiators and their supporters, promising to unite them under one badge and make the whole planet their arena. Sentinel Prime's forces then found and arrested them en masse. This was all part of Megatron's plan: a supposedly informant Starscream massacred the Autobot Senate and freed the prisoners, signalling revolution and anarchy in Kaon. Megatron eventually killed Prime[citation needed] one-on-one as a symbol, and the Decepticons were forged.

text: In this continuity, there are a number of differences to the traditional norm. The Decepticons are no longer based on Cybertron due to its devastation by rogue scientist Thunderwing. Instead, they have spread out through the galaxy, using their transforming abilities to infiltrate target worlds (such as Earth or Nebulos) disguised as local vehicles and equipment. They then use their modes to create conflict, leading to complete anarchy as the world's political and social systems collapse. The Decepticons then move in and harvest the world's raw resources. How the world is pacified is unknown, although The Transformers: Spotlight issue on Sixshot revealed he is often sent in to complete the destruction of entire worlds. As in other continuities, Megatron is in command, and thus far has had to deal with the rebellion of Starscream's Earth infiltration unit and the reemergence of Thunderwing, as well as moving on to Earth in order to harvest the extremely powerful Energon variant Ore-13, something which promises to give the Decepticons a significant edge over the Autobots.

text: The IDW continuity is unique in that it portrays the Decepticons as originally a force for good, standing up against oppression, who eventually themselves became oppressors. A large number of those who would become Autobots, including Optimus Prime himself, even support the Decepticon cause in the beginning, before it turns violent.

text: Beast Era[edit]

text: The Decepticons eventually evolve into the Predacons, a faction in the fictional Beast Wars universe created by Hasbro. Previously the name Predacon had been associated with the Transformer group which combined to form Predaking. The faction made their first appearance in the Beast Wars toyline and animated series, and have been represented in various Transformers animated series, comic books and toylines since. A Predacon is most commonly represented as a Decepticon descendant with a new smaller, more energy-efficient body. Though the Decepticons and Predacons share many similarities, several important differences exist, such as leadership and ideals (for example, choosing a pretense of peace with the Maximals rather than maintain a war at all costs). It is not completely known as to how the faction gained predominance over all the other various Decepticon factions, although the comic book miniseries Beast Wars: The Gathering has provided hints that their heritage may be found in the original combiner team Predacons, hints confirmed by the subsequent Timelines: Dawn of Futures Past, which confirmed that Razorclaw, Divebomb and the other Predacons had been working behind the scenes.

text: Transformers: Robots in Disguise[edit]

text: In Transformers: Robots in Disguise, the Decepticons were not the name of the evil faction, but rather a sub-faction created by Megatron. The main faction was instead the Predacons (carrying the name of the main villains over from Beast Wars), who transformed into mechanical animals. Realising that their ability to travel as Earth vehicles gave the Autobots an edge in stealth, Megatron decided to take drastic action.

text: Megatron recovered the protoforms of six Autobots that had crashed to Earth some time before looking for Fortress Maximus. Scanning them with vehicle modes at a military base and infusing them with a fraction of his spark energy to ensure their new loyalty, the first five became the Commandos. But when Megatron tried to scan a tanker truck as an alternate mode for the leader Scourge, Optimus Prime was scanned as well, resulting in much of Prime's personality being scanned as well. With an infusion of Megatron's spark energy to complete the concoction, Scourge was born, emerging from his pod as a dark twin of Optimus Prime, who proved that Megatron's programming had over-ridden any Autobot goodness within him. Appointed leader of the new "Decepticons", they quickly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with.

text: The newly created Decepticons would try many schemes over the course of the series, including attacking various dams and faking their defection to the Autobots. But their leader, Scourge, had grander ambitions in mind. The copy of Optimus' personality had been warped by Megatron's evil influence, but the individuality of Optimus remained and Scourge now wanted to control both Predacons and Decepticons. He would seize his chance when Fortress Maximus was awakened, directing him to destroy Galvatron (Megatron's new form). The attempt failed and Galvatron took a terrible revenge - he stripped the Decepticons of their individuality, turning them into little more than drones. After Galvatron's defeat by Omega Prime, the Decepticons were among those sent back to Cybertron for imprisonment, except for Sky-Byte.

text: Unicron Trilogy[edit]

text: The Decepticons appeared in Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron as mostly jets and military vehicles.

text: In the Unicron Trilogy continuity, the early history of the war is not expounded upon. The Decepticons, however, remain the main antagonists, with whom the Autobots have been warring for quite some time. The enslavement of the small, power-enhancing Mini-Cons has long been a major goal of the Decepticons, and the Mini-Cons are seen as key to winning the war.

text: Near the end of Armada, the Autobots and Decepticons join forces to defeat the planet-devouring Unicron, and the beginning of Energon sees them as uneasy allies. Many return to Megatron's side when he returns.

text: Cybertron sees a much smaller Decepticon force than the previous two series, and what has become of most of the survivors of the earlier series remains unknown. As Megatron's true plans are discovered, most of the Decepticons, unwilling to be sacrificed as pawns as their leader seeks to remake the universe, again battle a common foe alongside the Autobots. The end of the series sees three of the comic-relief characters, with a reluctant Thundercracker, desiring to begin a new Decepticon force, and take off in a makeshift rocket. It makes it as far as Mars before it crashes, as the ending credits montage of the final episode shows. The foursome survives, however. The fates of the other surviving Decepticons remains unknown, though evidence of Starscream's survival is discovered.

text: Live-action films[edit]

text: The Movie Prequel comic by IDW Publishing would reveal their origins. Originally Optimus Prime and Megatron ruled Cybertron together, due to the power of the Allspark, a mysterious device that could give life to Transformers - and keep Cybertron itself alive. Eventually, Megatron began to desire its power for himself and assembled a like-minded army of separatists - the Decepticons. Megatron soon struck, and Cybertron became embroiled in civil war. However, this would later seem to be changed by the sequel films, where it is revealed that Sentinel Prime was the first leader of the Autobots and The Fallen the founder and supreme master of the Decepticons. Optimus would only take command after Sentinel was seemingly killed in action and Megatron served as leader of the second incarnation of the Decepticons with The Fallen as his master and mentor due to the latter's incapacitation. The subsequent prequel novel Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday revealed that Starscream seized command of the Decepticons after Megatron's disappearance.

text: Transformers (2007 film)[edit]

text: The Decepticons make an appearance in the 2007 the Transformers live-action film. They include Megatron (Hugo Weaving), Starscream, Frenzy, Blackout, Barricade, Scorponok, Brawl and Bonecrusher. Like the Autobots, the Decepticons are designed to look more organic in the movie. While the Autobots have more human-like appearances, the Decepticons are more monstrous; they tend to resemble carnivorous insects, mammals and birds. In the film, the Autobots intend to use the AllSpark, the object that created their robotic race, in an attempt to rebuild Cybertron and end the war, while Megatron and the Decepticons desire to control it with the intention of building an army by giving life to the machines of Earth. Ultimately, nearly all the Decepticons who participated in the first battle (except Starscream, Scorponok and Barricade) are killed and the AllSpark is used by Sam to kill Megatron, thus making the Autobots accept Earth as their new home, while allying with human to continuing hunting down remaining Decepticons.

text: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009 film)[edit]

text: In Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen it is revealed that The Fallen, a Prime who turned to evil, is the founder of the Decepticons, with Megatron being the leader of its second incarnation, accepting The Fallen as his master and mentor. This would seem to imply the Decepticons were originally Autobots who turned evil. In the final battle in the second movie, there are many Decepticon casualties including Devastator (destroyed by a rail gun), Mixmaster (cut in half and his head stomped off by Jetfire), Rampage (killed by Bumblebee), Ravage (Stripped from his spine by Bumblebee), Scrapper and Long Haul (killed by an airstrike), Scorponok (head crushed by Jetfire) and the Fallen himself (spark ripped out by Optimus Prime). Also killed in the movie are Sideways (while still in his vehicle mode) and Demolisher, killed at the beginning by Optimus and Sideswipe. Following the Fallen's death, Megatron officially takes full command of the Decepticons at this point, swearing vengeance.

text: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011 film)[edit]

text: The Decepticons return in Transformers: Dark of the Moon with the plan to use a Space Bridge to bring an army to Earth and transport Cybertron into orbit to rebuild the planet with Earth's natural resources and human population as slaves. Megatron and Sentinel Prime planned this a long time ago, planning to meet on Earth before Megatron went after the Allspark and ended up frozen and the Ark was shot down by Decepticon fighters (few Decepticons knew of the plan) and crashed on Earth's Moon in 1961. This was detected by the Americans and the Russians and the space programs were created to reach the ship and study it. However, by 1963 the Decepticons had raided the Ark and removed all but five of the pillars and hid them on the Moon along with an army of hundreds of Decepticons, awaiting the time that the pillars would be used. After humans successfully reached the Moon and explored the ship, Soundwave and Laserbeak approached various humans including Dylan Gould's father to get them to shut down the American and Russian space programs.

text: The Decepticons established a network of human collaborators who kept the humans from noticing the Decepticons actions on the Moon, later led by Dylan Gould. After a human collaborator named Alexi Voshkod leads NEST to Chernobyl where they retrieve an engine part from the Ark, the Decepticons reemerge for the first time since Egypt in the form of Shockwave and his Driller who attack, but retreat. This leads the Autobots to retrieve Sentinel and the remaining space bridge pillars and revive him and as this is going according to plan, Megatron orders Laserbeak to kill all the human collaborators but Dylan Gould which he does. Before he's killed, one of the collaborators named Jerry Wang alerts Sam Witwicky to this and he alerts NEST which ignores it. Sam and Seymour Simmons find out about the Decepticons plot from pictures a Russian probe got of the Decepticons hiding the pillars and the Dreads are sent to attack the convoy protecting Sentinel, but are killed by Bumblebee, Dino, Sideswipe and Ironhide.

text: After Sentinel reveals his true colors and murders Ironhide, he sets up the pillars in the National Mall and brings the Decepticon army consisting of hundreds of Decepticon soldiers and Decepticon ships to Earth. With the army in hand, the Decepticons promise to bring no war against the human population in exchange that the Autobots must leave Earth. While taking off into the atmosphere, Starscream destroyed the ship, knowing that mankind will resist on their own. Some of the Decepticons scatter around the world to set up the pillars, but most of the army invades Chicago, devastating the human population and taking over. The Autobots, NEST and a team of mercenaries led by Sam Witwicky and Robert Epps invade Chicago and battle the Decepticon army, aided by the United States Army, and U.S. Air Force. The group manages to take out much of the army including Laserbeak (killed by Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee), the Driller (killed by Optimus), Starscream (killed by Sam Witwicky), Soundwave (killed by Bumblebee), Barricade (killed by NEST) and Shockwave (killed by Optimus) and disrupt the Control Pillar, forcing Sentinel into battle. The combined human and Autobot forces overwhelm Sentinel and his remaining forces and Tomahawk missiles destroy most of the Decepticon fighters, forcing Sentinel to flee before engaging Optimus one-on-one. Dylan Gould reactivates the space bridge, but Sam Witwicky kills Gould, and Ratchet and Bumblebee destroy the Control Pillar, causing Cybertron to collapse and ruining the Decepticon plan. Also, the remaining Decepticon ships are sucked up into Cybertron by the space bridge and are destroyed with the planet.

text: Sentinel nearly kills Optimus, but Megatron, convinced by Carly Spencer that he would end up working for Sentinel unless he could get rid of him, turns on Sentinel and severely injures him. Upon seeing Cybertron being destroyed with the space bridge, Megatron attempts to make a false truce with Optimus, but Optimus doesn't fall for it and kills Megatron and Sentinel. While the loss of human life in Chicago is massive, the battle is a major victory for the Autobots as they eliminated most of the Decepticon army on Earth (including Gould by traitor) despite there being some still scattered around the globe and the entire Decepticon command structure was destroyed with all of its members killed in the battle.

text: Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014 film)[edit]

text: While the regular Decepticons do not actually appear in Transformers: Age of Extinction (except Megatron who was reborn as Galvatron), they do play a role in the story as secondary antagonists. The "Battle for Chicago" (climatic battle of Dark of the Moon) has become a 9/11 like event to the public 5 years after the third film and a ruthless government organization named Cemetery Wind have begun hunting Decepticons who are still scattered around the globe and secretly hunted Autobots alike when the alliance between humans and Autobts ended (including alliance between humans and Decepticons as Dylan Gould is already dead). It was mentioned that there might still be less than a dozen Decepticons and Autobots hiding on the planet Earth by Harold Attinger (Kelsey Grammer). The film's antagonist is instead the neutral bounty hunter Lockdown, who may have been a Decepticon at one point, sent to Earth to hunt Optimus Prime by the Transformers' creator race (unseen in the movie). Lockdown and Attinger make a three-way deal along with a company named K.S.I., Kinetic Solutions Incorporated, by the boss, Joshua Joyce, who uses the original Decepticons' (and Autobots') remains to build new Transformer prototypes which can be controlled by humans and must eliminate those who cross their path as the Yeager family to know this secret.

text: Their crown jewel is Galvatron, who becomes possessed by Megatron's (Frank Welker) consciousness and then possesses the other prototypes and turns them into Decepticons controlled by him. Galvatron plans to use the Seed, a device that can create Transformium, the metal Transformers are made of, to rebuild his Decepticon army and conquer Earth, when Joyce was called by Cade Yeager, and knowing that he was manipulated by Attinger and Galvatron, and escapes with the Seed. After the final battle in Hong Kong, all the Decepticons' are destroyed by Cade, the Autobots and Dinobots, except Galvatron, who escapes after Lockdown and Attinger are killed by Optimus Prime, vowing to return one day, for he is reborn, before Cemetery Wind dissolved by their crimes and branded as terrorist organization.

text: Barricade, Soundwave and a number of other Decepticon "protoform drones" appear in archival footage from Dark of the Moon presented by Attinger. Various deceased Autobots and Decepticons appear throughout the film in Chicago and in the KSI lab, including Megatron's head.

text: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017 film)[edit]

text: The Decepticons return in Transformers: The Last Knight with the revived leader, Megatron, when a battle for survival has commenced between the human race and the Transformers.

text: Transformers Animated[edit]

text: In Transformers Animated, the Decepticons are usually bigger and stronger than the Autobots and usually turn into jets and military vehicles. It takes a group of Autobots to defeat one Decepticon and almost all Decepticons have red eyes and can fly[citation needed]. Most Decepticons in the series are similar to the original G1 series. In the Animated Series Blitzwing, for example, retains his triple changer modes of a tank and jet and also retains his G1 tan and purple color scheme.

text: This series depicts a Decepticon force that is far from what it apparently once was, with Megatron having been chasing the Allspark for millions of years prior to the series' beginning. The Decepticons have been "wandering the periphery" for some time, but have been driven off of Cybertron long ago. These Decepticons see themselves as "freedom fighters", seeking to throw off "Autobot tyranny", and their plans tend to revolve around returning to Cybertron with the means to retake it. What started the great war in this series was some of the Cybertronians being kicked off of Cybertron for being freaks, eventually forming an alliance called the "Decepticons". Now the Decepticons fight for their rights and try to take back what was rightfully theirs.

text: Transformers: Timelines[edit]

text: A series of stories printed by Fun Publications, set in a variety of continuities, the Decepticons of alternate worlds can vary greatly from the classics Decepticon image. In the Transtech storyline, the Autobots and Decepticons are merely political factions on a Cybertron which never broke out into war. Lines between good and evil are more blurred.

text: In the Shattered Glass storyline, a group of Decepticons, led by Megatron, are the mirror images of the personalities of most Decepticons. In this world the Decepticon logo is red, and worn by heroic Transformers who seek to protect the weak and oppressed from the evil Autobots.

text: Transformers: Prime[edit]

text: The main group of Decepticons, led by Megatron, in the 2010 computer animated series Transformers: Prime is much larger than in most continuities considering their ranks are bolstered by a clone army of drone named Vehicons (a possible homage to Beast Machines) who all look-alike though some have different vehicle modes and have personalities. The Vehicons are sometimes the center of a joke often shown unable to do their job and are very incompetent as well as constantly being killed off way too easily by the Autobots. However The Decepticons don't appear in the series Transformers: Rescue Bots, though it has been heavily implied that the two shows take place in the same continuity. The Decepticons are briefly mentioned by Heatwave in the episode "Bot to the Future", (who also mentioned Unicron in an earlier episode) when the Autobots arrive in an alternate timeline ruled by Morbots (who resemble Vehicons), Bumblebee believes the Morbots are Decepticons, only for Heatwave to correct him.

text: Transformers: War for Cybertron[edit]

text: In Transformers: War for Cybertron and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Megatron has come across a legendary element called "Dark Energon". He infiltrates Starscream's space station in order to corrupt himself with it. He then kills the Autobots' leader Zeta Prime and obtains the Omega Key, which then activates Omega Supreme. After Megatron defeats Omega Supreme, he goes to Cybertron's core and corrupts it with Dark Energon. Optimus Prime becomes the new Autobot leader, and heads into the planet to rescue Omega Supreme. He opens the Omega Lock into the core after Ratchet purges the Dark Energon corruption. Optimus discovers that he is too late to save Cybertron from the Dark Energon corruption, and the core must shut down for about one million years to survive. Optimus is giving a piece of Cybertron's spark for safe-keeping (The Matrix of Leadership). When Optimus evacuates the Autobot forces from Cybertron, Megatron tries to stop them from leaving. Silverbolt, Air Raid, and Jetfire try to stop it, but the space station transforms into Trypticon and crashes on Cybertron. Optimus and his Autobots then defeat Trypticon. Megatron has Trypticon rebuilt into the Nemesis. The Nemesis pursues the Ark, and then Megatron shoots Bumblebee. They go into a space bridge, and leave Cybertron to a lifeless wasteland.

text: Transformers: Prime[edit]

text: By the time of Transformers: Prime, it has been three years since the Decepticons last attacked Earth and the Autobots still await their return. After the death of Cliffjumper, the Autobots fight to protect the Earth from the Decepticons and befriend three young humans while preparing for the return of Megatron, who has been missing for three Earth years. Megatron plans to use Dark Energon to raise an undead army of Cybertronians and defeat the Autobots. The Autobots destroy his space bridge and Megatron is believed killed in the process. Starscream becomes the new Decepticon leader. After Megatron's apparent death, new Decepticon leader Starscream does not stray from Megatron's path and recruits several new Decepticons. Starscream attempts many missions to destroy the Autobots and find their headquarters, while keeping a shard of the "last" remaining Dark Energon that he took out of Megatron's chest. In the episode "Out of His Head", Megatron returns after an incident where he takes control of Bumblebee's mind. Megatron then reclaims leadership of the Decepticons, keeping a strict eye on Starscream. After Starscream uses Megatron's share of Dark Energon, he tries to find more to once again bring back his "un-dead army". At the end of the episode "Partners", Starscream became an independent, striking out on his own, having become fed up with being disrespected. During the final four episodes of the season, the Autobots unwillingly team up with Megatron to battle a legendary threat to Earth's existence, Unicron.[3] To defeat Unicron, Optimus uses the Matrix of Leadership.

text: With this sacrifice, he not only loses the Wisdom of the Primes but also his memories of the war and his comrades, and joins Megatron as a Decepticon under his old name, Orion Pax. Orion, under the false truths of Megatron, then sets about decoding the Iacon Database. The Autobots save him, journeying to Cybertron and back to recharge the Matrix of Leadership and help him regain his memories, but the Decepticons continued to search for the relics Orion did decode throughout Season 2, managing to decode all of them thanks to Soundwave's persistence and computer skills. Starscream meanwhile attempts several times to create personal armies and an alliance with MECH, only for the human terrorists to take his T-cog to construct Nemesis Prime as well as a failed attempt to assassinate Megatron. The Insecticons also join the crew of the Nemesis when Airachnid tries to eliminate Megatron for trying to terminate her previously. Airachnid is later imprisoned in a Stasis pod by Acree and held as a prisoner in the Autobot Base. Team Prime also is granted another Autobot when Smokescreen, the rookie warrior and bodyguard of Optimus Prime's mentor Alpha Trion, arrives on Earth in a Decpticon escape pod and Megatron gains MECH leader Silas, who has taken Breakdown's body for his own after nearly being killed by Optimus Prime, as an ally until he fails Megatron's expectations, causing Cylas (as he calls himself) to end up as Knockout's science experiment. When Optimus claims possession of the Star Saber and learns of the last four Iacon relics: the Omega keys (devices that can restore Cybertron), Megatron replaces his arm with an Ancient Prime's arm, so he can use the Forge of Solus Prime to turn a chunk of Dark Energon into the Dark Star Saber. In the battle that follows, Megatron destroys the Star Saber, robbing Optimus of Victory.

text: Defeated, Optimus Prime retreats, gaining the first Omega Key in the process due to Smokescreen's clever thinking. Knock Out obtains the second however using the Resonance Blaster, and Starscream obtains the third using a dose of speed-enhancing Red Energon. The fourth and final one is revealed by Soundwave to have been inside Smokescreen, placed there to make sure it got to Optimus from Alpha Trion. After the Decepticons kidnap him, Knock Out uses the phase shifter to remove it. Megatron also finds out the purpose of the keys, by using the cortical psychic patch on Smokescreen. When Megatron leaves Knockout alone with him, Smokescreen and Knockout fight over the phase shifter, ending with the Autobot placing Knockout in a wall and leaving him there. He takes the one the Decepticons had and his and escaped the ship, starting a free fall battle, resulting in Smokescreen's escape. Starscream then goes on to steal the three keys the Autobots had. Starscream, now with all 4, uses them as a peace offering to rejoin the Decepticons.

text: Dreadwing becomes angry that Megatron allowed Starscream to rejoin the Decepticons after seeing that Starscream turned Skyquake into a Terrorcon. He gives Optimus the Forge of Solus Prime, and attempts to kill Starscream but is killed in the process by Megatron. Knockout and Starscream use the keys and find out the location of the Omega Lock, with Optimus already knowing its location and turning the Goundbridge into a spacebridge, and reforging the Star saber. The Autobots head to Cybertron, fighting off the Decepticons with their Iacon relics, take back the keys and manage to kill all the Vehicons, managing to reach the Omega Lock. Sadly, the victory is short lived, as the Decepticons force them to give them back the keys, or they will expose Jack, Miko, and Raf to Cybertron's toxic atmosphere. The Autobots are forced to yield and give them the keys, which Megatron uses to rebuild the Hall of Records. He then opens a space bridge, and tries to terraform Earth into a new planet he considers calling New Kaon.

text: Optimus, fearing for humanity and unwilling to let another world be destroyed, takes his Star Saber and cuts off Megatron's arm and destroys the Omega Lock, leaving Cybertron in its liveless state forever. The Autobots retreat back to Earth, only to find that Jasper, Nevada has now been changed into a giant fortress. The Nemesis lands there, and Optimus discovers the Decepticons have discovered the location of their base. Under Megatron's orders, Starscream leads an armada of Vehicons and Insecticons to start attacking the base. Wheeljack and Agent Fowler try and hold off the new Vehicons as long as they are able, trying to allow Team Prime to escape. Optimus has Team Prime split up to different parts of the country in the hope of making them more difficult to hunt down, with Optimus remaining behind to ensure the Decepticons could not follow. Outside, Wheeljack's ship, the Jack Hammer is shot down by Starscream. The Decepticons then blow up the base with Optimus inside as he destroys the Ground Bridge with Agent Fowler and June Darby watching in horror as the base explodes. Megatron and Starscream then fly down to the remains of the base to search for survivors. Celebrating their victory, they fail to notice Optimus's arm sticking out of the rubble.

text: In Season 3, the Decepticons hold earth hostage with their fortress, christened as Darkmount, and search for the autobots across the United States, To track the autobots, the recently returned Shockwave brings with him a Predacon to hunt down the scattered Autobots. When the Predacon fails, the search continues under Starscream's command. This search is put on hold however when the Autobots unite under Ultra Magnus to assault Darkmount. However, as the assault continues, it is the Decepticons who emerge victorious even with the loss of the Predacon, capturing Team Prime. However, Optimus Prime, returned to health by Smokescreen's use of the Forge of Solus Prime, attacks Darkmount, defeating Megatron in one on one combat in the air and destroying the fortress' fusion cannons so that the military can destroy the fortress. Forced to use the Nemesis as their base once again, Megatron begins sending units to hunt down Predacon fossils in the hope of gaining an advantage over the Autobots through cloning an army. The return of the Predacon (Predaking himself) adds to this advantage. However, the Decepticon ranks are thinned when Starscream and Knock Out accidentally turn Cylas into a Terrorcon that can turn other Decepticons into Energon vampires through a mixture of Synthetic and Dark Energon. This plague also leads to Airachnid's escape and her retaking control of the Insecticons, forcing Soundwave to teleport her armada to one of Cybertron's moon's and leaving them to be eaten by her as she has become a Terrorcon hybrid. This accident forces the cloning process to be sped up on Project Predacon due to the loss of more than half of Megatron's forces. However, Project Predacon is terminated when Predaking reveals he is capable of higher thought as well as transformation, forcing Megatron to lure the Autobots into destroying the cloning laboratory for him. With the destruction of the lab, it is revealed that Predacon CNA combined with Synthetic Energon is capable of producing cybermatter. Attention is then focused on the restoration of the Omega Lock and the completion of the Synthetic Energon formula. To complete it, Ratchet is kidnapped and forced to aid in completing the formula, at which he succeeds. Megatron however does not count on Ratchet turning Predaking against him, nor the Autobots assaulting the Nemesis. With this, Megatron rallies his troops for a final stand. Though he kills Bumblebee and nearly kills Optimus, Megatron is killed by a resurrected Bumblebee who emerges from the Omega Lock and stabs him in the spark with the Star Saber, sending him tumbling to the earth far below. With Megatron's death, and Soundwave trapped in the Shadowzone by Jack and Miko, the remaining Decepticons are killed, imprisoned or retreat with Shockwave and Starscream to the ship's escape pods.

text: In the film "Predacons Rising" - which serves as the series finale - it is further revealed that while many Decepticons were imprisoned, some defected to the Autobots to help rebuild Cybertron. Starscream and Shockwave, however, remain at large and having cloned two new Predacons they have named Skylynx and Darksteel, they continue to hunt Predacon bones to clone more soldiers. When Megatron returns, Starscream is at first overjoyed to have their leader back, but upon realization that Unicron is overshadowing and controlling him, Starscream retreats while Shockwave and the Predacons fight. Shockwave is also the one who suggests that the Predacons, now under Predaking's full leadership, help the Autobots defeat Unicron and his undead army. Starscream and the Decepticon prisoners aboard the Nemesis attempt to take control of the ship, only for Knock Out to change allegiance to the Autobots and imprison Starscream while the remaining mutineers are killed. Though Starscream escapes, Knock Out stays to help stop Unicron. When Unicron is defeated and imprisoned by Optimus Prime, Megatron is freed from his control and officially disbands the Decepticons and flies off to start a new life, as he is tired of conquest and no longer wishes to oppress anyone, having just experienced it himself. Starscream takes Megatron's throne but his rule is short-lived when the Predacons arrive to settle old scores, the outcome of which remains unknown.

text: Transformers: Robots in Disguise[edit]

text: Five years after the events of "Predacons Rising," Bumblebee is alerted to the existence of a new group of Decepticons on Earth. He eventually assembles a team-consisting of Autobots Strongarm, Sideswipe, Grimlock, and Fixit-to contend with these new Decepticons, which include the likes of Underbite and Bisk. Steeljaw, in particular, is the main antagonist, leading a group of Decepticons consisting of bounty hunter Fracture, crime boss Thunderhoof, the metal-consuming Underbite, and the crab-like Clampdown, in hopes of giving the Decepticons their own world. Towards the end of season one, Megatronus/The Fallen, the first Decepticon, contacts Steeljaw and convinces him to build him a space bridge so he can return to Earth. Steeljaw does so, but once on Earth, Megatronus attempts to destroy both Earth and Cybertron. Steeljaw tries to stop him, but Megatronus uses his telepathic powers to throw him into the distance. Ultimately, Megatronus is killed by Bumblebee's team and the rest of Steeljaw's pack is imprisoned.

text: In season two, Steeljaw comes across a group of Decepticons who have turned the Alchemor into their own base, enslaving the Mini-Cons there as well. These Decepticons are led by the strict Glowstrike, ex-pirate Sabrehorn, and the gruff Scorponok. Steeljaw manages to reform his pack by using Scorponok as a distraction while he infiltrates the Autobots' scrapyard and frees Clampdown and Thunderhoof from stasis, along with the insane Springload, the revolutionary Quillfire, hyperactive Bisk, former gladiator Groundpounder, and spy/saboteur Overload. Scorponok is arrested by Bumblebee's team, with Steeljaw fabricating a story that Scorponok had betrayed them. At the end of the season, Steeljaw usurps Sabrehorn and Glowstrike and becomes leader of the escaped Decepticons (collectively known as "Decepticon Island"), but Bumblebee's team sets off a specialized bomb that places all Decepticons on board the Alchemor in stasis, including Steeljaw. Optimus Prime, Windblade, Ratchet, and the former Mini-Con prisoners then take the recaptured Decepticons back to Cybertron while Bumblebee decides to establish a permanent Autobot base on Earth.