Junk (Transformers)

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The planet of Junk (sometimes also referred to as Junkion) is a planetoid which was first introduced in Transformers: The Movie. It is the home planet of the Junkions, a subgroup of Autobots who transform into motorcycles.

It was originally a refuse point in the middle of space for discarded materials from the Cybertronian society. Over the eons, the refuse point became a large ball in space. Eventually an esoteric group of Transformers known as Junkions inhabited it and a unique culture formed on the planet, which is close enough to receive television broadcasts from Earth with only a decade or two of lag. As a result they only speak in phrases from commercials and TV shows.

The only notable Junkion is Wreck-Gar who is their leader.

Eric Idle provides the voice of Wreck-Gar in the movie. Tony Pope provides the voice in the television series

Junkion

The Planet of Junk is inhabited by Junkions, a race of Transformers allied with the Autobots. Their only exhibited alternate mode is a motorcycle; when they attack they attack en masse, organised into teams with one in motorcycle mode and the other riding in robot mode to provide firepower. Junkions are superb technicians, capable of assembling all manner of functional machinery from junk. They also seem to have a telepathic affinity with mechanical garbage, allowing them to manipulate it and move it telekinetically.

These two abilities combine to make Junkions very endurable; Junkions are built out of scrap and are naturally very ramshackle, but if their parts are scattered then they can reassemble themselves almost instantly, repairing and reattaching broken off parts and drawing replacement parts from nearby sources (other disabled Junkions, slain Transformers, junkyards etc). As Springer says: "It's not hard to knock 'em down, it's getting 'em to STAY down that's the trick!". On Junk they are nearly invincible, as they would need to be utterly vaporised to stop them. As Wreck-Garr says "We check in, but we don't check out."

Junkions can be somewhat hard to understand; their language is based around human television signals which they have received, so Junkions tend to talk somewhat like a mish-mash of catch phrases and clichés. Junkions are regarded by many other races as being slightly to extremely insane, depending on the race. They also have a rather extreme xenophobic streak due to their isolation on Junk, and are naturally put off and wary of strangers, even going so far as to assault the Autobots when they first crash landed on their planet.

Devil's Due Comics

Image:Historyofcybertron.jpg In the third volume of the Devil's due comics the android Serpentor downloaded information on the history of Cybertron from Soundwave. Mentioned among that information was the Quintessons, Alpha Trion, Megatron and Soundwave, the planet of Junk, a warrior named Optimus Primal and the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.