Starscream

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Starscream
Transformers character
Generation 1 Starscream art by IDW Publishing
First appearance	Transformers #1 by Marvel Comics 4
Voiced by	English: Chris Latta (The Transformers) Doug Parker (Beast Wars) Michael Dobson (Unicron Trilogy) Jack Merluzzi (Transformers (2003))[1] Daniel Ross (Transformers: The Game (2007)) Tom Kenny (Animated) Steve Blum (Prime/Robots in Disguise, Earthspark) Sam Riegel (War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron/Rise of the Dark Spark) Billy Bob Thompson (Cyberverse) Scott Whyte (Transformers: Devastation) Frank Todaro (Combiner Wars/Titans Return/Power of the Primes/War for Cybertron:Siege ) Steve Buscemi (Transformers One) Japanese: Hirotaka Suzuoki (The Transformers) Kazuki Yao (Beast Wars) Hiroki Takahashi (Beast Wars II) Jin Yamanoi (Armada)(Animated) Nobuo Tobita (Energon Japanese role name:Nightscream) Takaya Kuroda (Cybertron) Tadashi Miyazawa (Transformers film) Satoshi Tsuruoka (Prime)(Cyberverse) Daisuke Hirakawa (Robots in Disguise 2015) Tomokazu Sugita (Q Transformers: Mystery of Convoy) Setsuji Satō (War for Cybertron Trilogy)(EarthSpark)(Transformers One)
In-universe information
Affiliation	Decepticon
Sub-group	Commander, Seekers
Function	Second In Command Commander of Aerospace Air and Sky Commander
Rank	9
Partner	Megatron, Skywarp, Thundercracker
Motto	"Conquest is made of the ashes of one's enemies."
Alternate modes	Cybertronian Fighter Jet, F-15 Eagle (G1/Cyberverse) Cybertronian Fighter Jet resembling a Sukhoi Su-35 (Armada) Modified F-22 Raptor Jet Fighter (Energon) [Unmodified F-22 in Movie series] Cybertronian Space Jet (Cybertron) F-16 Fighting Falcon (Transformers: Prime)

Starscream is a character in the Transformers media franchise produced by the American toy company Hasbro and the Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. He is the second-in-command of the Decepticons, a villainous faction of alien robots that seeks to conquer their home planet of Cybertron and the rest of the known universe. As with all Cybertronians, Starscream can disguise himself by transforming into vehicles, in his case a fighter jet, and he is usually portrayed as a treacherous but cowardly air commander who seeks to overthrow his leader Megatron and assume control of the Decepticons.

The original suggestion for the character's name was Ulchtar, which was a completely made-up name with no meaning. Bob Budiansky convinced Hasbro to name the character as Starscream instead.^[2]