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Have there been any other Horrorcons besides Snapdragon and Apeface?

Dear Kaiju Kopf,

While I could mention the Horrorcons who fought in the Universe War—Leatherhide, Blackarachnia, Nightprowler and Waspinator—I assume you are speaking specifically of the triple-changing Headmaster Horrorcons binary-bonded with Nebulans. Though, now that I mention it, I did once hear of a Leatherhide who bonded himself to… ah, my apologies, I'm getting off-track.

I believe that in at least one universe, the Decepticon forces under Scorponok did indeed include a third Horrorcon by the name of Backbiter. Like her fellows, Backbiter was a powerhouse among the Headmasters; she transformed into both a Cybertronian "flying wing" stealth bomber and an enormous, heavily armored snapping turtle. Though not as fast as some Transformers, the difficulty of detecting her jet mode allowed her to get in close to her Autobot enemies before converting into turtle form, becoming a nigh-invulnerable mobile bastion; in robot mode, meanwhile, she wielded a Psyche-Out Blaster that disrupted the brain modules of enemy Transformers to cause vivid hallucinations—something that proved useful if she ever needed to retreat from a fight.

While outwardly the least unpleasant of the three Horrorcons to be around, Backbiter was in truth a cruel and spite-driven individual who—as her name suggests—would feign politeness to others' faces while spreading vicious rumors and mockery behind their backs, taking a perverse pleasure in breaking other Decepticons' spirits while masquerading as their friend. Perhaps her only ally that she didn't treat this way was her Headmaster partner Gemba, a scheming Nebulan socialite desperate for prestige and fame, who was more than happy to ride Backbiter's coattails to a position of power.

Dear Horrific Hero, 

In the native universe of these four ‘bots, beast modes were almost unheard of—indeed, the merging of organic material with Cybertronian technology was something that most Cybertronians in this reality viewed with disgust. But this taboo only encouraged the illicit activities of the ex-Decepticon Predacon; banished from the Decepticons for his views on techno-organic evolution, he retreated to the flourishing Cybertronian underworld and began a new cult dedicated to achieving his dream. He found a willing collaborator in Leatherhide, who had been similarly exiled from the Autobots for his increasingly unethical experiments, and the two began work on an elaborate biogenetic morphing process that would turn Cybertronians into biomechanical hybrids, fusions of robot and beast. 

In time, Predacon found willing collaborators from all walks of life: Autobots, Decepticons, and even some Mini-Cons, including the unstable Skid-Z. More and more Cybertronians took up residence in the sewers, drainways, and forgotten ruins deep underneath Cybertron, and the innocent Transformers who stumbled across their hidden churches, sprawling shantytowns, and terrifying failed experiments dubbed him and his followers the “Horrorcons.” Soon, Leatherhide thought he had perfected the process; although Leatherhide planned to backstab Predacon and take over movement, he had underestimated his partner’s wiles, for he had already planned to dispose of Leatherhide the moment he no longer needed him by sabotaging the jury-rigged CR chamber that would grant his followers beast modes. Predacon emerged a magnificent jurassinoid predator; Leatherhide became a twisted, malformed creature unable to speak or think clearly, and Predacon promptly imprisoned his former friend.

As more and more Horrorcons appeared on the surface of Cybertron, the Autobots sent the Mini-Con Side Burn to investigate; when he did not return, however, they realized that more drastic action would have to be taken and dispatched the Autobot Nightprowler to bring down the Horrorcon cult from within. Nightprowler did so, and once he’d worked his way into a position of power he was granted a powerful new cybercat beast mode as a reward for his faithful service.

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