Scalpel (aka The Doctor) was a Decepticon Surgeon[2]. Of course, being a Decepticon, the term Doctor could easily double as a Madman, Murderer, and a master in all forms of torture. Scalpel is all of this, despite being tiny even by human standards. He, for some reason, enjoys taking rides to patients in the mouth of Decepticon Ravage.
History[]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen []
In a deleted scene from the animatics, after Ravage defeated the NEST Soldiers and retrieved the shard, as the Microcons go back inside Ravage, Scalpel ejects himself, grabs the shard, and goes back inside Ravage with the shard so the Decepticons can revive Megatron.
When the Constructicons and Ravage arrived at the Mariana Trench, they descended to find the body of Megatron. In hopes of him being able to save their leader, Ravage deployed Scalpel. Then he examined the damage and informed the Constructicons that he needed parts, and to "Kill Ze little One". Then Mixmaster and Long Haul then ripped the poor Scrapmetal apart. Scalpel then used the AllSpark Shard to revive Megatron, who burst back out the sea.
Following the capture of Sam Witwicky, the Decepticons hoped to get the meanings of the symbols he was seeing out of him. Scalpel transformed and arrived to work on Witwicky, sending his assistant inside the human.
As soon as Optimus and Bumblebee arrived to rescue Sam, Scalpel immediately hides and was able to escape during the shootout.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Titan movie comics[]
Scalpel linked up with Bludgeon and hid himself inside the larger Decepticon: once Bludgeon was captured by NEST, Scalpel emerged to free him and all the other Decepticons in human captivity.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon[]
- For further information, see: Lensmeter Decepticon
Weapons[]
- Knife
- Buzzsaw
- Lens Mask
- Special doctor tools
Trivia[]
- He resembles a Praying Mantis.
- His assistants are the Insecticons and Lensmeter Decepticons.
- The combination of German accent, monocle-like eyes and murderous personality all give Scalpel the air of the stereotypical Nazi mad scientist.
- In the movie itself and the novelization, he is simply called "the Doctor". He goes unnamed in the comic adaptation.
- Though not seen in the movie itself, it is shown in both novel and comic adaptations that Scalpel was blown to bits by Optimus Prime upon arriving.
- The only reason his toy has pop-off glasses is because Hisashi Yuki thinks it's funny.
- In the second issue of the movie adaptation, Scalpel suddenly has a mouth, complete with teeth. And he looks really weird because of it.
- His alternate mode in the movie is different from his toy's. While the toy turns into a dissecting microscope, the alternate mode in the film is actually a lensmeter, a device used by optometrists to check the various aspects of a prescription lens for eyeglasses. It appears to be an American Optical Lensometer Junior Model 603 from 1938.
- In Dark of the Moon a bunch of Lensmeter Decepticons appear. It is unknown if Scalpel was among them.
- While the Timelines figure gives Scalpel stickers to replicate his two eyes in his movie design, the tie-in comic instead depicts him as having the same single eye as the original use of the figure's mold, Magi.
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