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{{disambigm|Windrazor (disambiguation)|Tornado}}
:''Windrazor is a [[Decepticon]] [[Skyscorcher]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:WindrazorG2-card.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|I clocked you at three miles above the speed limit. Prepare to die.]]
'''Windrazor''' (aka '''Tornado''') leads the [[Skyscorcher]]s, a team of Decepticon jets. He holds the goal of [[Autobot]] annihilation above all else, including the lives of himself and his teammates. This single-minded ideal fuels his sick genius in battle.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
Windrazor and the other Skyscorchers aided [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] against [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] in a battle on an unidentified rocky planet. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

{{note|The Skyscorchers only appeared in vehicle mode, [[:File:Marvel US G2 Skyscorchers Gatefold.jpg|miscolored]], on a gatefold pin-up included in the holofoil variant of issue #1. They do not appear in the North American ''Generation 2'' stories themselves.}}

===Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[File:Windrazor-UKG2comic.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Meet the new boss.]]
Tornado was part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s team who went to [[Earth]] to lure out [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. After blowing the living crap out of a lot of buildings, he landed to tell Bludgeon that he and his troops were running low on fuel. But before Bludgeon could give the command to withdraw and refuel, Tornado was promptly blasted by their intended target, Optimus Prime. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}

It apparently wasn't a critical blow, since he was able to fly away and gather up [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Hawk]] and [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]], calling them away so they could tackle a new target; [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who had appeared to take out both Optimus Prime ''and'' Bludgeon. He attacked Megatron, and from there it's unknown how he fared. It's possible he was taken prisoner by the [[Autobot]]s along with several other Decepticons. {{storylink|War Zone|War Zone}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Windrazor was part of the "second generation" of Transformers created on [[Earth]] at the [[Cyberfactory]]. Although born without a faction, he soon chose one anyways and joined [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]] alongside many others. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Windrazor served under the command of [[Turmoil]] when their second-in-command [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] abandoned his post. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:Skyscorchers loose ends.jpg|thumb]]
Caught trying to steal [[Warbird (weapon)|Warbird]] missiles with cobalt-60 warheads from the [[Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot]] in [[Kalis]], Windrazor, [[Afterburner (G2)|Afterburner]], [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]], and [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] were besieged by the [[Cybertronian Civil Defense]] under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. While trying to rig one of the warheads' detonator caps to detonate and cover their escape, the [[Skyscorcher]]s fell under attack by three [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], acting on [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s orders to make "martyrs" of them. Windrazor never even saw [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] coming. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Tornado was present with [[Galvatron II]] and his G-2 Decepticon faction when they attacked the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grotusque)|Grotusque Chapter}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G2-toy Windrazor.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Tornado''' (Skyscorcher, [[1993]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Radar array/rifle
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[The Transformers (European toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Tornado transforms into a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet. His undercarriage radar becomes a hand-held non-firing blaster weapon for robot mode.

: He was sold in the European market in 1993 as part of the "transitional" line that used the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)| Generation 2]]'' [[insignia]]s, but lacked the new subline name.

: This toy is [[gang-molding|gang-molded]] with [[Afterburner (G2)#Toys|Afterburner]].

: This mold was planned for use by Takara as [[Sky Tornado]], but the entire ''[[Block Town]]'' line was scrapped.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Windrazor/windrazor.htm More information on Windrazor at TFU.info]''

===''Generation 2''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Windrazor''' (Decepticon Jet, 1993) / '''Tornado''' (Skyscorcher, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Radar array/rifle

: Released in the United States in 1993, ''Generation 2'' Windrazor is identical to the concurrent European "Generation 1" Tornado toy.

: Tornado was re-released in the European ''Generation 2'' line the following year.

==Notes==
[[File:WindrazorWasWhirlwind.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|One whirlwind that will never be reaped.]]
*A piece of internal documentation containing an unfinished version of Windrazor's cardback once turned up on [[eBay]], evidently from the collection of a former [[Hasbro]] employee. This mockup shows that Windrazor once had the preproduction name of "'''Whirlwind'''".
*Though Windrazor was never released in Japan, he did gain a Japanese name via a [[BotCon Japan 1997]] [[exclusive]] [http://www.botconarchives.com/archive/1997j/bcj97post2f.jpg poster], which featured bios for all of the new ''Generation 2'' characters released in the U.S. who weren't part of the Japanese line: the [[Axelerator]]s, the [[Skyscorcher]]s, [[Rotor Force]], four of the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], and the [[Color Changer]]s.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sky Tornado''' (スカイトーネード ''Sukai Tōnēdo''), '''Windrazor''' (ウィンドレーザー ''Windorēzā'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Vulcano'''
*''French:'' '''Vulcano''' (Europe), '''Tornade''' (Canada, ''Generation 2'')
*''Italian:'' '''Diablo'''

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