Transformers Reference (Canon + Fanon): Mini-Con Teams

Includes some fanon ideas since I want to group some of the partner Mini-Cons into teams.

UNICRON TRILOGY

Armada

Adventure Mini-Con Team

    Dune Runner (male)

    Iceberg (male)

    Ransack (male)

Air Defense Mini-Con Team

    Jetstorm (male)

    Runway (male)

    Sonar (male)

Air Military Mini-Con Team

    Gunbarrel (male)

    Terradive (male)

    Thunderwing (male)

Destruction Mini-Con Team

    Buzzsaw (male)

    Drill Bit (male)

    Dualor (male)

Emergency Mini-Con Team

    Firebot (male)

    Makeshift (male)

    Prowl (male)

Land Military Mini-Con Team

    Bonecrusher (male)

    Knock Out (male)

    Wreckage (male)

Night Attack Mini-Con Team

    Broadside (male)

    Fetch (male)

    Scattor (male)

Race Mini-Con Team

    Dirt Boss (male)

    Downshift (male)

    Mirage (male)

Sea Mini-Con Team

    Oceanglide (male)

    Stormcloud (male)

    Waterlog (male)

Space Mini-Con Team

    Astroscope (male)

    Payload (male)

    Sky Blast (male)

Street Action Mini-Con Team

    Grindor (male)

    High Wire (male)

    Sureshock (female)

Street Speed Mini-Con Team

    Backtrack (male)

    Oval (male)

    Spiral (female)

Micron Legend

Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team

    Jackknife (male)

    Maverick (male)

    Skull Buster (male)

Rogue Mini-Con Team

    Atlas (male)

    Drop-Test (male)

    Ran (male)

X-Dimension

Accident Recovery Mini-Con Team

All-Terrain Excursion Mini-Con Team

    Junk (male)

    Spike (male)

    Winch (male)

Burning Rubber Mini-Con Team

    Drift (male)

    Indy (male)

    Spin (male)

Coastal Defense Mini-Con Team

    Float (male)

    Knot (male)

    Sail (male)

Cosmic Exploration Mini-Con Team

    Apollo (male)

    Mir (male)

    Move (male)

Heavy Machinery Mini-Con Team

    Crusher (male)

    Duster (male)

    Wheel (male)

Nocturnal Assault Mini-Con Team

    Flame (male)

    Glide (male)

    Recon (male)

Rapid Deployment Mini-Con Team

    Bomb (male)

    Crack (male)

    Shot (male)

Urban Protection Mini-Con Team

    Arcee (female)

    Bank (male)

    Wheelie (male)

Zephyr Blade Mini-Con Team

    Jetter (male)

    Mach (male)

    Shuttler (male)

Linkage

Aqua Raider Team

    Bilge (male)

    Freeboot (male)

    Sunburn (female)

Hazard Team

    Impulsor (male)

    Kingbolt (male)

    Quench (male)

Sonic Assault Team

    Combusta (female)

    Falcia (female)

    Twirl (female)

Speed Chaser Team

    Midship (male)

    Tailside (male)

    Top Gear (male)

Super Stunt Team

    Flat-Out (male)

    Redline (male)

    Servo (male)

Fanon

Dark Skies Mini-Con Team

    Ramjet (male)

    Thunderclash (male)

    Wind Sheer (male)

Land Assault Mini-Con Team

    Blackout (male)

    Crumplezone (male)

    Inferno (male)

Night Streets Mini-Con Team

    Nightscream (male)

    Side Burn (male)

    Skid-Z (male)

Race Track Mini-Con Team

    Incinerator (male) 

    Swindle (male)

    ???

??? Mini-Con Team

    Liftor (male)

    Longarm (male)

    Refute (male)

??? Mini-Con Team

    Armorhide (male)

    Cliffjumper (female)

    Ironhide (female)

Unsorted

   Clench (Galvatron)

   Comettor (Jetfire)

   Crosswise (Sideways)

   Dead End (Unicron)

   Grapple (Dirge)

   Jolt (Hot Shot)

   Leader-1 (Megatron)

   Nightbeat (Side Swipe)

   Over-Run (Optimus Prime)

   Rollbar (Scavenger)

   Rollout (Overload)

   Rook (Sideways)

   Run-Over (Nemesis Prime)

   Sparkplug (Optimus Prime)

   Zapmaster (Thundercracker)

Universe (2003)

Interstellar Marauders Mini-Con Team

    Boom Tube (female)

    Jump Drive (male)

    Starburst (male)

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Partners
   Caliburn (Megazarak)

   Foldspace (Spacewarp)
   Hyperlinq (Sentinel Maximus)
   Skysickle (Whirl)
   Thunderstick (Whirl)

Energon (2004)

Courier Mini-Con Team

    Brakedown (male)

    Clocker (male)

    Override (male)

Energon Saber Mini-Con Team

    Scattor (male)

    Skyboom (male)

    Wreckage (male)

Super Link

Apocalypse Brigade Mini-Con Team

    Processor (male)

    Saber (male)

    Triac (female)

Blizzard Intervention Mini-Con Team

    Lens (male)

    Quantum (male)

    Snowblind (male)

City Stealth Team

    Accel (male)

    Screw (male)

    Throttle (male)

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Partners

   Hound (Treadbolt)

   Knock Out (Ultra Magnus)

   Nightcruz (Rapid Run)

   Nightscream (Rapid Run)

Teams

Super Link

    Extreme Competition Team (Breakage / Kickflip / Mudbath)

    First Responder Team (Cluster / Groove / Rotor)

    Littoral Reconnaissance Team (Hover / Mile / Solar)

    Off-Road Team (Crunch / Spoil / Torque)

    Sky Scorcher Team (Blitz / Effect / Seeker)

    Stealth Augmentation Team (Chrome / Road Rebel / Synapse)

Cybertron (2005)

Partners

   Drill Bit (Metroplex)
   Grip-Lock (Longrack)
   Heavy Barrel (Buzzsaw)

   Heavy Load (Menasor)

   Safeguard (Vector Prime)
   Skidmark (Runamuck)

   Stripmine (Quickmix)
   Wrench (Blurr)

Teams

Cybertron

    Air Defense Team (Steamhammer / Tankor / Thunderblast)

    Deep Space Team (Backblast / Blastcharge / Scrap Iron)

    Council of Sages (Anti-Blaze / Checkpoint / Scythe)

    Exploration Team (Ascentor / Landslide / Monocle)

    Giant Planet Team (Deepdive / Longarm / Overcast)

    Lunar Assault Team (Kobushi / Payload / Scattorbrain)

    Recon Team (Jolt / Reverb / Six-Speed)

    Sky Attack Team (Razorclaw / Shockwave / Sky Lynx)

    Sky Terror Team (Ramjet / Sunstorm / Thrust)

Galaxy Force

    Battlefield Maintenance Team (Bit / Plier / Socket)

    Caliber Team

    Hellflame Team (Bulge / Graviton / Quasar)

    Highway Domination Team (Dice / Jack / Plug)

    Noble Force Team (Hydroplane / Rockslide / Solar Flare)

    Steel Reinforcement Team (Repeater / Rock Krusher / Saw Boss)
Others
   Knockdown
   Nightscream
   Offshoot
   Strongarm

Timeline (2005)

Partners
   Beta Maxx (Alpha Trion)
   Shakar (Nightracer)

   Starcatcher (Astrotrain)

Teams

   Sabotage Team: Astro-Hook / Astro-Line / Astro-Sinker

Classics (2006)

Teams

   Clear Skies Team: Nightscream / Steel Wind / Thunderwing

   Demolition Team: Broadside / Sledge / Wideload

   Dinobots: Knockdown / Swoop / Terrorsaur

   Dirt Digger Team: Dirt Rocket / Grindor / Oil Slick

   Night Rescue Team: Divebomb / Firebot / Strongarm

   Predator Attack Team: Dreadwing / Overbite / Snarl

Generation 1 (2007)

Teams
   Land/Sea/Air Team: Blue Max / Cradon / Seawave

   Mobile Fortification Team: Drill Bit / Refuser / Rockblade
   Rapid Intervention Team: Rad Rogue / Windrazor / Skyglide or Torque Gain

Others

   Apexus

   Chromebite

   Detectas

   Gnashteeth

   Gredator

   Ironlunge

   Reptix

Universe (2008)

Partners

   Drill Bit (Heavy Load)

Teams

   Battle Support Team: Overcharge / Ransack / Sky Shadow / Stockade / Windrazor

   Ground Surveillance Team: Crosshairs / Longview / Scavenger / Snow Cat / Treadshot

   Landslide Team: Backstop / Bodyblock / Knockdown

   Overcast Team: Boltflash / Cloudraker / Skyhammer

   Ransack Team: Blight / Brimstone / Suppressor

   Safeguard Team: Flatfoot / Heavytread / Makeshift

Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Teams

   Guardian Team: Guardian Powered / Guardian Sky / Guardian Speed

   Mighty Team: 

Transformers (2010)

Partners
   Kranix (Unicron)
Teams

   Special Operations Team: Airlift / Diveplane / Reachout

Others:
   Barrel Roll
   Brake-Neck
   Buckshot
   Drivetrain
   Heavy-Liftor
   Iron Claw
   Ironside
   Pan-Handler
   Swashplate

Power Core Combiners (2010)

Partners

   Airlift (Skyhammer)

   Backwind (Searchlight)

   Beacon (Steelshot)

   Bomb-Burst (Salvage)

   Caliburst (Huffer)

   Chainclaw (Icepick)

   Chopster (Smolder)

   Darkray (Windburn)

   Groundspike (Heavytread)

   Pinpoint (Leadfoot)

   Razorbeam (Darkstream)

   Throttler (Sledge)

   Waterlog (Undertow)

Prime (2010)

Arms Micron

Others

Rescue Bots (2011)

Rescue Bots

   Drake (Heatwave)

   Fireplug

   Freezer Burn (Bumblebee)

   Growl (Chase)

   Hunter

   Sequoia (Brushfire)

   Servo (High Tide)

   Swift (Bumblebee)

   Talon

   Valor (Chase)

   Windchill (Boulder)

   Wingblaze (Bumblebee)

Others

   Bounce

Thrilling 30 (2013)

Partners

   Roller (Optimus Prime)

Teams

   Assault Team: Heavytread / Runway / Windshear

Age of Extinction (2014)

Teams

   Saurian Strike Team: Ivan / Paulie / Thunderlips

Robots in Disguise (2015)

Activators

   Goldgear

   Great Byte (Sideswipe)

   Hi-Test (Optimus Prime)

   Laserbeak (Soundwave)

   Stuntwing (Bumblebee)

   Trickout (Strongarm)

Buzzsaws

   Beastbox

   Jetstorm (Drift)

   Sawback

   Slipstream (Drift)

   Undertone (Ratchet) [Cyclone in toyline]

   Velocirazor

Caretakers

   Cinch

   Fixit

   Toolbox

Cyclones

   Anvil (Bisk)

   Back (Quillfire)

   Backtrack (Overload)

   Barithunder (Sideswipe)

   Bludgeon (Scorponok)

   Bounce

   Clout (Scorponok)

   Forth (Quillfire)

   Gravity (Optimus Prime)

   Hammer (Bisk)

   Ironjam (Bumblebee)

   Major Mayhem (Stockade)

   Ransack (Overload)

   Undertone (Ratchet) [Buzzer in cartoon]

   Volcano (Grimlock)

Torpedoes

   Airazor (Fracture)

   Axiom (Simacore)

   Divebomb (Fracture)

   Dragonus

   Glacius (Razorpaw)

   Psychobat

   Ratbat

   Sandsting

   Slicedice (Crazybolt)

   Swelter (Razorpaw)

   Theorem (Simacore)

   Torpor

   Windra

Weaponizers

   Aerobolt (Optimus Prime)

   Bashbreaker

   Buzzstrike (Bumblebee, Paralon)

   Chainstorm 

   Dragonblaster (Optimus Prime)

   Dragonus

   Lancelon

   Lord Doomitron

   Sawtooth (Strongarm, Scatterspike)

   Slipstream

   Tricerashot (Grimlock, Thermidor)

   Windstrike

Arms Micron

   Burn

   Ink

   Rain

   Sting

Others

   Dropforge

   Micronus

   Needler (Barrage)

   Upkeep

Fiction-only

IDW

   Nickel

Classics

   Modus Prime

   Dinobots: Hacksaw

   Heavy Hauler Team: Flatbet / Steel-Belt

   Urban Renewal Team: Road Hazard / Yardarm

Other/TBA

Teams

   Instigation Team: Breez / Odd Ball / Pow Wow

   Prehistoric Team: Knockdown / Nightscream / Terrorsaur

Naming the Nameless: Transformers & BIONICLE

TRANSFORMERS

Shows

The Transformers (1984)

   MTMTE Seekers

   Yellow Seeker -- Sunstorm

   Purple Seeker -- Hotlink (Botcon 2013)

   Blue Seeker -- Bitstream (Botcon 2013)

   Dark Blue Seeker -- Nacelle (Timelines)

   Rainmakers

   Green Rainmaker -- Acid Storm (Universe, 2008)

   Blue Rainmaker -- Ion Storm (Ask Vector Prime)

   Yellow Rainmaker -- Nova Storm (Ask Vector Prime)

   Female Autobots

   Green Female Autobot -- Greenlight (Flames of Yesterday, 2010)

   Orange Female Autobot -- Lancer (Flames of Yesterday, 2010)

   Matrix Guides

   Ancient Robot -- Primon / Alpha Prime (AllSpark Almanac II, 2010)

   Powerful Robot -- Prima (AllSpark Almanac II, 2010)

   Pre-Transformer -- Guardian Prime (AllSpark Almanac II, 2010)

   New Narrator -- Zeta Prime (AllSpark Almanac II, 2010)

   U-Haul Robot -- Sentinel Prime (AllSpark Almanac II, 2010)

   Others

   Communication Autobot -- Playback [Ask Vector Prime]

   Early Decepticon leader -- Trannis [Ask Vector Prime]

   FFOD females -- Glyph and Strika [Flames of Yesterday]

   Giant Autobot -- Halonix Maximus [Wings Universe]

   Giant Decepticon Soldier -- Zarak Maximus [Ask Vector Prime]
   Quintesson (Return of Optimus Prime) -- Klementia [Ask Vector Prime]
   Transport drone -- Dropkick [Beast Wars Uprising]
Armada (2002)
   Arrogant Autobot officer -- Sentinel Minor (Ask Vector Prime)
   Christmas Maximus -- Peritus Maximus (Ask Vector Prime)
   Subordinate Prose -- Endo (Ask Vector Prime)
Energon (2004)
   Anonymous Maximus -- Dauntless Maximus (Ask Vector Prime)
Cybertron (2005)

   Female USA President -- Gabriella Constanza (Ask Vector Prime)

   Lori's mom -- Gloria Jimenez (Ask Vector Prime/Sideways)
   Motorcycle refugee  -- Joyride (Ask Vector Prime) [also identified as Downshift's lifebond partner]

   Pay phone refugee -- Phreaker (Ask Vector Prime)

Movies

Dark of the Moon (2011)

   Garbage truck Decepticon -- Garagebot (AOE, 2014)
   Long-legged Decepticon -- Devcon 

   Superfund Decepticon -- Loader (AOE, 2014)

Comics

The Transformers (1984)

   "Airborne hunter squad leader" -- Ferak [Ask Vector Prime]
   "Hapless trooper" -- Archforce [Ask Vector Prime]
   "Longtooth's comrade" -- Clockwise [Ask Vector Prime]
   "Megatron's dead friend" -- Kiloton [Ask Vector Prime]

   "Piano Transformer guy" -- Tusks [Ask Vector Prime]
   "Student" -- Trachis [Ask Vector Prime]
   "White flag Autobot" -- Mattock or Mattox [Ask Vector Prime]
The War Within (2002)
   Binocular Transformer -- Pulse (Ask Vector Prime, 2015)
   Black Kronoformer -- Meantime (Ask Vector Prime, 2015)
   Dia Battles Transformer -- Stormbringer (Ask Vector Prime, 2015)
   Fortress X Decepticon -- Fortress X (Ask Vector Prime, 2015)
   Jet-Helicopter Decepticon -- Fumes (Ask Vector Prime, 2015)
   Marlboor Wheeljack -- Exhaust (Masterpiece, 2015)
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II (2004)
   Generic Decepticon -- Ragnarok (Ask Vector Prime, 2015)
The Transformers (2009)
   Conspicuously-unnamed senator -- Shockwave (MTMTE, 2012)
Sector 7 (2010)
   Bonnie and Clyde's car -- Flathead (Ask Vector Prime)
More than Meets the Eye (2012)
   Frak's partner -- Rushcut (James Roberts' Twitter)
Robots in Disguise (2012)

   Two-headed NAIL -- Voxpop (TF 2019)

Hoist the Flag (2014)
   Bonaparte Tulcas -- Headcannon (Ask Vector Prime); Landfire

Optimus Prime (2016)

   Decepticon thug -- Heavywait (TF 2019)

Toylines

The Transformers (1984)
   "GTP Racer Go-Bot" -- Crash Test [Life Finds a Way]
   "Jet-Helicopter Triple Changer" -- Fumes (gray), Rotorbolt, Skyklik (blue)
   Kronoformers -- Vector Prime (white), Meantime (black), Azimuth (gold), Ephemeris (blue)
   "Prototype Beachcomber" -- Buggyman [Kre-O]
   "Prototype Hubcap" -- Rest-Q [A Team Effort]
   "Prototype Seaspray" -- Man-O-War [Kre-O]
   "Prototype Tailgate" -- Slicks [idea from Jim Sorenson; never officially implemented]
Beast Wars Telemocha Series (2007)

   "Jellyfish" -- Rage [Uprising]

   "Manticore" -- Manticon [Uprising]

   "Triffid" -- Flytrap [Ask Vector Prime]

Dark of the Moon (2011)

   Major Altitude -- Elizabeth M. "Betty" Altheimer

   Sergeant Cahnay -- Carlton A. Cahnay

   Sergeant Chaos -- Brandon J. Khendsovan

   Private Dedcliff -- Clifford E. "Cliff" Deadman

   Sergeant Detour -- Zachary Deetz

   Master Disaster -- Mason Divelbiss

   Sergeant Noble -- Christophe J. "Jasper" Nolazco

   Sergeant Recon -- Travis Rearick  

   Major Sparkplug -- Stanislas P. "Stan" Witwicky

   Major Tungsten -- Nicholas W. "Nick" Tosetti
   Spike Witwicky -- Butch V. "Buster" Witwicky

Other

   "Crystal Widow's lover" -- Skyfall [Ask Vector Prime]

   "Downshift's lifebond partner" -- Joyride [Ask Vector Prime; see also motorcycle refugee]

BIONICLE

   "Purple and Black Entities" -- Kestora [The Powers That Be]

   "Purple and Crimson Makuta" -- Tridax [fan suggestion] 

   "Skakdi warlord" -- Nektann [fan suggestion]

Naming the Nameless: Star Wars

This is for official sources giving names to nameless characters years after their first appearance.
Note: Occurrences of a nameless character's name appearing in the same source he/she first appeared in doesn't count.

CHARACTERS

Films

Star Wars (1977)

   "Death Star Conference Room Imperial #?" -- Trech Molock [The Death Star Coup]

   "Henchman" -- Ront Brynloo

   Red Squadron

      Red Seven -- Elyhek Rue [Star Wars Customizable Card Game]

      Red Eight -- Bren Quersey [Star Wars Customizable Card Game]

      Red Nine -- Nozzo Naytaan [Star Wars Customizable Card Game]

      Red Ten -- Theron Nett [Star Wars Customizable Card Game]

      Red Eleven -- Wenton Chan [Star Wars Customizable Card Game]

      Red Twelve -- Puck Naeco [X-Wing: The Official Strategy Guide; Essential Guide to Warfare]

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Return of the Jedi (1983)

    Imperial advisor (black robe) - Sate Pestage (FACPOV: Return of the Jedi, 2023)

    Imperial advisor (purple robe) - Pebimarus Xorn (FACPOV: Return of the Jedi, 2023)

    Jabba's rancor -- Pateesa [Aftermath: Life Debt]

    Mercenary pilot -- Sion (FACPOV: Return of the Jedi, 2023)

    Mon Calamari pilot -- Ika Sulko [Rebel Starfighters Owners' Workshop Manual]

Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
   Unidentified draped Senator -- Stonroy Soma [Visual Encyclopedia]

Shows

The Clone Wars (2008)

    Tactical droid (Malastare) -- TN-123 (Battles that Changed the Galaxy)

    Tactical droid (Umbara) -- TM-171 (Battles that Changed the Galaxy)

Games

Knights of the Old Republic (2003)

   Jedi Exile -- Meetra Surik [The Old Republic: Revan]

Comics

Tales (September 1999)
    NR Commander (Lando's Commandos) -- Firmus Nantz (Jedi Council Forums)
Knights of the Old Republic (January 2006)
    Ludo Kressh's son - Elcho Kressh [Knight Errant]

    Mandalorian female - Valdhani (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)
The Old Republic (February 2009)

    Supreme Chancellor (Mon Calamari) -- Berooken (The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural, 2011)

SPECIES

Movies

Episode III Revenge of the Sith (2005)

    Sarrish species - Sakeru (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

Shows

Droids (1985)

    Jyn Obah's species -- Schiav (The Droids Re-animated, 2013)

Ewoks (1985)

    Norky's species -- Persta (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

Reference Books

Monsters and Aliens from George Lucas (1993)

    Kaat Thrick-Thrick's species -- Forso (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    mOKDAR 15's species -- Simento (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

--

    Dianoga-like species -- Alththamin'eshr (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    Gracca's species -- Gargoyle (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    Gryphon species - Gryphon (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    Jandoon species - Janoon (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    Memit Nadill's species -- Molavaran (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    Orooturoo species -- Orutoro (Supernatural Encounters, 2023); Orooturooian (Adventures, 2021)

    Keeper's makers - Osserian (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    Stalk-eyed species -- Seidaot (author notes on DeviantArt, 2011)

    Suppoon's species -- Bah'r Kilido (Barely Tolerable, 2013)

    "Tripod" -- Naplousean (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

LOCATIONS

    Abeloth's planet - Vitae (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)

    Miraluka homeworld - Luka (Supernatural Encounters, 2023)