Theres Satan. Then there's Shockwave.

You know you're evil when you explain your plan to Megatron and he tells you to slow down.

Cartoon Shockwave: Will die for Megatron Comic Shockwave: Will make anyone die for Logic

There was a running gag in IDW, that, whenever something we didn't understand happened, we'd say "Shockwave did it." Now, imagine my surprise, when, in the tail-end of the entire series, they reveal...THAT SHOCKWAVE ACTUALLY DID IT. What a magnificent bastard. Love the guy.

Day of Shockwave 1. wake up 2. try destroy everything 3. sleep

You forgot his crime of being an incredibly mid villain in dark of the moon.

Logically, it’s only a war crime if you lose! ~Shockwave

I can’t believe you forgot to mention what he did in Cyberverse after the initial plan to control the Allspark failed. He tore his own spark out so that he’d enter the Allspark. The issue here is that he’d tainted his spark to make it so evil that even touching the Allspark nearly obliterated it. And he knew this would happen. Was specifically aiming for that result, in fact. This man tore out his own spark in an attempt to destroy the equivalent of the Cybertronian Afterlife. Say what you will about the other Shockwaves, at least they only killed you once. This Shockwave was going to erase every Cybertronian that has ever died.

The scariest thing about Shockwave is that he isn't evil out of malice or spite or anger, he's evil because he believes that all ends are justified by their means.

"There's Satan. Then there's Shockwave." That sums up Shockwave's whole existence perfectly.

He literally tried to end the universe AND then went back in time, became a PRIME and again tried to destroy everything by helping Unicron come into existence.

You know Shockwave is seriously and mentally ill when even Megatron, the biggest antagonist on the franchise, the symbol of evil that is Decepticon, HESITATED when viewing Shockwave’s evil plan.

I wanna make a small correction, Transformers Prime Shockwave was actually left for dead, and was blind after fighting Arcee and Cliffjumper, he later awoke in the wreckage of his space bridge after Cybertron had been abandoned, this makes him surviving an even bigger feat since he first had to repair his eye, this is also why Starscream was so shocked and really afraid in the scene of Shockwaves return since he was the one to leave Shockwave for dead.

Shattered glass shockwave must be a literal saint Edit: Of all the smarts comments I've made this is the one people care about the most. Remember aspiring YouTubers, its not about having quality content to give to the world, its about being as excruciatingly early as possible!

There’s really something interesting how over the last decade or so shockwave went from a loyal lackey to a threat bigger than the main villain of the franchise

This showcases why Shockwave is the best deception in the hole franchise next to Megatron. He’s cold blooded and ruthless, but at the same time cold and calculating. He’s strong, with plenty of firepower. But also insanely smart and is able to build incredible weapons and technology. He’s also got the brains and patience to make these big picture plans that can effect the hole universe. And if he betrays someone, it’s not completely obvious or over something petty. It’s for a reason and you’ll never see him coming. The guys the complete total package.

Unicron: "I am titled the ultimate evil to all sentient life in the Universe." Shockwave: Finish your chores, Son.

If Shockwave hasn't committed at least 13 war crimes before breakfast, he considers it a slow day.

So basically Shockwave is a pretty shocking guy

Shockwave is one of those characters who's names both adequately and fail to summarize their character - bro causes ripples in the fabric of space, society, everything - shockwaves, if you will - with his every action

Now I understand why you left Shockwave out of the list of most evil Decepticons