Soundwave (Transformers)

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Soundwave
Transformers character
Soundwave as drawn by Guido Guidi for Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook
First appearance	Transformers toyline (1984)
Voiced by	English Frank Welker Marc Swint (Cyberverse) Jon Bailey (Transformers One) Japanese Issei Masamune (Television series) Nobuhiko Okamoto (Q Transformers: Mystery of Convoy) Itaru Yamamoto (Transformers: EarthSpark) Yōji Ueda (Cyberverse) Yōji Ueda (Transformers One)
In-universe information
Species	Robot (Cybertronian)
Affiliation	Decepticon
Origin	Cybertron
Original alt mode	Micro cassette recorder

Soundwave is a fictional robot character appearing in various Transformers continuity lines within the Transformers franchise. His most commonly depicted disguise is that of a cassette recorder. Throughout most of his incarnations, he is an underlying loyal lieutenant of the Decepticon leader Megatron. He is commonly depicted as Megatron's communications officer and in some interpretations, only speaks when mocking the Autobots.