The Man, the Myth, the Legend, it's Every Version of Soundwave Across the Multiverse! Fucking look at all of them, all 14 of them. It's a Soundwave Height Chart! Yay!
Edit: I didn't like the old scaling I had so I changed it. The old chart is at the end of this post.
Quick Disclaimer, if any of the images look weird, it's because I had to stitch a few separate images together to create a full body shot of the character.
Here are links to my Bumblebee Chart, my Optimus Chart, my Megatron Chart, and my Shockwave Chart. !!NEW!! -> Ratchet & Ironhide. Please go gawk at how many Optimus designs there are, sweet fuck, there are so many. For future reference, all these charts will be filed under my "Transformers Height Charts" tag and my "aka the adventures of a..." tag.
Master Post
Explanations and Sources below the cut, because I have always have words to say.
TFA V1 - 6 feet 5 inches (Animated has no actual numbers, but the lovely @phoenix-inanis has provided a frankly astounding resource with their own calculations for the heights of all the TFA characters. Go look at it, it's wonderful -> https://phoenix-inanis.notion.site/TFA-Height-Chart-f6ad2960ca8c4c5b859ee4958723aaa4?pvs=4.)
Unicron Trilogy Cybertron - ~13 feet (TFWiki, for the uneducated, the Unicron Trilogy has given each of its 3 seasons separate names and 3 separate art styles. This is the design used in Cybertron (S3) though he only shows up in Cybertron. This bitch was so hard to get a full body shot of, he was always standing off to the side or standing behind someone)
Earthspark - ~15 feet (No actual source for ES, but using a barn door to get Bumblebee's height, then Optimus's, then Megatron's height, I was able to make a guess at Soundwave's. Soundwave comes up to about Megatron's chin; the screenshot I found has the two fighting, so it might be a little off, but I'm confident this is pretty close. Also, this might be the shortest of universe to date; I am consistantly finding these iterations to be some of the shortest out of all of them. It may look like the UT has it beat but in S1 everyone is much taller than they are later. No, I don't know why.)
TFA V2 - 17 feet 7 inches (Once again, phoenix-inanis did a fuck ton of work, go look at it, it's wonderful -> https://phoenix-inanis.notion.site/TFA-Height-Chart-f6ad2960ca8c4c5b859ee4958723aaa4?pvs=4)
Gen 1 - ~18 feet (TFWiki. I do not have anything else to say)
Netflix Cybertron Trilogy - ~18 feet (I have no source for this, other than assuming that because this design is identical to Gen 1, they are the same height. It's all I got so it's what I'm using)
Knight/Capel-Verse - ~18 feet (No source, and he never stands next to anyone I can measure him against, but because the TFOne director has said that this movie is both canon to the LA movies and its own separate canon, I am assuming the height I figured out for TFOne applies to this universe as well. Capel directed the ROTB movie if you're wondering why his name is there)
One - ~18 feet (No source, I got this number by comparing him to Shockwave who I compared to Optimus. Now, I am aware of the TFO heights listed on the wiki, but I reject those numbers on principle. A: Those numbers are sourced from the Walmart Promotional AR Experience that came out before the movie. B: There are three decimal points, and that number does not convert into a whole number in meters (which is originally what I thought was weird about it). C: The director has said that this movie is both canon to the LA movies and its own separate canon, so I have elected to use the few given heights we have from KCV and worked from there. My Optimus post has slightly more context if you want it)
Cyberverse - 19 feet 3 inches (This comes from a screenshot of this video which has the Cyberverse height chart everyone uses, though the quality of the screenshot is iffy.)
Bayverse - ~22 feet (Okay, so this is from the wiki, but it comes from a concept design for the second movie that never got used, so I went to find my own number. And in the third movie, I was able to compare Soundwave to Megatron and I got a the same number as the first unused number... Kinda backwards but okay)
Aligned Cont. WF/FOC/TFP/RID15 V1&2 - 26 feet 2 inches (I originally got this number from Fandom, but I can't for the life of me find the page with the info. Fandom has like 6 different pages for the same character, it's so frustrating. Also- Freakishly tall universe there is no reason for them to be this tall)
Not Pictured: Bayverse Satellite Soundwave - I do not know how big he is and I can not compare him to anyone who I do know. I am sorry satellite Soundwave fans, he evades me with his stupid floating in space all alone bullshit.
Okey so, some thoughts on The cyberverse finale, spoilers under cut.
This kinda has to do with this post
About a month ago, I had this discussion with my brother. It started because I wasn’t really found of WFC Sound Wave, and it was because two things: WFC Soundwave is scared of Megatron and he doesn’t do anything… And not in TFP way in wich he is not always on screen but always doing something important. WFC Sounwave was just there… and this made me think, what is it that I like so much about Sound Wave? He is definitely my favorite decepticon and the Character I have more toys of, so what is it? My brother and I concluded; “He is just the perfect decepticon”
And he is. Ignore cyberverse, and if you ask anyone who is the best, the PERFECT decepticon, I promise you most people think Soundwave, not Tran.
Soundwave is loyal, knows how to act, when to act… And… Wow, the way Cyberverse wrote him suberted expectations while still keeping the core of his character. Soundwave is a brat, a jerk, he acts like he is better than anyone else because he knows he is better than everyone else. Yet, he still cares, he has friends, and grows, he gets redemption.
Soundwave is, with no doubt, THE perfect decepticon. The Cyberverse finale knew this, even If I didnt realize it at first.
When I read the name of the 2nd Especial “The perfect Decepticon” I immediately though: Wait, Soundwave is going to be a main!? Of curse then I remembered thats how Tarn was refered to in Cyberverse and my hopes fell… But… It is bitter sweet, I am glad I was wrong, I just dont like the price we had to pay.
Again, Soundwave is the perfect decepticon. The Cyberverse finale KNOWS this. And it goes beyond his scarifice at the end of the movie, it is all over the movie. Starting with the name of the special appearing IN FRONT of soundwave. It is in Soundwave’s leadership and guidance, in how he leaves clues so that the right people know why he is being deceptive without his enemies knowing.
Soundwave defeating Tarn is more than the sacrifice and the redemption. In a symbolic way, Is about the character taking back a title that is rightfully his. Soundwave says so himself, “Soundwsve Superior” and if Soundwave is superior than Tarn’s “Perfect Decepticons” … Then who is the Perfect Decepticon?
I think we all know the answer.
[Disclaimer: I am crying as I hold my TFC Soundwave figure]
Hey, so, is Shockblast gonna be in your Family au™? Since you included Cybertron Soundwave, so that means Unicron Trilogy dudes sent out of the picture. Maybe you can make Shockblast the crazy uncle/cousin to the Shockwave family.
The newest additions! Soundblaster will be their kid but that will take several years from "now". I included some asks from Instagram.
