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[Transformers] when multiple robots form one robot (like Devestator), do all of the individual personalities mesh into a collective, or is one personality dominate?

As default leader of the Constructicons, does Scrapper’s personality shine through or does the Combiner come with a new AI when the collective programming of all is merged?


If it’s the collective, what happens if a part of Devastator is destroyed during battle? Let’s say Devestator loses his right arm, Scavenger, does that break the AI?
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All of the individual personalities mesh into a collective that decide the actions of the combined form. This generally results in a unique emergent personality with significant flaws.

Devastator is dull-witted, despite the engineering genius of the Constructicons, and can only really do what they all agree on.

Superion is shows that the emergent personality is a sentient mind of its own, of a sort. In this case it shuts down the competing minds of the individual Aerialbots, limiting its actions to just those that serve its mission: destruction of the Decepticons.

Bruticus (Combaticons) is a stronger, stupider version of Devastator.

Abominus (Terrorcons) - Is basically just a whirling dervish of destruction.

Computron (Technobots) - technically solve the problem of limited intelligence, but at the cost of reaction time. Basically, Computron takes the time to resolve any conflict between tis components before taking any action. So no conflict that impedes intelligence, but at the cost of taking a long time to do it.

Notable exceptions include:

Menasor - While Menasor technically suffers from the same ailment (that it's emergent mind is a result of competing individual minds) in this case the dominant personality trait of the Stunticons: insanity, is amplified.

Defensor - Likewise, the desire to protect human life of the Protectobots is amplified in Defensor, but almost to a fault.

Predaking (the Predacons) - This is one of the few cases where the gestalt mind is almost without flaws, perhaps because the Predacons are so agreeable and similar in their own personalities.