“Call a SPADE, a SPADE; and a TRANNY, a TRANNY, or an IT!!!”.
"THAT'S SOME BAD
SHIT
,
HARRY
!".

I wouldn't say he's the coolest but he's definitely awesome. That voice was so cool back in the day and still is today, I love it. I'm super disappointed in Michael Bay for his representation of Soundwave in his movies, I wanted him to have the same voice as he did in the cartoon.
I think it's funny for the few times in the G1 series where they forgot to filter Frank Welkers voice with the Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus and he sounded like his voice for Dr Claw for M.A.D. in Inspector Gadget. Anybody remember hearing that a few times?

I agree. I had very few Decepticon toys, but Soundwave was one of them. Too bad he couldn't actually play real cassettes.

Cyclonus

As a kid I would see Soundwave and wonder why the smartest guy on the show wasn't running everything. Then I grew up and realized that's usually how it is in the real world, too.
It reminded me of Spock on the Enterprise. He was the smartest but wasn't in command. I did like Starscream when he yelled "Megatron" in that voice

As a kid I would see Soundwave and wonder why the smartest guy on the show wasn't running everything. Then I grew up and realized that's usually how it is in the real world, too.

A journey into the realm of the obscure:
http://saturdayshowcase.blogspot.com/

Astrotrain also had a cool voice. Even Zarak.
Can't stop the signal.

Agreed!! Soundwave was the only bad guy I liked.

Soundwave IS the coolestbut I still like the other Decepticons and Autobots as well.
I don't know what's a sig. line? Can't think of one! Can you tell me what one is?

I agree!! Soundwave was the only decepticon I liked.