Scourge same period we meet with the private use of the "discipline" by such saintly persons as King Louis IX of France and Elisabeth of Hungary. Semi-literal usages such as "the scourge of God" for Attila the Hun (i.e. "God's whip with which to punish the nations") led to metaphoric uses to mean a severe affliction, e.g. "the scourge of drug abuse". The scourge is described as one of the tools used in Wicca, primarily in the Gardnerian Tradition. The purpose of using the scourge is not to cause pain or to torture, but for purification purposes, particularly for Initiates. The
Scourge (Transformers) in the TV show is inspired by the 1982 Japanese anime Acrobunch. Scourge is the only Transformer in the series whose voice changes between beast and robot mode. A heroic version of Scourge is among the members of Galvatron's crew during the battle of Decepticon City on Earth. Though no toy has been released for him, he is visually based on the "Timelines" Scourge toy from the "Wings of Honor" storyline. Scourge is a Predacon said to appear in "". A new version of "Robots in Disguise" (2001) Scourge appeared as part of the first Transformers Collectors Club subscription service