Tappet

2012-07-02T06:08:35Z

114.198.96.60: Corrected homophone

:''Tappet is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:IDW Tappet.jpg|thumb|250px|]]

'''Tappet''' is a [[NAIL]]. He just wants to be heard.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Tappet, along with the rest of the crew of a ship, left Cybertron to escape the war. {{Storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} They eventually reached somewhere where they dealt with [[Cassanian quadrocheque]]s as currency for two million years. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] returned from his disappearance at the beginning of the rebirth of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Tappet angrily confronted "Orion Pax", berating him for the [[Great War (G1)|war]] that lasted the last four million years. He was soon set upon by [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], but Optimus defused the situation. Later, when a NAIL riot began against the Autobots, the [[Decepticon]]s were released to help with crowd control, and Tappet was attacked by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. The riot ended when Optimus Prime made a speech expressing his decision to leave the planet, which Tappet listened to. {{Storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Tappet still did not care for the Autobot government, taking to graffiti to express his displeasure. The Decepticons [[Needlenose]] and [[Horri-Bull]], acting as "enforcers", caught the NAIL in the act. A group of Autobots soon noticed the two beating up Tappet and diffused the situation before it could escalate further. Nevertheless, Tappet was arrested for vandalism. He was soon released on [[Metalhawk]]'s behalf. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}} Tappet soon got in an argument with [[Hipotank]] about his refusal to accept Cassanian quadrocheques in exchange for a [[Betelgusian sputtle-prog]]. {{storylink|Stick Together}} He later almost got hit by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] during the latter's pursuit of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]. {{storylink|Devisive}}

Tappet was hanging out with Hipotank and [[Zetca (G1)|Zetca]] when Metalhawk introduced them to a new NAIL, [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]], and later had a drink at a reopened [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

==Notes==
* Tappet is based on the famous British children's book character [[Wikipedia: Noddy (character)|Noddy]], sporting his conical blue "hat" topped in a bell, red torso, blue "shorts" and coloured cheeks. Moreover, his visible [[alternate mode]] components, including a chest grill and large red wheel wells on his shoulders, indicate that he transforms into [http://www.google.com/search?q=noddy%27s+car&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uWrzTsfWNOOh4gTe9tGNCA&ved=0CGYQsAQ&biw=1320&bih=636 Noddy's car], itself one of the most well-known aspects of the character. He also shares the same character model (with the exception of his head) as [[Dipstick]].

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