Big Daddy (G1)

2010-06-18T21:49:11Z

131.107.0.75: /* 3H Universe Comics */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Big Daddy}}
:''Big Daddy is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Big daddy boxart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Before we go crazy, before we explode, there's something 'bout me, baby, you got to know.]]

His idle is a little rough, daddy-o, but his carb's in the right place. '''Big Daddy''' is the leader of the [[Autobot]] [[Hot Rod Patrol]]. He might be "Big Daddy" to the younger cats on the patrol, but he's really a fairly new [[Micromaster]], whose main program loop hasn't fully optimized itself yet. He doesn't always dig what the brass are saying, and sometimes he just splits and does his own thing.

On the other hand, this Yank tank is older than his years. He ain't just playing the leader bit; he'd give his last drop of go-juice for the patrol, and he's hep to the royal shaft the [[Micromasters]] so often get from the big boys. With a few years and a little experience he'd be one of the best there is.

{{note|In Japan, "Grease" is also the leader of the "Hot Rod Team".}}

:''Japanese name'': '''Grease'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Paternel'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Apafej'''

==Fiction==
===Commercial animation===
[[Image:Bigdaddycommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Marvy, man. Fab. Far out.]]
[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (in his [[Action Master]] body) introduced [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to Big Daddy, as well as the rest of the Hot Rod Patrol. Prime agreed that they were a "sharp-looking bunch," but he wanted to know if they could transform. A voice which is likely Big Daddy's answered, "You bet we can! We're Micromasters!"

Later, ''Optimus Prime'' told ''Jazz'' to check out '''his''' new Micromaster Hot Rod Patrol, opening his fist to reveal the tiny car-mode bots. Squaresville! Property is theft, man. {{storylink|Commercial}}

{{-}}
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Bigdaddydw3.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Who knew 1957 Chevy Bel Airs were around on Cybertron several million years ago?]]

Big Daddy was among the hundreds of Micromasters created by the Autobots and [[Decepticon]]s millions of years after the launch of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. While in [[Little Iacon]], he befriended Runner, who later became the Decepticon known as [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]]. Big Daddy, along with the [[Hot Rod Patrol]], was selected to join the Autobots. He and his team helped the [[Monster Truck Patrol]] recover [[Roadbuster]], but clashed with his former friends in the Decepticon [[Race Track Patrol]] in the battle that ensued. Big Daddy succeeded in evacuating Roadbuster, but team member [[Crunch (G1)|Crunch]] was killed in the process.

Upon returning to [[Iacon]], Big Daddy angrily confronted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. After storming out, he picked a fight with [[Sidetrack]] and [[Sunrunner]], avoiding a brawl only when [[Hydraulic]] intervened. The confrontation helped Big Daddy realize that the Autobot/Decepticon war wasn't the Micromasters' to fight, and he took off for [[Little Iacon]] with his team.

[[Image:Bigdaddydw4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Rebel without a cause. Or brain diameter, apparently.]]

Driving through the [[Wastelands]], Big Daddy and the Hot Rod Patrol ran straight into the Race Track Patrol, who had just deserted the Decepticons. A fight loomed, but was prevented by the arrival of [[Falcon (OC)|Falcon]] and [[Flanker]] and their pursuers, a group of vampiric [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} The Micromasters were heavily outmatched, but were saved from certain doom when [[Groundshaker]] arrived with his ATV, driving off the Insecticons. Groundshaker took Big Daddy and his charges to [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]'s base, where he tried to recruit them for a mysterious mission. Big Daddy and his team declined, and continued on their way to Little Iacon. Once there, Big Daddy met with [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] at an underground bar. Roadhandler chided Big Daddy for leaving the Autobots, and challenged him to a race. Big Daddy took an early lead, but Roadhandler's experience led him to victory. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} After the race, Big Daddy got in another fight, this time with [[Road Hugger (G1)|Road Hugger]], but was distracted by another Insecticon raid. The Hot Rod Patrol fled back to Iacon, hoping to enlist the aid of the Autobots, but were denied access to [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]] by Sidetrack and Sunrunner. As they left, [[Stakeout]] told them that they were ''persona non grata'' with Magnus, prompting them to go to Countdown for help. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}}

While Countdown stormed the Decepticon base, Big Daddy and his team snuck into it via oil-disposal tunnels and freed the Micromasters imprisoned by the Insecticons. After battling their way through [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] and [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], they ran straight into Barricade and the Race Track Patrol. While the rest of the team engaged the Decepticons, Big Daddy headed for the command center and saved Countdown from being crushed by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s severed head. Big Daddy and the rest of the freed Micromasters accompanied Countdown to a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, and convinced them to lay down arms by informing them that [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] had engineered the whole thing. As the Decepticons retreated, Big Daddy tried to console a dying Sidetrack, who cursed him with his last breath. Countdown tried to have Big Daddy calm the restless crowd of Micromasters, but Big Daddy rejected his grand plans, as well as those of the Autobots and the Decepticons.

Big Daddy left the battlefield, vowing to find something more than constant war, toil and death... on his own. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

===[[3H Universe Comics]]===
[[Image:Bigdaddyuniverse.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Ayyyy! Sit on it.]]
Big Daddy (or an alternate-universe incarnation) was one of countless Transformers pulled from his timestream to engage in the death-duels of the [[Cauldron]] deep inside the shattered [[Unicron]]. He escaped this fate in the jail-break set by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}

Presumably, he was safely returned to his timeline or universe of origin. Because he's that awesome.

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy BigDaddy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|What am I rebelling against? Lack of articulation, mostly.]]
* '''Hot Rod Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, 1990)

: Big Daddy transforms into a black and orange modified 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air hot rod convertible. While the rest of his team also have large rear wheels, the rear of Big Daddy's vehicle mode is large and raised, making his rear wheels look especially huge. In robot mode, the purple paint on his face is so dark it is practically indistinguishable from black.

:He was sold in 1990 as part of the [[Hot Rod Patrol]], along with [[Greaser]], [[Hubs]], and [[Trip-Up]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/BigDaddy/bigdaddy.htm More information on Big Daddy at TFU.info]''

===Return of Convoy===
*'''Hot Rod Team''' (Micro Trailer Team, 1991)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-362'''
**''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #2

: In Japan, the Hot Rod Patrol was sold only as a complete set with [[Micro Trailer]] #2. The individuals are physically identical to their [[Hasbro]] releases.

{{-}}
==Notes==
* If that's Big Daddy speaking in the first commercial, it sounds like his voice actor is [[Michael Bell]].

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]
[[Category:Return of Convoy characters]]
[[Category:Universe characters]]

MediaWiki - User contributions [en]

Big Daddy (G1)