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Quickmix (G1)

2011-03-09T03:06:48Z

134.193.130.67: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Quickmix}}
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:''Quickmix is an [[Autobot]] [[Targetmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Quickmix cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Now where did I leave that ass-whupping?"]]
'''Quickmix''' is an absent-minded chemist whose demeanor is nearly as volatile as the chemicals he works with. He is accomplished in his trade, and is readily capable of devising new compounds and ways of combating the Decepticons, but his impatience and absent-mindedness often results in unfinished projects and experiments. He has a short temper and his Autobot allies make sure to give him a wide berth because of it. After all, the dude works with chemicals.

Quickmix is a "Double" [[Targetmaster]], and is partnered with the [[Nebulans]] [[Boomer]] and [[Ricochet (Nebulan)|Ricochet]].

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Mixture'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Quickochet.jpg|left|150px|thumb|I'm going to invent Flubber!]]
Quickmix assisted the [[Classic Pretender|Classic Pretenders]] and [[Rescue Patrol]] in eight successful raids on Decepticon-held facilities on Cybertron. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

He continued serving [[Emirate Xaaron]], and took command of holding the line at [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]] against [[Unicron]]'s agents while Xaaron fled to safety, even having the cajones to stand up to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] himself. {{storylink|Surrender!}}{{storylink|Out of Time!}}

Quickmix survived to be present for the arrival of Unicron himself, but made little showing after that. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In an alternate 1991, Quickmix was part of a unit under [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s command during the Decepticon Civil War. [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the leader of one faction, deliberately surrendered to Quickmix's trio, knowing that the Autobot Code would compel them to protect the life of a willing prisoner in their custody. Scorponok was easily able to escape after pitting his foes against each other. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

''In 2009, Quickmix was serving on the Autobot bridge crew with [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] when they fled the Decepticon controlled Cybertron. Their leader, [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], was possessed by the evil of [[Unicron]], and sabotaged the ship so that it was forced into an out-of-control landing, with the retro-rockets firing only at the last second. {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} Quickmix's deactivated body was seen in the aftermath, although whether he was taken off-line in the crash or from facing his insane leader was unclear. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}''
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====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
{{TransformersComicMagazin}}
Small Targetmaster Quickmix was a fairly prominent Autobot, constantly seeing action against the evil Decepticons and backed up by two mini-robots that could transform into guns! Unfortunately, in his first bit of action in [[Alaska]], he switched off his guidance systems (which ensured you don't shoot your own side) to increase his reaction time and ended up shooting an Autobot Minibot by mistake. Optimus told him off and gave him [[To sell toys|<strike>a sales catalog</strike> a lecture on the current Autobots and Decepticons so the same mistake wouldn't happen again]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Transformers in Action: Attack at Dawn}} He managed better when [[Piranacon]] attacked New York City, helping bring him down. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4|Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle}}

When Optimus Prime mused that the Decepticons were winning because they were more brutal and ruthless, Quickmix got angry and demanded to know if he was suggesting they should copy the Decepticons. He later applauded Slapdash's call for an Autobot-run global government, and fought off a massive Decepticon assault across America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

Quickmix did less well in [[Nevada]], being severely damaged by [[Horri-Bull]]. He was sent to base for repairs {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: "Save Nevada Alpha"}} and then immediately sent back out with the other Small Targetmasters to find where the Decepticons were hiding nuclear weapons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: Megatron's Ultimatum}}

He was astounded when news of both a failing oil tanker near Alaska and a dimensional portal came through. He may have taken part in the latter's battle. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|The Transformers' Grand Hour: Headmaster of the Dimensions}}

Quickmix vanished while on routine patrol in [[Michigan]], and was feared dead. He'd actually been captured by the Decepticons after finding their GIANT LASER CANNON, and that dastardly Shockwave even claimed he was dead even though he wasn't! Goldbug's squad brought Quickmix back to the Arc. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 19|Transformers in Action: Shockwave's Galactic Secret}}

===Ladybird continuity===
[[Image:Quickmix ladybird.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Quickmix concretes all the Decepticons into a living death. Nice one!]]
When the Decepticons went to ground on [[Nebulos]], Quickmix was sent with [[Quickswitch]] and [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] to locate them. When Quickswitch returned with news of the base, he and Scoop sealed up the only exit with concrete made from [[Nebulite]] so the Decepticons remained trapped, and the Nebulos campaign, possibly the war itself, was ended. So not only did he help end the war, he did so in an ''incredibly gruesome'' way. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Image:G2DoubleTargetmasters.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Blasted time-travel experiments.]]
Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities. Apparently among those robots were the Autobots [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]], Quickmix, and [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]], who transformed from their vehicle modes and shot at some unknown attackers. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

{{note|Footage from the [[commercial]] featuring the Autobot "Double Targetmaster" trio was spliced into the [[Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]] version of the episode by way of the [[Cybernet Space Cube]]. Outside of this, they never actually appeared in the cartoon.}}
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===Universe: The Wreckers===
After the threat of Unicron passed, Quickmix was one of several Autobot scientists who challenged [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s decision to send out exploration ships and establish early-warning reconnaissance posts to prevent future threats from reaching Cybertron unopposed. It seems his counsel was wise, as three of the five ships were never heard from again. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

{{note|It's hard to tell that's Quickmix in the original printing, as he and [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] had color schemes that were [[Neon|way off base]]. Like most of the coloring blunders from that issue, this was fixed in the Director's cut. Thankfully.}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Quickmix with Boomer and Ricochet''' (Targetmaster, 1988)

[[Image:G1 Quickmix toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hands to the sky, partner!]]
: Quickmix transforms into a red and off-white cement mixer truck, a rarity in ''Transformers'' and very rare amongst the Autobots in ''Generation 1''. While [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] received painted chrome on his wheel rims, Quickmix gets this paint on his headlights. The mixing drum does not spin due to his unusual robot mode design. Boomer and Ricochet (or any other accessories with handle pegs of the correct size) can be mounted on either side of his (immobile) mixing drum.

:The most remarkable aspect of Quickmix's robot mode is the fact the mixing drum forms the majority of his upper torso. Boomer and Ricochet can become two separate handguns, or either can attach to the rear of the other gun to form a single rifle.

: No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Quickmix/quickmix.htm More information on Quickmix at TFU.info]''
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==External links==

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Quickmix Quickmix's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]

Landfill (G1)

2011-03-09T03:05:03Z

134.193.130.67: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

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

[[Image:Landfill g1 boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Picture this with stink-lines.]]

Why doesn't anybody like '''Landfill'''? Why do they step (very far) to the side when he passes by? He can't understand it. He's a really nice guy. He's always happy. He's good at his job, and he always does what he is told. Why, then, do his friends avoid him? This makes him very sad.

His comrades know the answer very well, but how do you tell a 'bot that he should clean his bodywork every once in a while, without upsetting him and making him think he's being insulted? It wouldn't help, anyway... he'd not see the need to clean up even if directly ordered to do so. It's a shame Landfill can't just realize on his own that if one is not to be selective about which cargoes he hauls, then one must be willing to use a little surfactant and solvent on occasion.

His [[Targetmaster]] partners [[Flintlock]] and [[Silencer]] try to make Landfill understand that if he wants to make friends, he has to work on his hygiene, but this effort is to no avail.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Décharge'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
Landfill was a soldier under [[Emirate Xaaron]]'s command on Cybertron, first seen during the brief period where the [[Classic Pretender|Classic Pretenders]] rallied the resistance movement with several successful assaults on [[Thunderwing (G1)|Lord Thunderwing]]'s territory. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

When Galvatron and the heralds of [[Unicron]] assaulted Xaaron's camp, Landfill stayed behind to cover his leader's escape. He suffered some injuries battling [[Hook, Line, and Sinker|Hook]], but managed to survive thanks to Unicron calling off his dogs to hunt the errant Galvatron instead. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

Landfill and Quickmix later attended Primus' oration on Cybertron, before the united Autobot and Decepticon forces. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In an alternate 1991, Landfill was working with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] manipulated them into protecting him from harm during the Decepticon Civil War. While the Autobot Code compelled them to drive off his assassins, Scorponok made good his escape from all his enemies. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

====''Transformers Comic-Magazin''====
{{TransformersComicMagazin}}

Landfill was present when Powermaster Optimus Prime led the Autobots againt the joint Decepticon leaders Shockwave and Megatron, who had tried to hijack the oil reserves of [[Alaska]]. The Autobots drove off the Decepticons, but not before [[Quickmix]] shot a minibot because he turned off his targetting computer. Optimus then sat his troops down and explained to them the differences between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Transformers in Action: Attack at Dawn}}

Landfill was among the Autobots monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in New York City. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of Snaptrap that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Optimus Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 4#Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle|Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle}}

He took part in the rescue effort when an oil tanker was hijacked by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime put the entire burden of discovering their whereabouts on the shoulders of the Double Targetmasters, who were sent to scout possible locations.{{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Transformers in Action: Megatron's Ultimatum}}

===''Generation 2'' cartoon===
[[Image:G2DoubleTargetmasters.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Off in that corner there.]]
Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities. Apparently among those robots were the Autobots Landfill, [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], and [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]], who transformed from their vehicle modes and shot at some unknown attackers. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

{{note|Footage from the [[commercial]] featuring the Autobot "Double Targetmaster" trio was spliced into the ''[[Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]]'' version of the episode by way of the [[Cybernet Space Cube]]. Outside of this, they never actually appeared in the cartoon.}}
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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightBlaster Jazz Smokescreen Landfill.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Stuck in an enclosed space with Landfill. Poor guys.]]
Several hundred years ago, Landfill was sharing a foxhole with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] on Cybertron, waiting for the latest broadcast from [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], the Voice of the war movement.

The broadcast... never came. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

After the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Landfill was stationed in the [[Morobishi Canyons]] of [[Karashi Delta]]. The Autobots won that fight thanks to Landfill's courageous commander, the aerial strategist [[Rotorstorm]]. {{storylink|Bullets}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy Landfill.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hey, is it me or does the whole room stink?]]
*'''Landfill''' (Targetmaster, 1988)

:Landfill transforms into a beige and brown off-road earth-moving dump truck, with a non-functional dumping tray (can't even put anything in it) due to his unusual arm transformation sequence. His Targetmaster partners Flintlock and Silencer (or any other accessories with handle pegs of the correct size) can be stored in the two peg holes on either side of the dumping tray.

:In robot mode it is revealed that the reason his tray is non-functional is because the arms are stored within two flip-over panels. As was the standard of smaller ''Generation 1'' toys of this era, Landfill has very limited articulation, all located in his ratcheting shoulder joints (and one has to hold the arm panels in place while rotating the arms themselves). Flintlock and Silencer can become two separate handguns, or either can attach to the rear of the other gun to form a single rifle.

: No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Landfill/landfill.htm More information on Landfill at TFU.info]

==Notes==
* Though his personal hygiene may imply the contrary, Landfill is a robot and has probably never been to [[BotCon]]. You probably, ahem, detected somebody else.

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Landfill Landfill's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Slobs]]
[[Category:Targetmasters]]

Autobot Military Academy

2011-03-09T03:03:00Z

134.193.130.67: /* Marvel UK comics */

:''The Autobot Military Academy is an institute from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Autobot Military Academy''' is an academy on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel UK comics===
[[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]], [[Outback]], [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], [[Tailgate]] and [[Subsea]] all were cadets at the academy. In days past, it was tradition for [[Autobot]]s-to-be to undergo a "trial by fire" in the [[Underworld]], a lower level of Cybertron infested with [[Mutant (G1)|dangerous creatures]]. That tradition ended around the time the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' was launched, but Flattop persuaded Tailgate and Subsea to join him in resurrecting it. Predictably, it didn't end well, costing academy cadets Flattop and Subsea their lives. {{storylink|Underworld!}}

[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Transformer education]]