Sideswipe (Animated)

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:''Sideswipe is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SideswipeAnimated-model.jpg|right|thumb|300px|In ''Animated'', G2 came early.]]

'''Sideswipe''' is a senior investigator for [[Cybertron Police Defense Command]] in [[Iacon Central]]. He's been on the force for 30,000 [[stellar cycle]]s and has all the accumulative experience that's implied. Though he's a rough, jaded old-timer who's seen it all, somewhere deep inside his [[spark]] are the remnants of the idealistic, impulsive, loose-cannon youth he was long, long ago. He's hardest on those who share these lost qualities, but only because they remind him of himself.

For some reason, he's really, ''really'' hard on [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]].

{{quote|If I sound cynical, it's because I am. ''Thirty thousand'' stellar cycles on the force will do that to you.|Sideswipe monologues for the audience|[[The Stunti-Con Job]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Neil Ross]]
{{note|Events in italics occurred exclusively in [[BotCon 2011]]'s "The Stunti-Con Job" script reading.}}

Sideswipe spotted an enemy ship during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. Good job! {{storylink|AllSpark Almanac II}}

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{{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Animatedtoy-Sideswipe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Considering their ages, Rodimus is biting Sideswipe's style, not vice versa!]]
*'''Sideswipe and Toxitron''' (Souvenir set, 2011)
**''Accessories'': crossbow/missile launcher, 2 missiles

: Sideswipe is a redeco of [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|''Animated'']] [[Breakdown (Animated)|Breakdown]] (itself a [[retool]] of Deluxe Class ''Animated'' [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)#Toys|Rodimus Minor]]), transforming into a futuristic car that is an homage to the vehicle mode of Generation 1 [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. A panel on the car's hood, which is also the figure's chest, can be flipped to either show an engine block or the figure's Autobot [[insignia]]. The figure comes with a spring-loaded missile-launching double crossbow. His bow can be tabbed to the roof of his car mode or snapped on his hand. The tabs that secure his bow in vehicle mode are 5mm wide, making it useable by other figures as well. Sideswipe was limited to 1500 pieces and sold in a set with [[Toxitron]].

: The original version of the mold was redecoed into [[Black Rodimus]].
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==Notes==
[[Image:SideswipeAnimated-Almanac.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Puberty is an awkward time for many youngsters.]]
* Sideswipe is seen in the "The Great War" boardgame in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''. If an Autobot player lands on his spot, he gets 1000 Victory Points.
* Like a lot of the random incidentals in ''The AllSpark Almanac II'', Sideswipe's first head was designed by [[Bill Forster]].
* The bag Souvenir Set #1 comes in (though not the instructions nor [[Tech Spec]]s) refer to the figure as Sideswipe'''''r'''''.
*[[Afterburn]] was originally advertised as the ''Animated'' version of Sideswipe. But by the time the [[Titan Books]] [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|comic]] featuring the character came out, the name had been changed. The reason for this has never been officially stated, but aside from the the overwhelmingly negative fan reaction, it's very likely [[Hasbro]] intervened; after all, they wouldn't allow [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] even to be ''framed'' as a traitor <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-transformers-animated-story-editor-marty-isenberg-165509/ TFW2005.com interview with Marty Isenberg]</ref>.

==References==
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[[Category: Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]

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