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T-AI

2009-10-05T22:10:54Z

140.254.45.26: We don't know what age she's supposed to be. Japanese animation often portrays adult women as very young-looking. I don't think the joke is particularly distasteful, especially in light of her toy.

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{{disambig2|the Robots in Disguise computer system|the Binaltech Asterisk policewoman|Ai Kuruma}}
:''T-AI is an [[Autobot]] computer from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:T-AI-colorsheet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I, am, your sing-ing tele-gram! *BANG!*]]
'''T-AI''' (pronounced "tie", short for '''Tactical Artificial Intelligence''') is the Autobots' main computer system. She keeps tabs on events across Earth, coordinates Autobot forces across the globe, maintains the elaborate [[Global Space Bridge]] network, and generally keeps things running smoothly at the base... or as smoothly as possible considering the variety of odd personalities that make up the Autobot ranks. She is an incredibly advanced computer that displays distinct emotions, self-awareness, a sense of humor, and—perhaps most notably—the ability to lose her patience. She is quick to berate verbally any Autobot found [[Side Burn (RID)|slacking off or doing something dumb]].

T-AI manifests herself with a holographic avatar, taking the form of a young [[human]] girl in a maroon uniform similar to a Japanese policewoman's. It's possible she chose this form to better acclimate the Autobots to dealing with humans, as well as to help their human ally [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] better deal with being surrounded by giant alien robots.

She is reportedly the "daughter" of [[Teletraan I (RID)|Teletraan I]].<ref>"I'm T-AI, Tactical Artifical Intelligence system. Daughter of the Teletraan I computer program." {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}</ref>

:''Japanese name:'' '''Ai-chan''' (アイちゃん)

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Sandy Fox]] (English), [[Chieko Higuchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Battle Protocol Tai.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Wait till you hear this, ha ha! I just saw Megatron! He kidnapped your father, ha ha! We're in a lot of trouble!]]
T-AI's first major action on Earth was to initiate [[Battle Protocol]] and send the [[Autobot Brothers]] to [[New York City]]. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} A short time later, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] brought [[Koji Onishi]] to visit the base—Koji's [[Kenneth Onishi|father]] had been kidnapped by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. On being introduced to T-AI, Koji attempted to shake hands with her and fell through the holographic projection. The boy stuck around with T-AI to monitor the currently-developing situation—the Predacons were trying to steal an explosive device from a car. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Taipoint.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Prepare to fast-forward!]]
T-AI would continue to monitor odd goings-on, such as a series of suspicious train wrecks which turned out to have been caused by the Predacons. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} The only Autobot she tended to have problems with was [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], a notorious slacker who would often be out chasing red sports cars rather than go to the assignments given to him. On one occasion Side Burn turned out to be actually doing something useful—exploring some ruins with Koji. As a result of this adventure, a computer microchip owned by Doctor Onishi was discovered, and T-AI set about extracting information from it. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

It wasn't unusual for Side Burn to cut off contact altogether, which is probably why T-AI didn't immediately panic when he was captured by the Predacons. Once [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]] alerted her to the situation, T-AI dispatched the [[Spy Changer]]s to assist in rescuing both Side Burn and Optimus. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} On another occasion one of the Spy Changers, [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] appeared to have left the Autobot ranks but in reality had pretended to defect and had located Megatron's "[[Mega-Laser Cannon]]". T-AI was able to extend the [[Global Space Bridge]], allowing the Spy Changers to use the sphere formation to destroy the laser. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}}

When new Autobot arrival [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] went missing, T-AI was able to download his scanner log and determine that, as suspected, the Autobot had become contaminated with [[Auggie Cahnay (RID)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s psychotropic energy, giving him the urge to compete in races. She warned the other Autobots that they needed to get Skid-Z back to headquarters for decontamination or he would burn out his circuits. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}} [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]]'s introduction didn't go much better. Shortly after his arrival, T-AI lost contact with Side Burn, X-Brawn and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]]—Tow-Line had gone renegade and abducted the trio. She coordinated with Optimus and Prowl to track down the rogue Autobot. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

[[Image:Tai-projector.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Snotty beamed me twice last night. It was wonderful.]]
Puzzled by the Predacons' interest in statues, T-AI dispatched the Autobot Brothers to the [[Cave of the Dragon]], which Koji had a hunch was involved. There Side Burn encountered a giant moving statue, which T-AI was able to reveal was a special effect created by a film crew working there. As it turned out the cave had another secret, the first of seven Cybertronian artefacts called [[O-Part]]s. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Shortly after the discovery, T-AI called all of the Autobots back to base to review footage of their past missions and attempt to work out where the Predacon base was hidden. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

T-AI was able to unlock more information from Dr Onishi's microchip, pointing the Autobots to [[Castle Peak]], where they discovered the wreck of an Autobot spacecraft. After Megatron stole the six protoforms from inside it, T-AI was able to track him to McKinley Army Base and alert Optimus, though ultimately Megatron was able to reformat the protoforms into Decepticons. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}

After the destruction of a dam by the Decepticons, T-AI sent the Autobot Brothers to patrol [[Sherman Dam]] and soon lost contact with them. Once Optimus arrived at the dam, T-AI alerted him to the fact that the Decepticons had mined it with [[pulsar bomb]]s. Fortunately disaster was averted once again with the help of [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|Commandos}}

[[Image:Attack from Outer Space Tai.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Movor's gone to plaid!]]
T-AI continued to monitor Predacon activity, dispatching Optimus and the Spy Changers to [[Montrose Island]] where the Predacons were causing trouble. {{storylink|Volcano}} After a shuttle was launched by the [[human]]s, she attempted to access the signal from it and, to her puzzlement, received images of [[X-Brawn]] from the data stream. It wasn't long before the space agency revealed that the shuttle which was launched had been a fake—the Decepticon [[Movor]]. As the Decepticons were tracking Side Burn, T-AI contacted him and X-Brawn was able to send his brother to a location where the Decepticons could be ambushed. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

Side Burn, of course, continued to cause trouble and T-AI caught him using the computer to do online fish tests. Opining that it didn't make sense, as Side Burn was a sports car, not a fish, she nagged him about going out on patrol. Eventually he did, but he and the other two brothers ended up going to the wrong locations anyway. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

When [[Build Team]] requested that they be allowed to go on a mission, they insisted that T-AI use the member select program just to make it all official. And then bickered amongst themselves until T-AI told them to knock it off and get moving. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}} Some time later, strange glitches began occurring in the Global Space Bridge, with Autobots failing to arrive at the destinations T-AI had programmed, and she soon discovered that someone had been tampering with the computer link. Build Team was dispatched to fix the problem, and T-AI also detected that Megatron was attacking the north energy research facility, so the next destination was set. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

When the Predacons attacked the new [[CGA Tower]] and took the people inside hostage, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] demanded something from Optimus. Something he wasn't terribly clear on. T-AI suggested Sky-Byte might mean the O-Parts, which probably wasn't the most clever thing considering he didn't seem to know about them. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

After an attempted energy theft, the Decepticons began attacking construction sites and fleeing every time T-AI sent the Autobots to stop them. Eventually the Build Team found out, and T-AI detected [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] fighting Ruination. She sent the Autobot Brothers to help, but Build Team had sabotaged the Global Space Bridge, and they ended up in the middle of nowhere. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[Image:Forced Fusion Tai Koji.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It's not just a truck wreck...it's a Transformer!]]
T-AI intercepted a transmission indicating that Sky-Byte was searching for O-Parts. She and Optimus suspected it was a trap, so they sent the Autobot Brothers in. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} With Optimus under attack from Decepticons on an island, T-AI monitored the situation with Koji, and was amazed when Optimus merged with the newly arrived Autobot [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] into [[Omega Prime]]. She reported reading a massive amount of energy. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

While out looking for Ultra Magnus, the Autobot Brothers failed to check in and T-AI was unable to contact them. She sent Team Bullet Train to look for the brothers and coordinated the search from base. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Puzzling over the way the three Autobot Brothers managed to power up during the fight against the Decepticons, T-AI theorised that the power came from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], somehow channelled through Ultra Magnus. She contacted Side Burn and Prowl to search for Magnus, and sent X-Brawn in as backup when the two brothers found themselves fighting the Decepticons. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Fortress Maximus Koji Tai.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Skidplates! I'm surrounded by skidplates!]]
T-AI was able to extract more information from Doctor Onishi's microchip, pointing to a dig which the doctor was working on before he was kidnapped. The Build Team were dispatched, and when the Decepticons were sighted in the area, T-AI sent the Spy Changers, Autobot Brothers and Team Bullet Train for protection. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} She reassured Koji that his father must still be alive as the Predacons were still extracting information from him. She was proved right a few hours later when Sky-Byte inadvertently set Doctor Onishi free. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

With the release of Doctor Onishi, T-AI worked with him to create a detector to locate the rest of the O-Parts. The Autobot Brothers and Build Team managed to locate and retrieve the five remaining O-Parts and, back at base, T-AI wondered whether finding them was a blessing or a curse. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} T-AI was able to detect a data stream coming from the activated O-Parts and, despite Optimus' concerns, merged with them to get more information. Although she was able to find out the location of the [[Orb of Sigma]], she became trapped in the globe created by the O-Parts.

Optimus and the brothers took the O-Parts globe to the Sahara Desert where, in a pyramid beneath the desert sands, they found the Orb of Sigma. The O-Parts globe merged with it, cutting off their communication with T-AI completely. The Autobots managed to keep the Orb away from the Decepticons and return it to Autobot base, where T-AI was successfully extracted. She reported that she had gained from the Orb the knowledge of where to find [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Tai.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It's very fascinating. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to hurt you.]]
The Autobot Brothers and Build Team attempted to retrieve Cerebros, but the 'bot was snatched from their grasp by the Decepticons. T-AI was very annoyed and chewed out X-Brawn over it. She sent the Autobot Brothers to guard Fortress Maximus' hiding place, getting Tow-Line to tow Side Burn there to prevent him from being "distracted". The Decepticons managed to use Cerebros to activate Maximus and T-AI monitored the battle from base with Koji. The young boy was subsequently able to help by commanding the giant robot to stop. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

T-AI and Doctor Onishi worked on the puzzle of why Maximus obeyed Koji's command, but were unable to draw a firm conclusion. When [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] again attempted to control Maximus out in the desert, Doctor Onishi realised that Maximus would only control humans, and T-AI had Team Bullet Train and the Build Team take a thousand children to the battlefield. {{storylink|The Human Element}} She continued to scan for Fortress Maximus' location, but was hampered by the Autobot's shielding. Finally, after Koji's friend [[Karl]] was kidnapped by the Predacons, she was able to locate the titan in a forest. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Final Battle Tai.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Go past this part. In fact, never play this scene again.]]
Finally the Decepticons located the Autobot base and began to attack. T-AI alerted all of the Autobots to go to designated co-ordinates so that Optimus could lead the Decepticons into a trap. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} She monitored the battle from base, contacting Omega Prime when Galvatron used his [[Cyber-bat|cyber-bats]] to seize control of the Earth's children. She activated the Global Space Bridge so the Autobots could retreat, but was too late to warn them when Galvatron ruptured the tunnel wall to flood it with molten rock. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} At Omega Prime's command, she opened space bridge portals to the Earth's core and sealed them after he had led Galvatron through for a last confrontation. Fortunately Koji was able to mobilise Earth's children via the Internet and send a massive amount of power to Prime, enabling him to win the fight, though T-AI told him that Prime was still trapped.

Fortunately the energy from Galvatron's defeat had reopened the Global Space Bridge, allowing Omega Prime to escape the Earth's core. The Autobots began enjoying a look around, though T-AI had to tell Skid-Z to slow down. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:T-AI Dreamwavesummerspecial.jpg|left|180px|thumb|My hair! What happened to my hair?!]]
When [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Sky-Byte]] attempted to steal an experimental nuclear generator from a plant in Arizona, T-AI tried to find any Autobots who were available to respond to the situation. Ultimately, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] was the only one not currently occupied by some other emergency. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
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==Toys==
===Merchandise===
* '''Ai-chan''' (KT Figure Collection, 2004)

[[Image:AI PVC.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What the hell in the name of God is THIS?]]
: This figurine was produced by [[KT Figure Collection]], and included in a set of four others. It is notable in that not only is this the only non-[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] PVC in the entire set, but Ai-chan is portrayed bathing in a hot spring, and is thus completely nude, aside from her hat. A [[super deformed]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Super Fire Convoy]] is seen peeking over the side, and a miniature [[Sky-Byte|Gelshark]] bath toy is in Ai-chan's hands.

: Yes, it's creepy. And you may find out her face is familiar, BECAUSE the figure is designed by [[Yūki Ōshima]], who did the [[Kiss Players (franchise)|creepiest thing]] in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] ever.

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==Trivia==
* Whenever T-AI makes radio contact with any off-base Autobots, she initiates it by pressing a sequence of buttons on a keypad. Considering that these elements are all a part of the same computer, T-AI is in fact projecting and controlling the holographic representation of herself and making it use the keypad that controls T-AI, herself. She is effectively telling herself to tell herself what to do. If you also factor in the fact that the hologram is totally incorporeal, and therefore cannot actually make contact with the keypad, then the assorted beeps and lights that seemingly indicate when the buttons are being pressed are actually being controlled from within T-AI like a [[wikipedia:player_piano|player piano]], and therefore don't need to be pressed even if the hologram ''could'' press them. This gives me a headache.

* In the ''Car Robots'' continuity, Ai-chan is a "Spherical Computer", akin to [[Vector Sigma]] of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]], and [[NAVI]] and [[Envoy]] of ''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''.

* T-AI is clearly the inspiration for the [[Ai Kuruma]] character in the ''[[Alternators|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' line.

==References==
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== External link ==
* [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/kt_figure/transformers/005/index.html Ai-chan at KT Figure Collection official site]

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Stock footage

2009-09-29T17:39:54Z

140.254.45.26: That sentence was confusing as hell. Hopefully this is better.

[[Image:G1FortressMaximus HMstockfootage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|My knee hurts SO MUCH.]]
'''Stock footage''' refers to a sequence in film or television that can be frequently re-used, occasionally in multiple different productions. It is commonly used in animation to save the time and expense of having to re-draw sequences that are more or less assured to take place in every single episode.
In the context of Transformers, it applies to most of Japanese-made anime series: ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', ''[[Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce]]'', ''[[Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', ''[[Beast Wars II (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'', ''[[Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'', ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'', and the [[Unicron Trilogy]] shows. All of those series would almost ritualistically showcase the same clips of characters [[Transformation|transforming]], [[Combiner|combining]], or deploying unique [[Weapon|weapons]].
These sequences often seemingly transport the characters to a setting different from the actual events of that part of the episode, as the entire standard background fades away and is replaced by streaking speedlines and flashes of color, so they can be used no matter where the characters actually are in the script.

[[Image:ArmadaStock.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Blue streaks!]]
Stock footage sequences typically have more detail, higher frame rates, and more exaggerated, prolonged posturing movements than the standard storytelling animation surrounding them. Supposedly, this is the method in which Japanese [[To sell toys|marketing]] has decided a toy's gimmicks are best "highlighted" in these advertoons.

The dub for ''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers Cybertron]]'' often poked fun at the practice, having characters narrate their filler stock-footage in ways that implied boredom or curiosity ("Why do we always go ''this'' way?"), or simply filled excessively-long sequences with snappy patter among the characters involved. Of course, ''Cybertron'' was particularly egregious in its dependence on using stock footage to fill time like the visual equivalent of styrofoam peanuts.

[[Image:MegsFlash.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Your transforming posture is highly awesome.]]
This practice is different from the stock animations used in the CGI-animated [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' show]], which often used "standard" sets of model movements for the characters' transformations from beast to robot mode to save the animators' time. However, these animations were not stock ''footage''; each sequence had to be rendered out normally as any other each time they occurred, using different camera angles with the characters in the same scenery as they were before and after they transformed.

In the [[Transformers Animated|''Animated'']] series, most characters do have stock footage versions of their transformation sequences, but their usage has been the exception rather than the rule. For instance, the series' opening credits shows a great deal of stock footage that has rarely, or never, appeared in the actual cartoon. In this context, "[[Human Error, Part I]]" stands out for its' egregious use of stock footage to pad the episode out - including full stock footage transformations for the ''hallucinatory'' [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].

[[Image:G1OptimusPrimeStockFootage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Stomach in, chest out, look wistfully into the distance. Prime tries out to be an Abercrombie model.]]
The [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|original ''Generation 1'' cartoon]] was not immune from the use of stock footage, however its use was more limited and was generally used in a similar manner to ''Beast Wars'',
with pre-canned transformations employed over different backgrounds depending on the situation, without any cutscenes. Not surprisingly, the most notable of these is a transformation sequence for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] which was used in both directions (truck to robot, and robot to truck), however others can be found, primarily throughout season 1, due to the smaller cast.

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Afterburner (G1)

2009-09-14T22:33:19Z

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:''Afterburner is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Afterburner1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You'd be antisocial too if Grimlock was your dad.]]
'''Afterburner''' hates authority, hates being given orders, and is generally a seething cauldron of anger. Even innocuous remarks from teammates can send him into a furious rampage. He is ruthless and relentless in battle, giving him the greatest outlet for his rage. Somehow, he can get his temper under control long enough to form the giant [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] with his fellow [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and it does not affect the combiner’s mental processes.

{{bigquote|Mellow out, Afterburner.|[[Lightspeed (Technobot)|Lightspeed]] gives Afterburner some good advice|"[[Grimlock's New Brain]]"}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Postpyro'''
:''Italian name'': '''Radarbot'''
:''Russian name'': '''Astrofakel''' (Астрофакел, Astrotorch)

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
Afterburner was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' in order to start a new life away from war (maybe he was feeling sick that day). {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} But the Decepticons followed them to their new home on [[Nebulos]]. Afterburner and the other Technobots repelled a [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]] attack on the resort city [[Splendora]] {{storylink|Love and Steel!}} before all of the Transformers left Nebulos. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] took control of the powers of the [[Underbase]], Afterburner was part of the joint Autobot/Decepticon force that challenged him in the city of [[Buenos Aires]], and one of Starscream's many, many victims. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In the post-[[Time Wars]] version of 2009, Afterburner was stationed at [[Autobot City]] on Earth. He was seen racing to the rescue of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and his shuttle crew when [[Unicron]] possessed [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and turned him against the Autobots. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}''

''In 2510 of another future, Afterburner was present when Rodimus Prime announced the official end of the Autobot / Decepticon war. Unfortunately, hostilities were stirred up between the Technobots and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] at the peace ceremony, leading to a NEW war on Cybertron. Don't look at Afterburner—he really didn't have anything to do with it. {{storylink|Peace}}''

===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)

The Technobots were created by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] as a countermeasure to the new [[Decepticon]] [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], using the heightened intelligence he (Grimlock) had gained through an accident. Once their bodies had been built, Grimlock transferred his powerful intellect into them, returning to his original intelligence settings. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Later stationed in [[Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], the Technobots helped [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] captain [[Marissa Faireborn]] track down a [[Quintesson]] base within the solar system, with the help (and occasional hindrance) of the smuggler [[Dirk Manus]]. {{storylink|Money Is Everything}}

The Technobots responded to the Terrorcon attack on [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Combining into Computron, they fought [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but the battle inadvertently injured Morgan's [[Jessica Morgan|daughter]], leading the scientist and his friend [[Gregory Swofford]] to infect the Autobots with the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Months later, the Technobots were present for the attack on Autobot City where the Decepticons stole the key to the [[Plasma energy|plasma energy chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
The Technobots, created with the help of the human scientist [[Doctor Dalton]], faced off against the Terrorcon Abominus, but it was a trap set by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Forcing Abominus to split into his components, the individual Terrorcons spat a mind-controlling substance at Computron. Before Galvatron could get far with his new warrior, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] came to the Technobot’s rescue in an [[exo-suit]], firing a beam into Computron’s eyes that removed the mind-controlling effect. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Stormbringer2 Nosecone Afterburner.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Don't think, just kiss me. No one will know except the wiki.]]
Afterburner was a member of the Autobot survey ship ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'s'' crew, along with his fellow Technobots and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. They discovered mysterious signs of active energon on the supposedly dead world, and sent a team down to investigate. Afterburner and Nosecone stayed aboard the Calabai-Yau, but were shot down by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his hidden team of fanatics. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1}} Hunted by [[Centurion droid|Centurion droids]] and worn down by the planet's dangerous radiation levels, the two Technobots managed to survive until [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] arrived and took them to safety. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3}}

When Optimus Prime came across a [[Pretender Monster|group of Cybertronians]] who had been [[Combiner|grotesquely re-engineered]] into a [[Monstructor|combined form]] by the scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], he turned the sextet over to Jetfire and the Technobots for study and possible help. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Afterburner and his science team took up work at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, until it was assaulted by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] under the command of the [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. Under heavy fire, he and Scattershot were prepared to carry out Prime's instructions and terminate the combiners rather than let them fall into Decepticon hands, but ultimately failed to do so before [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] triggered an orbital bounce and stole the sextet right out from under them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Afterburner toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"My alt mode is a ... wheelbarrow? That can't be right..."]]
*'''Afterburner''' (Technobot, 1987)
**''Team ID number'': '''TK1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-90'''
**''Accessories'': "Sonic Blaster Pistol", "Pulse Cannon", "Missiles" launcher

: Afterburner transforms into an orange and white Cybertronic motorcycle, with add-on (non-firing) missile launcher and cannon accessories. He combines with [[Lightspeed (Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Scattershot]] and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] to form the giant robot Computron. As with most of the Generation 1 team combiners, he uses the "[[Scramble City]]" style of combination, enabling him to form the arm or leg of any combiner combination.

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*'''Computron''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-91'''

:All five Technobots were available both separately and in a full-team gift set.

==Trivia==
[[Image:Afterburnerback.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Yeah, just stick that anywhere.]]
*The rear view of Afterburner's animation model misses the second wheel and offsets the top wheel on to Afterburner's left shoulder, a misinterpretation of the animation model's front view. This model was seemingly only used in the [[AKOM]]-animated episodes "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]" and "[[The Rebirth]]" — in "[[Money Is Everything]]", Afterburner's back is drawn to match his toy.

*Strangely, Computron's animation model has Afterburner's wheels correctly represented.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Afterburner/afterburner.htm Afterburner at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Afterburner Afterburner's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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