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Transformers: The Animated Movie

2007-04-09T23:05:06Z

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[[Image:IDW Animated Movie.jpg|right|thumb|Do they REALLY believe that they can stop [[Unicron]] by simply SHOOTING at him... from THAT far away?!!]]
'''''The Transformers: The Animated Movie''''' is a comic book adaptation of 1986's ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'', published by [[IDW]] in 2006-2007. It was part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of TF:TM.

The series was four issues long, with a script adapted by [[Bob Budiansky]] and artwork by [[Don Figueroa]]. The comic is very faithful to the finished film, with most of the dialogue being lifted straight from the movie aside from the characters saying each others' names more often. Figueroa's artwork in this series is a bit of a departure from his usual style, with character designs that are much closer to the standard [[Floro Dery]] models that were used in the original G1 comics and cartoons.
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Roadhauler

2007-01-18T15:22:54Z

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: ''Load Hauler is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] continuity.''

[[Image:LoadHauler-Card.jpg|thumb|300px|right|ALL CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES MUST BE BRIGHT GREEN FOREVER AND EVER.]]

Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], '''Load Hauler''' worked at [[Crystal City]], until its destruction at the hands of his former teammates, who had been turned into the [[Constructicon]]s by the [[Robo-Smasher]] device. Losing his friends sent him to the Autobots' side, though as a worker, not a fighter. His primary function is in the discovery and procurement of energy sources, traveling [[Earth]] for long periods in his search. He does have incredible physical strength, plus the ability to launch both of his fists from their wrist-sockets, which he can then remote-control to perform tasks normally beyond his reach.

Load Hauler is subject to flights of fancy, especially when it comes to his appearance. As such, oftentimes he will return from one of his long sojourns a completely different color than he left in.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Image:Hauler01-sm.jpg|thumb|left|Shut up and lift the guy with the toy.]]

Load Hauler (called "Hauler" in his one appearance) joined [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in recovering [[Hound]] from the bottom of a ravine. He never spoke or transformed to robot mode. Or did anything else ever.

''('''Note:''' Load Hauler's backstory was established only many years after-the-fact for an exclusive toy. In Japan, his cameo lacked a name and most fans assumed him to be [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]].)''
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Loadhauler.jpg|thumb|right|Don't make me angry...you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.]]
*'''Load Hauler''' (Autobot, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''88'''
: One of the first original-deco toys released as part of the [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] series, Load Hauler is a [[redeco]] of the Autobot [[Grapple]], transforming into a hook-crane truck. He was sold only as part of a set with his fellow "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" cameo-character [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].

: A [[retool]]ing of this mold was used to make Generation 1 [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Artfire]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Cybertron/LoadHauler/loadhauler.htm Load Hauler at TFU.info]
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/hauler.htm Hauler at Obscure Transformers Website]

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Big Convoy (BW)

2007-01-17T21:13:44Z

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:''Big Convoy is a [[Maximal]] leader from the [[Beast Wars]] era of the [[Generation 1]] continuity.''

[[Image:BigConvoyAnime1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|We've got a great big convoy...]]

'''Big Convoy''' is a high-ranking yet severely anti-social general in the [[Maximal]] army. He is often called by his nickname, "the One-Man Army", due to his lone-wolf behavior and immense skill in battle. He can transform into a wooly mammoth and his weapon of choice is the '''Big Cannon'''. At one point he was a freelancer, working with [[Rockbuster]], until he joined the Maximal army officially. He has a heated but respectful rivalry with [[Predacon]] [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Magmatron]]. The [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Elders]] recognize Big Convoy's skill and dedication yet do not approve of his introverted attitude.

==Fiction==
===Beast Wars Neo cartoon===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Junichi Inoue]]

Hoping to curve Big Convoy's psychotically anti-social behavior, the [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Elders]] ordered him to train a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy loathed the assignment at first, but being a loyal soldier, accepted the task. His first mission was to explore [[Gaia]] and investigate the disappearance of [[Leo Prime]]. Little did he know, [[Magmatron]] and his [[Predacon|Predacons]] were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Lio Convoy, Big Convoy learned of the [[Angolmois]] capsules ejected after the destruction of the [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way.

Big Convoy is not one for compassion or sentimental gobbly-gook. Because of this bitter attitude, [[Vector Sigma]] took it upon-itself to dispense words of wisdom and encouragement to the recruits directly ''through'' Big Convoy, via his [[Leadership Matrix]]. Big Convoy hated it at first, but over the course of the adventure, the sense of compassion began to rub-off on him and he started giving words of advice all on his own.

Eventually, after the Maximals and Predacons collected all the capsules, they were attacked by the [[Blentron]]s, a fearsome trio of nearly invincible Transformers. The Blentrons beat the mortal hell out of him, the Maximals and the Predacons, taking the Angolmois capsules. As it turned out, the Angolmois energy was really the essence of [[Unicron]] and the Blentrons were his creations.

The Blentrons released the Angolomois energy into the corpse of [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], resurrecting Unicron. Big Convoy and the Maximals raced him back to [[Cybertron]] but were side-tracked by being sucked into a wormhole. It was actually the same wormhole that sucked-in Leo Prime and his crew after their battle against the Nemesis. Leo Prime told Big Convoy the history of Unicron and helped him escape the wormhole.

[[Image:BigConvoyMatrix1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pimp My Ribcage.]]

The Maximals arrived too late; Unicron had already destroyed the Maximal armada (and [[Great Convoy]] with it) and possessed Vector Sigma, turning Cybertron into his new body. Big Convoy, the Maximal recruits and Magmatron stood side-by-side to fight the menace. Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to swat his opponents. Using their new-found teamwork, the Maximals managed to hold Unicron off while Big Convoy powered up his trademarked '''Big Cannon''' with his own [[Leadership Matrix]]. This upgraded his Big Cannon into the '''Matrix Buster'''. Big Convoy unleashed a blast from his Matrix Buster directly into Unicron, seemingly destroying him.

With Unicron evicted from Vector Sigma, Big Convoy and Magmatron chose to put aside their differences. Together, all missing Maximals and Predacons set adrift (especially those from ''[[Beast Wars II]]'') returned to Cybertron to help rebuild the planet. In the final shot, Big Convoy, Magmatron and Leo Prime were shown standing side-by-side beneath Vector Sigma.

===Beast Wars Neo manga===

===Beast Wars: the Gathering===

[[Image:BigConvoyIDW1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Where everybody knows your name...]]

Before his adventures as a woolly mammoth, Big Convoy was shown as part of Cybertron's Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs alongside [[Heinrad]] and [[Magmatron]].
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
*'''Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-35'''
: This molds was also used to make [[Black Big Convoy]] and ''[[Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]].

*'''Big Convoy vs Magmatron''' (Vs pack, 1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-35'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/BigConvoy/bigconvoy.htm Big Convoy at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Beast Wars Neo characters]]
[[Category: Maximal leaders]]
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