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Talk:Transformers: Exodus

2011-04-01T03:57:12Z

173.169.18.22: /* Compare/Contrast with WFC and others */

== Synopsis ==

There's been some more [http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780345519856.html info] posted up about the novel. How much of it should go in here (quoted or referenced)? --[[User:Nerroth|Nerroth]] 13:14, 25 March 2010 (EDT)
: That's the exact same information that's on the Amazon link. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:17, 25 March 2010 (EDT)
::Indeed - a link which was only updated to include said synopsis today. My question still stands - how should the new information regarding the novel's plot be added to the synopsis here (as a direct quote, or a re-write)? --[[User:Nerroth|Nerroth]] 13:21, 25 March 2010 (EDT)

This has probably been discussed elsewhere, but--why are we calling this "Exodus" and not "Transformers: Exodus"? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 22:07, 24 May 2010 (EDT)
:The "Transformers:" part is routinely left of of article titles just to shorten them. It is usually used on the page itself. I'll fix that. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 22:17, 24 May 2010 (EDT)

== Spoilers? ==

This is out in stores now, and I'm reading it. Looks like there's gonna be a LOT to add. So are we doing anytype of spoiler wait on it or should we just start adding things here and on other pages?
:Spoiler warnings, of course. Since half the fandom will be at BotCon this week, there should some waiting to give people a chance to read it.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 14:25, 22 June 2010 (EDT)

== G1 ==
This comic is COMPLETELY different than than the war for cybertron storyline which is a direct prequel to G1. {{unsigned|98.204.17.1}}
:Yes, it is; no, it isn't; and we already know. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 15:20, 5 July 2010 (EDT)
: War for Cybertron is not a direct prequel to G1. Half Moon Studios likes to say it is, but that's because they want to sell video games. For example, they've specifically said that the video game ends right when the original cartoon begins, which is impossible on so many levels. I mean, we have the Aerialbots existing four million years before they were born! We have Jetfire as an Autobot hanging out on Cybertron when he should be encased in ice on Earth as a Decepticon! We have the entire war taking place, from Optimus becoming Prime to the Transformers leaving the planet, over a short series of interconnected levels instead of over 5 million years! "This video game takes place before the cartoon" was clearly marketing speak for the casual fan, not something that would hold up to scrutiny. (Same as their "we've never seen Cybertron before!" crap.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:22, 5 July 2010 (EDT)

== Character info box ==

Doesn't this article need one? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:10, 10 July 2010 (EDT)

== "Compromise"? ==
Okay, Alientraveller, I would kindly like to see your explanation for how it ISN'T an error to refer to "Autobot Seekers" as a plural and then say there's only one of them ''within the same page''. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:28, 24 August 2010 (EDT)
:It's a written error rather than a continuity error. With the starting mention of Autobot Seekers, it uses the definition of Seeker in the novels' original term for Cybertronian fliers, in this those later defined as Aerialbots. Then it mentions Jetfire as the sole defector of the Seekers, in that case referring to them as a now Decepticon subfaction. So clumsy yes, but unlike the other errors there's a good explanation, so I'll change the heading. I also apologise for using compromise in the wrong way, because I ought to have checked if you were pleased, and as I can tell you still disagree. I also hope you're not thinking I'm trying to cover up errors or anything, I loved the novel but even I added some while dispensing with other supposed errors.
:Would this phrasing work? ''"All of the Seekers [as a pre-civil war air force] loyal to the Autobots were out on patrol.... The sole exception, Jetfire, the sole Seeker [as a group of Decepticon fliers] to have defected to the Autobots..."'' (p.204). [[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] 11:05, 24 August 2010 (EDT)

== Sequel? ==

Does a [http://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/50212315857035264# "tweet" by Alex Irvine] count as confirmation of the sequel to ''Exodus''?
<br>[[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] 12:25 AM, 29 March 2011 A.D.
:There's been more than a tweet thus far... thus why we already have [[Exiles|an article]] for the sequel book. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 00:31, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
::I was about to respong by saying that there was no mention of it on the page for ''Exodus'', but then I saw the arrow. As you can see, sleepiness causes stupidity. I shall now bed and leave this wiki to those whose homes are still in daylight.
::- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] 2:22 AM, 29 March 2011 A.D.

== Compare/Contrast with WFC and others ==

Took me three months, but [http://forum.unicron.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1003 here you go] (mirrored [http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/exodus-vs-t75090.php here] too). Might be of some use (or least interest) to some of the Wiki users here. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 13:46, 31 March 2011 (EDT)
:Some of your info is vague enough to be misleeding, Characterizing G1 Shockwave based only on the Toon, When his comic portrayle was mor prominent and very different. For instance. --[[Special:Contributions/99.109.23.205|99.109.23.205]] 14:58, 31 March 2011 (EDT)
::He said in the intro that he was only using the G1 toon as he was unfamiliar with the comics. He's not misleading, you're just not paying attention. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:03, 31 March 2011 (EDT)
:::I am currently reading the Marvel G1 comics to better familiarize myself with them, but for now this comparison deals mostly with the cartoons. Someone suggested to me that this list should be used for Wiki purposes, so I was wondering if this list could be of any use here. -- (Sabrblade on a Wii) [[Special:Contributions/173.169.18.22|173.169.18.22]] 23:57, 31 March 2011 (EDT)

Tow-Line (RID)

2010-12-02T02:56:54Z

173.169.18.22: /* Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{picsneeded|Original Car Robots Japanese versions of the toy}}
{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the Robots in Disguise Autobot tow-truck|the Energon Autobot van|Tow-Line (Energon)}}
:''Tow-Line is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RID TowlineWreckerhook biocard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my car around!]]

"'No parking' means 'no parking'!" is '''Tow-Line''''s motto, and it allows for no exceptions. He is so single-mindedly fixated on this apparently senseless purpose that he has been known to tow fire engines away from hydrants, seize children's tricycles, and even impound other Autobots who violate human traffic laws in the course of a mission. Such extreme irrationality, coupled with such total predictability, makes him both a hindrance to his fellow Autobots and an easy target for his enemies.

In battle, he wields his mighty Wrecker Hook!<ref>Bio on the R2 DVDs. [[Chris McFeely]] was having fun that day!</ref>

{{quote|No parking means no parking.|Tow-Line about every second|"[[Tow-Line Goes Haywire]]"}}

:''Japanese name'': '''Wrecker Hook'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Lex Lang]] (English), [[Masami Iwasaki]] (Japanese) [[Oreste Baldini]] (Italian)

[[Image:RID Towline botvehicle cartoon.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Heroic mindless fascist]]

One of Tow-Line's first acts on arriving on Earth was to tow [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], much to the latter's disgust. Under [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]]'s supervision, Tow-Line began towing away [[Metro City]]'s illegal parkers. Unfortunately his zealousness extended to towing away tricycles, wedding cars, mailmen named [[Moe]], and so on, leading Prowl to reprimand him.

Tow-Line's work was not lost on the Predacons, who ambushed him and dragged him away to do a bit of reprogramming with a disk. Soon Tow-Line considered the other Autobots as villains and began towing [[X-Brawn]]. After reasoning failed, X-Brawn attempted to use his grappling hook, causing damage to the other Autobot's circuits, and resulting in Tow-Line dumping him down a hole at the power plant.

Side Burn was also captured easily, but while carrying [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] through the city, Tow-Line was spotted by Prowl and [[Koji Onishi|Koji]]. Intercepted by [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and Prowl, he was soon rescued from the disk's control and apologized profusely for kidnapping his fellow Autobots. Even after learning his lesson, Tow-Line still cheerfully hauled off Prowl for parking illegally. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

Tow-Line aided in a deception, helping to disguise [[Team Bullet Train]] and Optimus Prime as a transforming dragon in order to trick the Predacons into leaving some statues alone. When [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] and Optimus toppled over while operating the robot, Tow-Line was able to pull it back into an upright position using his grappling hook. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}

[[Movor]] briefly tracked Tow-Line from space in an attempt to locate the Autobots' hidden base, but as Tow-Line was spending all of his time towing cars, it wasn't much help. Later Tow-Line and the other Autobots ambushed the Decepticons as they tailed Side Burn. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Towlinesideburn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This happens a lot.]]
Tow-Line towed Side Burn to [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]' hiding place, so that the Autobot wouldn't get [[Kelly (RID)|distracted]] on the way. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

He was also called in as part of the contingency plan created for the event that [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]] learned of the location of the Autobot base. Assembling with the rest of the Autobots near a lake, he took part in the battle against the combined Decepticon/Predacon forces. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

Together with the other Autobots, he shielded Optimus from Galvatron's paralysing beam, allowing the Autobot leader to regroup and form [[Omega Prime]] with [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. After the final battle was over, Tow-Line towed some more cars just for the fun of it. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Car Robots===
*'''Wrecker Hook''' (Flipchanger, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-017'''
**''Accessories'': Grill/rifle

: Wrecker Hook is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Machine Wars]]'' tow trucks [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Hubcap (MW)|Hubcap]]. He changes from truck to robot mode with a single-step, spring-loaded transformation activated by lifting his towing hook up, plus he has a (non-firing) blaster weapon stored under his grill.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'' [[Wrecker Hook (RM)|Wrecker Hook]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Towline/towline.htm More information on Tow-Line at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

*'''Super Wrecker Hook''' (Flipchanger, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Grill/rifle

: A limited-edition, clear-orange version of Wrecker Hook in "Super Mode" was made [[Exclusive|exclusively]] for Daiei stores in Japan, free with the purchase of the [[Build Team]] gift set for a limited time.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearWreckerHook/wreckerhook.htm More information on Super Wrecker Hook at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Robots In Disguise===
[[Image:RID Towline toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Scooby Dooby Doo. Where are you?"]]
*'''Tow-Line / Skyfire''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Grill/rifle

: For the [[Hasbro]] release of the toy, he was available only in a Deluxe-level two-pack with the [[Decepticon]] [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]]. The only difference between the Hasbro and [[Takara]] versions is the size of the Autobot symbols.
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==Notes==
*There is speculation among fans that Tow-Line is the same character as amnesiac [[Wrecker Hook (RM)|Wrecker Hook]] in the [[Robot Masters (franchise)|''Robot Masters'' series]], due to them being from the same Japanese continuity family and sharing names and molds. However, there is little to no actual fictional support for this.... Then again, there is little to contradict it, either, as Wrecker Hook's role in the ''Robot Masters'' storyline is minor at best.

==References==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise Autobots]]