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Hosehead (G1)

2010-11-03T23:41:33Z

198.111.56.66: /* Generation 1 */

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{{disambig2|the American Headmaster|the Japanese Headmaster Junior who has an identical body|Cab}}
:''Hosehead is an [[Autobot|Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hosehead boxart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"No, you take off!"]]
'''Hosehead'''... well, he's got a nice personality. He's a nice guy, kind and well-meaning, courageous and willing to carry out his dangerous search and rescue function. Sometimes he even does it quite well. But he gets ''very'' flustered under pressure, to the point that he can do as much damage as good. His [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] with the Nebulan star athlete [[Lug|Lug]] seems to be improving this problem.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Boyau'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Lugbigshutdown.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"You killed him! He's dead! I'm a witness! Police! Police! My brother's a murderer!"
 "I didn't do nothin'- take off!"]]

Before the war, Hosehead was a low-level microchip counter in a transistor factory. He left to join the Autobots to prove to himself that he could do something more worthwhile. {{storylink|Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Hosehead's ''Transformers Universe'' profile entry}}

''Under unrevealed circumstances, Hosehead was binary-bonded to the Nebulan named Lug, and then taken prisoner by the Decepticons on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As a field test for the new Decepticon lord [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], Hosehead was released free on [[Earth]] alongside his fellow prisoners [[Playback]] and [[Horsepower]]. Thunderwing was to hunt down and execute them in an uncontrolled environment. The Decepticon made the mistake of toying with his prey, however, killing Playback and then leisurely pursuing the others. Playback's death caught the attention of two Autobots from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren]]. Horsepower was killed in the following combat, but the remaining trio of Autobots survived, besting Thunderwing with their wits, and became inseparable from then on as Hosehead joined the Ark's crew.'' {{storylink|The Big Shutdown!}}''

[[Image:Hosehead2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|We found this mouse in a bottle of YOUR BEER, eh. Like, we was at a party and a friend of ours - a COP - had some, and HE PUKED. And he said, come here and get free beer, or he'll press charges.]]

''When the Autobots received a distress call from Earth's surface, Nightbeat assembled a combat team that included Hosehead, Siren, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]], [[Getaway]], and himself. Under Optimus Prime's command, they rushed to Earth to help their fallen comrades, but there they found the [[Deathbringer (species)|Deathbringer]], who had come to cleanse the planet of life. Ironically, Deathbringer was powered by the energies of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], the very thing Prime had desired earlier to restore his fallen warriors, and it must be destroyed to save Earth! Hosehead and the others fought valiantly, but were getting slaughtered. Nightbeat used its own programming against it, and the Deathbringer destroyed itself, removing Hosehead and the others from further danger. {{storylink|Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer}}''

The Chaos-Bringer, [[Unicron]] was awakened and was headed towards Cybertron, but only the [[Creation Matrix]] could stop him! Even worse, the Matrix was fired into space inside the body of Optimus Prime and was presumed lost. To this end, Hosehead joined Siren and Nightbeat on a mission to [[Pz-Zazz]], a planet in a star system where the Matrix might have landed. After getting caught in the middle of a gang war between [[Gutt]] and [[B'ghdad]], he and Siren helped Nightbeat unravel the mystery of the planet's missing life-force, but were subsequently captured by Thunderwing. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} Hosehead proved able to resist Thunderwing's [[Mindleech]] device, revealing nothing about the Matrix Quest, but his two comrades weren't as stalwart. {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier}} Hosehead and the others were subsequently freed when the device's equipment was damaged. They then worked together to stop Thunderwing's Matrix-powered rampage aboard the Ark. Hosehead deactivated the Ark's artificial gravity per Nightbeat's order, allowing suction to drag Thunderwing out of the ship. {{storylink|All Fall Down (issue)|All Fall Down}}

[[Image:Hosehead3.jpg|left|150px|thumb|There wasn't much to do. All the bowling alleys had been wrecked. So's I spent most of my time looking for beer.]]

In the aftermath of this showdown, Siren and Hosehead relaxed by watching televised murder mysteries. Later, Siren told Hosehead a joke he'd already heard. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

Hosehead and the rest of the Earthbound Transformers were warped to Cybertron by [[Primus]] to do battle with Unicron, where their creator explained to them the history of their race. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} At [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders, he manned a building-sized cannon, which he fired at the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} However, Hosehead was ultimately among the casualties of the battle; his wrecked vehicle form was shown among the dead. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In an alternate 2009, Hosehead was one of the Autobots who had to abandon Cybertron to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons after the [[Time Wars|Time Wars]] rebooted history. To make matters worse, their ship crashed on Earth after their leader, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], was possessed by Unicron's corrupting influence. Hosehead and [[Doubleheader|Doubleheader]] were seen taking a shot at the insane Rodimus, but their fire bounced off his "aura of evil" and he blasted right back at them. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:TWW AgeofWrath3 Hosehead.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Fleshy headed mutant! Are you friendly?" "No way, eh. Radiation has made me an enemy of civilization!"]]
During the [[Age of Internment|Age of Internment]], Hosehead remained free from Decepticon rule under [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s resistance cell. He was working with Nightbeat on a strike team to capture and study a member of the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath issue 2}} After two drones were destroyed, the final one suddenly reactivated and attacked them. Hosehead prevented the drone from executing Nightbeat, but it retaliated with a pulse that scrambled his circuits. Fortunately, Getaway attached the [[Inhibitor claw|inhibitor claw]] onto the Aerospace drone, shutting it down. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath issue 3}}

{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] declared bankruptcy before the final result of their mission could be told.}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Hosehead toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I was like a one-man army, like Charlton Heston in Omega Man. You ever see it? Beauty.]]
*'''Hosehead w/ Lug''' (Headmaster, 1988)
:*''Accessories'': "Lug" Headmaster driver, seat/helmet, "Accelerator Rifle", left and right "Laser Pistols"

: Hosehead transforms into a sweet fire truck of undetermined model. The area between the cabin and the rear of the truck has a seat that Headmaster unit, Lug, can sit on, but he can also be stowed inside the cabin itself. (This method isn't as secure, however.) The ladder base has a ratcheted joint, allowing it to rotate, while the ladder itself can extend out to 22cm in length and also has a movable compound nozzle. His head guns can be stored on the sides of the vehicle while his rifle can be plugged onto the ladder.

: In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, Hosehead has a flip-down panel on his chest which covers a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readouts for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumblers are activated when Lug (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Lug has Hosehead's face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip-down panel featured on larger Headmasters. As another consequence of being a smaller Headmaster, Hosehead's chest cavity was apparently too small for 3 individual tumblers. As a result, all Headmaster heads inserted will display Hosehead's pre-molded (and painted) Speed, Strength, and Intelligence readings (5, 8, 6) on one large sliding plate.

: This toy was released in Japan as the [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Junior]] [[Cab|Cab]], with little or no changes.

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==Notes==
* For whatever reason, Hosehead's [[Character model|character model]] treats his "goggles" as a colorless transparent visor covering a pair of standard optic sensors, despite his toy having the same kind of outwardly-opaque visor as numerous other Transformers. Just more small Headmaster Autobot [[Nightbeat (G1)|weirdness...]]
* In "[[The Big Shutdown!]]," the [[Marvel UK]] story which introduced Hosehead, neither Nightbeat nor Siren recognized him, and Hosehead even assumed Siren and Nightbeat were Decepticons until the truth was revealed. Apparently Hosehead never bumped into the other two when they were all on [[Nebulos]] getting Headmaster partners together.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Hosehead/hosehead.htm Hosehead at TFU.info]
* [http://ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Hosehead Hosehead's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Talk:Quake (SG)

2010-09-29T22:56:34Z

198.111.56.66: New page: He's the color of G1 Hardhead. ~~~~

He's the color of G1 Hardhead. [[Special:Contributions/198.111.56.66|198.111.56.66]] 18:56, 29 September 2010 (EDT)

Talk:Razorclaw (Universe)

2010-09-16T00:10:13Z

198.111.56.66: /* Tiger vs. Panther */

Wait, which is the more accurate quote: "Know that my name is Razorclaw" or "Know I am Razorclaw"? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 07:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:"Know that I am ''Razorclaw,'' that my reality is not yours, and while I share Tigerhawk's dual spark and ''Vok'' heritage... I am ''not'' he!"
:Incidentally, the article is misleading. He only gave that speech to the first group of Maximals. All he said to Primal was, "The name... is ''Razorclaw!"'' But I don't have the energy to change it tonight. Anybody else wants to, be my guest. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 07:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Fugly ==

Mostly my opinion of the decos on early waves of Universe, mind you.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 00:55, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
: I hear black and purple is pretty [[neon]], myself! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

== Tiger vs. Panther ==

Is there any canon stating either way? Also, if it is to be changed; changing one instance and leaving several others is confusing.[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:51, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
: I just want us to be accurate. There are no all black tigers. Panthers are leopards or jaguars that have a lot of extra pigment and are mostly or completely black. If Razorclaw had stripes of ANY color it would be okay, but he has no stripes at all. --[[User:Cliffjumper prime|Cliffjumper prime]] 12:02, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
::Actually, while very, very rare, black tigers have appeared in historical record. Similar cause as melanistic leopards, but they do happen. Also blue tigers. [[USer:Eire]] 16.09 Mar 23 2010
::: I look at it like the difference between Battle Cat and Panthor... same mold, but one's a tiger and one's a panther. --[[User:Cliffjumper prime|Cliffjumper prime]] 12:06, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
::::But, he does refer to himself as an alternate Tigerhawk. Which may suggest that was his original name prior to Heraldisation. Which would mean he was always a black tiger/hawk fuzor (although Airrazor's a falcon) or the working for Unicron changed his colours [[USer:Eire]] 16.14 Mar 23 2010
:::::Or that Unicron changed more than his colors. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:11, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
:::::: I just don't want us to all look ignorant to a newcomer who doesn't know about a retcon technicality. perhaps this should be made clear in his trivia/notes. --[[User:Cliffjumper prime|Cliffjumper prime]] 12:13, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
:::::::Panther is used for melanistic leopards and jaguars, but I'm not sure if it is used for melanistic tigers. You are either assuming that the word is so used or assuming that the species was changed for this character (like Cheetor/Tigatron). I really don't care either way, but want there to be concrete evidence (actual dictionary meaning, canon, something...) to back it up. As for your point about Battle Cat/Panthor, those were explicitly mentioned as being those species. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:21, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
::::::: I just don't see why this has to be a whole big discussion. You ask anyone what kind of animal he is, they'll say panther/hawk. but whatever. --[[User:Cliffjumper prime|Cliffjumper prime]] 12:26, 23 March 2010 (EDT)
::::::::It's not. Similar to how albino or "sport" tigers are referred to as white tigers, melanistics were just called black. I suppose it's because the black alters the overall look of a leopard or jaguar enough for it to look like a separate animal. Tigers always look like tigers. Very distinctive heards. The only other use of panther I know of refers to pumas [[USer:Eire]] 16.31 Mar 23 2010
Also, panthers still retain the original markings since they are imprinted on the skin. Show up under close inspection or om bright light. So you'd still be able to see the stripes on a black tiger [[USer:Eire]] 16.34 Mar 23 2010
:Eire said it best earlier: He's an alternate-universe Tigerhawk. Which means he's still part Tigatron and part Airazor. Which means in spite of his black deco, he's still a winged tiger. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 13:58, 23 March 2010 (EDT)

Dear fucking God. 
We are talking about an ALIEN BIOMECHANICAL CREATURE who was put through Unicron's recolor-o-matic. There are no burgundy gorillas or purple wolves/eagles or purple spiders either in real life, but OH LOOK HAY. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 14:18, 23 March 2010 (EDT)

==Razorclaw made the "Dirty Dozen" bad toy list back in 2004==
Probably a completely forgotten parent group called "The Lion & The Lamb Project" had Universe Razorclaw and the Beast Wars video games on the list of toys NOT good for pre-schoolers. Not sure if this is notable, but it's neat. http://www.lionlamb.org/dirtydozen2004.htm [[Special:Contributions/198.111.56.66|198.111.56.66]] 20:10, 15 September 2010 (EDT)