Salvage (Movie)

2009-08-18T21:57:20Z

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:''Salvage is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:Titan22_Salvagecamshaft.jpg|right|thumb|Livin' the dream!]]

A creation of the [[All Spark]], '''Salvage''' previously worked as a truck with Sparkplug & Son Salvage, and even though he was just an inanimate truck, he's certain he must have been happy. Lacking any further ambitions, he's decided to stay with them, and so long as he's hauling scrap, he remains happy with his life. It sure beats fighting [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]!

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{note|IDW is the ''only'' continuity thus far in which he's an All Spark creation and not a pre-existing Autobot.}}
Following the destruction of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the [[All Spark]] in [[Mission City]], [[Sector Seven]] took custody of the inactive Salvage and [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] during cleanup operations. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 1}} They were taken to a secret base in the [[Nevada]] desert. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}}

===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}

Salvage was one of the Autobots who arrived on Earth shortly after the death of Megatron. After several battles against the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] in [[Africa]], Salvage, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] headed to [[Australia]] to investigate some Decepticon rampages, while [[Longarm (Movie)|the]] [[Knock Out (ROTF)|others]] headed to [[Brazil]]. Prime fought [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]] while Salvage and the others killed [[Tread]] and [[Trample]]. Salvage later fought the Decepticons in [[Rome]] with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

Salvage's whereabouts during the events of [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]] are unknown.

===Titan Magazines''Transformers'' movie comics===
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[[Image:CamshaftandcoTitan17.jpg|left|250px|thumb|What kind of pose ''is'' that?]]

Salvage works in [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft's]] specialist team, handling duties like capping raw [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] gushers before they explode. He ''was'' optimistic that the four of them could handle anything. Then a gusher exploded. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron: Part 1|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}}

His team played a key role in saving [[Mikaela Banes]], rapidly assembling a jammer array to free her from Decepticon mind-control. {{storylink|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie Salvage toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He's comin', 'Lizbeth! This is the big one!]]
*'''Salvage''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Flatbed cover/claw

: Salvage is a [[Redeco|redeco]] of [[Dropkick]], transforming into a customized [[wikipedia:Chevrolet_Silverado|Chevrolet Silverado]] pickup truck (or a similar model just different enough to avoid paying a licensing fee). His flatbed cover conceals a giant claw/plier deployed from the tailgate by a sliding knob on top. This assembly becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode. He also has (non-firing) twin blasters on the underside of each forearm in robot mode.

: His deco and the "Sparkplug & Son Salvage" markings may be a ''double'' [[Homage|homage]], definitely to the red truck from ''[[wikipedia:Sanford_and_Son|Sanford and Son]]'' and possibly to the red pickup [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] owned in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Generation 1 comics]].
. He is still [[Shelfwarmer|warming shelves]] at retail stores like Kohls, Walgreens, and TJmaxx.

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==Notes==
* Salvage's color scheme and those words "Sparkplug and Son Salvage" printed on his vehicle mode are in fact inspired by the pickup truck from the television show ''[[wikipedia:Sanford_and_Son|Sanford and Son]]'', according to [[Hasbro]] at [[BotCon 2008]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Salvage/salvage.htm Salvage at TFU.info]

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