https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=210.84.18.108MediaWiki - User contributions [en]2026-05-26T08:01:15ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.45.3https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Astoria_Carlton-Ritz&diff=120834Astoria Carlton-Ritz2008-06-14T09:10:06Z<p>210.84.18.108: </p>
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<div>:''Astoria Carlton-Ritz is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br />
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[[Image:G1 Astoria Carlton-Ritz.JPG|thumb|250px|Didn't I say I never hang out with the Hilton sisters?]]<br />
After the death of her father, '''Astoria Carlton-Ritz''' inherited his vast fortune as well as his company, [[Hybrid Technologies]]. Spoiled rotten, Astoria is mostly a figurehead with little control over the company's goings-on. Instead, she spends most of her time throwing herself lavish parties and wondering why nobody wants to be her friend. She has the bizarre ability to jinx any mechanical device just by coming into contact with it, which is just one more reason why she keeps away from her father's company. Astoria also has a thing for [[Powerglide]].<br />
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She probably spends her time with the Hilton sisters.<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===Generation 1 cartoon===<br />
:''Voice actress'': [[Linda Gary]] (US), ? (Japan)<br />
[[Image:Astoria kisses Powerglide.jpg|thumb|150px|left|The original Kiss Player.]]<br />
While Astoria was throwing herself a birthday party (being attended by the board of her late father's company), the [[Conehead]]s came trying to kidnap her, as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] believed that she had her father's energy formula. Powerglide, who was passing by, rescued her and took her to the [[Autobot]]s' [[New York]] base. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], believing that the [[Decepticon]]s wanted access to the company's industrial capabilities, ordered Powerglide to escort her back home. However, the Coneheads again attacked, this time succeeding in capturing Astoria and leaving Powerglide damaged. <br />
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Astoria was taken to the [[Sky Platform]], the Decepticons' new power-gathering facility, where [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] attempted to interrogate her about her father's formula with the [[psycho-probe]], but got nowhere. Megatron then tried his own hand at interrogating her. What he experienced was frustration beyond anything [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] could hope to cause. Finally, Powerglide arrived and managed to rescue her. While no one was looking, Astoria destroyed the gem in her necklace, which contained the formula Megatron sought. She was then sent home, while Powerglide seemed to experience some sort of strange reaction in his circuits. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[Image:Astoria strength.JPG|thumb|125px|She is probably stronger than [[:Image:RollForIt_FloppyDisk_destruction.jpg|Chip Chase]].]]<br />
* The name "Astoria Carlton-Ritz" is a play on two famous hotels, the [[Wikipedia:Waldorf-Astoria Hotel|Waldorf-Astoria]] and [[Wikipedia:Ritz-Carlton|Ritz-Carlton]].<br />
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* When her mind was being probed, the psycho-probe said that Astoria's mind was "completely empty". Let's not speculate what this means.<br />
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* She was slammed by Powerglide a few times without getting hurt. (Not that way.)<br />
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* She can tear a metal cover with her bare hands.<br />
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* Now that you've read this, Powerglide has to kill you. It's nothing personal. He just doesn't want to risk [[Moonracer]] finding out, which explains his reluctance on the whole subject.<br />
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[[Category: Cartoon-only characters|Carlton-Ritz, Astoria]]<br />
[[Category: Generation 1 characters|Carlton-Ritz, Astoria]]<br />
[[Category: Humans|Carlton-Ritz, Astoria]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div></div>210.84.18.108https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Archibald_Witwicky&diff=118948Archibald Witwicky2008-06-14T07:57:09Z<p>210.84.18.108: </p>
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:''Archibald Amundsen Witwicky is a [[human]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|movie]] [[continuity family]].<br />
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[[Image:Archibald Witwicky movie.JPG|thumb|300px|That be the smell of treasure, lads.]]<br />
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Captain '''Archibald Amundsen Witwicky'''<ref>Archibald's middle name 'Amundsen' is given in the Jr. novelization of the 2007 movie. The Iceman file stolen by Frenzy in the movie itself shows the name 'Capt. Witwicky, Amundsen'</ref> led the ''National Arctic Circle Expedition'' in 1897.<br />
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He basically went bonkers after [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] burned out his eyes, and spent the rest of his life in an asylum. He died August 13, 1938.<br />
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Archy's great-great-grandson [[Samuel James Witwicky|Sam Witwicky]] thinks he is lame, and wants to eBay his priceless heirlooms to buy [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a car]].<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===IDW prequel comics===<br />
After his expedition, Witwicky was interviewed by two representatives of [[First Seven|a group of weird people]] who were interested in his tales about a "devil man". The group managed to discredit Witwicky (no problem, as he was bonkers), and sent his effects to his family. Witwicky spent the rest of his life in the [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane|most politically incorrect asylum]] in [[Louisiana]], raving about taglines yet to be written and movies yet to be produced.<br />
{{Storylink|Transformers Movie Prequel volume 2}}<br />
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===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===<br />
:''Actor:'' [[William Morgan Sheppard]] (English) [[Hiroshi Arikawa]] (Japanese-language dub voice) <br />
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During the National Arctic Circle Expedition, Witwicky's ship became frozen in the water. As the crew chipped the ship free, he told his crew "no sacrifice, no victory!" (all the while standing and doing nothing to help). During the attempt, the dogs were attracted to a break in the ice, which Witwicky and a dog fell through. As he got his bearings, he came face to face with "a great discovery"...at which point said discovery used his navigational system to burn the coordinates of the [[All Spark]] into his [[glasses]], which had the byproduct of rendering Witwicky blind and insane. Witwicky spent the rest of his life in psychiatric hospitals, drawing [[Cybertronian languages|strange symbols]] and ranting about an [[ Megatron (Movie)|Ice man]].<br />
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110 years after his discovery, his descendant Sam Witwicky tried to raise money for a car by auctioning off his equipment, including his compass, his telescope, and (for some bizarre reason) his glasses.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
Archibald's middle name is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Roald Amundsen|Roald Amundsen]], the leader of the first successful expedition to the South Pole, and not [[Mitchell Amundsen]] the film's director of photography.<br />
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[[Category: Fiction-only characters|Witwicky, Archibald]]<br />
[[Category: Humans|Witwicky, Archibald]]<br />
[[Category: Movie characters|Witwicky, Archibald]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div></div>210.84.18.108