Runway (Armada)

2007-09-10T04:31:27Z

212.2.179.72: /* ''Armada'' animated series */

:''Runway is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Runway-SuArt.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I love it when a plan comes together.]]

'''Runway''' is the de facto leader of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], and also the most talkative of the three. Though reluctant to enter battle, he's an incredibly skilled commander, quick-witted and given time, can come up with some truly bizarrely-genius ploys that look suicidal at first, but really work out. Even though he's the brains and mouth of the Team, Runway trusts his teammates implicitly, and always looks to them before acting.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jetter'''

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' animated series===

Runway got very attached to Starscream and wasn't above telling the autobots where to get off when they almost let Screamer walk out the door, instead of having him join up.

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===

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==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Air Defense Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-02'''

: Runway transforms into a Boeing Sonic Cruiser concept jet plane. He also forms the tip to the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has 5mm fist-holes. This version came with his partners [[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]].

: This mold was also used to make ''Armada'' [[Jack (Armada)|Jack]]. It was later [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]], [[Beacon]], and ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sunstorm (Mini-Con)|Sunstorm]].

*'''Hot Rod and Jolt with Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack. 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-01'''

: For the Team's [[Takara]] release, they were available both as an individual set, and in a multi-pack with Hot Shot.

*'''Air Defense Micron X-Dimension''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-07'''

: A [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Team was available in a shorter run in Japan. The [[X-Dimension]] Air Defense Team changed the opaque plastics to orange and red, and the paint trim to match. Though fans have dubbed the combined form the "Fire Saber", this name does not appear to be official.

*'''Jetter''' (Change Micron, 2003)

: Available only in individual boxes each with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy, the [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] versions of the Team replaced the clear plastics with opaque white. This version is actually a completely new mold-set, with various small differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.

*'''Jetter''' (Micron Booster, 2003)
:''Booster ID number:'' '''3'''

: Part of the first [[Micron Booster]] set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Team is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.

*'''Air Assault Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)

: A "tainted by evil" redeco of the Team released by Hasbro, this version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple.

: This coloration was altered for the Takara [[Air Assault Mini-Con Team]], who are separate characters from the Air Defense Team.

*'''Air Defense Micron Anime Color''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)

: Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Team is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon, with a glowing blue "energy blade". It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the ''Micron Legend'' cartoon ending theme, "[[Never Ending Road]]", by [[Psychic Lover]].

==Trivia==
* The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three "legendary Mini-Con weapons" Teams to ''not'' appear in either of ''Armada'''s sequel-series.

* Runway and Jetstorm's names are reversed in the original Air Defense Team's instructions. Their names are ''also'' reversed in several licensed ''Armada'' print material, like the coloring and activity books put out by [[Bendon Publishing]], as well as in the DK Readers book "[[The Quest]]". Finally, it also happened on several occassions in the actual Armada television show.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Runway/runway.htm Runway at TFU.info]

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Dinobot (G1)

2007-09-10T00:16:57Z

212.2.179.72: /* IDW Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Dinobot}}

:''The Dinobots are an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] in [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. In some continuities, before they arrive on Earth, they are known as the '''Dynobots'''.''

[[Image:DinobotDreamwave1.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Call them the boy-band of the Autobots and prepare for a world of pain - from left to right: Sludge, Grimlock, Swoop, Slag and Snarl]]

The '''Dinobots''' are a rowdy, arrogant, low-brow, disobedient band of warriors that some Autobots would rather scrap than deal with. They're also one of the most devastatingly powerful and close-knit combat units in the Autobot army.

The group's members are:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (the leader)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (the bad boy)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (the dim one)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (the quiet one)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (the sensitive one)

and in one story:
*[[Paddles]] (the "Pete Best" one)

''In at least [[The Beast Within|one]] [[micro-continuity]], the Dinobots can combine to form a monstrous super-robot called [[Beast|the Beast]]. Grimlock explicitly states that this is not the case in the Marvel UK continuity, though he has been known to stretch the truth.''

=Fiction=
===Animated continuity===

[[Image:DinobotsG1.jpg|center|400px|thumb|From left to right: Terrible Dactyl, Stego, Bronto Thunder, Tricero and Ghengis Rex OR:
"We need Dinozord Power, now!"]]

Built on [[Earth]] by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], the Dinobots are a subgroup of Autobots with great physical power, but very limited intelligence. They were modeled after the Dinosaur fossils that [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] found in the volcanic caves near the [[Ark]]. Initially only three were built (Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge) in the episode "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", but two others (Snarl and Swoop) were added in the episode "[[War of the Dinobots]]".

It is unclear how to interpret this origin in concert with the idea, established later in the cartoon series, that new Transformers are granted life by the super computer [[Vector Sigma]]. Although slow-witted, the Dinobots give every indication of being fully "alive", sapient beings. Some fans suggest that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] used the Matrix to give them life, but this is not supported by canon, particularly since in this continuity he carries the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was never shown to have the life-granting powers of the [[Creation Matrix]] until it was [[retcon]]ned by Beast Era fiction. Retroactively, it can be guessed that the Matrix may have been involved, but when the G1 cartoon is viewed in isolation, there is something amiss.

=== Marvel Comics continuity===
The Dinobots in the comic were not created on Earth, but were a distinct and pre-existing unit of five Autobot soldiers that were aboard the Ark when it crashed to Earth. The comic Dinobots, while not exactly [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]-grade, were signifigantly more intelligent than their cartoon counterparts. (Their commander, Grimlock, served as overall Autobot Commander on more than one occasion.)However, the not as strong as their cartoon counterparts either. Shortly after the crash the Ark's computer detected [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] landing on the planet in the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] land-out-of-time that would one day become known as the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used the last of its capabilities to revive these five warriors and rebuild them to transform into the Savage Land's dominant lifeform: dinosaurs. They were then dispatched to deal with the Decepticon, where they sank to the bottom of a tar pit and remained dormant until [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] revived them in the 1980s.

=== Dreamwave Comics continuity===
[[Image:ScrollDinobots.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A Dinobot by any other name would still kick your ass ]]
It was established that Grimlock once commanded a splinter-faction of Autobots known as the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], that included the pre-Dinobots. It was also established that following this, these five robots used the Cybertronic designation "Dynobots."

The Dynobots travelled to earth separate from the rest of the Autobots. Grimlock emerged on his own, and the Ark Autobots found him battling the [[Insecticons]]. The fate of the other Dinobots was unknown, but somehow Megatron had captured them and kept them in stasis in a secret base. After freeing them they travelled to Cybertron and helped liberate it from Shockwave's control.

===''Legends'' anthology===
The story "Paddles" features a sixth Dinobot of the same name. This is also the only appearance of the character.

=== IDW Comics continuity ===
Pre earth the Dynobots attended Megatron's decepticon casting call

From the [[Spotlight: Shockwave]] story:
In a similar fashion to the Marvel and Dreamwave continuity, the Dynobots followed [[Shockwave]] to Earth on a revenge-fueled crusade. After engaging the Decepticon on Prehistoric Earth in their new dinosaurian beast-modes, The battle ended with the six robots buried in molten lava. They were later unearthed by a human archaelogical dig {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}} which was taken over by government agents {{storylink| Escalation, Issue 5}}
[[image:382px-Dinobots-spotlight.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Dinobots. Now with skin.]]

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