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Drift (G1)

2009-07-25T13:16:34Z

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 character|the ''Armada'' episode|Drift (episode)}}
:''Drift is <s>a Marty Stu</s> an [[Autobot]] in the [[IDW continuity|IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AHM 06 CoverA.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Oh Drift-chan, you smell awesome, and not at all like feet!"]]

'''Drift''' (ドリフト ''Dorifuto'') was not always an Autobot. In fact, he slaughtered quite a few when he was known as the Decepticon '''Deadlock'''. But Deadlock's eyes were opened to what the Transformers' war had become when he stumbled across a lost faction of neutral Transformers long since forgotten. He discarded his ruthless ways, abandoned his guns for swords, and changed his name and appearance. When Drift returned to the Transformer war to make right what he put wrong, he was a bot of few words and disciplined action.

These days, Drift is a member of a ragtag team of rebels under the command of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], working alongside many members of the disbanded [[Wrecker|Wreckers]]. Because of his brutal past, Drift isn't well-liked or trusted by [[Bumblebee (G1)|a few]] of the Autobots. The rest don't seem to care, or are [[Cliffjumper (G1)|genuinely impressed]] by his incredible skills, so long as they're used against the other side!

{{quote|We're going about this the wrong way, '''all''' of us! After countless centuries of fighting ... the Autobots are a '''step''' away from what we were when all this '''started.''' And us—the Decepticons have become something '''worse''' than any of us could have '''imagined'''.|Drift explains his new perception of the war to his [[Turmoil|former commander]]|"[[Spotlight: Drift]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW comics===
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[[Image:SpotlightDrift Deadlockisdead.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He's your horrible fancharacter.]]
While he was known as Deadlock, Drift used to be the second-in-command of the [[Decepticon]] [[Turmoil]]. During this time, he earned a reputation by slaughtering his Autobot opponents. At some point, Deadlock disappeared and was thought to be dead. Turmoil's only wish was that he had killed the traitor himself.

Some time later, after receiving a new body, fighting style and ''totally sugoi'' super-long sword that he can only use in the totally direst of times (and to pose for comic covers) from his mysterious benefactors, Drift set off to make a difference. His chance came in an attempt to free a group of Autobots held captive on the ship he previously served aboard. Upon entering Turmoil's ship, his attempt at stealth was successful until the [[Wrecker]]s arrived and blasted their way aboard. Jumping into the battle to assist them, he piqued the interest of a few Autobots. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] was injured as Turmoil entered the battle and, recognizing Drift's voice as his former lieutenant, attempted to destroy him. However, his attack only resulted in knocking Drift and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] to another room. The two quickly worked together to program the ship to overload. In his final confrontation with Turmoil, Drift stated his intention was to help, not kill, and left to rescue Perceptor before the ship blew up.

After his arrival on the Autobot ship, Kup invited Drift to join his new unit as an Autobot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[Image:Allhailmegatron6-omgdriftomg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Seriously, you made this guy up when you were eight.]]

Drift was among the crew of the spacecraft ''[[Trion]]'' when it was baited into a Decepticon ambush over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Its command codes were hacked due to their being sold to the Decepticons by an Autobot traitor, and, left defenseless, it was forced to crash-land on the desolate landscape of the planet. Eventually, the crew were found by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s unit, who unfortunately proved to be ''also'' stranded. When [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] was revealed by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to have been standing invisibly among them, Drift was the only one who didn't appear surprised. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

When an advance scout of the [[Insecticon Swarm]] discovered the Autobots' base camp, Drift was dispatched to take care of it. Drift stood stock-still as the creature walked up to him, greeting it with a simple "hello" and smirking as the monstrous beast snarled in his face. Finally, he beheaded the beast with a single wave of his sword. A second creature tried to attack Drift from behind, but the smirking Autobot merely tilted his head slightly, allowing [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to kill the beast with some precision sniping. [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] thought the incident was the coolest thing ever. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}

After [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] revealed to [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] that he was the traitor, an army of the Swarm came after them. Drift saved Ironhide while Sunstreaker blew up a bridge, killing himself and the Swarm army. Later, Drift visited Ironhide and claimed that the Decepticons had access to the Autobots' systems in a way that Sunstreaker couldn't possibly have. Ironhide asked if this meant there was a second traitor, but Drift replied that there was simply more to the situation than they knew. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

[[Image:Thundercracker Drift.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Drift-slap! 'Cracker don't take crap!]]

When Mirage was showing some doubt in the Autobot cause, it was Drift who said that, now more than ever, the Autobots should continue being who they are. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] insinuated that Drift had no right to say something like that, which started an argument that was only stopped by the return of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}}

Drift took part in the battle against the Swarm, and joined the others in escaping Cybertron in Omega Supreme. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}. On Earth, he battled the Decepticons, and when Thundercracker volunteered to divert the human's nuclear bomb, Drift attempted to congratulate his former comrade on seeing the light. Thundercracker was having none of it, slapping the traitor's hand away and claiming he was merely following the Decepticons ''true'' ideal.{{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

===Robot Heroes===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

==Notes==
* Commenting on what inspired him to create Drift, writer/creator [[Shane McCarthy]] said that "I wanted a character in AHM that had a particular element to him that I didn’t see readily available elsewhere and secondly because, frankly, I thought it would be a great idea for Hasbro to have an Autobot Drift racer."<ref>http://www.smactalk.com.au/?p=101 Shane McCarthy blogs about Spotlight: Drift.</ref> He later said he wanted to show what'd happen if a former Decepticon became an Autobot. <ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=11723 Podcast interview with Shane McCarthy]</ref>

* According to McCarthy, Drift's Japanese overtones are meant to be a tip of the hat "to the country that gave birth to [Transformers]."<ref>[http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18585 Comic Book Resources October 27th, 2008 interview with Shane McCarthy]</ref> It is possible that he meant ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change]]'', as the ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' franchise was developed between [[Hasbro]], [[Griffin Bacal]] and [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Entertainment]], three American companies.

* [[IDW Publishing]] initially claimed that Drift had been solicited by [[Hasbro]] to receive a toy in the ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' line. This may have been premature, as it was followed several months later with a denial, albeit from Hasbro's Australian offices.<ref>[http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=3438 Ozformers Q&A with Hasbro Australia]</ref> This was rebutted by IDW editor [[Chris Ryall]] at New York Comic-Con 2009, denied again in March 2009 Hasbro<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/hasbro-answers-seibertrons-questions/15360 Hasbro March 2009 Q&A on Seibertron.com]</ref> and finally acknowledged by Hasbro at BotCon 2009, when early design sketches were unveiled for Drift's toy. Shane McCarthy, when asked, believes they're making one for 2010.<ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=11723 Podcast interview with Shane McCarthy]</ref> So Drift is totally going to get a toy, unless he doesn't.

* Drift's name is derived from the Japanese driving technique of "[[wikipedia:Drifting_(motorsport)|drifting]]", rendered in Japanese as ドリフト走行 (''dorifuto sōkō''). This is also the source of the Japanese Katakana writing on his car mode doors and in Chris Ryall's announcement;<ref>[http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html "ドリフト走行*" entry in Chris Ryall's blog]</ref> it is a transliteration of his English name and is not from Japanese fiction.

==References==
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[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]

Talk:Shane McCarthy

2009-07-25T11:55:39Z

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''"He is not a fan of the 2007 Transformers movie."'' 
Too deep and complex a story for him, huh? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
:I'm not a fan of him, but I hope that's not an unfair addition to his article. He's allowed his opinion of the movie. It was more of a continuation of how we note when somebody involved with Transformers (such as [[Neil Kaplan]] or [[Michael McConnohie]], apparently) openly state their dislike of some other aspect of Transformers, particularly the ones they weren't involved in. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:13, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
::I can say with complete sincerity that I think it's a fascinating and fitting addition. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 10:16, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
:::I personally find it ironic. From what I can tell so far, AHM is alot like what we saw in the movie: Decepticons blowing a city up and the humans as main characters, while the Autobots are around at the peripheries, just in case you forgot there were Autobots in Transformers. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 10:19, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
::::I'd be willing to go one step further, FFN. I've been thinking for some time now that AHM reminds me a great deal of the '07 Movie so far, just that the Movie actually did it all entertainingly. :P [[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 15:09, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
:::::So he cribbed it without realising? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:26, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
::::::Either that, or decided to write his own version of the movie with all the "sucky parts" removed. Really, it does read like a version of the movie with all of the parts many folks complained about either taken out (the humor, the military guys being lionized, Autobots in suburbia, etc...) or changed to what they wanted (more Con screen time, more action, humans being ineffectual cannon fodder, etc). I'd like to think the result so far speaks for itself. [[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:00, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Primus, we're only three issues in. You people are animals.[[User:SolarisOmega|SolarisOmega]] 04:41, 4 October 2008 (EDT)
:Hey Shane. Welcome to the TF Wiki. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 08:59, 4 October 2008 (EDT)
::Hi person. I'm not Shane. Jeysie knows me from deviantArt and the IDW boards. Hi, Jeysie. ~bloodandsteel ...[[User:SolarisOmega|SolarisOmega]] 04:41, 4 January 2009 (EDT)
::: *waves* I suspected that nick wasn't McCarthy, but I couldn't remember who it actually was instead offhand. :> But now I remember your alt nick/OC name. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 06:30, 4 January 2009 (EST)

"Primus, we're only three issues in." - three issues, that sucked like hell, you forgot to add ;P [[User:Minime|Minime]] 04:54, 6 October 2008 (EDT)
:Not to start off another debate here on this, but I'd rather address it here than just change it and start a whole hullabaloo... Is the comment on McCarthy's quote really nessessary? Yes, AHM has it's fair share of haters and I'm not totally sold on the series myself, but I honestly do feel that particular dig at the man is rather petty. --[[User:Darkspeed|Darkspeed]] 13:15, 3 January 2009
:::Yeah, let's reserve this spite for people who commit real crimes. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:24, 3 January 2009 (EST)
::::You people are gutless :) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 18:29, 4 January 2009 (EST)
:::::And you won't stop beating a dead horse --[[User:Eire|Eire]] 23.42 4 January 2009 (UTC)

See, I'm all for calling a spade a spade. However, we're ranging into venom we usually reserve for, say, Pat Lee. Shane may be a hack, but he's no Pat Lee.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:45, 4 January 2009 (EST)
:Before this develops into constant edits, can i get an official saying if "Hissy Fit" is acceptable for this entry? --[[User:Darkspeed|Darkspeed]] 19:03, 4 Jan 2009
::Walky says to reserve spite for people who deserve it; Walky is an administrator. Ergo, I think his judgement overrules FFN's. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 19:02, 4 January 2009 (EST)
:::The "tells you not to buy his books" thing may have been too much, but fact remains that his behavior on the post in question was a hissy fit. Total Biscuit commented that in spite of what Shane said in interviews, nothing in AHM seemed to flow with what was previously established, and Shane replied with a "You're impolite and uncivil so I won't answer". --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 19:14, 4 January 2009 (EST)
::::Just to be picky here... Total Biscuit never actually asked a question in his post. He just started listing off a load of inconsistencies in a story that had only just begun, then accused McCarthy of not being able to follow on from furman's story when we already knew this was a soft reboot of the franchise. McCarthy's response was abrupt, but calling it a hissy fit is a big stretch IMHO.
::::Which is exactly my point. It's your opinion that it's a hissy fit, and it's mine that it's not. But the entry isn't for us to push opinions on, just to give the facts. So that's why I feel "hissy fit" is too much, and it should just remain "comment". Let people make up their own minds. --[[User:Darkspeed|Darkspeed]] 19:44, 4 Jan 2009
:::::I could swear that before AHM was released McCarthy claimed that the story was not in any way a reboot and it was always written to be in-continuity with Furman's storyline. Now they say it's a soft reboot? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:47, 4 January 2009 (EST)
::::::It being a "soft reboot" in no way conflicts with it being in-continuity and not an actual reboot. All a soft reboot signifies is a change of direction and tone. That's what the term means. G1 cartoon season 3 was a soft reboot. Beast Machines was a soft reboot. Energon and Cybertron were soft reboots. All were in-continuity, but a new start at the same time, with some alterations and some concepts dropped and others added. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:04, 4 January 2009 (EST)

I've tried to go the middle road by reproducing a little more of that exchange in the article's quote. Let people judge for themselves.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 19:49, 4 January 2009 (EST)
:I don't see any particular need for the exchange to be quoted in this article at all. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 20:10, 4 January 2009 (EST)
::I'll have to agree... Unless this is just a test for people's reaction, how it was before suited me fine aside from the comment on hissy fit. But if we are going to do that here, perhaps something like the quotes section on Pat Lee's page? --[[User:Darkspeed|Darkspeed]] 20:16, 4 Jan 2009
:::I don't find the quote exchange at all informative or useful. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:29, 4 January 2009 (EST)

I'm going to say it here, just because I've really got no one else to say it to. AHM has been some of the worst comic reading experience of all time. Which is an incredible shame, as the Furman IDW continuity was some of the best. Pleh.