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Canada

2007-09-23T20:55:51Z

24.207.56.211: New page: '''Canada''' is our home and native land. It's bigger than the United States of America, and it's on top. ===External Links=== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Wikipedia's entry f...

'''Canada''' is our home and native land. It's bigger than the [[United States of America]], and it's on top.

===External Links===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Wikipedia's entry for Canada]

[[Category:Earth]]
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Five Faces of Darkness

2007-09-23T20:33:38Z

24.207.56.211:

'''Five Faces of Darkness''' is the poorly-animated five-part season premiere of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1]] animated series.

None of the celebrity voices were retained from [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the movie]].

[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] returns to lead the [[Decepticons]], and [[Rodimus Prime]] has a head-trip into [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership|the matrix]] to learn the history of the [[Autobots]].

FFoD is the first appearance of [[Trypticon]], who smashes the [[Ark]], and [[Metroplex]], who have a rumble (which is neither red nor blue). Also the first appearance of the [[Suxxoid]] and the offensive [[Abdul Fakkadi]].

* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]

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Five Faces of Darkness

2007-09-23T20:33:18Z

24.207.56.211:

'''Five Faces of Darkness''' is the poorly-animated five-part season premiere of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1]] animated series.

None of the celebrity voices were retained from [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the movie]].

[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] returns to lead the [[Decepticons]], and [[Rodimus Prime]] has a head-trip into [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership|the matrix]] to learn the history of the [[Autobots]].

FFoD is the first appearance of [[Trypticon]], who smashes the [[Ark]], and [[Metroplex]], who have a rumble (which is neither red nor blue). Also the first appearance of the [[Skuxxoid]] and the offensive [[Abdul Fakkadi]].

* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]
* [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]

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Five Faces of Darkness

2007-09-23T20:32:48Z

24.207.56.211: New page: '''Five Faces of Darkness''' is the poorly-animated five-part season premiere of the G1 animated series. None of the celebrity voices were retained from [[The T...

'''Five Faces of Darkness''' is the poorly-animated five-part season premiere of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1]] animated series.

None of the celebrity voices were retained from [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the movie]].

[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] returns to lead the [[Decepticons]], and [[Rodimus Prime]] has a head-trip into [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership|the matrix]] to learn the history of the [[Autobots]].

FFoD is the first appearance of [[Trypticon]], who smashes the [[Ark]], and [[Metroplex]], who have a rumble (which is neither red nor blue). Also the first appearance of the pitiful [[Suxxoid]]s and the offensive [[Abul Fakkadi]].

[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]
[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]
[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3]]
[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]
[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]

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Skids (G1)

2007-08-30T10:52:54Z

24.207.56.211: /* Animated continuity */ - the colors are wrong; he wasn't in the movie

{{disambig3|Skids}}
:''Skids is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation One]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skidsg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|GEE, THAT LOOKS LIKE HIS ALTERNATORS HEAD. WHAT ARE THE ODDS.]]

'''Skids''' is a theoretician. This is appropriate, as some would say his existence is merely theoretical; everyone forgets who he is or that he was there. But it they got to know him, they'd learn that he likes to daydream, get built into furniture, and pick up cowboy chicks.

''Italian name:'' '''Furetto'''<br>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: events from the Marvel UK comic are in italics.)''
[[Image:Skidsnatives.jpg|left|thumb|100px|We bet you can't.]]
In the event that the [[Ark]]'s mission would require more manpower, Optimus Prime had several Autobots encode copies of their personalities as light patterns within crystals, including Skids. When a large number of Prime's troops were then injured during the opening volleys of the war on [[Earth]], Prime arranged for the construction of new bodies, which the personalities were then programmed into, bringing Skids and the others to life "for a second time." Now in a new body that transformed into a blue van, Skids' first mission was to aid in preventing [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] from stealing sonic energy from a [[Brick Springstern]] concert, and he immediately took a liking to the music of Earth and the possibilities of what could be learned from interacting with mankind. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

[[Image:Charleneskids.jpg|thumb|250px|right|This totally makes up for practically never showing up in the cartoon.]]
On the way to raid the [[Decepticon]] base, Skids accidentally clipped the car of hot-tempered [[Jake Dalrymple]], who pursued the Autobots on their mission and distracted Skids just enough for [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to blast him off a cliff. Lying crippled and unable to transform, Skids was shortly discovered by register girl [[Charlene]], who, thinking he was an ordinary van, had him fixed up with the intent of keeping him for herself. Skids was open to the idea at first, preferring to live a peaceful life to that of a warrior, but after another bout of road rage with Dalrymple, the unearthly stunts he performed left him no option but to reveal his true nature of Charlene. A somewhat unusual [[Robot-Fleshling Romance|relationship]] ensued between the two, but more trouble soon came Skids's way in the form of [[Donny Finkleberg]], who was being hunted down by Ravage. Fleeing from the Decepticon with Charlene and Donny, Skids hid out at an abandoned mining town, but yet again, the raging Dalrymple tracked him down and shattered his windshield, knocking him unconscious and into a dream where he died through his refusal to attack Megatron and save Charlene. Reawakening, he engaged Ravage in battle again, finally finding the strength to act, and causing his foe to tumble down a mineshaft. Skids then parted ways with Charlene, having come to the realisation that their two roles in life were too different for their relationship to work out. {{storylink|Showdown!}}
[[Image:Skidslimbo.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Oh, hey, remember Skids?]]
Skids returned to the Ark with Finkleberg, and later embarked on a mission with him to track down a group of missing Autobots who had been captured by the [[RAAT|Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team]]. Unfortunately, money still governed Finkleberg's actions, and he promptly sold out Skids to RAAT's leader [[Walter Barnett]] when Skids was deactivated for the night. Skids was disassembled for study, but when the Decepticons [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] appeared on Earth and began defacing landmarks, RAAT operative [[Circuit Breaker]] was forced to enter into a deal with the Autobots to stop them. Skids and the other Autobots' components were combined to form a jury-rigged robot that Circuit Breaker used to stop the [[Battlechargers]], but in return for their co-operation, Skids and the Autobots were allowed to go free.
[[Image:Skidssurvivors.jpg|right|thumb|200px|And then he stole [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]'s head]].
''On the return trip to the Ark, however, Skids was abruptly torn from reality when the future Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back in time from 2006, shunting Skids into [[limbo]] to maintain temporal balance. Skids remained in limbo for two years while Galvatron ran amok on Earth, his mind steadily succumbing to the dream-illusions created by the monstrous creatures native to the realm.''

(Skids was removed from the active Autobots in the UK stories, but not the US ones. Hence, in the US comics he showed up to watch [[Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] fight for Autobot leadership on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], some time after Optimus Prime's death (which he was also around for). The UK printings of these stories tended to redraw Skids into a not-Skids robot, or black him out entirely.)

''With Galvatron's eventual destruction during the [[Time Wars]], Skids was finally returned to Earth, but the limbo-creatures had succeeded in shaping a reality from his dreams, and the nightmarish monsters that he had imagined materialised on Earth with him. Fleeing from the beasts, who desired to merge with Skids so that they might become more powerful, Skids lured them into a nuclear power plant which he had planned to detonate, wiping out the monsters and himself, but the remnants of the Autobot [[Wreckers]] and [[Catilla]] and [[Carnivac]] of the Decepticon [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] arrived to aid him, defeating the monsters. Skids joined with this group of Transformers, forming the [[Survivors]].''

''(Other limbo-displayed beings didn't bring the creatures home with them, but Skids did. This may be because he had spent so long there they had solidified and grown around him, or it may be due to the unconventional way Galvatron left the twentieth century.)''

Grimlock traveled to [[Hydrus Four]] to use [[Nucleon]] to revive the [[Dinobot]]s. Returning to the [[Ark]], he also pumped Nucleon into the med bays, reviving Skids and several others and headed towards [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Grimlock used the Ark as a blunt instrument across [[Unicron]]'s head, forcing Skids and the others to evacuate and join the battle against the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actors:'' [[Michael Chain]], [[Dan Gilvezan]] (US), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japan)
[[Image:Skidsanimated.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Hoist, Prime, and Skids ogle Bumblebee's animation model.]]
Like many of the Autobots who first appeared in 1985, the exact circumstances behind Skids joining the original group of Earth-based Autobots remain unknown. Skids first appeared as part of a strike force that was sent to stop the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] from ravaging a human farm, only to meet with failure. Apparently injured in the battle, Skids underwent some repairs by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] upon return to Autobot Headquarters, where he responded incredulously to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s report that he had retrieved [[robotic insecticide]] from the planet [[Floron 3]] to deal with the Insecticon threat.

Skids's second and final appearance saw him as part of a team sent to investigate bombs that were raining down on the city from a football stadium (the work of the [[Triple Changer]] [[Blitzwing]]). Blitzwing , however, had the stadium surrounded by a massive maze built by the [[Constructicon]]s, and while attempting to traverse it, Skids crashed into [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and was driven over by tank-mode Blitzwing. Skids and the other Autobots' remains were then gathered by [[Scrapper]] who built a throne for himself out of them, but they were soon rescued and quickly rebuilt, and participated in the crises that ensued as Blitzwing, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] vied for Decepticon leadership. Following that skirmish, Prowl opined that Optimus Prime was the greatest leader in the universe, which prompted himself, Skids, [[Bluestreak]] and [[Tracks]] to form themselves into a throne for Prime; Prime refused to sit, saying that thrones were for Decepticons - he'd rather roll.

===Universe: Featuring the Wreckers===
[[Image:Skidswreckers2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|In the context of science, "theory" does not mean "guess" or "hunch," Rodimus. You should probably pay attention.]]
Skids was among the senior scientists (including [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], and [[Rad (G1)|Rad]]) who questioned [[Rodimus Prime]]'s plan to send out the best of the remaining Autobot science and research members to establish deep-space reconnaissance posts.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====The War Within====
8.2 million years ago, Skids was in the [[Chamber of Ancients]], observing the ceremony in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Dreamwave comics continuity|Optronix]] was given the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and transformed into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Immediately, three Decepticon assassins attacked, and though Skids acted to protect the new Prime, his arm was cut off by [[Umbra]].

Skids was repaired and he returned to his post at the [[Decagon]]. While Prime was absent, Skids picked up radar of incoming Decepticon invaders and a transmission from the force's field commander, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Skids manned auto-defenses from inside the Decagon until they and their [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]] units were destroyed. Picking up their personal weaponry, Skids and the other Autobots were all that was left to defend [[Iacon]].

====War And Peace====
Skids was not among the Autobots who traveled to Earth aboard the Ark, remaining behind on Cybertron as the planet slipped into the deactivated state known as the [[Great Shutdown]]. When Shockwave began reactivating the planet and successfully unified the Autobot and Decepticon factions, Skids was a member of the council of Autobots who served to represent their faction in the alliance.

===''Binaltech''===
Skids was the first of the Binaltech Autobots created simply with the intent of upgrading an existing, healthy Transformer, rather than in the name of repairing one that had been injured. Outfitted with self-repairing nanomechanical antibodies, Skids's body can, barring heavy damage in battle, theoretically function for thousands of years without maintenance. In both his original and new body, Skids dedicated time to studying the chronal warp on [[Dinobot Island]], which gave rise to the Autobot strategy known as "Operation: [[Distant Thunder]]," a last-ditch scheme should the Decepticons tamper with the fabric of space-time. That horror occurred when Ravage used the [[Kronosphere]] to alter the timeline, and Skids prepared to initiate the plan and send [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s memory data back in time to avert the catastrophe.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1_Skids_toy.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Introducing the new Nikahimi Deathtrap. With its poly-cotton body shell, it's the fastest car in the world... to open with the jaws of life. The Nikahimi Deathtrap - the last car you'll ever drive.]]
* '''Skids''' (1985)

:Skids' toy transformed into a blue Honda City Turbo with a red stripe. His robot mode is similar to other hood-chest Autobot transformers, but is unusual in that his rear wheels fold into his feet, aiding in stability. Also unusually for Transformers figures, his two hand weapons actually attach onto his forearms rather than being held in his fists. He is also armed with a spring-loaded rocket launcher.

: This mold was retooled to make [[Crosscut]].

* '''VS-Z Skids'''
: released with [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]].

: Skids was released along with Buzzsaw and Sunstreaker in a special Versus pack. This boxset was only released in Japan and remains a considerable rarity on the secondary market.
{{-}}

* Transformer Collection '''Skids''' (2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''96''', '''TFC-03'''

: Skids was reissued by both [[Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] in 2004. The Hasbro release has a disabled launching mechanism for his rocket launcher.

{{-}}

===Alternators===
[[Image:Alt_Skids_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Not [[Ironhide_(G1)|Ironhide]].]]
* '''Autobot Skids''' (2005)
:''Alternator ID number:'' '''17'''
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-16'''

: Skids transforms into a blue Toyota Scion xB. His robot mode is very reminiscent of his G1 toy, with his head sculpt based off his animation model with G1 toy details. His engine unfolds to become his gun.

[[Image:BT_Skids_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Not [[Ratchet_(G1)|Ratchet]], either.]]

: The US [[Alternators]] release differs from the japanese [[Binaltech]] release in that it has a much darker shade of blue, tinted windows, and various Scion-type tampographed flame decals. The Japanese release naturally has die cast metal parts, is painted a lighter shade of blue, has different paint decos and includes a sheet of stickers, including flames resembling the ones printed on the Alternators version, as well as some G1-style red stripes, and most humorously a Japanese "New Driver" badge.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:Skidsdiacloneconceptart.jpg|right|thumb|Suck it, Ironhide! This head was mine first!]]
* Skids' animation model head appears to be based on early ''Diaclone'' promotional concept art. The toy's head would be different.
* Skids is noteworthy for his almost complete absence from the original television series. He had but two lines in two different episodes by two different voice actors.
* His bad luck doesn't stop there. Though Skids had an issue all to himself in the Marvel Comics, he spent upwards of 100 (UK) issues abandoned and forgotten in [[limbo]] while parasites ate his brain.
* Though Skids' toy turned into a [[Wiki:Honda City Turbo|Honda City Turbo]], his car mode was often misinterpreted in Transformers fiction as one of the then-new minivans, despite the fact that a Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, and as such, could theoretically be stowed in the back seat of an actual minivan. This is likely because most Americans in 1985 wouldn't know what a subcompact car is.
* In the [[Survivors]] story, Skids was suddenly drawn with [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut's]] head. "Survivors"' artist, [[Dan Reed]], previously drew him with his real head, so it'd be interesting to learn why and how this change happened. (He would later mysteriously regain his own face.)

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Skids/skids.htm Skids at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skids Skids at NTFA.net]

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Skids (G1)

2007-08-30T10:52:03Z

24.207.56.211: /* Animated continuity */

{{disambig3|Skids}}
:''Skids is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation One]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skidsg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|GEE, THAT LOOKS LIKE HIS ALTERNATORS HEAD. WHAT ARE THE ODDS.]]

'''Skids''' is a theoretician. This is appropriate, as some would say his existence is merely theoretical; everyone forgets who he is or that he was there. But it they got to know him, they'd learn that he likes to daydream, get built into furniture, and pick up cowboy chicks.

''Italian name:'' '''Furetto'''<br>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: events from the Marvel UK comic are in italics.)''
[[Image:Skidsnatives.jpg|left|thumb|100px|We bet you can't.]]
In the event that the [[Ark]]'s mission would require more manpower, Optimus Prime had several Autobots encode copies of their personalities as light patterns within crystals, including Skids. When a large number of Prime's troops were then injured during the opening volleys of the war on [[Earth]], Prime arranged for the construction of new bodies, which the personalities were then programmed into, bringing Skids and the others to life "for a second time." Now in a new body that transformed into a blue van, Skids' first mission was to aid in preventing [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] from stealing sonic energy from a [[Brick Springstern]] concert, and he immediately took a liking to the music of Earth and the possibilities of what could be learned from interacting with mankind. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

[[Image:Charleneskids.jpg|thumb|250px|right|This totally makes up for practically never showing up in the cartoon.]]
On the way to raid the [[Decepticon]] base, Skids accidentally clipped the car of hot-tempered [[Jake Dalrymple]], who pursued the Autobots on their mission and distracted Skids just enough for [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to blast him off a cliff. Lying crippled and unable to transform, Skids was shortly discovered by register girl [[Charlene]], who, thinking he was an ordinary van, had him fixed up with the intent of keeping him for herself. Skids was open to the idea at first, preferring to live a peaceful life to that of a warrior, but after another bout of road rage with Dalrymple, the unearthly stunts he performed left him no option but to reveal his true nature of Charlene. A somewhat unusual [[Robot-Fleshling Romance|relationship]] ensued between the two, but more trouble soon came Skids's way in the form of [[Donny Finkleberg]], who was being hunted down by Ravage. Fleeing from the Decepticon with Charlene and Donny, Skids hid out at an abandoned mining town, but yet again, the raging Dalrymple tracked him down and shattered his windshield, knocking him unconscious and into a dream where he died through his refusal to attack Megatron and save Charlene. Reawakening, he engaged Ravage in battle again, finally finding the strength to act, and causing his foe to tumble down a mineshaft. Skids then parted ways with Charlene, having come to the realisation that their two roles in life were too different for their relationship to work out. {{storylink|Showdown!}}
[[Image:Skidslimbo.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Oh, hey, remember Skids?]]
Skids returned to the Ark with Finkleberg, and later embarked on a mission with him to track down a group of missing Autobots who had been captured by the [[RAAT|Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team]]. Unfortunately, money still governed Finkleberg's actions, and he promptly sold out Skids to RAAT's leader [[Walter Barnett]] when Skids was deactivated for the night. Skids was disassembled for study, but when the Decepticons [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] appeared on Earth and began defacing landmarks, RAAT operative [[Circuit Breaker]] was forced to enter into a deal with the Autobots to stop them. Skids and the other Autobots' components were combined to form a jury-rigged robot that Circuit Breaker used to stop the [[Battlechargers]], but in return for their co-operation, Skids and the Autobots were allowed to go free.
[[Image:Skidssurvivors.jpg|right|thumb|200px|And then he stole [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]'s head]].
''On the return trip to the Ark, however, Skids was abruptly torn from reality when the future Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back in time from 2006, shunting Skids into [[limbo]] to maintain temporal balance. Skids remained in limbo for two years while Galvatron ran amok on Earth, his mind steadily succumbing to the dream-illusions created by the monstrous creatures native to the realm.''

(Skids was removed from the active Autobots in the UK stories, but not the US ones. Hence, in the US comics he showed up to watch [[Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] fight for Autobot leadership on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], some time after Optimus Prime's death (which he was also around for). The UK printings of these stories tended to redraw Skids into a not-Skids robot, or black him out entirely.)

''With Galvatron's eventual destruction during the [[Time Wars]], Skids was finally returned to Earth, but the limbo-creatures had succeeded in shaping a reality from his dreams, and the nightmarish monsters that he had imagined materialised on Earth with him. Fleeing from the beasts, who desired to merge with Skids so that they might become more powerful, Skids lured them into a nuclear power plant which he had planned to detonate, wiping out the monsters and himself, but the remnants of the Autobot [[Wreckers]] and [[Catilla]] and [[Carnivac]] of the Decepticon [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] arrived to aid him, defeating the monsters. Skids joined with this group of Transformers, forming the [[Survivors]].''

''(Other limbo-displayed beings didn't bring the creatures home with them, but Skids did. This may be because he had spent so long there they had solidified and grown around him, or it may be due to the unconventional way Galvatron left the twentieth century.)''

Grimlock traveled to [[Hydrus Four]] to use [[Nucleon]] to revive the [[Dinobot]]s. Returning to the [[Ark]], he also pumped Nucleon into the med bays, reviving Skids and several others and headed towards [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Grimlock used the Ark as a blunt instrument across [[Unicron]]'s head, forcing Skids and the others to evacuate and join the battle against the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actors:'' [[Michael Chain]], [[Dan Gilvezan]] (US), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japan)
[[Image:Skidsanimated.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Hoist, Prime, and Skids ogle Bumblebee's animation model.]]
Like many of the Autobots who first appeared in 1985, the exact circumstances behind Skids joining the original group of Earth-based Autobots remain unknown. Skids first appeared as part of a strike force that was sent to stop the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] from ravaging a human farm, only to meet with failure. Apparently injured in the battle, Skids underwent some repairs by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] upon return to Autobot Headquarters, where he responded incredulously to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s report that he had retrieved [[robotic insecticide]] from the planet [[Floron 3]] to deal with the Insecticon threat.

Skids's second and final appearance saw him as part of a team sent to investigate bombs that were raining down on the city from a football stadium (the work of the [[Triple Changer]] [[Blitzwing]]). Blitzwing , however, had the stadium surrounded by a massive maze built by the [[Constructicon]]s, and while attempting to traverse it, Skids crashed into [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and was driven over by tank-mode Blitzwing. Skids and the other Autobots' remains were then gathered by [[Scrapper]] who built a throne for himself out of them, but they were soon rescued and quickly rebuilt, and participated in the crises that ensued as Blitzwing, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] vied for Decepticon leadership. Following that skirmish, Prowl opined that Optimus Prime was the greatest leader in the universe, which prompted himself, Skids, [[Bluestreak]] and [[Tracks]] to form themselves into a throne for Prime; Prime refused to sit, saying that thrones were for Decepticons - he'd rather roll.

Actually, he appears one more time, ''very'' briefly, in [[The Transformers: The Movie]], when [[Perceptor]] charges the Decepticon position, Skids runs through the foreground. Blink and you'll miss it.

===Universe: Featuring the Wreckers===
[[Image:Skidswreckers2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|In the context of science, "theory" does not mean "guess" or "hunch," Rodimus. You should probably pay attention.]]
Skids was among the senior scientists (including [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], and [[Rad (G1)|Rad]]) who questioned [[Rodimus Prime]]'s plan to send out the best of the remaining Autobot science and research members to establish deep-space reconnaissance posts.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====The War Within====
8.2 million years ago, Skids was in the [[Chamber of Ancients]], observing the ceremony in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Dreamwave comics continuity|Optronix]] was given the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and transformed into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Immediately, three Decepticon assassins attacked, and though Skids acted to protect the new Prime, his arm was cut off by [[Umbra]].

Skids was repaired and he returned to his post at the [[Decagon]]. While Prime was absent, Skids picked up radar of incoming Decepticon invaders and a transmission from the force's field commander, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Skids manned auto-defenses from inside the Decagon until they and their [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]] units were destroyed. Picking up their personal weaponry, Skids and the other Autobots were all that was left to defend [[Iacon]].

====War And Peace====
Skids was not among the Autobots who traveled to Earth aboard the Ark, remaining behind on Cybertron as the planet slipped into the deactivated state known as the [[Great Shutdown]]. When Shockwave began reactivating the planet and successfully unified the Autobot and Decepticon factions, Skids was a member of the council of Autobots who served to represent their faction in the alliance.

===''Binaltech''===
Skids was the first of the Binaltech Autobots created simply with the intent of upgrading an existing, healthy Transformer, rather than in the name of repairing one that had been injured. Outfitted with self-repairing nanomechanical antibodies, Skids's body can, barring heavy damage in battle, theoretically function for thousands of years without maintenance. In both his original and new body, Skids dedicated time to studying the chronal warp on [[Dinobot Island]], which gave rise to the Autobot strategy known as "Operation: [[Distant Thunder]]," a last-ditch scheme should the Decepticons tamper with the fabric of space-time. That horror occurred when Ravage used the [[Kronosphere]] to alter the timeline, and Skids prepared to initiate the plan and send [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s memory data back in time to avert the catastrophe.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1_Skids_toy.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Introducing the new Nikahimi Deathtrap. With its poly-cotton body shell, it's the fastest car in the world... to open with the jaws of life. The Nikahimi Deathtrap - the last car you'll ever drive.]]
* '''Skids''' (1985)

:Skids' toy transformed into a blue Honda City Turbo with a red stripe. His robot mode is similar to other hood-chest Autobot transformers, but is unusual in that his rear wheels fold into his feet, aiding in stability. Also unusually for Transformers figures, his two hand weapons actually attach onto his forearms rather than being held in his fists. He is also armed with a spring-loaded rocket launcher.

: This mold was retooled to make [[Crosscut]].

* '''VS-Z Skids'''
: released with [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]].

: Skids was released along with Buzzsaw and Sunstreaker in a special Versus pack. This boxset was only released in Japan and remains a considerable rarity on the secondary market.
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* Transformer Collection '''Skids''' (2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''96''', '''TFC-03'''

: Skids was reissued by both [[Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] in 2004. The Hasbro release has a disabled launching mechanism for his rocket launcher.

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===Alternators===
[[Image:Alt_Skids_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Not [[Ironhide_(G1)|Ironhide]].]]
* '''Autobot Skids''' (2005)
:''Alternator ID number:'' '''17'''
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-16'''

: Skids transforms into a blue Toyota Scion xB. His robot mode is very reminiscent of his G1 toy, with his head sculpt based off his animation model with G1 toy details. His engine unfolds to become his gun.

[[Image:BT_Skids_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Not [[Ratchet_(G1)|Ratchet]], either.]]

: The US [[Alternators]] release differs from the japanese [[Binaltech]] release in that it has a much darker shade of blue, tinted windows, and various Scion-type tampographed flame decals. The Japanese release naturally has die cast metal parts, is painted a lighter shade of blue, has different paint decos and includes a sheet of stickers, including flames resembling the ones printed on the Alternators version, as well as some G1-style red stripes, and most humorously a Japanese "New Driver" badge.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Skidsdiacloneconceptart.jpg|right|thumb|Suck it, Ironhide! This head was mine first!]]
* Skids' animation model head appears to be based on early ''Diaclone'' promotional concept art. The toy's head would be different.
* Skids is noteworthy for his almost complete absence from the original television series. He had but two lines in two different episodes by two different voice actors.
* His bad luck doesn't stop there. Though Skids had an issue all to himself in the Marvel Comics, he spent upwards of 100 (UK) issues abandoned and forgotten in [[limbo]] while parasites ate his brain.
* Though Skids' toy turned into a [[Wiki:Honda City Turbo|Honda City Turbo]], his car mode was often misinterpreted in Transformers fiction as one of the then-new minivans, despite the fact that a Honda City Turbo is a subcompact car, and as such, could theoretically be stowed in the back seat of an actual minivan. This is likely because most Americans in 1985 wouldn't know what a subcompact car is.
* In the [[Survivors]] story, Skids was suddenly drawn with [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut's]] head. "Survivors"' artist, [[Dan Reed]], previously drew him with his real head, so it'd be interesting to learn why and how this change happened. (He would later mysteriously regain his own face.)

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Skids/skids.htm Skids at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skids Skids at NTFA.net]

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