Scamper

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:''Scamper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Scamper toon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Why only 15 minutes? Because if it were any longer, The Man would consider it welfare!]]
'''Scamper''' is part of the composite whole that is the Autobot city, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Although autonomous in his own right, with an impulsive and sociable personality, Scamper is an extension of Metroplex, and commonly patrols the peripheries of the giant Autobot's city form in his sports car mode alongside [[Slammer]].

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Allégro'''

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Dan Gilvezan]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Giantscamper.jpg|left|180px|thumb|All kinds of out of whack.]]
Scamper would occasionally be seen when Metroplex was viewed from afar, in (a wildly out-of-[[scale]]) car mode berthed in the garage on the left-hand side of the city. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}} He helped [[Six-Gun]] interrogate Autobots with dinosaur [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]] (namely the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]) over the theft of famous monuments worldwide, since "[[dinosaur transform static]]" (no, really) had been found at the scenes of the crimes. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

When the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] attacked Metroplex with a sonic weapon from the planet [[Eurythma]], Scamper (in his only robot-mode appearance) sounded the alarm and eagerly returned fire on the villains. However, he was struck down by the devastating harmonics along with Metroplex. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

Later, Scamper and Slammer discovered [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] stealing Metroplex's [[transformation cog]], and reacted with disbelief at the possibility of an invader. Demanding identification and an explanation from the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]], Scamper found himself sent sprawling when Swindle blew up the ramp he was traveling on and made good his escape. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

{{note|Some additional animation of Scamper and Slammer driving through Metroplex can be seen in the [[Secret Files of Teletraan II|secret file]] for Metroplex and Trypticon at the conclusion of "[[The Quintesson Journal]]". This animation is unique amongst that used in these trailers as it does not appear anywhere else in the series.}}

===''The Transformers'' manga===
[[Image:TheTransformersManga3_Scamper.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Scamper transforms to sit on children.]]
After an attack on [[Autobot City]] by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], things weren't looking good for [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] ''or'' his belly full of [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Human|Humans]]. With the big guy taking it on the chin, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] deployed Scamper into battle. The humans within Metroplex rejoiced at Scamper's arrival, however, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] was prepared for him. The Decepticon immediately launched [[Full-Tilt]] into battle and he made short work of Scamper.

Luckily for Scamper, Metroplex and everybody else, [[Six-Gun]] made the scene and successfully drove Trypticon away by turning the power of the [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt tank]] against him. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Transformers issue 3}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Metroplex''' (Autobot City, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-70'''

[[Image:G1Scamper toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|No, not [[Dark Hot Rod|Black Rodimus]].]]
: Available only with Metroplex, Scamper transforms from a six-wheeled Cybertronic sports car to robot; he is entirely black, with absolutely no paint applications in either mode, and only an Autobot sticker on his chest for color. The two electro-blaster guns mounted on his roof are removed for transformation and inserted into his shoulders to form his arms, and the robot has its own, small particle beam pistol weapon. Scamper interacts with Metroplex in the same way as other [[Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles]], fitting into his various parking spots, although ironically ''not'' the one that the cartoon showed him sitting in. Usually, the figure is kept in the garage in the larger robot's chest, from which he can be deployed and sent rolling down a ramp to ground level with the push of a lever.

: The same mold was used for [[Metrodash]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Metroplex/metroplex.htm More information on Scamper (with Metroplex) at TFU.info]''

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==Trivia==
* In the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Marvel UK comics Letters Page]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] noted that he didn't consider robots like Scamper, Slammer and Six-Gun (who are extensions of Metroplex's personality) to 'count' as separate beings. ''Bear in mind:'' Grimlock is an insensitive exhaust vent.

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Metroplex Metroplex's ''Universe'' profile (including Scamper) at NFTA.net]

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