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Joey Slick

2007-08-26T21:47:03Z

71.236.245.226: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

:''Joey Slick is a [[human]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

Joey Slick was a criminal thug working for [[Jake Lomax]], a crime lord. Oddly, he was generally well-liked in his neighborhood, where many of the residents regarded him as a "good boy." Joey didn't pay some of his collection money, and was chased down by Lomax's thugs, and was nearly killed.

[[Image:Slickjoey.jpg|left|thumb|167px|Yes, he ''actually'' runs like this.]]

By a stroke of luck, his hand happened to sweep up [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], lying in gun mode in a river. He ended up there after a gigantic fall after his encouner with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Confused, Joey attempted to shoot the thugs, to no avail.

The criminals taunted him, and jokingly told the gun, "Blast us!" Megatron, damaged heavily and only able to take commands, obeyed. Joey fled to his home in the ghetto. He was again pursued by Lomax's men. Joey ordered Megatron (in his gun mode) to fire on the water tower. The tower was blown away, easily crippling all of Lomax's men.

Joey then used Megatron to his advantage - he became a famous criminal, doing nothing other than telling his "magic gun" what to do and wiping out cops, tanks, bridges, cameras, and the like. He became known as the "Super Shooter."

Inside, however, Joey was bored of being rich and famous. He returned to his home in the ghetto, and found that all of his former friends and peers were either terrified or looking up to him. Feeling guilty, Joey went to Lomax's home to finish what was started.

Using Megatron to easily disable all of the hired goons, Joey found himself facing Lomax with Megatron in hand. Joey tossed the gun aside and decked Lomax once, hard. He then showered Lomax's limp form with cash, yelling that they were even.

The impact of Megatron's gun mode hitting the ground reconnected whatever it was that had broken in his great fall. Megatron stood, furious about being controlled like a mere automaton, and nearly killed Joey.

Joey stood resiliant and yelled right back at Megatron. Megatron was surprised by this, assuming all humans were pathetic by nature. He respected Joey's audacity, and left him alone.

Joey was arrested moments later when he walked outside of Lomax' mansion grounds and was taken by policemen.

[[Category: Humans|Slick, Joey]]
[[Category: Gangsters|Slick, Joey]]
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Weapon

2007-07-31T06:01:09Z

71.236.245.226: /* Examples */

A '''weapon''' is a tool or device intended to cause pain, incapacitation, injury, or death. [[Transformer]]s of every sort and every allegiance use a wide variety of weapons, both in war and in occasional peacetime pursuits (such as the hunting of [[turbofox]]es).
==Examples==
Transformer weapons may be broadly classified as '''melee weapons''', which are hand-held or affixed to the body, and used to directly attack an enemy; or as '''ranged weapons''', which can attack from afar. Ranged weapons can be further classified into groups that involve material '''projectiles''' or '''[[missile]]s''', and '''directed-energy weapons''', which fire a beam or ray of energy. Directed-energy weapons are often called ray guns, beam weapons, or simply blasters. The technical specs for many G1 characters called their weapons lasers, despite stated properties that had little to do with actual lasers (examples include [[Springer]]'s wind-tunnel laser and [[Kup]]'s "musket" laser) .

Weapons used to create a burst of flame, ('''flamethrowers''', in layman's terms, though the mental image this word brings up is often quite misleading) such as those used by [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], are generally classified as directed-energy weapons, though there is a strong arguement to be made for classifying them as melee weapons instead due to their limited range and often devastaing effects in close quarters.

Yet another distinction exists between those weapons which are accessories and may be wielded at will, and those which are built-in, inherent to a Transformer's body. For example, [[Tantrum]] may attack with his hand-held sword, or with the electrical dischargers built into his horns.

==Toys==

Transformers toys are equipped with a polymer arsenal of pantomime destruction, and here again there are several classes of weapons.

Weapons may be a permanently attached feature of either or both modes. Sometimes these are elements of one mode that is not otherwise used in the other except as detail and to simulate a weapon. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s triple exhaust pipes, simulating forearm blasters, are a good example. Melee weapons may also be added this way, as when a figure's beast-mode claws are left in a position accessible for combat use. Other times, they may be clearly weapons in both modes, such as ''[[Armada]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)| Megatron]]'s main cannon.

Weapons may also remain hidden in either or both modes, and then deployed at will. This is a major feature of several subgroups of toys, including the [[Triggerbot]]s and [[Triggercon]]s.

Accessory weapons may also be given. Guns are common, as are missile launchers. Often these attach to the main figure with [[peg]]s, though some use other means. One notable exception, the [[Alternators]] line, features guns with square handgrips, and poseable fingers to hold them, but these weapons still use pegs to keep them against the figure's palm.

Any of these weapons may be no more than dummies, molded to look like weapons, or they may be functional. This function usually involves launching [[missile]]s, but it may instead use [[soundbox|electronic lights or sounds]].

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Weapons| ]]
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Weapon

2007-07-31T05:52:50Z

71.236.245.226: /* Examples */

A '''weapon''' is a tool or device intended to cause pain, incapacitation, injury, or death. [[Transformer]]s of every sort and every allegiance use a wide variety of weapons, both in war and in occasional peacetime pursuits (such as the hunting of [[turbofox]]es).
==Examples==
Transformer weapons may be broadly classified as '''melee weapons''', which are hand-held or affixed to the body, and used to directly attack an enemy; or as '''ranged weapons''', which can attack from afar. Ranged weapons can be further classified into groups that involve material '''projectiles''' or '''[[missile]]s''', and '''directed-energy weapons''', which fire a beam or ray of energy. Directed-energy weapons are often called ray guns, beam weapons, or simply blasters. The technical specs for many G1 characters called their weapons lasers, despite stated properties that had little to do with actual lasers.

Weapons used to create a burst of flame, ('''flamethrowers''', in layman's terms, though the mental image this word brings up is often quite misleading) such as those used by [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], are generally classified as directed-energy weapons, though there is a strong arguement to be made for classifying them as melee weapons instead due to their limited range and often devastaing effects in close quarters.

Yet another distinction exists between those weapons which are accessories and may be wielded at will, and those which are built-in, inherent to a Transformer's body. For example, [[Tantrum]] may attack with his hand-held sword, or with the electrical dischargers built into his horns.

==Toys==

Transformers toys are equipped with a polymer arsenal of pantomime destruction, and here again there are several classes of weapons.

Weapons may be a permanently attached feature of either or both modes. Sometimes these are elements of one mode that is not otherwise used in the other except as detail and to simulate a weapon. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s triple exhaust pipes, simulating forearm blasters, are a good example. Melee weapons may also be added this way, as when a figure's beast-mode claws are left in a position accessible for combat use. Other times, they may be clearly weapons in both modes, such as ''[[Armada]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)| Megatron]]'s main cannon.

Weapons may also remain hidden in either or both modes, and then deployed at will. This is a major feature of several subgroups of toys, including the [[Triggerbot]]s and [[Triggercon]]s.

Accessory weapons may also be given. Guns are common, as are missile launchers. Often these attach to the main figure with [[peg]]s, though some use other means. One notable exception, the [[Alternators]] line, features guns with square handgrips, and poseable fingers to hold them, but these weapons still use pegs to keep them against the figure's palm.

Any of these weapons may be no more than dummies, molded to look like weapons, or they may be functional. This function usually involves launching [[missile]]s, but it may instead use [[soundbox|electronic lights or sounds]].

[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Weapons| ]]
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