Makeshift (Prime)

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:''Makeshift is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:ConJob-Makeshiftshadow.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A shapeshifter who doesn't like sunlight. [[Zartan|Hmmm.]]]]

'''Makeshift''', code designate '''777''', is a [[Shifter]], a legendary breed of Cybertronian who can change his shape into any form that has roughly the same mass. More, he can alter his voice and mannerisms to impersonate other Transformers. He's pretty good at it. Makeshift has claimed under interrogation that he doesn't kill his prey when it's not necessary, but he's not the most honest of robots.

Makeshift has formed a distinct enmity with the sometimes-Decepticon [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]].

==Fiction==
===''Exiles''===
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[James Horan]]/[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English)
Makeshift was one of the many troops under [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s command. When [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s old [[Wrecker]] buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] was on his way to [[Earth]], [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] downloaded the [[Autobot]]'s form and war record into Makeshift, so that he could impersonate Wheeljack. The real Wheeljack was captured, and Makeshift took his place on the battlefield in time for Bulkhead, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] to arrive.

[[Image:ConJob-Makeshifthostage.jpg|thumb|300px|left|That's NOT how you treat the natives here.]]
The Autobots accepted Makeshift as Wheeljack and held an impromptu party. Makeshift attempted to fulfill his mission and activate the [[GroundBridge]] for the Decepticons to storm in through, but it had been damaged in a recent [[Scraplet]] attack, and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] had it deactivated for repairs. As Bulkhead's suspicion rose, Makeshift asked to be shown around by [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]. He managed to learn the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] from her, and asked if she could show her where the exit was. This led them back to the main control room, where a suspicious Bulkhead demanded he tell the story of the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]]. Makeshift recalled the information from Wheeljack's war record, but got a vital fact wrong. When Bulkhead pointed out his error, Makeshift realized he'd been made, and took Miko hostage, threatening to "squeeze her into pulp".

The ground bridge was eventually ready, and Makeshift activated it at the coordinates he'd been given. As he prepared to go through it, Wheeljack, who'd escaped the Decepticons, came through in the other direction. The pair dueled with their swords until Wheeljack was victorious, and Bulkhead threw Makeshift through the ground bridge. Arriving on the top of the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Decepticon ship]], Makeshift started to report the location of the Autobot base, but he had failed to notice that the grenade he carried at his hip had been set off by the Autobots. As Starscream and Soundwave bailed, Makeshift was caught in the explosion. {{storylink|Con Job}}

==Notes==
* While being at the center of an explosion has often been a nonfatal event for [[Transformer]]s in past series, ''Prime'' executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] has stated that "When we kill a character, we kill a character"<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/36193/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation ToonZone.net summary of a Q&A session with the ''Prime'' creative team]</ref>, although admittedly this is immediately proven untrue by the fact that Megatron had been at the epicentre of a much, ''much'' more powerful explosion at the conclusion of [[Darkness Rising]], and had survived. At [[BotCon 2011]], the ''Prime'' show runners admitted to realizing that introducing a character with Makeshift's powers so early into the show's run was an unwanted limitation on future episodes,<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=bulsLCSSkfo#t=3226s YouTube capture of the BotCon 2011 Makeshift question]</ref> which made his quick demise a necessity.

==References==
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