Kup (Animated)

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[[Image:Kupanimated.jpg|thumb|275px|Grouchy and old as the [[Pit]]. He and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] would get along.]]
:''Kup is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Kup''' held the rank of [[Minor (rank)|Minor]] when he was a member of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]], but now that he's retired, so is his old title. He was formerly a drill sergeant at [[Autobot boot camp]], where he trained many Autobots of note, including [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]], [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] and [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Hot Rod]], and you can tell that Kup is good at his job by the fact that these three all went on to gain the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. On the surface, Kup is a snarling, no-nonsense, tough-as-nails 'bot whose dedication to his job was second to none, but underneath all the barked orders and [[cy-gar]]-sucking, worthy cadets found there was a kind Autobot with a wealth of experience to share.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===

A thousand [[units of time|stellar cycles]] ago, Kup trained Optimus, Sentinel, and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] in boot camp, giving each of them their names for their optimism, vigilance, and snobbish attitude, respectively. He had no lost love for Sentinel in particular, and was not happy about his appointment to the rank of [[Magnus]] a millennium later.

Eight hundred stellar cycles ago, Kup found himself with a particularly vexing class consisting of [[Blaster (Animated)|Blaster]], [[Quickslinger (Animated)|Quickslinger]], [[Skram (Animated)|Skram]] and one bright-red, horn-honking, flame-painted Autobot who ground his gears the wrong way on sight. Aggravating by this turbo-revving young punk's attitude, Kup dubbed him "Hot Rod". Kup was soon to discover he had misjudged Hot Rod during a live-fire training exercise, when Skram dropped a grenade that rolled right next to Kup. The old 'bot thought he was done for, but before he could even react, Hot Rod had thrown himself on top of the grenade to protect his teacher. Fortunately for all concerned, the grenade turned out to be a dud, but Kup could see that the young hothead had the qualities of a genuine hero. Hot Rod ultimately made it into the [[Autobot Academy]] a decade before the rest of his class, and became Rodimus Prime.

By the 22nd century, Kup had retired from service, but still kept his eye on Rodimus, and was aghast to hear of his crippling encounter with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] while fighting the [[Decepticon]]s' [[Team Chaar]]. Kup blamed himself for not being there to protect his old charge, believing that he should have been the one to fall. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}
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==Notes==
*Kup's design was developed with a view to including him in the ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' cartoon, but was abandoned before being completed. It was eventually finalized for ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]''.
*Kup's character model shows him with a cy-gar in his mouth, a trait taken from [[Kup (G1)|Generation 1 Kup]] in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kup''' (カップ ''Kappu'')

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Sideswipe (Animated)

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:''Sideswipe is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SideswipeAnimated-model.jpg|right|thumb|200px|In ''Animated'', G2 came early.]]

'''Sideswipe''' is a senior investigator for [[Cybertron Police Defense Command]] in [[Iacon Central]]. He's been on the force for 30,000 [[stellar cycle]]s and has all the accumulative experience that's implied. Though he's a rough, jaded old-timer who's seen it all, somewhere deep inside his [[spark]] are the remnants of the idealistic, impulsive, loose-cannon youth he was long, long ago. He's hardest on those who share these lost qualities, but only because they remind him of himself.

For some reason, he's really, ''really'' hard on [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]].

{{quote|If I sound cynical, it's because I am. ''Thirty thousand'' stellar cycles on the force will do that to you.|Sideswipe monologues for the audience|[[The Stunti-Con Job]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Neil Ross]]
{{note|Events in italics occurred exclusively in [[BotCon 2011]]'s "The Stunti-Con Job" script reading.}}

Sideswipe spotted an enemy ship during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. Good job! {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

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{{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Animatedtoy-Sideswipe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Considering their ages, Rodimus is biting Sideswipe's style, not vice versa!]]
*'''Sideswipe and Toxitron''' (Souvenir set, 2011)
**''Accessories'': crossbow/missile launcher, 2 missiles

: Sideswipe is a [[redeco]] of [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|''Animated'']] [[Breakdown (Animated)|Breakdown]] (itself a [[retool]] of Deluxe Class ''Animated'' [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)#Toys|Rodimus Minor]]), transforming into a futuristic sports car. Sideswipe's colors are an [[homage]] to the ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' version of [[Sideswipe (G1)#Generation 2 2|Generation 1 Sideswipe]]: the design on his doors is even "SS" in [[Cybertronix]], with the second "S" flipped around to make it more visually appealing. A panel on the car's hood, which is also the figure's chest, can be flipped to either show an engine block or the figure's Autobot [[insignia]]. The figure comes with a spring-loaded missile-launching double crossbow. His bow can be tabbed to the roof of his car mode or snapped on his hand. The tabs that secure his bow in vehicle mode are [[5mm post|5mm wide]], making it usable by other figures as well. Sideswipe was available only at [[BotCon 2011]], sold in a set with [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] and limited to 1500 pieces.

: The original version of the mold was redecoed into [[Dark Rodimus|Black Rodimus]].
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==Notes==
[[Image:SideswipeAnimated-Almanac.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Puberty is an awkward time for many youngsters.]]
* Sideswipe is seen in the "The Great War" boardgame in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''. If an Autobot player lands on his spot, he gets 1000 Victory Points.
* Like a lot of the random incidentals in ''The AllSpark Almanac II'', Sideswipe's first head was designed by [[Bill Forster]].
* The bag Souvenir Set #1 comes in (though not the instructions nor [[Tech Spec]]s) refer to the figure as Sideswipe'''''r'''''.
*[[Afterburn]] was originally advertised as the ''Animated'' version of Sideswipe. But by the time the [[Titan Books]] [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|comic]] featuring the character came out, the name had been changed. The reason for this has never been officially stated, but aside from the overwhelmingly negative fan reaction, it's very likely [[Hasbro]] intervened; after all, they wouldn't allow [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] even to be ''framed'' as a traitor.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-transformers-animated-story-editor-marty-isenberg-165509/ TFW2005.com interview with Marty Isenberg]</ref>
*This is the second year in a row that [[Sideswipe (G1)#Timelines|a BotCon-exclusive Sideswipe]] has shared a mold with [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|a Breakdown]] from the year's box set.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sideswipe''' (サイドスワイプ ''Saidosuwaipu'')

==References==
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