Cheetor (Animated)

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[[Image:AnimatedTranstechCheetor-CharacterModel.jpg|thumb|200px|Homage Möbius strip]]

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

There's nothing '''Cheetor''' loves more than chasing down [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] at incredibly high speeds. However, when caught up in the thrill of the chase, he tends to ignore his surroundings; street signs, traffic, and any unfortunate [[Autobot]] who gets in his way are bound to be ran right over! Because of this, the precinct tends to keep rotating Cheetor from partner to partner; no 'bots in their right minds would want this turbo-revving young punk on their backs!

He's presumably popular at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], since the bar has a picture of him on its menu.

==Fiction==
===''Animated''===
Cheetor chased [[Ransack (Animated)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Animated)|Crumplezone]] at high speed through the streets of Cybertron for a "moving violation," knocking over cans of black paint on his car mode, terrorizing civilians, and trashing two blocks in the process. Once Cheetor caught up to the duo, they had just one question—"What did we '''do?'''"

After Cheetor took the perps back to the station, he was subsequently chewed out by his superior, [[Depth Charge (Animated)|Depth Charge]], who informed the impulsive cop that he was being demoted and transferred from [[Transtech (Animated)|Transtech]] to [[Iacon Central]]. {{Storylink|Moving Violations}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Animatedtoy-Cheetor.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Fast car, tiny tiny brain.]]
*'''Cheetor''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Telescoping grill energy saw

:A [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[Exclusive|exclusive]] [[retool]] of [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]], Cheetor transforms into a sleek, futuristic race car. A button on his hood deploys an energy saw weapon which can double as a shield or clip onto his back in robot mode. Due to his leg design, the very middle of Cheetor's rear wheels are the only parts that roll, while the sides do not. These parts stick out a hair, though, so his mobility in vehicle mode is unhindered.

:Cheetor (and [[Ramjet (G1)#Timelines|Ramjet]]) went up for preorder on [[April 27]], [[2011]].
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==Notes==

[[Image:Animated cheetor by forster.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Me-''YOWW!'']]

* Cheetor is a veritable hoop of homages! Obviously, he's based on ''[[Transtech]]'' [[Cheetor (BW)| Cheetor]], who was going to be an upgraded version of the original [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. However, after [[Transtech]] was scrapped by [[Hasbro]], [[Fun Publications]] utilized those designs for an otherwise-unrelated ''[[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]'' storyline featuring a [[Cheetor (TransTech)|DIFFERENT Cheetor]]. In the meantime, Transtech Cheetor's design was an inspiration for [[Blurr (Animated)|Animated Blurr]], who Animated Cheetor is a retool of. His head bears similarities to IDW's version of G1 Blurr. Finally, his colors are based on the ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' version of Cheetor. Phew!

* Not unlike [[Chromia (Animated)|Chromia]], Cheetor first materialized in multiple different, unrelated sources almost simultaneously, by sheer coincidence. In the last week of June 2010, Fun Publications announced at [[BotCon 2010]] their intention to release a Cheetor figure that would be a repaint of ''Animated'' Blurr. Mere days later, ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' was released, containing an illustration of Cheetor that [[Bill Forster]] had created independently of Fun Publications' figure, which was ''also'' based on Blurr. As Forster's illustration was merely of Cheetor's head, it is basically a "repaint" of Blurr's own noggin so the connection would be recognizable, with two "ear" protrusions instead of Blurr's central fin, cheetah spots, and cat-like "face paint" based on KISS drummer Peter Criss's stage make-up. ''Fun Publications'''s version of Cheetor, on the other hand, received an entirely new head (similar to IDW's Blurr)designed by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].

==References==
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