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Treds

2010-05-30T00:51:44Z

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:''Treds is a [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] posing as a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1-GoBots-card.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mighty robots! Treds is in the upper-right corner.]]
'''Treds''' is a traveller from another dimension, who has taken the form of a Decepticon and infiltrated their ranks in the hopes of finding the solution to a problem that plagues his home. Treds is the only Guardian in the interdimensional scout party to join the Decepticons, in order to keep tabs on the two Renegades [[Bad Boy]] and [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] and ensure that his allies among the [[Autobot|Autobots]] get the information they gather.

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications comic===
Treds, along with other displaced GoBots, somehow ends up at [[Axiom Nexus]] and is "processed". {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1|Transcendent: Part 1}}
{{storylink|Withered Hope|Withered Hope}}
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==Toys==
[[Image:G1-toy_Treds.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
===Generation 1===
*'''G1 GoBots''' (Multi-pack, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''84'''

: Treds is a [[redeco]] of the [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], transforming into a General Motors M551A1 Sheridan ARAAV tank. He was only available in an [[e-Hobby]]-[[exclusive]] six-pack with Bad Boy, Bug Bite, [[Path Finder]], [[Road Ranger]], and [[Small Foot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/Treads/treads.htm More info on Treds at TFU.info]''

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==Trivia==
[[Image:TredsEtTuCyKill.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Did they... model him backwards?]]
* Treds is clearly intended to be the character from the [[Tonka GoBots]] line. His name does not appear in any of the final product material; it only appeared in an early Photoshopped promotional image on the [[e-Hobby]] website. The individual toys' names were dropped when [[Takara]]'s legal department became concerned at how Bandai—the company that made the toys that would become the Tonka GoBots—would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable trademark infringement on Takara's part.

* Of course, this all became moot once [[Fun Publications]] took that ball and ran with it.

* Treds's complicated position as an undercover Autobot/Guardian amongst the Decepticons/Renegades is, strangely enough, not without precedent. The original Treds toy was among the few GoBots to sport one of the [[Tonka]]-originated GoBot faction logos... however, Treds features the ''Renegade'' symbol (as seen on [http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Blast.html Blast]) rather than the ''Guardian'' one (as seen on [http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Rumble/rumble.htm Rumble])! Despite the presence of both the Renegade symbol and a Communist star, Treds was sold as a Guardian. Therefore, it seems as though bio-writer [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] took this random discrepancy and ran with it.

* Treds uses a coloration that originally appeared in a [[:Image:Ehobbygobotscatalog.jpg|promotional image from an early Japanese ''Transformers'' catalogue]]. All of the 1985 Mini Vehicles in this image had color differences from their final released versions.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Treads/treads.htm ''GoBots'' Treds at TFU.info]

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G1 GoBots

2010-05-30T00:49:58Z

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{{disambig3|GoBots}}

{{move|Dimensional Exploration/Experimentation Team|Even though that is technically their "function", it makes the most in-fiction sense and will help make clear that this article isn't about GoBots in general.}}

:''The G1 GoBots are a team of cyborgs travelling to the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:G1-GoBots-card.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mighty robots! Might recolors!]]

From a [[GoBot (Tonka)|realm]] beyond the ken of even the [[TransTech|Transcendent Technomorphs]] comes a team of cyborgs in diguise as mighty robots and mighty vehicles. Their home timeline disrupted and devastated by events in one of the Transformer's multiversal streams two factions of rival cybernetic beings, the Guardians and the Renegades, called a truce and together with the denizens of their Earth, tracked the devastation back to its source. Only able to send a small team at first, they hand picked a group composed of members from both factions, altered them to match the local life forms, and sent them through the multiverse, vanguard of a force to save their entire reality.

'''The Dimensional Exploration/Experimentation Team G1 GoBots''' are...

*[[Bad Boy]] - the cocky, sarcastic young thug
*[[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] - brilliant, amoral scientist
*[[Path Finder]] - calm, rational female Guardian
*[[Road Ranger]] - friendly Guardian robot
*[[Small Foot]] - idealistic, naive young female Guardian
*[[Treds]] - friendly Guardian disguised as evil Decepticon

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
[[Image:Witheredhopeinterrogated.jpg|left|300px|thumb|[[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]s>[[Lowtech]]s>[[Tonka GoBots|GoBot]]s, apparently.]]
When a mysterious cataclysm began to systematically destroy their universe, the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] and [[Renegade]] GoBot factions set aside their differences and attempted to preserve their world. After years of research, the human [[Doctor B]] used his [[Dimensional Interfacer]] to trace the source of the destruction to a newly-created [[Classics (2006)|parallel universe]], which was "over-writing" and replacing theirs in the grand cosmic tapestry. A group of four Guardians and two Renegades had their bodies modified to match the specifications of these "[[Transformer]]s", with the intent that they be sent into this new universe in order to integrate themselves into its people, explore and discern a means of saving their own world. When they were dispatched across the dimensions by the Interfacer, rather than wind up in their intended target universe, they were inadvertently caught in the wake of another [[Bee in the City|group of dimensional travelers]] and arrived on an entirely different Cybertron, in the city of [[Axiom Nexus]].

Dubbed "mechanoids of interest" due to their unconventional means of arrival, the six GoBots were subjected to lengthy interrogation, until it was eventually decided by the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTechs]] that ran Axiom Nexus that they would take no active hand in the saving of the GoBots' universe. Additionally, the GoBots were forbidden to leave Axiom Nexus, and were subjected to extensive processing before being sent out to live in the city. During this processing, however, Renegade Bug Bite stole away, using a portable [[Astro-Beam]] that he had brought with him to teleport into the city. Working quickly, Bug Bite murdered [[Comet|a Transformer]] and stole his money, which he used to purchase a body upgrade for himself from [[Swindle, Swindle & Swindle]], and then traded the Astro-Beam to [[Escargon]] for an off-world pass that would allow him to use one of the TransTech's dimensional gates, no questions asked. When the Astro-Beam's temporary effect wore off, he was returned to the processing centre and used the pass to travel to the group's original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|destination universe]]. He began a plan of his own, arriving in the target universe fifteen years earlier than planned, hoping to avert the cataclysm before it began and hiding himself amongst the ranks of the Decepticons in order to work towards the destruction of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], having pinpointed him as the cosmic fulcrum on which the cataclysm hinged.

Searching for both the missing Bug Bite and some means out of Axiom Nexus, the other GoBots soon stumbled into the mess the Renegade had left behind and were accused of the theft of the passes by [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the [[Military Police]]. Demolishor kidnapped Treds and took him to the lawless region known as the "[[Heap]]", where he intended to ransom him for the passes that he believed the other GoBots had. With no other options, the four remaining GoBots battled the general for their lives, and ultimately emerged victorious thank to the help of [[Crystal Widow]], and the legal wranglings of [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]]. In order to both help the GoBots in their mission, and to save ''themselves'' any further trouble, Airazor and Cheetor gave the passes, Airazor had previously recovered, to the GoBots, allowing them to travel on to their intended universe.

The GoBots arrived in their target universe at their allotted time, not long after Bug Bite's fifteen-year-long scheme had resulted in Megatron [[Games of Deception|blowing his head off]]. The other GoBots materialized in front of his "corpse" shortly after [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] had dragged it to safety, at which point Bug Bite's headless body stood up and fished a new head for itself out of a spare parts bin. As Bug Bite explained to his shocked companions, he had survived simply by keeping his organic brain behind his windshield, instead of his head—and that they could soon expect other GoBots to be joining them... {{storylink|Withered Hope|Withered Hope}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 GoBots adv.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We have NAMES! Really!]]
*'''G1 GoBots''' (Multi-pack, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''84'''
:In 2004, [[Takara]] released an [[e-Hobby]] exclusive set of recolored Autobot [[Mini Vehicle|Mini-Vehicles]] renamed as [[Tonka GoBots|Tonka ''GoBots'']] characters. The intention was to have them ''be'' those characters infiltrating the Transformers universe. However, Takara got skittish when it was suggested that there was no telling how [[Bandai]] (the company responsible for the toys that Tonka adapted to create the GoBots back in the '80s) would react to the set, despite the minimal chance of provable copyright infringement.

:As such, although the set retained the name "G1 GoBots" and the references to various Tonka GoBot concepts were kept in the team Bio, the individual character names were dropped from the final packaging.
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==Notes==
[[Image:Ehobbygobotscatalog.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ferocious battle scene or family picnic? You make the call!]]
* The concept behind this set is more ingenious if you know a little about the events of the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' TV show. During the ''GoBotron Saga'' miniseries, it was revealed that the Renegades possess a machine that can reconfigure GoBots to blend in with robots from other worlds! It is possible that this very machine was used by the G1 GoBots Team to make them appear Cybertronian.

* The team Bio suggests that the GoBots passed some of their technology on to the Cybertronians. Among these is the technology behind the [[Spy Changers]], toys whose molds were originally marketed as the [[Generation 2]] [[Go-Bots (G2)|Go-Bots]].

* Treds, Bad Boy and Path Finder's colors are inspired by prototype versions of the [[Mini Vehicles]] seen in an early Takara catalog book. (See image at right.)

[[Image:Miscolored minibots.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Now available in six fruity flavors!]]
* The [[Ladybird Books|Ladybird]] book ''[[Autobots' Lightning Strike]]'' features miscolored versions of Huffer and Gears that somewhat resemble the colorations given to Road Ranger and Small Foot. Whether or not the GoBots' similarities are intentional or not is debatable.
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==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/tree/browse_frm/thread/9cb39967ce36d104/0a35ae72f323c656?rnum=21&hl=en&q=%22G1+Gobots%22+group%3A*transformers*&_done=%2Fgroup%2Falt.toys.transformers%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F9cb39967ce36d104%2F32fd81d8838cc1ba%3Ftvc%3D1%26q%3D%22G1+Gobots%22+group%3A*transformers*%26hl%3Den%26#doc_c7c11b957a729450 Explanation of the individual name removal by Hirofumi Ichikawa]

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Fracture (Movie)

2010-05-30T00:32:03Z

81.152.68.151: /* Trivia */

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{{disambig2|the movie-universe Decepticon|the other GoBots Crasher-related characters|Crasher (disambiguation)}}
:''Fracture is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Alliance3_Fracture.jpg|thumb|300px|She's a real party ''<u>crasher</u>'' (gettit LOLOLOL).]]

'''Fracture''' is utterly loyal to [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the Decepticon cause. This is generally considered a good thing, as she's got more than a few screws loose and a destructive streak you could drive a space cruiser through. She can be counted on to charge into any engagement, regardless of the odds, often cackling madly. Though she can bring significant firepower to bear with her hand-held negative energy blaster, she far prefers to use the seismic energy dischargers built into her giant stompy boots to cause localized earthquakes.

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
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[[Image:Fracture StormSurge Titan.jpg|250px|thumb|left|''They see us rollin<br>We hatin...'']]

Fracture was one of [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] "new Decepticons": a group of Decepticons who remained on the dying Cybertron and survived by feeding on [[Nucleon]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} She was ''not'' loyal to Megatron, as he was the git who caused Cybertron to start dying in the first place.

She helped Stockade summon an alien entity related to the [[AllSpark (Movie)|AllSpark]] to Cybertron, and then opened up a "dock" for it to enter, thus rebirthing the world. She was then dispatched to chase down and recapture fleeing Autobots, which is probably good as then she didn't get to notice she'd ''helped to summon [[Unicron]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} The chaos caused her to lose the Autobots, and she returned to base to see what was happening; Stockade declared an end to hostilities against the Autobots so they could focus on Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}

Fracture got to tell Stockade how daft it was to have them fight Unicron conventionally, and later got to help fight Unicron unconventionally by shooting up his insides. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[Image:Fracture_Titan25.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Fracture and Storm Surge, sitting in a tree, Kay Eye Ess Ess Eye En Gee...]]

When the New Decepticons went to Earth to protect it from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in the Autobots' absence, Fracture's job was to hit the lead [[Drone|drones]] with a frequency that would brainwash ''every other'' drone linked to them into switching sides. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part Two}} Thanks to her, by the early morning of the next day, the New Decepticons had won the [[Decepticon Civil War]] and only the [[Decepticon Heartland]] remained.

Fracture, doing recon, found nobody was home at the Heartland base, and believed [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] must've fled. This turned out to be wrong though, as a revived Megatron began blitzing them! She showed some concern for [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]], yelling at him to move as the laser-fire rained down, before getting stuck into the battle and trading shots with a jet-mode Starscream.

Unfortunately for her and her mates, the Autobots decided to teleport the New Decepticons to Cybertron along with Megatron's to ensure they didn't hold onto Earth. Fracture's now back on her homeworld, and trapped. See where good deeds get you? {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Alliance4_Fracturedies.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The road was...full.]]

Fracture was one of the reinforcements sent to Earth by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], making her landing in [[Italy]]. She was in command of [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]] and [[Reverb (Movie)|Reverb]], who she led in a raid of a military base. After the latter scanned suitable Earth forms, she ordered [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] and [[Dead End (Movie)|Dead End]] in [[San Francisco]] to provide a distraction for the [[Autobot]]s and their [[human]] friends while the rest of their forces located their master. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

The human-Autobot alliance evidently turned out to be more capable than the Decepticons realized. After the destruction of Reverb and Gunbarrel, Fracture was chased by the soldiers on a cliff-hugging road in the Italian Alps, running right into [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who rammed her right off the road and into the valley below. Her remains were retrieved by the military and presumably disposed of. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Fracture toy.jpg|right|275px|thumb|These boots were made for ''stomping'', and that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are gonna ''stomp all over'' '''you!''']]
*'''Decepticon Fracture''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Accessories'': "Negative-energy blaster"

: A Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], extensively painted to resemble the [[Tonka Go-Bots]] character [[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]], right down to the pink face and black "domino mask" she sported in the ''GoBots'' cartoon, Fracture transforms into a closed-canopy Formula racer concept car. The front aerofoil detaches to become a (non-firing) handheld weapon. The original [[light-piping]] features of the mold have been disabled by the paint applications on the figure's eyes. The [[Tampograph|tampographed]] Decepticon insignia on the figure features the original design, rather than the slightly streamlined look of the movie faction insignia.

: This mold was also used to make the 2008 ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' version of [[Drag Strip]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Fracture/fracture.htm More info on Fracture at TFU.info]''

==Trivia==
[[Image:GoBotsCrasher.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Try not to stare at her orange panties.]]
* According to the [[Hasbro]] designer panel at [[BotCon 2008]], Fracture is not merely an homage to Crasher, but was intended to actually ''be'' the character, presumably having traveled from her home universe into the ''Transformers'' world, like [[GoBots (G1)|certain other members of her race]]. This makes a lot of sense, given the original intention for the figure: Fracture was originally designed to be part of the 2008 ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' series (along with wavemates [[Breakaway (Movie)|Breakaway]] and [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]]), ''Universe'' having been the specific timeline into which her fellow GoBots traveled. With her subsequent move into the movie toyline, however, and her appearance in two different iterations of the movie continuity, it's hard to know if the original intent for the character still holds true. We fully expect some [[Transformers Collectors' Club|club fiction]] to sort this out in the future.

* In keeping with Hasbro original plans for her, they wanted to actually ''call'' her Crasher, but couldn't get the name. They then tried "Catalyst" but couldn't get that either. Stupid cross-dimensional legal issues.

* According to deco artist [[Joe Kyde]], it took finding a ''real'' F-1 style racer in that [http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/02/mf1top.jpg black-and-white-with-red deco] to seal the deal and get the toy made.

* In Titan, Fracture appears to have the ''natural'' ability to hack lead drones.

==External links==
* [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=950171CF-D56F-E112-41602F3A7E919719 Fracture at Hasbro's official ''Transformers'' website]

* [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=15360&st=0 Joe Kyde's early "Classics Crasher" concept]

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