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Drag Strip (G1)

2007-11-14T13:04:24Z

84.222.42.207: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

:''Dragstrip is a [[Decepticon]] and a [[Stunticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MTMTEDragstrip.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Step 1: Defend crotch. Step 2: Aim laser.]]

'''Drag Strip''' has never heard of the term "graceful in victory". He doesn't just like to win, he ''loves'' it. Drag Strip would sooner die a miserable death than ever sacrifice a victory, as he thrives on the bragging rights which accompany first place. He can't keep himself from stroking his own ego and bragging about his accomplishments in ''excruciating'' detail.

The other Decepticons, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] included, hate his guts and would gladly pummel him to scrap if it weren't for the fact that his insatiable lust for victory makes him a formidable foe against the [[Autobot]]s.

Dragstrip can combine with his fellow [[Stunticon]]s to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

''French-Canadian name:'' '''Démarro'''<br>
''Japanese name:'' '''Drag Stripe'''<br>
''Italian name:'' '''Iguana'''

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

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Ron Gans]] (US), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japan)

When Megatron needed additional equipment for his latest secret weapon, he sent the Stunticons out to steal it for him. Drag Strip and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] stormed a U.S. military base and scooped up an new experimental generator for their leader. On the way back, Drag Strip kept trying to taunt the disinterested Dead End into racing with him back to base. Their racing was interrupted, though, by the Autobots [[Tracks]] and [[Warpath]]. Drag Strip was knocked for a loop by Warpath's rapid-fire shells from his turret gun. Brought in to Autobot custody, the Stunticons were held prisoner while [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots used camouflage paint to disguise themselves as the Stunticons in order to enter Megatron's good graces and learn the purpose of the stolen equipment. [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the Autobot's spy, took Drag Strip's place. The Stunticons did managed to break loose, though, and smashed their way out of the Ark as Menasor and made their rendez-vous with Megatron, only to find themselves confronted with a faux Menasor, created by a combination of Mirage's illusions and [[Windcharger]]'s magnetism. The real Menasor easily broke the delicately bonded "Menasor", but the Autobots had also sabotaged the equipment before handing it over to Megatron. After the super-cannon exploded, the Stunticons fled the battle. {{Storylink|Masquerade}}

''This episode should bring the beginning of a rivalry between Mirage and Drag Strip for Season 3 climaxing with the reconstruction of Mirage's body into a powerful Indycar Penske, but were at last discarded.''

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===
At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a prison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arranged for the release of the Stunticons. They formed into Menasor and ran amuck for awhile, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons.

===IDW Comics continuity===

Drag Strip was briefly seen at a firefight in [[Kaon]] alongside [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], defending themselves against [[Sentinel Prime]] and his [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Drag Strip''' (Stunticon, 1986/1987)
: ''Team ID number:'' '''S4'''
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-52'''
[[Image:G1Dragstrip_toy.jpg|left|thumb|I think my cannon might be affecting my racing profile.]]

: Drag Strip transforms into a Tyrell P-34 Six-Wheeler race car. He comes with a purple double-barreled [[plasma energy]] cannon that attaches to the back of his vehicle mode.

: In robot mode he is armed with a small purple laser pistol. Since he was designed with the [[Scramble City]]-style cobination, he can form the arm or leg to any similarly-constructed robot combination, though his nominal placement is as the right arm to [[Menasor]].

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===Generation 2===
* '''Drag Strip''' (Unreleased) [[Image:StuntsDragStripProtoMOSC2a.jpg|100px|right|thumb|Yeah, G2 sure was nothing but [[neon]].]]
:''Team ID number:'' '''S4'''

: For the ''[[Generation 2]]'' line, Hasbro intended to release [[redeco|redecoes]] of the Stunticons in 1994, with Drag Strip being cast in primarily black plastic, with blue accents. Ultimately, however, the toys never went into mass poduction and remained officially unreleased. Only the four limbs are known to have made it to the sample packaging stage, having turned up in very limited numbers over the years (with the exception of G2 [[Breakdown]], who was available at [[BotCon 1994]] in somewhat larger quantities). All the G2 Stunticons are known to catch high prices on the secondary market.<ref>[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Prototypes/Generation2/StuntsDragstripProtoMOSC1.html Photos of Generation 2 Drag Strip in sample packaging at Toyarchive.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1532/Generation+2/Dragstrip.html Mirrored photos of Generation 2 Drag Strip in sample packaging at Transformers @ The Moon]</ref><ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=111393 Transfan2's photos of Drag Strip in sample packaging at TFW2005]</ref>

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==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/DragStrip/dragstrip.htm Drag Strip at TFU]

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Mirage (G1)

2007-11-14T13:01:50Z

84.222.42.207: /* Animated continuity */

{{disambig3|Mirage}}

:''Mirage is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Mirageg1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|"The ship was... full."]]

'''Mirage''' is what humans call "old money." Before the war, he was a member of affluent Cybertronian society, with his own large estate and high-priced friends. He enjoyed the finer things in life: vintage [[energon]], swank evening events, and [[turbofox]] hunts on the grounds. But when the war started, he was forced to choose sides and found himself banded with a group of commoners he didn't really understand.

Some of the other Autobots don't trust Mirage. He feels the war, even after all these millions of years, is beneath him. War is not, after all, how civilized, erudite beings conduct themselves. He often questions the Autobots' violent means, and not-so-secretly hopes they and the Decepticons can get along. Because of this, he has been labelled by a few others as a Decepticon sympathizer. Still, he sided with the Autobots for a reason, and he is there for the Autobots when they need him.

Although the details vary by continuity, Mirage has the ability to create illusions which typically either render him invisible or make him appear to be somewhere he isn't.

He sounds like [[wikipedia:Dean Martin|Dean Martin]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Ligier, Rijie (Robot Masters)''' ''<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Mistero''' ''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Délibáb''' (correct translation)

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''
[[Image:Miragebluestreakfirst.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Mirage tells the story of how he got his name every five minutes.]]
Mirage was one of the Autobots on board the Ark when it crashed, and was subsequently reactivated in 1984. At first, Mirage was reluctant to full-on attack his Decepticon opponents, instead trying to reason with them. However, after a battle with the relentless [[Ravage]], Mirage learned that sometimes diplomacy is not an option.

[[Image:Mirageg1enemywithin.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Punk'd!]]
''During an accident on the [[Ark]], [[Brawn]] suffered an extreme neuro-shock, causing him to rebel and turn against his teammates. Mirage helped the Autobots hunt him down and tranquilize him. This same accident also amplified Mirage's ability to create illusions, which he later used to trick the Decepticons into believing that a duel between Brawn and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ended with Brawn's death. The Decepticons felt totally stupid.''

Long after, he was blown to pieces by [[Octane]] during an Arctic battle arranged by [[Starscream (G1)| Starscream]] and repaired in time to be destroyed again in [[New York City]] by Starscream himself (empowered by the [[Underbase]]).
[[Image:Mirageg2die.jpg|left|thumb|150px|"Got to--" '''SPOOM!''']]

====Generation 2====
Disobeying [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders, [[Grimlock]] led a covert team (which included Mirage) onto the [[Cybertronian Empire]] ship ''[[Twilight]]'' to defeat [[Jhiaxus]] and his army of "evolved Decepticons." Grimlock's plan was an utter failure, ending in [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'s death and the Autobots' capture. Mirage was destroyed by enemy fire during the following prison break.

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan)

Mirage was part of the bridge crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crash-landed on Earth four million years ago. A volcanic eruption in 1984 awakened the ''Ark'''s inhabitants, including Mirage, who was reformatted by [[Teletraan I]] to have a terrestrial alt-mode of a Formula-1 racer. With the battle against the [[Decepticon]]s now transplanted to Earth, Mirage still hated warfare. He longed to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and simply turn his back to the evil Decepticons, but his loyalty to Optimus Prime kept him in the fight.

Mirage was instrumental in stopping the Decepticons from returning to Cybertron after amassing enough energon from Earth. The Decepticons had constructed a [[Decepticon space cruiser|new star cruiser]] and were in the process of flying home to tip the scales of the war in their favor. Mirage used his cloaking ability to sneak aboard the Decepticon ship. He uncloaked and opened fire, blasting away at the ship's controls. He then bailed from the doomed cruiser, floating back to Earth's surface on a parasail as the Decepticons crashed into the ocean. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] asked Mirage why he -- homesick and war-weary Autobot that he was -- did not hitch the ride back home. Mirage responded, affirming his loyalty to the Autobots, "The ship was... full." {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

Mirage’s role in the Autobots’ battles on Earth was a distinctly minimal one, leaving him confined to the background on the battlefield or not present at all. In early 1985, however, the spotlight shone on Mirage again when [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] suspected him of disloyalty. The discovery of a Decepticon installation in a sector Mirage had recently scouted caused Cliffjumper to leap the incorrect conclusion that he was a traitor to the Autobots, having concealed the information. During a battle with the Decepticons at the site, Mirage was injured, but managed to rip a Decepticon [[Insignia|seal]] off [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Mirage risked the trust of his comrades by sneaking away to perform a plan of his own, framing the Decepticons for stealing [[Energon cube]]s from the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s. Spotted carrying the cubes by Cliffjumper, Mirage’s guilt seemed all but confirmed, and before he could reveal his innocence, he was captured and brainwashed by one of [[Bombshell]]’s mind-controlling [[cerebro-shell]]s. Under Bombshell’s control, Mirage led the Autobots into an ambush, but at the battle’s end, the assorted manipulations were revealed and Cliffjumper apologized to Mirage. {{storylink|Traitor}}

Towards the end of the year, Mirage was among the team of five Autobots who disguised themselves as the [[Stunticon]]s, with Mirage’s alternate mode making him the perfect choice to masquerade as [[Drag Strip]]. Penetrating the Decepticon camp, the Autobots ran into trouble when the real Stunticons arrived, trying to prove their identities by forming [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. With a combination of [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]’s magnetic powers and Mirage’s illusion-creating ability, the Autobots were able to appear as Menasor too. Though the deception was soon revealed, they were still able to thwart the Decepticons’ plans. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

''(Mirage was absent from the events of 2005 and 2006 without explanation; however, a storyboarded scene from [[Transformers: The Movie]] featuring Mirage was cut from the finished film. Amidst the transformation of [[Autobot City]], Mirage was to ambush the Insecticon [[Bombshell]] and then be fired upon by Megatron. Whether or not this would have killed Mirage is not made clear, but given the film's casual body count, it seems highly probable.)''.

''There were however concrete ideas to bring Mirage as a primary character for Season 3. The Autobot should begin a rivalry with the Stunticon [[Drag Strip]], climaxing with the reconstruction of Mirage on a new body based about an Indy car Penske, possibly in the episodes featuring the Return of Optimus Prime''.

====''Robot Masters''====
=====Pack-in comics=====
=====Online mini-comics=====

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] came to Earth and announced that the Autobot/Decepticon wars were over and that the two factions had been united, Mirage was one of the first to fall in with the new regime. The rest of the Autobots were wary of this development, and so a few (especially [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]) considered Mirage a traitor.

Mirage quickly realigned himself with the Autobot cause when Shockwave's true plan was revealed, and Cliffjumper seemed to forgive him, as Mirage had saved Cliffjumper from [[Dirge]] by sneaking up on him invisibly.

===''Binaltech''===

Mirage volunteered for an experimental new Binaltech upgrade that boosted the [[power chip rectifier]] in his revamped body to the Nth degree, making him permanently invisible thanks to his electro-disruptor. This proved to be key in a special mission conceived of by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. Having uncovered several secrets from the files of the time-traveling [[Ravage]], the Autobots learned of a mysterious [[Large switch|switch]] hidden away on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] which, when pulled, would instantaneously immobilize all Transformers throughout the universe. Having lost Cybertron to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s tyrannical rule and faces considerable odds in the Sol System as well, Prime decided it was necessary to activate the switch in order to end the war. With [[Tracks]] and several [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] [[GT System|GTs]] awaiting his signal as back-up, Mirage invisibly infiltrated the Decepticon controlled Cybertron and made his way to the switch. After throwing the switch, though, Mirage was surprised to find that he was still mobile. It seemed the Binaltech warriors (both Autobot and Decepticon) were significantly different enough from regular Transformers to be unaffected by the immobilization wave. With the Autobots now vastly outnumbering the Decepticons still in operation, the tide of the war had irreparably shifted.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Mirage''' (Autobot Car, 1984/1986/1991)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''07'''
[[Image:G1Mirage_toy.jpg|left|thumb|I don't need to be street-legal; I'm rich.]]

: Mirage was part of the original 1984 Autobot car assortment. His mold was originally used for a ''[[Diaclone]]'' F-1 Ligier JS-11 racer. The toy was specifically designed to work with the launcher mechanism contained in the Optimus Prime / Battle Convoy trailer. This toy is easily broken at the waist pivot. The labels on the toy are references to several real-world companies. The largest name, Citanes, is a deliberate corruption of Gitanes, a French cigarette company. (Quite unusual for a child's toy, but not the only cigarette reference in ''Diaclone''.) The toy included Gitanes' logo of a dancing gypsy woman on what ends up as Mirage's belt in robot form. "Ligier" is the name of the company that manufactured the JS-11 chassis and fielded the team, traditionally wearing 25 and 26 on the F1 grid, while "elf" is a reference to a French oil company that has since merged with TotalFina to become TotalFinaElf.

: In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (as he was no longer shipping to retail shelves) in multiple offers, including a [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]] flier packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $8 and two [[robot points]].

: Hasbro and/or Takara have announced that the mold for Mirage is either lost or damaged, so a reissue is unlikely. Mirage was also included in the 1986 ''Goodbye Convoy'' giftset. This was the final release of the mold, making Mirage the only one of the original Autobots not to have been reissued in some form.

===Generation 2===
* '''Mirage''' (Go-Bot, 1995)

: Mirage was released in 1995 as a black and yellow recolor of the [[Go-Bot]] [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]]. He was also planned to be released as a flipchanger, but the ''Generation 2'' line was cancelled to make way for ''[[Beast Wars]]''. The unreleased mold was first used in ''[[Machine Wars]]''.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Mirage''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:Mwmirage.jpg|left|thumb|Gah! I'm teal! Somebody recolor me, please!]]

: Mirage's form in ''[[Machine Wars]]'' transforms into a blue and white Formula racer. Like the other Machine Wars basics, the toy is a flipchanger (having a one-step, spring-loaded transformation), and his weapons are hidden in his alt mode. Unlike most of the ''Machine Wars'' toys, the head looks very similar to his G1 form. This is because the mold was originally designed as Mirage for ''[[Generation 2]]''.

: This mold was also used to make [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]].
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[[Image:RMRijie_toy.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Phew. Thanks.]]

===Robot Masters===
* '''Rijie''' (Basic, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-03'''

: This toy used the ''Machine Wars'' mold, but in much more [[Generation 1]] colors.

: Because of legal reasons, "Ligier" could not be used for the name of the ''Robot Masters'' toy, so "Rijie", which has the same pronuciation in Japan, was used instead. Curiously, the toy's instructions still identify it as "Ligier".

===Alternators===
* '''Mirage''' (Alternator, 2006)
:''Alternator ID number:'' '''22'''
[[Image:AlternatorsMirage_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|This toy is clearly black, red, and silver. You're just deluding yourself.]]

: ''[[Alternators]]'' Mirage transforms into a finely detailed 1:24 scale replica of a Ford GT, featuring opening doors, engine bay and trunk, with a realistic interior. As with most Alternators, his car body is mostly unpainted, but the metallic-flake deep blue plastic makes this hard to see.

: Featuring an innovatively different robot mode, Mirage is not a straight re-interpretation of the original Mirage's robot mode, due to the completely different types of vehicles. But coincidentally the Ford GT's hood features a shape that echoes a F1-type racing car's nose and front spoiler. His engine's turbocharger forms two separate hand guns.

: Mirage was redecoed into [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rodimus]] for the ''[[Kiss Players]]'' line. Later in 2007, he will be redecoed in clear plastic colours to represent his 'invisibility mode' as an [[e-Hobby]] exclusive in the ''[[Binaltech]]'' line.

===Universe===
*'''Mirage''' (Spy Changer, 2006)

: For ''[[Universe]]'', Mirage is identical to the last Kay-Bee [[exclusive]] redeco of [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)| Robots In Disguise]] [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]], transforming into a translucent green Lola Indy car. He was available only on an individual card from discount chains like The Dollar Store.

===Classics===
*'''Mirage''' (Classics Deluxe, 2006)
[[Image:X_Mirage2.JPG|right|thumb|120px|Applied to Revoltech club; rejected.]]

:''Classics'' Mirage was released in November 2006 in wave 2, along with the [[shortpacked]] [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. He transforms into a closed-canopy Formula racer concept car. Mirage's paint details contain a few ''Transformers'' in-jokes in the form of sponsor logos such as "[[Sparkplug Witwicky|Witwicky Sparkplugs]]" and "[[Lithone|Lithonian]] Drivetrain." Additionally, his racing number is still 26, as it was on the original toy. Other logos, which include "Plasma Injection Energy" and "F.P. Racing," refer to "pie" and the initials of [[Kyde|the deco artist's]] super-secret non-gay friendship cult, respectively.

:His robot mode is a lithe upgrade of his original form, now capable of a wide range of agile motion; he is by far the "dancer" of the Classics line. The front detaches to become a handheld electro-disruptor weapon which is said to be able to create illusions and allow him to appear invisible. (This is a reconciliation of Mirage's illusion-creation ability from his original tech spec profile and his invisibility power from the animated series.)

*'''Hologram Mirage''' (BotCon, 2007)

:A redeco of Classics Mirage in translucent and opaque blue, Mirage was available only as a "freebie" gift to attendees at BotCon 2007.

===Binaltech===
* Rijie (e-Hobby exclusive, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-18'''

:Rijie is a redeco of ''Alternators'' Mirage using mostly transparent plastic. The toy was exclusively available from [[e-Hobby]] in September 2007.

:Even though Takara had briefly contemplated releasing a [[Hot Rod|Hot Rodimus]] (Hot Rod) remold of Alternators Mirage as the next ''Binaltech'' toy after [[Ginrai]] (both toys would ultimately come out as part of the [[Kiss Players]] line instead), they apparently never created any diecast molds for the Ford GT sculpt. To justify the absense of diecast parts from a ''Binaltech'' toy, Takara decided to use clear plastic parts to represent an "invisible" mode, officially called an "Electro-Disrupter" (sic!) mode on the packaging.

===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Mirage.JPG|left|thumb|150px|I'm too rich to be cute.]]
* Mirage Vs Starscream (2007)
:Mirage is a two-inch-high robot sculpted in super deformed style with articulation at the head and shoulders.

[[Image:Hologram_Robot_Hero_Mirage.JPG|right|thumb|150px|What he said.]]
* Decepticon Sneak Attack (2007)
:Hologram Mirage is recolor of the two-pack Mirage cast in transparent blue with slightly different paint details.

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==External links==
* [http://www.toybin.org/search.php?q=1984+Autobot+Mirage ToyBin Mirage Toy Gallery]
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Mirage/mirage.htm Mirage at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Mirage Mirage's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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