Misfire (G1)

2010-07-27T00:38:11Z

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:''Misfire is a [[Decepticon]] [[Targetmaster]] (presumably under a very wide definition of "master") from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Misfire boxart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He couldn't hit the Ark if he was shooting from inside it!]]
'''Misfire''' is the kind of guy you want on the Decepticons' side—if you're an Autobot, that is. He couldn't hit the broad side of [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]. He holds the record for enrolling and failing the [[Decepticon Military College]], only graduating because the Autobots blew it up. He claims his aim is getting better. ''What was it like before?!''

Together with his [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Aimless]], he's a danger to himself and others. Mostly others.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Longfeu''' ("Fizzled")
:''Italian name:'' '''Elektro'''
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Huotan''' （火炭, "Charcoal"） / '''Diao Suo''' (吊索, "Hanging Cable")

==Fiction==
===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Stan Jones]] (English), [[Hiroshi Naka]] (Japanese)

Misfire was one of several Decepticon jets serving under [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] when they attacked [[Autobot City]] as part of a division while the Decepticon Clones stole the Key to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. After Scourge successfully activated the chamber on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (and inadvertently sent a shuttle full of Autobots and the key halfway across the galaxy), Misfire, [[Triggerhappy]], and [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] were among the Decepticon unit sent to retrieve the key. Following the Autobots to [[Nebulos]], Misfire, alongside Cyclonus and Scourge, blasted both [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

After being soundly trounced by the new Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], the Decepticons made a deal with the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] to donate their heads and weapons for the [[binary bonding]] process. Misfire liked his partners to have short, memorable names. Armed with this new skill, Misfire and his [[Targetmaster]] companions successfully helped reacquire the Chamber's key...though Misfire himself and Aimless didn't really do very much that was helpful. To anyone. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Misfire did very little afterwards. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tomomichi Nishimura]]

Misfire and his partners, Triggerhappy and Slugslinger, were frequent opponents of the Autobot trio under [[Pointblank]]'s command. While they were all engaged in combat over several space-faring denizens of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], a massive explosion caught everyone off-guard. Misfire and his partners and foes alike were transformed into Targetmasters, somehow fused together in pairs with each of the smaller Master Transformers by the explosion. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

{{Note|''Headmasters'' never made any kind of reference to Misfire's signature bad aim.}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
For some reason, when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was choosing troops who might benefit from being re-engineered as a [[Targetmaster]] with greater shooting ability, he thought of Misfire. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

''After the Autobot [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] stole Scorponok's head, Misfire led a group of Decepticons to recover their leader. Almost immediately after getting Zarak and Scorponok reattached, Misfire and his companions were cast into limbo to make room for the time-traveling [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] from 2009. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''

Misfire was damaged to an unknown extent when a surface-to-air cannon manned by [[Finback]] overloaded and exploded. Seeing as they were fighting [[Unicron]], and Misfire was never seen again after that point... well, fill in the blanks. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
While [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used his [[Nullification Cannon]] on Cybertron's [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] suppliy, Misfire was part of a team lead by [[Sixshot]] that carried out a diversionary attack. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Misfire toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Jolt (Armada)|"I have articulation!"]]]]
*'''Misfire with Aimless''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-89'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Aimless]] Targetmaster partner/[[ionic blaster|double-barrelled ion particle blaster]]

:Misfire transforms into a pink Cybertronian car-jet thing that goes real fast. Hopefully he can steer better than he can aim. Funnily enough, unlike Triggerhappy and Slugslinger, Misfire is totally unarmed in vehicle mode unless Aimless is attached to him. Just as well, really. In robot mode, Misfire is one of the best articulated Targetmasters due to his clearly defined legs with hip and (however awkward) knee articulation coupled with good arm articulation, making him one of the small number of ''Generation 1'' toys of this era that isn't a brick.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Linkage5-PreEarth.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Targetbastards.]]
* Misfire's design was used as a "generic" Decepticon in the [[Linkage (comic)|''Linkage'' mini-comics]], in a flashback showing [[Redline]] and [[Flat-Out]]'s former Decepticon masters. This fits in with the general theme of using Generation 1 character models as unnamed extras in the [[Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]]. Of course, his actual'' appearance'' fits in with artist [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]'s general theme of using the toys as a visual reference rather than the [[Character model|character models]] used in animation; that is so not Misfire's ''Headmasters'' design. {{storylink|Linkage Part 5|Linkage Part 5}}

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Misfire/misfire.htm Misfire at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Misfire Misfire's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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