Outback (G1)

2007-12-29T23:16:05Z

91.120.164.135: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

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:''Outback is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as '''Fallback'''.''

[[Image:Outback_shocked.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Someone just told him the beer ran out. Crikey!]]

No by-the-book soldier is '''Outback'''; for him, the rules of war
are the rules of Rafferty. If the beaten track winds, it's a fair bet he'll go straight. He's more comfortable out in the never never anyway, up grades as steep as 50 degrees, or kicking up willie willies at 110 mph. His insubordination gains him little respect from his mates, and often he finds no partner on his missions but Pat Malone and his trusty rooftop tank-jigger, loaded with armor-piercing shells.

Way in the back blocks of Outback's mind, however, there lurks a dark certainty. By the rules of Rafferty he lives, and by these rules, he
is sure, Outback's bound to be a write off. The army's run by Wallies and the war's a no-hoper, but he's not totally clapped-out yet, so he'll give it his best whirl. It's not the best attitude, but he'll share it with anyone without reserve. Outback calls a spade a ruddy spade.

Let a mission go down the gurgler, though, and Outback's the one who'll sort it. He may be largely a mediocrity; he may be an insubordinate grizzle, but his courage is beyond reproach. By the rules of Rafferty he lives, and so far they've served him well.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Bled'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actors:''' [[Dan Gilvezan]], [[Gregg Berger]] (US); [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japan)

After an attack on the Galactic Olympics, Outback and [[Blaster]] were charged with tracking down any Decepticons on Earth, whom the Autobots believed were responsible for the assault. With reason to believe some 'Cons were hiding out at a [[Carbombya]] air field, the duo still had to deal with a needle in a haystack (or rather, a jet in an airport). In order to get results, Outback bluffed his way through the inspection with a "[[Decepticon Detector]]", pointing it at random things and hoping for a response. He got one. Astonishingly, the two F15s with giant Decepticon insignias on them were actually Decepticons(!), [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], who tried to run for it in fear of Outback's respectable scanning abilities. Outback caught them with a smoke bomb, though, and he and Blaster managed to interrogate the Coneheads and get the location of the Decepticons' new base on [[Chaar]]. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

Shortly thereafter, Outback was among a cadre of Autobots who failed to defend the [[Ark]] from an attack by [[Trypticon]]. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5|FFOD 5}}

Later, Outback was teamed with Blaster again aboard [[Sky Lynx]] when [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] radioed in that a mysterious [[Quintesson]] signal was broadcasting from a nearby planet. Investigating, the Autobots discovered a lost Quintesson recorded journal, containing secret information about how the Quints had purposely escalated a war between [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]], two feuding worlds for which[[Rodimus Prime]] was attempting to negotiate a peace summit. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s also arrived looking for the journal, and soon the Autobots, Decepticons and Quintessons began a game of "hot potato", bouncing possession of the journal back and forth between each party over and over. Outback and the others eventually claimed the journal and brought it to the peace summit, ending the war at least temporarily. {{Storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

====Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformer manga====

When the [[Insecticon]]s attacked Kyushu, Outback and the rest of the [[4-Wheel-Drive Brigade]], as well as [[Kenji]], arrived to investigate. Outback and friends were briefly trapped inside craters by land mines but escaped once they united into some kind of crazy human pyramid. Using their combined attack, the 4-Wheel-Drive Robo Combination Scrumbuster, they drove the Insecticons away and saved Kyushu.

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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''Surprised by a lone Decepticon killer, Outback was saved from death by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who had accidentally returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] along with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} He later tried to save Optimus Prime from being executed as a spy by the [[Wreckers]] due to a rumor spread by Megatron.''

''When [[Ultra Magnus]] refused to believe him, Outback helped Optimus Prime to escape. The two went on the run together, pursued by the Wreckers and a squad of [[Guardian]] Droids. Outback was later seriously wounded in battle with the Guardian Droids and Optimus Prime was forced to carry him to safety. {{storylink|Under Fire!}}''

''Hiding in the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] of Cybertron, hoping that Outback would recover, Optimus Prime told him the story of what happened when he was displaced to the [[limbo]] dimension when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back in time.''

''Outback ultimately survived when Prime’s tale was overheard by Ultra Magnus and [[Emirate Xaaron]], convincing them of his identity. {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} At no point did Outback have the opportunity to throw a couple of shrimps on the barbie.''

''Outback later, along with fellow Autobot cadet Pipes, went after Tailgate to Cybertron's underground. They arrived in time to see Tailgate battle with the mutants, but Outback didn't intervene, sure of the fact that Tailgate can handle the muties himself. And he was riggerty right.''

Outback later got a visitor's pass to the Ark and partook in a training session with Blaster, alongside Mirage and Runamuck. Either that, or José Delbo forgot to put on his eyeglasses when drawing Club Con.

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===
Outback was among the group of new recruits who failed to take on the [[Auto-Combatant]] training drones on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule was toppled. {{Storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[Image:Fallback-DIE.jpg|right|thumb|250px|She's a feisty sheila!]]
===''Timelines: Descent into Evil'' comic===
Outback, having at this point renamed himself Fallback to complement his revived sense of optimism, led an Autobot strike force consisting of [[Chromia]], [[Flareup]] and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] to the planet [[Ceti Alpha Seven]]. Their target was the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] cloning facility constructed there by the [[Decepticon]] general [[Deathsaurus]]. The first batch of [[Virulent Clone]]s had already been completed, and the team found itself under attack before they ever reached the lab. Fallback and his team destroyed a number of clones, but, when Deathsaurus himself joined the fight, they were overwhelmed and captured. The arrival of their teammates [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] on the planet ultimately resulted in Deathsaurus's defeat and the rescue of Fallback's team. {{Storylink|Descent Into Evil}}

===IDW Comics continuity===
Long ago, Outback and [[Kup]] crash-landed on an unknown planet covered with radioactive crystals. When they attempted to use parts of their ship to create a transmitter, the radiation overloaded the generator, and Outback was killed in the explosion. Kup, however, was eventually driven insane by the radiation and not only talked to Outback's charred remains as though he were alive but used his severed arm as a club.

[[Springer]] was able to hack into the deceased Autobot's holo-emitter to try and send Kup a message that the Autobots were coming to rescue him, but the delusional Kup saw this as a ghost making threats upon his life. Outback's remains were further crushed by an errant swipe from one of the rescue party, sending Kup into another homicidal rage.

What they did with what was left of Outback is unknown. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Outback''' (Autobot Mini Vehicle, 1986)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-59'''

:Outback is a khaki and brown [[retool]] of the 1984 [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Brawn]]. His head, arms, and chest have been changed, plus he has been equipped with a vehicle-mode gun.

===Timelines===
* '''Descent Into Evil''' (multi-pack, 2005)

: Available only as part of [[BotCon 2005]]'s Descent into Evil set (along with [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)|Buzzclaw]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], [[Deathsaurus]], [[Dirge (Timelines)|Dirge]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]]), Fallback (renamed due to [[trademark]] reasons) is a brown and tan [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]], transforming into a jeep of made-up model. His clear-blue spare tire and crane/cannon can be assembled to form an [[energon weapon|energon battle-axe]], plus he comes with a clear-blue [[energon chip]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Movie (franchise)|movie-universe]] [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] and [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]].

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==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Outback/outback.htm Outback at TFU.info]

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Nova Prime

2007-12-29T23:04:05Z

91.120.164.135: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the Matrix bearer from the IDW comics|the Matrix bearer from the Marvel Comics|Prime Nova}}
[[Image:Novaprime.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ahead, hovering, like some vast predatory bird...]]

:''Nova Prime is an [[Autobot]] in the [[IDW Publishing]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as Nemesis Prime.''

'''Nova Prime''' was the predecessor to [[Sentinel Prime]]. An expansionist and a supremacist, Nova Prime believed that [[Transformers]] were the greatest among all life forms, and thought they should bring their glory to the myriad of lesser races throughout the universe. Sounds [[Megatron (G1)|familiar]].

==Fiction==

===IDW comics continuity===
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Long ago in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s past, before the war, Nova Prime ordered the construction of the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Despite [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s objections, Nova deceived the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] populace into believing that the ''Ark'' was intended for exploration, rather than its true mission of conquest. Nova Prime disappeared along with the rest of the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew into an anomaly in the [[Benzuli Expanse]], and was presumed dead. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Spotlight: Optimus Prime (flashback)}} Despite his aggressive intentions, these never came to light, and the Transformers honored Nova Prime's memory with a statue. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

However, countless years later, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] downloaded himself into [[infraspace]] to survive an attack from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}, he sensed the presence of Nova Prime... and was filled with an incredible sense of dread. These feelings led Optimus Prime to seek information from Omega Supreme, who told Optimus of Nova's story. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

It was later learned that Nova Prime was still alive (though now undead) in the Dead Universe and now calling himself '''Nemesis Prime'''. He ordered [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to go to [[Earth]] and prepare for their second coming. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:NovaPrime_variousmodes.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Nova Prime's smaller inner-robot. Toy, Hasbro, Please? Pretty please?]]

* Nova Prime was actually an Optimus design that [[Don Figueroa]] had come up with, and was never used.
* According to Nova Prime's design sketches by Don seen in the back of ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'', the form seen in the story is Nova Prime's winged cab/trailer super robot. He also has a smaller robot mode consisting of only the cab. The transformation of the cab is pretty similar to that of Energon Rodimus.
* Though they didn't know it, all [[kitbash|kitbashers]] in the last two decades of Transfandom were Waiting. For. This. Moment.
* We used to give him credit for not being named Nemesis Prime. Then he had to go and ruin the joke... (We'd still buy his toy in heartbeat)

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