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Pounce

2018-02-08T02:05:24Z

BB-Shockwave: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

{{factions|decepticon|{{factions/icons|custom=Pounce.png|cLink=Pounce}}}}
{{picsneeded|robot mode}}
:''Pounce is a [[Decepticon]] [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Pounce-G1-Boxart.jpg|275px|thumb|At your Lincoln-Mercury dealer!]]
'''Pounce''' is the Decepticon equivalent of [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]] (though the difference between the two is fairly microscopic). He does the dirty jobs that even the other Decepticons find repugnant. And as far as he's concerned, the dirtier the better. Anti-social, vicious, nasty, wily, silent, deadly and merciless are all appropriate descriptors for Pounce. What few realize is that much of Pounce's success at his job stems from the carefully cultivated reputation he's created for himself.

Pounce is the clone brother of [[Wingspan]].

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stan Jones]] (English), [[Jin Horikawa]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Wingspan Pounce robot mode.jpg|275px|thumb|Hi, I'm Pounce, and this is my job. I explore the planet looking for robots who aren't afraid to get dirty. Hard working mechs and femmes who make an honest living doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life on Cybertron possible. Now get ready, to get dirty.]]
Pounce and Wingspan sneaked into Autobot City to retrieve the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber. [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] tried to warn them that his Autobot counterpart was not only nearby, but REAL nearby, but they didn't listen. Despite showing an obliviousness usually reserved for Lois Lane, the Clones beat Punch when he showed up and returned the Key to [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] so that his unit could infiltrate the Plasma Energy Chamber itself. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}
The Decepticon Clones were recruited by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] after betraying their former friends, the [[Fastlane|Autobot]] [[Cloudraker (G1)|Clones]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} As [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Pounce was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} The Clones later assisted Scorponok in setting up Death Towers across the Earth. Heavy damage by [[Sixshot]] broke their necks, {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} but they were seemingly repaired and resumed their mission in time for the final battle. Their fate subsequent to the Decepticons' retreat from Earth is unknown. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Pounce and Wingspan volunteered along with [[Flywheels]] for [[Sixshot]]'s mission to make [[Hot Rod]]'s weekend more interesting. The outcome of the mission was never revealed. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

The two clones spied on the Autobots as the existence of [[Metascan Alpha]] was revealed. After using their identical appearances to confuse the Autobots, the pair returned to the derelict destroyer to report to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Unfortunately they were forced to admit they'd been unable to obtain the coordinates to the planet. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Dreadwind pounce all his engines.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Living up to his name]]
One of the Clones was seen on the Decepticon orbital station. Given that it was apparently a monitoring or data entry post, it was probably Wingspan. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

A few years later, Pounce was among the Decepticons who gathered on a barren planetoid under [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s rule. When it was discovered that [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] had been stealing fuel for himself, several Decepticons began hunting him down, and Pounce was the one to sniff the thief out. {{storylink|All His Engines}} Either Pounce or Wingspan was present when [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] returned to take back leadership from Starscream. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}

Pounce and Wingspan were among the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron when the Transformers finally reclaimed their planet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} When Megatron returned from a long absence, the two joined the other Decepticons in rioting in celebration. {{storylink|City on Fire}}
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===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:NaturalSelection5-PounceWingspanSurrender.jpg|thumb|Pounce is on the left.]]
When the resurrected [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] returned to Cybertron with a [[Gene Key]] capable of turning Autobots into Decepticons, Pounce "readily" agreed to follow the former Headmaster as Soundwave was off-planet and Scorponok had already killed [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] for questioning him. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}

While manning the [[Civil Defense Hub]] at Iacon during Scorponok's insurrection, the Clones detected [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' returned from their Earth mission. They planned to lure the unsuspecting Autobots into range and then blow them out of the sky. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} The free remaining Autobots on Cybertron managed to retake the Hub, however, capturing Pounce and Wingspan. When the pre-programmed missiles began flying at the ''Valiant'', [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] demanded the pass-code from Pounce. As the Clone hesitated, Crosshairs blew him away to prove he wasn't bluffing, and quickly got the proper pass-code from the remaining Clone. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Under unknown circumstances, Pounce and Wingspan were once contained in a [[Legendisc]]. That artifact was on display in the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:SiegeOnCybertron-Pounce versus Metalhawk.jpg|thumb|350px|]]
In a mission on Cybertron, the silent and lethal Pounce clashed with [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]].<ref>''Titans Return'' Siege on Cybertron pack-in blurb</ref>
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
Pounce and Wingspan accompanied [[Mega]] to the place where [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was fighting [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. {{storylink|Looming Threat}}

==Commercial appearances==
Pounce and [[Wingspan]] ran through the Earth wilderness in perfect step, ending some acrobatics over a rocky terrain with weapons-fire towards [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]. The the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] transformed to evade the blasts, leading Pounce and Wingspan to do likewise and press the attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{note|Pounce is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1PounceToy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|He claims that his altmode also makes him a clone of [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. But nobody's buying it.]]
*'''Pounce and Wingspan''' ([[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]], [[1987]])

:Pounce and his brother Wingspan were available as a two-pack set. Each came with a pair of rifles and two rub-sign insignias, one identifying them as Decepticons and the other distinguishing the two by revealing an image of their alt mode. Pounce transformed into a puma. His weapon can be held as either a gun or a blade.

:The [[The Transformers (Chinese toyline)|Chinese Release]] of Pounce<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/pounce/199</ref> & Wingspan<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/wingspan/198</ref> has their second rubsign, indicating alternate mode, replaced with a foil Decepticon sticker.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Pounce/pounce.htm More information on Pounce at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:BotCon2014-Dread-Pirate-Crew-Pounce.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Dread Pirate Crew''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
:The Dread Pirate Crew are redecoes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]], specifically the ''Robots in Disguise'' molds. One of them, representing the Pounce bodytype, is redecoed from the Car Vehicon, and the other, representing the Wingspan bodytype, is redecoed from the Jet Vehicon.

:The Dread Pirate Crew also comes with two differently colored versions of the [[Arms Micron]] [[Igu]], now [[Arms Minicon]]s named [[Pillage]] and [[Plunder]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCPounce/dreadpiratecrewpounce.htm More information on Pounce Clone at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCWingspan/dreadpiratecrewwingspan.htm More information on Wingspan Clone at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-SoC-Pounce.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Grr. Arrgh.]]
*'''Siege On Cybertron''' (Gift set, 2017)

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' "Decepticon Pounce" is a Legends-sized figure that transforms from robot into a mechanical puma in just a few steps.

:As with all four of the clones in this line, Pounce has a (non-heat-sensitive) painted symbol evoking his original rubsign.

:Pounce was only available as part of the "Siege of Cybertron" set, which also includes [[Magnus Prime#Generations|Magnus Prime]] & [[Ginrai (human)#Generations|Ginrai]], [[Fathom#Generations|Fathom]] & [[Tidal Wave (G1)#Generations|Tidal Wave]], [[Haruma Gō#Generations|Professor Go]] & [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)#Generations|Metalhawk]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)#SiegeOnCybertron|Thunderwing]]. In the United States, this set was exclusive to [[BigBadToyStore]], but it saw a wider release in Canada where it was available at [[Toys"R"Us]], [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], the Canadian [[Walmart]] online store, book store chain Indigo and several PC retailers (seriously!). Additionally, it was also available at retail in Hong Kong and Singapore and even saw an official in the Netherlands, where it was exclusively available from BOL.

:Pounce was later retooled into his brother [[Wingspan#Generations|Wingspan]].
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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-Clonetron-Set-Pounce.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Aren't you glad you didn't go to...wait. [[Fastlane#Legends|Someone]] already used that, didn't they? Dang it...]]
*'''Clonetron Set''' ([[2018]]-[[February 24|02-24]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG61'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Pounce is a redeco of his ''Generations'' toy with a color layout based on his appearance in ''The Headmasters''. He is sold in a two-pack with [[Wingspan#Legends|Wingspan]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Pounce''' (パウンス ''Paunsu'')
*''French:'' '''Fauve''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Roboclon'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tūjī''' (China, 突击, "Pounce")

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]

Wingspan

2018-02-08T02:04:15Z

BB-Shockwave: /* Generation 1 */

{{factions|decepticon|{{factions/icons|custom=Wingspan.png|cLink=Wingspan}}}}
{{picsneeded|robot mode}}
:''Wingspan is a [[Decepticon]] [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:WingspanRebirth.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Furmanism|Like a vast, predatory bird...]]]]
One might quickly dismiss '''Wingspan''' as the weaker of the two Clone brothers, and at first glance that may seem true. After all, [[Pounce]] is an elite counter-intelligence agent feared by comrade and foe alike, whereas Wingspan is a rather lowly data processor. In truth, though, Wingspan is just as ruthless and driven as his brother, but merely focuses his efforts on a single goal: knowledge. Wingspan doesn't care if he's surfing the cortex or tearing open an Autobot's chest to stimulate his victim's vocal processor manually, so long as he gets some new information out of it.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Wingspan Pounce robot mode.jpg|275px|thumb|"Well, look at this; we arrived to this party in the same outfit!"]]
Wingspan and Pounce were charged with retrieving the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber from Autobot City, combining Pounce's infiltration skills with Wingspan's computer savvy to override the protective locks. After disabling the Autobot guard, [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], Wingspan successfully returned the Key to his leader, and the Decepticons proceeded on to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

The Decepticon Clones were recruited by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] after betraying their former friends, the [[Fastlane|Autobot]] [[Cloudraker (G1)|Clones]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} As [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Pounce was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} The Clones later assisted [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in setting up Death Towers across the Earth. Heavy damage by [[Sixshot]] broke their necks {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}, but they were seemingly repaired and resumed their mission in time for the final battle. Their fate subsequent to the Decepticons' retreat from Earth is unknown. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Pounce and Wingspan volunteered along with [[Flywheels]] for [[Sixshot]]'s mission to make [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s weekend more interesting. The outcome of the mission was never revealed. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

The two clones spied on the Autobots as the existence of [[Metascan Alpha]] was revealed. After using their identical appearances to confuse the Autobots, the pair returned to the derelict destroyer to report to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Unfortunately they were forced to admit they'd been unable to obtain the coordinates to the planet. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Spotlight Sixshot Wingspan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0]]
One of the Clones was seen on the Decepticon orbital station. Given that it was apparently a monitoring or data entry post, it was probably Wingspan. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

Either Wingspan or Pounce was present on [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s asteroid base when [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] returned to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}

Wingspan and Pounce were among the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron when the Transformers finally reclaimed their planet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} Later, Wingspan was among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} When Megatron returned from a long absence, Wingspan and Pounce joined the other Decepticons in rioting in celebration. {{storylink|City on Fire}}
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===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Peekaboo.]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Wingspan and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Wingspan and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:NaturalSelection5-PounceWingspanSurrender.jpg|thumb|Pounce to the left of me, Wingspan to the right]]
Wingspan met with [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons at [[Fort Scyk]]. {{storylink|Counterpoint}}

While manning the [[Civil Defense Hub]] at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] during Scorponok's insurrection, the Clones detected [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' returned from their Earth mission. They planned to lure the unsuspecting Autobots into range and then blow them out of the sky. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} The free remaining Autobots on Cybertron managed to retake the Hub, however, capturing Pounce and Wingspan. When the preprogrammed missiles began flying at the ''Valiant'', [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] demanded the pass-code from Pounce. As the Clone hesitated, Crosshairs blew him away to prove he wasn't bluffing, and quickly got the proper pass-code from the remaining Clone. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Under unknown circumstances, Pounce and Wingspan were once contained in a [[Legendisc]]. That artifact was on display in the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
Pounce and Wingspan accompanied [[Mega]] to the place where [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was fighting [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. {{storylink|Looming Threat}}
{{--}}

==Commercial appearances==
Wingspan and [[Pounce]] ran through the Earth wilderness in perfect step, ending some acrobatics over a rocky terrain with weapons-fire towards [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]. The the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] transformed to evade the blasts, leading Wingspan and Pounce to do likewise and press the attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Wingspan is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1WingspanToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]|300px|Blue Bird of Blockyness]]
*'''Pounce and Wingspan''' ([[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]], [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-94'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electro-Burst Rifles", left & right wings.

:Wingspan transforms into a robotic eagle. His twin rifles plug into holes on his wings, which themselves plug into his back. The [[rubsign]] on his chest revealed that he was the eagle of the pair by revealing a stylized image of a bird...if the purple wings tucked into his back weren't enough of a clue.

:Wingspan and his brother Pounce were only available as a two-pack set.

:The [[The Transformers (Chinese toyline)|Chinese Release]] of Wingspan<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/wingspan/19</ref> & Pounce<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/pounce/199</ref> has their second rubsign, indicating alternate mode, replaced with a foil Decepticon sticker.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Wingspan/wingspan.htm More information on Wingspan at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[File:BotCon2014-Dread-Pirate-Crew-Wingspan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|300px|How come my brother gets a gun, and all I have is a lousy lizard?]]

*'''Dread Pirate Crew''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
:The Dread Pirate Crew are redecoes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]], specifically the ''Robots in Disguise'' molds. One of them, representing the Pounce bodytype, is redecoed from the Car Vehicon, and the other, representing the Wingspan bodytype, is redecoed from the Jet Vehicon.

:The Dread Pirate Crew also comes with two differently colored versions of the [[Arms Micron]] [[Igu]], now [[Arms Minicon]]s named [[Pillage]] and [[Plunder]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCPounce/dreadpiratecrewpounce.htm More information on Pounce Clone at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCWingspan/dreadpiratecrewwingspan.htm More information on Wingspan Clone at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wingspan Hawk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hawk...''Wingspan'' Hawk. ]]
*'''Wingspan Hawk''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 54'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, 2 pistols

:Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, '''Wingspan Hawk''' can be rebuilt from robot mode into a hawk. He sports [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron's]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OWingspanHawk/wingspanhawk.htm More information on Wingspan Hawk at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Walgreens-Legends-Class-2-pack-Wingspan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Check me out, my wings are kewl.]]
*'''Wingspan & Cloudraker''' (Legends Class 2-pack, 2017)

:Released as part of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline, Wingspan is a retool of [[Pounce#Generations|Decepticon Pounce]], transforming from a robot to a mechanical hawk in a few steps.

:As with all four of the clones in this line, Wingspan has a (non-heat-sensitive) painted symbol evoking his original rubsign.

:Wingspan was only available in a 2-pack with [[Cloudraker (G1)#Generations|Cloudraker]], who is a retool of [[Fastlane#Generations|Fastclash]]. In the United States, this set was exclusive to [[Walgreens]] pharmacies (officially called the "Clones 2-figure Pack" on their website), but it also saw numerous international releases, several of which even predated the US release: In Taiwan, it was available at general retail; in Canada, it was exclusive to EB Games stores; in Mexico, it was exclusive to Julio Cepeda stores; and in Colombia, it was exclusive to Falabella stores.

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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-Clonetron-Wingspan.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Purple, pink, same color, am I right?]]
*'''Clonetron Set''' ([[2018]]-[[February 24|02-24]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG61'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Wingspan is a redeco of his ''Generations'' toy with a color layout based on his appearance in ''The Headmasters''. He is sold in a two-pack with [[Pounce#Legends|Pounce]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wingspan''' (ウイングスパン ''Uingusupan'')
*''French:'' '''Rapace''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Rapax'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēixiáng''' (China, 飞翔, "Flying")

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

Wingspan

2018-02-08T02:03:42Z

BB-Shockwave: /* Timelines */

{{factions|decepticon|{{factions/icons|custom=Wingspan.png|cLink=Wingspan}}}}
{{picsneeded|robot mode}}
:''Wingspan is a [[Decepticon]] [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:WingspanRebirth.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Furmanism|Like a vast, predatory bird...]]]]
One might quickly dismiss '''Wingspan''' as the weaker of the two Clone brothers, and at first glance that may seem true. After all, [[Pounce]] is an elite counter-intelligence agent feared by comrade and foe alike, whereas Wingspan is a rather lowly data processor. In truth, though, Wingspan is just as ruthless and driven as his brother, but merely focuses his efforts on a single goal: knowledge. Wingspan doesn't care if he's surfing the cortex or tearing open an Autobot's chest to stimulate his victim's vocal processor manually, so long as he gets some new information out of it.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Wingspan Pounce robot mode.jpg|275px|thumb|"Well, look at this; we arrived to this party in the same outfit!"]]
Wingspan and Pounce were charged with retrieving the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber from Autobot City, combining Pounce's infiltration skills with Wingspan's computer savvy to override the protective locks. After disabling the Autobot guard, [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], Wingspan successfully returned the Key to his leader, and the Decepticons proceeded on to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

The Decepticon Clones were recruited by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] after betraying their former friends, the [[Fastlane|Autobot]] [[Cloudraker (G1)|Clones]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} As [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Pounce was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} The Clones later assisted [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in setting up Death Towers across the Earth. Heavy damage by [[Sixshot]] broke their necks {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}, but they were seemingly repaired and resumed their mission in time for the final battle. Their fate subsequent to the Decepticons' retreat from Earth is unknown. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Pounce and Wingspan volunteered along with [[Flywheels]] for [[Sixshot]]'s mission to make [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s weekend more interesting. The outcome of the mission was never revealed. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

The two clones spied on the Autobots as the existence of [[Metascan Alpha]] was revealed. After using their identical appearances to confuse the Autobots, the pair returned to the derelict destroyer to report to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Unfortunately they were forced to admit they'd been unable to obtain the coordinates to the planet. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Spotlight Sixshot Wingspan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0]]
One of the Clones was seen on the Decepticon orbital station. Given that it was apparently a monitoring or data entry post, it was probably Wingspan. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

Either Wingspan or Pounce was present on [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s asteroid base when [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] returned to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}

Wingspan and Pounce were among the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron when the Transformers finally reclaimed their planet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} Later, Wingspan was among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} When Megatron returned from a long absence, Wingspan and Pounce joined the other Decepticons in rioting in celebration. {{storylink|City on Fire}}
{{-}}

===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Peekaboo.]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Wingspan and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Wingspan and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
{{-}}

===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:NaturalSelection5-PounceWingspanSurrender.jpg|thumb|Pounce to the left of me, Wingspan to the right]]
Wingspan met with [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons at [[Fort Scyk]]. {{storylink|Counterpoint}}

While manning the [[Civil Defense Hub]] at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] during Scorponok's insurrection, the Clones detected [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' returned from their Earth mission. They planned to lure the unsuspecting Autobots into range and then blow them out of the sky. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} The free remaining Autobots on Cybertron managed to retake the Hub, however, capturing Pounce and Wingspan. When the preprogrammed missiles began flying at the ''Valiant'', [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] demanded the pass-code from Pounce. As the Clone hesitated, Crosshairs blew him away to prove he wasn't bluffing, and quickly got the proper pass-code from the remaining Clone. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Under unknown circumstances, Pounce and Wingspan were once contained in a [[Legendisc]]. That artifact was on display in the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
Pounce and Wingspan accompanied [[Mega]] to the place where [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was fighting [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. {{storylink|Looming Threat}}
{{--}}

==Commercial appearances==
Wingspan and [[Pounce]] ran through the Earth wilderness in perfect step, ending some acrobatics over a rocky terrain with weapons-fire towards [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]. The the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] transformed to evade the blasts, leading Wingspan and Pounce to do likewise and press the attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Wingspan is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1WingspanToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Pounce and Wingspan''' ([[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]], [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-94'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electro-Burst Rifles", left & right wings.

:Wingspan transforms into a robotic eagle. His twin rifles plug into holes on his wings, which themselves plug into his back. The [[rubsign]] on his chest revealed that he was the eagle of the pair by revealing a stylized image of a bird...if the purple wings tucked into his back weren't enough of a clue.

:Wingspan and his brother Pounce were only available as a two-pack set.

:The [[The Transformers (Chinese toyline)|Chinese Release]] of Wingspan<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/wingspan/19</ref> & Pounce<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/pounce/199</ref> has their second rubsign, indicating alternate mode, replaced with a foil Decepticon sticker.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Wingspan/wingspan.htm More information on Wingspan at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Timelines===
[[File:BotCon2014-Dread-Pirate-Crew-Wingspan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|300px|How come my brother gets a gun, and all I have is a lousy lizard?]]

*'''Dread Pirate Crew''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
:The Dread Pirate Crew are redecoes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]], specifically the ''Robots in Disguise'' molds. One of them, representing the Pounce bodytype, is redecoed from the Car Vehicon, and the other, representing the Wingspan bodytype, is redecoed from the Jet Vehicon.

:The Dread Pirate Crew also comes with two differently colored versions of the [[Arms Micron]] [[Igu]], now [[Arms Minicon]]s named [[Pillage]] and [[Plunder]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCPounce/dreadpiratecrewpounce.htm More information on Pounce Clone at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCWingspan/dreadpiratecrewwingspan.htm More information on Wingspan Clone at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wingspan Hawk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hawk...''Wingspan'' Hawk. ]]
*'''Wingspan Hawk''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 54'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, 2 pistols

:Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, '''Wingspan Hawk''' can be rebuilt from robot mode into a hawk. He sports [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron's]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OWingspanHawk/wingspanhawk.htm More information on Wingspan Hawk at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Walgreens-Legends-Class-2-pack-Wingspan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Check me out, my wings are kewl.]]
*'''Wingspan & Cloudraker''' (Legends Class 2-pack, 2017)

:Released as part of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline, Wingspan is a retool of [[Pounce#Generations|Decepticon Pounce]], transforming from a robot to a mechanical hawk in a few steps.

:As with all four of the clones in this line, Wingspan has a (non-heat-sensitive) painted symbol evoking his original rubsign.

:Wingspan was only available in a 2-pack with [[Cloudraker (G1)#Generations|Cloudraker]], who is a retool of [[Fastlane#Generations|Fastclash]]. In the United States, this set was exclusive to [[Walgreens]] pharmacies (officially called the "Clones 2-figure Pack" on their website), but it also saw numerous international releases, several of which even predated the US release: In Taiwan, it was available at general retail; in Canada, it was exclusive to EB Games stores; in Mexico, it was exclusive to Julio Cepeda stores; and in Colombia, it was exclusive to Falabella stores.

{{-}}

===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-Clonetron-Wingspan.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Purple, pink, same color, am I right?]]
*'''Clonetron Set''' ([[2018]]-[[February 24|02-24]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG61'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Wingspan is a redeco of his ''Generations'' toy with a color layout based on his appearance in ''The Headmasters''. He is sold in a two-pack with [[Pounce#Legends|Pounce]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wingspan''' (ウイングスパン ''Uingusupan'')
*''French:'' '''Rapace''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Rapax'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēixiáng''' (China, 飞翔, "Flying")

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[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

Wingspan

2018-02-08T02:01:30Z

BB-Shockwave: /* Legends */

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{{picsneeded|robot mode}}
:''Wingspan is a [[Decepticon]] [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:WingspanRebirth.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Furmanism|Like a vast, predatory bird...]]]]
One might quickly dismiss '''Wingspan''' as the weaker of the two Clone brothers, and at first glance that may seem true. After all, [[Pounce]] is an elite counter-intelligence agent feared by comrade and foe alike, whereas Wingspan is a rather lowly data processor. In truth, though, Wingspan is just as ruthless and driven as his brother, but merely focuses his efforts on a single goal: knowledge. Wingspan doesn't care if he's surfing the cortex or tearing open an Autobot's chest to stimulate his victim's vocal processor manually, so long as he gets some new information out of it.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Wingspan Pounce robot mode.jpg|275px|thumb|"Well, look at this; we arrived to this party in the same outfit!"]]
Wingspan and Pounce were charged with retrieving the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber from Autobot City, combining Pounce's infiltration skills with Wingspan's computer savvy to override the protective locks. After disabling the Autobot guard, [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], Wingspan successfully returned the Key to his leader, and the Decepticons proceeded on to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Hōchū Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

The Decepticon Clones were recruited by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] after betraying their former friends, the [[Fastlane|Autobot]] [[Cloudraker (G1)|Clones]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}} As [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] abandoned Earth in favor of conquering [[Master (planet)|Master]], Pounce was one of his many troops seen attacking the planet's fortifications. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} The Clones later assisted [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in setting up Death Towers across the Earth. Heavy damage by [[Sixshot]] broke their necks {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}, but they were seemingly repaired and resumed their mission in time for the final battle. Their fate subsequent to the Decepticons' retreat from Earth is unknown. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Pounce and Wingspan volunteered along with [[Flywheels]] for [[Sixshot]]'s mission to make [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s weekend more interesting. The outcome of the mission was never revealed. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

The two clones spied on the Autobots as the existence of [[Metascan Alpha]] was revealed. After using their identical appearances to confuse the Autobots, the pair returned to the derelict destroyer to report to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Unfortunately they were forced to admit they'd been unable to obtain the coordinates to the planet. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Spotlight Sixshot Wingspan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0]]
One of the Clones was seen on the Decepticon orbital station. Given that it was apparently a monitoring or data entry post, it was probably Wingspan. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

Either Wingspan or Pounce was present on [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s asteroid base when [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] returned to reclaim leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}}

Wingspan and Pounce were among the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron when the Transformers finally reclaimed their planet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} Later, Wingspan was among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Later underground, they witnessed a [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} When Megatron returned from a long absence, Wingspan and Pounce joined the other Decepticons in rioting in celebration. {{storylink|City on Fire}}
{{-}}

===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Peekaboo.]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Wingspan and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Wingspan and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
{{-}}

===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:NaturalSelection5-PounceWingspanSurrender.jpg|thumb|Pounce to the left of me, Wingspan to the right]]
Wingspan met with [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons at [[Fort Scyk]]. {{storylink|Counterpoint}}

While manning the [[Civil Defense Hub]] at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] during Scorponok's insurrection, the Clones detected [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' returned from their Earth mission. They planned to lure the unsuspecting Autobots into range and then blow them out of the sky. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} The free remaining Autobots on Cybertron managed to retake the Hub, however, capturing Pounce and Wingspan. When the preprogrammed missiles began flying at the ''Valiant'', [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] demanded the pass-code from Pounce. As the Clone hesitated, Crosshairs blew him away to prove he wasn't bluffing, and quickly got the proper pass-code from the remaining Clone. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Under unknown circumstances, Pounce and Wingspan were once contained in a [[Legendisc]]. That artifact was on display in the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
Pounce and Wingspan accompanied [[Mega]] to the place where [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was fighting [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]. {{storylink|Looming Threat}}
{{--}}

==Commercial appearances==
Wingspan and [[Pounce]] ran through the Earth wilderness in perfect step, ending some acrobatics over a rocky terrain with weapons-fire towards [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]. The the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] transformed to evade the blasts, leading Wingspan and Pounce to do likewise and press the attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Wingspan is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1WingspanToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Pounce and Wingspan''' ([[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]], [[1987]])
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-94'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "Electro-Burst Rifles", left & right wings.

:Wingspan transforms into a robotic eagle. His twin rifles plug into holes on his wings, which themselves plug into his back. The [[rubsign]] on his chest revealed that he was the eagle of the pair by revealing a stylized image of a bird...if the purple wings tucked into his back weren't enough of a clue.

:Wingspan and his brother Pounce were only available as a two-pack set.

:The [[The Transformers (Chinese toyline)|Chinese Release]] of Wingspan<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/wingspan/19</ref> & Pounce<ref>http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/review/generation+1/pounce/199</ref> has their second rubsign, indicating alternate mode, replaced with a foil Decepticon sticker.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Wingspan/wingspan.htm More information on Wingspan at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Timelines===
[[File:BotCon2014-Dread-Pirate-Crew-Wingspan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Dread Pirate Crew''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
:The Dread Pirate Crew are redecoes of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]], specifically the ''Robots in Disguise'' molds. One of them, representing the Pounce bodytype, is redecoed from the Car Vehicon, and the other, representing the Wingspan bodytype, is redecoed from the Jet Vehicon.

:The Dread Pirate Crew also comes with two differently colored versions of the [[Arms Micron]] [[Igu]], now [[Arms Minicon]]s named [[Pillage]] and [[Plunder]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCPounce/dreadpiratecrewpounce.htm More information on Pounce Clone at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/StarSeeker/BCDPCWingspan/dreadpiratecrewwingspan.htm More information on Wingspan Clone at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Wingspan Hawk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hawk...''Wingspan'' Hawk. ]]
*'''Wingspan Hawk''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 54'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, 2 pistols

:Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, '''Wingspan Hawk''' can be rebuilt from robot mode into a hawk. He sports [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron's]] helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OWingspanHawk/wingspanhawk.htm More information on Wingspan Hawk at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Generations===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Walgreens-Legends-Class-2-pack-Wingspan.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Check me out, my wings are kewl.]]
*'''Wingspan & Cloudraker''' (Legends Class 2-pack, 2017)

:Released as part of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline, Wingspan is a retool of [[Pounce#Generations|Decepticon Pounce]], transforming from a robot to a mechanical hawk in a few steps.

:As with all four of the clones in this line, Wingspan has a (non-heat-sensitive) painted symbol evoking his original rubsign.

:Wingspan was only available in a 2-pack with [[Cloudraker (G1)#Generations|Cloudraker]], who is a retool of [[Fastlane#Generations|Fastclash]]. In the United States, this set was exclusive to [[Walgreens]] pharmacies (officially called the "Clones 2-figure Pack" on their website), but it also saw numerous international releases, several of which even predated the US release: In Taiwan, it was available at general retail; in Canada, it was exclusive to EB Games stores; in Mexico, it was exclusive to Julio Cepeda stores; and in Colombia, it was exclusive to Falabella stores.

{{-}}

===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-Clonetron-Wingspan.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Purple, pink, same color, am I right?]]
*'''Clonetron Set''' ([[2018]]-[[February 24|02-24]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG61'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Wingspan is a redeco of his ''Generations'' toy with a color layout based on his appearance in ''The Headmasters''. He is sold in a two-pack with [[Pounce#Legends|Pounce]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wingspan''' (ウイングスパン ''Uingusupan'')
*''French:'' '''Rapace''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Rapax'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Fēixiáng''' (China, 飞翔, "Flying")

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[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

Misfire (G1)

2017-12-23T11:05:47Z

BB-Shockwave: /* Legends */

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{{disambig2|the evil Decepticon|his heroic mirrorverse counterpart|Misfire (SG)}}
:''Misfire is a [[Decepticon]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] (presumably under a very wide definition of "master") from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1Misfire boxart.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He couldn't hit the [[Ark (G1)|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 (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner [[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]], he's a danger to himself and others. Mostly others.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stan Jones]] (English), [[Hiroshi Naka]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Rebirth1-Misfirejetmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|His aim's so bad he could shoot at the sky and miss!]]
Misfire was one of several Decepticon jets serving under [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] when they attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] as part of a division while the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|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}}

[[File:Rebirth2-Aimlesssuitsyoubetter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Maybe Misfire would aim better if he held his gun right.]]
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 (technology)|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}}

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

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:HM31 Misfire robot mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|That's "Ms. Fire" to you.]]
Misfire was a Decepticon aerial warrior partnered with [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] and [[Triggerhappy]]. Their campaigns typically took place far away from recognizable worlds such as Cybertron, Earth and [[Chaar]], battling against [[Pointblank]] and other Autobots on deep space missions. In 2011, Misfire and his partners allied themselves with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] just before his siege of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] began. When a group of six refugees fled the planet seeking aid, Slugslinger, Misfire and Triggerhappy joined [[Sixshot]] in pursuing them. They crossed paths with the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] and their old foes Pointblank, [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] out in space. As the fighting raged outside, the refugees befriended [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and volunteered to dispose of the [[plasma energy]] bombs aboard the battleship. As the refugees flew out in their starship to take the bombs to a safe distance, Misfire and the Decepticons moved to intercept them, but they were blocked by Pointblank's forces. The bombs exploded early, washing over all the Transformers present. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Sixshot retrieved Misfire and his partners after the explosion, bringing them back to Master. The plasma energy had somehow [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] each of the Decepticons to one of the refugees. A permanent link now existed between Misfire and [[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]], who could transformed into a powerful weapon for his new Decepticon master. Misfire and his Targetmaster partners rejoined the battle for Master at Scorponok's side. Their Targetmasters weapons were the equal of Pointblank and his men, who had also become Targetmasters in the plasma explosion. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} As the Decepticon Targetmasters mingled with the Headmasters, they demonstrated...poor interpersonal skills around the energon water-cooler. Their braggadocio quickly got on the nerves of [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], leader of the Headmaster regiment. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

[[File:HM31 Misfire vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Misfire and his partners got into another fight with Pointblank's trio, and believed the Autobots were dead after triggering a flash flood that washed them out of sight. Their obnoxious self-congratulation rankled Weirdwolf even more, especially after his fellow Headmasters started gushing over the Targetmasters' skill. Luckily for Weirdwolf's ego, the Autobot Targetmasters later turned up alive and well. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} With the Zarak Shield fully reforged out of [[G-Metal]], the Decepticons began making preparations to leave Master for Earth. Caliburst alerted Slugslinger that the Autobot Targetmasters had uncovered their location, and Misfire flew out with Sixshot and the Targetmasters to confront Pointblank's crew. They also unleashed massive devastation on a Master city when MegaZarak emerged from beneath it. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

As Scorponok's ship touched down on [[Pallas]] for repairs, Misfire and the Targetmasters defended it against Autobot attack. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}} At the North Pole, they were involved in the final battle against the Autobots, fighting their Targetmaster counterparts. After Fortress Maximus was tricked onto the platform of [[crysmagnetal]], Misfire and the other Decepticons fled out into space. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''The Headmasters'' manga====
[[File:HM issue 7 Decepticon Targetmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
Misfire and the Decepticon Targetmasters attempted to disrupt the Autobots' efforts to put out a blazing fire on Earth. The Autobots' split focus left them vulnerable, until the Battleship Maximus extinguished the entire fire in one sweep. [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] and [[Artfire]] then turned their full attention on Misfire and his allies, driving them from the scene. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 7|The Headmasters #7}}
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====''Legends'' manga====
In [[2021]], Misfire and the Decepticon Targetmasters fought for Scorponok when he sought to create [[plasma energy]] by detonating a [[black hole]], hoping the ensuing energy wave would let them bond with the Autobots' Targetmaster partners as well. Instead, the explosion shrunk their bodies and caused their partners to vanish. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} Like other victims, the Targetmasters converted their heads into small [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] bodies and traveled to the [[Legends World]], where they kidnapped [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and forced him to use his [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] to teleport their Targetmaster partners to them. The partners were overloaded with plasma energy, however, forcing Trion to scatter them across the Legends World. {{storylink|Mutant Targetmaster Birth Chapter}}

Misfire eventually recovered Aimless and found that he'd developed the mutant ability to manipulate time, which he then used to look into the future and get rich off of gambling and trading stocks. His sudden streak of "luck" led to him being investigated by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Shaoshao Li]], and when Misfire attempted to destroy Hot Rod using Aimless's time-warping blasts, his poor aim meant all he managed to do was accidentally revert Shaoshao to an infant. He was defeated and arrested, though fortunately for him, his buddy Triggerhappy was in the police force and was happy to help teach him how to aim. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 52|Bonus Edition Vol. 52}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Decepticon targetmasters brothers in armor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Misfire initially served as part of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s crew on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and frequently clashed with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots. He participated in a raid on an Autobot city, ending in its ruin and the capture of several of its inhabitants. As the captives were marched towards the [[smelting pool]]s however, Scorponok's group was attacked by their customary opponents and forced into a retreat. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} The Decepticons eventually managed to storm the Autobots' base, only to find it already evacuated. Though confused at first, they learned that their foes had fled to the planet [[Nebulos]]. Misfire and the others made their way to the alien world, where they met with one of the locals, [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]], who enlisted them in ridding his planet of the Autobots. Learning that several of the Autobots were holed up in [[Koraja]], Misfire participated in a full-scale assault on the city. In retaliation, Fortress Maximus and four other Autobots emerged, having underwent a [[binary bonding]] process. Thanks to the newfound power this upgrade afforded them, the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] sent the Decepticons into a panicked retreat. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

When the Autobots created another form of binary bonding, the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] process, the Decepticons were able to quickly replicate the process and apply it to their own troops. Misfire was, for some reason, among those chosen to undergo the upgrade. He soon got a chance at testing out his newfound might when several Autobot prisoners escaped from their cell. The fury of the battle destroyed the city of [[Koraja]], culminating in Fortress Maximus knocking down Misfire and the other Decepticon Targetmasters with part of a beloved fountain. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:Sureshot misfire worlds apart.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
''Misfire and the other Decepticon Targetmasters lay in ambush for the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] at the [[Fortress of Despair]] where they had the Autobot Targetmasters held captive. However, once Scorponok had abducted [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to study the Headmaster process further the remaining Headmasters were able to free their Targetmaster comrades and turn the tables on the Decepticons. Misfire was taken out in hand-to-hand combat by [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]].'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}}

[[File:Targetmasters final conflict.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
''Thanks to a bug previously planted in the Autobots' headquarters, the Decepticons learned that their enemies had manufactured a fuel convertor that would allow them travel to [[Earth]]. They put together a plan to steal it. Misfire, Slugslinger, and Triggerhappy approached Fortress Maximus under the pretence that they had a message to deliver: Scorponok wanted to challenge him to a death match, and whoever emerged victorious would be declared triumphant in the greater conflict. Maximus accepted, unaware that the duel was merely a distraction. As it raged, Slugslinger snuck into [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s lab and made off with the fuel convertor. Once this was done, the duel came to a premature end, the Decepticons made their way off-world, and the Autobots were forced to follow.'' {{storylink|The Final Conflict}}

{{note|The events in this UK story differ in significant ways to the [[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]] mini-series.}}

Once the Autobots left Nebulos, the Decepticons followed them to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:RobinSmithDecepticonCharacterModels1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
''After the Autobot 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 travel]]ing [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] from [[2009]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:OntheEdgeofExtinction-Misfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I think the name "Shouldn't have tried to help Finback" suits you better!]]
Following [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s resurrection as a [[Pretender]], Misfire was part of a mutinous crew that confronted Sporponok at the [[New Jersey base]] over the treacherous Seeker's re-admittance back into the ranks of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} His mood was somewhat improved when he took [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] into custody, after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered himself and his troops in order to seek an alliance with Scorponok against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}} He survived [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and Starscream's attack on the base, taking orders from Soundwave to aid Scorponok against the usurpers. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}.

In the battle against Unicron, Misfire was caught in a blast when a surface-to-air cannon manned by [[Finback]] overloaded and exploded. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Misfire natural selection.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6]]
Misfire served as part of Soundwave's "Neo-Decepticons" on Cybertron until Scorponok returned with his plan to convert Autobots into Decepticons using his [[Gene Key]]. When Misfire protested that they already had a leader, Scorponok executed him on the spot as an example to the others. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
While [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used his [[Nullification Cannon]] on Cybertron's [[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}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:CyclonusandMisfire-ASO.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.0|Cyclonus knows the safest place to be is right in front of Misfire.]]
Misfire was among the Decepticons who traveled to [[Nebulos]] in search of energy. He was basically responsible for babysitting Aimless while the latter came up with construction plans. Unfortunately he was no good at stopping the Autobots from destroying the device they built to collect cosmic energy at the planet's pole. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

When the Decepticons suspected that the Autobots were up to something, Misfire and Slugslinger joined [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] on a reconnaissance flight, successfully locating an oil pipeline the Autobots had built. After sabotaging the pipeline, they made an attempt to ambush [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] who came to fix it, but the two Autobots got away when the Decepticons slipped over on the spilled oil. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}
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===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Peekaboo.]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Misfire and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Misfire and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:RulesofDisengagement-FulcrumMisfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Misfire is the only guy who asks permission to do a fatality.]]
{{quote|You know, there are some Decepticons who, upon finding themselves in a skin-covered room surrounded by '''aborted protoforms''' and '''mechanoids made of bark,''' would rub their hands together, marvel at the universe's infinite capacity for surprise and '''dive right in.''' I am not one of those Decepticons.|Misfire on himself}}
Misfire was [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|forged]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} After the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Misfire became part of a [[Scavenger (group)|ragtag Decepticon crew]] composed of [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Flywheels]], [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]], and [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] aboard the ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'', currently located on the planet [[Clemency]]. Misfire's job was to extract [[Energon]] from corpses but his crazed personality often got in the way, in part due to sampling Energon whose [[Monstercon|former owners]] had overdosed on [[circuit speeder]]s. He was about to extract fuel from [[Fulcrum]]'s seemingly lifeless body when he suddenly came back online and kicked him away. Misfire then gave Fulcrum a tour and presented him to the other members of the bunch in a...most peculiar manner.

[[File:Misfire whos afraid of the djd.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|I had a Popsicle, and then I passed out in the snow. Then I woke up, and then I reloaded, and then I fired, and then I missed. I missed again. I fired. I hit something, but it wasn’t what I was going for, so I guess I missed. I passed out again. Had another Popsicle.]]
He later attended the campfire that night, and found a P-6 [[Worldsweeper]] ship while "chasing" what he thought was the [[Censere|Necrobot]]. During the crew's exploration of the ship, Misfire found a ceiling covered entirely in [[brain module]]s and decided it was probably better to "run away screaming". When the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] contacted them, Misfire naturally panicked. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} The Scavengers decided to stay behind and battle the D.J.D. by putting [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]], who had been inside the ship in stasis-lock, out in the open and releasing him from his pod when the D.J.D. got close. At the last moment, the D.J.D. revealed they were actually after Fulcrum but before the Decepticon could explain, the D.J.D. arrived. Krok released Grimlock anyways and the fight began. Misfire attempted to escape but found himself run into [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]]. However, Spinister and Crankcase soon handled the D.J.D. member and Misfire attempted to save Krok from getting tortured by [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] and [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]] but only succeeded in shooting Krok instead of the two members. Before he could shoot another time, [[Dominus Ambus|The Pet]] jumped onto Misfire and started mauling him. After a failed explosion made by Fulcrum, the D.J.D. left for [[Overlord (Masterforce)|another target]]. Fulcrum then explained to them that the reason why the D.J.D. had been after him was for committing an act of cowardice during the war and Crankcase recovered Krok, who had his face destroyed by [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] but was still functioning. The group decided to fix Krok, set off for Cybertron, and use Grimlock, who was revealed to be almost brain-dead, as a bargaining chip when they got there. Before they left, they looted [[Flywheels]], who had been killed during the fight. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Fulcrum misfire arm the lonely.jpg|thumb|upright=2|I missed. So I fired again. And I missed. And then I missed again. And then I fired again, and then I missed. And then I fired, and then I fired, and I missed. I missed both times. And then I fired, and I missed. This went on for several hours. And then I fired, and then I missed. And then I was out of bullets, and then I got sad.]]
Somehow Misfire ended up captured by the [[Galactic Council]] and was sitting on death row on the planet [[Constancy]]. Fulcrum led a mission to spring him, which quickly went awry when Misfire needed to stop for munchies. They were left in a precarious situation when the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' didn't arrive to pick them up on time — as unbeknownst to them [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]]'s [[universal killswitch]] had incapacitated the rest of the team. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

[[File:Misfire some of my best friends are autobots.jpg|thumb|left|I had a dream that I was firing at something. I missed]]
Misfire and the other Scavengers went on to have a series of adventures involving—amongst other things—being cursed to speak in song, getting threatened by [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]'s gun hand emerging from a datapad, using [[holomatter]] avatars to blend in with the natives on [[Magisteria VI]] and somehow getting turned into [[toy]]s. Between adventures they passed the time by vandalising [[Autopedia]] or playing "[[Cybertronian games#Shoot Shoot Bang Bang|Shoot Shoot Bang Bang]]", which Misfire was surprisingly good at until he overindulged his own inner monologue and ended up getting shot by Crankcase, who was supposed to be piloting the ship. In short order, the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' crashed into [[Tebris VII]] and Misfire used the lull in activity to try and teach Grimlock to write his name, though it wasn't long before the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] had another one of his "fits", involuntarily emptying his tanks onto the floor and then going on a rampage through the ship.

Misfire and Krok began to get into an argument over Grimlock until Krok's contact [[Demus]] invited them to come and meet him at his scrapyard to discuss the deal they had arranged. Once the Scavengers had been filled with [[mode lock]]s to appease his [[transformation]] phobia, Demus revealed that he wanted to offer them half a billion [[Shanix]] ''each'' in exchange for Grimlock. When Misfire objected, the matter was put to the vote in a rare display of Decepticon democracy and although Fulcrum backed him up, Crankcase, Krok and Spinister elected to sell him, carrying it by three votes to two. However, they would never get the chance to make the deal as Demus was then summarily executed by the Duly Appointed Enforcer of the [[Tyrest Accord]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

[[File:Equinoids.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Long story short? Missed.]]
On the run from Fortress Maximus in a warehouse full of Demus's "[[Roboid]]s", Misfire began to lose his patience with Krok again, going so far this time as to take the [[Monoformer]]'s "communicator" that he was always clicking in times of stress, and revealing the truth—that it was just some poor sod's finger. Krok revealed that it used to belong to his friend [[Radar]] who turned into a communications array and that it also detected hundreds of Decepticon [[spark]]s in the vicinity. Maximus announced that the innocent-looking toy pets were in fact lobotomised [[Transformer]]s trapped in [[beast mode]] that were being sold to the galaxy at large as torture dolls and the Scavengers came to an understanding that they should look after each other and Grimlock. With Fortress Maximus now after Grimlock on the ''W.A.P.'' a hundred miles away and with Misfire and Spinister still mode locked, they were forced to unbox six [[Equinoid]]s on which to ride to the rescue.

Having convinced Fortress Maximus that the other Roboids' lives were in danger thanks a series of bluffs (and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]'s reliance on Autopedia for information) the Scavengers escaped Tebris VII in the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' and set out on a new mission: to find and help all the other Decepticons out there who had been damaged by the war... after just one more game of "Shoot Shoot Bang Bang". {{storylink|Animals}}

Some time later aboard the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'', Misfire joined the other Scavengers on the sofa to watch a video that was being broadcast to the galaxy at large of ''Lost Light'' crewmembers apparently counting down the time to their deaths and making funerary requests. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}}

[[File:NothingWillEverBeTheSameAgain-maskedcrusaders.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

A few months later, the ''Weak Anthropic Principle'' touched down on [[Earth]] so that Crankcase could meet his online crush, a Decepticon known only as "[[CONS4EVA]]". While the other Decepticons helped Crankcase get ready for his date, Misfire found himself with his hands full after Grimlock broke loose and started rampaging through downtown [[Amarillo]]. The two Decepticons found an unlikely ally in [[G.I. Joe]] desk jockey and all-around loser [[MP3]]; passing themselves off as [[M.A.S.K.]] agents using [[holomatter]] avatars, the trio purused the runaway Dinobot to [[Arlington]] before MP3's run-down "[[Action Van]]" broke down. When the Decepticons took their helmets off their avatars, Misfire's poor grasp of human facial structure caused MP3 to passs out; assuming that they'd killed him, they buried him and continued the chase. It took watching an EMT revive a woman before the Decepticons realized their mistake, so Spinister left to go resuscitate MP3 while Misfire continued on alone. Misfire finally caught up to Grimlock in Dallas, where he gave the Dinobot a stern talking-to before realizing that Grimlock had come this way to recover his old sword, which he'd lost on Earth years ago. Misfire was thrilled at this, taking it as a sign of Grimlock's slow recovery. The two returned to their ship in [[New Mexico]] just in time to leave; although MP3 wanted to join them on their adventures, they left before he could do so, citing Fulcrum's disgust towards humans. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}
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===''TransTech''===
During the conflict between the [[Screaming Eagle]]s and S.K.A.R. in [[Primax 806.30 Gamma]], Misfire was binary-bonded to [[Inferno (S.K.A.R.)|Inferno]], using technology derived from the old [[I.R.O.N. Army]]. The Decpticons and their human allies were ultimately defeated by [[Sgt. Savage]]'s Screaming Eagles and the Autobots. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/05/01}}

==Commercial appearances==
*When the Transformers' war resumed its course on [[Nebulos|Nebulon]], Misfire could be seen fighting alongside his fellow Decepticon [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] against their Autobot counterparts, while [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] grappled in the distance. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Misfire and [[Triggerhappy]] battled [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] in the middle of a mechanical city. Misfire strafed Crosshairs from above until the Autobot transformed into robot mode. Misfire and [[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]] also transformed, and tackled down Crosshairs and [[Pinpointer (G1)|Pinpointer]] respectively. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Targetmasters|Targetmasters commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|"Missfire" is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
At some point Misfire teamed up with [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to combat [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and his allies. {{storylink|Fan Favorite}} Later, Misfire was part of a group of Decepticon scavengers holed up on the planet Clemency. He was killed when the DJD arrived to deal with Black Shadow, who had recently joined the scavengers while on the run from the Decepticon Justice Division. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Jolt (Armada)|"I have articulation!"]]]]
*'''Misfire''' (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 [[Articulation|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 (term)|brick]].

:Like the other Targetmasters, his Japanese release lacks a [[rubsign]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Misfire/misfire.htm More information on Misfire at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His aim's so bad he missed his proper faction!]]
*'''Misfire''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])
**''Collection'': '''Age of Extinction Collection 1'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 47'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, 2 clip-on blasters

:Part of the first assortment of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)| Age of Extinction]]''-branded [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s (the sixth assortment overall), Misfire can be rebuilt from robot mode into a Cybertronic jet. He sports [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|Sentinel Prime's]] helmet.

:This series, like all of the ''Age of Extinction Kre-O'', was a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] in the US. This assortment would later make its way to discount chains, notably Five Below.

:''Kre-O'' Misfire is identified as an [[Autobot]] by both his chest insignia and the packed-in leaflet. But we all know who he's supposed to be so we're listing him here anyway because come on.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Deluxe-Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Why can't I slagging hit you!?"<br>"I would most likely get hit if I move."]]
*'''Aimless & Misfire''' (Deluxe, [[2017]])
**''Accessories'': Cannons, Titan Master [[Aimless#Generations|Aimless]]

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Misfire is a heavy retool of [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Generations|Triggerhappy]], only reusing the legs while being a completely new figure from the crotch up. He transforms into a reinterpretation of his original Cybertronian jet mode. He has two new guns that can combine together to form a larger gun, either of which can attach as armament for his jet mode. His partner [[Aimless]] transforms into a head based on Misfire's Marvel comic model, and can be used on any ''Titans Return'' Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader figure.

:While prototype renders depict him with a white helmet, the final toy uses a comic-accurate black helmet.

: The legs shared between Misfire and Triggerhappy were also used for [[Slugslinger (G1)#Generations|Slugslinger]].
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===Legends===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG52-Targetmaster-Misfire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|That's "Miss Fire" to you.]]
*'''Targetmaster Misfire''' ([[2017]]-[[November 25|11-25]])
**''ID number'': '''LG52'''
**''Accessories:'' Headmaster, [[Aimless (G1)#Legends|Aimless]] Targetmaster

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Targetmaster Missfire" is a redeco and slight retool of the ''Titans Return'' mold above, featuring slight paint changes accurate to Misfire's appearance in ''The Headmasters'' anime. Instead of twin combining guns, this Misfire comes with a new mold Targetmaster [[Aimless (G1)#Legends|Aimless]], who can plug into a new port on Misfire's vehicle mode cockpit or be held by Misfire in robot mode. In addition to the port on the cockpit, Misfire sports the crotchpiece from Titans Return Slugslinger for unknown reasons. For some reason, his name is spelled with two 'S's on the package, making it Missfire.
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==Notes==
[[File:Linkage5-PreEarth.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Targetbastards.]]
*Misfire's design was used as a "generic" Decepticon in [[Linkage Part 5|"Linkage" Part 5]], in a flashback showing [[Redline]] and [[Flat-Out (MD)|Flat-Out]]'s former Decepticon masters. This fits in with the general theme of using Generation 1 character models as unnamed extras in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]], in which generic Misfires ALSO appeared. 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]]s used in animation; that is so not Misfire's ''Headmasters'' design.
*In IDW continuity, Misfire got his name through "a very short story involving a machine gun, a '''''misunderstanding''''' and a dozen dead Decepticons", implying that IDW Misfire can shoot straight... or at least well enough to not blast his own troops.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Misfire''' (ミスファイアー ''Misufaiyā'')
*''French:'' '''Longfeu''' (Canada, "Fizzled")
*''Italian:'' '''Aletto'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huǒtàn''' (China, 火炭, "Charcoal")

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{{disambig3|Jetstorm}}
:''Jetstorm is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID-Jetstorm.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ninja? You're a ninja? Get out of here, you're a ninja!]]
Of the two Mini-Cons under the tutelage of [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], '''Jetstorm''' is the more impulsive one. He is prone to acting without thinking and acts of inappropriate behavior (such as speaking without permission), which naturally causes friction between him and the exacting perfectionist, Drift. Jetstorm however tends to make the issue worse in his haste to correct the offense, sometimes having blown the original problem out of proportion in his mind.

Though he still has a lot to learn, Drift's training has certainly made him into a tough fighter already. He is bright and creative, coming up with effective strategies that Drift would never have tried. And he's certainly a mean swing with his nunchucks. If he, Drift, and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] can work out those teamwork issues, they'd be nearly unstoppable.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English), [[Tasuku Hatanaka]] (Japanese)|[[Renato Novara]] (Italian), [[Heikki Mäkäräinen]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:Huntingseason-JetstormNunchucks.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I read the rules before I broke 'em. I broke the chains before they choked me out.]]
Jetstorm and Slipstream were once students of the Decepticon [[Shadow Raker]], who was primarily interested in teaching them to steal. When fellow student Deadlock left, the pair accompanied him. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}}

Jetstorm and Slipstream accompanied Deadlock, now calling himself Drift, to [[Earth]] when he went to collect the bounty on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and immediately found themselves tangling with [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and his Mini-Cons. Jetstorm managed to rope [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] only to be reprimanded by Drift for showing off. The Decepticons retreated and the Autobots returned to their scrapyard base, where the two Mini-Cons were kept entertained by [[Russell Clay|Russell]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]. They reattached themselves to Drift when Fixit detected a Cybertronian life signal, and later when Fracture attacked, Drift ordered the pair to protect Bumblebee. Despite their orders, the two Mini-Cons were drawn to protect Russell and Fixit from the Decepticon Mini-Cons, and during a distraction the pair hijacked Fracture's ship, freeing the captured Autobots and using it to threaten Fracture. Unfortunately they crashed the ship, but they did get some rare praise from Drift before they left the planet. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

[[File:OneMiniConsMissing awesome.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Now I pay close attention when I learned the code. I learned to read the map before I hit the road.]]
After accidentally polishing Drift's sword incorrectly, Jetstorm fled in an escape pod rather than face his master's wrath. Arriving on Earth, he instead intended to become student to Russell, however when Drift and Slipstream came in search of him, he conceded that he would be more useful in the fight teamed with them. Russell continued to stick up for Jetstorm, and following a run in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] who had commandeered a giant tank, Drift decided he and his wards would stay with Bumblebee's team to learn cooperation. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

The two Mini-Cons and their master accompanied Bumblebee's team to a derelict ship at the bottom of the sea off the coast where they attempted to capture [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]. While moving through the ship's corridors, they became trapped with [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] and attempted to spend their time in captivity meditating, until they were eventually able to escape. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

[[File:SimilarlyDifferent-scaredminicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I know you never heard this before, but I'd rather lose a fight than miss the war.]]

During a hunt for Fixit, the two Mini-Cons had to deal with a bear, though Jetstorm came off second best. They were the first to be blasted when Fixit reverted to his original guard programming, and along with their master, were trapped in containment fields. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} After the Autobots were trapped outside their own base using subsonics, Jetstorm and Slipstream were literally catapulted inside and kept Fracture's Mini-Cons busy until the base could be retaken. {{storylink|Lockout}} The pair joined their master on the hunt for [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], though their shenanigans at a resort spa resulted in Drift being clobbered by their Dinobot quarry, {{storylink|Similarly Different}} and took part in the capture of [[Zizza]] by turning off the power to the hangar the Decepticon was hiding out in. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

A visit to the ghost town of [[Edmondville]] resulted in the Mini-Cons being frightened of the place at first, but witnessing Drift's attempt to be scary, they cheered up. They were instrumental in capturing [[Pseudo]], both by being able to determine which Drift was the real thing, and when Grimlock hurled them both at the fleeing Decepticon. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}} Jetstorm and Slipstream reattached themselves to Drift when the Autobots rolled out to rescue Sideswipe and Strongarm from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} During the battle against [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], the two Mini-Cons almost faced off directly against the foe, but were interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who took over while they tended to Drift. They later helped drop the arm of the colossal statue onto Megatronus. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:CoverMe-DesertJetstorm.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nobody's gonna see me comin'. Nobody's gonna hear a sound.]]

Jetstorm and Slipstream listened to Optimus tell old war stories. When Drift was assigned to an "away team" to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard, the two Mini-Cons naturally went along as well — during the first mission to the [[Arctic]], they had to help Optimus after the Autobot, weakened after the Primes took away his extra power, was left clinging to a cliff. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} They were able to prevent Optimus from falling, but later became frozen to Drift's arms and unable to be deployed. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

Drift unleashed the pair on [[Swelter]] and [[Glacius]], but the evil Mini-Cons turned out to be too much for them to handle. They accompanied the Autobots to a military base, where they were trapped in a metal cocoon with their master and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

[[File:GraduationExercises-AutobotsvsMayhems.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I was a first class rookie. Takin' out bullies in my all black hoodie.]]

Investigating possible interference with one of Windblade's caches, Optimus's team found themselves up against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his army of Mini-Cons. In a bid to act independently in the field, Jetstorm and Slipstream disregarded their master's order to link back up, indirectly resulting in Drift sustaining an injury. The guilty pair ended up trapped in an armory with Sideswipe, but realized they were able to link up with the Autobot. Using this newfound tactical advantage, the trio quickly took down the squadron surrounding them, and headed off to help the rest of their team. The Autobots' concerted efforts resulted in Stockade's defeat. Having seen them perform admirably in his absence, Drift told the two Mini-Cons that their training was complete. However the Mini-Cons insisted on remaining his students, apologizing for their earlier behavior. The stealth team then learned that the scrapyard's GroundBridge was once more operational, and returned to base to rejoin Bumblebee's forces. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

Jetstorm and Slipstream were present when the Autobots ran into [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], who promptly joined the team. Drift carried them as the Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the wreck of the ''Alchemor'', which was being used as a base by a group of Decepticons.{{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} As Drift and Ratchet attempted to rescue a captive Windblade, the two Mini-Cons were able to deploy and avoid being trapped in a stasis pod with their master. They freed their fellow Autobots who were able to defeat [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], and the group escaped from the ship before the [[cryo-gas]] bomb put everyone on board in stasis. With the Decepticon threat now dealt with, several Autobots opted to return to their homeworld. Drift and his Mini-Cons opted instead to stay on Earth under Bumblebee's command to set up a permanent base of operations on the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

During a visit to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Drift's students were deployed to assist in battling the automated defenses, and later attempted to assist in a fight against [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] and [[Buzzstrike]]. {{storylink|History Lessons}} After a training exercise went wrong, Jetstorm and Slipstream bravely threatened the [[training drone]]'s severed head. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} During a fight with [[Tricerashot]], Slipstream and Jetstorm charged at him from either side and were knocked out when he jumped out of their way and let them run into each other. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

After a mishap with a [[high energy pulse generator]] provoked another wisecrack from Sideswipe at the Mini-Cons' expense, leaving Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream angry at him. Following a temporary invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the trio were mistakenly captured by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s men, and used as leverage to force Bumblebee to turn himself over. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Imprisoned aboard [[Starscream's ship]], the Mini-Cons succeeded in getting Jetstorm out via a ceiling vent, and he located Bumblebee on the bridge. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} He returned to release his fellow Mini-Cons, and they freed Bumblebee as well. During the ensuing fight, Jetstorm and Slipstream took out [[Shadelock]], but were only saved from being zapped by [[RoughEdge]] when Sideswipe threw himself in front of the blast. Following Starscream's eventual defeat, the pair volunteered to team up with Sideswipe for a while. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Jetstorm and Slipstream helped Russell train for his championship game. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}}
While training, Jetstorm had trouble carrying out a maneuver, so Drift had him practice on Grimlock, leading to the Dinobot wanting to become Drift's pupil too. He and Slipstream later watched as Drift resignedly agreed that Grimlock had graduated. {{storylink|Defrosted}}

[[File:DisorderedPersonalities piggyback ride.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The two Mini-Cons successfully took down [[Zorillor]] after the Skunkticon sprayed Drift with blinding gunk. During a mission to capture Springload, the Mini-Cons were assigned the task of wrapping the [[Sphere of Doradus]] in tin foil in an attempt to block its strange energies. Unfortunately this didn't work all that well. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} The diminutive duo also helped save Bumblebee from a nasty fall during a fight against [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

When Shadow Raker turned up on Earth seeking the return of Jetstorm and Slipstream, Drift forbade the pair from fighting. They came up with a plan of their own, and when Shadow Raker captured them, the pair used a ruse to point the Con to a stash of [[Shanix]] which kept Shadow Raker on Earth long enough to be defeated. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} The two Mini-Cons ran into problems working with Grimlock after the Dinobot was mind-swapped with Drift. Unable to link with him, they had to ride on his back during a mission to defeat the Stunticons. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

Drift deployed Jetstorm and Slipstream to attack [[Blastwave]], but the pair were simply swatted aside by their opponent. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Railroad Rage}} {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
Following [[Filch]]'s escape, Jetstorm and Slipstream created sparks with their swords, luring her in so that [[Denny Clay|Denny]] could catch her with his electromagnet. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}}

After doubt was thrown on Drift's motives, Drift left the team and Bumblebee tried to interrogate Jetstorm and Slipstream to find out what they knew. The pair eventually opened up after Russell won them over and admitted they knew Drift used to be a Decepticon. A short time later the scrapyard was taken over by [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]], but Jetstorm and Russell were able to escape into the woods and alert Drift to the situation. They posed as Drift's prisoners so the Autobot could pretend to be a Decepticon and free the captive Team Bee. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

During the incident with [[Skinkbomb]], Drift and his Mini-Cons were off on a scouting mission, and Fixit didn't have any luck contacting them. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
[[File:ALevelPlayingField-everyoneveryconfused.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I'm tryin' to do better now, find my inner peace, learn my art form, and find my inner Chi]]

When Jetstorm and Slipstream were getting ready to watch a movie, Sideswipe informed Jetstorm that he was occupying the seat he had called "dibs" on. Unfamiliar with the concept of "dibs," the Mini-Cons had Sideswipe explain it to them. Jetstorm was quite impressed by Sideswipe ability to have first claim to anything by uttering a single word. Fixit then detected that the [[Cyclone]]s [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] were on the loose and informed the entire Bee Team as much. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

Though Slipstream called "dibs" on taking on the Cyclones on his own, Jetstorm followed him nonetheless. Upon being discovered, Jetstorm questioned why his friend was so intent on taking on such dangerous opponents by himself. Slipstream revealed to Jetstorm that it was a personal issue, as a Cyclone had turned him to a life of crime by stealing from him when he was a child. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} The pair soon crossed paths with their quarry, as well as the Decepticon Mini-Cons pursuing them. Despite Jetstorm insisting that Slipstream had called "dibs" on the Cyclones, the Decepticons made their own claim on them.

[[File:TPTEM-cyclonesrecaptured.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Here we go, I know I've never been the smartest or wisest, but I realize what it takes.]]

Jetstorm took on Airazor in the squabble that ensued. But when Slipstream was accidentally knocked into a rock mound built by the Cyclones during the brawl, the unaligned Mini-Cons turned their firepower on the other four, forcing them to take cover together. {{storylink|A Level Playing Field}} The aligned Mini-Cons began to fight one-another over their hiding spot, until Jetstorm, realizing they would need to work together to beat the Cyclones, put an end to it. Though Slipstream insisted his claim to the Cyclones was still valid, Jetstorm replied that his "dibs" was meaningless if they were all in pieces. Working together, the four aligned Mini-Cons managed to take out the two unaligned ones. Though Slipstream and Jetstorm then informed Airazor and Divebomb that they were obligated to take them in, the Decepticons invoked the ancient Earth tradition of "Not it!" allowing them to walk away.

When Jetstorm and Slipstream returned to base with the Cyclones in hand, they were met with a surprise hug from Drift. Their teacher quickly regained his composure, though he admitted that he was glad his students had made it back safely. {{storylink|Two Plus Two Equals More}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
The two Mini-Cons took part in a fight at [[Fort Tucker]], attacking a flying [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] in the air. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} After the Autobots located Steeljaw's hideout, the pair got the imprisoned Fixit and Russell to safety while the rest of the team tackled the Decepticons. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Commercial appearances==
Drift launched Jetstorm and Slipstream so that they could do battle against Fracture's own Mini-Con partners. The Autobots were victorious, and Jetstorm high-fived Slipstream as Drift loomed proudly over them. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Deployers toy commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker''===
Jetstorm acted as a field player in a soccer match between him, [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]; and the Decepticons [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], and [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]]. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Jetstorm-Mini-Con.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-27-Jetstorm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Autobot Drift & Jetstorm''' (Mini-Con Deployer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[2015]]-[[September 19|09-19]]'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV27'''
**''Accessories:'' Armor sprue

:Packaged with Drift, Jetstorm is a Mini-Con who can transforms into a saw blade-type weapon by pushing his head down, and into a robot by pulling his pair of legs down. He comes with a number of clear plastic accessories attached to an Autobot-insignia-shaped sprue, which can be attached to him using tabs and slots. Jetstorm is compatible to Drift.

:The TakaraTomy release of the set has given Jetstorm some good number of paint applications to make him show accurate.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:RIDMini-Con Bizzard Jetstorm stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right|Fire and ice?]]
*'''Blizzard Strike Autobot Drift & Jetstorm''' (Mini-Con Deployer, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Armor sprue

:A redeco of Deployers toy, the set features blizzard-themed colors of Drift & Jetstorm. Despite initial stock photos showed that Jetstorm retains the same orange sprue from the original set, the final product features ice blue armor sprues.

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*'''Scorch Strike Jetstorm''' (Mini-Con, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Armor sprue

:Available in the single-packed Mini-Con assortment for the first time, Scorch Strike Jetstorm is a redeco featuring desert colours and a yellow armor sprue.
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===Adventure===
[[File:TF-Adventure-TMC-01-Jetstorm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Takara Tomy TMC01 Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Jetstorm''' (Mini-Con, 2016)
**''ID Number:'' '''TMC01'''
**''Accessories'': armor sprue

:The ''Adventure'' TMC release of Jetstorm is an extensive redeco of the Mini-Con, and he features an even show-accurate deco pattern.
Like other TAV Mini-Cons, a translucent peg has been molded to his back, which allows figures compatible with 5mm weapon pegs to hold him in disk mode.

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==Notes==
*In the Japanese dub of the series, ''Transformers Adventure'', Jetstorm and Slipstream end every sentence with ''de gozaru'' (でござる), an archaic honorific associated with the samurai. Drift uses it, too, but a bit more reasonably; the Mini-Cons use it to comedic excess as their verbal tic.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jetstorm''' (ジェットストーム ''Jettosutōmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiān Bào ''' (天暴, "Sky Storm")

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Slipstream (RID)

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{{disambig3|Slipstream}}
:''Slipstream is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RID-Slipstream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Have you seen that video where the cat is playing Chopsticks with chopsticks?]]
Like his partner [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], '''Slipstream''' is working with his master [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. Of the two Mini-Cons though, Slipstream is the calmer one, preferring to follow Drift's lead on and off the battlefield. He is not above celebrating with Jetstorm though, and the two seem to have good synergy with how they fight. Using his naginata to cut the enemy down to size, it's not surprising that he takes a lot from Drift a little more than Jetstorm does. Sometimes, Slipstream is a [[Weaponizer]], which should impress his master one way or another.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English), [[Isamu Yusen]] (Japanese)|[[Marco Benedetti]] (Italian), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish, from episode 17)}}
[[File:HuntingSeason Slipstream.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Bossa Nova! Uh...Chevy Nova?]]
Slipstream and Jetstorm were once students of the Decepticon [[Shadow Raker]], who was primarily interested in teaching them to steal. When fellow student Deadlock left, the pair accompanied him. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}}

Slipstream and Jetstorm accompanied Deadlock, now calling himself Drift, to [[Earth]] when he went to collect the bounty on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and immediately found themselves tangling with [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and his Mini-Cons. Slipstream tackled [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] until [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] stepped in. The Decepticons retreated and the Autobots returned to their scrapyard base, where the two Mini-Cons were kept entertained by [[Russell Clay|Russell]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]. They reattached themselves to Drift when Fixit detected a Cybertronian life signal, and later when Fracture attacked, Drift ordered the pair to protect Bumblebee. Despite their orders, the two Mini-Cons were drawn to protect Russell and Fixit from the Decepticon Mini-Cons, and during a distraction the pair hijacked Fracture's ship, freeing the captured Autobots and using it to threaten Fracture. Unfortunately they crashed the ship, but they did get some rare praise from Drift before they left the planet. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

[[File:OneMiniConsMissing awesome.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
After Jetstorm went missing, Drift and Slipstream followed his trail to Earth, where they found their companion insisting he wanted to be Russell's student. The trio aided Bumblebee's team during a run in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] who had commandeered a giant tank, and afterwards Drift decided he and his wards would stay with Bumblebee's team to learn cooperation. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}} The two Mini-Cons and their master accompanied Bumblebee's team to a derelict ship at the bottom of the sea off the coast where they attempted to capture [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]. While moving through the ship's corridors, they became trapped with Sideswipe and attempted to spend their time in captivity meditating, until they were eventually able to escape. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

[[File:SimilarlyDifferent-scaredminicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Like, zoinks, Scoob!]]

During a hunt for Fixit, the two Mini-Cons had to deal with a bear and Slipstream managed to get it to run into a fallen tree. They were the first to be blasted when Fixit reverted to his original guard programming, and along with their master, were trapped in containment fields. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} After the Autobots were trapped outside their own base using subsonics, Slipstream and Jetstorm were literally catapulted inside and kept Fracture's Mini-Cons busy until the base could be retaken. {{storylink|Lockout}} The pair joined their master on the hunt for [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], though their shenanigans at a resort spa resulted in Drift being clobbered by their Dinobot quarry, {{storylink|Similarly Different}} and took part in the capture of [[Zizza]] by turning off the power to the hangar the Decepticon was hiding out in. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

A visit to the ghost town of [[Edmondville]] resulted in the Mini-Cons being frightened of the place at first, but witnessing Drift's attempt to be scary, they cheered up. They were instrumental in capturing [[Pseudo]], both by being able to determine which Drift was the real thing, and when Grimlock hurled them both at the fleeing Decepticon. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}} Slipstream and Jetstorm reattached themselves to Drift when the Autobots rolled out to rescue Sideswipe and Strongarm from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} During the battle against [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], the two Mini-Cons almost faced off directly against the foe, but were interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who took over while they tended to Drift. They later helped drop the arm of the colossal statue onto Megatronus. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Slipstream and Jetstorm listened to Optimus tell old war stories. When Drift was assigned to an "away team" to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard, the two Mini-Cons naturally went along as well — during the first mission to the [[Arctic]], they had to help Optimus after the Autobot, weakened after the Primes took away his extra power, was left clinging to a cliff. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} They were able to prevent Optimus from falling, but later became frozen to Drift's arms and unable to be deployed. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:CoverMe-DesertSlipstream.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Drift unleashed the pair on [[Swelter]] and [[Glacius]], but the evil Mini-Cons turned out to be too much for them to handle. They accompanied the Autobots to a military base, where they were trapped in a metal cocoon with their master and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

Investigating possible interference with one of Windblade's caches, Optimus's team found themselves up against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his army of Mini-Cons. In a bid to act independently in the field, Jetstorm and Slipstream disregarded their master's order to link back up, indirectly resulting in Drift sustaining an injury. The guilty pair ended up trapped in an armory with Sideswipe, but realized they were able to link up with the Autobot. Using this newfound tactical advantage, the trio quickly took down the squadron surrounding them, and headed off to help the rest of their team. The Autobots' concerted efforts resulted in Stockade's defeat. Having seen them perform admirably in his absence, Drift told the two Mini-Cons that their training was complete. However the Mini-Cons insisted on remaining his students, apologizing for their earlier behavior. The stealth team then learned that the scrapyard's GroundBridge was once more operational, and returned to base to rejoin Bumblebee's forces. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

[[File:GraduationExercises-AutobotsvsMayhems.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Slipstream and Jetstorm were present when the Autobots ran into [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], who promptly joined the team. Drift carried them as the Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the wreck of the ''Alchemor'', which was being used as a base by a group of Decepticons.{{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} As Drift and Ratchet attempted to rescue a captive Windblade, the two Mini-Cons were able to deploy and avoid being trapped in a stasis pod with their master. They freed their fellow Autobots, who were able to defeat [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], and the group escaped from the ship before a [[cryo-gas]] bomb put everyone on board in stasis. With the Decepticon threat now dealt with, several Autobots opted to return to their homeworld. Drift and his Mini-Cons decided instead to stay on Earth under Bumblebee's command to set up a permanent base of operations on the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

During a visit to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Drift's students were deployed to assist in battling the automated defenses, and later attempted to assist in a fight against [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] and [[Buzzstrike]]. {{storylink|History Lessons}} After a training exercise went wrong, Jetstorm and Slipstream bravely threatened the [[training drone]]'s severed head. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} During a fight with [[Tricerashot]], Slipstream and Jetstorm charged at him from either side and were knocked out when he jumped out of their way and let them run into each other. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

After a mishap with a [[high energy pulse generator]] provoked another wisecrack from Sideswipe at the Mini-Cons' expense, leaving Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream angry at him. Following a temporary invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the trio were mistakenly captured by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s men, and used as leverage to force Bumblebee to turn himself over. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Imprisoned aboard [[Starscream's ship]], Slipstream and Fixit succeeded in getting Jetstorm out via a ceiling vent. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} He returned to release his fellow Mini-Cons, and they freed Bumblebee as well. During the ensuing fight, Jetstorm and Slipstream took out [[Shadelock]], but were only saved from being zapped by [[RoughEdge]] when Sideswipe threw himself in front of the blast. Following Starscream's eventual defeat, the pair volunteered to team up with Sideswipe for a while. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Slipstream and Jetstorm helped Russell train for his championship game. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}}
During some training, Grimlock became impressed with the moves the Mini-Con were showing off, and asked to become Drift's pupil too. Slipstream and Jetstorm later watched as Drift resignedly agreed that Grimlock had graduated. {{storylink|Defrosted}}

[[File:DisorderedPersonalities piggyback ride.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The two Mini-Cons successfully took down [[Zorillor]] after the Skunkticon sprayed Drift with blinding gunk. During a mission to capture Springload, the Mini-Cons were assigned the task of wrapping the [[Sphere of Doradus]] in tin foil in an attempt to block its strange energies. Unfortunately this didn't work all that well. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} The diminutive duo also helped save Bumblebee from a nasty fall during a fight against [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

When Shadow Raker turned up on Earth seeking the return of Slipstream and Jetstorm, Drift forbade the pair from fighting. They came up with a plan of their own, and when Shadow Raker captured them, Slipstream pretended to be loyal to the Con, divulging the location of a stash of [[Shanix]] which kept the Con on Earth long enough to be defeated. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} The two Mini-Cons ran into problems working with Grimlock after the Dinobot was mind-swapped with Drift. Unable to link with him, they had to ride on his back during a mission to defeat the Stunticons. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

Drift deployed Jetstorm and Slipstream to attack [[Blastwave]], but the pair were simply swatted aside by their opponent. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Railroad Rage}} {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
Following [[Filch]]'s escape, Slipstream and Jetstorm created sparks with their swords, luring her in so that [[Denny Clay|Denny]] could catch her with his electromagnet. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}}

After doubt was thrown on Drift's motives, Drift left the team and Bumblebee tried to interrogate Jetstorm and Slipstream to find out what they knew. The pair eventually opened up after Russell won them over and admitted they knew Drift used to be a Decepticon. A short time later the scrapyard was taken over by [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]], capturing Slipstream and Denny who became prisoners until Drift returned and freed everyone. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

During the incident with [[Skinkbomb]], Drift and his Mini-Cons were off on a scouting mission, and Fixit didn't have any luck contacting them. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
[[File:TTOS-babyslipstream.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ignore the questions about how this even works and enjoy the cuteness of baby Slipstream.]]

Slipstream grew up on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. He led a happy childhood in [[Helpful City]] until he was attacked by [[Cyclone]]s in [[Serenity Yard]]. They stole from him his first ball bearing. Emotionally wounded by the assault, he turned to a life of petty theft to fill the void left inside him. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}}

When Slipstream and Jetstorm were getting ready to watch a movie, Sideswipe taught them about the concept of "dibs." Slipstream was quite impressed by Sideswipe's ability to have first claim to anything by uttering a single word, declaring him "most powerful." Fixit then detected that the Cyclones [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] were on the loose and informed the entire Bee Team as much. Slipstream called "dibs" on recapturing the Cyclones. Though Bumblebee was concerned with letting him take on the job, Drift allowed Slipstream to take on such a heavy burden on his own. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

[[File:ALevelPlayingField-everyoneveryconfused.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Minicons needed some time to think after witnessing Drift/Fracture pictures on Tumblr.]]

Hearing someone following him, Slipstream turned and struck his stalker, discovering it to be Jetstorm, concerned for his friend. Slipstream explained that his need to bring the Cyclones to justice stemmed from his childhood trauma when Jetstorm insisted to go along with him. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} The pair soon crossed paths with their quarry, as well as the Decepticon Mini-Cons pursuing them. Though Slipstream informed them that he had already called "dibs" on the Cyclones, the Decepticons insisted on fighting over them nonetheless. Slipstream took on Airazor while Jetstorm battled Divebomb. But when Slipstream was accidentally knocked into a rock mound built by the Cyclones during the brawl, the unaligned Mini-Cons turned their firepower on the other four, forcing them to take cover together. {{storylink|A Level Playing Field}} Insisting that the Decepticons find their own place to hide, Slipstream instigated a brawl with the Decepticons again, culminating into a slap-fight. Jetstorm put an end to it, and told Slipstream that, though true he had called "dibs" on the Cyclones, his claim was meaningless if they were all in pieces. Working together, the four aligned Mini-Cons managed to take out the two unaligned ones. Though Slipstream and Jetstorm then informed Airazor and Divebomb that they were obligated to take them in, the Decepticons invoked the ancient Earth tradition of "Not it!" allowing them to walk away.

When Slipstream and Jetstorm returned to base with the Cyclones in hand, they were met with a surprise hug from Drift. Their teacher quickly regained his composure, though he admitted that he was glad his students had made it back safely. {{storylink|Two Plus Two Equals More}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
The two Mini-Cons took part in a fight at [[Fort Tucker]], attacking a flying [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] in the air. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} After the Autobots located Steeljaw's hideout, the pair got the imprisoned Fixit and Russell to safety while the rest of the team tackled the Decepticons. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Commercial appearances==
Drift launched Slipstream and Jetstorm so that they could do battle against Fracture's own Mini-Con partners. The Autobots were victorious, and Slipstream high-fived Jetstorm as Drift loomed proudly over them. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Deployers toy commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker''===
Slipstream acted as a field player in a soccer match between him, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]; and the Decepticons [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] and [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]]. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:Slipstream RID 2015 toy.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''It's the circle of life...'']]
*'''Slipstream''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TMC02'''
:Slipstream, as an Autobot Mini-Con, transforms from a robot to a disk... 'thing'... in a single step. He is compatible with Deployer [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. He comes with a number of clear plastic accessories attached to an Autobot-[[insignia]]-shaped sprue, which can be attached to him using tabs and slots. Some of these parts can combine with those of his wavemates [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Dragonus]] and [[Sawback]] to form [[Mini-Con armor lion|an energy lion]].

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[[File:04-Minicon-Singles-W1-336825_B4657AS00_Blizzard-Strike-Slipstream_Both_Modes.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''Am I blue? You would be too, If your sensei went to the Arctic circles too… '']]
*'''Blizzard Strike Slipstream''' (Mini-Con, 2016)
:Slipstream was redecoed for the third wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' Mini-Cons, now colored in two shades of blue. He retains the same accessories as his original release, although his new wavemates [[Swelter]], [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], and [[Back]] don't include the right armor pieces to form the energy lion.

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[[File:RID-Weaponizer-Slipstream-all-modes.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''Showing an uncanny resemblance to a Convertors binocular'']]
*'''Mini-Con 4-Pack''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue
:Packaged with [[redeco]]es of [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], [[Undertone|Scorch Strike Undertone]], and [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], Weaponizer Slipstream is a new mold that shares engineering with his buzzsaw versions. He transforms into a double-barreled blaster that can be held via [[5mm post]]. This retooling, specifically the post, means that he no longer fits into Deployer Drift. He also includes a different sprue featuring parts that turn him into a quadruple barreled gun. He can also equip the parts from the normal buzzsaw version, although not all at the same time as his new parts. While his buzzsaw versions feature a determined look on his face, his Weaponizer toy has an enraged or battling expression. ''He will ruin you.''

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==Merchandise==
===Dickie Toys===
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Truck''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Slipstream figure, Sawback figure, 2 Slipstream discs, 2 Sawback discs

:A Non-transforming Slipstream figurine (and the disc) is available with the similarly non-transforming Optimus Prime truck. His disc counterpart can be launched on Optimus Prime's truck front or both sides of the built-in pressure-firing launchers. The Slipstream figurine can be attached on both of the truck top and the launchers, but since it does not really activate any gimmicks, so why bother?

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*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini-Con Deployer, 2016)
*'''Sideswipe''' (Mini-Con Deployer, 2016)
:The Slipstream disc, along with Sawback's, is also available with either Mini-Con Deployer Bumblebee or Sideswipe, which can be launched from his vehicle front.
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====Plastic Robots====
*'''Robots in Disguise 8-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 11-pack''' (2017)

:Another non-transforming, but show-accurate Slipstream figurine is available in either of these gift sets.

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==Notes==
*In the Japanese dub of the series, ''Transformers Adventure'', Slipstream and Jetstorm end every sentence with ''de gozaru'' (でござる), an archaic honorific associated with the samurai. Drift uses it, too, but a bit more reasonably; the Mini-Cons use it to comedic excess as their verbal tic.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Slipstream''' (スリップストリーム ''Surippusutorīmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huá Liú''' (China, 滑流, "Slip Flow")

[[Category:Buzzsaw Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Weaponizer Mini-Cons]]

Slipstream (RID)

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:''Slipstream is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RID-Slipstream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Have you seen that video where the cat is playing Chopsticks with chopsticks?]]
Like his partner [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], '''Slipstream''' is working with his master [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. Of the two Mini-Cons though, Slipstream is the calmer one, preferring to follow Drift's lead on and off the battlefield. He is not above celebrating with Jetstorm though, and the two seem to have good synergy with how they fight. Using his naginata to cut the enemy down to size, it's not surprising that he takes a lot from Drift a little more than Jetstorm does. Sometimes, Slipstream is a [[Weaponizer]], which should impress his master one way or another.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Craig Smith]] (English), [[Isamu Yusen]] (Japanese)|[[Marco Benedetti]] (Italian), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish, from episode 17)}}
[[File:HuntingSeason Slipstream.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Bossa Nova! Uh...Chevy Nova?]]
Slipstream and Jetstorm were once students of the Decepticon [[Shadow Raker]], who was primarily interested in teaching them to steal. When fellow student Deadlock left, the pair accompanied him. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}}

Slipstream and Jetstorm accompanied Deadlock, now calling himself Drift, to [[Earth]] when he went to collect the bounty on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and immediately found themselves tangling with [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and his Mini-Cons. Slipstream tackled [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] until [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] stepped in. The Decepticons retreated and the Autobots returned to their scrapyard base, where the two Mini-Cons were kept entertained by [[Russell Clay|Russell]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]. They reattached themselves to Drift when Fixit detected a Cybertronian life signal, and later when Fracture attacked, Drift ordered the pair to protect Bumblebee. Despite their orders, the two Mini-Cons were drawn to protect Russell and Fixit from the Decepticon Mini-Cons, and during a distraction the pair hijacked Fracture's ship, freeing the captured Autobots and using it to threaten Fracture. Unfortunately they crashed the ship, but they did get some rare praise from Drift before they left the planet. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

[[File:OneMiniConsMissing awesome.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
After Jetstorm went missing, Drift and Slipstream followed his trail to Earth, where they found their companion insisting he wanted to be Russell's student. The trio aided Bumblebee's team during a run in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] who had commandeered a giant tank, and afterwards Drift decided he and his wards would stay with Bumblebee's team to learn cooperation. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}} The two Mini-Cons and their master accompanied Bumblebee's team to a derelict ship at the bottom of the sea off the coast where they attempted to capture [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]. While moving through the ship's corridors, they became trapped with Sideswipe and attempted to spend their time in captivity meditating, until they were eventually able to escape. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

[[File:SimilarlyDifferent-scaredminicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Like, zoinks, Scoob!]]

During a hunt for Fixit, the two Mini-Cons had to deal with a bear and Slipstream managed to get it to run into a fallen tree. They were the first to be blasted when Fixit reverted to his original guard programming, and along with their master, were trapped in containment fields. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} After the Autobots were trapped outside their own base using subsonics, Slipstream and Jetstorm were literally catapulted inside and kept Fracture's Mini-Cons busy until the base could be retaken. {{storylink|Lockout}} The pair joined their master on the hunt for [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], though their shenanigans at a resort spa resulted in Drift being clobbered by their Dinobot quarry, {{storylink|Similarly Different}} and took part in the capture of [[Zizza]] by turning off the power to the hangar the Decepticon was hiding out in. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

A visit to the ghost town of [[Edmondville]] resulted in the Mini-Cons being frightened of the place at first, but witnessing Drift's attempt to be scary, they cheered up. They were instrumental in capturing [[Pseudo]], both by being able to determine which Drift was the real thing, and when Grimlock hurled them both at the fleeing Decepticon. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}} Slipstream and Jetstorm reattached themselves to Drift when the Autobots rolled out to rescue Sideswipe and Strongarm from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} During the battle against [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], the two Mini-Cons almost faced off directly against the foe, but were interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who took over while they tended to Drift. They later helped drop the arm of the colossal statue onto Megatronus. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Slipstream and Jetstorm listened to Optimus tell old war stories. When Drift was assigned to an "away team" to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard, the two Mini-Cons naturally went along as well — during the first mission to the [[Arctic]], they had to help Optimus after the Autobot, weakened after the Primes took away his extra power, was left clinging to a cliff. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} They were able to prevent Optimus from falling, but later became frozen to Drift's arms and unable to be deployed. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:CoverMe-DesertSlipstream.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Drift unleashed the pair on [[Swelter]] and [[Glacius]], but the evil Mini-Cons turned out to be too much for them to handle. They accompanied the Autobots to a military base, where they were trapped in a metal cocoon with their master and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

Investigating possible interference with one of Windblade's caches, Optimus's team found themselves up against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his army of Mini-Cons. In a bid to act independently in the field, Jetstorm and Slipstream disregarded their master's order to link back up, indirectly resulting in Drift sustaining an injury. The guilty pair ended up trapped in an armory with Sideswipe, but realized they were able to link up with the Autobot. Using this newfound tactical advantage, the trio quickly took down the squadron surrounding them, and headed off to help the rest of their team. The Autobots' concerted efforts resulted in Stockade's defeat. Having seen them perform admirably in his absence, Drift told the two Mini-Cons that their training was complete. However the Mini-Cons insisted on remaining his students, apologizing for their earlier behavior. The stealth team then learned that the scrapyard's GroundBridge was once more operational, and returned to base to rejoin Bumblebee's forces. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

[[File:GraduationExercises-AutobotsvsMayhems.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Slipstream and Jetstorm were present when the Autobots ran into [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], who promptly joined the team. Drift carried them as the Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the wreck of the ''Alchemor'', which was being used as a base by a group of Decepticons.{{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} As Drift and Ratchet attempted to rescue a captive Windblade, the two Mini-Cons were able to deploy and avoid being trapped in a stasis pod with their master. They freed their fellow Autobots, who were able to defeat [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], and the group escaped from the ship before a [[cryo-gas]] bomb put everyone on board in stasis. With the Decepticon threat now dealt with, several Autobots opted to return to their homeworld. Drift and his Mini-Cons decided instead to stay on Earth under Bumblebee's command to set up a permanent base of operations on the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

During a visit to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Drift's students were deployed to assist in battling the automated defenses, and later attempted to assist in a fight against [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] and [[Buzzstrike]]. {{storylink|History Lessons}} After a training exercise went wrong, Jetstorm and Slipstream bravely threatened the [[training drone]]'s severed head. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} During a fight with [[Tricerashot]], Slipstream and Jetstorm charged at him from either side and were knocked out when he jumped out of their way and let them run into each other. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

After a mishap with a [[high energy pulse generator]] provoked another wisecrack from Sideswipe at the Mini-Cons' expense, leaving Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream angry at him. Following a temporary invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the trio were mistakenly captured by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s men, and used as leverage to force Bumblebee to turn himself over. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Imprisoned aboard [[Starscream's ship]], Slipstream and Fixit succeeded in getting Jetstorm out via a ceiling vent. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} He returned to release his fellow Mini-Cons, and they freed Bumblebee as well. During the ensuing fight, Jetstorm and Slipstream took out [[Shadelock]], but were only saved from being zapped by [[RoughEdge]] when Sideswipe threw himself in front of the blast. Following Starscream's eventual defeat, the pair volunteered to team up with Sideswipe for a while. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Slipstream and Jetstorm helped Russell train for his championship game. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}}
During some training, Grimlock became impressed with the moves the Mini-Con were showing off, and asked to become Drift's pupil too. Slipstream and Jetstorm later watched as Drift resignedly agreed that Grimlock had graduated. {{storylink|Defrosted}}

[[File:DisorderedPersonalities piggyback ride.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The two Mini-Cons successfully took down [[Zorillor]] after the Skunkticon sprayed Drift with blinding gunk. During a mission to capture Springload, the Mini-Cons were assigned the task of wrapping the [[Sphere of Doradus]] in tin foil in an attempt to block its strange energies. Unfortunately this didn't work all that well. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} The diminutive duo also helped save Bumblebee from a nasty fall during a fight against [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

When Shadow Raker turned up on Earth seeking the return of Slipstream and Jetstorm, Drift forbade the pair from fighting. They came up with a plan of their own, and when Shadow Raker captured them, Slipstream pretended to be loyal to the Con, divulging the location of a stash of [[Shanix]] which kept the Con on Earth long enough to be defeated. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} The two Mini-Cons ran into problems working with Grimlock after the Dinobot was mind-swapped with Drift. Unable to link with him, they had to ride on his back during a mission to defeat the Stunticons. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

Drift deployed Jetstorm and Slipstream to attack [[Blastwave]], but the pair were simply swatted aside by their opponent. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Railroad Rage}} {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
Following [[Filch]]'s escape, Slipstream and Jetstorm created sparks with their swords, luring her in so that [[Denny Clay|Denny]] could catch her with his electromagnet. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}}

After doubt was thrown on Drift's motives, Drift left the team and Bumblebee tried to interrogate Jetstorm and Slipstream to find out what they knew. The pair eventually opened up after Russell won them over and admitted they knew Drift used to be a Decepticon. A short time later the scrapyard was taken over by [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]], capturing Slipstream and Denny who became prisoners until Drift returned and freed everyone. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

During the incident with [[Skinkbomb]], Drift and his Mini-Cons were off on a scouting mission, and Fixit didn't have any luck contacting them. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
[[File:TTOS-babyslipstream.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ignore the questions about how this even works and enjoy the cuteness of baby Slipstream.]]

Slipstream grew up on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. He led a happy childhood in [[Helpful City]] until he was attacked by [[Cyclone]]s in [[Serenity Yard]]. They stole from him his first ball bearing. Emotionally wounded by the assault, he turned to a life of petty theft to fill the void left inside him. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}}

When Slipstream and Jetstorm were getting ready to watch a movie, Sideswipe taught them about the concept of "dibs." Slipstream was quite impressed by Sideswipe's ability to have first claim to anything by uttering a single word, declaring him "most powerful." Fixit then detected that the Cyclones [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] were on the loose and informed the entire Bee Team as much. Slipstream called "dibs" on recapturing the Cyclones. Though Bumblebee was concerned with letting him take on the job, Drift allowed Slipstream to take on such a heavy burden on his own. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

[[File:ALevelPlayingField-everyoneveryconfused.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Minicons needed some time to think after witnessing Drift/Fracture pictures on Tumblr.]]

Hearing someone following him, Slipstream turned and struck his stalker, discovering it to be Jetstorm, concerned for his friend. Slipstream explained that his need to bring the Cyclones to justice stemmed from his childhood trauma when Jetstorm insisted to go along with him. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} The pair soon crossed paths with their quarry, as well as the Decepticon Mini-Cons pursuing them. Though Slipstream informed them that he had already called "dibs" on the Cyclones, the Decepticons insisted on fighting over them nonetheless. Slipstream took on Airazor while Jetstorm battled Divebomb. But when Slipstream was accidentally knocked into a rock mound built by the Cyclones during the brawl, the unaligned Mini-Cons turned their firepower on the other four, forcing them to take cover together. {{storylink|A Level Playing Field}} Insisting that the Decepticons find their own place to hide, Slipstream instigated a brawl with the Decepticons again, culminating into a slap-fight. Jetstorm put an end to it, and told Slipstream that, though true he had called "dibs" on the Cyclones, his claim was meaningless if they were all in pieces. Working together, the four aligned Mini-Cons managed to take out the two unaligned ones. Though Slipstream and Jetstorm then informed Airazor and Divebomb that they were obligated to take them in, the Decepticons invoked the ancient Earth tradition of "Not it!" allowing them to walk away.

When Slipstream and Jetstorm returned to base with the Cyclones in hand, they were met with a surprise hug from Drift. Their teacher quickly regained his composure, though he admitted that he was glad his students had made it back safely. {{storylink|Two Plus Two Equals More}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
The two Mini-Cons took part in a fight at [[Fort Tucker]], attacking a flying [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] in the air. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} After the Autobots located Steeljaw's hideout, the pair got the imprisoned Fixit and Russell to safety while the rest of the team tackled the Decepticons. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Commercial appearances==
Drift launched Slipstream and Jetstorm so that they could do battle against Fracture's own Mini-Con partners. The Autobots were victorious, and Slipstream high-fived Jetstorm as Drift loomed proudly over them. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Deployers toy commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker''===
Slipstream acted as a field player in a soccer match between him, [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]; and the Decepticons [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] and [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]]. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:Slipstream RID 2015 toy.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''It's the circle of life...'']]
*'''Slipstream''' (Mini-Con, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TMC02'''
:Slipstream, as an Autobot Mini-Con, transforms from a robot to a disk... 'thing'... in a single step. He is compatible with Deployer [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. He comes with a number of clear plastic accessories attached to an Autobot-[[insignia]]-shaped sprue, which can be attached to him using tabs and slots. Some of these parts can combine with those of his wavemates [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Dragonus]] and [[Sawback]] to form [[Mini-Con armor lion|an energy lion]].

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[[File:04-Minicon-Singles-W1-336825_B4657AS00_Blizzard-Strike-Slipstream_Both_Modes.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''Am I blue? You would be too, If your sensei went to the Arctic circles too… '']]
*'''Blizzard Strike Slipstream''' (Mini-Con, 2016)
:Slipstream was redecoed for the third wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' Mini-Cons, now colored in two shades of blue. He retains the same accessories as his original release, although his new wavemates [[Swelter]], [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], and [[Back]] don't include the right armor pieces to form the energy lion.

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[[File:File:RID-Weaponizer-Slipstream-all-modes.jpg|right|thumb|350px|''Showing an uncanny resemblance to a Convertors binocular'']]
*'''Mini-Con 4-Pack''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue
:Packaged with [[redeco]]es of [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], [[Undertone|Scorch Strike Undertone]], and [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], Weaponizer Slipstream is a new mold that shares engineering with his buzzsaw versions. He transforms into a double-barreled blaster that can be held via [[5mm post]]. This retooling, specifically the post, means that he no longer fits into Deployer Drift. He also includes a different sprue featuring parts that turn him into a quadruple barreled gun. He can also equip the parts from the normal buzzsaw version, although not all at the same time as his new parts. While his buzzsaw versions feature a determined look on his face, his Weaponizer toy has an enraged or battling expression. ''He will ruin you.''

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==Merchandise==
===Dickie Toys===
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Truck''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Slipstream figure, Sawback figure, 2 Slipstream discs, 2 Sawback discs

:A Non-transforming Slipstream figurine (and the disc) is available with the similarly non-transforming Optimus Prime truck. His disc counterpart can be launched on Optimus Prime's truck front or both sides of the built-in pressure-firing launchers. The Slipstream figurine can be attached on both of the truck top and the launchers, but since it does not really activate any gimmicks, so why bother?

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*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini-Con Deployer, 2016)
*'''Sideswipe''' (Mini-Con Deployer, 2016)
:The Slipstream disc, along with Sawback's, is also available with either Mini-Con Deployer Bumblebee or Sideswipe, which can be launched from his vehicle front.
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====Plastic Robots====
*'''Robots in Disguise 8-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 11-pack''' (2017)

:Another non-transforming, but show-accurate Slipstream figurine is available in either of these gift sets.

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==Notes==
*In the Japanese dub of the series, ''Transformers Adventure'', Slipstream and Jetstorm end every sentence with ''de gozaru'' (でござる), an archaic honorific associated with the samurai. Drift uses it, too, but a bit more reasonably; the Mini-Cons use it to comedic excess as their verbal tic.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Slipstream''' (スリップストリーム ''Surippusutorīmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huá Liú''' (China, 滑流, "Slip Flow")

[[Category:Buzzsaw Mini-Cons]]
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Lancelon (RID)

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{{disambig2|the Mini-Con sword wielder|the human sword wielder|Lancelot}}
:''Lancelon is a [[Weaponizer]] [[Mini-Con]] of variable allegiance from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Lancelon Art copy.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.]]

The mighty '''Lancelon''' is one of the [[Weaponizer]] Mini-Cons under the guidance of [[Aerobolt]]. Sometimes Lancelon works with his group's tormentor [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], though it is not likely that that will ''actually'' happen.

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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RID2015 MightyBigTrouble Lancelon.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]
Lancelon and his fellow Mini-Cons were captured by the [[Decepticon]]s in their youth and experimented on. Given the ability to combine with their larger brethren, the Mini-Cons were stored in a laboratory in [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] until [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] stumbled on them. They managed to escape Starscream and fell in with some scavengers so they could escape [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], only to find their new hosts were heading for [[Earth]]. They set about trying to work out a way to abandon the scavengers and leave the planet. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

The Mini-Cons accompanied the scavengers to an automated ship to find a relic, though Lancelon stayed on deck with [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] while the other scavengers headed for the seabed. After the scavengers managed to retrieve the [[Dark Star Saber]], Lancelon and his companions stole their [[Weaponizers' ship|sub-orbital craft]]. Detecting a power source capable of getting them off-planet, they invaded [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]] looking for it, only to be told it had already been destroyed. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Their craft eventually ran out of fuel, but they ran into the Autobots again, and after [[Aerobolt]] recognised [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], the two groups teamed up. During an ensuing fight with the scavengers, Lancelon and his companions were snatched up by Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

Starscream attempted to merge with the Mini-Cons, only for it to fail because [[Tricerashot]] was missing. He was eventually able to obtain the last Mini-Con and merge with all seven Mini-Cons. them all, however Fixit was able to activate a signal and separate Aerobolt. Aerobolt found Optimus and linked with him, providing the Autobot leader with a powerup that let him go up against the super-powered Starscream. The super-powered Starscream dueled with Optimus until he was able to be lured into range of [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]'s signal, which separated him from the Mini-Cons. Lancelon and his fellow Mini-Cons left Earth on the sub-orbital craft, now modified by Fixit for space travel. {{storylink|Worthy}}
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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
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*'''Mini-Con 4 Pack''' (Mini-Con 4-Pack, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Armor sprue (chest armor w/ faceguard, 2 arm blades, 2 sword-prongs)

: Included in a 4 pack with Decepticon [[Bashbreaker]], [[Lord Doomitron]], and an Autobot version of [[Dragonus]], Lancelon dons a yellow and purple color scheme. He includes an armor sprue that can attach to his body via several connection points. He has a 5mm post on his end so he can be wielded by larger figures in weapon mode. He also has a 3mm/5mm double post on his back, allowing him to be carried or mounted on a wider variety of figures.

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*'''Lancelon''' (Mini-Con Weaponizer, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Armor sprue (chest armor w/ faceguard, 2 arm blades, 2 sword-prongs)

: Part of the second wave of Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Lancelon transforms from sword to robot and back at the pull of a plunger on his back. He is recoloured white and pale blue and retains his set of armor. This single release version of him was released ''after'' his 4-pack release.

:While his packaging and in-game content label him as a Decepticon, the toy itself has an Autobot scan badge.
[[File:RID-Minicons-W4_LANCELON-Robot-Mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Lancelon robot mode]]

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*'''Power Surge Starscream & Lancelon''' (Power Heroes, 2016)

:Released within the [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]] "Clash of the Transformers" wave of Power Heroes figures, Lancelon is available only with the larger Starscream figure. Lancelon is much simpler than his previous mold, made of softer plastic, and features no functional articulation. He can transform into a sword and also be worn as chest armor for Starscream.

:Unlike most figures in this line, Lancelon does not have a scan badge, but does have a tiny faux badge sculpted onto his chest.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Weaponizer Mini-Cons]]

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Thermidor

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:''Thermidor be a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RiD 2015 Mighty Big Trouble Thermidor.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Full name: Thermidor Aux Crevettes With A Mornay Sauce Garnished With Truffle Pâté, Brandy And With A Fried Egg On Top And Spam.]]

Avast! '''Thermidor''' be the crustiest crustacean ever to ply the Cybertronian space lanes, a cranky ole sea dog who's thrown his lot in with the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] after that bilge rat [[Clawtrap]] pilfered his prized ship from him. Quick with a jibe and even quicker with a claw, Thermidor's eager to keelhaul any landlubbers who get in his way. He's not fond of his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Tricerashot]], who has yet to develop his sea legs when it comes to lootin', plunderin', and the finer points o' Decepticon piracy.

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==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Minoru Hirota]] (Japanese)|[[Giovanni Battezzato]] (Italian)}}
[[File:PretzelLogic Tricerashot rides on Thermidor.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Just when you thought "Card Games on Motorcycles" was too much.]]
Thermidor looked on when [[Scatterspike]] and [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] returned to the Scavengers' base. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Teamed with Tricerashot, Thermidor went in search of a relic, which he secretly intended to retake command of his chip from Clawtrap. He located the relic in a cave, only to come up against the formidable team of [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] and [[Gunter|Brother Gunter]]. When the rest of Team Bee arrived, Thermidor and Tricerashot fled by road. Discovering that their GroundBridge was temporarily out, Thermidor thought it would be a good idea to make a diversion by threatening to bring down a ski lift full of people, however he was neatly defeated by Grimlock. He and Tricerashot were dragged back through a GroundBridge portal by Clawtrap, minus the relic. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

He and the other Scavengers tracked a signal to an automated vessel, where they found the [[Dark Star Saber]], only for the Mini-Cons to run off in their sub-orbital craft, and for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] to arrive and claim the sword, using it to sweep them all into the sea. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Using the relics they'd recovered, the scavengers were able to hold their own, especially when Thermidor discovered his relic could create energy shields. The scavengers finally managed to trap the Autobots in a net, only for Starscream to swoop in and snatch up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Thermidor attempted to claim Optimus's [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]], but only succeeded in shorting out the energy net. With some help from Tricerashot, the Autobots defeated the scavengers and put them in restraints. {{storylink|Worthy}}

==Notes==
*Thermidor shares a [[body-type]] with [[Bisk]], but has a totally different head without eyestalks, and a horn-like protrusion above his eyes (just like on real lobsters).
*Like Bisk, his name is a reference to a lobster dish — in his case {{w|Lobster Thermidor|lobster thermidor}}.

===Foreign names===

[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scavengers]]

Chase (G1)

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:''Chase is an [[Autobot]] [[Throttlebot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Chase g1 boxart.jpg|218px|thumb|Yes, but do his best stories feature [http://left4dead.wikia.com/wiki/Ellis| a guy named Keith?]]]
As a warrior, '''Chase''''s only outstanding asset is his staunch courage, but it's his attitude that earns him his many friends in the [[Autobot]] ranks. Yes, he's a motormouthed braggart and rather full of himself, but his storytelling skills are so fantastic that few mind when he monopolizes the conversation. Combine that ability with the enthusiastic, superficial friendliness and charisma of a talented politician, and it's no wonder Chase is well liked, despite his flaws.

Many of Chase's missions are rather routine; radar is his specialty. He can detect objects as small as [[Toaster]] on the horizon, and see a tennis ball two miles away—three of them, in fact, at the same time, in three different directions. He seldom needs to engage the enemy closely, but even the least dangerous "milk run" comes alive with purpose and excitement when Chase is telling its story.

Impulsive and quick-thinking, Chase's 240 mph top speed often places him far ahead of his comrades on his scouting missions, and frequently he's the first to roar down a promising byway, heedless of possible ambush or hazards. Sometimes this leads him into trouble. Most often this trouble is mechanical; Chase's body, especially his drivetrain, just isn't engineered to keep up with his mind.

Sometimes he is known as '''Roadburn'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:TheCure Chaseface.JPG|left|200px|thumb|"This one time, my buddy Keith, on a DARE, got a tattoo: "I'm a moron" right across his forehead, man. 'Course, he made two hundred bucks off that, so...You ask yourself: Who's the REAL moron?"]]
Everyone thinks he's [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]]. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

Thanks to a Decepticon [[Titanium-class Destruction Drone]], Chase and his fellow Throttlebots were captured during one of their attacks on fuel storage depot, and brought to the Chief Decepticon Fuel Auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. An outbreak of [[Scraplet]]s had begun on [[Earth]], and Ratbat ordered them to travel there and destroy all of the infected—or he would destroy the planet itself to prevent spread of the deadly disease. Given new Earth-style vehicle forms and canisters of corrosive acid, Chase and the others arrived on Earth. Chase stayed at the primary site of the infection with Freeway and Searchlight, while Rollbar and Wideload went to track another Transformer who'd left the scene. Rollbar and Wideload eventually returned with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], his human friend [[Charlie Fong|Charley Fong]], and a cure for Scraplets: the "rare chemical" [[water]]. With this knowledge, they managed to destroy all the Scraplets with help from another of the Earthbound Autobots' allies, [[G.B. Blackrock]]. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

Chase and the Throttlebots continued to travel on Earth with Goldbug and Blaster, but that only made them targets for virtually everyone—the Decepticons, the Autobot faction Goldbug had gone AWOL from, and the humans who hated and feared all Cybertronians. After escaping one of the Combaticons, Goldbug suggested they hide in a used car lot (because that [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|worked so well for him before]]). Astonishingly the owner, [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve Ludwig]], noticed a giant earthmover dump truck magically appearing on his lot, and soon put two-and-two together after receiving a notice from the local RAAT boys. After pouring sugar into the Autobots' gas tanks, he summoned the proper authorities. Chase and the other Throttlebots were carted off and taken prisoner by RAAT's parent organization, [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]]. {{storylink|Used Autobots}}

[[File:DarkStar Throttlebots die.JPG|200px|thumb|"I ever tell you about the time Keith and I made fireworks? Now, I didn't know shit about chemistry, but Keith figured 'Gasoline burns, doesn't it?" Heh, third-degree burns on 95% of his body. Man, people in the next city over were calling to complain about the smell of burning skin."]]
Still not recognizing the difference between Autobots and Decepticons, III's bigwigs publicly threatened to execute their prisoners if any more robot attacks took place. Guess what—the Decepticons were willing to call their bluff. After the inevitable raid, [[Forrest Forsythe]] ordered the Autobots crushed into cubes. However, a sympathetic (and borderline competent) agent named [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]] realized Chase and his friends were telling the truth about there being two factions of robots, and salvaged their cerebro-circuits before the execution, transferring their brain chips into electronic toy cars. Barnett then brought the Autobots in his care to meet with [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witiwicky]], longtime friend of their Earthbound forces. The reunion was cut short by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who had caught the Throttlebots' scent, and sought to crush them dead in their vulnerable state. The Throttlebots managed to outmaneuver their pursuers through a shopping center. Barnett and Buster were separated during the chase, with most of the Throttlebots winding up in Barnett's custody once more. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Chase and the rest of the Throttlebots remained in Barnett's possession for some time. The human brought the five of them to consult on a hostage situation after Buster wound up on the Decepticons' island-base. Before any of them had the chance to dispense any advice, the island transformed into a spacecraft and launched, with Buster still on board. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} The Throttlebots were apparently returned to the Autobots at some point, and reconstructed into new bodies replicating their old ones. When an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Chase was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to Japan to try and stop him. He and the rest of the Throttlebots didn't get to put up much of a fight, as they were all destroyed by Starscream before even getting a chance to transform. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
Everyone thinks he's [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In [[2008]], Chase was active at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth when the [[Quintesson]]s raided the base. He was presumably disabled with the rest of the Autobots present. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:FinalTransformations Chase dies.JPG|left|240px|thumb|"I ever tell you about the time Keith tried to deep-fry a turkey? Third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body. His doctor called up, like, other doctors to look at him cause they'd never seen burns on top of existing burns!"]]
Years later, a resurrected, white-coloured Chase was part of a detachment sent to Earth to deal with the menace of a revived [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. The team was very surprised to find that this Megatron guy was actually pretty powerful, and soon started making mincemeat out of them. Chase got his leg blown off, and told the rest of the team not to wait for him. He kept firing as Megatron approached, only to get blown to smithereens at point blank range for his troubles.

Megatron then examined Chase's snapped-off leg, looking for a soil sample that would let him locate the Autobots' starship. An enraged Brawn would beat on Megatron, declaring one punch was "for Chase". {{storylink|Final Transformations}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Rob Paulsen]] (English), [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:ReturnOptimusPrime1 Chase infected.jpg|200px|thumb|"My buddy Keith tried camping out inside this here lab once. He was shooting crows, but [[Mark_Morgan|the]] [[Gregory Swofford|scientists]] were too busy teargassin' him to ask what he was doin' in there. He screamed for an entire year every single time he opened his optics! Oh, man! At first, it was funny; then it just got sad, but then it got funny again! Oh, man!"]]
Chase was with the [[Throttlebot]]s when they were ordered to retrieve the body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], but they ended up being infected by the [[Hate Plague]], which made Chase even redder and also prone to attack his comrades. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Chase and the Throttlebots were later cured when Optimus unleashed the wisdom of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}, and helped defend [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] from a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Chase was later present as Cybertron was re-energized and a new Golden Age was ushered in. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:ApproachMeteorite Chase WideLoad twisted.JPG|left|200px|thumb|"Man, I love malls. I do. Once, I was in this mall, up in [[Metamorphose]], and these guys were dancing for like money and stuff and my friend [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] and I was all..."]]
Chase and his Throttlebot buddies were seen on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during a Decepticon attack. They tried to fight back against the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but didn't fare well against [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnosis. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} The Throttlebots were dispatched again to protect their home planet from the [[Madmachine]], but they couldn't even scratch its armor. Instead they opted for scrapping with the machine's Headmaster guards, and did remarkably better than in their first battle. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Later, the Throttlebots traveled to Earth to fight some Decepticons, but ended up sneaking into space to stop the Decepticon meteorite [[Metamorphose]] by themselves for the fame and glory. However, when Chase and [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] jumped out of their [[Autobot frigate|vessel]] to take care of the meteorite, they quickly learned about its power to twist and deform metal. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} Chase and the Throttlebots were eventually twisted back into shape, as they reappeared much later on Earth. They challenged [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], guardian of a [[Death Tower]], but were swiftly defeated. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Spotlight Metroplex Chase.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"My buddy Keith started up a historic tour, on account of his mom took him to Colonial Williamsburg. And it's like a license to print money at them places. Now, you might ask yourself how an honest attempt to recreate the majesty of colonial times turned into raccoon fights at five bucks a pop in Keith's backyard, ha-ha."]]
Chase was assigned to a team known as the Throttlebots stationed on [[Orvus Base]], a research facility in orbit around [[Salvvatan VI]]. The research was classified several levels above top secret, and so the Throttlebots didn't even know what they were helping to safeguard. The point was apparently rendered moot when [[Sixshot]] arrived at Orvus, and slaughtered the entire research team. Chase and the Throttlebots took off in a tiny shuttle looking for a chance at survival. They found it a few planetary orbits away on [[Salvvatan VIII]]. Curiously, the nearby planet showed signs of life...Transformer life. The Throttlebots found a ghost town stocked full of energon and supplies. Fully refueled, Chase was more optimistic about their chances, but [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] spoke from experienced and told them that, with Sixshot, they were definitely still slagged. Sixshot soon arrived and proved as deadly as his reputation. Chase was the first of the Throttlebots taken down by the [[Six Changer]]'s attacks. They only survived thanks to the intervention of the mysterious and powerful [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Chase toy.jpg|250px|thumb|"...Man, the answer to that particular question is that Keith is sharing a place with his two brothers and them being assholes who wouldn't let them do it anywhere but the backyard. Well, add that to Keith didn't technically have any, y'know, history to put on display. But he did have a whole family of raccoons living in the chassis of an old car and you'd begin to understand."]]
*'''Chase''' (Throttlebot, 1987/1992)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-94'''

:Chase transforms into a Ferrari Testarossa sports car. Like all [[Throttlebot]]s, Chase's primary gimmick is a pull-back motor that sends him zipping forward in either car or robot modes.

:In 1992, Chase and the other Throttlebots were re-released in the European market as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line. For this release, all of the Throttlebots but [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] were [[retool]]ed to have their [[rubsign]] indents removed, the decals replaced with normal factory-applied paper faction sigil decals.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Chase/chase.htm More information on Chase on TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
*'''Roadburn''' (Legends Class, 2017)

:Released as part of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Legends Class subline, Roadburn (renamed for trademark reasons) is a redeco/retool of [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#TRLegends|Bumblebee]], sporting a new head, and transforms into a vehicle mode based on Bumblebee's alt mode in [[Transformers: Earth Wars]]. As with most of the Titans Return Legends Class figures, Roadburn features an opening canopy for his cockpit, which allows any Titan Master figures to ride with.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*Chase's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' profile entry, from the Marvel Comics series, uses Searchlight's head design and vice versa. This was repeated in Season 4 of the Generation 1 Sunbow cartoon, as well as the Headmasters anime.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Chase''' (チェイス ''Cheisu'')
*''English:'' '''Carlo''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Poursuite''' (Canada, "Pursuit")
*''Italian:'' '''Scoutbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhuībǔ''' (追捕, "Chase")

==External links==
*[http://www.redshirt.co.uk/toys/chase-must-die/ Chase Must Die - A scholarly look at the Throttlebots.]

[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Scouts]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
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Searchlight (G1)

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{{disambig3|Searchlight}}
:''Searchlight is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Searchlight g1 boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The sun! It burns our eyess!]]
'''Searchlight''' is a quiet and withdrawn member of the [[Throttlebot]]s. A silent spy, he is most at home in the blackest night, not because of what the darkness covers, but for what it reveals. When he cruises through darkened cities or over deserted plains, he has no need to switch on his two 10,000 watt driving lamps: his front-mounted sensor array brings him a subtle panorama that the daylight only overwhelms in its fiery radiance. Searchlight sees all, be it in the dimmest spark of visible light, or in the infrared spectrum, or elsewhere in the realm of electromagnetic radiation. His X-ray capacity lets him look through objects, and his spectroscope allows him to analyze their composition. All of this he can record in stereoscopic, digital video. This amazing array even gives him some offensive capacity; he can blind foes with a dazzling, stroboscopic flash from his driving lamps, but this is painful and disorienting to his well-tuned optics.

So fascinating are the secrets which the nighttime world reveals to Searchlight that he often loses track of his assigned mission. A further drawback of working alone comes from his very best quality; his keen senses. A slight sound or movement, if made by something undetectable by his trained sensors, can make him anxious, and eventually send him into a panic. Therefore, though he is serious-minded and works best alone, his superiors must sometimes check on him.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:TheCure Searchlight.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Lines in the dirt, he sees...]]
Everyone thinks he's [[Chase (G1)|Chase]]. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

Thanks to a Decepticon [[Titanium-class Destruction Drone]], Searchlight and his fellow Throttlebots were captured during an attack on a fuel storage depot, and brought to the Chief Decepticon Fuel Auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. An outbreak of [[Scraplet]]s had begun on [[Earth]], and Ratbat ordered them to travel there and destroy all of the infected—or he would destroy the planet itself to prevent spread of the deadly disease. Given new Earth-style vehicle forms and canisters of corrosive acid, Searchlight stayed at the primary site of the infection with Freeway and Chase, while Rollbar and Wideload went to track another Transformer who'd left the scene. Rollbar and Wideload eventually returned with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], his human friend [[Charlie Fong|Charley Fong]], and a cure for Scraplets: the "rare chemical" [[water]]. With this knowledge, they managed to destroy all the Scraplets with help from another of the Earthbound Autobots' allies, [[G.B. Blackrock]]. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

''Following that incident, Searchlight and the rest of the Throttlebots joined Goldbug and Blaster as they traveled about the country. While Goldbug was watching tv, he learned that two Cybertronians had been discovered trapped in the cooled lava flow of [[Mount Verona]]. He led the group in the hopes of freeing one of the pair, fellow Autobot [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. But upon arrival, the group found the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] already on-site, preparing the obliterate the entire area to eliminate the other trapped Transformer, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Though at first willing to let their enemies rid the world of the mad tyrant, even at the expense of one of their own, the Throttlebots were forced into action when a [[Susan Hoffman|trio of]] [[Joy Meadows|human]] [[Cindy Newell|women]] took it upon themselves to prevent Magnus's destruction. The Combaticons were driven off, though they swore revenge against Searchlight's team for their interference.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

The Throttlebots' continued travels only made them targets for virtually everyone—the Decepticons, the Autobot faction Goldbug had gone AWOL from, and the humans who hated and feared all Cybertronians. After escaping one of the Combaticons, Goldbug suggested they hide in a used car lot (because that [[Plight of the Bumblebee!|worked so well for him before]]). Astonishingly the owner, [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve Ludwig]], noticed a giant earthmover dump truck magically appearing on his lot, and soon put two-and-two together after receiving a notice from the local RAAT boys. After pouring sugar into the Autobots' gas tanks, he summoned the proper authorities. Searchlight and the Throttlebots were carted off and taken prisoner by RAAT's parent organization, [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]]. {{storylink|Used Autobots}}

[[File:DarkStar Throttlebots die.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|...cackling, self-illuminated giants with god-like power, not so much.]]
Still not recognizing the difference between Autobots and Decepticons, III's bigwigs publicly threatened to execute their prisoners if any more robot attacks took place. Guess what—the Decepticons were willing to call their bluff. After the inevitable raid, [[Forrest Forsythe]] ordered the Autobots crushed into cubes. However, a sympathetic (and borderline competent) agent named [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]] realized Searchlight and his friends were telling the truth about there being two factions of robots, and salvaged their cerebro-circuits before the execution, transferring their brain chips into electronic toy cars. Barnett then brought the Autobots in his care to meet with [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witiwicky]], longtime friend of their Earthbound forces. The reunion was cut short by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], who had caught the Throttlebots' scent, and sought to crush them dead in their vulnerable state. The Throttlebots managed to outmaneuver their pursuers through a shopping center. Barnett and Buster were separated during the chase, with most of the Throttlebots winding up in Barnett's custody once more. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Searchlight and the Throttlebots remained in Barnett's possession for some time. The human brought the five of them to consult on a hostage situation, after Buster wound up on the Decepticons' island-base. Before they had the chance to dispense any advice, however, the island transformed into a spacecraft and launched, with Buster still on board. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} The Throttlebots were apparently returned to the Autobots at some point, and reconstructed into new bodies replicating their old ones. When an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Searchlight was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to Japan to try and stop him. He and the rest of the Throttlebots didn't get to put up much of a fight, as they were all destroyed by Starscream before even getting a chance to transform. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Bulen]] (English), [[Masashi Hirose]] (Japanese)

[[File:Rebirth1 Searchlight car.jpg|left|thumb]]
Searchlight and the Throttlebots were assembled by [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] for the botched rescue attempt of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s body from Doctor [[Mark Morgan]]. Along with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], they were the first Transformers to be infected by the [[Hate Plague]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Searchlight was eventually cured and together with his fellow Throttlebots defended [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] against a Decepticon raid in the year 2007. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Hirose]] (Japanese)

[[File:CassetteOperation Searchlight Weirdwolf.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|I said TALK to the hand! TALK to it!]]
When the Decepticons attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in 2011, Searchlight and the Throttlebots teamed up with three other Autobots to defend [[Vector Sigma]]. They crossed paths with the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], and ended up being put to sleep by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} The Headmasters were later driven away, but soon returned alongside the [[Madmachine]], a new Decepticon weapon. Searchlight and Throttlebots were dispatched to fight this new threat, but were unable to pierce its armor and had to settle for scrapping with the Headmasters instead. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

The Throttlebots' next battle was set on [[Earth]], but they broke orders and snuck away from the fight to stop the Decepticon meteorite known as [[Metamorphose]]. Searchlight and the others were extremely confident in their mission, but failed to notice the meteorite's ability to warp and bend any metal in its vicinity. The [[Autobot frigate]] Searchlight helped pilot was twisted out of shape, and the Throttlebots were out of commission for quite some time after that. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} They eventually reappeared on Earth, where they were tasked with destroying one of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Death Tower]]s. Unfortunately, the tower was guarded by [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], who easily knocked out Searchlight and his friends. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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===''The Transformers 3-D''===
[[File:Ratbat blackthorne2.png|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Bat riders of the Styx.]]
Searchlight was enjoying a nice shadowy corner when he was called in by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to collect specimens of a newly discovered alien that converted whatever it ate to pure [[energon]]. Scouring the dark asteroid on which [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] had landed, Searchlight pondered his existence until he suddenly stumbled upon a [[Scorponok (G1)|Decepticon base]]. He snuck inside and spied on [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] explaining to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] how they could take advantage of the energon-producing creatures, but was soon discovered and chased across the asteroid by Cyclonus and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. While cursing all the things that could have gone so much better, Searchlight stumbled upon Ultra Magnus and his troops, who protected him from the Decepticons. Searchlight spent the ensuing battle riding [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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[[File:Stormbringer1 Searchlight OptimusPrime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I was distracted by your badly-Photoshopped Autobot insignia]]
Searchlight served as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime's]] aide aboard the main [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. He reported [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]]'s (unauthorized) pulsewave alerting them of how [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration team]] had assumed Siege Mode ahead of schedule. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Later, he notified Optimus on the distress buoy launched from the ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'' and her subsequent silence. Searchlight was shocked when Prime ordered him to contact the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}}

He remained on the Hub under [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s command after Prime left to take an active role on Earth. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}} During the fight against the [[Expansion]], he was apparently summoned to [[Garrus-9]] to help bolster the Autobots' defenses after the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor-Six]] were kidnapped. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} Searchlight faced down [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime]] with several other Autobots, but did little to halt his progression. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[File:Spotlight Metroplex Searchlight Goldbug Rollbar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.9]]
Searchlight was stationed as a courier at the [[Orvus Base]] orbiting [[Salvvatan VI]]. He and the other Throttlebots barely escaped the station when [[Sixshot]] attacked, destroying it to retrieve its classified information. Crash landing on [[Salvvatan VIII]], Searchlight warned the rest of his group that he had seen Sixshot take on a whole army before and that hiding would be their best option. Sixshot found them, however, and quickly incapacitated [[Chase (G1)|Chase]], [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]] and [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]]. Searchlight confronted the Decepticon with [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] and [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]. Sixshot was crashed through [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] by Rollbar and Searchlight followed with Goldbug. Goldbug was shot pointblank by Sixshot and then Searchlight was blown away from the building. Sixshot had him down holding a blaster to his head, but Searchlight refused to say he was afraid. He was saved by Metroplex, who crushed Sixshot in his massive hand and then stepped on him. Searchlight pleaded for the huge Autobot to join them in the war, but to no avail. He realized that whatever secret Metroplex was guarding had to be important, since no one would stay that alone if they don't have to. {{storylink|Spotlight: Metroplex}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1-toy Searchlight.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Let's just hop along, shall we? Hop. Hop. Hoppity-hop-hop.]]
*'''Searchlight''' (Throttlebot, 1987/1991)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-93'''

: Searchlight transforms into a Ford RS200 rally car with multiple molded headlamps. Like all [[Throttlebot]]s, he features a pull-back motor that zips him forward in both [[alternate mode|vehicle]] and [[robot mode]]s.

: In 1991, the Throttlebots were re-released in European markets as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" sub-line. Searchlight was [[retool]]ed to remove the [[rubsign]] indent on his back-end/backpack, and the rubsign decal itself was [[:File:G1Searchlight toy.jpg|replaced with a glossy-paper Autobot sigil]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Searchlight/searchlight.htm More information on Searchlight at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==

*Searchlight's Transformers Universe profile entry, from the Marvel Comics series, uses Chase's head design and vice versa. This was repeated in his cartoon appearance in Season 4 and the Headmasters Anime as well.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Looklight''' (ルックライト ''Rukkuraito'')
*''French:'' '''Projecteur''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Strobobot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tànzhàodēng'''（探照灯, "Searchlight"）

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Groove (G1)

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:''Groove is <s>a dirty hippie</s> an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Groove-robotmode.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|Lay back and dream on a rainy day.]]
'''Groove''' is a free spirit, man. A full fuel tank and an open sky above him is all this chopper needs to mellow out and enjoy whatever good vibrations the open road brings his way. One relaxed, easy-going dude, Groove is also a bit of a loner in his soul. He doesn't make a lot of attachments to others, preferring the freedom of an empty highway, but he is always sure to be there with the love when his Protectobot teammates need his help. Groove doesn't like combat or conflict in general, and is always ready to give peace a chance.

Groove combines with his fellow Protectobots to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Gaia Guardian]], or [[God Guardian]], and sometimes he is part of [[Sky Reign]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Ask Vector Prime====
The Protectobots once lived on the colony world of [[Archon]], but as the colony slowly began to fail they succumbed to [[stasis lock]]. They remained that way until [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] chanced across the ruins of the planet and brought them back to Earth. The only way to revive them was through an [[energon]] infusion; the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s volunteered for the process. The Protectobots made a complete recovery and then some: the transfusion had given them the ability to combine! Optimus Prime gave them [[Protectobots' headquarters|their own headquarters]] in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], hoping that city life would help them acclimatize to life on Earth while also providing the metropolis with an extra degree of protection. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 21/9/2015}}

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "B.O.T."), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, "The Ultimate Weapon") |[[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Michael Rüth]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon''), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus'')}}

[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus Groove Streetwise freezer.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air...]]
When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and Groove commandeered a meat locker to keep the overheated humans cool. Groove was worried that the humans would freeze in there, but Streetwise assured him that given the constantly rising temperatures outside, the humans would be fine. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Groove, as part of Defensor, totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they helped save some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, Groove extinguishing the flames with his liquid nitrogen. Later still, Groove and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:G1 GhostintheMachine Groove lockedloaded.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Let this groove / light up your fuse / it's all right, alllll right!]]
In the year [[2006]], Groove and the Protectobots were frequently active on both Earth and Cybertron. Shortly before the first Cybertronian peace conference, Groove attended a surprise birthday party for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. He was therefore available to help [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the other Autobots fend off a Combaticon assault on the conference's shuttle bay. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} On another occasion, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s eyes were stolen under unusual circumstances at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], and so [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on high alert. When the Decepticon [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] began brazenly flying into their air space, Rodimus ordered Groove and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] to man the defensive laser batteries and blow him out of the sky.

The pacifistic Groove's response? "Locked and loaded!"

After pummeling Astrotrain with laser fire, the Autobots realized the stolen eyes weren't for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], but [[Unicron]]. Groove joined Ultra Magnus and a squad of Autobots who traveled aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to investigate their artificial moon. Unicron awakened while they were inside him, however, and unleashed an electron storm which blasted the Autobots out into space. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Back on Earth, the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors by driving at them in a scary fashion, Groove and the other Autobots defended the human civilians and covered First Aid, who was carrying the downed [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] back to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Later, it turned out the battle was only a diversion to allow [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to steal Metroplex's [[transformation cog]]. First Aid left the Autobots when he failed to stop the theft. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor without First Aid, and they still successfully saved a train full of civilians. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. They transported the injured [[Jessica Morgan]] to County General Hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. This had [[Hate Plague|negative consequences]]. What a jerkface. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

For [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Groove, among other Autobots, presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
Groove and his fellow Protectobots joined forces with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s when the Decepticon combiners attacked a baseball stadium. Hot Spot was damaged in battle, leaving the Protectobots unable to remain combined as Defensor. [[Kenji]], the Autobots' human friend, devised a plan to shoot out the leg components of the Decepticon super warriors. Groove transformed into motorcycle mode and drove Kenji through a flying jump, letting the boy get close enough to [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to yell out his plan. After Superion zapped out the Decepticons' legs, Groove and his fellow Protectobots slipped on in their place, forcing [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] to move according to the Autobots' commands. The poor Decepticons were last seen being led out to sea by their own disobedient legs. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City: Mobilization=====
Groove and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. Groove and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], the famous scientist, the Protectobots and Aerialbots sped off to rescue the doctor from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Working with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], however, Trypticon's Scramble City launcher power allowed the Decepticons to disable Superion before he got close enough to attack. With the Aerialbots seriously injured, the Protectobots had to formulate a new plan. Hot Spot quickly got to work in repair bay mode bringing the Aerialbots back to full status. While [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] snuck into Trypticon alone to rescue the doctor, Groove, First Aid and Streetwise had the unenviable task of defending Hot Spot against both Bruticus and Menasor until he could finish his repair work. Although they took a serious pounding, Groove and his valiant comrades held the line long enough for the Aerialbots to recover and Blades to save Dalton. The Protectobots and Aerialbots left Trypticon victorious, and escorted the thankful doctor back to Metroplex, where he began work on the new [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Groove and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, Groove's team assembled on Earth at Ultra Magnus's command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], Groove and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Groove and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots occupied the fiends so that the Protectobots could proceed on to the village and protect the innocent lives. Nevertheless, the Protectobots failed to reach the village, as they were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. Groove and the Protectobots briefly struggled with the Headmasters before forming Defensor, but that left them grouped together and vulnerable to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force Groove and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

Groove and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. Groove and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Groove and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Groove and the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched Groove and the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, Groove participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Groove and the other Protectobots played a game of baseball in celebration of First Aid's friend [[NUL-A]]'s birthday. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!|Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Groove-savemyself.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Down a crowded avenue.]]
Groove's coming, along with that of the other Protectobots, was foretold in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of the future shared between [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. In this prophetic vision, Groove and the other Protectobots battled the Stunticons and the Combaticons to defend the [[Pullen Power Plant]] from the evil robots. Throughout the clash, each team combined into their gestalt forms, and Superion aided Defensor in his mission.'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} {{storylink|Second Generation!}}
Streetwise and the other Protectobots were then created on Earth by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and the Autobots after they stole a recording of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combiner transformation sequence and modified it. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

After being brought on-line by Optimus Prime, Groove and his team went on a mission to intercept the Decepticons before they could steal the [[hydrothermocline]] from a [[Energy Futures Industries]]. Both sides ended up agreeing to do battle in a virtual landscape maintained by the powerful computer system at the plant, so that the Decepticons wouldn't damage their prize and the Autobots could insure the safety of innocent lives. The lives of both faction leaders were wagered on the outcome of the game. Patrolling the computer-generated area of Multi-World known as the Cloud-Steppes, Groove and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] were attacked by Combaticons [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. When the Decepticon fliers severed the floating roadway Groove was driving on, he shouted at Blades to let him save himself and instead catch the Cloud-Steppers who fell with him. In gratitude, the humanoids unleashed a cloud cover which distracted the Combaticons long enough for Groove to blast them with his photon pistol. Ultimately, Optimus Prime declared himself the loser of the game, and so Groove and the other Protectobots watched their leader detonate before their eyes. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

Groove was one of the several Autobots who watched on as Ratchet futilely tried to repair Optimus Prime's body. Once the Autobot leader was declared irreparable, the Autobots held a funeral service for their leader, and launched his remains into space. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

After [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] abandoned the Autobots due to their disagreements with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock's]] leadership, Grimlock tasked the Protectobots with finding the deserters and returning them to the Ark. Groove and the others found them (and the [[Throttlebot]]s) hiding at [[Big Steve's Used Cars]], where the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s had already arrived. As the two teams battled each other, individually Groove squared off with [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], and both sides were so blinded by their battle that they didn't notice [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] making away with Goldbug and the Throttlebots. With the Combaticons deterred, however, the Protectobots still had Blaster to bring back to Grimlock... for trial and execution. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Blaster was fitted with a [[mode lock]] and clamped to Groove's motorcycle mode, who in turn rode within First Aid to make sure their captive wouldn't escape. Upon driving through a train yard however, the team ran afoul of the Combaticons yet again. Before the battle was underway, Groove sped off, stash Blaster within a drainage pipe, and then rejoined his comrades. In short order, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus, forcing the Protectobots to themselves combine to match his strength. The battle nonetheless went badly for Defensor, and he was knocked down after being batted with an entire freight train. But Blaster, who had gotten his mode lock removed by some errant children, in turn defeated Bruticus by collapsing an electrical tower atop of the behemoth. In thanks, the Protectobots allowed their prisoner to "escape" them alongside his new friends. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was empowered by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Groove, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}}}

====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
In defense of the Earth's energy resources, Groove and the Protectobots formed Defensor and battled Menasor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Groove-g2vehicle.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And my soul's been psychedelicized.]]
Groove returned to working with the Autobots after Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]] and their threat to the universe. He participated in Grimlock's ill-fated sabotage attempt on the [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Liege Centuro]]'s warships, which ended in the raiding party being captured by enemy forces. Fortunately, Optimus and a contingency of Autobots were quick to catch up with Grimlock's group, and liberated Groove and the others. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, he joined the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in a training exercise against [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the Dinobots. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It was so, you know, groovy to come back here this way.]]
Around twenty years after supposed end of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Groove found himself on the front lines defending Cybertron from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Blitz Engine]]s alongside [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]], [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] and [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}} Later, Groove formed part of the crew of ''[[Lancer One]]'' alongside [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] as part of [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s attack on [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his forces at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. Although they successfully completed their mission, Jhiaxus had anticipated the Autobots' strategy and his retaliation forced Rodimus Prime to declare an Autobot surrender. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===The Special Teams===
Groove and the rest of the Protectobots were posted at the [[Pullen Power Plant]] to defend it while its human workers had been evacuated due to the possibility of a landslide in the area. Blades soon spotted the Stunticons heading towards their position. Racing to meet their incoming foes, Groove was surprised to witness these newcomers combine into Menasor.To combat this new threat, the Protectobots merged once more into Defensor. The Decepticons soon found himself losing the battle and dispersed, though the storm around them had gotten too bad for the Autobots to give chase. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Groove-darkages-robot.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|War Within! Yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin'!]]
After the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], many of the special teams went into hiding or broke up to continue fighting on different factions. Groove, despite his freewheeling ways, stuck with his team during the [[Dark Ages]] and acted as go-between bot for [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], taking pride in his great speed. Though officially neutral, Groove and his team deployed to counter the threat of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in the [[Tagan Heights]]. {{storylink|Escalation}} When Defensor began prioritizing Devastator's destruction over preventing collateral damage, Wreckers leader Springer had to talk the Protectobots into separating, after which they were able to use their individual smarts to bring the Constructicon combiner down: while First Aid and Hot Spot plugged an electrical cable into Devastator's leg, Groove brought the other end to Streetwise so he could plug it into Tagan Heights' power grid, overloading Devastator with electricity and shutting him down. {{storylink|Devastation}}

Later, the [[Chaos Trinity]] invaded the Protectobots' base to abduct Hot Spot. During this attack, Groove pleaded with Hot Spot to give the order to form Defensor once more. But Hot Spot hesitated, allowing [[The Fallen]]'s acolytes to defeat each Protectobot individually and make off with their target. To his credit, Groove was the last Protectobot to be defeated by the intruders. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

In modern times, Groove and the Protectobots were damaged while battling Menasor as Defensor and had to be rescued by Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Defensor later joined the united Autobot forces in overthrowing Shockwave's control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} In the aftermath, Groove and the Protectobots processed the forensics at one of Shockwave's labs, where a mysterious energy discharge had disabled the Battlechargers and shot out into the sky. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:TheIronAge Autobots vs Decepticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Groove don't need this fascist thing.]]

Four million years ago, Groove was a soldier in the Autobot army working under [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]. He, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] held the line to prevent the Decepticon advancement in one of Cybertron's major cities. At the celebration that followed the Autobots' victory, he was seen chatting with [[Gizmo]] and [[Download]]. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

In the modern day, Groove was among [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'s team of Autobots on Earth. He worked under Bumblebee to locate the Decepticons remaining on the planet until Prowl butted in and recruited him into the investigation on [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|The Question}} As part of this task, he and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] brought former [[Skywatch]] agent [[Sandra (G1)|Sandra]] to their headquarters for interrogation. {{storylink|Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|Only Forward}}

Groove was of the 'bots who [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] refused a place on the ''[[Lost Light]]'' during the "Crewditions" (Which later turned out to be fake). Six months later, Groove had joined the ship's crew, and was outside [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s office when the psychiatrist was interviewing Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} During some downtime, Groove and Streetwise indulged in a bout of wrestling at [[Swerve's]] but when an inebriated [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] set off a silent alarm breaking into the medibay they were called into action as part of a security team alongside Megatron, [[Aquafend]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Ascertaining that there was no immediate threat, Megatron dismissed the rest of the team to deal with Trailcutter himself. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}

[[File:MistakesAndMayhem-Protectobotssortof.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey, you guys, combine into a larger guy, but not in a way that looks like Groove is involved!]]

Groove was in [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s bar when the ''Lost Light'' began paradoxing itself out of existence piece by piece. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Some time after the ''Lost Light'' was restored, Groove and four other crewmembers were chosen to escort [[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] back to Cybertron after he started seeing apocalyptic visions. Streetwise joked that the five of them were "Protectobots". {{storylink|The Possible Light}} Once they arrived, Mirage led them hurriedly to Optimus Prime to tell them about his vision, when suddenly [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked, who was hoping to destroy the [[space bridge]] to Cybertronian colonies. [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] countered him, but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] feared the Autobot combiner wouldn't be enough, so he used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to create another. Groove, the other four "Protectobots," and [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]], who had wandered into the group, were all combined into the mighty [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Groove and the Protectobots chose to leave Cybertron and return to the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Groove and the rest of the Protectobots rushed the Decepticon fortress [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], undaunted by its enormous size. When Trypticon assumed its battle station mode, the Protectobots merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to better fight back. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
*After the Protectobots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, Groove and the rest of the team combined into Defensor to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

Groove, alongside [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], responded to an emergency call that was in actuality a trap set by the Decepticons [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Despite the duo's schemes, the Autobots were able to send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|False Alarm}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsGroove.jpg|thumb|right|300px|If you choose the wrong Groove, you may just lose!]]
Groove participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Groove''' (Protectobot, 1986/1987)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P2'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-74'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' Groove transforms into a motorcycle, and is one of the most ''incredibly'' simplistic Transformer toys ever released. He has virtually nothing recognizable as legs; only the seat halves split apart to form his feet. His arms are formed from the chrome engine pieces on his sides, which swing up from the shoulder and would otherwise not be recognizable as arms. He comes with two "Vaporator" cannons, which are pegged onto posts at the rear of the bike mode. He also comes with a "photon pistol" which he can hold, only sideways. As a ''[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]''-style combiner member, he can form any of [[Defensor (G1)#Generation 1|Defensor's]] limbs, though he nominally forms Defensor's right leg. Finally, he has a [[rubsign]] on his windshield... despite the fact that he has an Autobot [[insignia]] on the front wheel covering just below the windshield. Okay then.

:Like all ''Scramble City''-style combiner limbs, Groove was sold on carded [[packaging]]. Subsequent releases of him in the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line omitted the rub sign [[gimmick]]. This mold was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Sparkride (OC)|Sparkride]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Groove/groove.htm More information on Groove at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Defensor''' (giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-76'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:Groove was also available as part of the Defensor giftset, unchanged from his individual release. It is currently unknown which construction variants came in the set.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Defensor/defensor.htm More information on Defensor at TFU.info]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2-Groove.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm [[Playskool|day-glo playskool]] and yet cost more than your house. Chew on that.]]
*'''Groove''' (Unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P3'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:A bright orange and aqua-blue [[redeco]] of Groove's Generation 1 toy was planned, but was canceled after a only a few packaged production samples were made. As such, the existing samples go for a ''lot'' of money on the secondary market.

::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/g2/groove/850/1/ Image gallery of ''Generation 2'' Groove at Seibertron.com]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:Kre-O-Toy Groove.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Hey dude, check out my ride".]]
*'''Autobot Groove''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 77'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, small pistol

:As part of the second wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Groove is a [[Kreon]] that can be rebuilt into a motorcycle. He reuses [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]'s helmet and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s pistol.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OAcidWing/acidwing.htm More information on Acid Wing at TFU.info]''

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* '''Protectobot Groove''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, small pistol

:In 2016, Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Groove got a slight [[tampograph]] tweak, replacing the flat light gray paint with shiny silver.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.

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===Transformers (2014)===
{{anchor|TF2014Protectobots}}
[[File:Transformers-2014-Protectobots-Emergency-Response-Groove.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Groove's Rule 63 incarnation.]]
*'''Protectobots Emergency Response''' (three-pack, [[2014]])
:"Protectobot Groove" (named so for [[trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse]] Legion Class [[Arcee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Arcee]], sporting two blue blasters (whereas Arcee had just included one). The toy's color scheme ''might'' be based on ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Groove (Universe)|Groove]].

:Groove is only available in three-pack with [[Streetwise (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Streetsmart]] and [[First Aid (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot First Aid]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/AKDGroove/groove.htm More information on ''Protectobots'' Groove at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarsGroove.jpg|thumb|300px|59th Chest Plate Bot (Feelin' Groovy)]]
*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Legends Class, 2015)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends class figures, Groove is a modernized version of the character, transforming into a motorcycle. As [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] has taken his place as a limb of Defensor, the now-much-more-to-semi-proper-[[scale]] Groove now forms Defensor's chestplate. The instructions have you assemble the chestplate mode upside-down (to match the stock photography), but the proper assembly is to attach Groove to Defensor with the wheel facing upwards, connecting a small peg on Defensor's chest into a peghole behind Groove's pelvis and the pegs on Groove's arms to pegholes in Defensor's chest.

:Legends Groove also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

: This mold was retooled into [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Generations|Wreck-Gar]], and redecoed into [[Rust Dust#Generations|Rust Dust]] and [[Override (Adventure)|Override]]. It also served as the basis of the non-toy ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' character [[Vampire (BW)|Vampire]] and the ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' incarnation of [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]].

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[[File:TF-Combiner-Wars-Protectobot-Groove.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Defensor's New Groove.]]
*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
**'''4 OF 5: [[Sky Reign]]'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, Foot/Hand/Gun

:The Hasbro release of the ''Unite Warriors'' Groove figure (see below) is available individually with some changes: the small [[copyright]] and [[Wikipedia:CE marking|CE marking]] [[tampograph]]s on the back of his feet required for legal reasons), the guns have cylindrical handles rather than the Takara's detented ones, the knee pin has a flat head compared to the simple one, the two red lights at the sides on the windshield are pinker, and his blue windshield is less greenish.

:The figure saw different methods of distribution in different markets, as is common for "special" products: In Taiwan, Groove was initially released as a promotional item [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]] Taiwan, if the customer purchased 1799 Taiwan Dollars (approximately US$55) worth of Transformers products in a single transaction. The promotion ran from [[March 25]]th till [[May 2]]nd. After the promotion had ended, the figure was made available as a general retail release in Taiwan, including (again) Toys"R"Us. Meanwhile, in North America, Hasbro made him available as a "shared exclusive" between various online retailers as part of 2016's "May Mayhem" promotion like [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]] and [[Wildrider (G1)#Generations|Brake-Neck]] a year earlier. Later in 2016 September, he was also released directly on HasbroToyShop.

:His packaging claims he is part of [[Sky Reign]], replacing [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations|Smokescreen]] as a leg. He can also combine with his Protectobot teammates (excluding Rook and his Legends Class counterpart) to form [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]], if that's how you want to roll. His [[package art|packaging art]] is recolored from his ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Legends]]'' mobile game card art, made to (more or less) match his toy colors.

:Deluxe Groove also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

:This mold was retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Afterburner (G1)#Generations|Afterbreaker]] and ''Unite Warriors'' [[Afterburner_(G1)#Unite_Warriors_2|Afterburner]].

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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:Unite-warriors-UW-03-Guardian-Groove.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|How Defensor Got His Groove Back]]
*'''Guardian''' (2015-[[December 12|12-12]])
**''ID Number:'' '''UW-03'''
**''Accessories'': Protectobot Weapons/Extremities, 4 small weapons
:Takara's iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Defensor is sold in a gift set including all five original Protectobots, with Groove (as a new Deluxe-sized mold) included instead of [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]]. Groove transforms into either an [[Afterburner (G1)|oversized bike]] or a limb for any combiner within the Unite Warriors line, although he would normally be associated with Guardian.

:As a Takara-initiated design (instead of the Hasbro/Takara collaboration most other ''Combiner Wars'' figures are), Groove sports several differences compared to the other Deluxe figures in the line. Those include [[light-piping]] for the eyes (a concept mostly abandoned by Hasbro these days), ''two'' individual hand-held weapons instead of just one, a [[5mm post|5mm peg hole]] underneath the right arm to attach the hand/foot/gun accessory in robot mode, and a slightly more complex transformation due to Takara not being constrained by Hasbro's budget for the Deluxe price point. Takara also didn't design a new hand/foot/gun accessory for Groove; instead, he comes with the HFG piece available with various iterations of the [[Alpha Bravo#Generations|Alpha Bravo]]/[[Blades (G1)#Generations|Blades]]/[[Vortex (G1)#CombinerWars|Vortex]] sculpt. In addition, the individual handguns are cast in clear plastic and painted over in an opaque color with the exception of the handles and the top sections, the latter of which are smoked red to give the impression of police lights.

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Guardian was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, rather than being a regular release. Preorders were open from May 25 to July 6, 2015, and it was shipped the following December.
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==Merchandise==
===G Guardian===
*'''Groove''' (Candy toy, 2012)[[File:Kabayagroove.jpg|thumb|I can roll!!!]]
:Groove is a snap-together [[candy toy]] model kit produced by [[Kabaya]] for their [[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]] series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. He can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]]. He, along with Graze, First Aid, and Streetwise, can also combine with Kabaya's [[Transformers Gum]] Hot Spot to form [[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]. G Guardian's [[Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather]] attach to Guardian to create [[God Guardian]].

==Notes==
*Groove had the pre-production name '''Cruiser'''.<ref>[[Sunbow Productions]] cast list entry for "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]".</ref>
*Sometimes [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] likes to steal Groove's pacifism and run off with it.
*During the dream sequence of [[Second Generation!]], Groove described himself as being "fast and flashy", wanting in on the action busting Decepticon heads. These are not character traits that Groove displayed outside of this.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Groove''' (グルーブ ''Gurūbu'')
*''French:'' '''Le Sillon''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Chips'''<ref>Named after the TV show starring Eric Estrada, which was very popular in Italy in the 1980s.</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chēzhé''' (车辙, "Rut")
*''Russian:'' '''Drug''' (Друг, "Friend")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vágat''' (Slot, Lining)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Groove/groove.htm Groove at TFU.info]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=850&size=0&start=0 Generation 2 Groove photogallery @ Seibertron.com]

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Groove (G1)

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BB-Shockwave: Added Hungarian name, HTS release of the Hasbro CW Deluxe version.

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:''Groove is <s>a dirty hippie</s> an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Groove-robotmode.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|Lay back and dream on a rainy day.]]
'''Groove''' is a free spirit, man. A full fuel tank and an open sky above him is all this chopper needs to mellow out and enjoy whatever good vibrations the open road brings his way. One relaxed, easy-going dude, Groove is also a bit of a loner in his soul. He doesn't make a lot of attachments to others, preferring the freedom of an empty highway, but he is always sure to be there with the love when his Protectobot teammates need his help. Groove doesn't like combat or conflict in general, and is always ready to give peace a chance.

Groove combines with his fellow Protectobots to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Gaia Guardian]], or [[God Guardian]], and sometimes he is part of [[Sky Reign]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Ask Vector Prime====
The Protectobots once lived on the colony world of [[Archon]], but as the colony slowly began to fail they succumbed to [[stasis lock]]. They remained that way until [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] chanced across the ruins of the planet and brought them back to Earth. The only way to revive them was through an [[energon]] infusion; the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s volunteered for the process. The Protectobots made a complete recovery and then some: the transfusion had given them the ability to combine! Optimus Prime gave them [[Protectobots' headquarters|their own headquarters]] in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], hoping that city life would help them acclimatize to life on Earth while also providing the metropolis with an extra degree of protection. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 21/9/2015}}

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "B.O.T."), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, "The Ultimate Weapon") |[[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Michael Rüth]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon''), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus'')}}

[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus Groove Streetwise freezer.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air...]]
When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and Groove commandeered a meat locker to keep the overheated humans cool. Groove was worried that the humans would freeze in there, but Streetwise assured him that given the constantly rising temperatures outside, the humans would be fine. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Groove, as part of Defensor, totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they helped save some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, Groove extinguishing the flames with his liquid nitrogen. Later still, Groove and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:G1 GhostintheMachine Groove lockedloaded.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Let this groove / light up your fuse / it's all right, alllll right!]]
In the year [[2006]], Groove and the Protectobots were frequently active on both Earth and Cybertron. Shortly before the first Cybertronian peace conference, Groove attended a surprise birthday party for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. He was therefore available to help [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the other Autobots fend off a Combaticon assault on the conference's shuttle bay. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} On another occasion, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s eyes were stolen under unusual circumstances at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], and so [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on high alert. When the Decepticon [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] began brazenly flying into their air space, Rodimus ordered Groove and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] to man the defensive laser batteries and blow him out of the sky.

The pacifistic Groove's response? "Locked and loaded!"

After pummeling Astrotrain with laser fire, the Autobots realized the stolen eyes weren't for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], but [[Unicron]]. Groove joined Ultra Magnus and a squad of Autobots who traveled aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to investigate their artificial moon. Unicron awakened while they were inside him, however, and unleashed an electron storm which blasted the Autobots out into space. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Back on Earth, the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors by driving at them in a scary fashion, Groove and the other Autobots defended the human civilians and covered First Aid, who was carrying the downed [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] back to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Later, it turned out the battle was only a diversion to allow [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to steal Metroplex's [[transformation cog]]. First Aid left the Autobots when he failed to stop the theft. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor without First Aid, and they still successfully saved a train full of civilians. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. They transported the injured [[Jessica Morgan]] to County General Hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. This had [[Hate Plague|negative consequences]]. What a jerkface. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

For [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Groove, among other Autobots, presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
Groove and his fellow Protectobots joined forces with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s when the Decepticon combiners attacked a baseball stadium. Hot Spot was damaged in battle, leaving the Protectobots unable to remain combined as Defensor. [[Kenji]], the Autobots' human friend, devised a plan to shoot out the leg components of the Decepticon super warriors. Groove transformed into motorcycle mode and drove Kenji through a flying jump, letting the boy get close enough to [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to yell out his plan. After Superion zapped out the Decepticons' legs, Groove and his fellow Protectobots slipped on in their place, forcing [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] to move according to the Autobots' commands. The poor Decepticons were last seen being led out to sea by their own disobedient legs. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City: Mobilization=====
Groove and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. Groove and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], the famous scientist, the Protectobots and Aerialbots sped off to rescue the doctor from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Working with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], however, Trypticon's Scramble City launcher power allowed the Decepticons to disable Superion before he got close enough to attack. With the Aerialbots seriously injured, the Protectobots had to formulate a new plan. Hot Spot quickly got to work in repair bay mode bringing the Aerialbots back to full status. While [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] snuck into Trypticon alone to rescue the doctor, Groove, First Aid and Streetwise had the unenviable task of defending Hot Spot against both Bruticus and Menasor until he could finish his repair work. Although they took a serious pounding, Groove and his valiant comrades held the line long enough for the Aerialbots to recover and Blades to save Dalton. The Protectobots and Aerialbots left Trypticon victorious, and escorted the thankful doctor back to Metroplex, where he began work on the new [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Groove and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, Groove's team assembled on Earth at Ultra Magnus's command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], Groove and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Groove and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots occupied the fiends so that the Protectobots could proceed on to the village and protect the innocent lives. Nevertheless, the Protectobots failed to reach the village, as they were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. Groove and the Protectobots briefly struggled with the Headmasters before forming Defensor, but that left them grouped together and vulnerable to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force Groove and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

Groove and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. Groove and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Groove and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Groove and the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched Groove and the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, Groove participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Groove and the other Protectobots played a game of baseball in celebration of First Aid's friend [[NUL-A]]'s birthday. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!|Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Groove-savemyself.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Down a crowded avenue.]]
Groove's coming, along with that of the other Protectobots, was foretold in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of the future shared between [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. In this prophetic vision, Groove and the other Protectobots battled the Stunticons and the Combaticons to defend the [[Pullen Power Plant]] from the evil robots. Throughout the clash, each team combined into their gestalt forms, and Superion aided Defensor in his mission.'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} {{storylink|Second Generation!}}
Streetwise and the other Protectobots were then created on Earth by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and the Autobots after they stole a recording of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combiner transformation sequence and modified it. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

After being brought on-line by Optimus Prime, Groove and his team went on a mission to intercept the Decepticons before they could steal the [[hydrothermocline]] from a [[Energy Futures Industries]]. Both sides ended up agreeing to do battle in a virtual landscape maintained by the powerful computer system at the plant, so that the Decepticons wouldn't damage their prize and the Autobots could insure the safety of innocent lives. The lives of both faction leaders were wagered on the outcome of the game. Patrolling the computer-generated area of Multi-World known as the Cloud-Steppes, Groove and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] were attacked by Combaticons [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. When the Decepticon fliers severed the floating roadway Groove was driving on, he shouted at Blades to let him save himself and instead catch the Cloud-Steppers who fell with him. In gratitude, the humanoids unleashed a cloud cover which distracted the Combaticons long enough for Groove to blast them with his photon pistol. Ultimately, Optimus Prime declared himself the loser of the game, and so Groove and the other Protectobots watched their leader detonate before their eyes. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

Groove was one of the several Autobots who watched on as Ratchet futilely tried to repair Optimus Prime's body. Once the Autobot leader was declared irreparable, the Autobots held a funeral service for their leader, and launched his remains into space. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

After [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] abandoned the Autobots due to their disagreements with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock's]] leadership, Grimlock tasked the Protectobots with finding the deserters and returning them to the Ark. Groove and the others found them (and the [[Throttlebot]]s) hiding at [[Big Steve's Used Cars]], where the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s had already arrived. As the two teams battled each other, individually Groove squared off with [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], and both sides were so blinded by their battle that they didn't notice [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] making away with Goldbug and the Throttlebots. With the Combaticons deterred, however, the Protectobots still had Blaster to bring back to Grimlock... for trial and execution. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Blaster was fitted with a [[mode lock]] and clamped to Groove's motorcycle mode, who in turn rode within First Aid to make sure their captive wouldn't escape. Upon driving through a train yard however, the team ran afoul of the Combaticons yet again. Before the battle was underway, Groove sped off, stash Blaster within a drainage pipe, and then rejoined his comrades. In short order, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus, forcing the Protectobots to themselves combine to match his strength. The battle nonetheless went badly for Defensor, and he was knocked down after being batted with an entire freight train. But Blaster, who had gotten his mode lock removed by some errant children, in turn defeated Bruticus by collapsing an electrical tower atop of the behemoth. In thanks, the Protectobots allowed their prisoner to "escape" them alongside his new friends. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was empowered by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Groove, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

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====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
In defense of the Earth's energy resources, Groove and the Protectobots formed Defensor and battled Menasor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Groove-g2vehicle.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And my soul's been psychedelicized.]]
Groove returned to working with the Autobots after Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]] and their threat to the universe. He participated in Grimlock's ill-fated sabotage attempt on the [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Liege Centuro]]'s warships, which ended in the raiding party being captured by enemy forces. Fortunately, Optimus and a contingency of Autobots were quick to catch up with Grimlock's group, and liberated Groove and the others. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, he joined the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in a training exercise against [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the Dinobots. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It was so, you know, groovy to come back here this way.]]
Around twenty years after supposed end of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Groove found himself on the front lines defending Cybertron from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Blitz Engine]]s alongside [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]], [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] and [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}} Later, Groove formed part of the crew of ''[[Lancer One]]'' alongside [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] as part of [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s attack on [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his forces at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. Although they successfully completed their mission, Jhiaxus had anticipated the Autobots' strategy and his retaliation forced Rodimus Prime to declare an Autobot surrender. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===The Special Teams===
Groove and the rest of the Protectobots were posted at the [[Pullen Power Plant]] to defend it while its human workers had been evacuated due to the possibility of a landslide in the area. Blades soon spotted the Stunticons heading towards their position. Racing to meet their incoming foes, Groove was surprised to witness these newcomers combine into Menasor.To combat this new threat, the Protectobots merged once more into Defensor. The Decepticons soon found himself losing the battle and dispersed, though the storm around them had gotten too bad for the Autobots to give chase. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Groove-darkages-robot.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|War Within! Yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin'!]]
After the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], many of the special teams went into hiding or broke up to continue fighting on different factions. Groove, despite his freewheeling ways, stuck with his team during the [[Dark Ages]] and acted as go-between bot for [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], taking pride in his great speed. Though officially neutral, Groove and his team deployed to counter the threat of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in the [[Tagan Heights]]. {{storylink|Escalation}} When Defensor began prioritizing Devastator's destruction over preventing collateral damage, Wreckers leader Springer had to talk the Protectobots into separating, after which they were able to use their individual smarts to bring the Constructicon combiner down: while First Aid and Hot Spot plugged an electrical cable into Devastator's leg, Groove brought the other end to Streetwise so he could plug it into Tagan Heights' power grid, overloading Devastator with electricity and shutting him down. {{storylink|Devastation}}

Later, the [[Chaos Trinity]] invaded the Protectobots' base to abduct Hot Spot. During this attack, Groove pleaded with Hot Spot to give the order to form Defensor once more. But Hot Spot hesitated, allowing [[The Fallen]]'s acolytes to defeat each Protectobot individually and make off with their target. To his credit, Groove was the last Protectobot to be defeated by the intruders. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

In modern times, Groove and the Protectobots were damaged while battling Menasor as Defensor and had to be rescued by Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Defensor later joined the united Autobot forces in overthrowing Shockwave's control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} In the aftermath, Groove and the Protectobots processed the forensics at one of Shockwave's labs, where a mysterious energy discharge had disabled the Battlechargers and shot out into the sky. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:TheIronAge Autobots vs Decepticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Groove don't need this fascist thing.]]

Four million years ago, Groove was a soldier in the Autobot army working under [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]. He, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] held the line to prevent the Decepticon advancement in one of Cybertron's major cities. At the celebration that followed the Autobots' victory, he was seen chatting with [[Gizmo]] and [[Download]]. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

In the modern day, Groove was among [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'s team of Autobots on Earth. He worked under Bumblebee to locate the Decepticons remaining on the planet until Prowl butted in and recruited him into the investigation on [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|The Question}} As part of this task, he and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] brought former [[Skywatch]] agent [[Sandra (G1)|Sandra]] to their headquarters for interrogation. {{storylink|Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|Only Forward}}

Groove was of the 'bots who [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] refused a place on the ''[[Lost Light]]'' during the "Crewditions" (Which later turned out to be fake). Six months later, Groove had joined the ship's crew, and was outside [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s office when the psychiatrist was interviewing Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} During some downtime, Groove and Streetwise indulged in a bout of wrestling at [[Swerve's]] but when an inebriated [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] set off a silent alarm breaking into the medibay they were called into action as part of a security team alongside Megatron, [[Aquafend]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Ascertaining that there was no immediate threat, Megatron dismissed the rest of the team to deal with Trailcutter himself. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}

[[File:MistakesAndMayhem-Protectobotssortof.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey, you guys, combine into a larger guy, but not in a way that looks like Groove is involved!]]

Groove was in [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s bar when the ''Lost Light'' began paradoxing itself out of existence piece by piece. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Some time after the ''Lost Light'' was restored, Groove and four other crewmembers were chosen to escort [[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] back to Cybertron after he started seeing apocalyptic visions. Streetwise joked that the five of them were "Protectobots". {{storylink|The Possible Light}} Once they arrived, Mirage led them hurriedly to Optimus Prime to tell them about his vision, when suddenly [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked, who was hoping to destroy the [[space bridge]] to Cybertronian colonies. [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] countered him, but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] feared the Autobot combiner wouldn't be enough, so he used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to create another. Groove, the other four "Protectobots," and [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]], who had wandered into the group, were all combined into the mighty [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Groove and the Protectobots chose to leave Cybertron and return to the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Groove and the rest of the Protectobots rushed the Decepticon fortress [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], undaunted by its enormous size. When Trypticon assumed its battle station mode, the Protectobots merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to better fight back. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
*After the Protectobots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, Groove and the rest of the team combined into Defensor to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

Groove, alongside [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], responded to an emergency call that was in actuality a trap set by the Decepticons [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Despite the duo's schemes, the Autobots were able to send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|False Alarm}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsGroove.jpg|thumb|right|300px|If you choose the wrong Groove, you may just lose!]]
Groove participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Groove''' (Protectobot, 1986/1987)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P2'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-74'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' Groove transforms into a motorcycle, and is one of the most ''incredibly'' simplistic Transformer toys ever released. He has virtually nothing recognizable as legs; only the seat halves split apart to form his feet. His arms are formed from the chrome engine pieces on his sides, which swing up from the shoulder and would otherwise not be recognizable as arms. He comes with two "Vaporator" cannons, which are pegged onto posts at the rear of the bike mode. He also comes with a "photon pistol" which he can hold, only sideways. As a ''[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]''-style combiner member, he can form any of [[Defensor (G1)#Generation 1|Defensor's]] limbs, though he nominally forms Defensor's right leg. Finally, he has a [[rubsign]] on his windshield... despite the fact that he has an Autobot [[insignia]] on the front wheel covering just below the windshield. Okay then.

:Like all ''Scramble City''-style combiner limbs, Groove was sold on carded [[packaging]]. Subsequent releases of him in the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line omitted the rub sign [[gimmick]]. This mold was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Sparkride (OC)|Sparkride]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Groove/groove.htm More information on Groove at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Defensor''' (giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-76'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:Groove was also available as part of the Defensor giftset, unchanged from his individual release. It is currently unknown which construction variants came in the set.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Defensor/defensor.htm More information on Defensor at TFU.info]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2-Groove.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm [[Playskool|day-glo playskool]] and yet cost more than your house. Chew on that.]]
*'''Groove''' (Unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P3'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:A bright orange and aqua-blue [[redeco]] of Groove's Generation 1 toy was planned, but was canceled after a only a few packaged production samples were made. As such, the existing samples go for a ''lot'' of money on the secondary market.

::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/g2/groove/850/1/ Image gallery of ''Generation 2'' Groove at Seibertron.com]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:Kre-O-Toy Groove.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Hey dude, check out my ride".]]
*'''Autobot Groove''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 77'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, small pistol

:As part of the second wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Groove is a [[Kreon]] that can be rebuilt into a motorcycle. He reuses [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]'s helmet and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s pistol.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OAcidWing/acidwing.htm More information on Acid Wing at TFU.info]''

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* '''Protectobot Groove''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, small pistol

:In 2016, Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Groove got a slight [[tampograph]] tweak, replacing the flat light gray paint with shiny silver.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.

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===Transformers (2014)===
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[[File:Transformers-2014-Protectobots-Emergency-Response-Groove.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Groove's Rule 63 incarnation.]]
*'''Protectobots Emergency Response''' (three-pack, [[2014]])
:"Protectobot Groove" (named so for [[trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse]] Legion Class [[Arcee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Arcee]], sporting two blue blasters (whereas Arcee had just included one). The toy's color scheme ''might'' be based on ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Groove (Universe)|Groove]].

:Groove is only available in three-pack with [[Streetwise (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Streetsmart]] and [[First Aid (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot First Aid]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/AKDGroove/groove.htm More information on ''Protectobots'' Groove at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarsGroove.jpg|thumb|300px|59th Chest Plate Bot (Feelin' Groovy)]]
*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Legends Class, 2015)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends class figures, Groove is a modernized version of the character, transforming into a motorcycle. As [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] has taken his place as a limb of Defensor, the now-much-more-to-semi-proper-[[scale]] Groove now forms Defensor's chestplate. The instructions have you assemble the chestplate mode upside-down (to match the stock photography), but the proper assembly is to attach Groove to Defensor with the wheel facing upwards, connecting a small peg on Defensor's chest into a peghole behind Groove's pelvis and the pegs on Groove's arms to pegholes in Defensor's chest.

:Legends Groove also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

: This mold was retooled into [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Generations|Wreck-Gar]], and redecoed into [[Rust Dust#Generations|Rust Dust]] and [[Override (Adventure)|Override]]. It also served as the basis of the non-toy ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' character [[Vampire (BW)|Vampire]] and the ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' incarnation of [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]].

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[[File:TF-Combiner-Wars-Protectobot-Groove.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Defensor's New Groove.]]
*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
**'''4 OF 5: [[Sky Reign]]'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, Foot/Hand/Gun

:The Hasbro release of the ''Unite Warriors'' Groove figure (see below) is available individually with some changes: the small [[copyright]] and [[Wikipedia:CE marking|CE marking]] [[tampograph]]s on the back of his feet required for legal reasons), the guns have cylindrical handles rather than the Takara's detented ones, the knee pin has a flat head compared to the simple one, the two red lights at the sides on the windshield are pinker, and his blue windshield is less greenish.

:The figure saw different methods of distribution in different markets, as is common for "special" products: In Taiwan, Groove was initially released as a promotional item [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]] Taiwan, if the customer purchased 1799 Taiwan Dollars (approximately US$55) worth of Transformers products in a single transaction. The promotion ran from [[March 25]]th till [[May 2]]nd. After the promotion had ended, the figure was made available as a general retail release in Taiwan, including (again) Toys"R"Us. Meanwhile, in North America, Hasbro made him available as a "shared exclusive" between various online retailers as part of 2016's "May Mayhem" promotion like [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]] and [[Wildrider (G1)#Generations|Brake-Neck]] a year earlier. Later in 2016 September, he was also released directly on HasbroToyShop.

:His packaging claims he is part of [[Sky Reign]], replacing [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations|Smokescreen]] as a leg. He can also combine with his Protectobot teammates (excluding Rook and his Legends Class counterpart) to form [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]], if that's how you want to roll. His [[package art|packaging art]] is recolored from his ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Legends]]'' mobile game card art, made to (more or less) match his toy colors.

:Deluxe Groove also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

:This mold was retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Afterburner (G1)#Generations|Afterbreaker]] and ''Unite Warriors'' [[Afterburner_(G1)#Unite_Warriors_2|Afterburner]].

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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:Unite-warriors-UW-03-Guardian-Groove.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|How Defensor Got His Groove Back]]
*'''Guardian''' (2015-[[December 12|12-12]])
**''ID Number:'' '''UW-03'''
**''Accessories'': Protectobot Weapons/Extremities, 4 small weapons
:Takara's iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Defensor is sold in a gift set including all five original Protectobots, with Groove (as a new Deluxe-sized mold) included instead of [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]]. Groove transforms into either an [[Afterburner (G1)|oversized bike]] or a limb for any combiner within the Unite Warriors line, although he would normally be associated with Guardian.

:As a Takara-initiated design (instead of the Hasbro/Takara collaboration most other ''Combiner Wars'' figures are), Groove sports several differences compared to the other Deluxe figures in the line. Those include [[light-piping]] for the eyes (a concept mostly abandoned by Hasbro these days), ''two'' individual hand-held weapons instead of just one, a [[5mm post|5mm peg hole]] underneath the right arm to attach the hand/foot/gun accessory in robot mode, and a slightly more complex transformation due to Takara not being constrained by Hasbro's budget for the Deluxe price point. Takara also didn't design a new hand/foot/gun accessory for Groove; instead, he comes with the HFG piece available with various iterations of the [[Alpha Bravo#Generations|Alpha Bravo]]/[[Blades (G1)#Generations|Blades]]/[[Vortex (G1)#CombinerWars|Vortex]] sculpt. In addition, the individual handguns are cast in clear plastic and painted over in an opaque color with the exception of the handles and the top sections, the latter of which are smoked red to give the impression of police lights.

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Guardian was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, rather than being a regular release. Preorders were open from May 25 to July 6, 2015, and it was shipped the following December.
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==Merchandise==
===G Guardian===
*'''Groove''' (Candy toy, 2012)[[File:Kabayagroove.jpg|thumb|I can roll!!!]]
:Groove is a snap-together [[candy toy]] model kit produced by [[Kabaya]] for their [[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]] series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. He can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]]. He, along with Graze, First Aid, and Streetwise, can also combine with Kabaya's [[Transformers Gum]] Hot Spot to form [[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]. G Guardian's [[Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather]] attach to Guardian to create [[God Guardian]].

==Notes==
*Groove had the pre-production name '''Cruiser'''.<ref>[[Sunbow Productions]] cast list entry for "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]".</ref>
*Sometimes [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] likes to steal Groove's pacifism and run off with it.
*During the dream sequence of [[Second Generation!]], Groove described himself as being "fast and flashy", wanting in on the action busting Decepticon heads. These are not character traits that Groove displayed outside of this.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Groove''' (グルーブ ''Gurūbu'')
*''French:'' '''Le Sillon''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Chips'''<ref>Named after the TV show starring Eric Estrada, which was very popular in Italy in the 1980s.</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chēzhé''' (车辙, "Rut")
*''Russian:'' '''Drug''' (Друг, "Friend")
*''Hungarian:'' ''Vágat'' (Slot, Lining)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Groove/groove.htm Groove at TFU.info]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=850&size=0&start=0 Generation 2 Groove photogallery @ Seibertron.com]

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Groove (G1)

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:''Groove is <s>a dirty hippie</s> an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Groove-robotmode.jpg|upright=1.45|thumb|Lay back and dream on a rainy day.]]
'''Groove''' is a free spirit, man. A full fuel tank and an open sky above him is all this chopper needs to mellow out and enjoy whatever good vibrations the open road brings his way. One relaxed, easy-going dude, Groove is also a bit of a loner in his soul. He doesn't make a lot of attachments to others, preferring the freedom of an empty highway, but he is always sure to be there with the love when his Protectobot teammates need his help. Groove doesn't like combat or conflict in general, and is always ready to give peace a chance.

Groove combines with his fellow Protectobots to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], [[Gaia Guardian]], or [[God Guardian]], and sometimes he is part of [[Sky Reign]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Ask Vector Prime====
The Protectobots once lived on the colony world of [[Archon]], but as the colony slowly began to fail they succumbed to [[stasis lock]]. They remained that way until [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] chanced across the ruins of the planet and brought them back to Earth. The only way to revive them was through an [[energon]] infusion; the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s volunteered for the process. The Protectobots made a complete recovery and then some: the transfusion had given them the ability to combine! Optimus Prime gave them [[Protectobots' headquarters|their own headquarters]] in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], hoping that city life would help them acclimatize to life on Earth while also providing the metropolis with an extra degree of protection. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 21/9/2015}}

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "B.O.T."), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "Ghost in the Machine"), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, "The Ultimate Weapon") |[[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Michael Rüth]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon''), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus'')}}

[[File:G1 RevengeofBruticus Groove Streetwise freezer.jpg|left|upright=0.95|thumb|If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air...]]
When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and Groove commandeered a meat locker to keep the overheated humans cool. Groove was worried that the humans would freeze in there, but Streetwise assured him that given the constantly rising temperatures outside, the humans would be fine. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Groove, as part of Defensor, totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they helped save some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, Groove extinguishing the flames with his liquid nitrogen. Later still, Groove and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:G1 GhostintheMachine Groove lockedloaded.jpg|upright=0.95|thumb|Let this groove / light up your fuse / it's all right, alllll right!]]
In the year [[2006]], Groove and the Protectobots were frequently active on both Earth and Cybertron. Shortly before the first Cybertronian peace conference, Groove attended a surprise birthday party for [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. He was therefore available to help [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the other Autobots fend off a Combaticon assault on the conference's shuttle bay. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} On another occasion, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s eyes were stolen under unusual circumstances at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], and so [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] had [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on high alert. When the Decepticon [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] began brazenly flying into their air space, Rodimus ordered Groove and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] to man the defensive laser batteries and blow him out of the sky.

The pacifistic Groove's response? "Locked and loaded!"

After pummeling Astrotrain with laser fire, the Autobots realized the stolen eyes weren't for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], but [[Unicron]]. Groove joined Ultra Magnus and a squad of Autobots who traveled aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to investigate their artificial moon. Unicron awakened while they were inside him, however, and unleashed an electron storm which blasted the Autobots out into space. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

Back on Earth, the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors by driving at them in a scary fashion, Groove and the other Autobots defended the human civilians and covered First Aid, who was carrying the downed [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] back to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Later, it turned out the battle was only a diversion to allow [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to steal Metroplex's [[transformation cog]]. First Aid left the Autobots when he failed to stop the theft. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor without First Aid, and they still successfully saved a train full of civilians. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. They transported the injured [[Jessica Morgan]] to County General Hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. This had [[Hate Plague|negative consequences]]. What a jerkface. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

For [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]]'s birthday, Groove, among other Autobots, presented to the human boy a cake. {{Storylink|Surprise Party#Season 5|Season 5: Surprise Party}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
Groove and his fellow Protectobots joined forces with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s when the Decepticon combiners attacked a baseball stadium. Hot Spot was damaged in battle, leaving the Protectobots unable to remain combined as Defensor. [[Kenji]], the Autobots' human friend, devised a plan to shoot out the leg components of the Decepticon super warriors. Groove transformed into motorcycle mode and drove Kenji through a flying jump, letting the boy get close enough to [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to yell out his plan. After Superion zapped out the Decepticons' legs, Groove and his fellow Protectobots slipped on in their place, forcing [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] to move according to the Autobots' commands. The poor Decepticons were last seen being led out to sea by their own disobedient legs. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City: Mobilization=====
Groove and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. Groove and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], the famous scientist, the Protectobots and Aerialbots sped off to rescue the doctor from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Working with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], however, Trypticon's Scramble City launcher power allowed the Decepticons to disable Superion before he got close enough to attack. With the Aerialbots seriously injured, the Protectobots had to formulate a new plan. Hot Spot quickly got to work in repair bay mode bringing the Aerialbots back to full status. While [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] snuck into Trypticon alone to rescue the doctor, Groove, First Aid and Streetwise had the unenviable task of defending Hot Spot against both Bruticus and Menasor until he could finish his repair work. Although they took a serious pounding, Groove and his valiant comrades held the line long enough for the Aerialbots to recover and Blades to save Dalton. The Protectobots and Aerialbots left Trypticon victorious, and escorted the thankful doctor back to Metroplex, where he began work on the new [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
In [[2011]], Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Groove and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, Groove's team assembled on Earth at Ultra Magnus's command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], Groove and the Protectobots assembled before the [[space bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Groove and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. [[Shouki]] and the Trainbots occupied the fiends so that the Protectobots could proceed on to the village and protect the innocent lives. Nevertheless, the Protectobots failed to reach the village, as they were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. Groove and the Protectobots briefly struggled with the Headmasters before forming Defensor, but that left them grouped together and vulnerable to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force Groove and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

Groove and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. Groove and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Groove and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Groove and the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched Groove and the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, Groove participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Groove and the other Protectobots played a game of baseball in celebration of First Aid's friend [[NUL-A]]'s birthday. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!|Today Is First Aid's Close Friend NUL-A's Birthday!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Groove-savemyself.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Down a crowded avenue.]]
Groove's coming, along with that of the other Protectobots, was foretold in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of the future shared between [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. In this prophetic vision, Groove and the other Protectobots battled the Stunticons and the Combaticons to defend the [[Pullen Power Plant]] from the evil robots. Throughout the clash, each team combined into their gestalt forms, and Superion aided Defensor in his mission.'' {{storylink|The Special Teams Have Arrived}} {{storylink|Second Generation!}}
Streetwise and the other Protectobots were then created on Earth by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and the Autobots after they stole a recording of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combiner transformation sequence and modified it. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

After being brought on-line by Optimus Prime, Groove and his team went on a mission to intercept the Decepticons before they could steal the [[hydrothermocline]] from a [[Energy Futures Industries]]. Both sides ended up agreeing to do battle in a virtual landscape maintained by the powerful computer system at the plant, so that the Decepticons wouldn't damage their prize and the Autobots could insure the safety of innocent lives. The lives of both faction leaders were wagered on the outcome of the game. Patrolling the computer-generated area of Multi-World known as the Cloud-Steppes, Groove and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] were attacked by Combaticons [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. When the Decepticon fliers severed the floating roadway Groove was driving on, he shouted at Blades to let him save himself and instead catch the Cloud-Steppers who fell with him. In gratitude, the humanoids unleashed a cloud cover which distracted the Combaticons long enough for Groove to blast them with his photon pistol. Ultimately, Optimus Prime declared himself the loser of the game, and so Groove and the other Protectobots watched their leader detonate before their eyes. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

Groove was one of the several Autobots who watched on as Ratchet futilely tried to repair Optimus Prime's body. Once the Autobot leader was declared irreparable, the Autobots held a funeral service for their leader, and launched his remains into space. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}}

After [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] abandoned the Autobots due to their disagreements with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock's]] leadership, Grimlock tasked the Protectobots with finding the deserters and returning them to the Ark. Groove and the others found them (and the [[Throttlebot]]s) hiding at [[Big Steve's Used Cars]], where the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s had already arrived. As the two teams battled each other, individually Groove squared off with [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], and both sides were so blinded by their battle that they didn't notice [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] making away with Goldbug and the Throttlebots. With the Combaticons deterred, however, the Protectobots still had Blaster to bring back to Grimlock... for trial and execution. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Blaster was fitted with a [[mode lock]] and clamped to Groove's motorcycle mode, who in turn rode within First Aid to make sure their captive wouldn't escape. Upon driving through a train yard however, the team ran afoul of the Combaticons yet again. Before the battle was underway, Groove sped off, stash Blaster within a drainage pipe, and then rejoined his comrades. In short order, the Combaticons merged into Bruticus, forcing the Protectobots to themselves combine to match his strength. The battle nonetheless went badly for Defensor, and he was knocked down after being batted with an entire freight train. But Blaster, who had gotten his mode lock removed by some errant children, in turn defeated Bruticus by collapsing an electrical tower atop of the behemoth. In thanks, the Protectobots allowed their prisoner to "escape" them alongside his new friends. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] was empowered by his short exposure to the [[Underbase]], he obliterated all of the Technobots, including Groove, in [[Buenos Aires]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

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====Transformers Comic-Magazin====
In defense of the Earth's energy resources, Groove and the Protectobots formed Defensor and battled Menasor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|Transformers in Action: He Who Laughs Last ...}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Groove-g2vehicle.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And my soul's been psychedelicized.]]
Groove returned to working with the Autobots after Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]] and their threat to the universe. He participated in Grimlock's ill-fated sabotage attempt on the [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Liege Centuro]]'s warships, which ended in the raiding party being captured by enemy forces. Fortunately, Optimus and a contingency of Autobots were quick to catch up with Grimlock's group, and liberated Groove and the others. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, he joined the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in a training exercise against [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the Dinobots. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It was so, you know, groovy to come back here this way.]]
Around twenty years after supposed end of the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Groove found himself on the front lines defending Cybertron from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Blitz Engine]]s alongside [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]], [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] and [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}} Later, Groove formed part of the crew of ''[[Lancer One]]'' alongside [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] as part of [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s attack on [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his forces at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. Although they successfully completed their mission, Jhiaxus had anticipated the Autobots' strategy and his retaliation forced Rodimus Prime to declare an Autobot surrender. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===The Special Teams===
Groove and the rest of the Protectobots were posted at the [[Pullen Power Plant]] to defend it while its human workers had been evacuated due to the possibility of a landslide in the area. Blades soon spotted the Stunticons heading towards their position. Racing to meet their incoming foes, Groove was surprised to witness these newcomers combine into Menasor.To combat this new threat, the Protectobots merged once more into Defensor. The Decepticons soon found himself losing the battle and dispersed, though the storm around them had gotten too bad for the Autobots to give chase. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Groove-darkages-robot.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|War Within! Yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin'!]]
After the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]], many of the special teams went into hiding or broke up to continue fighting on different factions. Groove, despite his freewheeling ways, stuck with his team during the [[Dark Ages]] and acted as go-between bot for [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], taking pride in his great speed. Though officially neutral, Groove and his team deployed to counter the threat of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in the [[Tagan Heights]]. {{storylink|Escalation}} When Defensor began prioritizing Devastator's destruction over preventing collateral damage, Wreckers leader Springer had to talk the Protectobots into separating, after which they were able to use their individual smarts to bring the Constructicon combiner down: while First Aid and Hot Spot plugged an electrical cable into Devastator's leg, Groove brought the other end to Streetwise so he could plug it into Tagan Heights' power grid, overloading Devastator with electricity and shutting him down. {{storylink|Devastation}}

Later, the [[Chaos Trinity]] invaded the Protectobots' base to abduct Hot Spot. During this attack, Groove pleaded with Hot Spot to give the order to form Defensor once more. But Hot Spot hesitated, allowing [[The Fallen]]'s acolytes to defeat each Protectobot individually and make off with their target. To his credit, Groove was the last Protectobot to be defeated by the intruders. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

In modern times, Groove and the Protectobots were damaged while battling Menasor as Defensor and had to be rescued by Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Defensor later joined the united Autobot forces in overthrowing Shockwave's control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} In the aftermath, Groove and the Protectobots processed the forensics at one of Shockwave's labs, where a mysterious energy discharge had disabled the Battlechargers and shot out into the sky. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:TheIronAge Autobots vs Decepticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Groove don't need this fascist thing.]]

Four million years ago, Groove was a soldier in the Autobot army working under [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]. He, [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] held the line to prevent the Decepticon advancement in one of Cybertron's major cities. At the celebration that followed the Autobots' victory, he was seen chatting with [[Gizmo]] and [[Download]]. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

In the modern day, Groove was among [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'s team of Autobots on Earth. He worked under Bumblebee to locate the Decepticons remaining on the planet until Prowl butted in and recruited him into the investigation on [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|The Question}} As part of this task, he and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] brought former [[Skywatch]] agent [[Sandra (G1)|Sandra]] to their headquarters for interrogation. {{storylink|Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|Only Forward}}

Groove was of the 'bots who [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] refused a place on the ''[[Lost Light]]'' during the "Crewditions" (Which later turned out to be fake). Six months later, Groove had joined the ship's crew, and was outside [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s office when the psychiatrist was interviewing Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} During some downtime, Groove and Streetwise indulged in a bout of wrestling at [[Swerve's]] but when an inebriated [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]] set off a silent alarm breaking into the medibay they were called into action as part of a security team alongside Megatron, [[Aquafend]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Ascertaining that there was no immediate threat, Megatron dismissed the rest of the team to deal with Trailcutter himself. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 2: Words Hang in the Air|Words Hang in the Air}}

[[File:MistakesAndMayhem-Protectobotssortof.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey, you guys, combine into a larger guy, but not in a way that looks like Groove is involved!]]

Groove was in [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s bar when the ''Lost Light'' began paradoxing itself out of existence piece by piece. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Some time after the ''Lost Light'' was restored, Groove and four other crewmembers were chosen to escort [[Mirage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Mirage]] back to Cybertron after he started seeing apocalyptic visions. Streetwise joked that the five of them were "Protectobots". {{storylink|The Possible Light}} Once they arrived, Mirage led them hurriedly to Optimus Prime to tell them about his vision, when suddenly [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked, who was hoping to destroy the [[space bridge]] to Cybertronian colonies. [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] countered him, but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] feared the Autobot combiner wouldn't be enough, so he used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to create another. Groove, the other four "Protectobots," and [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]], who had wandered into the group, were all combined into the mighty [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Groove and the Protectobots chose to leave Cybertron and return to the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Groove and the rest of the Protectobots rushed the Decepticon fortress [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], undaunted by its enormous size. When Trypticon assumed its battle station mode, the Protectobots merged into [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] to better fight back. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Defensor and Trypticon|Defensor and Trypticon commercial}}
*After the Protectobots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, Groove and the rest of the team combined into Defensor to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and the Protectobots launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

Groove, alongside [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], responded to an emergency call that was in actuality a trap set by the Decepticons [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Despite the duo's schemes, the Autobots were able to send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|False Alarm}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsGroove.jpg|thumb|right|300px|If you choose the wrong Groove, you may just lose!]]
Groove participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited by collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Groove''' (Protectobot, 1986/1987)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P2'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-74'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' Groove transforms into a motorcycle, and is one of the most ''incredibly'' simplistic Transformer toys ever released. He has virtually nothing recognizable as legs; only the seat halves split apart to form his feet. His arms are formed from the chrome engine pieces on his sides, which swing up from the shoulder and would otherwise not be recognizable as arms. He comes with two "Vaporator" cannons, which are pegged onto posts at the rear of the bike mode. He also comes with a "photon pistol" which he can hold, only sideways. As a ''[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]''-style combiner member, he can form any of [[Defensor (G1)#Generation 1|Defensor's]] limbs, though he nominally forms Defensor's right leg. Finally, he has a [[rubsign]] on his windshield... despite the fact that he has an Autobot [[insignia]] on the front wheel covering just below the windshield. Okay then.

:Like all ''Scramble City''-style combiner limbs, Groove was sold on carded [[packaging]]. Subsequent releases of him in the "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line omitted the rub sign [[gimmick]]. This mold was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Sparkride (OC)|Sparkride]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Groove/groove.htm More information on Groove at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1toy defensor giftset.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Defensor''' (giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-76'''
**''Accessories:'' "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:Groove was also available as part of the Defensor giftset, unchanged from his individual release. It is currently unknown which construction variants came in the set.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Defensor/defensor.htm More information on Defensor at TFU.info]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2-Groove.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm [[Playskool|day-glo playskool]] and yet cost more than your house. Chew on that.]]
*'''Groove''' (Unreleased)
**''Team ID number:'' '''P3'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", left and right "Twin Vaporators"

:A bright orange and aqua-blue [[redeco]] of Groove's Generation 1 toy was planned, but was canceled after a only a few packaged production samples were made. As such, the existing samples go for a ''lot'' of money on the secondary market.

::*''[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/g2/groove/850/1/ Image gallery of ''Generation 2'' Groove at Seibertron.com]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:Kre-O-Toy Groove.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Hey dude, check out my ride".]]
*'''Autobot Groove''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 77'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, small pistol

:As part of the second wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Groove is a [[Kreon]] that can be rebuilt into a motorcycle. He reuses [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]'s helmet and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s pistol.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OAcidWing/acidwing.htm More information on Acid Wing at TFU.info]''

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* '''Protectobot Groove''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, small pistol

:In 2016, Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Groove got a slight [[tampograph]] tweak, replacing the flat light gray paint with shiny silver.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.

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===Transformers (2014)===
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[[File:Transformers-2014-Protectobots-Emergency-Response-Groove.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Groove's Rule 63 incarnation.]]
*'''Protectobots Emergency Response''' (three-pack, [[2014]])
:"Protectobot Groove" (named so for [[trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse]] Legion Class [[Arcee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Arcee]], sporting two blue blasters (whereas Arcee had just included one). The toy's color scheme ''might'' be based on ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Groove (Universe)|Groove]].

:Groove is only available in three-pack with [[Streetwise (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Streetsmart]] and [[First Aid (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot First Aid]], which was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Hasbro's Asian markets, while in the United States, it was officially an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive that was later also stocked by other online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] for a hefty markup.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/AKDGroove/groove.htm More information on ''Protectobots'' Groove at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:CombinerWarsGroove.jpg|thumb|300px|59th Chest Plate Bot (Feelin' Groovy)]]
*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Legends Class, 2015)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Legends class figures, Groove is a modernized version of the character, transforming into a motorcycle. As [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]] has taken his place as a limb of Defensor, the now-much-more-to-semi-proper-[[scale]] Groove now forms Defensor's chestplate. The instructions have you assemble the chestplate mode upside-down (to match the stock photography), but the proper assembly is to attach Groove to Defensor with the wheel facing upwards, connecting a small peg on Defensor's chest into a peghole behind Groove's pelvis and the pegs on Groove's arms to pegholes in Defensor's chest.

:Legends Groove also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

: This mold was retooled into [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Generations|Wreck-Gar]], and redecoed into [[Rust Dust#Generations|Rust Dust]] and [[Override (Adventure)|Override]]. It also served as the basis of the non-toy ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' character [[Vampire (BW)|Vampire]] and the ''[[Spatiotemporal Challengers]]'' incarnation of [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]].

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[[File:TF-Combiner-Wars-Protectobot-Groove.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Defensor's New Groove.]]
*'''Protectobot Groove''' (Deluxe Class, 2016)
**'''4 OF 5: [[Sky Reign]]'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, Foot/Hand/Gun

:The Hasbro release of the ''Unite Warriors'' Groove figure (see below) is available individually with some changes: the small [[copyright]] and [[Wikipedia:CE marking|CE marking]] [[tampograph]]s on the back of his feet required for legal reasons), the guns have cylindrical handles rather than the Takara's detented ones, the knee pin has a flat head compared to the simple one, the two red lights at the sides on the windshield are pinker, and his blue windshield is less greenish.

:The figure saw different methods of distribution in different markets, as is common for "special" products: In Taiwan, Groove was initially released as a promotional item [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]] Taiwan, if the customer purchased 1799 Taiwan Dollars (approximately US$55) worth of Transformers products in a single transaction. The promotion ran from [[March 25]]th till [[May 2]]nd. After the promotion had ended, the figure was made available as a general retail release in Taiwan, including (again) Toys"R"Us. Meanwhile, in North America, Hasbro made him available as a "shared exclusive" between various online retailers as part of 2016's "May Mayhem" promotion like [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]] and [[Wildrider (G1)#Generations|Brake-Neck]] a year earlier.
Later in 2016 September, he was also released directly on HasbroToyShop.

:His packaging claims he is part of [[Sky Reign]], replacing [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations|Smokescreen]] as a leg. He can also combine with his Protectobot teammates (excluding Rook and his Legends Class counterpart) to form [[Defensor (G1)#Generations|Defensor]], if that's how you want to roll. His [[package art|packaging art]] is recolored from his ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Legends]]'' mobile game card art, made to (more or less) match his toy colors.

:Deluxe Groove also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

:This mold was retooled into ''Combiner Wars'' [[Afterburner (G1)#Generations|Afterbreaker]] and ''Unite Warriors'' [[Afterburner_(G1)#Unite_Warriors_2|Afterburner]].

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===Unite Warriors===
[[File:Unite-warriors-UW-03-Guardian-Groove.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|How Defensor Got His Groove Back]]
*'''Guardian''' (2015-[[December 12|12-12]])
**''ID Number:'' '''UW-03'''
**''Accessories'': Protectobot Weapons/Extremities, 4 small weapons
:Takara's iteration of ''Combiner Wars'' Defensor is sold in a gift set including all five original Protectobots, with Groove (as a new Deluxe-sized mold) included instead of [[Rook (Generations)|Rook]]. Groove transforms into either an [[Afterburner (G1)|oversized bike]] or a limb for any combiner within the Unite Warriors line, although he would normally be associated with Guardian.

:As a Takara-initiated design (instead of the Hasbro/Takara collaboration most other ''Combiner Wars'' figures are), Groove sports several differences compared to the other Deluxe figures in the line. Those include [[light-piping]] for the eyes (a concept mostly abandoned by Hasbro these days), ''two'' individual hand-held weapons instead of just one, a [[5mm post|5mm peg hole]] underneath the right arm to attach the hand/foot/gun accessory in robot mode, and a slightly more complex transformation due to Takara not being constrained by Hasbro's budget for the Deluxe price point. Takara also didn't design a new hand/foot/gun accessory for Groove; instead, he comes with the HFG piece available with various iterations of the [[Alpha Bravo#Generations|Alpha Bravo]]/[[Blades (G1)#Generations|Blades]]/[[Vortex (G1)#CombinerWars|Vortex]] sculpt. In addition, the individual handguns are cast in clear plastic and painted over in an opaque color with the exception of the handles and the top sections, the latter of which are smoked red to give the impression of police lights.

:''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' Guardian was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, rather than being a regular release. Preorders were open from May 25 to July 6, 2015, and it was shipped the following December.
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==Merchandise==
===G Guardian===
*'''Groove''' (Candy toy, 2012)[[File:Kabayagroove.jpg|thumb|I can roll!!!]]
:Groove is a snap-together [[candy toy]] model kit produced by [[Kabaya]] for their [[Gaia Guardian|G Guardian]] series, coming in an individual box packed with a stick of (chalky) gum. He can combine with his five wave-mates to form [[Gaia Guardian]]. He, along with Graze, First Aid, and Streetwise, can also combine with Kabaya's [[Transformers Gum]] Hot Spot to form [[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]. G Guardian's [[Heatrock]] and [[Skyfeather]] attach to Guardian to create [[God Guardian]].

==Notes==
*Groove had the pre-production name '''Cruiser'''.<ref>[[Sunbow Productions]] cast list entry for "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]".</ref>
*Sometimes [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] likes to steal Groove's pacifism and run off with it.
*During the dream sequence of [[Second Generation!]], Groove described himself as being "fast and flashy", wanting in on the action busting Decepticon heads. These are not character traits that Groove displayed outside of this.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Groove''' (グルーブ ''Gurūbu'')
*''French:'' '''Le Sillon''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Chips'''<ref>Named after the TV show starring Eric Estrada, which was very popular in Italy in the 1980s.</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chēzhé''' (车辙, "Rut")
*''Russian:'' '''Drug''' (Друг, "Friend")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Groove/groove.htm Groove at TFU.info]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=850&size=0&start=0 Generation 2 Groove photogallery @ Seibertron.com]

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