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This is the page for the '''TFWiki.net Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions''' entries. The rules are as follows:

#You must pick your top five ''Transformers'' characters, from any era. They must actually '''be''' Transformers; sorry, but no humans, non-Transformer aliens, non-Transformer robots, or anything else of the sort are being considered for the Hall of Fame. Any votes for such entities will '''not''' be tabulated. It is the sole discretion of the contest organizers to decide what does and does not count.
#Take your top five list and '''put it in alphabetical order'''. Order of preference does not matter. Feel free to denote the character's franchise of origin, although these distinctions may not figure into the final results.
#You '''cannot''' pick a specific version of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron or Starscream. They're already being inducted!
#Only one entry per user.

Please put your characters of choice and user name below in the following manner:

*Bulkhead (Animated), Emirate Xaaron, Side Swipe (Armada), Waspinator (BW), X-Brawn --(four tildes)

Poll entry period ends '''April 21st, 2010'''. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 01:19, 1 April 2010 (EDT)

==Poll entries==
* Bluestreak (G1), Drift, Lio Junior, Skyfire (G1), Wheelie (Movie) --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 01:23, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Elita One, Hellbat, Shokaract, Ultra Magnus, Wipe-Out --[[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 01:31, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Drift, Hot Shot, Shokaract, Ravage --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:36, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Impactor, Jhiaxus, Liege Maximo, Scrounge, Straxus --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:43, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Drift, Hopper, Shokaract, Straxus --[[User:Jhiaxus|Jhiaxus]] 01:45, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blackarachnia (BW), Bludgeon (G1), Hot Rod (G1), Jazz (G1), Prowl (Animated) --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:46, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blaster (G1), Nightbeat (G1), Rhinox (BW), Shockwave (G1), Sky-Byte (RID) --[[User:G1MarvelBlaster|G1MarvelBlaster]] 01:49, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dualor, Scorponok, Sky-Byte, Ratchet, Rattrap - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 01:59, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Emirate Xaaron, "Piano Transformer Guy", Wreck-Gar (Animated), Wreck-Gar (G1) [[User:Monty Prime|Monty Prime]] 02:07, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Grimlock, Ravage, Soundwave, Waspinator -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 02:12, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
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* Arcee (Animated), Blackarachnia (Animated), Elita One, Ravage, Wreck-Gar (Animated)--[[User:Wednesday|Wednesday]] 02:12, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Ironhide (Movie), Prowl (Animated), Rhinox, Sky-Byte, Soundwave --[[User:Abates|abates]] 02:18, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Devastator, Laserbeak, Ravage, Shokaract, Ultra Magnus --[[User:LV|LV]] 02:21, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blitzwing (Animated), Bludgeon (G1), Soundwave (G1), Waspinator, Wreck-Gar (Animated) --[[User:HunterCham|HunterCham]] 03:02, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Bludgeon, Elita One, Impactor, Ratbat, Soundwave -- [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] 03:15, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Overlord (G1), Shockwave (Animated), Sunstreaker (G1), Waspinator (BW) --[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 03:56, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blackarachnia, Dinobot, Rattrap, Ultra Magnus, Waspinator --[[User:HotAndCold|HotAndCold]] 04:47, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Devastator (G1), Dinobot, the Fallen, Hot Rod (G1), Optimus Primal -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 05:33, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Jazz (G1), Soundwave (G1), Ultra Magnus (G1), Vector Prime, Wreck-Gar (Animated) --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 06:18, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blitzwing (Animated), Dinobot, Grimlock (G1), Jazz (G1), Waspinator (BW)`--[[User:TVsGrady|TVsGrady]] 09:44, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dead End (SG), Grimlock (G1), Hubcap (G1), Rattrap, Sky-Byte (RID) --[[User:Bzero|Bzero]] 10:23, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Bruticus, Jazz (G1), Rumble, Shockwave, Shrapnel -- [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:26, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blaster (G1), Perceptor (G1), Rumble (G1), Shockwave (G1), Soundwave (G1) --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 10:34, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Grimlock (G1), Ramjet (Animated), Sentinel Prime (Animated), Sky-Byte (RID), Waspinator (BW) --[[User:Dan|Dan]] 9:40, 1 April 2010 (CDT)
* Big Daddy (G1), Dinobot (BW), Scrounge (G1), Waspinator (BW), Wheeljack (G1) -- [[User:Tonyfitz|Tonyfitz]] 12:07, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Big Daddy (G1), Bluestreak (G1), Dinobot (BW), Sky-Byte (RID), Waspinator (BW) -- [[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 12:41, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Drift, Sky-Byte, Soundwave (BW), Tarantulas, Waspinator (BW). [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:24, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Shockwave, Soundwave, Tarantulas, Waspinator. [[User:Gizen|—Gizen]] 15:00, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Arcee (G1), Elita 1(G1), Prowl (Animated), Rumble (G1), Soundwave.[[User:TFgirl|TFgirl]] 15:11, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blaster, Nightbeat (G1), Perceptor (G1), Shockwave, Wheeljack --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 15:49, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dirge (G1), Rattrap, Shockwave (G1), Sixshot (G1), and Soundwave (G1).[[User:Stevo|Stevo]] 15:55, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blades (G1), Punch, Scourge (RID), Side Burn (RID), and Smokescreen (G1) [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 16:17, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Ratchet, Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Swindle, Waspinator - [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 16:42, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Arcee (G1), Dinobot (BW), Galvatron (G1), Hot Rod (G1), Soundwave (G1)---[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 17:06, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Grimlock (G1), Optimus Primal (BW), Prowl (Animated), Shockwave (Animated), Sky-Byte (RiD)--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:47, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Crankcase (G1), Prowl (RID), Red Alert (Armada), Thundercracker (Cybertron), Vector Prime--[[User:Metal Gear NOIZE|Metal Gear NOIZE]] 22:20, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Cheetor (BW), Dinobot (BW), Ginrai, Optimus Primal, Prowl (Animated) --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 23:00, 1 April 2010 (EDT)
* Ironhide (Movie), Jetfire (G1), Omega Supreme (G1), Shockwave (G1), Soundwave (G1)--[[User:Shockmatter|Shockmatter]] 00:36, 2 April 2010 (EDT)
* Ironhide (G1), Jazz (G1), Optimus Primal, Ratchet (G1), Soundwave (G1) -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:46, 2 April 2010 (EDT)
* Prowl (G1), Soundwave (G1), Thunderwing (G1), Waspinator (BW) [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] 09:31, 2 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot (BW), Grimlock (G1), Ravage (G1), Sentinel Prime (Animated), Waspinator [[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 10:39, 2 April 2010 (EDT)
* Big Daddy (G1), Dinobot (BW), Rattrap (BW), Sky-Byte (RiD), Waspinator (BW) [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:29, 2 April 2010 (EDT)
* Bludgeon, Bugbite, Grimlock, Shockwave, Soundwave -- [[User:Arborday|Arborday]] 09:24, 3 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blitzwing (Animated), Cheetor, Soundwave (G1), Warpath (G1), Wreck-Gar (Animated) --[[User:Chocobo prime|Chocobo prime]] 19:34, 3 April 2010 (EDT)
* Gears, Omega Supreme, Shockwave, Soundwave, Sunstreaker -- [[Special:Contributions/72.205.32.171|72.205.32.171]] 20:36, 3 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot (BW), Jazz (G1), Soundwave (G1), Swindle (Animated), Tarantulas (BW) -- [[User:soliloquent|soliloquent]] 10:40, 3 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot (BW), Grimlock (G1), Jazz (G1), Soundwave (G1), Waspinator (BW) --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 02:25, 4 April 2010 (EDT)
* Brawn (G1), Grimlock (G1), Optimus Primal (BW), Ratchet (Animated), Slammer (G1) --[[User:Tengu|Tengu]] 03:41, 4 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blitzwing (Animated), Rotorstorm, Signal Lancer, Sixshot, Wreck-Gar (Animated) --[[User:Apoc|Apoc]] 06:11, 4 April 2010 (EDT)
* Grimlock (G1), Overlord (Masterforce), Side Burn (RID), Sideways (Armada), Waspinator (BW) --[[User:Fortress Minimus|Fortress Minimus]] 10:50, 4 April 2010 (EDT)
*Grimlock (G1), Overlord (G1), Scourge (RiD), Shockwave (G1), Star Saber (Victory) -- [[User:Kup22|Kup22]] 14:24, 2 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blitzwing (Animated), Jetfire (G1), Mirage (G1), Perceptor (G1), Prowl (Animated) --[[User:Silver|Silvery]] 14:26, 4 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Grimlock, Hot Rod, Powerdasher (drill), Waspinator -- [[User:JediFlaherty|JediFlaherty]] 01:52, 5 April 2010 (EDT)
*Grimlock (G1), Jetstorm (BM), Shockwave (G1), Sky-Byte, Waspinator -- [[User:Quickstrike|Quickstrike]] 02:02, 5 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Impactor, Shockwave, Soundwave, Ravage --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 04:45, 5 April 2010 (EDT)
* Grimlock (G1), Ironhide (G1), Optimus Primal (Beast Wars), Rodimus (Classics), Shockwave (G1) --Acheron40 09:50, 5 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot (BW), Jazz (G1), Perceptor (G1), Swindle (Animated), Tarantulas (BW)--[[User:TPScreenName|TPScreenName]] 12:38, 5 April 2010 (EDT)
* Bluestreak (G1), Fortress Maximus (G1), Grotusque(G1), Omega Supreme(G1), Sky Dive (G1) --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 13:28, 5 April 2010 (EDT)
* Bulkhead (Animated), Laserbeak (G1), Ratchet (Animated), Ravage (G1), Shockwave (Animated) --[[Special:Contributions/60.226.34.209|60.226.34.209]] 20:16, 5 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blitzwing, Grimlock, Jazz, Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus (g1) --[[Special:Contributions/203.45.237.63‎|203.45.237.63]] 21:20, 6 April 2010 (EDT)
* Devastator, Dinobot (BW), Grimlock, Unicron, Waspinator --[[Special:Contributions/136.152.181.185|136.152.181.185]] 20:37, 7 April 2010 (EDT)
* Galvatron, Ratbat, Rosanna, Swindle, Waspinator -- [[Derrick Wyatt]] 23:06, 7 April 2010 (EDT)
* Blackarachnia (BW), Blitzwing (Animated), Galvatron (G1), Soundwave (G1), Waspinator (BW) --[[User:Professor Icepick|Professor Icepick]] 23:55, 7 April 2010 (EDT)
* Big Convoy, Grimlock (G1), Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Sideswipe (SG) --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 03:58, 8 April 2010 (EDT)
* Cheetor, Dinobot(BW), Esmeral(SG), Paddles, Roadgrabber --[[User:Ennby|Ennby]] 23:59, 8 April 2010 (EDT)
* Ironhide(G1),Prowl (Animated),Rodimus Prime (G1), Ultra Magnus (G1), Wreck-Gar(Animated)--[[User:OptimusMagnus4|OptimusMagnus4]] 19:35, 9 April 2010 (EDT)
* Bulkhead (Animated), Dinobot, Grimlock, Ratchet, Tarantulas --[[User:Chip|Chip]] 21:37, 10 April 2010 (EDT)
* Dinobot, Grimlock, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Star Saber --Darkproject ,09:27, 12 April 2010 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Jazz, Prowl, Shockwave, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Rav|Rav]] 15:48, 12 April 2010 (EDT)
* Ironhide (G1), Jazz (Animated), Jazz (G1), Springer (G1), Ultra Magnus -- ABmatrix44
* Dinobot, Grimlock, Hot Rod (G1), Inferno (G1), Rattrap --airfox
* Dinobot, Ginrai, Grimlock (G1), Ironhide (G1), Optimus Primal -[[User:Mazenoise|Mazenoise]] 05:40, 14 April 2010 (EDT)
* Arcee, Jazz, Ravage, Shockwave, Soundwave -- [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 13:31, 14 April 2010 (EDT)
* Devastator, Dinobot, Grimlock, Shockwave, Soundwave -- [[User:Kcchia80|Kcchia80]] 13:31, 14 April 2010 (EDT)
* Grimlock (G1), Jazz (G1), Scorponok (G1), Shockwave (G1), Soundwave (G1) -- crazyfist1979 15 April 2010
*Astrotrain (G1), Shockwave (Animated), Hot Shot (Armada), Galvatron (G1) [[User:BlastWave|BlastWave]] 14:43, 16 April 2010 (EDT)

Kup (G1)

2009-04-16T19:01:16Z

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{{disambig3|Kup}}
:''Kup is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Kupg1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Four of me, and ya got a [[quartex]]. Speakin' of quartex, that reminds me of the time..."]]
'''Kup''' is a tough old coot. He's almost as old as rust, in fact, and he was plinking [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] and [[Ick-Yak|Ick-Yaks]] with acid bursts from his trusty musket laser long before most of you turbo-revvin' young punks were born. In his day, lasers didn't ''need'' to use light; they did whatever they were told to do. And liked it.

He's probably had a thousand adventures, Kup has, and he'll be glad to relate a story of any one of them at any time to a willing audience. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] love Kup's war stories, lapping it up like cheap [[Energon (G1)|Energon]], and don't seem to mind when he inadvertently leaves a piece out or changes the story between retellings. Old memory chips'll do that to you. Other Autobots can be less patient, and Kup finds this disrespectful and irritating. If there's one thing Kup dislikes, it's when young punks don't respect their elders. If they'd only listen, they might learn something. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] is one of the worst offenders in this way, but he's a good lad-bot, and Kup will straighten him out sooner or later, even if it takes a tank of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]].

Occasionally, Kup's vast experience gets in his way. When a situation doesn't remind him of anything, he has trouble figuring out what to do. This doesn't happen very often though.

{{bigquote|The past is the greatest teacher.|''Kup's Motto''}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Chear'''<ref>"Chear" is used twice in English on the Kup/Wheelie "Future Cybertrons" reissue, so is presumably the transliteration Takara currently favors.</ref> (チャー, chaa, except for "The Rebirth")
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Kaisso'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Kup''' — '''(Űr)Zsaru''' ["(Space)Cop"] in one of the dubs of The Movie.
:''Italian name'': '''Blitz''' / '''Char''' (''Headmasters'' dub only)
:''Russian TV dub name'': '''Vorchoon''' ("Grumbler")

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====American cartoon continuity====
=====Madman Transformers comic=====
[[Image:Madman comic HotRod sigh.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"You're gonna be the death of that guy, you know?"]]
In the year 2001, the Decepticons had managed to conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] completely. Before [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] left to lead the evacuation of the remaining Autobots on their home planet, he told [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] about his intention to hide the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] at a not-so-secret bunker on the construction site of the future [[Autobot City]] on [[Earth]]. The Decepticon [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his array of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Decepticon Mini-Cassettes]] managed to spy on meeting and moved to capture the Autobot relic for the Decepticon cause, but fortunately that young lad Hot Rod foiled their dastardly and vague plans. Upon arriving on [[Earth]], Kup was present when Hot Rod returned the Matrix to Optimus, and explained the strange Matrix-induced vision he received, to which Optimus Prime commented that perhaps Hot Rod's destiny was greater than the young Autobot realised. Kup had a decidedly different opinion, however. {{storylink|Madman Transformers Comic|Madman Transformers Comic}}

{{-}}
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon continuity=====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Lionel Stander]] → [[John Stephenson]] (US), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japan), [[Carl Béchard]] (French Canadian)

[[Image:Kup tale.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Matlooooooooock!]]
In his younger days, Kup was once imprisoned in the slave-mines of planet [[Dread]]. Though he was able to escape them, he was unable to help the other slaves, who remained trapped. The event would haunt him for years. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Though it is not yet established when Kup joined the Earth-bound [[Autobot|Autobots]], he was stationed at [[Autobot City]] during the 2005 invasion by the Decepticons. He was supervising construction efforts undertaken by [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and other workers when this work was interrupted by an impetuous drive-through by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. Kup was determined to straighten out the adventure-seeking youth.

After the Decepticons began their attack, Kup and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] were trapped outside of Autobot City's fortress-like defenses. Thanks to an attempted hull breach by the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], Kup and Hot Rod entered a small gap in one of Autobot City's heavy blast doors. In the process, Kup crunched [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s skull by running over it.

Inside the city, Kup and Hot Rod joined [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] in shoving an explosives launcher into place to help defend against the might of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. With the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] the next day, the tide of battle was turned and the Decepticons were defeated—but at a terrible price.

[[Image:TFTM Kup beserker.jpg|left|220px|thumb|"Y'see, lad -- I've been dismembering monsters since before you were a gleam in your protoform batch initiator's optic! Now fetch me some prune juice!"]]
Even as the Autobots began to pick up the pieces, they came under assault from a group of powerful, unfamiliar Decepticons and had to escape in their remaining shuttles. Once they were safely away, Kup passed the time during the trip by telling the Dinobots stories of his past (or complete fabrications, it's hard to tell). When the new Decepticons caught up to them again and attacked, Kup and Hot Rod crash-landed on [[Quintessa]], where they narrowly escaped being sentenced to death. He was finally struck dumb by the sight of [[Unicron]] attacking Cybertron, apparently having never experienced anything quite like it before. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}} {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}} {{storylink|Dark Awakening|Dark Awakening}}

When a survey mission led by Perceptor sent out an SOS, Kup responded with Rodimus Prime, [[Pipes]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. They found a large Quintesson presence on an asteroid within spitting distance of Cybertron. The Quints were driven off, but Perceptor was nearly incapacitated and the other Autobots from his team were missing. The Autobots soon learned the Quintessons were experimenting with a time window, attempting to alter Cybertronian history in their favor. Kup and the others fought off a Quintesson attempt to reclaim the asteroid, and managed to retrieve the lost Autobots from the past before destroying the time window completely. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

{{storylink|Fight or Flee|Fight or Flee}} {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost|Starscream's Ghost}}

While making a security inspection of Autobot City on Earth, Kup was impressed by the work [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] had been doing in his absence. Blaster's choice of music, however, still rattled his transistors. During Kup's visit, Autobot City was attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. They did serious damage to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], stealing his eyes and then blowing up a bomb inside his brain. Hopefully, Kup didn't mark that up in his report as a strike against Blaster. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine|Ghost in the Machine}}

{{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths|The Dweller in the Depths}}

Kup was working out of Autobot City on Earth when Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Springer and Arcee went missing investigating the human terrorist, [[Victor Drath]]. Some [[Arcee (G1)|blonde in a pink jumper]] tried to get his attention near the entrance, but he just drove on by. Humans. Sheesh -- always lookin' for autographs. {{storylink|Only Human|Only Human}}

After the new power generator was activated on Cybertron, the Autobots began experiencing malfunctions. In Kup's case, his vaunted memory was replaced with a form of robo-amnesia. They detected sabotage to the generator in the form of [[Anti-electron|anti-electrons]], and managed to clean out the generator before too much damage was done. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain|Grimlock's New Brain}} Running the security center on Cybertron, Kup detected the cataclysmic arrival of [[Tornedron]] shortly before the energy creature devoured all energy on the planet, leaving every Autobot completely inert. Only a small group of [[Primitive|Primitives]] from both factions managed to reach the creature's creator, [[Primacron]], and reverse the process. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives|Call of the Primitives}}

During a series of missions in Japan, Kup was working with Rodimus Prime while Roddy was being weighed down by the burden of leadership, and even briefly lost the Matrix. Kup taught him about ''giri''. Actually, he didn't really... he sort of stood on the sidelines making wise commentary about the kid's problems while Roddy went through it on his own. We're sure it helped in its own way, though. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

When the Autobots learned that Optimus Prime might still be alive, Rodimus Prime assembled an enormous task force to retrieve Prime's body from the treacherous human scientists who had taken possession of his body. While Ultra Magnus and Rodimus led several team members inside the laboratory, Kup remained outside on guard with Bumblebee, Wheelie, and several others. The situation turned deadly when the scientists unleashed space spores that induced a [[hate plague]] among the Autobots. The Aerialbots were among the first exposed, and Kup's team soon had to face off against a crazed [[Superion]]. They suffered serious damage and were taken off-line but, as a silver lining, also managed to escape contamination this way. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1|The Rebirth, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Later, on the planet [[Nebulos]], Kup encountered the Nebulan resistance against the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. Using Targetmaster technology stolen from the [[Decepticons]], Kup was partnered with the Nebulan [[Recoil]], who apparently then chewed his ear off about their leader, Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Additionally, this continuity moves the events of 2006 forward to 2010, and inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening years.}}

=====''The Transformer'' manga=====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Osamu Saka]]

Kup and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] were old friends. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

=====''Teletraan Go! Go!'' mini-comics=====
[[Image:TGGKup.jpg|left|100px|thumb|"I'm a crazy old man! Pay attention to me!"]]
Kup stopped a feisty Wheelie from annoying [[Teletraan 15]]. When she thanked him, he recognized her, gave her a big old spine-cracking hug, reminisced about the time with the giant [[Ick-Yaks]], realized he actually had ''no idea'' who she was, and drove off. {{storylink|15 Go! Go!|15 Go! Go!}}

{{note|In an aside, [[Teletraan 10]] boggles over the fact that Kup's weapon is a musket laser that fires hydrochloric acid over 8km, which makes absolutely no sense to her. Or anyone but [[Bob Budiansky]], probably.}}
{{-}}
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}
Kup and a platoon of Autobots were feeling pretty good about their mission on [[Deneb IV]] when suddenly the entire platoon was nearly washed away by a surprise Decepticon attack of acid rain. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[Image:KupsStoryKup01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"It all started back in nineteen dickety-two. We had to say 'dickety' 'cause the [[Liokaiser|Kaiser]] had stolen our word 'twenty'. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles..."]]
''Several hundred years ago, Kup became afflicted with [[combat fatigue]], a loss of nerves and will brought on by too many millions of years of non-stop fighting. Considering himself a liability to the Autobot cause, Kup went into "retirement", wandering space alone in his starship, waiting for the end eventually to take him. He was shaken out of his misery when he crossed paths with a pair of [[Tyroxian]] [[Tyroxian space transport|fighters]] attempting to destroy a lone spacecraft. Spurred into action, Kup disabled the pursuers and brought the hunted pilot on-board, and was surprised to finding he was a fellow Autobot named Hot Rod. Hot Rod was thrilled to have found aid and eagerly tried to recruit Kup into helping him return to [[Tyroxia]] and save his comrade [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Kup wasn't interested in getting involved any further, and he only agreed to take Hot Rod back to Cybertron. The young punk reprogrammed the ship's navigation computers, though, and landed on Tyroxia to rescue Blurr by himself. Kup was finally shaken out of his funk when he realized that Hot Rod represented everything he used to be, and he single-handedly saved Hot Rod and Blurr from their Tyroxian tormentors. His fighting spirit restored, Kup returned to Cybertron with the two Autobots and joined [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s troops alongside his new allies. {{storylink|Kup's Story!|Kup's Story!}}''

[[Image:RingofHate-Kup.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"I'll cry when I'm done killing!"]]

When Fortress Maximus became disheartened by the never-ending cycle of violence on Cybertron, he made plans to escape the war and set up a new life on the planet [[Nebulos]]. Though Kup's actions had become a violent mirror of their so-called enemies, he and many of his top warriors chose to follow their leader to this new world aboard the starship ''[[Steelhaven]]''. Tragically, a series of incidents and misunderstandings brought the Autobots and Nebulans to the brink of war within days of their arrival. Kup, forgetting why he had traveled there to begin with, was very happy to return fire, and was only stopped by Fortress Maximus himself. They retreated, and in a desperate attempt to show their true intentions, Fort Max, Kup and several others disarmed themselves in front of the Nebulan gates. Furthermore, Fortress Maximus and four of his lieutenants beheaded themselves and agreed to leave their lifeless heads and bodies, as well as their various weapons, in Nebulan custody so that serious peace talks could be conducted. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!|Ring of Hate!}}

[[Image:BrothersinArmor-Targetmasters.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Pretty sure this breaks Nebulos's concealed weapons laws!]]

Kup helped build an Autobot camp in a forest clearing during Fortress Maximus's absence. Soon, their camp was visited by Nebulan representatives from the [[Council of Peers]] interested in learning more about their interplanetary visitors, and Kup was glad to oblige. But one of the representatives, [[Lord Zarak]], used the meeting as an opportunity to contact the Autobots' enemies, the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

Matters quickly deteriorated after the arrival of the Decepticons, and two factions of Nebulans joined with both Autobots and Decepticons through bio-mechanical engineering to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Events turned against the Autobots as Lord Zarak, who had binary-bonded to Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], was able to sway public opinion in favor of the Decepticons, labeling the Autobots as renegades and taking their Headmasters prisoner. Some Nebulans remained loyal to Fortress Maximus's partner, [[Galen]], and traveled to the Autobot camp to forge an alliance. Making use of a new form of bio-mechanical engineering, Kup and the other weaponless Autobots were teamed with Nebulan Targetmasters to replace their lost guns. Kup personally was teamed with Recoil. As the conflict continued, though, both camps of Nebulans began to realize the devastation they were causing to their homeworld, and they decided to leave Nebulos and travel to Earth in search of other Transformers. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[Image:Kupdesertisland.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Kup finds a new young upstart to latch onto.]]

When Galen died on Earth and his role as Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner was assumed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Spike led Kup and the other Targetmasters on a mission to the [[Club Con|Decepticon's island headquarters]] to rescue his brother, [[Buster Witwicky]]. Kup voiced bad feelings about the rescue mission, especially about Spike's suitability to lead the mission. However, when Spike continued fighting despite repeated setbacks, Kup admitted that although Spike brought too much sentiment into the battle, he backed his emotionalism with guts. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!|The Desert Island of Space!}} Soon, Fortress Maximus's Autobots met up with the Earth-bound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and somehow the two Autobot camps wound up witnessing a battle between Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for Autobot leadership. Kup, along with the Autobots from both camps, began to watch this battle on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack. {{storylink|Totaled!|Totaled!}}

After Optimus Prime's return, Kup took over as Prime's head of security aboard the ''Ark''. When Prime took most of the Autobots to Earth to defend [[MacDill Air Force Base]] from the [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]], Kup and the other Autobots who remained on board the Ark were defeated by [[Blackjack]]. Kup was the first to reawaken, however he startled Blackjack as he was arming a series of explosive charges, and the explosives were regrettably armed. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} The countdown could not be stopped, but Kup refused to jettison themselves from the Ark, leaving their fallen comrades in the med bay to die. But an answer presented itself when Ratchet contacted them from Cybertron, as he had been kidnapped by Megatron. Ratchet orchestrated a trans-dimensional gate to send the explosives to Megatron's headquarters on Cybertron, which saved Kup and everyone else on board, but seemed to have killed both Ratchet and Megatron. {{storylink|Skin Deep!}}

Optimus Prime was hit hard by Ratchet's death, which alarmed Hot Rod and caused Kup to worry about the future of their cause. Subsequently, when Prime walked out on the Autobots, Kup was incredibly alarmed, but not as much as when he learned Hot Rod had a "plan" to win Prime back. Hot Rod let loose a [[Mark V Guardian droid]] on the ship, which he secretly controlled, but it turned on its master and Kup and the others were brutally attacked. To Hot Rod's credit, this did jolt Prime to his senses, though Kup was probably too damaged to "thank" him. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

The [[Matrix Quest]] resulted in the Decepticon [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] being possessed by the [[Creation Matrix]] and running amok in the Ark's docking bay. Kup and two other Autobots tried to sneak up on Thunderwing as he accosted Optimus Prime, but Thunderwing had grown too omniscient by then, and Kup was noticed and forced to retreat. After Thunderwing and the Matrix were jettisoned off the Ark, Kup was helped up off the ground by another Autobot. {{storylink|All Fall Down (comic issue)|All Fall Down}}

[[Image:Kuppriceoflife.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Experience, lad. You'll learn to appreciate it.]]

During one of Kup's sweeps of the Ark, he caught Grimlock trying to swipe the bodies of his fallen Dinobots from their life support pods. Grimlock cold-cocked him and escaped with the bodies in a [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport|stolen shuttle]]. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Kup recovered to find a monster forged from the bodies of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], which Optimus Prime refused to kill. It fell on Kup to tell Optimus his decisions were causing him to lose the support of the Autobots, and Prime's recently-announced decision to surrender to Scorponok didn't help things either. Kup reasoned that even if there was some part of Ratchet still inside the creature, Ratchet himself would not want to go on living in this fashion. Prime refused to kill the creature, but when Kup told him that the creature's unchecked destruction could end up destroying the Ark and everyone on board, Prime reluctantly had a change of heart. However, when it came down to it, Prime couldn't pull the trigger, and despite the objections of Kup and the others, he ordered them separated, even though it would mean Megatron would live. {{storylink|The Price of Life!}}

[[Image:Surrender-Kuptruck.jpg|left|100px|thumb|He's a pic'''kup''' truck, get it?]]

As planned, Prime surrendered his troops to Scorponok on the terms that they would consider an alliance against [[Unicron]]. Kup didn't take this very well, and when he was laughed at while surrendering [[Recoil|his weapon]], he lashed out at [[Apeface]] before being stopped by Prime. Kup told him he once knew an Optimus Prime who would have found another way, a Prime that would never ever surrender. [[Misfire]] was happy to interrupt this argument so that he could escort Kup to his cell. But Prime quickly grew restless in his own cell and, having disposed of [[Soundwave (G1)|his guard]], he tracked down Kup and Hot Rod and asked them for his help. Though Hot Rod leaped at the chance, Kup was not so easily won back. Prime pleaded with him at length, explaining that as a warrior race that had battled for millions of years, that surrender would actually take the most courage of all! Realizing Prime was right, Kup agreed to help him and Hot Rod storm Lord Zarak's chambers. As Hot Rod grabbed Zarak, Kup sideswiped Scorponok's guard, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], in vehicle mode, but transformed too close to Scorponok's body, so Zarak ordered it to grip its claw around his head. Kup told Hot Rod not to spare Zarak for his sake, but Prime stopped them both, insisting that each faction had to trust each other if they were to survive against Unicron. Zarak was persuaded, but before a handshake would have sealed the deal, the Decepticons' underground base collapsed in on itself as a rogue group of Decepticons led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attacked above. {{storylink|Surrender!|Surrender!}}

[[Image:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"Hey, Kup, you ever see anything like this before?" "Yeah, a movie. 1986. Starred Leonard Nimoy."]]

As the dust settled, Kup asked Prime if their truce meant they should be helping gather the Decepticons' wounded. Prime told him and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to instead focus on briefing the other Autobots as they emerged fromt he wreckage and containing the growing battle so that it would not spill out into [[New York City]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Things naturally escalated out of hand, and so Kup had the bright idea to enlist the Decepticon hypnotist [[Mindwipe]] at gunpoint, and had him "convince" his fellow Decepticons to lay down their arms for the greater good. This was working swimmingly until suddenly Kup and every other Transformer on Earth was suddenly raptured away to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Kup was startled to see their creator, [[Primus]], speaking to them through the body of [[Emirate Xaaron]]. Primus told Kup and the others of their eternal battle with Unicron, and of his imminent arrival. In response to this, [[Unicron cultist]]s rose up from amongst the Cybertronians to destroy Primus' chosen leader, Optimus Prime, and Kup was more than happy to beat the cultists back into submission. They succeeded, but while Primus had begun lecturing his Transformers again, Kup's attention was elsewhere. He interrupted, wondering how exactly no one had noticed Unicron himself sneak up on the planet, clawed hand looming over their heads. {{storylink|The Void! (US)}}

Kup and [[Getaway]] helped get Optimus Prime to safety, as their leader had succumbed to mysterious pain. Though Unicron ravaged the planet and destroyed countless Transformers, ultimately Optimus Prime sacrificed himself to destroy him, and Kup was among the lucky few who were still standing as Unicron's ashes fell to the planet's surface. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Kup and a handful of others found what was left of Optimus Prime's body, and he watched Prowl cradle their leader as he died. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[Image:EndOfTheRoad-finalfive.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Hey, these final five aren't Cylons at all!]]

Under the dubious leadership of Grimlock, the Autobots left their dying world and followed the Decepticons to [[Klo]], but the Decepticons were waiting for them. In the massacre that followed, Kup was among the final five Autobots who had eluded death. But he and the others did not avoid capture for long, as a team of Decepticons found them hiding in the swamps. Amazingly, they were able to overpower these Decepticons and return to the main battlegrounds, where Optimus Prime had returned to them in a new body, thanks to the [[Neo-Knights]] and the [[Last Autobot]]! With the Last Autobots' godlike resurrection powers, Kup and the other Autobots were able to overwhelm the Decepticons, who retreated like whipped dogs. The war was over, and Optimus Prime told them it was time to go home! {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)}}

In an alternate future of 2009, the Autobots were overwhelmed by the forces of evil. Unicron consumed Cybertron utterly, and Earth came under heavy fire from Galvatron and his Decepticon legions. Kup and Blurr were personally executed by Cyclonus and Scourge. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In 2003, Kup was given the job of decoying the Decepticons over the plans for Autobot City. Ultra Magnus needed to get the plans to Earth's various governments unimpeded, while also taking steps to ensure the Decepticons would not get in the way of the Autobot efforts to build the city. So, he made an open and showy display of tasking Kup with being the courier that would bring the information to the humans. Sure enough, the Decepticon spy [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] overheard those plans and sent the [[Stunticon|Stunticons]] out to intercept the old Autobot. Despite Hot Rod's good-intentioned efforts to stop them, the Stunticons made off with the fake plans, secure in their knowledge that they now knew the secrets of Autobot City. {{storylink|Ark Duty|Ark Duty}} Kup was also present at the grand opening of the city a year later. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!|Aspects of Evil!}}''

''After the attack on Autobot City in 2006, Kup, Hot Rod and Blurr received a psychic prodding from Unicron, alerting them to Galvatron's travel through the timestream back to 1986. Using Galvatron's own time-jump mechanisms, the Autobot trio followed him back into the past, mass-displacing [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in the process. Apparently reaching an instinctive conclusion that Galvatron could never be returned to the future by force, Kup and his comrades conspired with the Ultra Magnus of 1986 to trick the Decepticon into returning of his own volition.''

''As Ultra Magnus kept Galvatron busy, the future trio made arrangements to discourage him from staying. When he returned to his base, Galvatron found his henchmen knocked unconscious and his super-weapon rigged to explode. Once it did, he was confronted with a taunting [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] claiming credit, and he was egged into blowing the treacherous Decepticon into smithereens. Believing Starscream's death at this juncture altered history, making his actions in 1986 part of an alternate timeline that wouldn't affect his own future, Galvatron reluctantly gave up his plans, picked up his goons, and returned to the future. Kup and his comrades, having successfully framed Starscream and driven Galvatron away, returned to 2006 themselves soon after. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

[[Image:KupUK114-01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Little known fact: I owned the first radio on Cybertron. T'weren't much on back then, just Shockwave reciting the alphabet over and over. 'A' he'd say. Then 'B'. 'C' would usually follow..."]]
''After Unicron was defeated in 2006 and Hot Rod rose to become [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], Galvatron went missing. Unable to accept the Decepticon leader was truly dead without seeing the body, Rodimus Prime went searching for him with Kup and Blurr. Unfortunately, his lax attention to Cybertron gave the new Decepticon commander, Shockwave, time to consolidate the army under his control and begin the war anew. Rodimus was forced to return to Cybertron empty-handed, and he only made matters worse when he rashly took out a 10,000-[[shanix]] reward for any bounty hunter who could find Galvatron for him. This led to a freelance peacekeeping agent named [[Death's Head]] traveling back in time to 1987, where he had learned Galvatron had escaped after the battle with Unicron. {{storylink|Wanted:Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} Realizing that a trigger-happy mercenary messing with the timestream was just as dangerous as Galvatron could ever be, Rodimus arranged a time-jump to clean up his mess, taking Kup, Blurr and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] back to 1987 along with him. {{storylink|Burning Sky!|Burning Sky!}}''

''In the past, the future Autobots once again found the 20th-century Ultra Magnus fighting with Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader attempted to extract vast amounts of energy from a volcano. Mere seconds after locating Galvatron and engaging him in combat, however, Kup and Blurr were knocked off-line when Galvatron hurled Ultra Magnus's beaten body at them. {{storylink|Hunters|Hunters!}} After regrouping, the Autobots concocted a plan to steal Galvatron's time-jump mechanism and rewire it to propel them all back to their proper place and time. While Kup and the others distracted Galvatron, Wreck-Gar and Rodimus Prime attempted to make the proper modifications. In the end, however, only the Autobots were launched back to the future; Galvatron had modified the device so that the temporal backlash did not affect him, and he stayed in the past. {{storylink|Fire on High!|Fire on High!}}''

''In 2008, Kup was on hand to witness a full-scale Decepticon assault at Autobase on Cybertron. He fought alongside Rodimus Prime and the other Autobots and, when Rodimus traveled to the planet of [[Junk]] to deal with Unicron (the cause behind the Decepticon offensive), Kup stepped up to lead the remaining Autobot forces alongside Ultra Magnus until [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] sounded a retreat and the Decepticons fled. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Later that year, Autobot City was attacked by [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], and the deactivated Autobots were hung out on the outer walls as a warning for any would-be rescuers. Kup came to Earth with Rodimus Prime and crew to deal with the usurpers, and he led an advance team of Blurr, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Wide Load]] in searching the complex. They were caught in a heated battle with the Quintessons' shock troopers, but managed to hold their own long enough for Roddy to reach the control center and activate [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] himself. Resistance faltered rather quickly after that. {{storylink|Space Pirates!|Space Pirates!}}''

''As time passed, the long-term effects of Galvatron's presence in the past became overwhelming. A full-on time storm began brewing at both ends of the timeline, 1989 and 2009. In order to set the universe back on the right course, Rodimus Prime and Kup chose to travel back in time with Blurr, Arcee, Ultra Magnus and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] to retrieve Galvatron. No, really, for sure this time. Problem was, this time their mass-displacement upon arrival took out 1989's Optimus Prime and several fellow Autobots, leading to more than a little consternation among their 20th-century counterparts. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], guided by his neophyte [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], jumped to the conclusion that Optimus was dead and led his Autobots into battle with Rodimus and his group. Kup didn't fare too well at trying to fight [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] hand-to-hand, but soon cooler heads prevailed, and the Autobots joined forces not only with each other, but with a pair of detachments from the 1989 and 2009 Decepticon camps as well.''

[[Image:KupMagnusTimeWars01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Kup has something you college boys don't: life experience! Tell 'em, Kup." "I spent 53 years as night watchman at a cranberry silo."]]
''As the various groups tracked down Galvatron, they were shocked to find that not only had he joined forces with Megatron, but that the two of them had laid waste to the Cybertronian teams of the Autobot [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] and the Decepticon [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. Kup joined Arcee and Ultra Magnus in trying to gun down Megatron, but was batted aside by the Decepticon's [[fusion cannon]] and lay unconscious, out of the battle for the rest of the conflict. Still, Galvatron was ultimately destroyed in battle with Optimus Prime and consumed wholly by the timestorm, restoring the timestream to a stable place. Kup and the other 2009 Autobots gathered together and prepared to return home to their lives. {{storylink|Time Wars|Time Wars}}''

''It didn't quite work out that way.''

''Back in 2009, the Autobots were horrified to find that Galvatron waited for them on Cybertron. It seemed the restoration of the timeline prevented Galvatron from having ever traveled back in time, and thus he had been present at the Decepticons' side for the last few years, which considerably altered the war effort in their favor. In the new 21st century, Galvatron and the Decepticons virtually controlled Cybertron, and only a few token bands of Autobot resistance remained on their home planet. Kup and the returnees adjusted as best they could, but the odds were hopelessly against them. The resistance on Cybertron ended when Galvatron and his men ransacked a resistance station, killing Blurr and the other Autobots present. Galvatron mutilated the corpses to drive Rodimus Prime into a killing frenzy, hoping to corrupt the [[Matrix]] itself through its host. Indeed, Kup and Arcee began experiencing fire in the depths of their souls before they managed to talk down Rodimus. The Autobots of Cybertron were then forced to flee the world entirely. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!|Aspects of Evil!}}''

''On their voyage back to Earth and Autobot City, the Autobot shuttlecraft had just entered hyperspace when [[Pincher]] and [[Doubleheader]] alerted Kup to a problem: sabotage. Someone had killed a guard and torn up the engine room, damaging the guidance systems so that the ship would be flying blind when they came out of warp into who-knows-what. Sure enough, the ship materialized too close to Earth, and another bit of sabotage prevented the emergency retros from stopped their descent. It was going to be a heavy hit. What's worse, Kup's efforts to isolate the Decepticon life-signs of their saboteur turned up a nasty truth: No additional life signs were present on the shuttle. The saboteur was an Autobot! {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} After failing to locate Rodimus Prime during the time the sabotage was being committed, Kup had a sinking feeling and set up a ruse to test Prime. When Arcee left to try and enter the sealed retro room through the air vents, Kup told Rodimus she was actually going to sneak through the coolant tanks. Fortunately for their landing, Arcee succeeded just in time. Unfortunately for...well, everything else, Kup was right: Rodimus Prime was the saboteur, possessed by the pure malevolence of Unicron, which had taken up residence inside the Matrix sometime ago. Apparently Galvatron's efforts to corrupt Rodimus back on Cybertron had jarred loose enough evil for Unicron to take hold on Rodimus Prime's consciousness. {{storylink|Edge of Impact|Edge of Impact}}''

''Battling the power of the Matrix influenced by the Devil himself, the Autobots were sorely outmatched against Rodimus. Despite Arcee's urgings, Kup desperately searched for another option besides lethal force. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil|Shadow of Evil}} In the short term, Kup seemed to be correct: Rodimus managed to fight back Unicron's evil, caging it inside the Matrix long enough for Kup to remove the object from Rodimus's chest, temporarily severing their link. {{storylink|White Fire|White Fire}} In the long term, however, the threat was far from over. Rodimus would again be consumed by evil in 2010, this time metamorphosing into Unicron reborn for a time, before caging the evil again. Kup and Arcee were present at this second rise of Unicron, but their ultimate fate is unknown. It is telling, however, that Rodimus Prime appears to be beaten, ill, and totally alone by the time of 2356. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!|Aspects of Evil!}}''

====Generation 2====
After the Autobot army splintered throughout the universe, Kup was working alongside Optimus Prime and Hot Rod. In mid-battle, Kup had to verbally nudge Prime out of his apocalyptic visions. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] summoned Prime and his forces for help and Kup was present as Grimlock explained his discovery of several "little Cybertrons". The Autobots soon learned of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Liege Centuro]] and his [[Cybertronian|Cybertronians]] when Jhiaxus attacked them and took them prisoner. Kup and other Autobots were rescued by Prime and Grimlock from confinement on the [[Twilight]]. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Kup kicked a lot of skidplate during the battle between the Autobots and Cybertronians in the [[K'tord Nebula]]. It was soon learned that bots on both sides were infected by some kind of parasitic entity that fed off of rage. Kup was so under its influence that Optimus Prime had to hold him back from attacking one of the enemy. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

[[Image:G2kupwonderspowerandglory.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"If even Hot Rod can be responsible, what chance do I have?"]]
Kup appeared as one of many dismembered corpses in one of Optimus Prime's apocalyptic visions. As Optimus reached toward Kup, an [[Swarm|inky black substance]] shot out of Kup's mouth, enveloped Prime and started to devour him. The real Kup then physically shook Optimus out of this vision, remarking that Transformers don't sleep. The crusty old Autobot reported that Grimlock had, against Prime's orders, left with a raiding party in tow. What Kup didn't say is that he wished Grimlock had asked him to come along. He got his chance to fight later when he went with Prime to rescue Grimlock from his bungled surprise attack on the Cybertronians. {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}}

Kup supervised war games between the Autobots as they waited for Optimus Prime to finish his quasi-mystical journey into the depths of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} Later, Kup fought with Autobots and Decepticons to repel the Cybertronian attack on the planet [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

Helping mop up after the attacks on [[Earth]] by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and Jhiaxus, Kup reported the sorry state of their fortifications to Grimlock when the Swarm attacked their position. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===
[[Image:Carshowblowupkup.jpg|left|200px|thumb|My Buddy! Wherever I go, he goes!]]
Kup and Hot Rod traveled to the coliseum to check out a robot car the [[Human|humans]] had built that could respond to voice commands. They heard about it on their car radios! But when they arrived at the coliseum, Kup spotted Decepticons flying about. As some entered the back door, Kup shooed Hot Rod away, telling him to warn the others. If Hot Rod stayed, he would just get into trouble! Sneaking around inside, he eventually made his way up to the control room, where [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the other Decepticons were rigging the lighting. They were planning on stealing the robot car! Kup decided to leave and tell the others, but he was spotted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. The evil Decepticons tied up Kup so that he wouldn't interfere.

As a parade of cars entered the coliseum and the crowds cheered, Kup worried about the safety of the humans. If only he could warn them. Kup got his chance when Galvatron ran towards the controls, telling [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] to pull the switch. Kup tripped Galvatron, and Galvatron came tumbling through the glass and onto the coliseum floor! For a short while, there was a stalemate; the Decepticons had Kup captive, but the Autobots had Galvatron! Thankfully, Hot Rod snuck up behind Kup and freed him. Yelling "Geronimo!" they jumped from the control room onto the coliseum floor, taking the Decepticons by surprise. Galvatron and the others escaped, but Kup and Hot Rod agreed that they'd be ready for him when he returned. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up|Car Show Blow Up}}

[[Image:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Children's storybooks sure are violent.]]
Later, Kup, led [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and in the middle of their journey, the ship began to have problems. Kup tried everything, but the ship was going down! It crashed on a planet, but everyone landed safely. Unfortunately, Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed their earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
During the Cybertronian War's earlier years, a young Kup served alongside [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] under the command of Grimlock. He appeared to be the only one who would speak up against Grimlock. {{storylink|The War Within|The War Within}} When Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared in a prototype [[Space Bridge]] accident, Kup followed his unit to the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] offshoot of the [[Autobot]] faction. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Along with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], Hot Rod and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], Kup was part of a resistance group during [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s control of Cybertron. Their group managed to find Optimus Prime, but Prime's first sight was the frightening [[Gnaw]], and he had to be restrained. When Hot Rod pulled a weapon on the startled [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], Kup smacked the turbo-revvin' punk upside his head. [[Primus|God]], what is wrong with that kid? After linking up with the former ''Ark'' crew and having a touching reunion with Ironhide, the Autobots managed to overthrow Shockwave's regime, bringing the planet under Autobot control. {{storylink|War and Peace|War and Peace}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightBlaster GetawayKupHufferBroadside.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Kup, before meeting [[Nick Roche]].]]
Kup is extremely old. In years past, he'd trained dozens of Autobots, including [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and even [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup|Spotlight: Kup}} During the early years of the war after the assassination of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Kup was either leading or part of a squad sent to rescue [[Zeta Prime]] when they crossed paths with the famous former racer, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. Kup was skeptical of Blurr's usefulness, but some words from a young [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] were able to convince Blurr to alert Zeta Prime of the Decepticons' assassination attempt. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr|Spotlight: Blurr}}

Shortly after [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s first apocalyptic assault, the besieged Autobots prepared for the big push against their positions by the Decepticons. Kup was in a trench alongside [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Huffer, and the injured [[Getaway]], waiting for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s morale-boosting broadcast to the Autobot forces, a transmission that never came. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[Image:SpotlightKup killingspree.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Who keeps the martians under wraps?]]
At some point after Cybertron was abandoned, Kup and [[Outback]] crash-landed on a mysterious planet covered with radioactive crystals. Over time, Kup was slowly driven insane from the radiation. He talked to the dead corpse of Outback as though he were still alive (and used his disembodied arm as a club) and believed that [[Zombie|zombies]] were attacking him when he shut down for the night. In reality, these zombies were fellow Autobots sent to rescue him, and Kup killed several of them before Springer managed to get a [[Trailbreaker (G1)|specialist]] in to extract the aging Autobot. Unfortunately, due to the damage Kup sustained from the radiation, his incompatibility with modern Transformers tech due to his age and stubborn unwillingness to upgrade, and a near-meltdown of his spark, he was placed on life support upon arriving aboard ''[[Ark-17]]'', and it was unknown if he would ever recover, physically or mentally. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup|Spotlight: Kup}}

Springer eventually reported to Optimus Prime that Kup's physical injuries had been repaired, but the state of his mind was still in question. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

[[Image:Slowmotionmoviewalkahm5.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Kup, after meeting [[Nicholas|Nick Fury]].]]
One year later Kup had made what appeared to be a full recovery thanks to the efforts of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], as the veteran was in command of the starship ''[[Trion]]''. With a hand-picked crew comprised of heavy hitters, such as two former [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], he harried the Decepticon fleet until he was baited into an ambush above Cybertron. There, the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the assumed uninhabitable world. Banding together to survive, they eventually encountered Optimus Prime's unit, only to find him incapacitated, the Matrix having been seized by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Although Kup was at first dismissive of [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], who had stepped into a command position in the void left by Prime, he quickly learned to appreciate Jazz's steady, capable hand. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron issue 5}}
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==Commercial appearances==
* Kup made his [[commercial]] debut alongside Hot Rod and Blurr, joining Optimus Prime in a desert as he faces off against Starscream, Skywarp, Cyclonus and Scourge. As he charges into battle, Kup comments that this reminds him of the battle of the battle on [[Beta 4]] (not to be confused with the battle on [[Beta 9]].)

* He appeared alongside Hot Rod in one of the movie plot-based commercials, this one for the Sharkticons. The two Autobots are shown driving up to the edge of a greenish pool, from which a pile of Sharkticons emerges and attacks. Kup and Hot Rod fist-fight their way through, with help from Wheelie.

* Kup appeared briefly in the commercial for [[Sixshot]], charging into battle alongside Rodimus Prime, firing at the enemy, and getting knocked aside by Sixshot's "rocket car" mode.

* Kup appeared in the commercial for the [[Monsterbot|Monsterbots]]. As Rodimus Prime and Blurr drive up, Kup reports that there has been a lab accident, and the new Autobots are ''monsters!''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Kup toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Back in my day, we hauled cargo all day long without a tailgate and LIKED it!"]]
*'''Kup''' (Autobot, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-82'''
**''Accessories:'' "Musket Laser"

: Kup transforms into a Cybertronic pickup truck (though how he is able to carry goods safely with no tailgate is a mystery). The entire front of the vehicle (including the windshield) is made out of die-cast metal. In robot mode, Kup has full shoulder rotation, though the way his elbows are set up means he cannot make full use of their joints. He (somewhat) makes up for it with swivel wrists. His legs feature no articulation whatsoever. Maybe Hot Rod left a piece out. He is armed with a blue laser rifle. Early releases of Kup had metal rear wheels, while later releases replaced them with black plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Kup/kup.htm More information on Kup at TFU.info]''

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*'''Kup''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-113'''
**''Accessories:'' Musket Laser/Recoil Targetmaster partner

: Kup (this time using all-plastic parts rather than die-cast) was slightly [[Retool|retooled]] with larger fist-holes and a mounting point on his vehicle mode back-end in order to make him into a [[Targetmaster]]. He came with his Nebulan partner [[Recoil]] rather than his original blaster.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Kup/kup.htm More information on Targetmaster Kup at TFU.info]''

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*'''Future Cybertron''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Musket Laser, Musket Laser/Recoil Targetmaster partner (you read that right)

: Targetmaster Kup was reissued in Japan, and like the "[[Transformers Collection]]" reissue of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], he came with his original metal parts restored, as well as both his partner Recoil ''and'' his original gun, which was slightly retooled to fit the larger weapon-mounting points. The set also came with a redecoed [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]].

: This iteration of the mold was used to make [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Orion Pax]].

===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-KupWoH.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I remember that time I had a hammer for a hand."]]
*'''Wings of Honor''' (BotCon 2009 box set)
**''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key

: Kup is a [[retool]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and transforms into a [[wikipedia:Dodge_Magnum|Dodge Magnum]] emergency vehicle. Plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into the back of his car mode causes two rear side-panels to pop out and reveal two spring-forward non-firing blasters. This gimmick is retained in robot mode, where they become over-shoulder blasters. He features an unusual transformation sequence where both the front and rear halves of the vehicle mode come together to form his legs. His hood halves open to reveal storage space for extra tools (a hammer-head and an opening claw) that can be attached onto his left arm blaster.

:Kup comes in a box set with fellow Autobots [[Flak]], [[Thunder Clash]], and [[Landshark]], and rival Decepticon [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]].

: The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Cannonball]], and the [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movie-verse]] [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]].

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==Merchandise==
==Trivia==
* Check out the original Kup toy's chest-sticker...it's got a pair of [[Floppy disk|5 1/4-inch floppy disk]] drives on it. Apparently, he can store up to two extra Transformers' brains.

* In the Japanese ''[[Binaltech Asterisk]]'' online manga, a little lost kitty was rescued from certain death (well, being stuck in a tree) by [[Ai Kuruma]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. That kitty was named [[Cha]] (Kup's Japanese name).

* The vehicle mode of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' series [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], another old coot, resembles Kup's Cybertronian vehicle mode from the War Within comic series. This similarity was brought to the fore by Brakedown GTS, a "powered-up" [[redeco]] of the character with the colors changed to resemble Kup's. In fact, the color guide for the redeco, revealed on Hasbro's website, showed that "Kup" was a working name for Brakedown GTS.

* He claims on his MySpace page (see External links) that he's a [[Covenant|Pisces]].<ref>Kup's Myspace page was created by [[Nick Roche]] to promote his IDW [[Spotlight: Kup]] story.</ref> It is best to remember, however, that at the time he wrote this, he was utterly insane.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Kup Kup's Universe profile on NTFA.net]

* [http://www.myspace.com/lostkup Kup's MySpace page]

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Blurr (Animated)

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:''Blurr is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]]''.

[[Image:Blurranimated.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Speed^3]]
'''Blurr''' is a bot of action. And words. A ''lot'' of words. A lot of words said at high speed.

An intelligence agent in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]], Blurr tends to barrel ahead with whatever he's doing and simply expects everyone else to keep pace... be it on a mission or in simple conversation. His motor-mouth and penchant for tangents tend to leave others in the dust, forcing them to ask him to repeat things.

{{quote|First of all, the name's not "Zippy"! As a matter of fact, I don't believe I've ever met another bot named Zippy, so one can only assume that you came up with "Zippy" in reference to my speed, which may be technically accurate, but lacks a certain creativity!|Blurr introduces himself to [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]|"[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[John Moschitta]] (English), [[Gerald Schaale]] (German)

[[Image:Blurrbumblebeerace.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Unknown to Bumblebee, Blurr is secretly his older brother, Rex, who ran away from home years ago!]]
Blurr initially became known to the Autobots on [[Earth]] through his participation in [[Master Disaster]]'s ''[[Street Demon]]'' races. This was because Master Disaster manipulated him using a remote control that contained an [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment.

Blurr proved impossible to beat on the race course; under Master Disaster's control, Blurr used aggressive tactics and sped past [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] twice, even though the yellow Autobot was using his rocket boosters.

Later, the [[Key]] detected the AllSpark fragment, so [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] stole the remote control to investigate it, which apparently broke Master Disaster's control over Blurr. When [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] was about to attack Bumblebee, Blurr charged off a bridge and played a mid-air game of chicken with Blitzwing, causing the Decepticon to veer off and crash into a skyscraper. Later that night, Bumblebee was on the roof of the Autobots' factory base when he spotted Blurr driving down a nearby highway past the building. Bee called out a thank you, but Blurr gave no response. {{storylink|Velocity}}

[[Image:AniBlurr-bust-ABTC.jpg|thumb|250px|There was a time when he wouldn't speak. Now he won't shut up.]]
Blurr intercepted a transmission between [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and a double agent on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] revealing that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] was the best [[space bridge]] technician in the entire galaxy, and would thus be a target for kidnapping. Blurr sped off to try to stop Megatron, but was instead stopped by Bumblebee. The yellow bot chased him around for a while, until he finally knocked Blurr off the road. This angered Blurr, so he transformed into robot mode, introduced himself and his mission, and gave Bumblebee the chewing out of a lifetime, all in about thirty seconds. Bumblebee missed everything he said past the first sentence.

Later, at the Autobot base, Blurr again introduced himself and explained his mission, this time to the entire Autobot crew, minus Bulkhead. They still had trouble understanding him, but were able to make out the fact that Bulkhead was an expert and that [[Isaac Sumdac]] had aided Megatron in building a space bridge.

Blurr led Bumblebee, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]], and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to Megatron's base. They had a brief encounter with Blitzwing and [[Lugnut]], whom Blurr quickly caught in [[stasis cuffs]]. After watching, Bumblebee reluctantly admitted that he was no longer the fastest thing on wheels. The Autobots managed to reach Megatron's throne room, but Blurr was quickly defeated by [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

After escaping from Scrapper, Blurr stasis-cuffed [[Skywarp (Animated)|the Coward Starscream]]. As fast as he is, though, Blurr failed to get out of the way of [[Thundercracker (Animated)|the Egomaniac Starscream]], who crashed into both him and Coward Starscream, getting them caught in his cement overcoat and sending them all tumbling into the space bridge. Bulkhead attempted to recall them, but explained that the targeting coordinates of the bridge were never set, meaning that they could have been sent anywhere in the galaxy. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Though caught in a cement block with the Coward and Egomaniac Starscream clones and floating across a random part of space, Blurr was able to escape due to the clone's efforts. By ricocheting off meteors, moons, and other debris, Blurr was amazingly able to run all the way back to Cybertron. But when he returned, he was greeted by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]], who wasn't happy to hear Blurr's news that he would be able to identify the traitor by examining Shockwave's voice sample. Longarm attacked Blurr, who sped away. Longarm transformed into Shockwave, and noted that he didn't need to catch to Blurr, only trap him. Shockwave used the building's main computer to lock down the corridors where Blurr had fled through. Trapped, Blurr was crushed between two closing walls.

Longarm later handed off the blue cube that remained to an unwitting [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]], requesting he dispose of the "sensitive material". {{storylink|TransWarped}}

{{note|Character designer [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] put Blurr's still-beating [[spark]] in the [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/03/turn-back-now-spoilers-ahead.html animation model for the compacted cube]. However, the more detailed model was never used, and Blurr's spark was not visible in the episode proper. Is he alive or dead? The world may never know.}}

==Toys==
===''Animated''===
[[Image:TFAnimatedBlurrDeluxe.jpg|thumb|300px|Spritle and Chim-Chim sold separately.]]
*'''Blurr''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Telescoping grill energy saw

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Deluxes, Blurr transforms into a sleek futuristic race car. A button on his hood deploys an energy saw weapon which can double as a shield or clip onto his back in robot mode. Due to his leg design, the very middle of Blurr's rear wheels are the only parts that roll, while the sides do not. These parts stick out a hair, though, so his mobility in vehicle mode is unhindered.

:The pin on the top of his head is molded in bendy rubber, which is fortunate as it'd probably snap off really easily if it wasn't. There's also softer rubber on the tips of his shoulders, [[For safety reasons| so that you don't poke your eye out]], and with a transformer like Blurr, you need a few precautions like that.

:His feet can swivel and have ball-jointed toes and heels, which lets him easily pull off running poses, if you can see him doing that sort of thing.

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm More information on Blurr at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* At the [[BotCon 2008]] [[Cartoon Network]] panel, it was revealed that Blurr's design has a few small [[homage]]s to ''[[Transtech]]'' [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]], mainly the "hollow" wheels in his legs.

* Aside from the obvious homage aspect, Blurr also has the same [[John Moschitta|voice actor]] as his [[Generation 1]] [[Blurr (G1)|inspiration]], though Moschitta's speed-speech skill is given a different twist, namely that he no longer repeats himself.

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Elite Guard

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:''The Cybertron Elite Guard is a distinguished team of Autobots in the [[Animated]] and [[Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]]. It is also known as the Autobot Elite Guard.''

[[Image:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|right|300px|thumb|I believe I can fly!* *Actual flight still reserved for Decepticons. [[Jetfire (Animated)|Well,]] [[Jetstorm (Animated)|mostly.]]]]

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
The Cybertron Elite Guard is the pinnacle of the [[Autobot]] military force, reserved for only the most distinguished graduates of the [[Autobot Academy]]. Its members are specialists, masters in their fields, and the unit is only called upon in the most dire of situations. It reports directly to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], the [[Supreme Commander]] of all Autobots. The term "Prime" is used to refer to an officer's rank within the Elite Guard that has no special attachment to the Matrix or Allspark. Instead, the term "Magnus" is used for the highest rank within the Elite Guard, possibly equal to that of "Supreme Commander".

====Members====
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (Supreme Commander)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
*[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (Member of [[Cybertron Intelligence]])
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (Combined form of Jetstorm and Jetfire)
*[[Afterburn]]
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]

====Former Members====
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] - Demoted to [[space bridge]] repair.
*[[LongArm Prime|Longarm Prime]] - Promoted away from active duty.

[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] somehow left/was kicked out of the Guard for reasons unknown. He was then reassigned to space bridge repair duty.

Bumblebee and Bulkhead also registered to join the Guard. After Bumblebee and Bulkhead accidentally destroyed part of a simulated battlezone and injured their drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], they were both given the boot and reassigned to space bridge repair duty. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp|Autoboot Camp}}

After seeing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] save them from an incident on the asteroid they were working on, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] commented that with moves like that, Prime should have gone into the Cybertron Elite Guard. Gee, way to rub salt in the wound, there, Bumblebee... {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!|Transform and Roll Out!}}

[[Image:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Mighty Thor, Black Panther, and the Tick pretending to be Captain America.]]
Shortly after the battle with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the Elite Guard arrived to retrieve the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]]. (Great timing, guys.) Upon learning that the AllSpark had been dispersed, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] confined Optimus Prime's crew to the Elite Guard's ship while he, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Optimus Prime went to investigate [[Autobot ship (Animated)|Optimus' vessel]], where the battle had taken place. When trouble at a [[Sumdac Systems]] manufacturing plant was detected, the Autobots and Elite Guard managed to hold off the malfunctioning police drones being made there long enough to allow Optimus, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to get [[Sari Sumdac]] to the assembly line and shut it down. {{storylink|The Elite Guard|The Elite Guard}}

After an extended period with no evidence of a Decepticon presence on Earth, Magnus was prepared to gather up the Autobots and ship out back to Cybertron. He urged Optimus to testify as to his experiences on Earth to calm the general fears of Megatron still being alive. When he protested that Megatron ''was'' still alive and that he'd be falsifying evidence, Sentinel angrily stated that nobody was asking him to lie, just to agree with his (in his humble opinion quite excellent) scans showing there were no Decepticons on earth. Besides, Sentinel cajoled, if he smoothed things over with Cybertron Command Optimus might just be able to be reinstated into the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished|Mission Accomplished}}

[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] was left on Earth to try and find the Decepticon base and keep an eye on Optimus's crew. However, [[Master Disaster]], with the help of an AllSpark-powered remote control, forced Blurr to do his bidding until Sari stole the remote from him. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} {{storylink|Velocity|Velocity}}

''The Elite Guard oversaw the extraction of flight technology from Starscream to create [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], who managed to join the ranks of the Elite Guard in record time. {{storylink|Rise of Safeguard|Rise of Safeguard}}''

===Generation 1===
====Members====
*[[Thunder Clash]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Landshark]]
*[[Flak]]

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==Notes==
* Despite [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s on-package [[bio]] saying that, as Longarm, he rose through the ranks of the Elite Guard to reach his current position, [[Derrick Wyatt]] has informed the wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of the group in the cartoon. This is borne out by the fact that Longarm lacks the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol.

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Elite Guard

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