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Talk:Parsec

2017-10-08T17:51:21Z

Brawlastator:

== Gender ==
As Parsec's robot mode frontside is unchanged from Hyperfire/Stylor/Teslor, is it reasonable to assume Parsec is male given the overwhelming trend of ''Titans Return'' toys? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 08:37, 7 October 2017 (EDT)
:Yes, it is reasonable. Especially because there have been other Headmasters that have different genders between the two charcaters. [[User:West james|west james/notirishman]] ([[User talk:West james|talk]]) 10:18, 7 October 2017 (EDT)
::There's no need to make assumptions when a gender-neutral singular "they" pronoun will suffice. It's our job to document, not make assumptions and fill in the blanks ourselves. [[User:Brawlastator|Brawlastator]] ([[User talk:Brawlastator|talk]]) 13:50, 8 October 2017 (EDT)

Talk:Parsec

2017-10-08T17:50:59Z

Brawlastator: /* Gender */

== Gender ==
As Parsec's robot mode frontside is unchanged from Hyperfire/Stylor/Teslor, is it reasonable to assume Parsec is male given the overwhelming trend of ''Titans Return'' toys? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 08:37, 7 October 2017 (EDT)
:Yes, it is reasonable. Especially because there have been other Headmasters that have different genders between the two charcaters. [[User:West james|west james/notirishman]] ([[User talk:West james|talk]]) 10:18, 7 October 2017 (EDT)
:There's no need to make assumptions when a gender-neutral singular "they" pronoun will suffice. It's our job to document, not make assumptions and fill in the blanks ourselves. [[User:Brawlastator|Brawlastator]] ([[User talk:Brawlastator|talk]]) 13:50, 8 October 2017 (EDT)

Parsec

2017-10-07T11:55:11Z

Brawlastator:

{{faction|autobot}}
:''Parsec is an [[Autobot]] [[Titan Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TitansReturntoy-Nautica.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

'''Parsec''' grants the power of lightspeed<ref>[[Trypticon's Titan Master Crunch]]</ref> to their partner [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]].

==Fiction==
===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
Parsec was presumably present with Nautica as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Laser Prime]] led his team against the Decepticons on [[Velocitron]].<ref>''Titans Return'' Chaos on Velocitron pack-in blurb</ref>

==Toys==
===Titans Return===
*'''Chaos on Velocitron''' (gift set, [[2017]])

:Parsec is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Haywire#Generations|Hyperfire]], having a different robot mode "backpack" for the head mode face. Parsec transforms from a robot based on [[Haywire|Generation 1 Haywire]] into Nautica's head.

:Parsec and Nautica were only available in a box set named "Chaos on Velocitron" that includes [[Quickswitch#Generations|Quickswitch]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#ChaosOnVelocitron|Laser Prime]], [[Fastlane#Generations|Fastclash]], and a [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#ChaosOnVelocitron|Rodimus Prime]] Titan Master head. The set was officially announced by Hasbro to be a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]], and was sold at stores in the United States, Canada, and Hasbro's Asian markets (such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong). Despite this, it later became available via [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] in the United States (but not in Canada) as well, actually sold by Amazon directly (as compared to a third-party seller).

{{TRHyperfireMold}}

==Notes==
*Parsec's name was not given anywhere on the materials included in the Chaos on Velocitron boxset. Rather, Parsec's name was revealed months later on the [[Trypticon's Titan Master Crunch]] poster given out at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2017.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Snow Cat (disambiguation)

2017-02-11T16:28:54Z

Brawlastator: /* Major Snow Cats */ fixed link (linked to g1 swerve for some reason???)

{{disambig}}

Along the [[multiverse]], '''Snow Cat''' is a white arctic [[Decepticon]].

==Major Snow Cats==
<center><gallery widths="250px" heights="250px">
File:Energon-Snow-Cat-1st-Appearance.jpg|[[Cyclonus (Armada)|''Energon'' Snow Cat]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Snow Cats==
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]], the name for the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Decepticon]] '''Cyclonus''' during ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]<ref>First appearance in ''Transformers'' fiction</ref>|The [[Snow Cat (G.I. Joe)|Snow Cat]], an arctic assault vehicle used by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Snow Cat (Universe)|Snow Cat]], the Decepticon [[Mini-Con]] white tiger from ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Snow Cat (Prime)|Snow Cat]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers Universe]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2016]]|[[Snow Cat (BW)|Snow Cat]], the [[Maximal]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]''.}}

<references/>

==Not to be confused with==
*[[Snowstalker]], the white tiger from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.

Talk:Greejeeber

2015-05-11T20:48:13Z

Brawlastator:

Why is this at (RID) instead of (Adventure)? It's not like [[Hot Rod (Henkei!)]] is at [[Hot Rod (Universe)]]. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 03:47, 22 March 2015 (EDT)

Are we really going to use male pronouns here just because there's no proof that this character is female?
I mean. I get why you're doing it, I guess. But "male until proven otherwise" has never really sat right with me. (See also: Universe Midnight Express being referred to as "he" despite being identical to a female character and having no fiction whatsoever.) [[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 09:10, 23 March 2015 (EDT)
:In most cases I'd agree, but considering this is Takara we're talking about, I think we can be reasonably certain that if Greejeeber was a woman, the package art would, alas, make it pretty damn clear... [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 09:25, 23 March 2015 (EDT)
::The art even goes out of its way to eliminate what little femininity the toy evinces (the pronounced lips), so it does seem to be making a statement on the character's gender. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]])
:::I wonder if the packaging art and copy goes against the deco's intent, since the face is decoed in coded-female colors purple and pink for no reason -- original Greejeeber's head was black with green eyes -- and that seems pretty weird if TakaraTomy was trying to entirely unlady the character. (That's trying to fish for motives a bit too much to base wiki decisions on, so I'm mostly just musing.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:17, 23 March 2015 (EDT)
::::I feel that assuming "male unless otherwise specified is totally unreasonable and sorta enforcing of the whole "male is the default gender" belief. If you're totally dedicated to assuming a character isn't female unless she's got her tits out, you could always just use "they/them/their" to refer to the character until fiction surfaces proving one gender or another. The same should be done for aforementioned Midnight Express. [[User:Brawlastator|Brawlastator]] ([[User talk:Brawlastator|talk]]) 16:48, 11 May 2015 (EDT)
:Fair or not, "male unless otherwise specified" is a totally reasonable conclusion by boys' toy standards in general and Transformers in particular. All that being said, I would basically be dumbfounded if this toy hasn't made an appearance somewhere as a G1 female inside of eighteen months. -[[User:LV|LV]] ([[User talk:LV|talk]]) 14:16, 23 March 2015 (EDT)

No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6

2014-01-19T10:35:43Z

Brawlastator: Given where Tankor is standing in relation to both Flatline and Starscream, and Octane's position up against a wall in the panel he is depicted, I think it's safe to say that they didn't just accidentally draw Octane instead of the proper Tankor.

{{Comicstory|
|series=mtmte|issueno=25
|prev=Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4
|next=Dark Cybertron Chapter 8
|seriesissue2=[[Dark Cybertron]] Chapter 6
|prev2=Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5
|next2=Dark Cybertron Chapter 7
|caption=
|image=MTMTE25 cvrA.jpg
|title="No Exit" Dark Cybertron Chapter 6
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[January 15]], [[2014]]
|coverdate=January 2014
|written by=[[James Roberts]] and [[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Atilio Rojo]], [[James Raiz]], and [[Livio Ramondelli]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]] and Livio Ramondelli
|letters by=[[Gilberto Lazcano]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2014)]]
}}

'''The ''Lost Light'' crew explore the mysteries within Metroplex, the Necrotitan descends upon Iacon, and two Primes come face to face!'''

==Synopsis==

In the wastelands surrounding [[Crystal City]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] stand watch over those wounded by the [[Necrotitan]]'s death-wave. Although badly injured himself, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] expresses his desire to have gone with the other [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s into the city; [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] talks him down, but arguing is certainly something Slag has the energy left to do, including the insistence that his name his now "Slug", after [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] told him his old name was "offensive". When the Necrotitan suddenly moves, a pair of binoculars donated by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] lets Swoop get a closer look at the action, as the small surviving crowd of 'Bots and 'Cons comes running towards them, the Titan hot on their trail and heading straight for [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]!

On an alien world, deep underwater, the [[Rodpod]] carries its small crew deeper into the eye socket of the unmoving [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. With [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] unsure if Metroplex is either alive or dead, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] scans for lifesigns and finds eight: a positive outcome, as there are only seven 'bots in the pod. [[Brainstorm]] analyzes the water on suspicion it may have reduced Metroplex to his sorry state, and, upon finding traces of what he believes to be [[Admium]], has [[Getaway]]—struggling to cope with the enormity of the situation—call [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] for his metallurgical expertise. Swerve is too busy fighting [[Ammonite]]s to answer his phone, but [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] rations that if they can save Metroplex, ''he'' can end the battle. That prospect suddenly looks a lot less likely when the Rodpod enters the Titan's brain chamber, and the crew find his [[brain module]] to be ''gone'', surgically removed. The pod heads for Metroplex's [[spark]] chamber to investigate further, even as the Titan's internal lights die out around it, his lifeforce ebbing away.

In Iacon, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] seeks an update on the wounded from [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]], though the medic at first misinterprets his request as a report on the spread of the mysterious "deathmark" left on his chest by the Necrotitan's wave. Medical aide [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] loses patience with Starscream and bellows a stream of insults at him before stalking off; Flatline's immensely obvious observations of the situation do nothing to improve Starscream's mood, but just as he is yelling at the doctor, the Nectrotitan comes stomping into the city, and fiery chaos ensues.

In the [[Dead Universe]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team remained trapped in a containment field by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], awaiting the arrival of [[Nova Prime]]. [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] tries headbutting his way out, to no avail, but Orion follows his lead, landing a hand-shattering haymaker on the cube wall. Orion appears to lose his composure, and begins screaming threats at Nightbeat, but when [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] tries to intercede, Pax punches ''him'' too—but only, he quickly explains in whispers, to keep Nightbeat distracted from the small crack he successfully made in the cube with his punch. Rodimus joins in the effort, raising his palms to the detective in an imploring gesture, but with unexpected results: the sight of the mysterious object in Rodimus's hand affects Nightbeat's mind, bringing him to his knees... just as Nova Prime arrives.

The Rodpod berths at a dry dock within Metroplex (unsurprising, Magnus notes, as he ''is'' a city), where the team finds a series of hand-painted arrows drawn on its walls and floors that lead them on a disorienting Escher-esque tour of the Titan's insides. Alas, the final arrow brings them right back to where they started, and when [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] starts to take out his frustrations on the Rodpod, Magnus stops him... but in the process gets closed enough to the pod to hear ''ticking''. Following a length of new cable running from the Rodpod with their eyes, the team spots a stowaway Ammonite—Perceptor's eighth lifesign—standing in a doorway, holding a detonator. Before any of them can move, the tiny 'bot pushes the switch, and the Rodpod explodes!

Nova Prime greets Orion as "Optimus Prime", waving aside Pax's attempted correction and instead musing that they are all trapped in the Dead Universe now, and that the two Primes may go down side by side. Spotting [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], Nova mocks his status as a perennial "hanger-on"... at which point Cyclonus gives Hardhead the word. The taciturn 'bot barrels into the cracked wall and smashes through, though the cube re-seals before the others can escape. Hardhead tries to take on Nova himself, but the ancient Prime simply catches his punch and crushes his protective force-field generator. As the others look on in horror, Hardhead is consumed by the Dead Universe, disintegrating and blowing away on the winds. Nova then informs Orion that he is taking him to meet a "friend" of his... a friend who turns into a [[space bridge]]... a friend we know as [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]!

==Featured characters==
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*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (2)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (3)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (5)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (7)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (12)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]('s insides, 13)
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*[[Getaway]] (14)
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (15)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] (16)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (17)
*[[Brainstorm]] (18)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (19)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (20)
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (22)
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*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (27)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] (29)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (30)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] (31)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (33)
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*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (4)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (8)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
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*[[Necrotitan]] (1)
*[[Ammonite]] (21)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (23)
*[[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]] (24)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (25)
*[[Octane (G1)|Tankor]] (26)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] (28)
*[[Nova Prime]] (32)
}}

==Quotes==

"Well, '''something's''' not right." 
"Easy on the '''jargon,''' Ratchet, we didn't all go to medical school." 
"Sarcasm: the first sign of a damaged brain module. Other symptoms include me '''hitting you in the face.'''"
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Whirl'''

"He's not even the first guy named Tankor to yell at me today."
:—'''Starscream''' on the quirks of Transformer naming. Like they say, all the good ones are taken.

'''Getaway:''' "Weird. Some kind of '''arrow'''..." 
'''Ratchet:''' "Hand drawn. And pointing towards the spark chamber..." 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "And another one over there. Pointing in a different direction." 
'''Brainstorm:''' "What do we do, fearless leader? Follow them?" 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Well we certainly can't ignore them... it'd be like ignoring a '''traffic sign.'''" 
'''Brainstorm:''' "And that way anarchy lies..." 
''(The team sets off.)'' 
'''Whirl:''' "Come on, Perceptor!" 
'''Skids:''' "No one's locking the '''Rodpod?'''" 
'''Whirl:''' "Hopefully someone will steal it."

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

*True to his word, we here see that Swerve has indeed made Orion Pax's distress call his ringtone, as he promised back in [[Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Chapter 1]].
*Ultra Magnus remarks on a sense of deja vu when the team finds Metroplex's brain to be missing, presumably a reference to the [[sparkeater]] incident from [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|''More than Meets the Eye'' #3]], where said sparkeater removed its victims' brain modules first in preparation for harvesting their sparks. Hence, Magnus's decision to check on Metroplex's spark upon noticing his brain was gone.
*To see ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' Tankor appearing in this issue in such a manner is perhaps a little disarming; he is, of course, only here because this issue is packed in with his new ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' toy. But! This is actually ''not'' his first appearance in IDW continuity! Given the timings involved, it can only have been an incredibly fortuitous coincidence, but Tankor first showed up in a crowd-scene cameo (as his original toy) back in the [[Primus: All Good Things|2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]].
*The mysterious object on Rodimus's hand was alluded to back in [[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Chapter 2]].
*Kup was last seen in [[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|''Transformers: Infestation'' #2]], in which he was sucked into the Dead Universe through a magic portal.

===Transformers references===

*The story catches up to the "Roll Call" pages this issue, with Slag officially renaming himself "Slug", the name Hasbro now uses for versions of the character which originated with his [[Slug|Aligned universe counterpart]]. The full details of his change of heart aren't gone into, merely that Arcee told him that his name was offensive—a double-reference to its status as both a [[Slag (slang)|Transformer swear word]] and a disparaging term for a woman in the United Kingdom, the latter being the reason Hasbro shelved it as the character's name. The story has tactfully avoided actually ''using'' "Slag" in dialogue up until now, which is not a problem IDW stories have faced before, but ''Dark Cybertron'' is packed in with toys.

===Errors===
*As has already occurred twice, in chapters [[Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|three]] and [[Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|four]], Sludge is among the Dinobots on the first page of the story, despite the fact that he was sent back to the Autobot camp in [[Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|chapter two]]. When Swoop speaks to him, though, he calls him "Snarl", and further, dino-mode Sludge vanishes on page 3 and is replaced with robot-mode Snarl, suggesting that Rojo may be mixing up the characters regularly.
*The last panel of the first dry dock page: Presumably, the lines that begin with "Come on, Perceptor!" should not be coming from Perceptor himself. Whether the other balloon in that panel, trailing from Skids, is properly placed is not clear (we've attributed the questionable dialogue, quoted above, to Whirl, the only other character to appear in the panel).

===Trivia===
*Artist breakdown: Per the established pattern, Rojo draws the scenes on Cybertron, Raiz covers the ''Lost Light'' crew, and Ramondelli the Dead Universe.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Orion and Rodimus in the grip of Nova Prime, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Sub cover:''' Tankor by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
*'''Cover RI:''' The Dinobots open fire, by [[Brendan Cahill]] and [[Josh Perez]]
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