Alana

2018-11-21T20:54:00Z

Colin: Source: Melendy Britt voiced Alana as confirmed by her appearance agency Celebworx

:''Alana is a [[Tlalakan]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:SeaChange Alana human.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I hope that if I ever became a robot, those two little feathers on my head would become a distinctive metal headdress!"]]

'''Alana''' is a leader among her people, the [[Tlalakan]]s of [[Tlalak]], encouraging them to rebel against [[Deceptitran]], a [[Decepticon]] creation intended to squeeze [[energon]] out of her enslaved people.

She has the invaluable ability to see beyond the surface and into the heart of the matter. This enables her to realize that the [[Autobot]]s who arrive at her planet are friends instead of more of Deceptitran's droids. She also develops a "special" relationship with [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], who shares her affinity for the water.

Though she has the opportunity to become a robot in order to be with Seaspray, she chooses to remain who and what she is. She reassures Seaspray that the outer appearances may be different but, "inside we feel the same".

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Melendy Britt]] (English), [[Run Sasaki]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:SeaChange Alana robot.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"aw yeah that's the stuff"]]
Seaspray intercepted an encrypted message from another planet. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] deduced that the message was a request for aid and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] conceded that they must respond to it. [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] suggested that he could carry Perceptor, Seaspray and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] to the distant planet in question in order to help.

En route to the planet, they discovered that the message was from a robot called Deceptitran to the [[Decepticon]]s; disappointed, the team decided to investigate the situation anyway. They landed and discovered a civilization resembling the early human/Incan/Aztec civilizations from [[Earth]]. The human-like creatures were being enslaved by Deceptitran and his drones in order to mine, collect and refine energon for the Decepticons.

A resistance movement had taken shape on the planet through the use of a pool called the [[Well of Transformation]] that dissolved the body of whoever entered, leaving only the spirit/soul which then formed a new body of whatever sort their heart desired. The people of the planet used it to change into merpeople so that they could secretly use the waterways for their rebellion. Any drone that entered the pool, being soulless machines, were immediately dissolved to nothing as if by acid.

[[File:SeaChange Alana boat.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"also i'll transform into a gondola, why not"]]
Seaspray fell in love with Alana. Though she warned him against using the pool, Seaspray believed that there was more to himself than just a mechanical device; he decided that he must know that he had a soul, so he used the pool himself and successfully changed himself into a man.

Discovering, however, that he could not fight well as a man, Seaspray chose to return to robot form. Alana alternately chose to become a robot that transformed into a boat. Together they worked to rescue Bumblebee (who had been kidnapped) and overthrow Deceptitran's hold on the planet.

In the end, Alana chose to return to her original form, much to Seaspray's disappointment. They decided they wouldn't let their outer differences spoil the relationship and Seaspray motored them across the water and off into the sunset. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

===''Wings Universe''===
{{Wingsnote}}
In [[2012]], Alana visited [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] as an ambassador. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Alana was one of the many women brought to the [[Legends World]] by [[Tigatron]] using the [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] in an attempt to get women who liked him better than [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

When Tlalak suffered from a drought, Alana and Seaspray—who she was now going steady with—traveled to the Legends World to recover that which could save her planet: the [[Beastformer]]s' Water Gem. She used water from the Well of Transformation to turn into a robot and help battle the evil [[Tigerburn]] for the gem, only to get stuck in that form after Tigerburn stole and used up the remaining water. Fortunately the villain was defeated thanks to [[Lione]], and Alana and Seaspray made plans to take a romantic vacation on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] after saving Tlalak. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 64|Bonus Edition Vol. 64}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Alana''' (アラナ ''Arana'')

[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon aliens]]
[[Category:Legends aliens]]
[[Category:Robots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe characters]]

Bud Davis

2018-10-11T19:55:56Z

Colin: Bud Davis's legal name is actually Bud Davis as per his ID -source airplane ticket to TFcon

[[File:Bud Davis Dreaded Sundown.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Oh yeah? Well if you think it's so easy, why don't YOU find a hi-res mugshot of a stuntman from the '70s!?]]

'''Bud Davis''' (born [[December 23]], [[1936]]) is an American actor, director and stunt coordinator. Perhaps his most notable on-screen role was as the Phantom Killer in the original 1976 version of ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown''. He was also the Second Unit/Assistant Director on films such as ''Child's Play'', ''King Kong Lives'' and ''So I Married an Axe Murderer''.

He has performed or coordinated stunts in innumerable movies and TV shows since [[1964]]. Most notably, he coordinated the stunts for ''Forrest Gump'', ''Contact'', ''Cast Away'' and ''Inglorious Basterds''. Davis has also been inducted into the Stuntman Hall of Fame for his work over the decades.

==Voice roles==
===''The Transformers''===
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
* [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]
* "[[Produce thrower]]"
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Unlucky Sharkticon]] ([[The Quintesson Journal]])

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0204294/ Bud Davis at the Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]

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