Greatshot

2016-03-29T02:50:31Z

Delta7890: Found alternate link for a Shadowmaru gallery, old one was dead.

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:''Greatshot is an [[Autobot]] [[Six Changer]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:GreatshotBoxart2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ironically, his aim is terrible.]]

A loner, the ninja-like '''Greatshot''' (グレートショット ''Gurētoshotto'') took a while to become an Autobot team player. Of course, even after he did, he still prefers to do things his own way.

Greatshot's six modes, ranging from robot to rhino, make him one of the most lethal warriors the Autobots have. Plus he ruffles [[Guyhawk]]'s feathers quite a bit.

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Michihiro Ikemizu]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}
[[Image:PlanetMicro Greatshot gunmode.jpg|thumb|left|200px|To be honest, it's more like a long box thing with guns stuck on the end.]]
Greatshot's former friends included the criminal mercenaries [[Blue Bacchus]] and [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] as well as the sociopathic [[Guyhawk]]. Greatshot trailed the pair of mercenaries to planet Micro, intent on stopping them as his first step in "putting an end to conflict." There he encountered and teamed up with [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]], the Autobot leader, who was himself investigating Decepticon attacks. Greatshot informed the Autobots that he would deal with the matter as a point of honor, though Star Saber insisted on helping anyway. Greatshot was able to best the two [[Crossformer]] mercenariess in combat, destroying their powerful shells, though he failed to defeat either core opponent. He parted ways with the Autobots on somewhat friendlier terms. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}

[[Image:PlanetMicro Greatshot robotmode.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Greatshot traveled with [[Holi]] to a [[Planet Micro Satellite Penitentiary|prison facility of Micro]], sneaking in through the sewer system. Though Greatshot hoped to convert Guyhawk to the Autobot cause, his former friend gave his refusal in a spray of blaster rounds that almost wiped out the two Autobots. The pair fought, destabilising the prison's lava power supply. Greatshot was almost sent plunging into the lava, but saved himself with a grappling line. Holi was helping him out when a quake sent them hurtling towards the lava, but they were saved by the timely arrival of Star Saber. Greatshot and Holi became firm friends as a result of the encounter. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}}

[[Image:CrisisAmbushDesert Greatshot rhinomode.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's a bird-lion-rhino thing!]]
Some time later, Greatshot visited [[Earth]] to see his new friends. After sleeping in a seaside cave, he was surprised by the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'' erupting from the ocean. He trailed it, and stumbled on a destroyed city full of dead Autobots. Continuing on, he finally caught up with the Decepticons and was able to assist the [[Brainmaster]]s, facing [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] himself in combat. With yet another timely arrival on the part of Star Saber, the Decepticons were seen off. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} After the death of [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]], Star Saber called Greatshot to [[Rocket Base|Shuttle Base]] and asked him to take command of God Ginrai's Second Army. Greatshot reluctantly agreed. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}

When Deathsaurus was able to reactivate his [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]], Star Saber called Greatshot away from his duties to assist in battling the thing. He arrived in time to help [[Road Caesar]], though they were unable to prevent the fortress from launching meteors at Earth, causing untold devastation. The two Autobots decided to assault the fortress's launch bay, and were only saved from certain destruction by the arrival of Star Saber and [[Victory Leo]], the former of whom ordered them to retreat to Earth. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}}

Following the destruction of the fortress and defeat of Deathsaurus, Greatshot returned to his life as a mercenary and disappeared after the [[Silvart War]]. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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===Wars comics===
After Greatshot left the [[Second Army]], [[Goshooter]] became the team's third commander. {{Storylink|Train Wars: Goshooter & Shūta Gō Chapter}}

===''Transformers PD Type'' comic===
While [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] high-fived and celebrated victories against the Decepticons, a shadowy ninja lurked in the background, cloaked by shadow. Greatshot claimed it was merely an act of desperation. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##15 "No One Knows When He's Come or Gone. Greatshot..."|No One Knows When He's Come or Gone. Greatshot...}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
[[File:GreatshotAligned-UltimatePopUpUniverse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Greatshot was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. There, he participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}
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==Toys==
{{picsneeded|Complete toy}}
===Victory===
[[Image:G1GreatShot_Toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Missing his jet nose and using another bot's guns... but still bad-ass!]]
*'''Greatshot''' (1989)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-325'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns

:Greatshot is a [[retool]] of [[Sixshot]] with several completely new parts, including his shoulders, chestplate and both his robot and animal-mode heads. Like Sixshot, he has six different modes: a robot, a tank, a spaceship, a gun, an off-road vehicle, and a winged rhinoceros (retooled from Sixshot's wolf mode). Each of these modes has their own functionality, including things like a trigger (that is, a little plastic panel that springs back after you pull on it) for his gun mode. His two guns, retooled to have slightly longer handles than Sixshot's, fit into different holes in every mode.

:As with Sixshot, Greatshot's robot mode is mostly a [[Brick (term)|brick]], with no real [[articulation]] to speak of.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/GreatShot/greatshot.htm More information on Greatshot at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=2505&Sprache=0 More information on Greatshot at Transformers-Universe.com]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:BraveShadowmaruKagerouModels.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The ninja storm is growing! Shadowmaru is on the left.]]
* For a while, there was much [[fandom]] speculation that Greatshot was an upgraded version of [[Sixshot]]. However, according the supplemental character [[bio]] included with Greatshot's toy, he is in fact a former compatriot of both Sixshot and [[Sixknight]], who in turn were all members of the "[[Six Clan]]" that "secretly rules over the galaxy". Uh... okay then! [http://tflab.net/japaspe/victory/c325.html] Still, there is at least one notable similarity between Sixshot and Greatshot, beyond them sharing the same base mold: they both had the [[Michihiro Ikemizu|same actor]], who voiced them both with a stereotypical "[[wikipedia:Samurai|samurai]] movie" dialect.
* The supplementary bio further states that Greatshot frequently carries out secret ninja missions, further tying him in with the "Ninja Staff Officer" Sixshot and the "Ninja Knight" Sixknight.
* The Greatshot mold was later retooled to make the heroic "Ninja Detective" '''Shadowmaru''' for Takara's ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Police J-Decker]]'' toyline. Amusingly, while the other 5 forms are of standard size for the series (assuming 5 meters in robot mode), his size for gun mode was increased to the point that, in ''Transformers'' terms, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] could use him for an oversized rifle. Shadowmaru also had a prototype "brother", '''Kagerō''', who could only change into three forms. He was not produced as a toy. [http://2too.blog93.fc2.com/blog-entry-166.html More on Shadowmaru here.]
** In 2015, [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' comic series introduced [[Greatsix]], a Decepticon under the command of the IDW G1 version of Deathsaurus, based on an early design of Greatshot and utilizing Shadowmaru's colors.

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Sixshot''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Iperbot'''
*''Russian:'' '''Shestizaryadnik''' (Шестизарядник, "Sixshot")
*''Spanish:'' '''Sixshot''' (Latin America)

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[[Category:Ninjas]]
[[Category:Transformers with multiple modes]]
[[Category:Victory Autobots]]

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