Nightbird (G1)

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:''Nightbird is a [[human]]-built robot and sometimes a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Nightbird g1.jpg|thumb|"Dude? A giant robot ninja?"<br>"No dude, a giant robot ninja chick!"<br>"Duuuude!"]]
'''Nightbird''' is a giant female ninja robot built to "benefit [[human|mankind]]".

Yeah, those nunchucks are really gonna be ''benefiting'' their way through society.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Nightbird was a robotic ninja warrior created by [[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist]], ostensibly to show how advanced [[Human]] technology had become. The [[Decepticon]]s stole Nightbird, and [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] implanted her with an enhanced brain chip which turned the drone-like Nightbird into a true butt-kicking machine. Nightbird broke into the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and stole the [[Autobot]]s' [[World Energy Chip]], which contained the locations of a variety of energy sources, energy sources that the Decepticons would most assuredly use for conquest!

The Autobots were, at first, hampered by their promise to Doctor Fujiyama not to damage or destroy the ninja robot, and found themselves flustered in botched attempts to capture her. Eventually, however, they used an [[electro mesh prison]] which drained Nightbird's power reserves and allowed the Autobots to capture her without serious damage.

Doctor Fujiyama placed Nightbird into cold storage, but apparently did not see fit to fully deactivate her, as she seemed aware of her plight and gave an angry glare as she was stored away. Not that we've ever seen her again. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Nightbird, having somehow escaped storage, went to the [[Six Clan]]'s planet to learn the art of transformation, picking up a "swan mode". She would later acquire a car mode elsewhere. She later found two disciples, [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]] and [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]], both who would eventually develop a rivalry with a dispute over their master. {{Storylink|LG-15 Nightbird Shadow Sequel}}

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In one of the [[Legends World]]'s [[Tigatron]]'s dreams, Nightbird was among the evil female Transformers (and related robots, evidently) who sought to kidnap him and fought the heroic female Transformers guarding him. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] was in Nightbird's line of sight shortly before the dream ended due to Tigatron waking up. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}} [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] later saw Nightbird, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] in a vision of things to come. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 14|Bonus Edition Vol. 14}}

[[File:Transformers Legends LG15 Nightbirds rampage.jpg|thumb|]]

Having gotten his mitts on Nightbird again, Megatron brought her with him to the Legends World, where he presented her to the public as a [[Tera-Kura Co.]] ninja maid robot under the name Nightbird Shadow. To prevent her from causing any problems, he equipped her a clumsiness function that customers found adorable, leading to Tera-Kura mass-producing and selling Nightbird clones for profit. The clones then immediately went out of control and started rampaging through Tokyo, something Megatron credited to their inherently evil Decepticon souls, but were stopped in their tracks by their own clumsiness. The [[Megatron (BW)|local Megatron]] prepared for a mass recall, but the customers of the Nightbirds protested that the clones' little "mischievous streak" was just charming, and they remained on the market. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}}

[[File:TFLegendVol17DecepticonHalloweenCostumes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
During [[Halloween]], Megatron had Nightbird Shadow go trick-or-treating for energy alongside Blackarachnia and Slipstream. Dressed up as a ghost, she and the others knocked on Tigatron's door before getting accosted by [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], who were defeated by Blackarachnia. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}} Later, when quizzed by [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] about her backstory, Nightbird explained her history with the Six Clan and her students, which Rattrap found hard to believe.

At Tera-Kura, employees became enchanted with Nightbird's cuteness when she took off her mask, prompting the company to begin producing the absurdly popular "Nightbird Maskless Version". {{Storylink|LG-15 Nightbird Shadow Sequel}} Nightbird later swooned over the foreign [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] with the other female Tera-Kura employees, {{Storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}} driving Tigatron to envy. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}} The three later came with Megatron on a hot springs trip, and were thus absent when Tera-Kura Co. was briefly taken over by [[Waspinator (BW)#Cartoon continuity|Waspinator]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Nightbird Shadow and Slipstream were targeted by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] in his quest to send all the Legends Universe's interdimensional visitors back to their own universes, prompting Megatron to intervene and seemingly lose his life saving his soldiers. As they crowded around his body, however, they found that Megatron persisted in a tiny new body that Nightbird found cute. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 20|Bonus Edition Vol. 20}}

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], leader of Tera-Kura Co.'s science department and the one in charge of the Nightbird clone production, allied with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] near one of the production lines. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} On a chart showing the employees of the newly formed Decepticon Tera-Kura Co. and their titles, Nightbird Shadow was included as one of the "three office ladies". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}} When Megatron turned into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and went on a rampage in the city, Nightbird Shadow and the other two tried to talk (well, sign language) him out of it, but their calling him "Megatron" only angered Galvatron further and he opened fire on them. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} Nightbird was later present for [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]]'s failed attempt at usurping Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}}

Nightbird's continued time at the office involved getting hypnotized into fawning over [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}} getting her dress ripped off by [[Apeface]]'s telekinesis, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}} and standing around while Megatron argued with [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} When the Headmasters turned against Tera-Kura Co. and came to steal [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] from them, Nightbird led her clones into battle against the traitorous [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} As an agent of the Six Clan, Nightbird had orders to eliminate [[Sixshot]] and saw her chance when the rogue ninja appeared in the Legends World. When Sixshot was distracted by his victory over [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], she snuck up behind him and impaled him, told him he had broken the Six Clan's laws, and left him to die. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 50|Bonus Edition Vol. 50}}

Nightbird remained at Tera-Kura Co. after Megatron left to become mayor, but remained loyal to him and helped take back the company after it was conquered by the [[Concurrence]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} With the destruction of the Legends World, Nightbird returned with Megatron to their own dimension. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}} She honored the terms of the [[Cybertron Alliance]], the peace treaty between Autobots and Decepticons negotiated by Optimus and Megatron. She was seen at the ceremony trying to bring about personal peace between her former proteges, Road Rocket and Road Pig. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Legends Final Chapter}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:Departure Nightbird army.jpg|upright=2.5|left|thumb|Bombshell would be [[Insecticon clone|so proud]].]]
In 2025 or so, Fujiyama, apparently having learned ''nothing'', built an entire army of Nightbird drones. When they went on a rampage, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] came to the doctor's aid. Though they were rather outnumbered, the group held off the drones long enough for [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] to arrive with help and an evacuation shuttle. This was only just too late for Wheelie, who found his back slashed open by a Nightbird drone, disabling him from getting to the shuttle. Loyal to his friend, Daniel stayed with him as the others fled. When he could no longer fight off the drones, he detonated an explosive to destroy them, killing himself and Wheelie in the process. {{storylink|Departure}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Infestation Aztec Theatres inside.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Then, would those be ''male'' ninja robots?]]
A science fiction movie, ''[[Enter the Nightbird (film)|Enter the Nightbird]]'', featured Nightbird kicking shiny metal robo-ass. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}}
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
Nightbird was wanted as one of Earth's five most wanted criminals. Little did the Autobots know that their list was out of date, leading to their shock when [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]] came under attack from [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Autobot Spike]], [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot Master]], [[Doctor Arkeville|Dr. Arkeville]], [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]... and a whole lotta Nightbirds! The villains nearly managed to steal Metroplex's brain, but were thwarted at the last possible moment by [[Carzap (BT)|Carzap]] and [[G.B. Blackrock]]. In the battle's aftermath, several Nightbirds found themselves strewn about in pieces. {{storylink|The Brick List: Earth's Most Wanted}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Nightbird was identified as a [[Cityspeaker]] by a [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] newscaster. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
At her unveiling by Doctor Fujiyama, Nightbird was stolen by the Decepticons and reprogrammed by Hardshell to serve them. She was sent on a mission to Autobot HQ, where she stole the World Energy Chip and successfully escaped into the desert, however Jazz and Brawn gave chase, and despite the best efforts of the Decepticons, she was recovered along with the chip. The Autobots returned her to Doctor Fujiyama, who put her in stasis. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird (Legends)|Enter the Nightbird}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:NightbirdEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=2| So about that upgrade....]]
Programmed with the skills of a mighty ninja, the non-sentient Nightbird developed a full meta-processor brain after being implanted with one of Bombshell's cerebro shells, which merged with her own simulated intelligence.

Nightbird became one of the greatest threats to the Autobots, even more so when—as Bombshell was reformatted—she gained true sentience and freedom of thought. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Nightbird character bio}}

When Arcee, the Autobots' recon and decoy specialist, was sent to Earth, Nightbird was sent in response. Nightbird had some showdowns with Arcee before settling in with the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Crystal City}}

*'''Class:''' Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:'''Nightbird uses her gun on a target, then closes in and kicks and punches it.
*'''Ability:''' '''Holo Decoy''' - Place a decoy that soaks up damage and stuns a defense. Only one decoy can be active at a time.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:nightbird Nightbird at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

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==Toys==
===Kre-O===
*'''Earth's Most Wanted'''
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===Legends===
[[File:LegendsNightbirdShadow.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|She's everything [[Raksha|someone]] always wanted.]]
*'''Nightbird Shadow''' ([[October 24]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''LG15'''
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, rifle, two swords, two sais

:Part of the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Transformers Legends]]'' toys (an assortment of entirely ''Legends''-exclusive female villains), "Nightbird Shadow" is a [[retool]]ing of ''[[Transformers: Generations#Thrilling 30|Generations: Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Generations|Arcee]] featuring a new head and chest, transforming into a Cybertronian open-top sports car. She also gains an extra to a pair of sais to her arsenal; all six of her weapons each feature several universally-sized rectangular pegs that allows them to be tabbed into multiple matching ports in her fists, forearms, hips, shoulders, and the sides and rear of her car mode. Additionally, her two guns can store beneath her car mode. Nightbird Shadow uses the modified hand sculpts from the later releases of this mold, with "open" hands and a rim at the bottom of the fist to prevent weapon handles from sliding too far in and potentially getting stuck.

:Her name is a reference to the Japanese title of her debut cartoon episode: "The Shadow of Nightbird".
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===Generations===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-Deluxe-Nightbird.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Nightbird''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-GS07'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[September 7]], 2019'''
**''Accessories:'' "Venomizer Blaster", "Nightshock Baton", 2 "Flash Grenades"

: Branded as a ''[[Transformers: Generations#Selects|Generations Selects]]'' release, ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|Siege]]'' Nightbird is a redeco and new head retool of [[Chromia (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Chromia]], transforming into a Cybertronian car. Like Chromia, Nightbird includes a gun compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. Two grenades can connect to the barrel, and the scope can be detached and can extend the barrel as well, allowing you to change the length of the barrel and/or scope. The grenades can also attach to the back of the vehicle, as if they are big exhaust pipes. Hasbro stock photography also suggests plugging one grenade into the pegged end of the silencer and the other into the underside of Nightbird's hand, creating the appearance of some sort of small staff to make up for her otherwise notable lack of melee weaponry. Unlike most ''Siege'' figures, Nightbird is basically spotless, with no battle damage paint applications anywhere on her body. She also features multiple hardpoints all over herself and her weapon to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions.

: Despite ''looking'' similar to the [[Moonracer (G1)#Toys|Moonracer]]/[[Firestar (G1)#Toys|Novastar]] toy from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'', Chromia/Nightbird is a new mold, transforms differently, and cannot transform into a limb for a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]''-style combiner.

:This toy was released exclusively through [[Hasbro Pulse]] and other online retailers in North America, and [[TakaraTomy Mall]] in Japan. It was also available at general retail in Singapore.

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==Notes==
*Nightbird's gadgets to benefit humanity include: {{w|nunchaku}} (unused), a pair of {{w|Sai (weapon)|''sai'' daggers}} (also unused), a wrist-mounted grappling hook, magnetic feet (they also work on rocks!), fist-replacing sawblades, {{w|Metsubushi|some kind of spin/make bright light/disappear gimmick}}, an endless supply of hip-stored energized [[shuriken]], a beam saber, another unused weapon the hilt of which is visible on her "backpack", a glowing magnetic [[tractor beam]], and stereo speaker-nullifying metal donuts. Additionally, she vanishes after jumping over a cliff edge, leading Mirage to wonder if she has the power of invisibility.
*Star Wars fans will likely notice that the sound effects used for Nightbird’s beam sword are identical to the sound effects used for lightsabers.
*The Nightbirds in ''The Wreckers'' comic have four different accent colors, the same colors as the bandanas of the {{w|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}.
*Nightbird was featured among the Decepticon forces on the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[20th Anniversary Lithograph]].
*A screencap of Nightbird was used to represent the [[Nightracer (G1)|Nightracer]] in the comic story "[[A Flash Forward, Part 2]]" since her head was a close fit and the art style matched the images of other Decepticons next to her. According to [[Pete Sinclair]] and [[Jesse Wittenrich]], the image wasn't supposed to be recognizable as Nightbird once it was obscured by [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], but either Sky-Byte didn't cover her up in a way that would obscure her enough, or maybe we're just that good. She's not intended to be the same character as Nightbird.
*Nightbird as an outright Decepticon is an idea used by the odd fanficcer in the old, old days of [[fandom]], but wouldn't be [[Canonizing|canonised]] until ''Earth Wars'' in 2016.
*According to [[Travis Knight]], the movieverse character [[Shatter]] was based off Nightbird.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nightbird''' (ナイトバード ''Naitobādo'')
*''Italian:'' '''Ninja'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yèyīng''' (China, 夜莺, "Nightingale")
*''Russian:'' '''Golubka''' (Голубка, "Dove")
*''Spanish:'' '''Ave Nocturna''' (Latin America, "Nightbird")
*''French:'' '''Oiseau de nuit''' (Europe, "Nightbird")

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