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Brian Posehn

2025-07-30T17:31:43Z

Ehlektronix: Corrected the spelling of "Megadeth"

{{disambig3|Brian}}
[[Image:BrianPosehn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He doesn't know who you are, but odds are he's a bigger nerd than you]]

'''Brian Posehn''' (born [[July 6]], [[1966]]) is an American comedian who has appeared on shows like ''{{w|Mr. Show|Mr. Show with Bob and David}}'' (alongside [[Tom Kenny]]) and ''{{w|Clerks: The Animated Series}}.'' These roles effectively cemented his role in popular geekdom.

In the realm of voice acting, he's provided voices for ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'', ''Superhero Roommate'', ''Mission Hill'', ''Sym-Bionic Titan'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Steven Universe'' and ''Kim Possible''. He appeared on ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' as Brian, participated in the ''Comedians of Comedy'' tour and TV show alongside [[Patton Oswalt]] and wrote the ever-popular Deadpool for [[Marvel Comics]].

Despite all this, he's probably best known for his appearances on ''Just Shoot Me'', although few people will actually admit watching it.

{{bigquote|I have four hobbies: I play XBox Live, I masturbate, I smoke pot, and I cry.|Brian Posehn}}

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers Animated''===
*[[Nanosec]]

==Notes==
*Brian Posehn being a huge metalhead himself, based his voice for Nanosec off Dave Mustaine of the band ''Megadeth''.

==External links==
* [http://www.brianposehn.com/ Brian Posehn's official website]
* [http://imdb.com/name/nm0692634/ Brian Posehn on the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-03-25/voice-choices/nerd-rage/ Brian Posehn interview]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Posehn, Brian}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Blast from the Past

2025-07-29T17:01:14Z

Ehlektronix:

{{disambig3|Blast from the Past}}
{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|image=TFA Blast Past Dinobots burn.JPG
|caption="When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked." "Yes, but, John, when Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists."
|ep=6
|ep2=8
|prev2=Total Meltdown
|next2=Nanosec (episode)
|title="Blast from the Past"
|airdate=[[January 12]], [[2008]]
|season=1
|season ep=6
|production company=[[Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network Studios]]
|written by=[[Kevin Hopps]]
|directed by=[[Irineo Maramba]] [[Heather Maxwell]] [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
|animation studio= [[Mook]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqASanhQfkA
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''Professor Sumdac upgrades a trio of animatronic dinosaurs from a local theme park, but the creatures develop minds of their own and become rampaging Dinobots, bent on destroying the Autobots.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TFA Blast Past Bulkhead Tutor Bot.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Did you find him?" "Just the parts they didn't like."]]

[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]] takes the [[Autobot]]s to "[[Dino Drive]]", a [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]]-based theme park, in order to teach them about [[Earth]]'s history. On the way, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] accidentally destroys every car in the parking lot. Once inside, [[Tutor Bot]] gives an impromptu lesson on dinosaurs. The Autobots see the animatronic dinosaurs and become amazed by the replicas, especially Bulkhead, who becomes so fascinated that he tries to get the robot ''Pteranodon'' to fly. This only succeeds in having the robot fall and cause a ''Triceratops'' and ''Tyrannosaurus'' robot to collide and break each other, crushing Tutor Bot in the process. The Autobot take the broken animatronics to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac]] for repair.

[[File:TFA Blast Past Sumdac Megatron meet.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"The voice you hear is Richard Kiley. We spared no expense."]]

At the lab, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] views the power of dinosaurs through the damaged Tutor Bot and seems very impressed by their destructive potential. Sumdac enters the lab and berates himself for programming the Tutor Bot with such simple information that everyone already knows. Megatron reveals his consciousness by saying ''he'' never knew these things. Sumdac is shocked, and Megatron, pretending that he has just come back online, asks where he is. Professor Sumdac rambles a bit, then says it's a long story. Megatron reassures him that he can listen, as he is not going anywhere. After Sumdac gives a brief history of Megatron's discovery and how he relates to modern technology, Megatron convinces Sumdac that he is an old friend of the Autobots and that they'll be more forgiving of Sumdac keeping his secrets if he helps repair their old comrade. However, it would be best to keep it quiet for now. As a sign of good faith, he offers to help Sumdac repair the dinosaur displays and provide information on how to upgrade their technology so they'll be even more convincing. He conveniently forgets to tell Sumdac that he plans on using them for prototype attack drones.

Meanwhile, at the [[Autobot Earth Base|Autobot base]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] is trying to teach Bulkhead how to control his strength. This, of course, ends with Bulkhead falling on Prowl. He then tries a new tactic and moves the training to an island in Lake Erie. This results in Bulkhead causing some trees to drop on Prowl.

[[File:TFA Blast Past pulse.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Think they'll have that on the tour?"]]

At Dino Drive, Sumdac reveals his and Megatron's creations to the gathered press and Autobots—the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]! After a short display, Megatron takes control, and the Dinobots go on a rampage. As the Autobots fight them, Bulkhead tries to recreate Prowl's teaching, but to no effect other than falling into Prowl and knocking him flat on his back. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] then combine their powers to create an electromagnetic pulse to shut down the Dinobots, but Sari's [[AllSpark Key]] is somehow drawn to the creatures. She decides to help and plugs the Key into Bumblebee. The blast intensifies, blowing the dinosaurs' skins off and revealing the robot bodies beneath. Professor Sumdac is confused as to why they malfunctioned and brings them back to his lab for maintenance.

At Sumdac's lab, Megatron becomes perplexed as to why the AllSpark Key activated, thinking it sensed something Cybertronian about the Dinobots. He dismisses this idea and curses the drones for being useless. Their failure also forces Megatron to reassess his plans. Given the primitive level of technology available on the planet, it could take years not only to create adequate attack drones, but even longer for his own new body. Megatron laments the grim situation of being locked away in Sumdac's lab, then something very surprising happens—the ''Tyrannosaurus'' starts to talk, and the other dinosaurs begin to move. On top of that, Megatron finds he can't control them!

Megatron then surmises that the Autobots must have done something to them, declaring that, somehow, they have [[Spark]]s of their own. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' then dubs himself "[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]" and, without fail, Megatron declares that he is the Dinobots' leader. Grimlock doesn't approve of this concept and announces that ''he'' is the leader, and [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] and [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] seem to agree. The Tutor Bot activates, much to Megatron's annoyance, and explains how dinosaur fossils create fossil fuel, which powers cars and trucks. Grimlock takes this to mean cars and trucks "eat" dinosaurs and announces that cars and trucks are bad. Megatron takes advantage of their low intelligence and tells them to destroy the "fossil feeders", and, of course, that the only things worse than cars and trucks are "car robots". He shows them how to use one of their more destructive powers, [[fire-breath]], and they use it to destroy the Tutor Bot. Grimlock is pleased with this, but does not know how he did it. Megatron explains how he designed them, then tells them that the fossil feeders want them dead, so the Dinobots go to defend themselves.

[[File:Fanzone.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"Somewhere on this island is the greatest hunter that ever lived. And the second greatest hunter must take him down."]]

As they start on their rampage, [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] and assembled emergency crews try to stop them. Suddenly, Snarl whips a car with his tail, and [[Captain Fanzone's car]] becomes the first casualty of the Dinobots' war on the fossil feeders as the thrown car lands on it. Fanzone, not missing a beat, takes a bazooka and shoots Snarl in the face, but he just swallows the incoming missile.

The Autobots arrive and, at Bulkhead's suggestion, lure the Dinobots to a park in order to avoid any more collateral damage. As Grimlock sees them transform, he remembers something he'd forgotten: Car robots are worse than cars and trucks. Furious, he orders the Dinobots to attack. As the battle goes on, the Autobots are seriously outmatched, especially since Bulkhead is trying to "assess the situation" before acting, as Prowl tried to teach him to do. Prowl, realizing their disadvantage, hollers for Bulkhead not to try and be like Prowl, but to be like ''Bulkhead''. Reassured, Bulkhead quickly drops Snarl and Swoop.

At the lab, Sumdac and Megatron are watching the events unfold on the news, and Sumdac is unable to comprehend why the Dinobots malfunctioned again. Suddenly, the professor realizes that the fire-breath was part of Megatron's design specifications. Megatron feigns shame, claiming that he wanted a body again, so he experimented with the Dinobots by adding "features". Sumdac sympathizes with Megatron, promising not to tell the Autobots and to restore Megatron one day.

[[File:TFA Blast Past Dinobots stuck.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"You're sure they're contained?" "Yes. Unless they figure out how to open doors."]]

Meanwhile, Bumblebee and Ratchet are pinned down by Grimlock's fire-breath. Snarl and Swoop get up and join in, the heat melting the parking lot behind the two Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] remembers the tar lesson from Dino Drive, and Bulkhead throws all three Dinobots into the newly formed pool. The Dinobots use their flames in an attempt to free themselves from the "black, sticky stuff", but only make things worse for themselves.

The Dinobots are trapped with only their heads sticking out. Professor Sumdac promises to melt them down due to their unpredictableness and the danger they therefore pose. Optimus approves of this, but Prowl does not, feeling that they have shown they have minds and sparks of their own. When Sumdac returns the next morning, he finds the Dinobots have escaped from their tar prison.

On the [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|deserted island]] where Prowl and Bulkhead trained, the Dinobots are freed into a large crater which houses a beautiful natural environment. Prowl and Bulkhead see how happy they are and decide to keep it their little secret. With that, Prowl sets a hologram up to keep them hidden and safe from the world.

[[File:Animated cartoon Grimlock energo-sword.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"Life finds a way."]]

After they leave, Grimlock dubs cars and trucks bad, but Nature good. Two birds promptly defecate on him, which makes him rethink his claim and dub Nature stupid. He orders the birds to come down and "fight like Dinobot" and spits out a flame at them, but they simply fly away. Furious, Grimlock suddenly activates another of Megatron's "features" and transforms! Snarl and Swoop stare in amazement as Grimlock draws a [[Energo weapon|giant, flaming sword]]. Grimlock like….
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (5)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (7)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (10)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (11)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (8)

|c3=
* [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] (9)
* [[Porter C. Powell]] (13)
* [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] (14)
* [[Lester Black]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Tutor Bot]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Sorry I'm late, guys. Uh, did I miss anything?" 
"No, I'd say you hit just about every car in the lot."
:—'''Bulkhead''' can't seem to catch a break, certainly not from '''Bumblebee'''.

'''Tutor Bot''': Besides the valuable information dinosaurs' bones can tell us, fossils also gave way to fossil fuels, which today power our automobiles. 
'''Sumdac''': Oh, I cannot believe that I programmed you with such simplistic information. Everyone knows this. 
'''Megatron''': Oh, but I did not. 
'''Sumdac''': Well, everyone but you. ''[gasps loudly]'' You—you ''spoke!''
:—Isaac Sumdac learns that his guest is awake.

"Nice, Prowl. Maybe next you can teach an engine block to float."
:—'''Ratchet''' being a crotchety old goat

"The primitive materials available on this planet are useless. It will take countless solar cycles to create attack drones capable of ''my'' needs, and without more substantial robotics for my own body, my prospects are grim, locked in this prison of a lab." 
"Grim—lock...Grim—lock."
:—'''Megatron''' learns why '''Grimlock''''s name doesn't start with an "S".

"Cars and trucks bad! Car robots...worse!"
:—'''Grimlock''', to the dismay of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' fans everywhere.

'''Bulkhead''': Wait! Uh, I was thinking. Maybe we should lead them someplace safer first. 
'''Optimus''': Good thinking, Bulkhead! 
'''Bulkhead''': He said "good thinking". 
'''Bumblebee''': And "''Bulkhead''".
:—Optimus gives Bulkhead kudos, much to his and Bumblebee's shock.

"You call breathing fire a glitch?!?"
:—'''Ratchet''', saying what we're all thinking.

"Just because something is big and lumbering and destructive doesn't mean you give up on it."
:—'''Prowl''' delivering the most backhanded compliment ever

"Cars and trucks bad. Nature...good."
:—'''Grimlock''' admiring nature, just before it poops on him.

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
*Only two other animatronic dinosaurs are seen in Dino Drive, a ''Stegosaurus'' and an unidentified sauropod, likely referencing [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and the original [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], the other two ''Generation 1'' Dinobots not adapted into ''Animated''.
*After smashing into Snarl, Bulkhead cheerfully apologizes with "Excuse me!" in much the same way that Generation 1 [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] did after stomping on a [[Quintesson]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Named in later episodes, the island seen throughout the episode that the Dinobots are placed on at the end is loosely inspired by [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] from the Sunbow ''The Transformers'' cartoon two-parter [[Dinobot Island, Part 1|of the same name]].

===Real-world references===
* The gate of Dino Drive is remarkably similar to the gate of Jurassic Park in the [[Jurassic Park|movie of the same name]] (and thus, by extension, to the gate from ''[[King Kong]]'', to which Jurassic Park's design was an [[homage]]). Music reminiscent of the ''Jurassic Park'' [[theme song|theme]] can be heard during some of the Dino Drive scenes.

===Animation errors===
*In one scene, Snarl's head is coloured grey instead of gold.
*During the final fight, when Bulkhead tries to use Prowl's training properly, his mouth doesn't move.
*In the final scene, as Grimlock angrily yells at the birds after they poop on him, he demands they "come back and fight like Dinobot!" Thing is, the birds haven't ''gone'' anywhere to "come back" from; they're still sitting on their branch, and only fly away after he's finished talking and shoots his fire breath at them.

===Trivia===
*This episode marks the first appearance of the Dinobots in a ''Transformers'' television series since [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]. There is much joy. Grimlock is particularly happy.
*Snarl was obviously designed to be the ''Animated'' incarnation of the Generation 1 [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] named [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and preproduction shots even bore that name. Hasbro eventually chose to use the name "Snarl" instead because, as acknowledged by the Hasbro representatives at [[BotCon 2008]], "slag" is a negative slang term in the [[United Kingdom]] (specifically, a negative term applied to promiscuous individuals), and might have affected toy sales. Grimlock was the only Dinobot to be named in the show itself until "[[Human Error, Part II]]", when [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] gave Snarl his name. Swoop was never named in the show.
*For the first time, the Dinobots' [[alternate mode|alt mode]]s match closely with how dinosaurs are depicted in the fossil record (no sluggishness, more mammal/bird-like, Grimlock bent over horizontally, no bowleggedness, etc.). There was still a lack of feathers before they were de-skinned, though. (However, since it's unknown if ''T. rex'' had a feather covering like smaller theropods, and large pterosaurs had short, bristly fur, if at all, it's not really an issue.)
*In this episode, Tutor Bot actually teaches Sari and the Autobots about dinosaurs and fossil fuels. He's back on form, however, when the pre-Transformer Grimlock squashes him.
*It seems somewhat odd (but not terribly surprising) that humanity has developed advanced robotics and such, but still uses fossil fuels in cars.
*According to Ratchet, the Transformer race is over 10 billion years old.
*Tutor Bot makes statements of questionable factual accuracy in this episode:
**Despite what Tutor Bot says, fossil fuels are ''not'' made from dinosaur fossils. Fossil fuels are made from various {{w|hydrocarbon}}s, which are mostly formed from plant matter that has long since settled in the Earth's crust. For more, see {{w|Fossil fuel|this}}.
**Tutor Bot claims that the {{w|Jurassic}} era is over 200 million years old. It lasted from circa 199.6 million years ago to 145.4 million years ago. Yes, the show takes place in the future, but not '''that''' far in the future.
**Tutor Bot claims that many of the creatures lived during the Jurassic period, but ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Triceratops'' and the pterosaur ''Pteranodon'' hail from the Late {{w|Cretaceous}}, not the Jurassic. The only dinosaurs actually from that time period are the ''[[Snarl (G1)|Stegosaurus]]'' and the [[Sludge (G1)|sauropod]] mentioned above. This makes Tutor Bot blind, vague, or incapable of teaching about dinosaurs, fossil fuels, and (depending on how literally you take him) basic math. The fact that Professor Sumdac continues to fix him is almost amazing.
*Michigan does not have volcanoes. (Although, this ''is'' the future.)
*It's a little weird that the energy cage is simply left there at the tar pits overnight, especially since Sumdac intends to "melt them down" which would necessitate relocating the cage anyway. We can infer from Prowl and Bulkhead's success that the cage wasn't even guarded.
*This episode was adapted in comic book format using screen captures as half of "[[Transformers Animated Volume 2]]", with "[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]]" making up the other half. It was also adapted in book form as "[[Attack of the Dinobots!]]".
*Bulkhead repeatedly says "access the situation" instead of "assess". It is unknown if this is a script-reading error on [[Bill Fagerbakke]]'s part, or just Bulkhead being Bulkhead.

===Foreign localization===
'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A Explosão do Passado'''" ("The Blast from the Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un rugissement venu du passé'''" ("A Blast from the Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 7|7 September]] [[2008]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Drachenkämpfer'''" ("Dragon Fighters")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 7|7 June]] [[2008]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un'Esplosione dal passato'''" ("An Explosion from the Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 1|1 November]] [[2008]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinobot Tanjō!'''" (ダイノボット誕生!, "Birth of the Dinobots!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 22|22 May]] [[2010]]
::*The Japanese title of this episode, "''Dinobot Tanjō!''", is the same as the Japanese title of the episode that introduced the Dinobots in [[S.O.S. Dinobots|the original ''Transformers'' cartoon]].
::* '''Cut:''' Prowl comes back online after being crushed by Bulkhead
::* '''Cut:''' The small skirmish between the Detroit Police and Dinobots before the camera shifts to the Autobots on their way.
::*Grimlock has the same verbal tic as his [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 counterpart]] did in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Japanese]] [[The Transformers (cartoon)|dub of the original cartoon]], putting "da" at the end of his sentences . [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' also shared this verbal tic, albeit played to greater excess. Grimlock is voiced by [[Keiji Fujiwara]], the Japanese voice of Dinobot, who plays the character much the same way.
::*Speaking of talking, Swoop and Snarl can speak! Except only their names in the fashion similar to {{w|Pokémon}}. In fact, Grimlock lampshades this by saying the two aren't "pocket monsters" (''poketto kaijū'') during the "next episode" segment.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cios z przeszłości'''" ("Blast from the Past")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Spanish (Latin America)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Enemigos de la Prehistoria'''" ("Enemies of prehistory")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 28|28 June]] [[2008]]

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume One: Blast from the Past (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume One: Blast from the Past (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Eins: Drachenkämpfer (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2010 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 2 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2013 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season One ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers Animated'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Drag Strip (Animated)

2025-07-29T12:43:09Z

Ehlektronix:

{{disambig3|Drag Strip}}
{{faction|decepticon|decepticong2|teamstunticon}}
:''Drag Strip is a [[Decepticon]] [[Team Stunticon|Stunticon]] from the [[Animated continuity family]] (via [[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]).''
[[Image:DragStripAnimated.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|I am gonna ask you questions. And every time you don't give me answers, I'm gonna cut something off. And I promise you, they will be things you will miss.]]

'''Drag Strip''' has plenty to be angry about. Not only did [[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] protoform her into a weak Autobot body, but she has to take orders from those privileged idiots [[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]] and [[The Motor Master]], and why? Because [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is ruled by Autobots, not rightfully by Decepticons. Never mind that she plays the stupid damsel-in-distress role in [[Team Stunticon]]s' fake stunt show. That's just adding insult to injury.

So don't be surprised if she takes out that anger on everyone with her laser swords.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
{{voiceactor|[[Morgan Lofting]] (English)}}
[[Image:StuntiConJob-nowheretorun.jpg|left|thumb|[[X-Men|No place to hide! No place to run! The Mutant Age has now begun!]]]]
Drag Strip was sent, along with the other Stunticons and [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]], on a mission to break [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and other Decepticons out of [[Trypticon Prison]]. In the guise of entertainers, they planned to rig the former [[Decepticon Gladiatorial Arena]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] with explosives, blasting the prison walls open and killing the audience in the process.

All was going well until the Stunticons were abruptly assaulted in mid-rehearsal by [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]], who opened fire on the disguised Decepticons. Once the Autobot cop settled down, the rehearsal continued. Drag Strip reluctantly played the role of a damsel in distress, cornered by three Decepticons, unsuccessfully rescued by Toxitron, but then truly rescued by the appearance of a great big holographic [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Magnus]] head.

On the night of the plan's execution, Sideswipe and Cheetor returned in the middle of the show, having worked out the Stunticons' plan. The Stunticons fought back with their stolen modifications, with [[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]] and Drag Strip cornering Cheetor. The two cop-bots were cornered, but Toxitron leapt into the fray, knocking out the structural supports for a giant ramp and sending it crashing down on the Stunticons. Toxitron turned out to actually be a disguised [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who revealed their plan to everyone watching. Drag Strip was incarcerated in Trypticon Prison, alongside the very Decepticons she and her teammates had sought to free. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

At some point, Drag Strip '''[REDACTED BY THE OFFICE OF [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|SENTINEL MAGNUS]]]''' [[forestonite]], leaving her with a garish color scheme. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:Transformers Legends Animated cameos.jpg|thumb]]
Drag Strip was still locked in her cell while a [[Slipstream (Animated)|group]] [[Swindle (Animated)|of]] [[Starscream (Animated)|treacherous]] Decepticons infiltrated the prison.{{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
A member of [[Bludgeon (G1)#Kre-O_online_manga|Bludgeon]]'s forces searching for the [[Red Bucket]], Drag Strip panicked and fell over when they were attacked by [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Mega-Jazz]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:Ani-toy Dragstrip.jpg|right|300px|thumb|For the love of everything, watch the thumbs.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''The Stunti-Con-Job''' (Box set, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 swords, left & right wings

: A [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|''Animated'']] [[Arcee (Animated)#Toys|Arcee]], Drag Strip transforms from a yellow and black robot to a Cybertronic "rocket car." She comes with two wings, which can be attached at the rear of her vehicle mode (or her robot mode back), and two swords, which can be held in her hands or stored securely in shafts in the rear of her vehicle mode (or atop her shoulder kibble). Some have reported, with the Arcee figure, the swords fit loosely, though they are designed to click into place—albeit with a certain amount of fiddling in some cases.

: She was only available as part of the [[BotCon 2011]] box set, which also includes [[The Motor Master#Toys|The Motor Master]], [[Wildrider (Animated)#Toys|Wildrider]], [[Breakdown (Animated)#Toys|Breakdown]], and [[Dead End (Animated)#Toys|Dead End]].

: This mold was also the basis for the Japanese-card-reader-game-only [[Chromia (Animated)|Chromia]], and was [[retool]]ed into ''Animated'' [[Minerva (Animated)#Toys|Minerva]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/BCDragStrip/dragstrip.htm More information on Drag Strip at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:G2DragStripAnimated-CAA.jpg|thumb|upright=0.65]]
* Drag Strip was the third character to be revealed for the BotCon 2011 set, on [[February 10]], [[2011]]. Her selection for unveiling as the third Stunticon was determined by a fan vote on multiple Transformers fansites, in which respondents had a choice between Drag Strip or Wildrider. Since everyone was already pretty sure Wildrider would be a [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] repaint, but were nowhere near as certain what to expect from Drag Strip, desire to find out led Drag Strip to win out on nearly every site that ran a poll, with the estimated total votes favoring Drag Strip nearly 2 to 1<ref>http://tf-timelines.deviantart.com/blog/37573271/</ref>.
* Shortly before unveiling Drag Strip, BotCon's Twitter feed published a link to YouTube for the trailer of ''{{w|Kill Bill}}'', which is a movie featuring a kick-ass sword-wielding woman wearing a yellow jumpsuit, and a yellow truck with purple/red detailing known as "The Pussy Wagon".<ref>[https://archive.is/A3tg5 BotCon Twitter link to ''Kill Bill'' trailer]</ref>
* While Arcee's [[character model]] had already been updated for the third season of [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|the cartoon]] to look more like her toy, Drag Strip's model goes even further, adding the toy's clip-on wings and the vehicle kibble on her forearms.
* Morgan Lofting's voices Drag Strip with a New York accent. Think Harley Quinn.

==References==
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[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
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