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Strongarm (RID)

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:''Strongarm is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Strongarm_(RID).jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Next time on ''Rookie Blue''...]]
Cadet '''Strongarm''' sees a bright future in law enforcement ahead of her. She knows the regulations front-to-back, able to recall them by number with ease as needed (often to her teammates' chagrin). She is full of seemingly-boundless energy, and is more than willing to throw herself into dangerous situations in order to collar a target. Being assigned to work with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], hero of the war with the Decepticons, is a sure sign that she's destined to go places! Maybe even all the way to [[Earth]]!

This enthusiasm for her job makes her a tenacious officer, but also difficult to work with. Bumblebee's rather loose command style doesn't quite gel with the cadet's by-the-rules approach, as she uses protocol to sometimes get around Bumblebee's orders. It also puts her directly at odds with [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]], a bot who breaks rules almost habitually and constantly thumbs his nose at authority. She's not terribly thrilled about working with convicted criminal [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] either, but at least he doesn't specifically try and pick fights with her like Sideswipe does.

Sometimes she works with the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] or [[Trickout]]. She can also combine with either the legendary war hero [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] to form [[Primestrong]], or with the rest of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] to form [[Ultra Bee]].

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Constance Zimmer]] (English), [[Yui Kondō]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Anqi]] (Chinese), [[Katia Sorrentino]] (Italian), [[Anne Düe]] (German), [[Cony Madera]], (Latin-American Spanish), [[Aya Hamza]] (Arabic), [[Katja Sirkiä]] (Finnish), [[Helena Coppejans]] (French), [[Priscilla Concepcion]] (Brazilian Portuguese, Seasons 1 and 2), [[Marcia Coutinho]] (Brazilian Portuguese, Season 3), [[Mirna Haryati]] (Indonesian), [[Anna Szymańczyk]] (Polish), [[Jeong Seon-hye]] (Korean, Tooniverse dub), [[Yoon Sung-hye]] (Korean, Daewon Broadcasting dub)}}

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Cadet Strongarm of the [[Cybertron Police]] {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} studied under [[Dropforge]] at the [[Kaon Police Academy]]; {{storylink|Get a Clue}} she was classmates and friends with [[Nightra]] before the latter's explusion for attempting to cheat on her exams. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}} She was still a cadet when she was partnered with Bumblebee. She and her partner captured the criminal [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} while patrolling Kaon City. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} Unfortunately for Bumblebee, she then insisted that regulations meant she had to accompany him on a trip to [[Earth]] after [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] appeared to him in a series of visions. There they found that the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' had crashed, scattering [[Decepticon]] prisoners over the nearby area. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}}

[[File:PilotPart1 Strongarm Cybertronian vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]], eat your heart out]]
Adopting a local vehicular form, Strongarm joined the team in recapturing the escaped Decepticon [[Underbite]] before he could reach and devour nearby [[Crown City]]. The operation was a success, though she was unsure about the wisdom of allowing Sideswipe and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] to remain on the team. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

Strongarm and Sideswipe continued having trouble working together, inadvertently resulting in Strongarm's comms being damaged. When the pair went sent on a mission to investigate fugitive signals, they split up, and Strongarm was captured by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who tried to convince her that he intended to dwell peacefully on Earth. She was freed by Sideswipe and Russell, though Steeljaw got away. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} Strongarm and the team managed to capture [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. They later encountered [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] and were unprepared for the Decepticon's ability to split into component parts. When Strongarm attempted to tackle one of his components, it resulted in Chop Shop taking [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] as a new right arm, however the team were eventually successful in rescuing the Mini-Con and capturing the Decepticon. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

[[File:TrustExercises Strongarm points gun.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Strongarm uses her famous death stare.]]

Sideswipe and Strongarm continued to squabble — when they went to a [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|museum]], Strongarm alternated between doing so and towing Grimlock on a trailer. Splitting up, the team was unable to capture [[Terrashock]] until Bumblebee came up with a way to hunt the Decepticon on his own terms. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} Strongarm searched the ''Alchemor'' crash site again but only turned up a [[Decepticon Hunter]], which she was unable to get working despite Fixit's instructions. During the mission to protect the generator at the dam, she was forced to help Grimlock back to the scrapyard, and was unable to help hunt for [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]]. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}}

[[File:CollectEmAll Strongarm rulebook.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Strongarm/rule book, BFFs]]
Feeling homesick, Strongarm began breaking out in hives, as well as relying more and more on the rulebook, which irritated Sideswipe as they searched for the Decepticon [[Filch]]. After some encouragement from Bumblebee, Strongarm broke several rules as they captured Filch, though she later wrote the others up anyway. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} When Grimlock turned on the other Autobots and stole Underbite's stasis pod, Strongarm's first instinct was that Grimlock had been pretending to be good all along. She, Bumblebee and Sideswipe tracked him to [[Crown River Dam]], where they discovered that he had been under the control of [[Minitron]]. {{storylink|True Colors}}

After begging, Strongarm got her own solo mission, only to find that Bumblebee was following her. Despite several missteps, she managed to capture the Decepticon [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] with his help. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle (episode)|Rumble in the Jungle}} Teamed with Bumblebee, Strongarm hunted [[Ped (RID)|Ped]] in subterranean tunnels, and was forced to help support part of Crown City when it was undermined by the Decepticon's digging. She later became trapped at the bottom of a pit during a later successful attempt to capture Ped. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} When Bumblebee was regressed to immaturity thanks to [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]]'s toxins, Strongarm saw the opportunity to test herself in a leadership role. After suffering a number of Bumblebee's pranks, she took Grimlock to go hunt Quillfire, only to have Bumblebee follow them. Following a jaunt on a carnival ride and Quillfire's incapacitation, Strongarm had Grimlock chain Bumblebee up until he recovered from the toxin. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

[[File:OutOfFocus Strongarm towing Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Capture rampaging dinobots with the all new Strongarm:Dinobot hauler!]]
When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Strongarm was captured by the Decepticon to use as a ransom along with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} Strongarm and Sideswipe continued their bickering, even as the team hunted the [[Skunkticon]] gang led by [[Malodor]], hampering efforts at several points during the chase. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

After discovering that Strongarm had been sneaking off the base, Sideswipe blackmailed her into doing undesirable jobs for him. After they tangled with Steeljaw's gang, Bumblebee revealed he already knew about Strongarm sneaking out, and Strongarm revealed she had been using a nearby carwash. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}} Strongarm joined Sideswipe, Russell, and Grimlock for a horror movie marathon; the three Autobots tried to scare Russell to no avail. Strongarm joined Bumblebee and the rest of the team for an excursion to a local cave network in pursuit of a Decepticon signal. They encountered [[Nightstrike]], who picked them off one by one and tried to drain their energon. Trapped in a cocoon, Strongarm was forced to hallucinate her worst fear—disgracing the Kaon police force. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Strongarm towed Grimlock to the Crown City subway system after Sideswipe went missing. She discovered that the mad scientist [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] had stolen Sideswipe's body, and she was forced to fight him. With Sideswipe's help, the other Autobots managed to incapacitate and recapture Vertebreak, and Strongarm challenged the repaired Sideswipe to a race home. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}} After Drift and Slipstream returned to Earth in pursuit of Jetstorm, Strongarm rolled out with the other Autobots to recapture Quillfire and Springload. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}} After taking part in a training exercise against Sideswipe, Strongarm [[GroundBridge]]d to the ocean, where the Decepticon [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]] was planning to steal an abandoned Cybertronian ship. Strongarm was taken out of the fight by an army of deployable Mini-Cons and locked in an empty room, where she couldn't contact her teammates. She managed to break out and escape before the ship self-destructed. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

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When the gladiator [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and his cheating manager [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]] debuted at the Crown City [[Rumbledome]], Strongarm and the other Autobots- minus Grimlock and Fixit- tried to GroundBridge into the city. Instead, they wound up in the Arctic, and then appeared outside the city limits, where they were held up by traffic while Grimlock fought Groundpounder. Strongarm arrived just in time to [[Stasis cuffs|stasis cuff]] the fleeing Headlock. {{storylink|The Champ}} Fixit's sentry programming asserted itself, causing Strongarm to be menaced by the scrapyard's various security systems. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Strongarm helped set up a new rollercoaster that Denny purchased, but headed out with the team to investigate a Decepticon signal. The signal belonged to [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]], who had been set up by Steeljaw as a distraction while the rest of his gang broke into the Autobot base and deactivated the other stasis pods. The Autobots managed to take back their territory and rout the Decepticons, and Strongarm helped to recontain Octopunch's tentacles. {{storylink|Lockout}}

The Autobots set out to capture [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], whom Grimlock had inadvertently befriended and set free. Strongarm helped to reroute a train that Scowl had derailed, then ran damage control at a local spa while Grimlock tried to recapture the vengeful Decepticon. {{storylink|Similarly Different}} Strongarm realized that many of the ''Alchemor''{{'}}s convicts were based off Earth animals, and began researching the dangers of Earth creatures. She was less than impressed by the newcomer [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and was particularly irked by Windblade's cavalier attitude toward protocol. The disagreement boiled over when the Autobots set out in search of [[Zizza]], when Windblade revealed that she didn't care if humans were caught in the crossfire. The two Autobots eventually resolved their differences, and Strongarm's knowledge of Earth bees helped her bring in Zizza. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

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Feeling homesick for Cybertron, Strongarm came along with the team on a "vacation" to [[Edmondville]]. Although the gang had fun scaring off a group of human tourists, things took a turn for the worse when they encountered [[Pseudo]], who locked Strongarm and the Mini-Cons in an old bank vault. Strongarm escaped by blasting a hole in the wall and tracked Pseudo to a nearby mine. After a brief chase, the Autobots managed to subdue the [[Shifter]].{{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}} On a training exercise with Sideswipe, both Autobots were ambushed by Decepticons; Strongarm managed to send a fragmentary transmission back to the base before she was captured by Fracture. The duo were later joined by Windblade, and all three of them were lashed to the [[Crown City Colossus]] while the Decepticons worked to summon [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} With their ranks bolstered by a revived Optimus Prime, the three Autobots were freed and joined in the fight. Although Optimus faltered in his fight against Megatronus, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Strongarm were able to unlock the power of their Decepticon hunters and give themselves a power-up, allowing them to fire a sustained blast at Megatronus and vaporize him. With Steeljaw's gang almost entirely arrested, Strongarm opted to remain on Earth alongside her commander. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

While listening to Optimus's old war stories, Strongarm got into yet another fight with Sideswipe. Following a GroundBridge explosion, she helped clear up and along with Bumblebee and Grimlock, was defeated by Overload when the Decepticon arrived at the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After tracking Overload to a parking lot, the team split up with Grimlock and Strongarm trying to track the Cyclone Mini-Cons. They soon realized they'd actually been tracking humans, but managed to maintain their cover. They caught up with Bumblebee in time to help take Overload back to base. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

Missing the teamwork she had developed with Sideswipe, Strongarm attempted to establish a similar rapport with Grimlock, which mainly resulted in them bungling an attempt to capture [[Saberhorn]]. During the later fight at the steel mill, they were eventually able to work together enough to save Bumblebee from being melted down, though Saberhorn himself got away. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} When she accidentally endangered some motorists during the pursuit of [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Slicedice]], Strongarm became demoralized and turned in her Decepticon Hunter. After an attempt to get her to help Fixit backfired badly, she resigned herself to rusting in the corner, however a fire started by Crazybolt endangered some humans, and Bumblebee was able to spur her into returning to the field to save them. {{storylink|Suspended}}

Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock captured the Mini-Con [[Torpor]], though the mission was nearly botched when Grimlock stumbled in on the other two Autobots as they strategised, tipping their target off to their whereabouts. When Grimlock gained increased brainpower fom a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], Strongarm and Bumblebee took him along on an attempt to capture [[Simacore (RID)|Simacore]]. Though during the operation, she and Bumblebee were trapped against a particle accelerator and in danger of being particle collided, Fixit came up with a cure for Grimlock, and the Dinobot rescued them both. {{storylink|Brainpower}}

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When a wounded Steeljaw turned up at the scrapyard, Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock followed the trail of energon he'd left to a disused drive in. Following the arrival of [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], Crazybolt and Slicedice, the Autobots discovered that Steeljaw had been feigning. Strongarm sped back to base where she confronted the Con, and though she was able to best him in combat and rescue Fixit, Denny and Russell, he managed to get away and had freed a bunch of prisoners. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

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After weeks of hunting for leads to find the new group of Decepticons, Strongarm turned down the opportunity to stake out a [[Rear Axle]] concert in favor of brushing up on her regulations. When Bisk turned up at the concert, Bumblebee called her and Grimlock in as backup, however the pair were held up by traffic. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} The Autobots tracked down the Decepticon [[Silverhound]] to a carnival, and engaged him in a nearby parking lot. After a brief struggle, during which Grimlock was tossed in the middle of a nearby crowd, Strongarm successfully captured the Alchemor escapee. She then covered for Grimlock, announcing on her speakers that he was part of an upcoming exhibit; "If Dinosaurs Could Talk." On their next mission, she and Bumblebee were stunned by Quillfire's quills and ended up in an impound lot, booted and dazed. Strongarm particularly objected to being held among "common criminals" in the lot. They had to be rescued by Denny and Russell, and with the help of Grimlock, now sporting a construction crane disguise for his dino mode, successfully captured Quillfire and his two new Mini-Con partners, [[Back]] and [[Forth]]. {{storylink|Impounded}}

After an incident with the GroundBridge brought [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to Earth, Strongarm and Grimlock were knocked out by the Decepticon. They recovered, only to be warped away from the junkyard alongside [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] by a portal created by Soundwave. Working together, Strongarm and Grimlock were able to shut down Laserbeak, then rushed back to the rest of the team. They arrived just as Denny, Fixit, Russel, and Bumblebee managed to get Soundwave back into the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]], and threw the Decepticon Mini-Con back into the other dimension after its master. {{storylink|Portals}} Strongarm was on a mission in an area that interfered with Fixit's communication equipment when Optimus Prime needed assistance defeating [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]]'s troops. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

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After a chance encounter resulted in [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] joining the team, the Autobots got a lead to the location of the remaining Decepticons on Earth; [[Toolbox]], recent escapee from "Decepticon Island." The Autobots disguised Grimlock as a Decepticon, and used a ruse wherein the rest of the team posed as captives to infiltrate the crashed ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]],'' base to the Decepticons. Despite making good headway at first, Strongarm and the others were discovered by the Decepticon higher ups after an argument between Bumblebee and Optimus caused the mission to stall out. The Autobots then found themselves completely surrounded by Steeljaw's troops. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}}

Thanks to Windblade providing them with an impromptu distraction, the rest of the Autobots managed to make a break for it and slipped away from the Decepticons. They then split up into smaller teams, with Strongarm, Grimlock, and Sideswipe being sent off to try and free the Mini-Cons being held captive. They ended up in a communications room where they encountered Groundpounder and Thunderhoof. By kicking him while he was in mid-air, Strongarm put Sideswipe outside the range of one of Thunderhoof's seismic stomps, allowing him to get to a nearby monitor and transmit a disabling frequency. Holding onto consciousness for seconds longer than the Decepticons could, Strongarm's team managed to best their opponents. After using the communications equipment to free the Mini-Cons, the trio escaped the ship before the [[cryo-gas]] set up by Bumblebee bomb froze everyone aboard.

In the aftermath of the battle, several Autobots opted to return to Cybertron, as the current Decepticon crisis had been dealt with. Strongarm decided to instead stay on Earth, and help Bumblebee set up a permanent base of operations to more properly meet any future threats that might come to the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} When news of the Bee Team's exploits reached Cybertron, Strongarm became one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for being a supporter of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Bumblebee took his team on a tour of interesting locations on Earth, culminating in them visiting the remains of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], only to find a strange bomb had been set up to detonate. Strongarm was paired with Grimlock when the team split up to search, only to have to leave him to go find Bumblebee after he stepped on a mine. On the way, she spotted that the bomb's explosion was imminent, and ended up having to alert Bumblebee to that fact as well. {{storylink|History Lessons}}

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After a training exercise went awry, Strongarm was surprised to find she had the lowest of the [[PASERQuAT]] scores Fixit had prepared. She insisted on taking him on her next mission to improve her score, and as a result he accompanied her to [[Mount St. Hilary]], where the pair found [[Scatterspike (RID)|Scatterspike]] and [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] engaged in a drilling operation that threatened to cause the volcano to erupt. After capturing Scatterspike in a fight that spilled out into a nearby [[Star Visitor Estates|human settlement]], Strongarm successfully prevented the volcano from exploding, and Fixit raised her score by a point and a half. In return, she prepared a score for him, but wouldn't tell him what it was. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}}

Drift and Strongarm checked out the Great Wall of China as the searching of Cybertronian sites continued. When they later joined Grimlock after the Dinobot encountered Thermidor and Tricerashot, Strongarm joined in the pursuit, however her attempt to cooperate with Sideswipe ended up with them both crashing. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

Team Bee retrieved a [[high energy pulse generator]] from [[Egypt]], only to have to destroy it when it threatened to fry their brains. Following an invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the team lost both their own Mini-Cons and their leader, after they were abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Joined by Optimus, the team split up to search for Starscream. Sideswipe and Strongarm stumbled on the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, and the initial hostilities were brought to an end when the Mini-Cons recognized the Prime. A short time later, they ran into the Scavengers, and during the fight, Strongarm linked with Sawtooth to great effect, until the Weaponizer Mini-Cons were captured by Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} The Scavengers defeated, Strongarm and the rest of the team located Starscream's ship, and during the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, they were knocked out by Starscream. They eventually managed to defeat Starscream, despite him successfully merging with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, by dragging him down into range of Fixit's signal so he could be de-merged. After farewelling Optimus and the Mini-Cons, Team Bee split up to search more Cybertronian sites. {{storylink|Worthy}}

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After a period of downtime, Strongarm and Sideswipe were sent to investigate a Decepticon signal. After attempting to capture [[Heatseeker]] themselves, Strongarm opted to call in the rest of the team when the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] endangered a nuclear waste disposal site. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} The pair were assigned the task of getting a [[hermit]] to vacate the danger zone, which they accomplished before rejoining the rest of the team. An explosion resulted in the entire team being merged into [[Ultra Bee|one robot]] while unconscious and ultimately Heatseeker got away. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

The Autobots' next mission took them to [[Antarctica]], where they had to recapture [[Crustacion]] after the Decepticon was freed from one of Windblade's caches. Strongarm and Sideswipe worked to rescue the humans at a base while the rest of the team caught the Con. {{Storylink|Defrosted}} When a stricken plane endangered another cache, the team were joined by [[Rescue Bot]] [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], whose personality was a little too similar to Sideswipe's for Strongarm's linking. The team had to track down [[Ragebyte]] and ensure he didn't blow up [[Crown City Bridge]]. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Strongarm, along with the rest of the team, found herself unable to resist the [[Sphere of Doradus]] thanks to the energies it was giving off. The team were eventually able to resist its effects long enough to capture Springload. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} She and Bumblebee went to retrieve a Decepticon Hunter from one of Windblade's caches, only to have to call in the rest of the team when they encountered [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

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After a methane explosion occurred during an attempt to capture Drag Strip, the team found themselves merged into one robot. In the aftermath, they ended up with two Sideswipes, something Strongarm had had nightmares about, and she ended up having to work with them as the team retrieved the relic Drag Strip had stolen. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} Strongarm drew on Dropforge's teachings in order to solve the mystery of some Decepticon burglaries, which led the Autobots to catch [[Boostwing]]. She wasn't quite satisfied with the resolution to the case, which led her and Russell to track down Boostwing's brothers [[Pilfer]] and [[Jacknab]], who had also been stealing things in Crown City. {{storylink|Get a Clue}}

When Drift's old mentor [[Shadow Raker]] showed up on Earth, Strongarm and the team helped Drift recover his Mini-Con students after the Decepticon kidnapped them. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Another of Fixit's combiner experiments led to the Autobots temporarily switching bodies. Strongarm was thrilled to be Bumblebee, and even more so when she was put in charge of the subsequent road race mission to defeat the Stunticons, though she found she had difficulty getting the rest of the team to follow her orders. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

When Nightra turned up, Strongarm bought her story about being a bounty hunter on the run from a Con she'd previously caught, and when the Con in question abducted Nightra, Strongarm brought the rest of the Bee Team to rescue her. Unfortunately it turned out the "Con" was actually the Autobot bounty hunter [[Blastwave]] and Strongarm had to arrest her former friend as a criminal. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}} Strongarm had to put up with Grimlock becoming an artist and making terrible sculptures of her. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

[[File:RiD2015 - Combine and Conquer - Reaction Faces.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Discussion subject: following Da Rulz.]]
Grimlock developed super speed as the result of one of Fixit's experiments, forcing the team to have to deal with him at the same time as they fought Simacore and his army of [[Mini-Clone|cloned Mini-Cons]]. {{storylink|The Fastest Bot Alive!}} During a mission to prevent the Stunticons from stealing the power source of a maglev train, Strongarm lost her Decepticon Hunter — part of a series of thefts of the weapons by some mysterious Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Railroad Rage}}

Strongarm was initially overjoyed when Bumblebee announced new strict discipline as they hunted the Stunticons, however it soon became apparent he was being too strict even for her, and she had to talk him into toning it down. The team managed to combine into their Ultra Bee form without the aid of Fixit's equipment and fought Menasor. {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}} When Optimus visited to recruit Drift for a mission, Strongarm and Sideswipe started competing to prove they were worthy of going instead. A call from Windblade sent the team to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they succeeded in preventing the Stunticons from accessing a cache, and defeated the Decepticon team once and for all. Optimus later told the pair he didn't want to deprive Bumblebee of their skills. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

A sudden assault on the scrapyard, forced the Autobots to abandon base and hole up in the nearby caves. They tracked the Decepticon culprits to the Crown River Dam and discovered Steeljaw and his pack were back to make problems for them. {{storylink|Exiles}} When Sideswipe left the cave despite Bumblebee's orders to stay put, Strongarm gave chase and the pair were trapped in a cargo container together by Clampdown. They eventually managed to get free and help Bumblebee, whom the 'Cons had also captured, get some payback on their captors. {{storylink|Breathing Room}}

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The team tangled with the Decepticons again, this time interrupting them while they were trying to steal nuclear waste. {{storylink|Prepare for Departure}} Strongarm found herself having trouble reconciling adhering to the [[Kaon Conventions]] with the need to capture Steeljaw's pack, and ended up hauling Clampdown around handcuffed to herself. In the end, they captured most of the pack. {{storylink|Prisoner Principles}} The team was joined by Optimus Prime as they defeated Soundwave and prevented the Decepticon from irradiating the entire planet. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}

Strongarm got respite from having to tow Grimlock's trailer when Bumblebee decided to prove he could do the "grunt work" he was always asking his team to do. She and the rest of the team were forced to recapture Underbite when the Decepticons escaped. {{storylink|Something He Ate}} An attack by [[Wingcode]] left Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe incapacitated and slowly deteriorating until Grimlock and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] managed to capture the Decepticon so Fixit could create a cure. {{storylink|Sick as a Bot}} Strongarm was reunited with Dropforge during the pursuit of Steeljaw, only for her old instructor to lock the team up. She was able act on a hunch and prove Dropforge was under the influence of a mind control signal from Cybertron, using Steeljaw's tech to free him of its influence. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}}

A visit by Optimus sent the Bee Team to Cybertron in ''[[Prime Force One]]'', where after evading the planetary defenses, they landed and were immediately surrounded by security. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} With the help of Dropforge and Steeljaw, the team managed to gain entry to the [[High Council Tower]]. Discovering that the council were actually disguised Decepticons led by [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]], the team merged into Ultra Bee to combat the Decepticons' own combined form while Fixit disabled the Decepticon mind control. A protracted battle followed, but the Autobots prevailed, and in the aftermath, Optimus assigned the Bee Team as ambassadors to Earth. The team returned to the planet they now regarded as home, and found themselves again pursuing Steeljaw. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}
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===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Strongarm watched Grimlock and Fixit perform in a talent show. {{storylink|Fixit Jam}} She found a sleep-deprived Bumblebee struggling to come up with a catchphrase and suggested he take a break. {{storylink|To Catch a Phrase}} Strongarm trapped a would-be car thief's hand in her door and dragged the thief along a few paces. {{storylink|Carjacked!}} She was present with the rest of the team when Fixit picked up the signal of an open stasis pod, formerly containing the [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]]. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}
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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:StrongarmFangirling.JPG|thumb|right|230px|Strongarm didn't choose the fandom life.]]
Strongarm and Grimlock checked on a stasis pod, only to find it empty. After they tracked the Decepticon fruitlessly for some time, Bumblebee arrived to point them in the direction of the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park, where the team found and captured [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]]. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} During a training exercise, Strongarm mainly squabbled Sideswipe, resulting in the team's defeat. The pair were sent to investigate activity, but proved unable to capture [[Spinhead]] and had to return to the scrapyard empty handed. Fortunately Bumblebee came up with a plan and the whole team managed to defeat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Strongarm took part in the capture of [[Transit (RID)|Transit]]. During a visit by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team, Strongarm got to meet [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and was disguised as the Decepticon [[Retrofit]] in an attempt to capture [[Clipshade]]. She was unfortunately rumbled, but Clipshade was captured anyway. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

After establishing the location of [[Overhead]], Strongarm and the rest of the team managed to take the Decepticon down. After Overhead gave them a distress beacon she claimed would bring the leader of the [[Cybercomrade Sect]] she belonged to, Strongarm was left to guard her while Bumblebee and Grimlock set a trap. Unfortunately Overhead was the real sect leader, and overpowered Strongarm before escaping. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}}

Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus making up took longer than Strongarm had expected, but the Autobots soon made amends and, through her Croctobot lackeys, tracked Overhead to an abandoned petrosynthesis chemical plant. They tripped a silent alarm, however, giving Overhead time to hide and jump an unsuspecting Strongarm, but Strongarm broke out of her headlock by flipping Overhead overhead and soon after saved Arcee from a nasty hit. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

Following the defeat of Megatronus, Strongarm and the rest of Team Bee were lured to [[Fort Tucker]] as a distraction while Steeljaw and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] abducted Fixit and Russell from the scrapyard. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} Returning to base, the team found empty stasis pods and the computer trashed, and were forced to resort to their own wits to work out where Steeljaw was. They to successfully located the cave in question, rescuing Fixit and Russell before engaging Steeljaw's crew. Strongarm managed to deal Thunderhoof a decent blow before she was hit by a Vehicon. Eventually the three Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was not part of Megatron's command, and in the aftermath Team Bee was left with the majority of Steeljaw's team as prisoners. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
When the Autobots detected [[Scuzzard]] on the loose, Strongarm, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe managed to lure the Decepticon into a trap, though things got hairy for Strongarm for a while. The Decepticon was snatched from them by the newly-escaped Filch, and the Autobots were forced to track down and capture both of the birdbots. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} Detecting Autobots signals at the docks, the Autobots stumbled on a fight between Underbite, Thunderhoof, and [[Slink]]'s gang. Strongarm managed to tie up [[Sneak]] before having to help Sideswipe in his fight against Thunderhoof. She later netted Slink and [[Snitch (RID)|Snitch]] as the Autobots captured Slink's gang. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

After the team captured [[Forager]] who appeared to rescue Drift, throwing doubt on the Autobot's motives, Strongarm played it cautiously, worried that Drift would team up with the Decepticons. She and the rest of the team were captured a short time later when [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]] took over the scrapyard and put the team in stasis pods. The team was eventually freed with Drift's help, and turned the tables on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

Bumblebee attempted to get Strongarm to loosen up by joining the others in a game of football. She and the rest of the team took on [[Skinkbomb]], only to find the Decepticon's explosives formidable, and the fight was lost when Bumblebee became distracted. Though the team thought Bumblebee might be suffering from brain rust, the next time they faced Skinkbomb, they all heard the illusionary Optimus Prime's voice and were all able to overcome the Decepticon regardless. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

Strongarm, Bumblebee and Grimlock attempted to arrest the Decepticon [[Brakepad]], only to fall foul of his lethargy-inducing powers. After they returned to the scrapyard empty-handed, Denny and Russell had to force them to go back out into the field and capture Brakepad. {{Storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:Offworldercop-CMW.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Surrender now, maggots, and you will not be harmed!]]
Strongarm was part of the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] and aided her fellow police officers in arresting [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]], and [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]]. {{Storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Strongarm and the other members of Bumblebee's team responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] appeared in the world of the Autobots, the first thing the lady-loving Tigatron did was run at a shocked Strongarm. She was unamused by his antics and quickly had both the animals locked up in stasis cells. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Soon after capturing Springload for the first time, Strongarm and Bumblebee had a new problem: how to get him ''out'' of the stone casket and ''into'' a stasis cell. Strongarm found herself holding the lid down until Sideswipe arrived with a cell (she was ''not'' happy to get mocked). Unfortunately, the Decepticon escaped! The Autobots pursued him all the way to a film set, where Strongarm and Bumblebee were trapped in the set's prop booby traps and Sideswipe had to save the day. {{Storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}

==Games==
===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Matilda#As Strongarm}}
Strongarm appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. She is portrayed by Matilda. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
<center>
{|class="wikitable" border="5" style="width:65%"
|-
! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
! style="background: #BF00FF; color: white" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Ultra Sparks)'''
|-
| Starter
|500
|10
|-
|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|Legion Patrol
|1500
|30
|-
|1-Step
|2000
|40
|-
|1-Step Patrol
|2000
|40
|-
|1-Step Evolved
|2000
|40
|-
|Warrior
|4000
|80
|-
|Battlepack
|4000
|80
|-
|Combiner
|3800
|75
|}
</center>

{{Note|The Strongarm Kreon is part of the player's power-up; they serve as the player's support by attacking enemies. However, the Kreons can suffer friendly fire from the player itself.}}
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
Strongarm, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, and Grimlock captured escaped Decepticons, and secured them back in their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature. Meanwhile, scanning the ''Combiner Force'' toys' insignia stickers gives the player Tickets, which can be spent by giving them to [[Cryostase]] via the main map menu. }}
====Legion Class====
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:RID15-toy StrongarmLegends.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Tonight's the night we got the truck, we're goin' downtown gonna beat up drunks.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Strongarm''' (Legion Class, [[2015]])}}</ul>

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion figures, Strongarm transforms into a police SUV. In robot mode, her fists are compatible with 3mm-peg weapons, although she does not come with any herself. Her head is sculpted with her [[mouthplate|battle mask]] deployed.

: Her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her driver's-side door in vehicle mode, becoming her left arm in robot mode. This badge is accessible while she is still in-package.

: Although her kneecaps were painted blue in the initial stock photos, the final product leaves them bare as the thighs are made from [[unpaintable plastic]]. She also features different paint details on her face compared to the final product. The instructions also tell you to rearrange the arm kibble before you fold the legs up in vehicle mode. It's recommended to do it the other way 'round. Later re-issues also had the said instructions amended.

: This mold was also used to make [[Ratchet (WFC)#RIDLegion|''Robots in Disguise'' Ratchet]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/LegStrongarm/strongarm.htm More information on Legion Strongarm at TFU.info]''
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[[File:RID15-toy StrongarmLegionClear.jpg|upright=1.67|right|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Strongarm Clear Ver.''' (Legion Class, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[March 21]], 2005

: A redeco of Legion Class Strongarm in clear plastic, "Strongarm Clear Ver." was a [[campaign item|promotional giveaway]] at numerous Japanese stores, including Yamada Denki, Yodobashi Camera, the Hakuhinkan Toy Park main store in Ginza and Hakubotan in Ishinomaki, beginning in late March of 2015 to customers who spent ¥3000 or more on ''''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#TakaraTomy Adventure toyline|Adventure]]'' product.

: Unlike most of the clear-colored ''Adventure'' Legion Class exclusives, Strongarm keeps the paint operations on her helmet and face.

: Unfortunately, the scan-badge sticker is slightly too big for the surface area it's been put on, leaving bits of the edges exposed.

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[[File:RID15-toy StrongarmLegendsPatrol.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Patrol Mode Strongarm''' (Legion Class, 2016)}}</ul>

: Part of the fifth wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' Legion-class figures, "Patrol" Mode Strongarm is a [[redeco]] of the original Legion Strongarm, with a mostly-black coloration.

: Just as with the previous version of the mold, her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her drivers-side door in vehicle mode, becoming her left arm in robot mode. This badge is accessible while she is still in-package.

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[[File:TFAdv-toy Strongarm EZ.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Team Bumblebee VS Megatronus Set''' (Multi-pack, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''ID Number'': '''TAV34'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 19]], 2015

: In Japan, the "normal" Legion Class Strongarm toy was only available as part of an ''[[EZ Collection]]'' four-pack, released in the tenth wave of ''Adventure'' product. A fairly extensive redeco, this toy replaces her blue plastics with white, and gives her a ''ton'' of new [[paint operation]]s to make for an amazingly show-accurate toy at such a small scale... even though they forgot the side-windows. Whoopsie.

: This toy lacks a scan-badge sticker, unlike virtually all of the ''Robots in Disguise / Adventure'' products. Instead its scan-badge is printed on a single collector's card that also features the badges for the other three figures in the set: [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#TAV34|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)#TAV34|Sideswipe]], and [[The Fallen/toys#TAV34|Megatronus]].

: Like the rest of the ''Adventure EZ Collection'' sets, some online retailers like Amazon Japan were still selling it two years later, at greatly reduced prices, upwards of 70% off.
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====Mini-Con Battle Packs====
{{anchor|Battle Packs}}
[[File:RID15-toy Strongarm BattlePack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-52-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Strongarm & Mini-Con Sawtooth''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Takara ID number'': '''TAV-52'''
**''Takara release date'': [[July 23]], [[2016]]
**''Accessories'': Sword, chest/head armor, left & right shark-head armor, left & right blade-armor

:Part of the third wave of Mini-Con/armor two-packs, and the first wave with the new "Mini-Con Weaponizers" branding, this version of Strongarm is slightly smaller than her Warrior-class toy (putting her more in show-like scale with the Warrior Decepticons) and with a slightly simpler transformation.

: She comes with multiple clear-plastic armor pieces that can attach to her robot mode; only the "leg" armor can stay on her vehicle mode without interfering with either her vehicle-mode integrity or being able to roll. Unlike prior waves, these pieces do not form a separate super-weapon, but instead attach to her pack-in partner [[Sawtooth (RID)#Toys|Sawtooth]] in either robot or weapon mode.

:The TakaraTomy ''Adventure'' "Sawtooth & Strongarm Torrent Armor" release of this set, sold in the seventeenth(!) wave of the line, uses a darker blues plastic, and (as usual) gives her a ''considerable'' amount of paint on her torso and head, and more paint detailing on her vehicle mode front end to make her look more like, well, herself.

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====One-Step Changers====
[[File:RID15-toy Strongarm1Step.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Dispatch calls, "Are you doin' something wicked?" No siree jack, we're just giving out tickets. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Transformers-Adventure-TED10-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Strongarm''' (One Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[2015]]-[[July 25|07-25]]'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TED-10'''

:Part of the first wave of One-Step Changers, Strongarm transforms from robot to police SUV in a single step: folding down her vehicle-mode hood and truck bed unfolds and spins around her robot mode from the cab area. In robot mode, she has extremely limited posability, with just shoulder-swivels and some extra outward-swing thanks to her transformation. Her fists have [[5 mm post|5mm post]]-compatible holes. Due to how the legs are molded, Strongarm cannot ride on [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Stomp & Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]].

:Her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her right shoulder in robot mode. As it's on a folded-up robot bit and she's packaged in vehicle mode, there's no way to scan this while she is still in-package.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] ''Adventure'' release of "Easy Dynamic" Strongarm was released as the only ED figure in the series' fifth wave of product. It features an extensive amount of paint applications for greater show-accuracy, though they missed her hands, waist, and feet.

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[[File:RID15-toy Strongarm1StepPatrol.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, I'm not part of the [[Night Rescue Team]]. Why do you ask?]]
*'''Patrol Mode Strongarm''' (One Step Changer, 2015)

:Part of the fifth wave of One Step Changers, "Patrol Mode Strongarm" is a redeco of the One Step Changer above, with a coloration similar to the "Patrol" Legends-class toy (which was in wave 5 of its assortment, so there's a trivia nugget for ya), being almost entirely black with just a few bits of white (considerably less white than the Legends toy has).

:Like the original One-Step, her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her right shoulder in robot mode, unscannable while still in-package.

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[[File:RID15-toy Strongarm1StepV2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|More blue and white. Can't we get just one release [[Small Foot|in red]]?]]
*'''Strongarm''' (One-Step Changer, 2016)

:Part of the first wave of the "Mini-Con Weaponizers" [[subline imprint]], this One-Step Changer figure of Strongarm is a new sculpt with an all-new transformation... one that is more of a two-step, or one-and-a-half-ish, and doesn't leave her with such a massive backpack. This Strongarm cannot ride on [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Stomp & Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]].

:In the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], it was identified alternatively as an "Advanced One-Step" or "Evolved One-Step" figure depending on the user's region, but on the toy's packaging, no such modifiers are featured, and it is available as part of the regular One-Step Changer assortment.

:This mold was retooled into [[Ratchet (WFC)#OneStep|Ratchet]].

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Combiner-Force-One-Step-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Strongarm''' (One-Step Changer, 2017)

:Part of the "[[Combiner Force]]" [[subline imprint]], This Strongarm is a new mold, sharing a similar transformation to Wave 9's [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#CombinerForce1Step|Bumblebee]]. Her scannable badge is on her left side of the vehicle's shell, accessible while in-package. Continuing the tradition, this Strongarm still cannot ride on Stomp & Chomp Grimlock.

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====Warrior Class====
{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:RID15-toy StrongarmWarrior.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|When no one's watching, she folds her back-kibble down and pretends it's a cape. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Adventuretoy-Strongarm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Strongarm''' (Warrior Class, 2014-2016)
**''Japanese release date'': '''2015-[[March 21|03-21]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TAV03'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle

:Warrior Class Strongarm transforms into a police SUV of made-up model. This larger, more complex and poseable version of the character includes a rifle accessory (with an odd permanent "blast effect" on the barrel-tip), which can be mounted using 5mm ports in both robot and vehicle mode. Like so many toys, her head is designed with a [[light-piping]] [[gimmick]] that's rendered moot by both opaque plastic and painted optics.

:Her scannable Autobot [[insignia]] is on her robot-mode right chestplate. As she's packaged in robot mode, this badge is easily scannable on-card without purchase.

:First released in late 2014/early 2015 as part of the first wave of the Warrior Class assortment, Strongarm was later re-released in 2016 in the ''Combiner Force'' [[subline imprint]] packaging refresh.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] ''Adventure'' version of this toy (sold in the first wave of product) uses a deeper shade of blue, as well as having more complicated [[paint operation]]s. In vehicle mode she has a silver grill and blue striping on her hood, as well as more complicated striping on her side-panels. In robot mode, rather than having the solid-blue chestplate and helmet, she has much more show-accurate white-and-blue striping. Her scan-badge is also different, used in TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app, though in-package it's covered by a dummy sticker to prevent pre-purchase scanning.

:This sculpt was also used to make [[Greejeeber]], and retooled differently into [[Ratchet (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Ratchet]]. In 2017, the original figure eventually made a comeback in the 10th wave of the Warrior Class line with the "Combiner Force" packaging. Her scannable sticker is also altered, but scanning the badge only unlocks Energon currency, but not the character.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Strongarm/strongarm.htm More information on Warrior Strongarm at TFU.info]''
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*'''Strongarm vs Phantomjaw''' (Vs set, 2015)
**''Release date'': '''2015-[[June 27|06-27]]'''
**''ID number:'' '''TAVVS03'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle

: Strongarm was also released in a TakaraTomy "VS" two-pack, pitting her against fellow police-vehicle [[Phantomjaw]]. This release of Strongarm is physically identical to her individual release.

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====Crash Combiners====
{{anchor|CrashCombiners}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Crash-Combiner-Strongarm-(Primestrong).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Picking up a bot like 3 times her size? They don't call her Strongarm for nothing.]]
* '''Strongarm and Optimus Prime''' (Crash Combiners, 2016/2017)

:Part of the first wave of the ''Combiner Force'' subline, Strongarm is a roughly Scout-class sized figure that changes from futuristic patrol car into a robot in three extremely simple steps. Her individual robot mode only has limited articulation on her shoulders, but she can also spread her legs for a more dramatic pose thanks to her combined form's transformation scheme. Strongarm also has a little green arrow above the connector on the front bumper indicating where to crash her to combine with other figures. A 5mm post hole on top of her vehicle mode can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though she cannot use it in her individual robot mode.

:Strongarm comes packaged with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Crash Combiners|Optimus Prime]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Primestrong]]'s lower body. Connecting them to each other will activate Optimus Prime's automatic transformation, but Strongarm must be converted manually. She can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner.

:The instruction sheet amusingly replaces Optimus's last picture in the transformation process with that of [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]].

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Crash-Combiner-Lunar-Force-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
* '''Lunar Force Strongarm and Optimus Prime''' (Crash Combiners, 2017)

:Released in the second wave of Crash Combiners, this Strongarm is a vaguely-space-themed redeco of the figure above. Just as before, she comes with Optimus Prime, also redecoed.


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{{anchor|Activator}}

====Activator Combiners====
[[File:RID15-toy StrongarmActivator.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sunday Sunday Sunday!]]
*'''Strongarm & Trickout''' (Activator Combiner, 2017)

:Released as part of the first wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Activator Combiners|Activator Combiners]], this version of Strongarm is a larger-but-simpler-than-Warrior figure that transforms into her usual patrol truck mode.

:Plugging an Activator Mini-Con, such as her pack-in partner [[Trickout]], onto her vehicle-mode lightbar activates "Throttle Up" mode, opening her front side-panels and popping her wheels down for a more monster-truck-like vehicle mode. This mode can also be triggered without a Mini-Con by pushing the black button behind the lightbar. There is a minor issue with the trigger getting stuck in "Throttle Up" mode, which may require some work to get her wheels and panels locked back into place.
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{{anchor|TeamCombiner}}

====Team Combiners====
[[File:TF-RID2015-Team-Combiner-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Keisatsu Gat-time! Time to grab hold of justice!"]]
*'''Ultra Bee''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

:Released as part of the [[Ultra Bee]] set, Strongarm transforms from robot to vehicle in just 1 step, and combines with Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Grimlock to form Ultra Bee. As a Team Combiner limb, Strongarm can swap out for the right arm of any of the other two Team Combiners.

:Each toy uses the same universal combination joint as the other Team Combiners and the [[Crash Combiner]]s, which can lead to some... ''interesting'' combinations, given that most robots form very specific body parts when combined. Mixing Crash Combiners with Team Combiners leads to some ''especially'' weird results.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Strongarm Capture Cruiser''' (2015)
**''Set Number'': '''B1549'''
**''Pieces'': '''105'''
**''Kreons'': Strongarm, [[Springload (RID)#Kre-O|Springload]]
**''Accessories'': Crossbow

: Only available in the "Strongarm Capture Cruiser" set, this Strongarm Kreon uses the new 2015 style of Kreon hips and torso, with a hollow hip-peg and a central post inside the torso for increased grip... which also makes them incompatible with about four years' worth of Kreons. She also comes with a buildable [[Capture Cruiser]] vehicle modeled vaguely after her.

: While the Kreon itself does not have a scannable badge, the set's [[instructions|instruction booklet]] has a unique scan-badge that rewards the player with a Strongarm Kreon item.

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores, including this set... although Strongarm and [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)#Kre-O|Sideswipe]]'s sets turned up in considerably smaller numbers than the others, only to see a later, larger release through Dollar General stores.

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===''Hero Mashers''===
{{anchor|HeroMashers}}
[[File:HM-toy Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Thanks to the play pattern, you can give her the Wrong Arm Of The Law.]]
*'''Strongarm''' (2015)
**''Pieces'': '''9'''
**''Accessories'': Crossbow

:Part of the fourth and final wave of "basic" ''Transformers [[Hero Mashers]]'' Action Figures —and the second of the ''Robots in Disguise''-themed product— Strongarm is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. She has peg-holes on each body part (save the head) that can be used to mount any ''Hero Mashers'' accessory.

:She is designed with a removable head, forearms, upper legs, and boots, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint. This means her pieces can be swapped around in any order, as well as swapped with any other ''Hero Mashers'' figure... which includes figures from [[Marvel Comics]], ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'', and ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic World]]'', meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.

: The fourth wave of ''Hero Mashers'' was not released in the US, seeing release mostly in European and Australian markets.
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Deluxe-Strongarm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Like a kid putting on her mom's clothes.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Robots In Disguise 2015 Universe Strongarm''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, lightbar
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[June 20]], [[2023]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjLY0uamTKM Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], and [[Rich Pellegrino]]</ref>

: Released in the seventh wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Deluxes under the ''Evolution'' banner, this Strongarm is an ''extensive'' [[retool]]ing of [[Elita One (G1)#Legacy|Elita-1]]; nearly everything from the waist up is new, but she shares the same transformation scheme and engineering. She transforms into a fairly squashed version of her traditional police pickup vehicle mode. This version of the mold attaches the pauldrons to the shoulders themselves rather than the backpack, allowing for additional movement and improved arm articulation, and also gives her articulated door wings.

: She includes an all-new blaster weapon with both [[5 mm post]]s and a 3mm [[Fire Blast effect|blast effect]]-compatible peg on the barrel tip, as well as a removable lightbar (which you can attach to one of her arms if you really want to replicate that feature of her original design, at least halfway). While the blaster can store on several ports in vehicle mode, her [[Evo-Fusion]] description specifies attaching it to the truck bed to form a "thruster"… right next to the four thrusters already present on the rear.

: The base mold was also used to make [[Minerva (G1 robot)#Legacy|Minerva]].

: Strongarm was later re-released in the 9th wave of Legacy Deluxes, under the ''United'' banner this time.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct0ASGeMTcG/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Strongarm from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Merchandise==

===''Tiny Titans''===
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[[File:TinyTitans StrongarmS1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rockem Sockem Robot]]
*'''Strongarm''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''3/12'''

:Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Strongarm is a very small, minimally-painted soft-plastic figure of her in robot mode, sporting a battle-ready boxing stance.

: She includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTStrongarm/strongarm.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Strongarm at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TinyTitans StrongarmS5.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Disco" Strongarm]]
*'''Strongarm''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Number'': '''6/12'''

:Part of the fifth assortment, the second ''Tiny Titans'' Strongarm has her carrying triple-barreled blaster.

: As per usual, she comes with a collectible card with a scan-badge for the mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

: This assortment saw minimal-at-best distribution at "big box" retail, most reliably hitting through online outlets before filtering out through drug store chains.

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===''Titan Guardians''===
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[[File:RID15-toy StrongarmTitanGuard.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Half of a [[black redeco|black repaint]]]]
*'''Strongarm''' (Titan Guardian, 2016)

:Part of the second wave of "Titan Guardian" figures, this version of Strongarm is a hard-plastic 6-inch non-transforming figure, with swivel shoulders and waist, and a ball-jointed head. She also has holes in her feet for foot-pegs, though lord knows what toys/playsets actually use those.

:This toy, like all Titan-style figures, was mainly distributed through drug stores, "dollar" stores (such as Family Dollar) and similar outlets. It came in three different types of packaging: A fully-enclosed box, or a bubble-less card with the toy twist-tied to the back and base, and a "Combiner Force" version of the open-card packaging.

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===''Radz''===
[[File:RID15-merch StrongarmRadz.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Strong Arm'''{{sic}} (Radz candy dispenser, 2015)
**''Blindbag code'': '''F'''

: The [[Radz]] candy-dispenser version of Strongarm is a plastic sphereoid with feet, spiky "hair", and a keychain fob. Pulling the hair back opens the toy's "mouth" and projects a little bowl-like tongue, dispensing a single colored sugar pellet. The hair can be taken off to refill the dispenser, and swapped with any other Radz.

:Strongarm was available only in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, though the bag has a code number on the back under the "best by" date that tells you what's inside (only the last letter is the important part). She comes with a bag of sugar pellets, and a mini-poster with a collection checklist on the back.

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===McDonald's===
[[File:RID15-merch StrongarmMcDMask.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Strongarm Vision Mask / Strongarm Mask''' (2016 / 2017)
**''McNumber'': '''6''' (US only)

:Part of the third [[McDonald's]] Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fourth globally), this Strongarm mask is unique among the Happy Meal masks in that it adds a movable clear-red viewfinder that can drop down over either eye, letting the wearer "scan" stuff in the style of the old [[Tech Spec]] decoders, or better see the hidden Autobot sigil in the middle of the masks's crest.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of masks was first released in Asian markets in early 2016. In October 2017, the four masks were matched with four figures from the early-2017 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.

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[[File:RID15-merch StrongarmMcDFigure.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Strongarm / Strongarm Figure''' (2017)
**''McNumber'': '''5''' (US only)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, missile

:Part of the third McDonald's Happy Meal promotion for ''Robots in Disguise'' in the US (fifth globally), this Strongarm is a 4-inch-tall non-transforming action figure with articulation at the neck and shoulders. Her oversized missile launcher accessory uses a [[5 mm post]] for its handle, making her compatible with most other "modern" ''Transformers'' accessories. The screw-hole in her back is also 5 mm, but storing the launcher there makes her back-heavy to the point of falling over.

: Scanning the figure into the "McPlay" mobile app opens up some ''Transformers / My Little Pony'' activities.

: This set of toys was first released in European markets in early 2017. In October 2017, four of the five figures were matched with the masks from the 2016 non-US promo and finally released in the US in a joint promotion with ''My Little Pony''.

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===Surprise Drinks===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Surprise-Drinks-Strongarm.jpg|250px|thumb|At nearly $2 a 10oz bottle... yyyeah.]]
*'''Strongarm''' (2016)

: The ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' "[[Surprise Drinks]]" bottles come with two different Strongarm toys: a show-accurate 1.5-inch non-transforming soft-plastic figurine, or a similarly-sized pencil-topper of her head. These toys are hidden inside the capsule attached to the bottle by the wrapper. These are randomly blindpacked and do ''not'' correlate with who's on the wrapper, and there's no codes, so... good luck.

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===Kinder Chocolate===
[[File:RID2015KinderEggStrongarm.jpg|thumb|100px|Prohibits itself from entering US territory.]]
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2015)

:Only available inside a blind packed chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' series, this buildable Strongarm mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which her limbs and armor can be clipped to construct her. She has articulation in her shoulders and hips.
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[[File:Kinder-Joy-RID15-2017-Strongarm.jpg|thumb|100px]]
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2017)
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===Dickie Toys===
*'''Strongarm''' (2016)

: Made by German toymaker [[Simba Dickie Group]], this is a (roughly) 1:64-scale [[die-cast]] metal truck based on Strongarm's show model, except with giant Autobot symbols on her wheels.

: Each toy in the series comes on two different styles of card: one has the character-specific stock art, while the other is a generic card featuring [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] and [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]].

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*'''Strongarm 2 Pack''' (2017)

: This release of the Strongarm die-cast truck is identical to the single-pack, only it comes with a die cast metal non-transforming mini figure of Strongarm in robot mode.

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*'''Strongarm Tin Box Set''' (2017)

: Another slightly-different packaging of the same die cast metal truck; this time it comes with a metal carrying tin with Strongarm's stock art on it, as well as a collector's card.

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*'''Robots in Disguise 2 Pack''' (2017)

: Same base toy as the above, only this time packaged with the unaltered [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Dickie Toys|Optimus Prime]] vehicle.

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*'''Robots in Disguise 5 Pack''' (2017)

: ''Another'' repackaging of the same truck. This time, it comes in a multi-pack with similarly-unchanged versions of the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Dickie Toys|Optimus Prime]] and [[Steeljaw (RID)#Dickie Toys|Steeljaw]] vehicles, as well as "Special Mission" redecoes of the [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Dickie Toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)#Dickie Toys|Sideswipe]] vehicles.

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*'''Strongarm Light Up Racer''' (2017)

: An actually-different version of the Strongarm die cast truck! While it's the same scale, still die cast and looks more or less the same, this version has a bright light inside, that shines through the clear-plastic undercarriage when activated.

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==Notes==
[[File:Strongarm Adventure Dancing Queen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
* The end credits sequence for ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)#Japanese release|Adventure]]'' proves Strongarm's got some moves on the dance floor.
* The [[Flock]] member [[Matilda]] takes on Strongarm's form in ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]''.
* Strongarm's body-type was also used for [[Nightra]] in "[[Guilty As Charged]]", a [[Lighthouse]] staff member in [[Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|''Lost Light'' #3]], [[Crasher (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Crasher]]'s body in "[[Coalescence]]", and of course, [[Strongarm (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Strongarm]].
*Likely by sheer coincidence, Strongarm's characterisation as a rule following, studious young police bot seems to match up with an unreleased bio of [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|one of the previous bearers of her name]].<ref>"TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON MINI-CON Class: OFFSHOOT vs. STRONGARM Figures [...] "More serious than his friends KNOCKDOWN and NIGHTSCREAM, STRONGARM was the one who paid most attention in primary programming. His high grades and adherence to the rules have led him to pursue a career in peacekeeping. He has even gone so far as to model his vehicle mode formatting on his hero, and it was his idea that he and the other members of the Night Rescue Team try to take on the Predator Attack Team. Just because they're cut off from civilization, he reasons, there's no excuse for being uncivilized."—[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/bios-for-new-minicon-versus-packs/7714/ Hidden bios for the unreleased ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con Versus Packs found on the ''Transformers'' website]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Strongarm''' (ストロングアーム ''Sutoronguāmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiěwàn''' (China, 铁腕, "Iron Arm")

==References==
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==See also==
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*[[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]], the Autobot police officer from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Strongarm (Animated female)|Strongarm]], the headshot on the Maccadam's Old Oil House menu from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.
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Ick-Yak

2025-08-01T16:47:20Z

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[[File:Ick-Yak01.jpg|250px|thumb|It looks kinda like that mechanical dragon Scooby Doo ran into when he met Sandy Duncan.]]
An '''Ick-Yak''' is a large, reptilian creature that you would never want to get near, yet one which [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] seems to encounter every now and then. He's old because he's hard.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Kup waving arms.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hmm, this Ick-Yak looks kinda old.]]
After escaping [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s forces that had chased them from [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], Kup sat down to tell the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] about his experience with an Ick-Yak on [[Beta 4]]. Kup had encountered the Ick-Yak amid a dust storm of some sort, coming down a mountain breathing flame from its nostrils. In his haste to hear the "good part", [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] knocked over [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], though Swoop didn't mind, as he also wanted to hear the good part. However, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] interrupted, voicing that they should focus on trying to rescue their friends from [[Unicron]]. Only Galvatron's subsequent attack probably saved Hot Rod from being eaten by the Dinobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Later, Kup told of another encounter with an Ick-Yak on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. The Ick-Yak was capable of both bipedal motion and walking on all six of its limbs. Kup had managed to trick the Ick-Yak into walking across quick-mud, causing it to sink. [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] were not as impressed as Grimlock. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

====''Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go!''====
Kup began recounting another Ick-Yak tale to [[Teletraan 15]], thinking she was an old acquaintance, until he recognized that he didn't know her at all. He promptly drove away, leaving everyone confused. {{storylink|Kup Volume}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Kup fought Igyaks. {{Sic}} {{Storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ick-Yak''' (イックヤック ''Ikkuyakku'')
*''French:'' '''Ick-Yak''' (France), '''Yak''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''IQ Jack''' (1st ''The Movie'' dub); '''Mega-Missort''' (2nd ''The Movie'' dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Chiaccherone''' (2nd ''The Movie'' dub, "Chatterbox")
*''Bulgarian:'' '''Govedo''' (Говедо, "Bovine")

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Blurr (G1)

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:''Blurr is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Blurrg1.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|He runs faster than ten fast men.]]
This page is best read at high speeds.

'''Blurr''' is positively and incontrovertibly without possibility of any doubt the fastest-thinking, fastest-talking and fastest-driving data courier and messenger from the planet of Cybertron, and if you or your friend or anybody else you know or anybody else you might not know or in fact anybody at all wants to send any kind of message or dispatch or parcel or data or in fact anything at all to any base or station or out-of-the-way depot, barracks, headquarters, outpost, or post office and it is absolutely essential to deliver it immediately or at the earliest opportunity and without any delay of any kind regardless of Decepticons or obstacles or foul weather or gloom of night then Blurr's the one to pick, sir, so just give him the good word and the item in question and Blurr is off like a [[Cybertronic race horse]], if there were such a thing as a Cybertronic race horse, and if such a beast was able to break the sound barrier on land and leave only dust clouds and lingering afterimages, because Blurr leaves only dust clouds and lingering afterimages, but he'll be off that quickly with your message in hand, and if any hostile power or enemy or Decepticon ambush should get in the way then he'll hit them with a blast from his [[electro-laser]] which will reverse the polarity of their microcircuits and they'll be stopped. Dead.

His [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner is [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], who sometimes becomes his head as a [[Titan Master]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[John Moschitta]] (English), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese), [[Eiji Itō]] (Japanese, "The Rebirth")|[[Lei Changxi]] (Chinese), [[Bernd Simon]] (German), [[Kai Taschner]] (German, ''Generation 2'' Dub), [[Carlos Lladó]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Marco Antônio Costa]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, season 3), [[Sérgio Moreno]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub), [[Attila Bartucz]] (Hungarian, second "The Movie" dub), [[Massimo Corizza]] (Italian, first Season 3 dub), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French, "Five Faces of Darkness" episodes), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "Chaos"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Dark Awakening" & "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2"), [[Bruno Magne]] (European French, "The Face of the Nijika"), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "The Rebirth, Part 1"), Unknown (European French, "The Rebirth, Part 2")}}

[[File:TFTMBlurr.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Someone needs to switch to decaf.]]

In [[2005]], Blurr was part of the Autobot detachment stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s command. Using his hyper-speed, he quickly alerted the Autobot ranks when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his Decepticons arrived to attack the city. In defending the city, Blurr combined non-stop chatter with non-stop firepower and helped hold the Decepticons at bay until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and reinforcements could arrive from [[Moonbase One]].

In the aftermath of the attack, Blurr was working on repairs with several of the remaining Autobots when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] struck. After failing to get the obstinate [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] aboard a shuttle ("They were impossible impossible impossible!"), Blurr tossed the job over to [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and leapt aboard the second shuttle with Ultra Magnus. Pursued by Galvatron through space, the shuttle crew managed to escape only after detonating three-quarters of the ship. In need of repairs, they landed hard on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. While Blurr was attending to some welding work, Galvatron and his soldiers caught up with them. Things went from bad to worse after Galvatron killed Ultra Magnus and took the [[Matrix of Leadership]], leaving the Autobots to deal with the planet's native inhabitants, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. Hostilities suddenly ceased, however, when Hot Rod and Kup arrived from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] and negotiated a peace with the Junkions (complete with dance sequence!). Blurr then flew into the final battle with the planet-eater [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] aboard the Junkion starship and was present when Hot Rod (now Rodimus Prime) reclaimed Cybertron in the name of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|Blurr’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:Blurr watching jazz.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Blurr watches all his videos in fast-forward. It makes it look like normal speed to him.]]
As part of their "new era of peace and prosperity", the Autobots hosted the first annual [[Galactic Olympics]] several months later. Blurr really wanted to compete in the races, but instead was forced onto a mission with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to Autobot City on Earth. This simple courier run soon became more hectic than it was worth, though. Running into the newly revived Decepticon leader, Galvatron, Blurr and Wheelie were the first Autobots to face his renewed power and ended up marooned on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]].

[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"We can't stop here. This is bat country!"]]
There they encountered kamikaze creatures known as [[lightpole]]s, who struck in unison like a hive and could transform into explosive missiles. The Autobots received support from [[Marissa Faireborn]] of [[Earth Defense Command]], but it wasn't until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived that they finally managed to fight their way through a squad of [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and get off that rock. Blurr and Wheelie made it back to Autobot City and, after a short game of "Hot Potato" to get the cog through attacking Decepticons, restored Metroplex's transforming ability just in time to sic the giant Autobot on his rival, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}

[[File:Chaos Kup Blurr piloting ship.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Blurr participated in several important Autobot missions in the following months. When Kup uncovered a plot by the Decepticons to acquire the indestructible [[death crystal]]s for their own purposes, Blurr joined him and an Autobot unit to visit the source of the crystals on planet [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. Blurr faced the Predacons again on Dread and was almost consumed by quick-mud before Sky Lynx pulled him free. Blurr and the other Autobots managed to keep [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] busy long enough for Kup to rouse [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], the creature who was the source of the death crystals. Turning the crystals against Chaos himself, the Autobots destroyed the monster and deprived the Decepticons of their new weapon. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When Optimus Prime briefly returned from the dead, Blurr was aboard his flagship during the intended assault on the [[Quintesson]]s' new home planet. He received word from Cybertron that Hot Rod and the other Autobots they were supposed rushing off to "avenge" were in fact alive, and preparing to rendez-vous with the fleet. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

[[File:ForeverLongTimeComing Blurr carrying Blaster.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1!|If you're gonna ride, Dann-o .... Whoops, wrong script!]]
Later, Blurr joined [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] in exploring a bowl-shaped asteroid near Cybertron, and in doing so came across a [[Quintesson]] [[Time Window]]. During the battle with the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and Quintesson star cruisers, Blurr fell through the time window along with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and some of his cassettes. The Autobots found themselves 11 million years in the past, working with [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] and her rebellion as the first Autobots stood up against their Quintesson masters. Once the rebel leader, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]], returned and used his [[Coder Remote]] on the [[Dark Guardian]]s, Blurr and his auto-buddies made their way back through the vortex and into the present once again. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

[[File:FightorFlee future autobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
When the Autobots detected a seemingly threatening vessel in their airspace, Blurr attempted to interrogate the pilot, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] of [[Paradron]]. Rather than being intimidated, however, Sandstorm just asked if there was something wrong with Blurr's timing program. Kup was quick to come to the young Autobot's defense and informed the Paradronian, "Naaaah, that's just the way he is." {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

Blurr was among the Autobot warriors who assaulted the occupied nation of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]], to prevent the Decepticons from making more super-energon off of the country's oil reserves. [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] beached himself off the coast to launch Blurr, Rodimus Prime, Wheelie and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] onto the nation's soil. After the Decepticons were driven off, they freed [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]] and his advisors, and (somewhat reluctantly) restored him to power. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[File:GhostMachine Blurr violated airspace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Sir, we're being violated!"]]
During the second coming of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s ghost, Blurr was working monitor duty on Cybertron with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. He was very good at his job, identifying [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] on an entry vector and the return of Unicron's eyes, but people kept having to interrupt his reports because he would. Not. Stop. Talking. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}} Later on, he was part of the peace envoy overseeing the negotiations between [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]]. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} Blurr was also present for the unveiling of the new power generator on Cybertron, but even he wasn't fast enough to keep Grimlock from making a mess of things. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:FaceOfNijika Blurr dangling.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Blurr covertly tries to fix his wedgie.]]
During an encounter with the Decepticons, Blurr and several Autobots encountered a "[[quadrant lock]]" created by the Quintessons and ended up falling through it along with [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]]. Their landing on the planet [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]] was a harsh one, and Blurr's leg strut was too damaged for him to walk. Separated from the scientist Perceptor in the fall, Blurr asked Rodimus and Ultra Magnus to leave him while they searched for their missing comrade. The leaders agreed, since Perceptor was also the one best suited for repairing Blurr's leg. Unfortunately, the helpless Blurr was soon found by the superstitious and powerful local populace and taken to a nearby city, where the people planned to toss him into a molten pool. In a wacky turn of events, though, that soak was just what Blurr needed to realign his leg components, and he popped out of the pool as fast as ever. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

When the [[Hate Plague]] was released, Blurr was one of several Autobots who were damaged and taken out of action early during the catastrophe.{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} As a result, he was unaffected by the plague and, after some repair work by a Quintesson, was available to help the newly active Optimus Prime in his search for a cure. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

[[File:Rebirth1 Hardhead and Blurr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Why isn't there more slashfic about this?]]
Sometime later, on Cybertron, Blurr was beaten in a race by Hot Rod and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. This was done in part to help prove the engineer [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s theory that Autobots could function better with human partners somehow incorporated into their fighting discipline. Little did anyone realize how soon that theory would be tested. After a major Decepticon offensive on Autobot City, Optimus Prime radioed Kup, Blurr and the others on Cybertron, warning them that the Decepticons were headed for the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], deep beneath the planet's surface. The Autobots arrived just in time to prevent [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] from unleashing too much [[plasma energy]] using the key he'd stolen from Earth. What little plasma energy had been released, however, was enough to overcharge the engines of the Autobot ship, launching them out into space.

[[File:Rebirth2 Blurr with gun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Please pretend he is holding Haywire and not his regular gun. Thank you.]]
Blurr and his comrades crash-landed on the planet [[Nebulos]] and were quickly taken hostage by a group of rebels fighting against the machine army of their overlords, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Autobots managed to convince their "hosts" to release them when the Decepticons arrived in hot pursuit, but Blurr and several other warriors were deactivated and taken hostage by the Decepticons as they fled. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Brainstorm decided to put his ideas into action and created binary-bonded partnerships between the remaining Autobots and the rebels, forming [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. The Headmasters rescued Blurr and the others, but were soon forced to fight again when the Decepticons joined forces with the Hive, having created both Headmaster and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] duos in response. This tech-war continued when Brainstorm scanned one of the Hive Targetmasters and used those scans to recreate the technology for the remaining Autobots. Blurr was binary-bonded with [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], one of the Nebulan sharpshooters. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

He and the rest of the Autobots returned to Cybertron to try to prevent Galvatron from opening the Plasma Energy Chamber, but were unsuccessful. The day was ultimately saved by Spike and the Nebulons, who brought about a new [[Golden Age]], and Blurr was seen celebrating with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Additionally, this continuity moves the events of [[2006]] forward to [[2010]], and inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening years.}}

=====Controverse=====
Blurr was present when the [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] of [[BT World]] discovered they were trapped in the [[G1 World|OG World]]. {{storylink|Controverse}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}
[[File:Headmasters rodimus kup blurr.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|And nothing of value was lost.]]
In [[2011]], Blurr was stationed on the Autobots' new tertiary base of operations, the planet [[Athenia]]. While other Autobots were dispatched to Cybertron during Galvatron's assault, Blurr remained behind as part of the rear guard. He observed what appeared to be a passing star on the monitors, but the image eventually cleared up to reveal a ''[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|starship]]'', headed for Cybertron. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Even after the arrival of the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], Blurr continued to fret over the situation. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} As Autobots forces engaged the Decepticons on several fronts on several planets, Blurr remained at home base with Kup and [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] to practice his exposition. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron unleashed his [[Madmachine]], Blurr couldn't understand how one little bug could possibly threaten Vector Sigma. Arcee had to explain how the Decepticons could increase its magnetic power to the point where even the supercomputer would be in danger. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} When the Aerialbots were brought down by a [[Metamorphose|dangerous meteorite]], Blurr informed Rodimus Prime the rescue team had been intercepted by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} Blurr was still taking messages with Kup and Arcee on Athenia weeks later. For a ridalin-deprived courier, he sure seems to stand around a lot. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}}

Blurr watched helplessly as Galvatron beat the scrap out of Rodimus Prime. Only after the Decepticon Commander wandered off to have a meeting with [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] did Blurr work up the courage to go see if Rodimus was okay. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} With the destruction of Cybertron, Blurr joined Rodimus Prime and Kup in their quest to look for a new planet to settle on. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

He apparently had time to sneak back in when he heard Fortress was having a party, though. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}
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=====''Legends'' comic=====
Blurr continued on the journey to find a new home until the day Rodimus Prime decided to become a [[Micromaster]] and settle on the planet [[Micro]]. Unwilling to give up on his body's speed, Blurr refused to join Rodimus in changing bodies, and instead left to join Fortress's crew. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}} A battle with Scorponok in [[2021]] led to him and the other Autobots being infected with [[black ball]]s, which Blurr only survived by agreeing to have his head removed and retrofitted into a small Headmaster robot. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} Old and new Headmasters alike then traveled to the [[Legends World]] and joined with the [[Axalon Trading Company]] to have new bodies built for them. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 21|Bonus Edition Vol. 21}} Blurr was left disheartened by this turn of events: since he'd ended up losing his body ''anyway'', he regretted not helping Rodimus to begin with. He cheered up when [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Longarm]] gave him a new body, and though he panicked when asked to use it to take on Galvatron, he steeled himself and proved able to use his speed and tiny size in tandem to catch Galvatron off-guard and knock his head off. He then became an deliveryman, though not a very good one since he spent too much time talking to customers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}}

When [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] was battling [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], Blurr showed up to help man his battle station, saying they were comrades since they'd both left the Axalon Trading Company. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}} He later had his body stolen by a mass-produced [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]-type Headmaster who was really eager to try out transtectors. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 28|Bonus Edition Vol. 28}} Blurr was present for Fortress's speech when he announced the completion of their HQ, a new battleship Maximus. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}} He was among the Autobots who tried to capture [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] after he'd stolen the [[Zodiac]], but was incapacitated when the Zodiac's powers forcibly transformed his transtector into an immobile "base mode". {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} When the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]] got started, Blurr was shocked that he'd gotten rivals in the delivery business. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} He helped the other Autobots battle [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]'s [[Black Convoy Mass Production Type Drone|drones]] when they were menacing the Legends World. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Black Convoy 2}}

Blurr's delivery service eventually grew into a full company, and he hired [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] to work for him. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Magna Convoy}} During Trypticon's attack on [[Tokyo]], Blurr and Wheelie were charged delivering Fortress Maximus's transformation cog to Metroplex before Trypticon could reach him. They succeeded, allowing Metroplex to fight back and defeat his nemesis. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He was driving on the streets of [[Akihabara]] after it was rebuilt in the wake of the destruction. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} Kup, who'd left Rodimus shortly after Blurr did, fondly remembered their time searching for a new home together. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 46|Bonus Edition Vol. 46}} Towards the end of the year, Blurr and Ginrai were asked to deliver the [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire Laser]] to [[Beast (planet)|Beast]] through the Legends World, but were surprised to find [[White Lune]] in its place. She ran off while Blurr was busy learning that she ''was'' the Haywire Laser, so he began searching for her and visited the police, where he was unexpectedly but gladly reunited with Hot Rod. Blurr eventually found White Lune being menaced by the Sweeps and used her weapon mode to dispatch them alongside Hot Rod, Kup, and his two part-timers, Wheelie and [[Shūta Gō]], and afterwards she started working for him. {{storylink|TF Legends Late Xmas Present Chapter|Late Xmas Present Chapter}} He was later among the Transformers knocked out by [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]'s [[anti-electron]] assault, angering White Lune. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 55|Bonus Edition Vol. 55}} {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
Blurr participated in a space mission under the command of Rodimus Prime. He helped the other Autobots get the space-faring civilians to safety during a Decepticon attack while Rodimus battled Galvatron. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}} On another occasion, he battled the [[Megatron Corps]]—five clones of the old Decepticon leader being remotely controlled by Galvatron. Once Blurr and the others attacked Galvatron directly, the Megatron Corps fell all to pieces. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}} Blurr was also seen acting in defense of the planet [[Feminia]]. The Autobots protected the Prime Energy Tower from an all-out Decepticon attack. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
Blurr was present when Optimus Prime expired following the battle for [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], and Hot Rod caught the Matrix as it fell out of the Autobot leader's hands. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable timeline where the Autobots were at war with the [[Renegade]]s, Blurr was one of the many Autobots who participated in the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
Blurr was on Cybertron when Optimus Prime announced his plan to confront Unicron. When Hot Rod sacrificed himself to kill Megascream, Blurr was later seen celebrating the defeat of Unicron and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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Blurr was four million years old. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

''Hundreds of years ago, Blurr and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] were captured by aliens from the planet [[Tyroxia]], but Hot Rod managed to escape in a [[Hot Rod's shuttle|ship]]. The ship was pursued by the [[Tyroxian]]s, but the aliens were intercepted a [[Kup's ship|ship]] piloted by the Autobot [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], an old-timer who was suffering from [[combat fatigue]] and had sent himself off to pasture. Hot Rod implored Kup to help him and Blurr, but Kup maintained that he was done with the war and was of no use to anyone. Ultimately, Kup had to rescue Hot Rod and Blurr from the Tyroxians one final time, and the old mech decided to give the war one more go.'' {{storylink|Kup's Story!}}

[[File:RingofHate-Blurremissary.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|So much for the Tolerant Left Arm!]]
Blurr was part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s unit on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when the commander reached a turning point. After Blurr helped free a group of captive Autobots being herded into the [[smelting pool]], Fortress Maximus announced that he was quitting the war and leaving for the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]]. Blurr and the others were stunned by this announcement, but nonetheless decided to join Fortress Maximus in his exile.

Blurr was sent as an ambassador to the Nebulan capital city, [[Koraja]]. However, the politician [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] did not trust these visitors to his world, and so he sabotaged the meeting to convince the others to rise up against the Autobots. While Blurr spoke, [[Krunk]] fired a magenetic polarizer weapon at Blurr's arm, which caused it to spasm and topple a fountain sculpture. As the debris bounced around, endangering the surrounding civilians, Zarak's personal militia retaliated, and Blurr fled.

Fortress Maximus didn't give up on peace with the Nebulans, however, and he took Blurr and the others back into Koraja. In order to prove to the Nebulans that he could be trusted, Fortress Maximus offered his head to them. A few other Autobots followed his lead and offered their heads, while Blurr and the rest surrendered only their weapons. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

The headless Autobots were kept under surveillance by the Nebulans, while Blurr's group of weaponless Autobots retreated to the forest, where they began construction of their headquarters. When the [[Council of Peers]] arrived to inspect the Autobots' efforts, Blurr showed them around. He pointed out Hot Rod, who was listening in on their Cybertron headquarters, but not transmitting anything, lest the Decepticons learn their location. Zarak and [[Vorath]] took this opportunity to lock onto the frequency, and they later used this information to contact the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

[[File:BrothersinArmor-Targetmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Wonder what happens if you forget to catch them.]]
The Decepticons arrived, and after both sides adopted the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] process, the Headmaster Autobots were captured by the Decepticons. Blurr and the remaining Autobots who lived in the forest remained weaponless, so they teamed up with various Nebulans who sided with the Autobot-allied Nebulan [[Galen]] and thus were considered criminals by the Council of Peers. Blurr's partner was [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]], who had, like the others, undergone the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] process to become a weapon for his partner.

Blurr and the other Targetmasters headed for the [[Nursery (Nebulos)|Nursery]], where they found themselves under attack by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. The Autobots' new Targetmaster powers overwhelmed the Decepticons, but not before the Nursery was reduced to rubble. Zarak, who was Scorponok's Headmaster partner, realized that this war was quickly destroying the planet he loved, and so he freed the Autobot Headmasters, allowing the Autobots to leave Nebulos. The Decepticons followed Blurr and the other Autobots to [[Earth]], where they wished to respond to an Autobot distress signal. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

When Galen died on Earth and his role as Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner was assumed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Spike led Kup and the other Targetmasters on a mission to the [[Club Con|Decepticon's island headquarters]] to rescue his brother, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. After Blurr and the other Targetmasters were attacked by the island's defense measures, the island transformed into a spaceship and launched into space. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} Soon, Fortress Maximus's Autobots met up with the Earth-bound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and the two Autobot camps wound up witnessing a battle between Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for Autobot leadership. Blurr, along with the Autobots from both camps, began to watch this battle on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Blurr was enjoying some downtime aboard the Ark when Thunderwing and a motley crew of Decepticons attacked. Responding alongside his commander, Blurr joined in blasting the would-be Decepticon leader and forcing him off the ship.'' {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}

[[File:Allfalldown-blurr.jpg|left|upright=0.5|thumb|Blurr's keyboard doesn't even HAVE a spacebar.]]
When the Decepticon [[Air Strike Patrol]] attacked [[MacDill Air Force Base]] on Earth, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (who had returned to command) led most of the Autobot Army into battle, including Blurr, leaving only a skeleton crew behind on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} After Scorponok's Decepticons arrived as well, Prime ordered Blurr and the rest of his troops to return to the Ark, suspecting an unknown entity was orchestrating this battle behind the scenes. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} When Blurr and the others returned to the Ark, they discovered that not only was [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] missing, but in his absence [[Blackjack (G1)|Blackjack]] had disabled the skeleton crew and placed bombs on board. Blackjack, who was startled by the Autobots, dropped the bomb, which started the countdown. Kup refused to allow the Autobots to flee the Ark in its shuttles, citing the lack of time to evacuate their fallen comrades in the medical bays, which prompted Blurr to panic. Blurr and the others were saved when Ratchet, who had been kidnapped by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (the mastermind behind the whole affair), arranged for the bombs to be teleported to Cybertron. Instead of blowing up the Ark, the bomb detonated inside Megatron's headquarters, apparently killing both Megatron and Ratchet. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

News of Ratchet's demise sent Optimus Prime into a depression, and Hot Rod took it upon himself to snap Optimus out of it. Concocting a scheme wherein a [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian Mark V battle droid]] would go "berserk" ended with the unit going on a genuine rampage. Blurr was knocked aside by the Guardian before Prime eventually snapped out of his funk and defeated the droid to save the day. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

When Thunderwing invaded the Ark once more, this time possessed by the Matrix, Blurr used his speed to good advantage, dodging the Decepticon's attacks and punching the Matrix-aura demon repeatedly. These blows accomplished little, though, and the aura punched him back. {{storylink|All Fall Down}} The Matrix was believed to be lost in this battle, and so Optimus Prime, who feared the imminent arrival of their race's godlike enemy, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], took drastic measures. The Autobot leader surrendered his forces to Scorponok's Decepticons, hoping to secure an alliance against the coming Chaos Bringer. This did not please Blurr and the other Autobots, who were forced to turn over their weapons and Nebulan partners. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Though Unicron was defeated during the Autobots' and the Decepticons' armistice, the latter faction, true to form, turned on their allies in short order. Now under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership, they rampaged on the planet [[Klo]], slaughtering its organic inhabitants. The Autobots, likewise under Grimlock's new management, followed Bludgeon's troops, but wound up stumbling into an ambush as soon as they made landfall. Blurr was among the casualties of the battle, his busted-up corpse littering the ground alongside many of his comrades. He was presumably resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]], who arrived to turn the tide of battle alongside Optimus Prime and the [[Neo-Knights]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
In the future year [[2003]], Blurr was among the many Autobots stationed at the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] began his plans for a new [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. It was his responsibility to send a hyper-speeded radio signal to Earth's governments, informing them about the secret plans for the city. Apparently, the Autobots decided regular codes would be too much work, so they just had Blurr dictate the plans! {{storylink|Ark Duty}} He was also on-site a year later at the grand opening of Autobot City, and helped defend their honored human guests from an assault by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

In [[1990]], Blurr, Kup, and Hot Rod were captured by Megatron, but managed to escape thanks to the efforts of a double-agent named [[Warmonger]]. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

''Megatron went on to lead his Decepticons in an all-out offensive against Autobot City, only to be beaten back by Optimus Prime. Blurr witnessed the Autobot leader pass on the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus before succumbing to the fatal wounds that had been dealt to him in this fateful duel.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

[[File:Target2006-BlurrHotRodKup.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.2]]
[[File:MarvelUK87 Blurr.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Looking rather green in the gills]]
Shortly after the attack on Autobot City in [[2006]], Blurr received some psychic coaching from Unicron to follow the new Decepticon leader, Galvatron, back through time to [[1986]] and stop his plans. Blurr was joined by Kup and Hot Rod, and upon materializing in the 20th century they joined forces with the local Ultra Magnus. Being as colossally powerful as Galvatron was, Blurr and his allies decided subterfuge was the better course of action than brute force. In order to get Galvatron to return to the future without a fuss, they manipulated him into believing he had traveled cross-time to an alternate 1986, where his actions in the past would have no effect on his future. To this end, Blurr and his allies stashed [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s inert form out of the way, {{storylink|Target: 2006}} {{storylink|Stargazing}} disguised [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]] as the former, and goaded Galvatron into destroying him. It really proved to be that simple, as Galvatron now believe his timeline couldn't come to pass, with Starscream having perished far too early. Galvatron returned to 2006 with his cronies, and Blurr, Kup and Hot Rod quickly followed suit. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Back in his own time, ''Blurr was among those gathered to hear a message from [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] as they reported Unicron's encroachment on [[Moonbase Two]]. As the Autobots prepared to head towards their allies and help them against the monster planet, they came under attack from Galvatron and his array of goons. Splitting into two groups, they narrowly managed to evade their pursuers by boarding a couple of shuttles and blasting off into space.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

[[File:BlurrTFMMarvel3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
''Blurr's group wound up on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], their shuttle badly damaged. They barely managed to get any work done on their ship before Galvatron tracked them down again. Ultra Magnus was torn to pieces in the ensuing battle, and Galvatron took off with the Matrix of Leadership in hand. Blurr bemoaned that, without the Matrix, all hope was lost. Before any other opinions on the matter were offered, the hostile Junkions sprung forth! Thankfully, another ship carrying Hot Rod and several other Autobots arrived, and managed to talk peace with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], the Junkions' leader. Wreck-Gar's troops rebuilt Ultra Magnus, and everyone on Junk readied for a final confrontation against Unicron. In the clash, the Autobots' ship speared through the titan's eye. Blurr the rest of the crew were separated from Hot Rod inside Unicron, but the former's group found Spike, Bumblebee, and Jazz. They were soon rejoined by Hot Rod, but in his absence he had reacquired the Matrix of Leadership, which had both upgraded him into "Rodimus Prime" and begun a chain reaction inside Unicron, culminating in his destruction! With Unicron's threat now dealt with, the Autobots gathered around Rodimus Prime, who announced that this day would mark a new chapter in Cybertronian history, one that would hopefully contain much peace and happiness.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:MarvelUK119 Kup Blurr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|And thrust!, 2!, 3!]]
After Unicron was defeated in 2006, Galvatron again fled back in time. Unaware of this, the Autobots searched high and low for the missing Galvatron, eventually forced into giving up when no trace of their quarry turned up in months. In Galvatron's absence, Blurr and the rest of the Autobots continued to battle the Decepticons over control of Cybertron, with Shockwave leading the enemy's armies, and Rodimus Prime now as the newly risen Autobot leader. Blurr was part of an Autobot ambush against an [[airborne hunter squad]] when, upon the mission's completion, the Autobots finally learned of Galvatron's whereabouts. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} Blurr was once again on the team that went back to retrieve him, this time teamed with Kup, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Burning Sky!}} It was déjà vu all over again, as the future Autobots again joined forces with 20th century Ultra Magnus to counter Galvatron's latest scheme. The evil Decepticon planned to use a [[power siphon|magma siphon]] to drain power out of the [[Earth's core|planet's volcanic core]], and gain the strength of a god in the process. Mere seconds after locating Galvatron and engaging him in combat, however, Blurr and Kup were knocked off-line when Galvatron hurled Ultra Magnus's beaten body at them. {{storylink|Hunters}} After regrouping, the Autobots concocted a plan to steal Galvatron's [[time-jump trigger device]] and rewire it to propel them all back to their proper place and time. While Blurr and the others distracted Galvatron, Wreck-Gar and Rodimus Prime attempted to make the proper modifications. In the end, however, only the Autobots were launched back to the future; Galvatron had modified the device so that the temporal backlash did not affect him, and he stayed in the past. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}

Blurr remained one of Rodimus Prime's finest soldiers in the future. In [[2008]], he helped defend the Autobot position against a massive Decepticon offensive, {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} and accompanied Rodimus Prime on a rescue mission to Earth when the [[Quintesson]]s lay siege to Autobot City. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

When the [[Time rift|timestorm]] exploded over space in [[2009]], Blurr joined Rodimus Prime and several other Autobots in travelling back to [[1989]], in the hopes of somehow removing the menace caused by Galvatron's long-term temporal distortion. Unfortunately, the mechanics of the time-jump mass displacement shunted Optimus Prime and other Autobots of 1989 into [[Limbo]] as they arrived, leaving smoldering earth in their wakes. The neophyte Autobot sub-commander Fortress Maximus jumped to the wrong conclusions and led his 20th century warriors into battle with their 21st century counterparts. Blurr was double-teamed by [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] before Optimus managed to communicate with Maximus through the Matrix in Rodimus Prime's chest and call an end to the fighting. Despite being thrown for the loop, AND shot by Galvatron once the Autobots all lined up on one side, Blurr held out through the entire fight, and was still standing during Optimus Prime's climactic brawl with Galvatron, after nearly every other warrior had been downed. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:MarvelUK224 Head Toss.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Why couldn't Haywire be a Headmaster partner? [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Oh.]]]]
After the Time Wars, the Autobots returned to 2009, but found it radically changed in their absence. It seemed the timestream had rebooted itself as if Galvatron had never left for the past to cause the timestorm. With Galvatron still around to lead the Decepticons, they had managed to maintain control over Cybertron after the war with Unicron, and the Autobots held only a meager resistance movement on their homeworld. Blurr, Rodimus and the others returned to this "new" war as best they could, but were hopelessly outmatched on Cybertron. After suffering a communications breakdown with one of their outposts, Rodimus Prime and allies arrived only to find Galvatron had taken control of the base and slaughtered the Autobots present. He saved a particularly gruesome fate for Blurr, and actually tossed the poor Autobot's severed head at Rodimus Prime once he arrived. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

In another version of the future, Blurr actually survived! He lived 'til at least the year [[2510]] when he personally delivered the news to Rodimus Prime that the last Decepticon had been killed and the war was over. Of course, a new war between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and the [[Wreckers]] broke out within a solar cycle, so Blurr still had a chance to get killed in battle. {{storylink|Peace}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In yet [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|another alternate future]], the Autobots faced near-extinction in [[2009]] when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] destroyed Cybertron and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] had very nearly conquered Earth. Blurr and Kup were killed by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] during the Decepticons' rise to power. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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In [[2012]], while Optimus Prime was away on Earth, Blurr was stationed on Cybertron under the command of Hot Rod. Upon hearing that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] had breached the [[Hall of Silence]] and enveloped it in a [[null field]] to prevent Autobot intervention, Blurr rushed to Hot Rod's side to inform him as much. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} Unfortunately, he couldn't provide any useful advice on dealing with the situation. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} Blurr attempted to find any variance in the null field's field harmonics, but after looking over its entire dome fifty times over, still couldn't find any way to breach it. Without options, Hot Rod was forced to order the destruction of the Hall, inadvertently covering Soundwave's escape with [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s remains. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

When [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] arrived on Cybertron and began corrupting Autobots' programming, Blurr remained unaffected. He saw [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] using the "Gene Key" on [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], and knew what to avoid after that. Along with [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], and [[Hosehead (G1)|Hosehead]], he formed a small group of survivors. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} They met up with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] at the [[Nursery (Cybertron)|Nursery]], and joined forces. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} At the [[Civil Defense Hub]], Blurr and the others fought through the evil Autobot and Decepticon defenders, retaking the defense grid. Unfortunately, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' were returning from Earth at that time, and the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]] had already keyed in an attack sequence. Even Blurr's speed couldn't race through all possible combinations of the deactivation sequence fast enough, so Crosshairs shot one of the Clones and promised to shoot the other if he didn't shut the missiles down. The Decepticon complied. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Blurr worked security at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] during Hot Rod's first disastrous speech as leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} He later defended the [[Presidium (facility)|Presidium]] on the parapets during the Decepticon uprising. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Afterwards, Blurr joined Ultra Magnus in hunting down [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], but they were ambushed by [[Acolyte of Unicron|Unicron cultists]] and lost their quarry. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} He was also seen with a group of Autobots speeding to the rescue of the [[Demon|Primordial Cybertronians]] when the [[Primum Fugae]] attacked. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Blurr served on the bridge of Rodimus Prime's command vessel ''[[Priam]]'' when they attacked the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], but even his hyper-reflexes weren't fast enough to raise shields against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s counter-attack. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} After being held prisoner, the Autobots escaped the Hub after Jhiaxus was taken down by the [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} Back on Cybertron, Blurr and the Autobots discovered their world corrupted into a global necropolis by the [[Dark Matrix]]. They tracked the threat through the [[space bridge]] to [[Nebulos]] and Earth, and Blurr joined Ultra Magnus's squad on the first world where they defeated the possessed Galvatron and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Blurr took part in a mission to an asteroid to find a new source of [[energon]]. When [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] discovered a [[little informant|small life form]], Blurr had great fun playing with it, until Lightspeed insisted on conducting tests. After Magnus took the others in pursuit of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and ran into a bunch more Decepticons, Blurr was instructed to bring [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to the battleground. Blurr did so and even got to take a swipe at [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], but was promptly picked up and tossed into the distance by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. He came back pretty quickly, though. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

When [[Monitorus]] arrived on Cybertron with the news that [[Tau-Ursa]] had been attacked and leveled by the Decepticons, Blurr rushed him to Optimus Prime and started alliterating a lot in his speech. They were soon interrupted by a Decepticon attack, which Blurr took part in an attempt to repel. As it turned out, the attack was a diversion while Galvatron used his new [[Nullification Cannon]] to nullify Cybertron's energon supplies.

Later, Blurr and Hot Rod traveled to Tau-Ursa to inspect the damage and search for stray Decepticons. They stumbled on [[Apeface|Ape Face]], who had found a [[Logicon]] warning beacon. A struggle ensued, and Blurr was able to wrest the beacon's recording tape from the Decepticon. The pair high-tailed it back to Cybertron, where the tape turned out to contain the coordinates to [[Metascan Alpha]], a planet containing a vast storehouse of energon. Blurr accompanied Optimus on a mission to the Decepticons' base on a derelict space destroyer to destroy the Nullification Cannon. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
Blurr was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. He asked Springer to make note of several nearby stars. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. Once they had landed, Blurr scouted out their surroundings, unaware that he was being watched by the Junkions. Wanting his engine, that Junkions chased him down and attacked the Autobots. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world, and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots worked together to fix the damaged ship. Blurr and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Galvatron Attacks}}}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Blurr was part of a small strike team of Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help the Dinobots, who were currently engaged in battle against the Decepticons, just outside of Autobot City. After they defeated the Decepticons, Blurr and the others were cheered on by the nearby oil rig workers as they drove back to Autobot City. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}}}

Blurr was returning from a road trip with Daniel, Hound and Hot Rod, Bumblebee, Kup, Wheelie, Springer, and Sunstreaker when the group paused to eat at a rest stop. As the Autobots ingested Energon Cubes, Hot Rod asked Kup to tell a story. Kup told the others the story of how, upon first crash landing in Mt. St. Hillary, the Ark had lost an enormous shipment of Energon Cubes that remained lost to the day. Enthralled by Kup's story, the rest of the group were all eager to go looking for this lost treasure. When they realized that Laserbeak had been spying on them the whole time, and would soon inform Galvatron about the lost Energon shipment, BLurr and the others rushed back to Metroplex to inform Ultra Magnus. Blurr was the first to reach Ultra Magnus, but as he was talking too fast, Ultra Magnus could not understand a word that Blurr was saying. After a brief conference, Ultra Magnus led his troops to the Ark's crash site. Finding the Decepticons there already, the two factions began to fight. When the Energon stash was uncovered, it was completely gobbled up by Starscream who proclaimed himself the most powerful Decepticon. With nothing left to fight over, Blurr and the Autobots left Galvatron and Starscream to their squabble. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Blurr participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base, wherein he joined forces with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Together, they tried to slay [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

The Decepticons having stolen the Matrix of Creation, Blurr was called up by Ultra Magnus to help retrieve it. The Autobots used an army of [[decoy]]s to distract the Decepticons, while Blurr, Hot Rod, Kup, and Ultra Magnus infiltrated their base. Blurr then blasted the Matrix out of the crystal that held it, and the Autobots made their getaway. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}

===Desert of Danger===
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Blurr was stationed on the planet Nebulos when the Decepticons hatched a scheme to smuggle on-planet [[Attack Squad robot]]s. He was available as back up to the more active Hot Rod during his missions. {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}

===Autobot Alert!===
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Alongside Springer and Beachcomber, Blurr was assigned a secret mission; to uncover the location of a sphere of cybertite, containing an ancient Autobot formula. When Decepticon storm troopers blasted their way into the Autobots’ research lab, Blurr was able to escape the skirmish and report back to Autobot headquarters about the situation. Upon his arrival at Metroplex city, Blurr learned that the Autobots had just learned of another crisis at hand; the Decepticons were taking over Earth's communication satellites. In spite of this, both he and Kup insisted that dealing with the Decepticons who stole the coded message should take top priority.

If Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, Blurr was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Blurr took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If the Autobots decided to scope out the nearby crater first, Blurr raced Hot Rod to it, finding it void of any Decepticon activity. Combing the crater, the pair then found Beachcomber tied to an explosive device, and set out to rescue him. Once freed, Beachcomber informed the pair that the Decepticons had long ago broken the code and were already en route to retrieve the cybertite sphere. It would now be much to late to catch up to the Decepticons, and all hope to retrieve the orb before them was lost.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Blurr was sent ahead to scout out the crater while the rest of the Autobots headed for the California coast. Fast as he was, Blurr was able to make it to the crater, double back, and meet up with the rest of the Autobot forces just as they arrived at the California coast. En route, he had spotted the incoming Decepticons, and warned Ultra Magnus to act quickly. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

In one of the possible plans that Ultra Magnus came up with, Sludge and Hot Rod worked together to retrieve the sphere from the ship. Blurr was then tasked to return the sphere to Metroplex, while the rest of the Autobots lay hidden, ready to ambush the Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
Blurr was one of the Autobot Targetmasters who ruined a Decepticon energy operation at the Nebulan north pole by using thermal lasers to sink [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] into the melting ice he had rested upon. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Cold War Blurr punches Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Prime is LITERALLY made of [[The Transformers: The Movie#Quotes|sterner stuff]].]]
After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s "joint" takeover of Cybertron with Ultra Magnus, Blurr was among the Autobots who rebelled against the idea. He joined an underground Autobot cell led by Kup and Hot Rod to oppose Shockwave. Along with fellow cell members Hot Rod and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], he observed a Decepticon shuttle (actually piloted by the Dinobots) from the [[Wastelands]]. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Later, after [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] brought an unconscious Optimus Prime to their base, Blurr and Wheelie tried to subdue the legendary Autobot from mistakenly pounding Gnaw to death after he woke up. (Blurr's attempt was to punch Optimus in the face, which nearly broke his hand. Points for gumption.) {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Soon after, Blurr participated in Optimus Prime's Autobot uprising, battling the Decepticons and [[Guardian robot]]s, which ended Shockwave's rule. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''}}
[[File:SpotlightBlurr-ImTheNews.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|And when you put it all together there's the model of a charmless man]]
Before the war, Blurr was the number one [[Cybertronian sport|racer]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}} He once raced against [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] {{storylink|Iron in the Blood}} and during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]], he won the [[Ibex Cup]] for the tenth cycle running. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} When he retired, he planned to buy and run his favourite bar, [[the Circle]]. Obsessive mega-fan [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] mistook a hurried 'yeah go away now' gesture to mean Blurr wanted to open the bar with ''him''. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}} Another huge fan of his was [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], who wanted to be as fast as him someday. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

The stardom provided by Blurr's racing success meant he got into the best clubs, was worshiped by fans, and was a grade-A jackass, to the point where he couldn't be bothered remembering his [[Piston (mechanic)|co-workers]]' names. However all this changed when the war broke out. The race track was bombed and the races themselves canceled. Blurr found himself despairing, due to his life falling apart and to both factions attempting to recruit him. Not long after encountering [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], who attempted to convince him to join the Decepticon ranks, Blurr got caught up in a gunfight that resulted in the death of Piston, one of his coworkers, as well as friend and colleague [[Fasttrack (IDW)|Fasttrack]]. After being on the receiving end of some harsh but fair words from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|a young pre-Prime Optimus]], he realized that he'd been relying upon the races to give him purpose in life; and beyond that—serving the Autobot cause would give him an even better purpose. Blurr accepted the mission to attempt to inform Zeta Prime of the Decepticons' attack plans and became an Autobot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

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Unfortunately, Zeta Prime went on to become an oppressive tyrant who only pushed the planet further into war, and Blurr would long harbor regret for having saved his life. {{storylink|Night and the City}} Having found his way into illegal underground racing during Zeta's rule, Blurr was hanging out at the [[Brake-Street]] underground racing hub when he witnessed Optimus Prime's rallying call for additional support against the new Decepticon rule. {{storylink|Broadcast}} He was quick to join the Autobots in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and participate in the battle for control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Endgame}} During the Autobots' battle with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Blurr led a harassment team to lure the monster into a trap. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}}

Sometime after that, Blurr was working with Optimus Prime and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] in defense of one of Cybertron's major cities. Using his speed, he broke through the Decepticon ranks and kept them distracted while the other Autobots held the line. He and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were seen celebrating later on at the victory party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

In the present day, Blurr began working alongside the Wreckers and was captured by [[Turmoil]] alongside several of them, but was rescued by [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] who recruited him into a new elite fighting unit on board the starship ''[[Trion]]''. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[File:Slowmotionmoviewalkahm5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Blurr battles without honor or humanity.]]
After [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was recruited into the crew of the ''Trion'', Blurr spent quite some time playing [[Go (game)|Go]] with him, although the name of the game confused him. He later reported [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]]'s status to Kup and helped save [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]]. {{storylink|Lost & Found}}

Blurr was on the ''Trion'' when the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the devastated surface of Cybertron. Blurr and the rest of the team survived the crash and met up with Optimus Prime's unit, who were also stranded on the planet. Prime had suffered heavy damage back on Earth, and [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] was now in charge. When Jazz got a little uppity with Kup, Blurr tried to bring him down...only to find out that "hard core" beats fast every time. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} The two Autobot units began working together under Kup and Jazz, and found themselves on the run from the [[Insecticon swarm]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} Blurr and Drift were sent out on scouting patrol to keep the Autobots informed of the Swarm's movements. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}

Unfortunately, Blurr was too far away when the swarm actually made their move, and by the time he reached his comrades with a warning, they were already under attack. He later offered to blow up a bridge to keep the swarm away, but Kup wouldn't let him, as not even Blurr could outrun an explosion. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} The Autobot base was eventually overrun by the swarm, but Blurr and the others were saved by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

[[File:RudeAwakening-Blurrcar.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Hey, look, I have an Earth mode!]]
Two years later, Blurr was still stationed on Earth with the Autobots under Optimus Prime's command. After Prime surrendered himself to [[Skywatch]], Blurr initially rejected Hot Rod's proposal to abandon the humans and their planet. He remained behind in the caves with the Autobots who, after a vote, came under [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]'s leadership. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Once [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] arrived, however, the mood in the camp shifted appreciably. Many Autobots noticed Bumblebee's lack of authority in the shadow of Ultra Magnus and began to worry they would be somehow blamed or even arrested for Prime's actions. Blurr chose to leave the Autobots along with [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], and they drove off to find Hot Rod. Not long after their departure, though, the foursome were attacked by a Skywatch patrol. Blurr's comrades were disabled by [[Mode lock|mode-lock]] technology, and only his hyper-speed allowed him to escape capture as well. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 2: "A Rude Awakening"|A Rude Awakening}}

[[File:ImpossibleKnot-Blurr.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Or wait, no. Sorry.]]
All of Blurr's speed was useless when he didn't know where to go. He wandered the desert for days, fruitlessly trying to reach Hot Rod's group via his Autobot comms. Eventually, he was confronted by Bumblebee and his unit, who had made a Faustian deal with Skywatch to hunt down the Decepticons still active on the planet. Blurr was the first Autobot Skywatch had sent them after, and the Autobots had only agreed after [[Gordon Horiuchi|their contact]] demonstrated the ability to mode-lock the Autobots remotely using the badges which had been provided to them. Blurr, already anxious, didn't take Bumblebee's request to surrender very well, and he actually shot his friend in the chest while trying to escape. He was brought back to the caves by the Autobots, but they ultimately refused to turn him over to Skywatch. They found a way to escape Skywatch's domination when Bumblebee's badge malfunctioned due to Blurr's blast, leaving him unaffected by the mode lock. In order to keep Skywatch in the dark, they enlisted Blurr to recover a duplicate yellow Volkswagen Beetle to turn over to Skywatch as "Bumblebee". Despite his concerns, Blurr reluctantly agreed to help with the plan. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}}

[[File:Blurr Enemies of the System.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Dan Abnormal, not normal at all It's not his fault, we made him this way]]
After the termination of their short-lived alliance with Horiuchi, Ultra Magnus returned, demanding assistance from Bumblebee's Autobots to arrest the self-declared [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|"Rodimus Prime"]] and his followers for colluding with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s Decepticons. Overruling Bumblebee's authority, he also deputised Blurr, dismissing Bumblebee's protests that the speedy Autobot had recently endured a major trauma at the hands of Skywatch. They arrived at the construction site of Rodimus's starship and watched as the two Autobot commanders bickered over the point of arresting somebody for treason now that the war was over. However, all argument between the Autobots ceased when Swindle revealed his treachery through his latest creation: the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] combiner [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 4: "Enemies of the System"|Enemies of the System}}

The battle against the new gestalt warrior was going poorly for Blurr and the others until help literally dropped from the sky...landing right on top of Swindle. Optimus Prime joined the fight and the Autobots eventually managed to subdue Menasor. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}} At Bumblebee's discretion, Blurr and the other Autobots allied themselves fully with Skywatch. {{storylink|All His Engines}}

Four months later, the Decepticons returned to Earth and devastated the Autobot-Skywatch base. Ultra Magnus led Blurr and the others to regroup at Omega Supreme, though they were chased by humans with Cybertronian weaponry on the way. The convoy came to a swift stop when it ran into Megatron, whose new and upgraded body allowed him to shrug off the Autobots' firepower and take them all out with a single blast. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|Woken Furies}}

A few weeks later, Blurr was present at Omega Supreme when Rodimus came back from space with a bunch of long-lost Autobots in tow. He listened to [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] tell stories, then joined the rest of the Autobots in leaving Earth and returning to Cybertron. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} Back on their home planet, they fought against both [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s and Megatron's Decepticons. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}} {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}}

[[File:Blurr communicator Devisive.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.0|It was me Blurry!]]
With the war officially over, [[NAIL|unaffiliated Cybertronians]] came flooding back to Cybertron, and in order to keep everything in check the Autobots had the captured Decepticons act as enforcers. This had the expected results. Blurr, Prowl, and [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] caught [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Horri-Bull]] assaulting [[Tappet]] for writing graffiti, but to Blurr's confusion, Prowl had him arrest the ''victim'' for disturbing the peace. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Blurr later did crowd control against a Decepticon riot that had broken out in response to [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s death. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

Blurr was soon placed as a guard at the [[reclamation tunnel]]s, overseeing Decepticons working at sifting through refuse. When [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]] was found murdered in a tunnel, Blurr informed [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] of the Decepticon's identity and led him to the only witness, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who was infected with a [[cerebro-shell]]. Blurr was shortly ordered to pursue [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], who found aid in the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. The Decepticons overwhelmed and knocked out the Autobot, but [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] was sent to the rescue and carried Blurr to safety. Blurr later woke up worse for the wear and berated Prowl for allowing him to enter a dangerous situation without backup. {{storylink|Devisive}}

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In need of something to do while he recovered from his injuries, Blurr remembered his old plan to run a bar one day. He was unsure if it was the right time and place for it, but found support in [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and decided to reopen [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] the next day, leaving the Autobot army behind. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} While serving Starscream and [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], he was asked for his input on Turmoil's arrival on Cybertron and told them of his experiences with meeting Turmoil and Drift years earlier. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}} Bumblebee later approached Blurr asking him for help in finding a lost Ironhide, but he refused to return to the Autobot fold because of Prowl, whose recent actions were reminding him of Zeta Prime and his own regrets about saving the corrupt Prime. He relented once Bumblebee asked him to do it for Ironhide's sake. {{storylink|Night and the City}}

Blurr was sent out into the Cybertronian wilderness to search for Ironhide and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], but was interrupted when a sudden explosion ripped a hole in the ground. He was less than thrilled when Prowl and [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] showed up to investigate, but followed them into the underground where they found the ancient [[Crystal City]] and a gigantic inactive [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. While Prowl wanted to keep everyone else out of the cave, Blurr and Metalhawk disagreed and led several Decepticons into it, and as a result they witnessed the Titan's surprising announcement that Starscream was the conqueror who would unite all Cybertronians. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

[[File:ThreeMonologues BlurrDeniesStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2.0]]
When the Decepticon population began rioting in celebration of Megatron's return, Blurr took refuge in Maccadam's alongside some of his loyal patrons. {{storylink|City on Fire}} While barring the place up he was approached by Arcee, who claimed Dirge and Swindle had incriminating information about Prowl and convinced Blurr to bring them to Bumblebee. {{storylink|The Verge}} Agreeing to investigate, Bumblebee and Metalhawk followed them to Prowl's quarters only for the group to be caught in a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Blurr was injured trying to protect Swindle, who repaid him by hiding him away from the fighting. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

In the aftermath of the battle, Starscream rose to leadership of the neutrals and had all Autobots and Decepticons banished from Iacon. Though he officially left the Autobots in favor of remaining in the city, Blurr had no love for Starscream and flatly refused to let him use Maccadam's as a place to "connect" with the populace. {{storylink|Three Monologues}} He was then distracted from the rebuilding of his bar by what appeared to be an early sunrise. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The cause of this turned out to be the arrival of the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]], which proceeded to emanate a wave of destruction that devastated Iacon. Starscream attempted to shield Blurr and several other neutrals from the wave's advance. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} As the titan wandered into Iacon, Blurr grabbed a gun and tried to fight it off, {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} then helped [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] evacuate civilians from the burning city. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:ABotAndHerCity BlurrBartends.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Following the defeat of the Necrotitan, Blurr boarded the returned ''[[Lost Light]]'' to check out its own bar, [[Swerve's]]. He didn't recognize the owner. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} He went on to attend the trial of Megatron {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} and reestablish Maccadam's Old Oil House in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], what with Iacon being ruined and all. When [[Cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by, he provided her with free drinks and complaints about the recent blackouts. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} After Windblade was injured in an explosion, [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] and [[Longtooth]] showed up at Maccadam's looking to interview people on the matter, and Blurr had to show them the exit. He later followed Windblade, [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], and the two reporters into Metroplex's insides to confirm Windblade's claim that Starscream was "mining" the titan for [[Regenesis]] ore. {{storylink|A Long Way Down}} With Windblade in danger, Blurr rallied some of his regulars, and the misfit group wound up clashing with Starscream's Terrorcon enforcers. The fight ended with Blurr and the others in custody; Starscream offered him amnesty... ''if'' he helped remove Windblade from her position of power, which Blurr wasn't keen on doing. When Chromia arrived to spring the gang, Blurr and the others stayed behind to distract the guards while the two Camiens made their way to Metroplex's command center. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} Blurr didn't hold out for long, and wound up unconscious while Starscream set off to confront Windblade. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}

After Starscream brought Wheeljack back online to help with a [[Superion (G1)|secret project]], Blurr threw a party at Maccadam's to celebrate the return of his good friend. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

[[File:RaceAgainstTheLight BlurrWins.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.35|Don't you call me a fool, 'cuz baby you know that I'm way past cool!]]
Several weeks later, Cybertron had made formal contact with the lost colony world of [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], although diplomatic negotiations between the two planets went poorly due to a [[combiner]] arms race. During a lull in the fighting, Blurr served drinks to [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} With the combiner crisis averted, Blurr hosted another "Not the End of the World" party. He wound up trading barbs with [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]], a [[Velocitron]]ian delegate whom Windblade had invited to showcase the melding of Cybertronian and Camien culture. Unable to convince Knock Out of their good intentions, Windblade hatched a new plan—enter Blurr into the [[Benefit 500]] on Velocitron to beat them at their own game—a plan that Blurr was eager to get behind if it meant showing up the arrogant Velocitronian who had criticized his weight. Accompanied by Chromia and Ironhide, Windblade, and Blurr bridged to Velocitron. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}} After arriving at the city of [[Delta]], Blurr joined the race as a last minute entry while Windblade and Chromia went off to meet [[Navitas]], the planet's Titan. Eager to get back into the racing profession, Blurr found that the people of Velocitron were more than a match for the former racer: not only were they faster than him, they were unafraid to deploy all kinds of nasty gizmos to bump him into last place. Gaining a second wind, Blurr landed in first place after Windblade hacked into Navitas's brain module to reshape the track, taking out the competition and guiding Blurr to a suitably flashy victory. As the winner of the race, Blurr used his request to ask the people of Velocitron if they would join the [[Council of Worlds]], to which they agreed. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}}

After returning to Cybertron, Blurr tried to do the dishes while being accosted by [[Slag (G1)|Slug]], who had had a little too much to drink. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} With five colonies now part of the Council, Starscream decided to throw a new holiday: the completely egocentric [[Chosen One Day]]... although things didn't go according to plan. Blurr was once again accosted by a drunk Slug, who appreciated the bartender. He later joined up with Windblade and some of the other delegates to pay Starscream a visit, offering him the gift of friendship for a few hours. {{storylink|Choose Me}} When a [[Drunkatron|drunk Decepticon]] began harassing two other customers, [[Lancer]] and [[Greenlight]], Blurr called up [[I.H. Cybertronian Securities]] to escort him off the premises. {{storylink|07:00:00}} He later participated in the battle against the horde of [[zombie]] [[Titan (group)|Titans]] that attacked Iacon, fighting alongside Knock Out. {{storylink|Desperate Times}} When it was decided that Cybertron could only survive if [[Vigilem|Carcer]] joined the fight in robot mode, Blurr was part of [[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]]'s team to distract the Carcerians while Windblade made her way to the [[brain module]]. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}}

[[File:TheChosenOne BlurrAsksWindblade.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|"So run, Windblade...''run''."{{-}}"You can't solve all problems by running, Blurr."]]
When the time came for [[Earth]] to properly join the Council of Worlds, Blurr made sure his patrons could watch all the festivities before the [[Iron Ring]] struck. When interviewed for his opinion on the matter, Blurr confessed to understanding the humans' anger but felt he should have seen the invasion coming. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}}

Shortly after the invasion, Windblade revealed that "Carcer" had in fact been Vigilem, the Titan of [[Liege Maximo]] who had freed his master from confinement before his death and that the ancient Prime was doubtlessly plotting horrible revenge. The news made waves in society and sparked a call for general elections. Leaving [[Octane|Tall Tankor]] to watch the bar, Blurr went with [[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to try and convince Windblade to run for office. After Windblade garnered enough signatures to qualify as a candidate, Blurr set up a booth for her to listen to suggestions, comments and grievances from the voters. When Windblade won the election, Blurr took part in the victory party. {{storylink|The Chosen One}}

[[File:Unicron4 Blurr Dies.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|"...You didn't see that coming." —'''Green Arrow''']]

Blurr paid little attention to the threat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], believing it to be the next in a long line of crises that would soon pass. When the monster began physically attacking Cybertron, Blurr remained in his bar until he noticed the [[magic]]al light of the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] making people disappear. While he had an inkling of doubt that the light was simply disintegrating them instead of evacuating them, Blurr overcame his doubts with good faith and unhesitatingly channeled all his power to throw his fellows into the ribbon to save them. Unfortunately, even at full speed, he wasn't fast enough to outrun a collapsing planet, violently exploding as the ground beneath him was torn asunder. {{storylink|Road's End}} Later, Blurr's spirit appeared among the many dead glimpsed by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] as he sacrificed his own life to help defeat Unicron. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''United''===
Blurr was a participant of the Autobots' battles against the Decepticons throughout the ages, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and Optimus Prime himself. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

When a deadly nano-virus infected the Autobots stationed on Earth, Blurr, along with the rest of the Targetmasters and Headmasters, found himself immune to it. Blurr and the rest of the healthy Autobots traveled to Nebulos in order to retrieve a cure concocted by Supreme Scientist Zella. Once there, Blurr determined that there was no Decepticon activity via their ship's computer. Suspicious nonetheless, Kup left Blurr in charge of the ship's computer while he led a squad into the field. Kup's suspicions were confirmed when it was revealed that a squad of Decepticons had hidden in inner-space nearby to avoid detection. The Autobots retrieved the cure nonetheless, and Blurr was commended for his heroic actions when he returned to Earth. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Blurr ran away in fear from [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], the combined form of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
Blurr was on [[Velocitron]], competing in the planet's biggest race opposite [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. However, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked the race to try and capture Blurr's [[Titan Master]] [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Hyperfire]]. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
During the latter days of the Great War, Blurr was partnered with [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Haywire]] and [[Hyperfire]] as a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Blurr raced in and won [[Speedia 500]] on Velocitron; rather than becoming the planet's leader, however, he delegated the task of leading the planet's [[Senate]] to [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] and left the planet. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 1}}

[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] classified his own speed as below that of Blurr, but still admirable. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a particularly blue Blurr was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. {{Storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
Widely considered to be the fastest Cybertronian in history, Blurr's legend inspired future generations of athletes, including [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. While probing Cheetor's memories, the [[Vok]] emissary [[Pakak]] challenged him to a race by transforming his digital avatar into a copy of Blurr. {{storylink|The Speedway of Central Consciousness}}

===''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''===
Blurr of the "Comic Universe" competed in the [[Speedia 500]] for the chance to become leader of [[Velocitron]]. He used his superior speed to make an early lead, but the tactics of his fellow competitors allowed them to catch up. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1}} Blurr would ultimately lose to former champion [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}}

Blurr took part in the second week of the race, where he was met by a trio of new racers. He would later see one of those racers, [[Galaxy Shuttle]], win this iteration of the race. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

===''Energon Universe''===

Blurr was part of [[Elita One (G1)#energon universe|Elita One's]] team of Autobots on Decepticon controlled Cybertron. He accompanied [[Bluestreak (G1)#energon universe|Bluestreak]] on a mission to recover [[Warpath (G1)#energon universe|Warpath]], but found a displaced [[Cliffjumper (G1)#energon Universe|Cliffjumper]] as well. He scouted a route ahead of the others, but his route still included a Decepticon to be dispatched. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} Blurr stormed the gates of the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]] along with the other Bluestreak and warpath while Cliffjumper, Elita One and [[Blades (G1)#energon Universe|Blades]] used the remnant sparks of Cliffjumper's slaughtered clan to create the new autobot, [[Shredhead]] {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 17|Transformers #17}}

==Commercial appearances==
* Blurr, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] came to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s aid when the Autobot leader was fighting against [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Blurr used his speed to good use against both Starscream and Skywarp, but was stopped dead in his tracks by a shot courtesy of Cyclonus. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
* A stone sculpture of Blurr was savaged by Weirdwolf as part of his training. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
* Blurr charged into battle alongside Rodimus Prime, Kup, and Wheelie, firing at the enemy, until he got knocked aside by [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s "rocket car" mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}
* Blurr and Rodimus drove to one of the Autobots' laboratory, only to be informed by a distressed [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] that there had been an accident, and that the newest Autobots were monsters! Fortunately, they were still Autobots nonetheless, and helped ward off a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Monsterbots|Monsterbots commercial}}
* Blurr fought alongside Rodimus Prime on Cybertron as Transformers, both Autobots and Decepticons, left their world to expand the war to the planet [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}

==Games==
===The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth===
[[File:C64Blurr.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|I can transform too! *flump*]]
Along with his fellow Autobots, Blurr protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}

===The Transformers (G1 PS2)===
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When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] threatened the universe using [[Zel Quartz]] in 2010, Blurr was one of the Autobots warriors who travelled back in time to 2003 to prevent Zel Quartz from ever being cultivated for use by Cybertronians.

====Decepticon story====
While searching for Zel Quartz in the present, the Decepticons hunted down several leads, including a drill bit forged from a meteorite. Separated from the rest of his team in the crash, Blurr confronted the Decepticons in the desert as they searched for the drill.

====Autobot story====
Blurr rejoined the present and future Autobots in their campaign after the second false lead for the quartz on [[Zel Samine]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (G1 PS2)}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Following a Decepticon attack on [[New York City]], Blurr joined [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s team of infiltrators on a hunt for Decepticons. They were thwarted by three of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (Legends)|War Dawn}} Blurr joined a team led by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to help track down the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives (Legends)|Call of the Primitives}}

Blurr was involved in a conflict with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his Decepticons, which led to his Autobot teammates, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] being forced to take cover in the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

In the aftermath of the restoration of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blurr was part of a team led by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] which attempted to map the changes to their planet. They were briefly delayed by [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (Legends)|The Autonomy Lesson}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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Blurr appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Red. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsBlurr.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Blurr participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character that could be recruited by collecting 55 units of Cybermetal, and 24 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Blurr-Earth Wars.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|]]
Blurr joined the Earth Wars at the same time as [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]]. {{storylink|Burning Rubber}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
As one of the fastest Cybertronians in the universe, even undergoing the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] process didn't slow Blurr down, who used his great speed to deliver messages and data anywhere his commanders needed him to go. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{main|Blurr (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
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*Blurr was present in the [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|first draft]] of Transformers the Movie. In it he was still superfast but in contrast to this he talked in a very slow manner.
* No matter the continuity, Blurr's pattern of speech inevitably becomes inspired by his original cartoon portrayal's speed-talking. You can try to write him differently. [[Bob Budiansky]] did. [[Shane McCarthy]] did. But it [[Simon Furman|won't]] [[Zander Cannon|last]].
* Forbes.com declared Blurr to be the fastest fictional car, beating out Speed Racer's ''{{w|Mach Five}}'' by a top speed difference of over 500 mph.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/07/fastest-fictional-cars-forbeslife-cx_mn_de_0507fictional_slide_2.html Blurr named fastest car by Forbes]</ref>
* In 2010, a set of Blurr's original color models from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' went up for sale on Heritage Auctions, sold from [[Ron Friedman|Ron Friedman's]] collection of [[Sunbow Productions]] materials. In contrast to his final model and toys, this early color model depicted him with lavender parts.
* Originally, Blurr was going to be used in ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'', but after re-looking at [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s [[Tech Spec]] and [[bio]], [[Nick Roche]] decided that his power and cheery personality would work better. "It's nice to use a character who gets no love."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two at Auto Assembly 2009]</ref>
* Blurr's death in [[Road's End|the fourth issue]] of the world-ending crossover event ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'' is an homage of sorts to [[DC Comics]]' {{w|Flash (comics)|The Flash}}, who famously died in DC's massive world-ending 1986 crossover event, ''{{w|Crisis on Infinite Earths}}''. Blurr even refers to the events of the story as a "crisis" to sell the reference. Additionally, he calls himself "the fastest Cybertronian alive" in reference to the Flash's well-known "fastest man alive" tagline, and explains his powers as "fun facts", a play on the "Flash Facts" that the Flash used to explain either his powers or a plot point.

===Foreign names===
* ''Japanese:'' '''Blurr''' (ブラー ''Burā'')
* ''English:'' '''Wally''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
* ''French:'' '''Brouillo''' (Canada), '''Blurro''' (France, ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2'')
* ''Hungarian:'' '''Blörr''', '''Hadari''' (''The Movie'', "Sputtery")
* ''Italian:'' '''Flash'''
* ''Mandarin:'' '''Luōsuo''' (China, 啰嗦, "Wordy")
* ''Russian:'' '''Blurr''' (Блер ''Bler'')
* ''Bulgarian:'' '''Blair''' (Блеър ''Bleur'')

==References==
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Laserbeak (G1)

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:''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] and later a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Laserbeak-calendar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Recognizable as the one who does ''not'' cannon-blast Omega Supreme.]]
'''Laserbeak''' is not usually found on the front lines of battle. His chosen role is that of the spy, lurking in unseen corners and inconspicuous perches, snatching up any useful information he can to relay to his [[Soundwave (G1)|superiors]]. He has also been known to serve as an interrogator, using his lasers to carve up helpless prisoners to extract anything and everything they know. On occasion he's even played the role of assassin, striking quickly at unsuspecting (and particularly vulnerable) targets, and vanishing in a flash in the chaos following the attack.

He much prefers this "hide and sneak" tactic, as to his core, Laserbeak is a coward. Should his weapon's energy reserves start running dry, he starts running for the hills. A sufficiently big threat will also send him screaming off for the horizon at top speed. His self-preservation habit even dictates his attitude towards Decepticon leadership power-shifts: he basically allies himself with whoever's in charge at the moment, a loyalty that can vanish almost instantly once the reins of power change.

{{bigquote|Lens-headed sneak!|[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]|[[The Transformers (G1 PS2)|''The Transformers'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Introdump decepticons marvelus01.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Laserbeak ''can'' talk, but he just prefers to avoid moments like these.]]
Four million years ago, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and a group of Decepticons (which included Laserbeak) attempted to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep for four million years. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} In [[1984]], the detonation of the volcano [[Mount St. Hilary]] reactivated the [[Autobot]]s and Decepticons, unleashing their war on [[Earth]]. Laserbeak was sent to spy on the Autobots, and located a group of them during an outing to a drive-in movie theater. With this information, the Decepticons attacked. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Soon after, Laserbeak participated in a raid on [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and helped use their bounty to build a [[Fortress Sinister|new headquarters atop a cliffside]]. After construction's completion, Megatron learned of the location of a human who could help the Decepticons convert Earth fuel to a form they could consume, and their leader sent Laserbeak and the others to [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service]] to retrieve him. However, the Autobots were waiting for them and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] easily repelled Laserbeak's attacks. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Laserbeak returned with the Decepticons to their headquarters with their target, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[File:RaidersoftheLastArk-Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Pride comes before a fowl.]]
It was discovered that after the Autobots crash-landed on Earth, a rescue ship was sent after them which was buried somewhere in [[United Kingdom|England]]. Laserbeak was among the Decepticons who flocked to the ship in an effort to seize it, but he was fired upon by an [[Ark shuttlecraft]] cannon and ultimately fled with his peers. {{storylink|Man of Iron (issue)|Man of Iron}}

''After [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] betrayed [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], Laserbeak was among the Decepticons who Megatron assembled to take the traitor down.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''Later, Megatron staged a full-scale assault on the crashlanded Ark. After boasting loudly, Laserbeak was the first casualty, having been blown to bits by Optimus Prime.'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}

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The Decepticons' captive, Sparkplug Witwicky, succeeded in converting Earth fuel into a digestible form for the Decepticons, and with Megatron's forces fully charged, they attacked the Ark ''once again''. Laserbeak and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] were the first to burst through the Ark's hull, but Laserbeak's glory was shortlived. [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] duped him with a visual trick, and the condor fled in fear. Laserbeak was not seen for the duration of the battle. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} Despite Sparkplug Witwicky's assistance, he'd secretly poisoned the Decepticons' converted fuel, resulting in a coup by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] who nursed the fallen Decepticons back to health and subjugated Megatron. Either Laserbeak or Buzzsaw was present during this time. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

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During Shockwave's rule, the new Decepticon leader sent [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (with Laserbeak stowed) to infiltrate [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]], where they were carried inside in cassette deck mode by plant workers [[Ferdy and Gabe]]. Once inside, the two quickly besieged the plant's controls and enslaved its workers. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} While Laserbeak was perched on his shoulder, Soundwave informed Shockwave that the human slaves weren't quite as efficient as they had hoped, but work was proceeding forward nonetheless. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}} Shockwave's first project came to completion as the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were brought online. By this time, human military presence had become an encumbrance outside of the plant, and so Laserbeak was sent out to act as a distraction, allowing the Constructicons to slip past them and go on their first mission. Laserbeak used some sort of chemical weapon to dissolve all of the humans' metallic weapons, effectively neutering their offensive capabilities. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

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Laserbeak served many other functions during the Decepticons' occupation of this plant, such as squawking, heating up the workers' pizzas, and delivering recorded messages to the [[human]] military poised outside. Shortly after learning that the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] was no longer in Optimus Prime's possession, Shockwave managed to track it down within Buster Witwicky. He sent Laserbeak out to nab the boy, but Laserbeak was shot down by a blast from Bluestreak's [[Ion-charge disperser rifle|ion-dispenser rifle]] in his attempt, and crashed down in a nearby river. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Laserbeak later accompanied Soundwave and a few of the other cassette-tape Decepticons to aid their impostor Optimus Prime's ambush of the Autobots, though all of them were easily defeated once the real Optimus Prime was restored. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Several of the workers who had been enslaved by Laserbeak and the other Decepticons thereafter went to the press, telling all about their experience during the evil robots' occupation of the power plant.'' {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}}

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''[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], who was chasing an escaped Ravage, was surrounded by Decepticons in the wilderness. Laserbeak brought the Autobots a memento of their captured friend... an arm! The condor teased the shocked Autobots, telling them that if they wanted the rest of their friend, they knew where to find him. Sensing that there was a trap set for the Autobots, Optimus Prime insisted on springing Bumblebee on his own. Optimus traveled to the Decepticons' hideout, punched Laserbeak in the jaw, and freed Bumblebee.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} ''During the [[Dinobot Hunt!|Dinobot Hunt]], Laserbeak was charged with watching the progress of the Autobots as they tried to subdue [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] and [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]]. He was ordered to not engage his enemies, but was so engrossed in watching the Autobots fight Slag that he allowed himself to be nabbed by Jetfire and stuffed into the Dinobot's mouth. His clogging up Slag's mouth caused a backwash of the Dinobot's flamethrower, shutting both Laserbeak and Slag down. Laserbeak was left buried under some rubble until acting commander Soundwave eventually uncovered him.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

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Unlike the [[Seeker (body-type)|Decepticon Planes]], Soundwave, Laserbeak, and the other animal cassettes remained more loyal to Megatron than to Shockwave, and so when the former [[Decepticon leader]] was discovered in a coal mine, they arrived swiftly to refuel and reclaim him. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} He and Buzzsaw nonetheless continued to act as though still loyal to Shockwave, and joined him in trying to apprehend Bumblebee for his own ends. They managed to isolate and chase down the Autobot scout, but had to abandon their pursuit when the rest of Optimus's troops caught up to them. He was shot down by Jetfire before the Decepticons were forced to turn tail. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}

At this time, Soundwave's signal finally reached Cybertron and [[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus]] discovered that Laserbeak and the other Earthbound Decepticons were still alive. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

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One of Megatron's first acts upon returning to the Decepticons was to send Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to retrieve Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]]. However, he got an irritating surprise when Shockwave decided to accompany the jets. {{Storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Soon, Megatron attacked the Ark while seemingly all of the Autobots were attacking the Decepticon base, and he took the Seekers and all of the cassette Decepticons (minus [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]) with him. Unfortunately, the Ark was now defended by the newly-built [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. All of the attacking Decepticons except for Laserbeak and Megatron were obliterated, and it was only thanks to the wounded Laserbeak that he and the Decepticon leader escaped with their lives. When they returned to the Decepticon base, Laserbeak perched not on Megatron's shoulder, but Shockwave's, silently acknowledging their true leader. Shockwave rebuked Megatron for his poor command, but Megatron surprised him with a rationalization for his actions. As Shockwave again submitted to Megatron's leadership, Laserbeak exchanged perching positions, signifying the transfer of command. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

[[File:ITNI film destroyed.jpg|left|thumb|Laserbeak's job was a lot easier back before the Internet.]]
''The Decepticons caught word that journalist [[Joy Meadows]] was gathering evidence that the purported supervillain [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] was in fact a fraud initiated by the United States government. Upon tracking her down, Laserbeak and Soundwave compiled all her evidence and destroyed it while the rest of the Decepticons kept the Dinobots, who had taken it upon themselves to protect the human, occupied.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back in time and defeated Megatron it was once again Laserbeak who signified the transfer of Decepticon command in this manner. After Galvatron returned to the future Laserbeak promptly dug Megatron out from under the ruins of Galvatron's weapon and perched on the restored Decepticon commander.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} Laserbeak sat on Megatron's shoulder when the Decepticon leader ordered the [[Battlecharger]]s to deliver a message to Optimus Prime. The bird flew off when Megatron attacked Soundwave with a makeshift metal scepter for questioning his methods. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

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Laserbeak joined Soundwave in stealing energy from the town of [[Midville]]. When a team of Autobots showed up to foil their plot, both Decepticons retreated and Laserbeak shot down a nearby tree in to block the ground-based Autobots and give themselves leeway to escape. {{Storylink|The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas}}

''Upon spotting Optimus Prime driving solo near the Decepticons' base, Laserbeak relayed his findings to Soundwave, who in turn alerted Megatron to this opportunity to ambush their enemy.'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

Laserbeak was the one to alert Shockwave and Soundwave to the approach of a human military column on the Decepticons' [[Wyoming base]]. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} In response, the Decepticons transferred operations to their new [[Club Con|island headquarters]], and soon after, following the theft of [[Power Station Alpha]], Laserbeak turned out with the other Decepticons to welcome the forces of [[Cobra]] there. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} When [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and the [[Autobot]]s assaulted the island to recover the power station, Laserbeak was among the Decepticons ordered into battle by Shockwave, though true to form, he seemed to chicken out, as he wasn't anywhere to be seen during the fight. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

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''In search of Galvatron, the freelance peace-keeping agent [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] made his way to the Decepticons' headquarters and roughed up Soundwave for information. Soundwave dispatched Laserbeak to aid him in battling his attacker, but Death's Head made short work of Laserbeak by sending a volley of spines into him.'' {{storylink|Hunters}}

When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] came to Earth, Laserbeak helped in taking control of an [[oil tanker]]. The heist went off without a hitch... except that the tanker had already emptied its cargo. Stating that Shockwave's methods were costing the Decepticons too much fuel for their efforts, Ratbat took command of his forces. He then put Laserbeak to task in overseeing his [[Wash and Roll]] car wash empire, making sure that the patrons hypnotized by the carwash would dispense their vehicles' gas into the Decepticons' fuel tanks. Both Laserbeak and Ratbat were chased away from the fuel-holding facility when their hypnotized human subjects were shaken free of their programming by [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

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Years later, the Decepticons ambushed the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] while [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were dueling for leadership. Laserbeak counted [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] among his victories, but he and the others were called back to their ship to retreat once Blaster and Grimlock disabled its guidance systems. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

The Decepticons relocated to the Arctic, where an invasion alert warned the group about unexpected visitors dropping by. Laserbeak squawked in eagerness for some action, a sentiment shared by [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]], as he flew out into battle. However, upon meeting their visitors, Ratbat's Decepticons found that they weren't Autobots, but rather another group of Decepticons led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Both groups were manipulated into a Decepticon civil war by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] so that he could secure for himself the legendary [[Underbase]] while the others were busy with their infighting. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Laserbeak and the others were called off from the attack Ratbat caught on to Starscream's scheme. After a false start, an unprecedented Autobot/Decepticon alliance was formed to stop Starscream, and Laserbeak was assigned to a team headed by both [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Soundwave. Confronting the Underbase-enhanced Starscream in [[Buenos Aires]], Laserbeak met his doom. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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=====Movie future timeline=====
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By the year [[2005]], the Decepticons had gained control over all of Cybertron. The Autobots were relegated to the planet's two moons, and Laserbeak was sent to [[Moonbase One]] to spy on Optimus. He hid himself within one of the Autobots' cassette players, and listened in as Optimus sent a shuttle to Earth to retrieve some Energon. As soon as the Autobots' backs were turned, Laserbeak slipped away and returned to Megatron's side to deliver this information, allowing the Decepticons to ambush the shuttle and slay everyone on board. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
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In [[2009]], [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|one possible future]] saw the Decepticons with control over all of [[North America]] and only a handful of Autobots and humans to oppose them. During a last-ditch Autobot/human raid on their [[New York City|New York]] stronghold, Laserbeak was instrumental in diverting [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], first disabling the Autobot and then ordering his comrades to blow him out of the sky. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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====''Classics''====
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When [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] reactivated on Earth and began building a power base again, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] naturally returned to his side, and Laserbeak naturally came with him. During a battle with the Autobots over a mysterious energy signature, Laserbeak and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] were dispatched by Soundwave to follow [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]], [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] into the subterranean chamber from whence the signature was emanating. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} The two cassettes launched an attack as soon as they caught up to their quarry, but a volley of return fire clipped Laserbeak and sent him crashing into the pool of [[Rarified Energon]] that was the very energy source that had drawn them there. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 4}}

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Laserbeak took to perching on [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]'s arm, causing negative universe [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak]] to label him a poser. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 23|Recordicons #23}} Laserbeak and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] decided Ravage had gone crazy when he shared his theory about Megatron's whereabouts. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 24|Recordicons #24}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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In [[2012]] Laserbeak had been brought back to some semblance of life as part of Megatron's lobotomised [[zombie]] army. Ambushing the [[Wreckers]], Laserbeak and Buzzsaw shot down [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
Ambushing the Autobots as they blasted their way through a debris field, Laserbeak was one of the first Decepticons to board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], shortly before [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] pressed the button that would crash the ship into planet [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
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One of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]'s chief spies and enforcers, Laserbeak served the Decepticons during their early conflicts with the Autobots on Cybertron which led to their further battles on Earth in [[1984]]. A particularly potent menace, he tended to get the better of the Autobots during these encounters. In [[2005]], Laserbeak survived the [[Battle of Autobot City]], though his services were utilized less and less in the years that followed, as he expressed dissatisfaction with [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s leadership.

In a splinter timeline, Laserbeak was present in [[2011]] when Soundwave was killed in his duel with [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]. Laserbeak rescued his master's head, allowing Soundwave to be restored to life as Soundblaster. In [[2021]], he joined Soundblaster in a mission to another universe, where his skills as a spy were utilized for petty corporate espionage.
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Laserbeak participated in a Decepticon assault on the Autobots, only to be once more beaten back. Under Megatron’s orders, the Decepticons then lay low for several days, lulling the Autobots into a false sense of security. The Decepticons then stole the entirety of the Autobots’ fuel supply and attacked them once more. But Optimus, having anticipated a trick on the Decepticons’ part, arrived at the battlefield with a new supply of fuel for his troops. After sustaining too much damage, the Decepticons were forced to retreat once again. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons}}

Laserbeak attacked an Autobot construction site that Optimus and his troops were using to fix up a spaceship. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron}}

===Marvel coloring books===
During a clash between the Autobots and the Decepticons, the cowardly Laserbeak attempted to flee at the first hint that the Decepticons might lose. Before he could do so, he was swallowed up by own of Rumble's earthquakes that had backfired. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

Laserbeak participated in Megatron's plan to incarcerate all of the Autobots in a newly built Decepticon prison. He was scared off upon seeing a giant Autobot looming nearby ([[Giant fake Autobot|who, as it turns out, wasn't even real]].) {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Megatron ordered Laserbeak to patrol "every inch of the Earth" in order to find a factory suitable for constructing a Decepticon army. Already paranoid due to his extreme cowardice, Laserbeak was sent into a panic when he spotted an Automobile factory, mistaking it for an Autobot factory. Laserbeak reported his findings back to Megatron, who ordered his Decepticons to find the Autobot's facotry and destroy it. Laserbeak and Megatron's meeting having been spied upon by Bumblebee and Mirage, the Autobots built a trap for the Decepticons, using Mirage's holographic powers to project an actual Autobot factory. In the ambush that followed, Laserbeak was captured by Bumblebee in an electrified net. {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}}

Laserbeak was amongst the Decepticons who attacked the Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Laserbeak ran a demonstration of the [[molecular transfer device]] for Megatron, and showed him its abilitiy to teleport fuel from any gas tank in the world into the Decepticons' personal reserves. Pleased with their progress, Megatron ordered Laserbeak to empty another hundred tanks by midnight. When the Autobots lay siege to the Decepticons' stronghold, Laserbeak headed out to do battle. He attempted to sneak up on Sunstreaker, only for Jazz to blast him with his flamethrower. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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Laserbeak was ordered once more to patrol every inch of the Earth to find a suitable location for a Decepticon factory. He didn't get very far, not even leaving the forest he had started from, before once more getting captured in an electrified net, courtesy of Bumblebee. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

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Under Shockwave's orders, Laserbeak, Ravage, Kickback, and the Constructicons attacked a human village, intent on razing it to build a fuel plant in its place. Little did the Decepticons know that they were being spied upon from orbit by the Autobot [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. When the Autobots arrived to drive off the Decepticons, cowardly Laserbeak fled immediately, so as to avoid being blasted by [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

Happening upon a group of Autobots, Laserbeak decided to spy on them, and hid himself as a cassette inside Daniel's tape recorder. He learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a particularly large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site. Upon learning everything he needed to know, Laserbeak took off and (after dodging Sunstreaker and Springer's fire, who had seen him abandon his disguise) reported back to Galvatron with his findings. The Decepticons then headed for Mt. St. Hillary to unearth the treasure, and fought the Autobots there. The battle ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the energon and picked a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}
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===Big Looker Storybooks===
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Laserbeak was part of a particularly ferocious battle that left both Autobots and Decepticon badly damaged and low on fuel. Following the fight's end, Laserbeak was among the airborne Decepticons who used what little strength they had left to buzz the Autobots' headquarters, intending to distract them from the hijack of an oil truck that their fellow Decepticons were carrying out nearby. The plan was foiled by space-borne Autobot [[Shooting Star]], who clued the Autobots into the deception. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
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Laserbeak spied upon the Autobots when they were in the midst of a large construction project, but for all his observations, he was unable to deduce what the large mast that the heroic robots were building actually was. He took his findings back to Megatron, but he couldn't make anything of them, and so had Laserbeak lead Soundwave back to the mast for further study. Even the master communicator couldn't make heads or tails of the structure, so Laserbeak was posted to watch for some sign of Autobot activity that might reveal its purpose. Discovering that an Autobot installation had been built inside the mountain beneath the mas, Laserbeak alerted the other Decepticons, who immediately attacked. Unfortunately for them, it turned out that the mast was a lightning rod, which channeled the electricity of the thunderstorm currently raging right into the mountain chamber, frying the Decepticons and forcing them to retreat, leaving the Autobots none the wiser. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}
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Seeking to learn more about humanity in order to exploit the Autobots' concern for them, Megatron had Laserbeak sent to study human settlements and behavioural patterns. Following a car into a small village, Laserbeak was intruiged by a windmill on a neaby hill, but when he attempted to investigate, he accidentally collided with some high-voltage power lines, which short-circuited his transformation systems and trapped him in cassette mode. He was found the next morning by the engineers who arrived to repair the power lines, but was promptly discarded when they found that the "cassette" contained no music. A young boy found him soon after and brought him home, where the boy's mother added him to a box of cassettes that were taken to a disco at the town hall that night. There, upon insertion into the disc jockey's tape deck, Laserbeak drained the energy from the sound system and re-energized his systems, allowing him to explode from the machinery in bird-form once again. With a mob of villagers hot on his heels, Laserbeak returned to the nearby windmill, which had in his absence become a battleground for the Autobots and Decepticons. In the midst of the battle, Laserbeak was struck by one of the windmills sails. The conflict ended with the windmill's destruction, but the villagers never learned of the Transformers' involvement—the bigger news story on the front page of the [[Paprika Plain|Paprika Plains Informer]] the next day was that of the "Winged Demon" at the disco! {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}
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===Dinobot War===
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Upon the discovery of a buried flying saucer beneath the new [[Wizard's Cave]] attraction, Laserbeak and Ravage went to [[Disneyland]] to try and salvage any advanced technology. Unfortunately they hadn't counted on [[you]] activating a [[time-sphere]], transporting them four million years back in time. There, they decided to destroy the Autobots lying in stasis aboard the Ark, and, after tangling with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], Laserbeak located the flying saucer containing the time-sphere.

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*Laserbeak killed one of the [[time-travelling alien]]s, but the other transported him and Ravage away into the time-stream.
*Laserbeak was transported back to the present day where he escaped, or was possibly lost in time.
*Laserbeak shoots you with his ruby lasers. Without you to stop them, the Decepticons presumably carried out their plan and went on to conquer the Earth. {{storylink|Dinobot War}}
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===The Battle for Planet Earth===
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Thanks to Laserbeak's spying, the Decepticons were alerted to the Autobots searching for energy in [[South America]]. Once the other Decepticons arrived there, they tried to attack the Autobots atop [[Mount Sheelah]]. The volcano erupted, burying all but Laserbeak with lava, and Laserbeak had to return to base to get help. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} He was at the Decepticon base, taking advantage of the human slave labor they had kidnapped, when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] infiltrated the base. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Laserbeak was left behind to guard the base while the other Decepticons went to attack [[Stanley Lake]] dam. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} He was among the Decepticons consulted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for ideas on getting back at the Autobots. After Starscream successfully infiltrated the Autobots by pretending to defect, he sent the Decepticons to [[Mount Levram]] to destroy an [[Deuterium Orbital Laser Tracing System|Autobot super-weapon]], but when Laserbeak and the others returned to their base, it had been destroyed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Battle Drive====
Laserbeak was one of the many Decepticons Megatron led to a cave in the mountains. Within hid the Autobots' ally, Sparkplug Witwicky, with schematics detailing a fatal flaw in the Decepticons' circuitry. When Swoop attacked the group, every Decepticon present attacked the Dinobot simultaneously.

In the event that Swoop successfully destroyed Megatron, Laserbeak and the rest of the Decepticons were defeated by the Autobots.

In the event that Swoop fled the battlefield, Laserbeak was one of the Decepticons that did not pursue him, and instead remained at the cave. If Swoop later returned with Autobot reinforcements, Laserbeak got shot right in the beak by the new arrivals, and was forced into a retreat.

In the event that Prowl didn't wait around for Swoop to return and took Sparkplug to make a mad dash for Autobot Headqarters, Laserbeak and Blitzwing pursued him. Prowl attempted to lose his pursuers by driving into a forest, but it was all for nothing since this ended up simply being one of [[you]]r dreams. (Or was it?)

In a completely different possible sequence of events, Laserbeak was part of a massive Decepticon army that Megatron led against the squadron of Autobots that had walked into a Decepticon trap

In the event that Optimus decided to keep his squadron together, Laserbeak, alongside Soundwave, Buzzsaw and Frenzy, were the first Decepticons that attempted to attack the Autobots. Although initially ineffective at stopping the Autobots, Laserbeak was instrumental in the Decepticons' victory that day by obliterating the road before the Autobots, preventing them from reaching a safe refuge.

In the event that Optimus separated from his squadron to provide cover fire, Laserbeak was one of the ten Decepticons who ganged up on the Autobot leader. If Jazz returned to rescue his commanding officer, Laserbeak managed to send Jazz into a terrible spin as the two Autobots drove away. The Autobots managed to get away in the end, however, despite whatever efforts Laserbeak attempted. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Desert Flight====
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Laserbeak was part of a Decepticon deployment stationed in a desert base. The Decepticons plotted to lure the Autobots in a trap through the use of an anti-gravity beam. Using the beam on a nearby human settlement, the Autobots would be duped into coming to the fleshliness’ rescue, only to be themselves trapped by the effects of the beam.

If the Autobots bypassed the anti-gravity field, Laserbeak was part of the squad that intercepted the Autobot convoy headed for the Decepticon base.

In one possible iteration of a subsequent battle, Laserbeak fired his weapons towards a group of Autobots at the same time as the gravity beam reached them. This resulted in a rend in space-time forming above the battlefield.

In another possible scenario, Laserbeak nearly kidnapped Buddy, the Autobots’ newest human companion. His efforts were thwarted by Optimus Prime, however. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
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Laserbeak is one of the more dreaded of Decepticons! He also has a fighter jet [[alternate mode]].

In one possible sequence of events, Laserbeak accompanied Megatron in order to take out the recently-poisoned Autobots. They found themselves fighting against the now-cured Autobots, but gained the upper hand early in the fight nonetheless. They were nonetheless force into a retreat when Optimus led a second squad of Autobots into battle.

In another possible scenario, Megatron and his Decepticon squad were tricked into thinking that the Autobots were already dead, and strode into the Autobots’ base. The Decepticons lay down their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots’ "corpses," but were ambushed once they had disarmed themselves. Laserbeak and the others were then quickly defeated.

In another possible scenario,Laserbeak was led by Ramjet in a full-scale Decepticon assault. The Autobots, having miscalculated on how much antidote they had taken to cure themselves of the Decepticons’ poison, found themselves falling apart, leading to an easy victory for the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots managed to weaponize the tainted fuel, took out the first wave of the Decepticons’ attack with the toxic fumes emitted from the liquid when burned. Frenzy and Laserbeak proceeded to attack in the second wave, diving right through the poisonous cloud to drop bombs onto the Autobots. The toxic fumes affected them shortly as well, and when the pair fell out of the sky, the rest of the Decepticons retreated.

In a completely different possible scenario, the Autobots decided to go on the offensive and send four of their members to infiltrate the Decepticons’ poison lab.

If Laserbeak encountered all four Autobots while guarding the base, he was quickly dispatched by Optimus Prime before he could fire a shot at the intruders.

In one possible scenario that followed, Laserbeak was patched up by his fellow Decepticons and put back to work on their next scheme; to poison the humans’ water supply. He, Ramjet and Skywarp were hauling tanks of poison out of the lab when the Autobots returned.

One possible scenario saw the Autobots using Windcharger’s magnetic abilities to levitate the drums of poison above Laserbeak and company, and then ignite the poison over the Decepticons’ heads. The Decepticons were forced to retreat, and their lab was destroyed.

Another possible situation had Bumblebee find Laserbeak sleeping at his post, guarding the lab. Bumblebee silently snuck by him, while Laserbeak snored like a chainsaw. Laserbeak awakened in time to spot Bumblebee attempting to make his escape out of the lab, and ordered to little Autobot to stop.

If Bumblebee made a break for it, Laserbeak managed to hit the fleeing Autobots a few times, but was ultimately unable to stop him from making his escape with the antidote.

If Bumblebee heeded Laserbeak’s commands, the cruel Decepticon retrieved the antidote before beginning his torture of the little Autobot, in order to make him talk. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Laserbeak’s department in the Decepticon army is "dirty tricks." It mostly involves plastic spiders, fake vampire fangs, rubber mice, and other gag toys of the like. He is nonetheless a violent and formidable Decepticon soldier, the mere sight of him being enough to give Bumblebee a headache. Laserbeak was tasked with patrolling Astrotrain during the Decepticon’s latest plot to take over the Earth.

In one possible scenario, Laserbeak crossed paths with Bumblebee and Hot Rod, disguised in Decepticon space gear, as the two Autobots were looking for a hiding place within Astrotrain. He was called away by Frenzy before he could discover the two Autobots hiding in his Dirty Tricks storage room. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

====Project Brain Drain====
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Laserbeak was involved in a Decepticon plot to use a [[Brain Drain device]] on the crowd goers of a rock concert to syphon their intelligence into Decepticon fuel.

In one possible scenario, Galvatron had to recall his troops from the concert at the last minute when Ultra Magnus and his troops began a timely assault on the Decepticons’ headquarters. Laserbeak participated in the battle that ensued, which ended in a loss for the Decepticons when Ultra Magnus triggered an avalanche, burying Galvatron and shattering the Brain Drain device.

In another possible scenario,Laserbeak and the rest of the Decepticons were surprised to find the Autobots hiding amidst the parked vehicles surrounding the concert just as they were about to put their plan into action. Having been tasked in setting the parking lot aflame to prevent the concert-goers from escape, Thrust and the other Decepticon jets continued with the plan, dumping down gasoline onto the Autobots.

If the Autobots moved towards the crowd to protect them once the parking lot was set ablaze, Laserbeak and the other Decepticon jets continued their assault, able to bypass the inferno that kept the land bound Decepticons away from their enemies. Whether or not the Decepticons won that day depended on what choices the Autobots made.

In a completely different possible scenario, Laserbeak was posted as a guard to keep safe the Decepticons’ lab housing the Brain Drain device.

In the event that Sparkplug and Wreck-Gar attempted to infiltrate to lab and were caught by Soundwave, Laserbeak as called over to block off the duo’d escape, alongside a whole detachment of Decepticons. If the pair surrendered, the Decepticons blew them up anyways. If Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug made a run for it, Laserbeak gave chase. Though he and Laserbeak managed to send Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug skidding into a lake, the Decepticons were forced to retreat when Hot Rod, Jazz and Kup showed up to defend their allies.

In one possible scenario that followed, the Autobots returned to storm the lab shortly after. Laserbeak was one of the few Decepticons too afraid of Galvatron’s wrath to desert his post, and attempted to fend off the Autobot aggressors. He was unsuccessful.

In one scenario that followed, just as the Decepticons were being beaten back, Soundwave attempted to flee with the Brain Drain device. In trying to stop him, Hot Rod inadvertently made Soundwave fling the device up in the air, which Laserbeak caught. Laserbeak then flew off to rendezvous with Galvatron, ensuring the Decepticons’ victory. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}

====The Invisibility Factor====
Laserbeak is known for being particularly cowardly. In one possible scenario, Laserbeak accompanied Galvatron on a patrol in a desert at night. Upon spotting a spaceship that flickered in-and-out of sight, the patrol investigated. Finding the Autobots Kup and Hot Rod conversing with a woman at the ship’s landing site, Laserbeak and the others fired upon them, causing them to scramble away. Galvatron then ordered his troops to stay and scrutinize the spaceship instead of pursuing the Autobots.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, the Autobots were easily defeated and destroyed by the Laserbeak and the other Decepticons.

If Hot Rod and Kup silently followed the Decepticons back to their hide-out in a nearby canyon, they managed to tricked Laserbeak and the others into thinking that they were being ambushed by a whole squadron of Autobots. Panicking, the Decepticons attempted to retaliate by firing in all directions.

If Hot Rod snuck down and successfully snatched the Invisibility Device from Shockwave, the Decepticons gave chase to the young Autobot. They were unable to catch him before Kup fired down onto the canyon’s walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks.

In an alternate scenario, Laserbeak and the other Decepticons decided to take off into space in [[Sarah Sanders]]’s ship after acquiring the Invisibility Device. Whether the Decepticons succeeded in mastering the Invisibility Device and subsequently destroyed the Autobots, or were destroyed or defeated themselves depended on what choices the Autobots made from this point on.

In another possible scenario, Laserbeak and the other Decepticons happened upon Sarah Sanders’s ship before any Autobots had come in contact with her. While Scavenger held the woman captive, Laserbeak and the other Decepticons dragged the ship itself to a hidden location. In whichever scenario that followed, the Autobots managed to steal the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons, either dazzling Laserbeak and the others with their headlights while Hot Rod took the device right out of their hands, or tricking him and most of the other Decepticons into leaving the spaceship behind while they pursued the young Autobot on a wild goose chase. The Decepticons did not succeed in catching Hot Rod no matter what scenario ensued. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
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Laserbeak scouted out the situation on [[Tau-Ursa]], locating a demonstration of [[Monitorus]]'s new invention, and bringing in a full Decepticon attack force. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
Before the Autobot/Decepticon conflict had left Cybertron, Laserbeak discovered while on a spying mission Optimus Prime's plan to seek out new energy sources out into the cosmos. His report to Megatron prompted the Decepticon leader to build a spacecraft of his own. Both factions would ultimately crash-land on Earth, and awaken eons later to re-ignite their conflict on a world populated by humans. {{storylink|From Cybertron to Earth the War Continues...}}

The Decepticons remained in a prolonged stalemate against the Autobots. A chance to shift the balance of power came to their attention when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] reported that their enemies had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship, one which contained a star map pointing the way back to their homeworld. Laserbeak partook in the Decepticons' offensive to take the ship for themselves, and found it surprisingly easy to send the Autobots into a retreat. But as they boarded the vessel, Laserbeak found it supicious that there were no controls in sight. It was a trap! The ship's door shut behind the Decepticons, and they were sent hurtling blindly out into space. The Autobots knew they hadn't rid themselves of the Decepticons permanently, but were content with not having to deal with them for however long it took them to find their way back planet-side. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

Later, Laserbeak spied [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] driving towards [[Brazil]] alongside [[Fizzle|Blaze]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and reported his findings to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] so the Decepticons could ambush the group. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Around 8.2 million years ago, on Cybertron, shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] became the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], Laserbeak performed an aerial recon of Iacon, discovering that Prime's first command had been for the Autobots to prepare a fleet of starships to evacuate the planet. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Not long after, when Starscream briefly usurped command of the Decepticons, he had every scrap of information in Laserbeak's systems forcibly downloaded, in order to learn more about Megatron's plans for Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Megatron soon returned and put Starscream in his place, but then, around 1.2 million years later, the Decepticon leader vanished in a space bridge accident, and control of the Decepticons split into several smaller factions. Laserbeak and the other Cassettes remained with Soundwave, under the command of Shockwave in the primary Decepticon faction. Eventually, under the leadership of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots gained enough of a hold over Cybertron to force the other factions into signing a peace treaty. Laserbeak was in attendance at this treaty, perched atop of Shockwave's shoulder. If not for the fact that the ceremony was interrupted twice, first by an attack engineered by Starscream and second by the dramatic return of Megatron, it could have meant an end to Cybertron's civil war. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

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After the crash of the ''Nemesis'', Laserbeak was reactivated on Earth in 1984 and fought alongside the Decepticons in that pocket version of the greater war. Believed dead after the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'', Laserbeak and most of the other Transformers were in fact salvaged and reprogrammed by the human named [[Lazarus]], with the intention of selling them on the black market as weapons of mass destruction. As a demonstration for potential buyers, he had a group of Transformers assault the [[Smitco Oil Refinery]], and had Laserbeak record the images to be played back during the auction. Unfortunately for Lazarus, it was during that selfsame auction that Megatron broke free of his control. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} Megatron subsequently liberated the other Decepticons, and Laserbeak was stationed as lookout at the perimeter of Lazarus's captured Arctic base. Before long, he reported on the approach of Optimus Prime and several other Autobots who had escaped capture by Lazarus. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} Laserbeak subsequently joined the Decepticons for a massive attack on San Francisco. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

''After Megatron was kidnapped into deep space by the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] and Starscream assumed control of the Decepticons, Laserbeak accepted his rule along with Soundwave and the other Cassettes. They set up a new base of operation in the human city of [[Las Vegas]], Nevada. Taking a new tactic, Starscream arranged to work with the humans instead of against them, offering the residents of Sin City fame and fortune, while helping the Las Vegas PD coordinate their anti-crime efforts more effectively. Laserbeak performed constant reconnaissance patrols, reporting to Soundwave when human police officers were needed to perform "preventative maintenance" at potential crisis sites. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

''Once Megatron returned, the Decepticons were broken into two factions under his and Starscream's control. Remarkably, Laserbeak chose to remain in Las Vegas with Starscream while Megatron and Soundwave left the city with their faction. He was taken prisoner with Starscream's other soldiers by the Keepers once they made Las Vegas their base of operations, and was trapped behind a massive force field. They eventually escaped thanks to the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and joined a united force of Autobots and Decepticons in assaulting the Keepers' position. Laserbeak joined [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] in performing aerial sweeps and strafing runs during the battle. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} Later, during a battle with the American military in the Nevada desert, Laserbeak was struck down by [[deconstructionite]] rounds and had to be carried to safety by the [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}''

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Laserbeak was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Laserbeak was released by Soundwave, along with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Laserbeak managed to escape the first wave of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] defenders and enter the building, gunning down [[Gung-Ho]] and [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]]. Shortly afterwards, he was decapitated by [[Snake-Eyes]]. His body was taken into custody by the Joes. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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Laserbeak was among the Decepticons who lay deactivated on the [[Fera Islands]] for several million years, until [[Cobra]] awakened them and took control of them in 1938. One year later, after Cobra had used the Decepticons to ravage most of [[Europe]], Laserbeak was sent to the spy on how the [[United States of America|United States]] would react. He witnessed the creation of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], although [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] spotted the spy and opened fire on him. Laserbeak made the human drop his gun by firing a precision laser through his hand, before escaping and reporting his findings to Soundwave. {{storylink|The Line}}

When G.I. Joe teamed up with the Autobots and attacked the Cobra [[Terrordrome]], Laserbeak was punched by [[Ironhide (G1)|Iron Hide]] {{sic}}. If he survived the battle, he most likely died anyway when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] was destroyed. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===The Beast Within===
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When the [[Beast (G1)|Beast]] formed, Starscream ordered the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] to attack the behemoth. Laserbeak, thinking that he was a Seeker, joined them, and was smacked along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], blowing up as a result. He blew up real good. {{storylink|The Beast Within}} His corpse would later be one of many that littered the battlefield as Autobot survivors tried to escape the Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Laserbeak was sent by Soundwave to spy on Swindle, who it turned out had been selling Decepticon weapons to [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombia]]. Laserbeak reported back to base with a recording of Swindle doing a deal, much to Megatron's rage. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Soundwave]]
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Prior to the war, Laserbeak, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] were treated as second-class citizens in Cybertron's [[Functionism|functionist]] society because of their animal bodies, and were forced to live on the streets and do thankless jobs for the [[Senate]] for a living. One day they met a lost and confused drifter named [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], and ended befriending him and helping him learn to control his unique mind-reading powers. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} They briefly worked together at an energon mine on [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] before being shut down by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}}

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Soundwave and his cassettes were dispatched by [[Senate|Senator]] [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to approach the infamous underground [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] with the prospect of an alliance. Upon detecting that Autobot spies [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] were observing the meeting, Soundwave deployed Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Ravage to deal with them. Laserbeak pinned Bumper so Soundwave could read his mind. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} Unlike the functionists, Megatron saw Laserbeak and the others as equals, a fact that impressed Soundwave and his friends, inspiring them to turn on Ratbat and side with the Megatron's new Decepticon faction. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} In the uprising that followed, Laserbeak accompanied Soundwave and his other cassettes in executing the Senate members in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

Laserbeak and Buzzsaw watched as Soundwave met with [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]], and [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] about [[Hefter]]'s murder. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} Some time later, he spied on Orion Pax's arrest of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in [[Nyon]]. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} During a meeting with Orion Pax, Megatron had Laserbeak replay Soundwave's recording of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s plans to drain energy from Nyon's population. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} Laserbeak later spied on Orion Pax and his team when they pursued [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] within the ruins of the [[Acropolex]]. {{storylink|Ruins}} Laserbeak was among the Decepticons who rescued Orion Pax from destruction at Zeta Prime's hand. {{storylink|Choices}}

Laserbeak was with Soundwave as he reported to Megatron that the Autobots were breaking through their lines during their assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}} At a later point in the war, Laserbeak charged the Autobot position with Soundwave and a horde of Decepticons, in a vain attempt to keep them from interfering with an energon convoy headed for Megatron's troops. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

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Four million years later, in [[1984]], Laserbeak accompanied Soundwave and Ravage to [[Earth]] to remotely spy on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s mysterious activities on the planet. Following a pair of [[facsimile construct]]s, Laserbeak discovered Bludgeon's headquarters within [[Mount St. Helens]], and quickly brought Soundwave there. Unfortunately, during the battle, a katana-slash from Bludgeon took Laserbeak down, and he, Soundwave and Ravage were entombed in lava when Bludgeon caused the volcano to erupt to cover his escape. A year later, Laserbeak and Ravage were dug up by a mysterious government organization known as [[Skywatch]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

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Over the following twenty years, Laserbeak and Ravage were reprogrammed by Skywatch to seek out other Transformers. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}} After a sudden surge in Transformer activity on Earth, they were released on their first hunt, only for Soundwave—trapped his cassette player mode and in the possession of a human named [[Jimmy (G1)|Jimmy]]—to detect their presence and block Skywatch's control signal, freeing his subordinates. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} Locating their master, Laserbeak and Ravage broke into Jimmy's home and carried Soundwave away, but were unable to do anything to repair him. Fortunately, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] soon met with them and negotiated a deal to restore Soundwave to his true form. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} As part of the plan, Laserbeak and Ravage were left lying dormant in a forest to be recaptured by Skywatch, only to awaken and murder their would-be captors as soon as Shockwave freed Soundwave from his condition. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

Laserbeak returned to Soundwave, who in turn returned to Megatron, and a year later the Decepticons attacked [[New York City]]. During the battle, Laserbeak helped destroy some human jets. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} After some scouting, he learned that the humans were sending ground forces at them, then reported to Soundwave and perched on his shoulder. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}} [[File:Laserbeak AHM 1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|Planes, skeet. Potato, po-tah-toh.]] He was still on said shoulder when Megatron told [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] that Soundwave and Laserbeak had been keeping their eyes on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] as he planned his revolt. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} After the Autobots beat up Megatron, Laserbeak and the other Decepticons fled the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

Two years later, Laserbeak was seen perching on Soundwave's shoulder as he and Shockwave rebuilt Megatron. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} He was among the Decepticons captured on Cybertron and fitted with [[inhibitor/deterrence chip]]s by the Autobots once the war ended. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} As part of Megatron's plan to conquer the planet, Soundwave and most of the cassettes were later captured by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] and brought to Prowl's [[Black Room]] {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} where they were upgraded, with Laserbeak receiving a new data disc [[alternate mode]]. {{storylink|The Verge}} Together with Buzzsaw and Ravage he helped capture [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]], then joined the rest of the Decepticons in their conquest of Cybertron. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] joined the fray, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw fought with [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] in the air. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} He was later blasted out of the sky by the turncoat [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

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After losing the battle of Iacon, the Decepticons were exiled into the wilderness, where Soundwave made it their first priority to find and kill the deserter Shockwave. Tired of listening to him, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] attacked the communications expert, causing Laserbeak and the other cassettes to come to his aid. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} With the other Decepticons refusing to follow him, Soundwave took only the cassettes with him to [[Crystal City]], where they fought Shockwave and his minion [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]. However, because of Shockwave's [[Ore-14]] repairing any damage done to either side, they soon realized the battle was going nowhere and returned to recruit the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} They returned with both Decepticons and Autobots and fought Shockwave again in a great battle, during which the cassettes battled Metalhawk. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} Laserbeak was later among the fliers who tried to stop Shockwave's [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]], only to get caught in the fistfight between it and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} After the [[Ammonite]]s began their assault on Cybertron, Laserbeak helped Soundwave and the other cassettes fight back. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

Laserbeak stuck with Soundwave in the aftermath of these events, and perched on his old friend's arm as he discussed the future of the Decepticons with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} After Soundwave and Galvatron's Decepticons returned to Earth and struck up an alliance with the [[Earth Defense Command]], Laserbeak was among those who ambushed several Autobots at [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]]'s house, opening fire on [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] with Buzzsaw. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] tried blasting the bird 'bot, but Laserbeak instead lured him into almost hitting some humans. As the Autobots tried fleeing, Laserbeak joined in chasing them to [[Poverty Flat]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} When the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' arrived at [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]], Laserbeak came out to try to gun down the attacking Autobots. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

Later, Laserbeak was among those Decepticons playing a game of cards when Galvatron invited them to join him in hunting down [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} In [[Tokyo]], Laserbeak was perched on Galvatron as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] brought Witwicky and [[Jimmy Pink]] right to them. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} When Arcee and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] interrupted this meeting, Laserbeak confronted them with the other Decepticons. Later, bored and waiting in a shuttle for Galvatron to return, Laserbeak was not impressed with the captive Jimmy Pink's suggestion of playing Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon and instead suggested that killing him would be a much more entertaining game. Sadly for Laserbeak, Galvatron and Arcee then showed up to stop the fun. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} During [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]]'s attack on [[Onyx]]'s [[Wanmu]] facility, Laserbeak was among those who tried opening fire on the combiner in an attempt to stop him. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

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Laserbeak later went with Soundwave and some others to check out the new [[Sanctuary Station|Decepticon commune]] that was in construction near [[Jupiter]]. He and Buzzsaw made fun of [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] the whole way through. {{storylink|South of Heaven}} Returning to Earth, Laserbeak served as a projector for Soundwave to show Galvatron snapshots from the commune with. When Rumble rushed in to report the news that the Autobots were approaching Earth, Laserbeak believed this to not be "news" at all. {{storylink|The Nothing Man}} Returning to Sanctuary Station with Soundwave, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw were not impressed when some of the first visitors were [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} When [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] came aboard and later found himself surrounded by armed Decepticons, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw wasted no time in poking fun at his situation. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}} As Soundwave came to believe that his dreams of a peaceful existence for the Decepticons had been ruined by Galvatron, Laserbeak tried to cheer him up alongside Buzzsaw. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}}

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Following Galvatron's failed attempt to get Soundwave and friends to help him out on Earth, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw mocked his thinly-veiled insults towards them and his lack of allies. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} When Optimus and Thundercracker showed up at Sanctuary Station to talk to Soundwave, Laserbeak and Buzzsaw were unhappy to see Thundercracker in particular, believing him a traitor. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} They apparently had ''some'' affection for Cosmos, though. When he was injured chasing Galvatron near Sanctuary Station, the birds came out to pull him safely back into the commune. They still mocked him mercilessly, but they helped. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

Laserbeak and Buzzsaw were seen on [[Sanctuary Station]] when Soundwave called looking for Cosmos. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} When Cybertron came under attack by humans, the birds had differing opinions for once. Laserbeak rejected Cybertron for treating him like nothing but a beast, cawing perhaps too loudly in defiance. But Buzzsaw still harbored a soft spot for his homeland, and hoped it would survive this latest attack. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

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Laserbeak had a role in Rumble and Frenzy's "Tape Bros" film ''[[Dark Invasion]]'', but it bombed in theatres. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}} Either Buzzsaw or Laserbeak was on Cybertron and part of a crowd of Decepticons who confronted Starscream about possibly taking up the reins of Decepticon leadership again. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

Laserbeak was on Sanctuary Station when news of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron reached the station - moments before [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his [[Maximal]] fleet warped in and began attacking them. He was all ready to flee for the hills in the face of this insurmountable enemy, but was convinced by Buzzsaw and Cosmos to stay behind and fight until the last moment. Joined by [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], the team of four flew out to face the onslaught... and Laserbeak was almost immediately blown to bits by oncoming fire. His sacrifice was not in vain, however, as the extra time they bought was enough for the rest of Sanctuary's inhabitants to board escape pods and flee for [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Road's End}} When Soundwave sacrificed his life to help defeat Unicron, he saw Laserbeak's spirit welcoming him into the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]] alongside Ravage and many others who had already passed. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====Dawn of Future's Past====
[[File:Laserbeakbuzzsawdawn.jpg|thumb|Iron birds of fortune.]]
{{note|The events of "Dawn of Future's Past" are also incorporated into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}
At the end of the Great War most Decepticons granted amnesty simply retired and vanished from public life. So too would have been the fate of Laserbeak if not for the intervention of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]] [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]. Divebomb granted Laserbeak, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] a new lease on life, rebuilding them into members of the new faction of Predacons. {{storylink|Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2006 Laserbeak profile card}}

The Predacon [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] was closely watched by Divebomb, who sent Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to ensure Megatron and his rogues reached their destination. [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|Their ship]] intercepted the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', pummeling it with missiles. Before it could come back for another pass, it was fired upon by the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', giving the ''Axalon'' enough time to restore enough power to return fire and completely destroy Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's ship, with the pair inside. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

====''Recordicons''====
While in a bar with Buzzsaw, Laserbeak complained that the bartender had spelled his name with a 'z', which made him look like an illiterate loser. [[Lazorbeak]], sitting nearby, looked unhappy. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 16|Recordicons #16}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Laserbeak was one of the absurd amount of minions Soundwave ejected out of his chest, all in a row, in preparation for a fight. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===Robot Heroes===
Soundwave hid in his harmless-looking alternate mode... until it was time to strike! He then loosed Laserbeak and Ravage from his chest compartment. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Reunion and Parting}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
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Laserbeak was present when [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] explained out loud his plans to brainwash the entire population using music. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}

Laserbeak was seen flying into battle with Soundwave in [[Isami Tatewaki|some kid's]] living room. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise! The Transformers Are by Your Side!?}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:ISawThreeShips-ThreePassengers.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Laserbeak was aboard Soundwave when he, Shockwave, and Starscream traveled from Cybertron to Earth to demand the humans surrender to Megatron. Laserbeak, Rumble, and Ravage met with the representative of their [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] welcomers, [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], who made it clear that Earth had no intent of surrendering. This lead to a battle which culminated with the Decepticons' defeat. As Laserbeak and Rumble made their escape from the battleground, they were snatched up by a [[Cobra]] airship, and offered sanctuary by the [[Baroness|Serpentress]]. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

Laserbeak next acted as the Serpentress's personal transport as she led an attack on the [[USS Flagg|USS ''Flagg'']]. Though the Decepticobra alliance led a mighty offensive against the Joes, they were eventually forced to retreat back to their island base of [[Decepticobropolis]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} The Serpentress rode atop of Laserbeak once more during a chaotic brawl near the [[United Nations]] building. Again, the pair were forced to retreat from G.I. Joe's might. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} Laserbeak returned to Soundwave in time for his resurrection, and was deployed to battle [[Snake-Eyes]]. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}} Soundwave had Laserbeak nab the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from Starscream after he'd stolen it from Megatron, only for the bird to be brought down by a [[harpoon]] courtesy of [[Lady Jaye]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
[[File:AngryBirdsTransformers1-Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Laserbeak was among the Decepticons who attacked the Autobot shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

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===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' cartoon===
Laserbeak was perching on Soundwave's shoulder when he began a conversation with Megatron, Starscream and Shockwave, then transformed and settled in the tape-shaped cavity under Soundwave's hood. {{storylink|The Road to More Popularity than Autobots}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:PowerOfTheTitanMasters-Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Bolstered by the [[Titan Master]]s, Laserbeak accompanied Soundwave as the Decepticons orchestrated an all-out Decepticon attack on Cybertron, which was soon routed by Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

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===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
[[File:PrimesDirectivePartFive-Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

During the Decepticon invasion of [[Kronos]], Soundwave deployed all his minions to round up the [[Klingon]]s before the Autobots and [[Starfleet]] arrived. Laserbeak first teamed up with Ravage to menace [[M'Ress]] until [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] successfully drove them away. What might have been either Laserbeak or Buzzsaw then fought [[Scotty]] until the Decepticons were overpowered by the Klingon [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbirds]] and taken prisoner by the organics. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
[[File:MazingerZVsTransformers-Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The bird is the word.]]

Shortly after arriving in an alternate-reality Japan, Soundwave ordered Laserbeak to spy on the nearby [[Photonic Power Laboratory]], and reported that his minion had discovered a remarkable new energy source beneath the building.

Along with Soundwave, Laserbeak was presumably transported back to his original universe following Starscream's demise. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
During the war for Cybertron, Laserbeak was an [[Cybertronian military insignia|Air Force Espionage Raider]]. {{storylink|Laserbeak (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]]}}
[[File:KingdomEp1-Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Following the death of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], Soundwave ordered Laserbeak to track the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]] that had been transmitted after their bearer's death. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}}

Laserbeak was one of the Decepticons who left Cybertron aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and subsequently crashed on prehistoric Earth. While Laserbeak scouted out the area, he encountered the [[Maximal]] [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] spying on the new arrivals. After a short dogfight in and around the jungle, the airborne Decepticon successfully shot down Airazor and allowed Soundwave to take her prisoner. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} During the subsequent search for the [[AllSpark]], Laserbeak joined Soundwave and Megatron as they traversed an illusory forest. During a subsequent faceoff against [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], who'd elected to change sides, the ex-Predacon went up against both Laserbeak and Ravage and proved strong enough to force Laserbeak into making a retreat back into Soundwave's chest. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}}

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
[[File:GhostsOfCybertronPart5-cassettes.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Laserbeak took part in the final battle of the war for Cybertron, before the planet's destruction at the hands of [[Gozer]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} However, Laserbeak was one of the few Decepticons spared from this fate after [[Kremzeek]] transformed them into [[ghost]]s. A thousand years later, following the [[Ghostbusters]]' defeat of Kremzeek, Laserbeak was ejected from Soundwave alongside Ravage and Buzzsaw to deal with the humans. Reincarnated as grotesque, ectoplasm-spewing ghosts, the three Decepticons attacked [[Ray Stantz]] before being promptly dissipated when Soundwave was captured within a [[ghost trap]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:WarWorldPrime-Chainclaw.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Laserbeak was one of the many infiltration troopers [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] deployed during the Decepticon attack on the [[Senate]]. They rushed [[Grotusque]] and [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] and easily defeated them. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] posted Laserbeak and Ravage to guard a number of high-profile prisoners that included [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]], which they did up until [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]] burst through the floor and sent the pair running. {{storylink|War World: Prime}} Laserbeak watched Megatron shoot a drone [[Termagax]] had constructed to speak to the Decepticons in her stead. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings}}

Laserbeak and Buzzsaw were seen strafing the Autobot line during the finale battle at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:SickBeats-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

After crash-landing in [[Equestria]], Soundwave ejected Laserbeak, Ratbat, Frenzy, and Ravage to scout out the surrounding area. His arrival drew the attention of [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]] and [[Fluttershy]]; despite Frenzy's protests, Fluttershy quickly took a liking to Soundwave's "pets". When Frenzy's attitude led to him retaliating against the pony, Laserbeak and the other cassettes, who had enjoyed her kindness, briefly turned on Soundwave and Frenzy. Unwilling to lose the friendship of his faithful cassettes, Soundwave agreed to a truce, and Ratbat and the others spent some time playing with their new friends. {{storylink|Pet Sounds}}

During [[King Sombra]]'s invasion of Cybertron, Soundwave deployed Laserbeak and Ravage to try and free himself from a pile of collapsed girders. Ultimately, however, he only escaped after the three Decepticons combined their musical abilities with [[Vinyl Scratch]] and [[Octavia]] to unleash a powerful sonic blast. {{storylink|Sick Beats}}

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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Unpredictable}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 13}} {{storylink|I Want to Protect This Place}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 17}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 26}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 32}} {{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 45}}}}

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===Energon Universe===
{{spoiler|Transformers (2023) issue 16|February 8 2025}}
[[File:TF2023 – Laserbeak spots Carly's van.jpg|right|thumb|The early bird-bot gets the screentime.]]
Laserbeak was one of many Decepticons lying dormant in the ''[[Ark (G1)#Energon Universe|Ark]]'' when [[Jetfire (G1)#Energon Universe|Jetfire]] unearthed the ship and attempted to use [[Teletraan I|Teletraan One]] to reactivate and rebuild the Transformers aboard. Laserbeak was rebuilt alongside [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his fellow cassettes during the subsequent fight. Afterward, Soundwave deployed Laserbeak to locate a source of energy for [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]] to collect, as the Decepticon's energy reserves were too low to repair the damaged computer. He located a nearby power plant suitable for their needs. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}}

While the other Decepticons attacked the power plant, Laserbeak detected the face of [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]] on [[Carly (G1)|Carly]]'s van that she had painted on it, and began following her. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 2|Transformers #2}} After she reached her home, Laserbeak let himself in through the wall to attack them. [[Sparkplug Witwicky#Energon Universe|"Sparky"]] opened fire on the Decepticon, so Laserbeak threw him into a nearby coffee table. He then advanced on Carly, but was tackled by [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Energon Universe|Cliffjumper]] and subsequently kicked in the face. Following this, Laserbeak sent a priority alert to the other Decepticons about the Autobot. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 3|Transformers #3}} Laserbeak later participated in the attack on the Autobots at the local hospital, firing on Optimus and Cliffjumper from above as [[Rumble (G1)#Energon Universe|Rumble]] and Soundwave took them by surprise on the ground. However, the Autobots gained the upper hand with the arrival of [[Ratchet (G1)#Energon Universe|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (G1)#Energon Universe|Jazz]], prompting Starscream to order a retreat. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 4|Transformers #4}}

Laserbeak would subsequently take part in a Decepticon "violence party" to disrupt an Autobot operation at Farmingham Dam, where he traded fire with Sparky and later Jazz. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}}

[[File:TF2023 no. 7 – Laserbeak & Soundwave.jpg|Polly wants a... cracker?|thumb|left]]
After the Autobots successfully retook the ''Ark'', the Decepticons had to retreat to a mountainous area, where Soundwave invoked his right to challenge Starscream to a duel for Decepticon leadership. An enraged Soundwave easily had the upper hand, but he still sicced Laserbeak on Starscream anyway. While Starscream called it "cheating," it didn't stop Laserbeak from ripping out one of Starscream's optics before Soundwave delivered the ''coup de grace'', and Laserbeak would perch on Soundwave's shoulder as he claimed the mantle of Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}

After a [[Transformers (2023) issue 12|failed attempt to reenergize Cybertron]], the Decepticons were left without a base and low on energy. Soundwave led numerous raids on cities in hopes of gathering energy and luring the crippled Autobots out of hiding. He eventually sent Laserbeak on a task of great importance; one he said he must complete before returning. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}} Tracking his target, Laserbeak flew through a barren desert and eventually into a cave where [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] lay, blinded and severely damaged. Wiring Laserbeak's systems into himself, Megatron commanded the recordicon to act as his eyes and guide him to his warriors. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 16|Transformers #16}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Commercials that featured original footage of Laserbeak include:
*An appearance in the animated portion of the first commercial advertising Soundwave's toy. In it, Prowl, Jazz and Sideswipe stormed the Decepticons' base, only for Soundwave to transform from his inconspicuous micro-cassette recorder mode, reach down into his chest and toss out Laserbeak towards the intruders. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Soundwave|Soundwave commercial}}
*He also took part in battle against the Dinobots alongside [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Laserbeak pestered [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] only to get his tail roasted by his opponent's fiery breath. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}
*When [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was duped into bringing [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] into the Decepticons' headquarters, thinking the Autobot was just a normal radio, Soundwave dispatched Laserbeak and Ravage to deal with the intruder. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Blaster|Blaster commercial}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Laserbeak could hinder Optimus Prime's progress, by giving him a flat tire, thus stalling him briefly. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}
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===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Laserbeak MoCsprite.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*''Stages'': 5
*''Point value'': 300
Numerous copies of Laserbeak patrol the [[Floating City]], swooping in to tear into advancing Autobots with their sharp beaks. However, they are much fewer in number than the [[Seeker (body-type)#Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Jetrons]] in the area, and really only dangerous when their targets are occupied avoiding [[Burcane Ball]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}
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===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
[[File:Commmodore64 laserbeak mirage.jpg|left|thumb|Laserbeak is the vague collection of pixels that don't resemble a pipe.]]
"Lazerbreak" {{sic}} was among the Decepticons who tried to prevent the Autobots from recovering the scattered pieces of their [[Energon cube]]s. Created by the power of [[Robo-Cloning]], innumerable duplicate copies of Lazerbreak bedevilled the Autobots on their quest. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
In one of several possible timelines, the time-traveling [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Ravage broke into the ''Ark'' while its occupants were still in stasis and downloaded protoform cloning data from Laserbeak, among several others. He then returned to his future, planning to revive the Decepticons in new clone bodies and begin their conquest anew. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{bigquote|Laserbeak is a good and faithful servant. He may share with a certain somebody the ability to fly, and the red body and black face too, but that's where the similarities end.|Megatron|''[[The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers]]''}}

====Decepticon story====
Laserbeak found the Autobots guarding the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant|Ranpas geothermal plant]] and reported it to Megatron. He also snitched on Starscream, who was pilfering the energon cubes the Decepticons had obtained from the following adventure. Later, he found the UFO. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Sector Seven'' game===
[[File:S7 NBE57.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In a strange world where Transformers are a government secret that inspired toys, a cartoon, a [[Transformers (film)|film]], and more, a robot resembling Laserbeak was captured on film by some civilians when he transformed out of his [[alternate mode]] as a flash card into a vaguely draconian avian [[robot mode]], remaining at the same diminutive size, and flew away. The footage fell into the hands of [[Sector Seven]], who classified this robot "[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|N.B.E.]] 57". {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Laserbeak took part in a covert infiltration of the Autobot base led by Soundwave, allowing them to pass information back to the Decepticons and ensure a string of Decepticon victories. They were eventually uncovered by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], and sent packing. {{storylink|Covert Operations}}

Laserbeak spied on the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] when they started getting friendly with a group of Autobots including [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and soon reported the goings on back to Megatron. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} After Megatron and his men, including Laserbeak, found a [[Lightning Bug]] on an old Autobot colony world, they found they'd contracted [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Back on Earth, they stole [[corrostop]] and cured themselves, before inflicting the disease on the Autobots. The Decepticons were unable to stop the Autobots getting a sample of corrostop from the [[Statue of Liberty]] and curing themselves, however. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (Legends)|Cosmic Rust}}

With [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s abuse of his men causing dissent in the ranks, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and Laserbeak took him to the planet of the [[Torkuli]] for treatment, however the treatment proved ineffective, and the pair had to flee as Galvatron destroyed the planet. {{storylink|Web World}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Laserbeak could be found circling battlefields throughout the city, the ''[[Proudstar]]'', and even on Cybertron. He also aided Soundwave in his battles with the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

{{note|Laserbeak is an in-game collectible. Shooting him unlocks new artwork in the gallery.}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
[[File:ABTF-screen Acc-Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Laserbeak is an "Accessory" character, giving Deceptihogs he's attached to "acid rounds": anything their weapon hits but does not immediately destroy has its HP quickly sapped by burning acid. This bonus can be increased with upgrades won from random-prize Crates or in the "[[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower" mini-game.

He can be unlocked by purchasing him with Gems in the Barracks, with Tokens during specific [[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)/Challenge Events|Challenge Events]], or won from Crates and [[King Pig|Shockwave]]'s Tower. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Laserbeak - alongside Rumble, Frenzy, and Buzzsaw - are minions released by Soundwave as the larger bot's special ability.

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Although Laserbeak was one of Soundwave’s favorite cassettes, he was also a cowardly bully who was often the first to flee in the face of unfavorable odds. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} On Earth, Laserbeak summoned a group of Decepticons to meet with Soundwave. {{storylink|Catch a Falling Starscream}}

==Toys==
{{main|Laserbeak (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*Laserbeak had the preliminary name '''Slazer'''.
*Though Laserbeak is portrayed as a normal audio cassette in the various fictions, his original toy was a microcassette. (Likewise, Soundwave's toy was a microcassette recorder, rather than the "stereo cassette deck" he's stated to be elsewhere).
[[File:C64TransformersTitleScreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]'s toy was sold with Soundwave. [[To sell toys|Consequently]], Buzzsaw had a much lower profile in the cartoon and his [[Tech Spec]] [[function]] of "spy" was open for the taking. Laserbeak was given this role, presumably because he would have more opportunity to spy than to use his own (non-kid-friendly) function of "interrogation".
*Although the Laserbeak and Buzzsaw toys had a standard cassette deco on one side, the cartoon chose to show the bird side in its depictions of their [[alternate mode]]s, effectively making either side accurate.
*The title screen to Ocean's ''[[The Transformers (Commodore 64)|Transformers]]'' game for the [[Commodore 64]] (see right) depicts either a Laserbeak or a Buzzsaw that is primarily red with gold wings. Get on it, [[e-HOBBY]]!
*It's possible that ''Beast Wars'' [[Lazorbeak]] was intended to be a new form for Laserbeak. Lazorbeak's on-package [[bio]] reads, "Lazorbeak upholds his motto of believing the only good point he likes about the Maximals is their melting point", a reference to Laserbeak's original motto. Also, both use laser weapons which frequently run out of energy.
*The [[Real Gear Robot]] [[Booster X10]] is a Laserbeak [[homage]].
*Most characters in the original cartoon were shown to have their earth-based robot mode on Cybertron in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" while having a unique Cybertronian alternate mode, such as [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] converting into tetrajets rather than F-15 fighter jets. Laserbeak was a reversal of this, converting from a futuristic drone-like bird into an earthen audio cassette.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Condor''' (コンドル ''Kondoru''), '''Laserbeak''' (レーザービーク ''Rēzābīku'')
*''Czech:'' '''Lejzrák'''
*''French:'' '''Vautour''' (G1 Canadian French dub, "Vulture"), '''Laserbec''', '''Laserbreak''', '''Laserobreak''', '''Laserback''' (G1 European French dub), '''Laserbreak''' (War for Cybertron Trilogy dub)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Keren Laser''' (קרן לייזר, "Laser Beam")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Lézercsőr'''
*''Italian:'' '''Gufo''' ("Owl")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Léi-shè Yīng''' (Taiwan, 雷射鷹, "Laser Hawk"), '''Léi-shè Nǐau''' (Taiwan, 雷射鳥, "Laser Bird"), '''Jīgūang Niăo''' (China, 激光鸟, "Laser Bird"), '''Léishè Mìtàn''' (China, G1, S1, Ep.1 镭射密探, "Laser Spy")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Lança-Laser''' (Portugal comics, "Lance Laser"), '''Bicolaser''' (Brazil comics, "Nozzle Laser")
*''Swedish:'' '''Laserspanare''' (''More Than Meets The Eye'' parts 1-3, "Laser scout") '''Lasernäbb''' (cartoon, "Laser beak")
*''Russian:'' '''Lazernik''' (Лазерник)
*''Polish:'' '''Laserowypocisk''' (Laserbullet)
*''Bulgarian:'' '''Лазерен клюн''' (Laser beak)

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