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Ravage (ES)

2026-02-22T01:42:39Z

Ratbat72!: /* EarthSpark cartoon */ added fictional appearance {{storylink|}}

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{{disambig3|Ravage}}
:'' Ravage is a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:EarthSpark-Decoy-SoundwaveUnleashesRavage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.40|Off to find the highest shelf she can knock things off of.]]

'''Ravage''' may be rather small compared to other [[Transformer]]s, but don't underestimate her. This feline foe's speed and agility make her hard to pin down, and her roar emits a sonic wave that becomes even stronger when paired with her fellow [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette-bot]]s. Even in this supposed era of peacetime, she remains loyal to her master [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] to a fault, no matter what his sinister intentions may be.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Luciano Lira]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:EarthSpark-Decoy-SoundwaveAndCassettes.jpg|left|thumb|"Like...Y'know, nyah."]]
Ravage joined her fellow cassette-bots in stealing [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID card, leading [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] on a chase to retrieve it. The three managed to hold their own until [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] arrived with a set of [[restraining bolt]]s, which he used to [[mode lock]] Ravage and the others. As their captors transported them to [[G.H.O.S.T.]] HQ, [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] ambushed them and used an electromagnetic pulse to disable the bolts and free his former subordinates. Ravage and the others briefly tussled with Megatron before their attention was drawn to the newly arrived [[Terran]]s and their [[human]] siblings. The three attempted to use their Tri-Tone attack, but were caught off-guard by their opponents' catchy singing, giving Bumblebee an opening to take them all down. In the aftermath, Megatron agreed to allow the cassette-bots to leave in peace, but the loyal Ravage couldn't bring herself to abandon Soundwave. Unnoticed, Ravage snuck into Soundwave's chest compartment, and the larger bot later released her into G.H.O.S.T.'s prison facility to do reconnaissance. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

A year after Mandroid's defeat, Ravage was still with Soundwave and the Decepticons. At [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream's]] command, Ravage inflitrated the Autobot base. She used her alt-mode to quickly scan several crates of hard drives, spefically looking for Croft's drive. She was discovered by [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]], who sounded the alarm. Ravage deftly evaded all the attempts to capture her and escaped into the woods. Later, she cowered behind [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]] as Starscream berated them for their failure. {{storylink|Control Alt Delete}}

When [[Twitch]] discovered an [[Emberstone|Embershard]] in the woods, Soundwave dispatched Ravage to chase her down. Ravage managed to destroy one of Twitch's drones but could not pursue her in the air. {{storylink|Spitfire (episode)|Spitfire}} Ravage was eating energon out of a car wheel when [[Spitfire (ES)|Spitfire]], in reality Twitch having been body-swapped with the Chaos Terran, was brought back to the base. While trying to intimidate [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] and [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]], Twitch kicked the makeshift bowl over, making Ravage unhappy. Soundwave later briefed Starscream on intel Ravage had gathered about the Autobot plan to move the [[Cyber Slayer]]. {{storylink|The Imposters}}

After catching Bumblebee, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] and [[Mo Malto|Mo]] in the [[Chaos Dome]], Soundwave unleashed Ravage, Laserbeak and Frenzy on the two Maltos. The fight ended when Bumblebee threw [[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] at them. {{storylink|The Need for Read}} While the Decepticons were trying to steal [[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]'s ship, Soundwave sent Ravage in to scout the defenses, only for her to be caught by Megatron and [[Dot Malto|Dot]]. Ravage managed to get away after Megatron was tackled by Prowl, who hadn't yet been filled in on the Decepticon leader's defection. The three cassette-bots later took part in the battle to secure the ship and were aboard when the Decepticons seized control and took off in it. {{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}

Upon returning to Cybertron, the Decepticons fell under the sway of [[Liege Maximo]]. The disgraced Prime plotted to conquer the galaxy and convert other planets into energy for the dying Cybertron. Ravage and most of the other cons encountered Twitch and her group in the wilderness near their fortress, with a fight ensuing. The fight ended when the cons captured Dot, Alex, and Thrash, forcing the others to retreat.
Later, Soundwave and the cassettes gathered with [[Hot Rod (ES)|Hot Rod]] at the Well of Sparks when Liege prepared to enact his plan. When an overeager Robby exposed the spying Autobots' position, the cassettes attacked Bumblebee. Liege successfully used the Emberstone and the Enigma of Combination to begin consuming several nearby planetoids. Once Liege learned Optimus's location by probing Robby’s mind, he ordered Soundwave to imprison the Autobots. Once the Allspark was revealed to be intact, despite what Liege had told them, all the Decepticons abandoned Liege. {{storylink|Legacy of Hope}}

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==Notes==
*''EarthSpark'' Ravage is the first incarnation of the character to be depicted as female.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ravage''' (ラヴィッジ ''Ravijji'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]

Laserbeak (ES)

2026-02-22T01:32:31Z

Ratbat72!: /* EarthSpark cartoon */ added fictional appearance {{storylink|}}

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Laserbeak}}
:'' Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Earthspark_Laserbeak.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.40|Off to find the nearest [[G.H.O.S.T.]] agent uniform to stain.]]

Do not assume that '''Laserbeak''' is harmless. His small size, combined with his flight capabilities and fire power, make him a more complicated threat than one would assume. He can also attack his opponents with sonic waves, which become even stronger when combined with that of his fellow [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette-bots]]. And much like them, he has a personal history of servitude with [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]. Like his compatriot [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]], Laserbeak is also quite a talker once you get him going.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jake Green]] (English), [[Wataru Takagi]] (Japanese)|[[Klayton Alegre]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Franck Sportis]] (French), [[Eduardo Martínez]] (Latin-American Spanish, first voice), [[Ernesto Cronik]] (Latin-American Spanish, "The Need For Read" only)}}
Laserbeak was among the Decepticon troops led by [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] during their war against the Autobots. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} While Megatron joined [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]], believing that working with [[human]]s was the only way forward, Laserbeak stayed with Soundwave as one of a number of hold out Decepticons.

[[File:FrenzyAndLaserbeakBotBrawl HomePart1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Jury's still out if me or [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|the one from the movie]] is creepier when we talk]]

As part of a plan to free the Decepticons captured by [[G.H.O.S.T.]], Soundwave had [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]], Laserbeak and [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] steal [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID badge. The trio were intercepted by [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron, and Laserbeak had no qualms about engaging his former leader in combat, with the trio using their Tri-Tone ability to great effect. The arrival of [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] with [[restraining bolt]]s resulted in their capture. During their transportation to G.H.O.S.T. HQ, Soundwave attacked the Autobot convoy and freed the cassettte-bots with an electromagnetic pulse. The trio briefly attacked Megatron before turning their attention to the Terran and human Malto kids. They soon discovered that their Tri-Tone attack was easily interrupted by the catchy tune the kids had made up, allowing Bumblebee to recapture them, however Megatron persuaded Optimus to allow the cassette-bots to go free, believing the imprisonment of Cybertronians by G.H.O.S.T. to be wrong. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

Laserbeak and Frenzy later fell in with the Bot Brawl ring based out of [[Philadelphia]], under the service of the anti-Cybertronian scientist [[Mandroid]]. There they provided wrestling-style commentary over the bouts, most notably for one where an undercover Bumblebee fought the mind-controlled [[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]. When Bumblebee, with the aide of his friends from the Malto family, were able to free Grimlock, Laserbeak and Frenzy were sent running along with the rest of the audience as the Dinobot went a fire-breathing rampage that destroyed the arena. {{storylink|Home, Part 1}}

Sometime after Mandroid's defeat, Laserbeak joined back up with Soundwave. When [[Twitch]] discovered an [[Emberstone|Embershard]] in the woods Soundwave dispatched Laserbeak to chase her down. The two grappled in the air over the shard. The shard ended up falling and came into contact with water droplets in the storm clouds. This created a new [[Spitfire (ES)|Chaos Terran]] mid-air. Laserbeak declared saving the Terran was not his problem and flew off. {{storylink|Spitfire (episode)|Spitfire}}

Laserbeak was flying over the Decepticon base while Starscream gave a grand speech about his plans to conquer Earth. In the subsequent fight with the Autobots and Maltos Laserbeak briefly attacked Robby and Twitch. He was subsequently trapped in the force field dome with the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

When Bumblebee, Thrash, and Mo entered the dome to get a comic for Robby, they were discovered by Soundwave and Breakdown. Laserbeak was deployed to battle Thrash and Mo. He was pinned down with the others when [[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] allowed himself to be defeated. Later, Laserbeak followed Bee and Breakdown during their race to give a live feed to the others. {{storylink|The Need for Read}}

When [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] and [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] planned a drive-in movie night for Robby and Izzy, Laserbeak and Frenzy turned up to watch from inside the dome. They mostly proceeded to heckle the Maltos and rooted for the film’s villain. Laserbeak laughed uncontrollably when a mole-bot scared and attacked [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Drive-In Movie}}

When an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, the Decepticons sought to seize it in order to escape Earth. Laserbeak joined the Decepticon’s attack and retreated once the ship’s cannons activated. Laserbeak later returned and spied on the Autobots, revealing to the Decepticons that the ship contained only [[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]. Laserbeak was then driven off by Optimus. During the renewed assault, Laserbeak took a couple of potshots at Prowl but left most of the fighting to the other cons. Laserbeak boarded the ship with the other Decepticons, and they all successfully warped away. {{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}

Later, Laserbeak and Frenzy trolled the Autobots by sending them several selfies of them fooling around on Prowl’s ship. The last photo revealed that Soundwave was less than pleased with their antics. {{storylink|Fire and Ice}}

Upon returning to Cybertron, the Decepticons fell under the sway of [[Liege Maximo]]. The disgraced Prime plotted to conquer the galaxy and convert other planets into energy for the dying Cybertron. Laserbeak and most of the other cons encountered Twitch and her group in the wilderness near their fortress, with a fight ensuing. During the fight Laserbeak got blasted by Twitch. The fight ended when the cons captured Dot, Alex, and Thrash, forcing the others to retreat.
Later, Soundwave and the cassettes gathered with [[Hot Rod (ES)|Hot Rod]] at the Well of Sparks when Liege prepared to enact his plan. When an overeager Robby exposed the spying Autobots' position, the cassettes attacked Bumblebee. Liege successfully used the Emberstone and the Enigma of Combination to begin consuming several nearby planetoids. Once Liege learned Optimus's location by probing Robby’s mind, he ordered Soundwave to imprison the Autobots. Once the Allspark was revealed to be intact, despite what Liege had told them, all the Decepticons abandoned Liege.
{{storylink|Legacy of Hope}}

==Notes==
*This is the first animated depiction in a western ''Transformers'' cartoon to have Laserbeak speak in fluent English.
*His Peanut Gallery-esque commentaries with Frenzy seems to be based on the dynamic the [[2005 IDW continuity]] [[Laserbeak_(G1)#2005_IDW_continuity|Laserbeak]] had with fellow cassette [[Buzzsaw_(G1)#2005_IDW_continuity|Buzzsaw]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Laserbeak''' (レーザービーク ''Rēzābīku'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]

Safeguard (Cybertron)

2025-11-28T01:07:13Z

Ratbat72!: /* Cartoon continuity */added apearences

{{factions|{{factions/icons|custom=PotP-VectorPrime.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Vector Prime}}|gigantion|minicon|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Safeguard}}
{{picsneeded|Toys, cartoon}}
:''Safeguard is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Safeguard-CybArt.jpg|thumb|275px|Adorably deadly.]]
'''Safeguard''' is [[Vector Prime]]'s faithful Mini-Con partner. He travels with him through time and space, and aids him in his multiversal tasks. Not only is he an expert in data-gathering and translation, but he's also an utterly fearless warrior and will face down opponents many times his size without hesitation.

Sometimes he carries cute, tiny swords.
{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|SFX}}
[[File:Cyb ep1 Safeguard Gun Mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
[[File:GoodbyeScarecrow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|"Wait, you mean you actually get to do something?"]]
Safeguard was originally from [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet. He was probably with the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] when they were trapped in a shuttle pod that blasted off and floated aimlessly through space, where they were later accidentally discovered by Vector Prime, who took them with him on his travels. {{storylink|Balance}}

He was fastened to Vector Prime's arm in his alternate mode when the ancient Cybertronian came to tell Optimus Prime of the Cyber Planet Keys, and subsequently traveled to Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}} He remained as such, occasionally acting as Vector Prime's blaster, for some time.

Safeguard was sent to investigate underwater ruins off of an island while the [[human]]s played in the surf and Vector Prime sunned himself. They turned out to be just another reproduction, not the actual [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

When Vector Prime found his way to The ''[[Atlantis]]'', really an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory, he dispatched Safeguard to help him reboot the vessel's systems. {{storylink|Deep}}

Vector Prime revealed that Safeguard was one of the Mini-Cons who was originally from the planet of Gigantian.
{{storylink|Balance}}
Safeguard notified Vector Prime that he had lost contact with Jolt and the others. He accompanied Vector Prime as he investigated, discovering that Sideways had kidnapped both the kids and Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}
After rescuing Coby, Lori, and Six-Speed, Safeguard transformed to express his concern over the missing Jolt, Reverb, and Bud. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}
Safeguard was eager to get to the surface of the giant planet, pointing excitedly. Safeguard helped survey the planet’s surface, finding a giant rock blocking an old passageway. Safeguard explored an ancient control room after the team created a passageway to it. Safeguard informed Vector Prime that the Gigantions had a habit of repeatedly building and abandoning cities. {{storylink|Giant}} After Jolt, Reverb, and Bud were rescued from the wreck of the Atlantis, Safeguard gave Reverb a big old hug. Safeguard and the other Mini-Cons joined Optimus’ search team as they descended into the depths of Gigation. {{storylink|City}}

When Vector Prime sacrificed himself to turn back time and enable the [[Autobot]]s to escape Gigantion, Safeguard remained with his fellow Mini-Cons. Following the Autobots' victory, Safeguard wistfully looked at the launch pad at the Autobot base and imagined he saw Vector Prime taking off. *Sniff.* {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|Unfinished}}}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Safeguard accompanied Vector Prime on his trek throughout space and time, before eventually travelling with him to the [[Aurex|Aurex Cluster]] to confront the [[Unicron Singularity]]. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

They met with [[Alpha Trion]] to discuss how [[Primus]] was dealing with the proximity of the black hole, and were introduced to the dimension-hopping [[Sentinel Maximus]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} Shortly thereafter the group was confronted by Unicron's heralds, [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} As Vector Prime and Sentinel secured the [[Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control]], Safeguard was surveying the perimeter when the heralds dispatched [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] to attack them. He evaded the cyber-vampire's grasp long enough for back-up to arrive. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} After Dark Scorponok was defeated, Safeguard remarked to Vector Prime how they had seen this particular spark affliction before in their travels. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}}

Vector Prime armed himself with Safeguard as they combated Ramjet. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} The sudden arrival of [[Omega Prime]] helped turn the tide, giving Safeguard and Vector Prime the chance to survive their encounter. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} The struggle drained too much of Vector Prime's space-time powers, however, and he could no longer maintain his looped double existence; he and Safeguard vanished from Cybertron and became only present on Earth, in the company of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

====''Kiss Players''====
Safeguard came across the stranded [[Shaoshao Li]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and saved her from pursuing [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. Realizing her origins lied in [[G1 World|another universe]], Safeguard explained that the Transformers of this world were searching for [[Cyber Planet Key|components]] of [[Primus#Cybertron cartoon|Primus]]'s [[spark]] to save the universe from the [[Unicron Singularity|Grand Black Hole]] (and that she was standing on Primus himself), which Shaoshao thought coincided with her own journey to collect [[Angolmois Energy|fragments]] of what she thought was the [[Allspark]]. Safeguard warned her that she needed to return to her native world soon or else its future would be threatened without the Allspark fragments Shaoshao collected. Assistance came in the form of [[Vector Prime]], who opened a portal in spacetime that allowed [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|a hand]] to reach out and bring Shaoshao back to her proper universe. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 50|Kiss Players #50}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertrontoy-Safeguard.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have elbows! (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-03'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing)}}

: The pack-in [[Mini-Con]] partner to ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Vector Prime#Cybertron|Vector Prime]], Safeguard transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter with a gunbarrel nosecone. There is a dedicated indentation on top Vector Prime's vehicle mode designed specifically to fit Safeguard's vehicle mode, though he sits very shallowly in it.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Galaxy Force'' version of the set, released first, uses an off-white base plastic and paint for "Roots" (his nosecone piece is actually cast in brown/burgundy plastic and almost entirely painted over). The later [[Hasbro]] release changed this color to a brighter white.

: This mold was also used to make [[Beta Maxx (RID)#Toys|Beta Maxx]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Safeguard/safeguard.htm More information on Safeguard at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Micron Galaxy}}
[[File:Cyb-toy Safeguard Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A rare instance of the candy toy ''improving'' the deco!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Roots''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''4'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "[[Micron Galaxy]]" [[candy toy]] assortment, this version of Safeguard is actually a new sculpt based on the pack-in version. The most notable difference in the Micron Galaxy version is that the nosecone and the joint connection it to his torso are now cast in the same light-gray plastic as his body, rather than cast in burgundy/brown and black respectively (due to being [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with Vector Prime) with extensive paint on the nosecone to match the body as the original versions were. A side-by-side examination also reveals numerous small detailing/proportion differences a bit too numerous and insignificant to list.

: He also comes with a plank of vaguely-lemony-flavored gum.

{{-}}{{anchor|VsStarscream}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Starscream vs. Vector Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>

: Safeguard also came in a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] set along with Vector Prime (duh) and a new-deco version of the Voyager-class [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#VsVector|Starscream]] mold. This version of Safeguard (and Vector) is identical to the normal Hasbro release.

{{-}}{{anchor|GalaxyForce}}
[[File:Cyb-toy SafeguardGF.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Force Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2006)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Not to be confused with the ''Galaxy Force'' release of Vector Prime, Hasbro's "Galaxy Force Vector Prime" is a matte gold & clear-orange redeco of Vector Prime and Safeguard, released in the eighth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Voyagers, the only new toy in that assortment. The packaging photography shows the prototype as considerably more blinged out than the rather yellowish matte gold plastic actually used for the production run.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Safeguard/safeguard.htm More information on Galaxy Force Safe Guard at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008toy-Safeguard.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard!''' (Voyager, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': Cybertron Series
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Vector Prime and Safeguard were re-released in the fourth wave of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] Voyagers, redecoed in black, brown, and blue.

: This version of Safeguard doubles as the [[Safeguard (TransTech)|''TransTech'' incarnation of Safeguard]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Mini-Con/Safeguard/safeguard.htm More information on ''Universe'' Safeguard at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Attacktix''===
*'''Vector Prime''' (Booster, 2006)
:A rather oddly proportioned version of Safeguard in starfighter mode makes an appearance as the missile launcher on the Vector Prime ''[[Attacktix]]'' piece.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AttacktixVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on ''Attacktix'' Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* [[Ask Vector Prime]] writer [[Jim Sorenson]] has talked about a possible ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Safeguard, who would have been a Targetmaster.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I don't think there is a Vector Prime analog in this universe. If there is, I haven't found a place for him. Maybe in the distant past or future. Safeguard was probably active during the Great War and, being Targetmaster-y, probably isn't alive anymore.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360151|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Roots''' (ルーツ ''Rūtsu'')
*''Korean:'' '''Roots''' (루츠 ''Rucheu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Guard''' (Гуард), '''Okhrannik''' (Охранник, "Security Guard"), '''Strazh''' (Страж, "Guardian")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Six-Speed (Cybertron)

2025-11-28T00:55:06Z

Ratbat72!: /* Cybertron cartoon */ added appearences

{{factions|gigantion|minicon|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Six-Speed (BWU)}}
:''Six-Speed is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybSixSpeed01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I just want some pants. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!]]
'''Six-Speed''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's a curious sort, and often fairly sensitive. The mysteries of his new human friends' behaviors fascinate him, which has led to some embarrassing moments, like his attempt to figure out why humans wear clothes.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Six-Speed, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Six-Speed scanned a racecar alternate mode. While Six-Speed and Reverb hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of an ongoing effort to aid Autobot refugees in staying hidden from the locals, Six-Speed provided them with scans of mundane vehicle, replacing flashier alternate modes that drew too much attention to themselves. {{storylink|Hidden (Cybertron)|Hidden}} After the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in Mexico, where Six-Speed met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Six-Speed stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Six-Speed and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Six-Speed was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 sad story.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|It was at this moment Six-Speed found out ''Catcher in the Rye'' wasn't as dirty as he thought it would be...]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Six-Speed was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Six-Speed and Reverb, then giving a ride to Bud and Coby respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Six-Speed went to Lori's house, where he found a copy of "[[The Little Match Girl]]," a story which brought him to tears. As Lori comforted her sensitive Mini-Con friend, he detected a nearby geological disturbance. Lori and Six-Speed met back up with the Hansen boys and the other Mini-Cons, who had also sensed the tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Six-Speed accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Six-Speed was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Six-Speed traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Six-Speed, Jolt, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Six-Speed joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Six-Speed managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Six-Speed and Reverb remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

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Six-Speed arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} He was present when the Autobots added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock.The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where the Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one." Afterward, he remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. When the team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave, the Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream. {{storylink|Trap}} Six-Speed watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Six-Speed excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Six-Speed was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Six-Speed in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Six-Speed quickly found the kids and drove off with Lori. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Six-Speed was visiably upset at the news.{{storylink|Retreat}} Six-Speed was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Six-Speed and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Six-Speed watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}} Six-Speed and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. He was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate the kids. Six-Speed and Reverb fell into a newly formed crevasse and had to be rescued by Override and Evac. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Six-Speed looked on as Jolt communed with Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Red Alert determined that he may be able to retrieve the planet’s location from Jolt’s old data banks. Six-Speed was relieved that his memory core did not have to be searched, as Jolt had done all of the flying. He was shocked to learn that Mini-Con brains were very similar to humans'. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}{{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}

Sideways took the Mini-Cons to Starscream's new hideout: the wreck of the starship Atlantis hidden on the dark side of Earth’s moon. He locked Six-Speed and Reverb in a spare room while he downloaded Jolt’s memory banks. The kids eventually found and released the pair after tripping up Sideways. They collectively freed Jolt but were cornered again by the cackling villian. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}
Before Sideways could crush any of them, Jolt opened a warp gate, escaping to another part of the ship. The group decided to find the shield control system to shut it down. En route they were once again confronted by Sideways, who deployed an energy field to prevent all warps. He didn’t, however, think to prevent the fire system from spraying him in the face. Evading Sideways once again, they made their way to the engine room. They lured him there and sent him down the trash chute, finally allowing them to contact the Autobots. After Starscream returned to the ship, he started up the warp engines. The kids and Mini-Cons rushed to the escape pods. Cody, Lori, and Six-Speed made it out, but Jolt, Bud, and Reverb’s pod collided with an unconscious Sideways, trapping them in the warp field. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

Six-Speed listened as Vector Prime elaborated on the dangers of crossing dimensions, noting that Mini-Cons and kids would have an easier time of it due to their more flexible minds. Six-Speed returned to Earth with Coby and Lori. Coby and Lori wanted to tell their families the truth about the Autobots, but they were skeptical at best. Coby and Lori begged Six-Speed to transform and prove it to them, but Six-Speed was reluctant to reveal their secret. He revealed himself once Optimus arrived and explained things to the kids' families. Six-Speed did his best to reassure Lori’s parents that she’d be safe. {{storylink|Family}} Six-Speed was present when the Autobots reenergized Primus. He also witnessed Starscream grow to a colossal size after he stole some of Primus’s spark.
{{storylink|Titans}}
Six-Speed helped Coby load his secret project into the starship Agiga as the Autobots prepared to journey to Gigantion. Six-Speed stayed by the kids' side as they entered the time-space tunnel that would lead them to Gigantion. When the Agia came under attack from the Atlantis, Six-Speed signaled to Jolt and Reverb. Six-Speed helped Coby repair the damaged engines, saving the ship. {{storylink|Warp}} Six-Speed tried to reassure a distressed Coby that they would be able to find Bud. Six-Speed was eager to get to the planet’s surface and carried Coby and Lori as they searched for the planet’s inhabitants. They explored an ancient control room after the team created a passageway to it. They eventually found the planet’s leader: Metroplex. Six-Speed tearfully reunited with Metroplex’s Mini-Con partner Drill Bit. {{storylink|Giant}} Six-Speed was present when Vector Prime located the general location of the giant planet key and was assigned to a search party. {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}}
After Jolt, Reverb, and Bud were rescued from the wreck of the Atlantis, Six-Speed gave Jolt a big old hug. Six-Speed and the other Mini-Cons joined Optimus’ search team as they descended into the depths of Gigantion. {{storylink|City}} Six-Speed and the others continued to explore the underground, frequently making short work of the pursuing Ransack and Crumplezone. {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} Six-Speed and the other Mini-Cons cheered on as Optimus put several more hurtings on Ransack and Crumplezone. {{storylink|Challenge}}

Six-Speed and the other Mini-Cons, including Drill Bit, began taking direction from a surprisingly competent Bud. Scouting ahead through the next passageway, the Mini-Cons discovered old carvings depicting ancient Mini-Cons. Lori accidentally pushed a button on the wall, sending Bud and the Mini-Cons plummeting down a chute behind a secret door. The group found themselves in an ancient Mini-Con city. Six-Speed informed Bud that he had found a museum, and Jolt explained that their Mini-Con ancestors were less inclined to forget their history. Upon investigating the museum, Jolt discovered the history of Gigantion,. An invasion forced the large bots to go supersized, which left the detail work to the Mini-Cons, giving them human-like brains. The group discovered a Mini-Con playground and a recently smashed area with large claw marks. This led to all the Mini-Cons panicking. No sooner had Bud calmed them down than they bumped into Scourge. Scourge was impressed with Bud's guile in calming the Mini-Cons. Bud offered to teach Scourge more about his personal leadership style: thinking outside of the box. Later the Mini-Cons watched as Scourge dueled the Autobots one by one. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}}

The Mini-Cons and the others found the deepest layer of the giant planet, which was surprisingly a very earthlike environment. The team found the ancient starship Lumeria, which housed the cyber planet key; however, before they could claim it, Galavtron and Menasor burst through the ceiling. During the fight, Galvatron goaded Optimus into facing him with no assistance, much to everyone’s confusion. Once Optimus gained his confidence back, the Mini-Cons watched him send Galvatron flying into the distance and claim the giant key. {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} Six-Speed was present when Vector Prime loaded the Giant Planet Cyber Key into the Omega Lock. The power of the lock opened up both the various layers of the planet and a space bride back to their home dimension. The Mini-Cons looked on as Galvatron and Starscream fiercely battled over the relic. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}}
{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Six-Speed toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Greenmobile. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Six-Speed transforms into a Toyota GT-One Le Mans style race car. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger toys with compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' "Blit" has white paint on his car-mode hood that Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Cybertron]]'' "Six-Speed" lacks, while Six-Speed has added racing-arrow deco on his car-mode roof that Blit lacks.

: In both markets, he was only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]].

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Six-Speed (BWU)|Six-Speed]]. This mold was also used to make [[Socket]], [[Hydroplane|Platinum Element]], [[Guardian Speed]] and [[Brake-Neck (TF 2010)|Brake-Neck]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/SixSpeed/sixspeed.htm More info on Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy SixSpeed Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Blit''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Six-Speed comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being the lack of a "catch" on the back part of the car canopy and a green-plastic connector-joint at the neck instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now ready for shadowy, under-handed dealings in seedy alleys.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Six-Speed/six-speed.htm More info on Shadow Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

==Notes==
* Six-Speed's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the dark green-gray chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's white.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Warpath'''".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> The Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s, and this presumably would've been another example.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blit''' (ブリット ''Buritto'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blit''' (브릿트 ''Beulisteu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Shestiskorostnoy''' (Шестискоростной, "Six-Speed")

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Reverb (Cybertron)

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:''Reverb is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybReverb01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]
'''Reverb''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with [[Vector Prime]].
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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Reverb scanned a pickup alternate mode. While Reverb and Six-Speed hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of ongoing efforts to keep the many Autobot refugees on Earth hidden from the locals, the kids went out to teach them how to properly behave when in their vehicle modes. The children's initial attempts drew too much attention to both themselves and the refugees however, and Reverb looked on in silence as Jetfire chided Coby, Lori, and Bud for their blunder. {{storylink|Hidden}} Once the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]], where Reverb met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Reverb stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Reverb and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Reverb was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

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When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Reverb was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Reverb and Six-Speed, then giving a ride to Coby and Bud respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Reverb went to the Hansen household, where Bud showed him some of his favorite ninja movies. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having again avoided being discovered by adults, Reverb and Bud went about goofing off some more, pretending to be ninjas themselves. Their fun was interrupted yet again, this time by a tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Reverb accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Reverb was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Reverb traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Reverb, Six-Speed, Jolt, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Reverb joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Reverb managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Reverb and Six-Speed remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Reverb grew resentful that the kids weren't riding with them anymore, and suggested that Suzuki was really an alien cyborg, out to kidnap their friends. Telling him he had been watching too many sci-fi movies with Bud, Jolt assured him that it was unlikely this was the case. Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2thumb|Fancy meeting you here.]]
Reverb arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth.{{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Reverb was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The Key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Reverb remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Reverb watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Reverb excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Reverb was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Reverb in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Reverb quickly found the kids and drove off with Bud. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Reverb was visiably upset at the news. {{storylink|Retreat}} Reverb was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Reverb and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Reverb watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}} Reverb and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}}. The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. He was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate the kids. Reverb and Six-Speed fell into a newly formed crevasse and had to be rescued by Override and Evac. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Reverb looked on as Jolt communed with Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Red Alert determined that he may be able to retrieve the planet’s location from Jolt’s old data banks. Reverb was relieved that his memory core did not have to be searched, as Jolt had done all of the flying. He was shocked to learn that Mini-Cons' brains were very similar to humans'. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}{{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}

Sideways took the Mini-Cons to Starscream's new hideout: the wreck of the starship Atlantis hidden on the dark side of Earth’s moon. He locked Reverb and Six-Speed in a spare room while he downloaded Jolt’s memory banks. The kids eventually found and released the pair after tripping up Sideways. They collectively freed Jolt but were cornered again by the cackling villian. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}
Before Sideways could crush any of them, Jolt opened a warp gate, escaping to another part of the ship. The group decided to find the shield control system to shut it down. En route they were once again confronted by Sideways, who deployed an energy field to prevent all warps. He didn’t, however, think to prevent the fire system from spraying him in the face. Evading Sideways once again, they made their way to the engine room. They lured him there and sent him down the trash chute, finally allowing them to contact the Autobots. After Starscream returned to the ship, he started up the warp engines. The kids and Mini-Cons rushed to the escape pods. Cody, Lori, and Six-Speed made it out, but Jolt, Bud, and Reverb’s pod collided with an unconscious Sideways, trapping them in the warp field. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

Reverb and Jolt helped Bud leave a trail of space junk in the hopes that the Autobots would find them. Both Mini-Cons were skeptical of Bud’s plan but were swayed by his enthusiasm. Sure enough, the trail led Jetfire and Wingsaber straight to Atlantis. Unfortunately, the Decepticons followed them straight to Atlantis as well, with a brief fight ensuing. The ship warped away again before Jetfire could rescue Bud and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Titans}} Reverb, Jolt, and Bud were confused at the sight of another ancient ship, but they received a signal from Six-Speed and realized that they had been found by the Autobots. Bud decided it was time to stop watching and help the team; Jolt was reluctant, but Reverb was eager to do something. The three went to the engine room and began smashing things, disabling the ship. {{storylink|Warp}}

Waking up after a crash, Jolt and the others wondered where the ship ended up. They had little time to wonder as they heard metal footsteps in the ventilation shafts. They made a run for it but were cornered by what appeared to be a Scrapmetal, they were relieved to discover that it was just Coby in a new mech. They all evacuated the Atlantis as Quickmix covered the ship in cement and reunited with Safeguard and Six-Speed. Jolt was very impressed when Cody transformed the mech suit. Jolt and the other Mini-Cons joined Optimus’ search team as they descended into the depths of Gigation. {{storylink|City}}Reverb and the others continued to explore the underground, frequently making short work of the pursuing Ransack and Crumplezone. {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} Reverb and the other Mini-Cons cheered on as Optimus put several more hurtings on Ransack and Crumplezone. {{storylink|Challenge}}

Reverb and the other Mini-Cons, including Drill Bit, began taking direction from a surprisingly competent Bud. Scouting ahead through the next passageway, the Mini-Cons discovered old carvings depicting ancient Mini-Cons. Lori accidentally pushed a button on the wall, sending Bud and the Mini-Cons plummeting down a chute behind a secret door. The group found themselves in an ancient Mini-Con city. Six-Speed informed Bud that he had found a museum, and Jolt explained that their Mini-Con ancestors were less inclined to forget their history. Upon investigating the museum, Jolt discovered the history of Gigation. An invasion forced the large bots to go supersized, which left the detail work to the Mini-Cons, giving them human-like brains. Later, the group discovered a Mini-Con playground and a recently smashed area with large claw marks. This led to all the Mini-Cons panicking. No sooner had Bud calmed them down than they bumped into Scourge. Scourge was impressed with Bud's guile in claiming the Mini-Cons. Bud offered to teach Scourge more about his personal leadership style: thinking outside of the box. Later the Mini-Cons watched as Scourge dueled the Autobots one by one. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}}
The Mini-Cons and the others found the deepest layer of the giant planet, which was surprisingly a very earthlike environment. The team found the ancient starship Lumeria, which housed the cyber planet key; however, before they could claim it, Galavtron and Meanasor burst through the ceiling. During the fight, Galvatron goaded Optimus into facing him with no assistance, much to everyone’s confusion. Once Optimus gained his confidence back, the Mini-Cons watched him send Galvatron flying into the distance and claim the giant key. {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Reverb toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Minor God. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout-class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': ''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Reverb transforms into a pickup truck based on a Cadillac Escalade EXT. He was sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]], sold in the first wave of both Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' and Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toylines.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. ''Galaxy Force'' "Bumper" has far less orange paint on his chest, painting only the Mini-Con symbol and some of the detailing surrounding the pins that keep his arms attached to his torso. ''Cybertron'' "Reverb" instead paints almost the entire front chestplate solid orange.

: This mold was also used to make [[Plier]], [[Rockslide|Platinum Material]], [[Guardian Powered]], and [[Drivetrain (TF 2010)|Drivetrain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Reverb Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Bumper''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''2'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Reverb was sold in an individual box, packed with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being different "hubcaps" and blue-plastic biceps instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, where'd they go??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

==Notes==
* Reverb's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the large swathes of orange on his chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's much more sparse orange detailing... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Adams'''",<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> which was the Japanese name for [[The Transformers (franchise)|G1]] [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s; this toy ended up being named [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumper''' (バンパー ''Banpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumper''' (범퍼 ''Beompeo'')
*''Russian:'' '''Echo''' (Эхо)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Jolt (Cybertron)

2025-11-28T00:23:05Z

Ratbat72!: /* Cybertron cartoon */ added appearences

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:''Jolt is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cybertron Jolt1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hero, avatar of Primus, key to the Giant Planet. Also a YouTube addict.]]
'''Jolt''' is the biggest geek you'll ever find. He spends hours surfing the Intarwebs soaking in [[Earth]] culture and catching up on all his favorite webcomics, making him a perfect companion to cinephile [[Bud Hansen]], whom he calls "Bud-Dude." (He doesn't realize how extremely dorky that sounds.) Despite how awkwardly he sometimes applies this knowledge, Jolt does know amazing amounts of trivia about [[Earth]]. Before the [[Unicron Singularity]]'s threat, however, Jolt claims to never have heard of the place, so how he arrived on the planet an expert is something to ponder.

Jolt possesses the ability to warp himself (and potentially beings very near him) from place to place by clasping his fingers together and spinning his rotors just so. He can't warp if his rotors are jammed or if he's in too small a space for them to have room to spin. This power comes in handy as he travels with [[Vector Prime]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], and the other two members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]].

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hōko Kuwashima]] (Japanese)|[[Fabrizio Mazzotta]] (Italian), [[Janne Porkka]] (Finnish), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian, 2nd dub), [[Cezary Kwiecinski]] (Polish), [[Pinky Rebucas]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Yoo Sang Woo]] (Korean), [[Yann Le Madic]] (French)}}

After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth Jolt, [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Jolt scanned a helicopter alternate mode. Jolt then recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Jolt subsequently aided his Autobot allies in constructing a secret base on Earth. After Lori criticized [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s initial design for the base, Jolt proposed an alternate design, more to her specifications. When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] were detected heading towards Earth once more, Jolt helped finish the base's stealth coating while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], and Vector Prime kept the villains at bay. The base was successfully shielded from enemy sensors, ensuring its continued concealment. {{storylink|Haven}}

Keeping a low profile proved to be difficult for many Autobot refugees on Earth, and so Jolt assisted Coby, Lori, and Bud in acclimating them to their new situation. Jolt contributed to the refugees' disguises by providing them with holographic drivers. {{storylink|Hidden}}

The Autobots, having secured their secret presence on Earth, next moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. Seeing as Jolt could only cover so much ground with his limited air-speed, he and Bud instead turned to the internet for leads. They found one pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]]. Arriving there in the dead of night, Jolt was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. The Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." The elder Cybertronian otherwise continued to scour the globe for the Omega Lock, leaving Jolt behind to analyze data on the "[[Atlantis Pattern]]" depicting it on many historical relics. Bud approached Jolt while he was attending to these duties, and begged the Mini-Con to take him up into space. Incapable of fulfilling the boy's wish himself, Jolt turned to Scattorshot and convinced him to take Bud up into orbit via the Autobots' space bridge. Though Jolt tried to keep a lid on Bud's venture, eventually Coby and Lori got him to spill the beans... and found that Scattorshot had run into trouble. A stray Decepticon shot had stranded Scattorshot and Bud in zero-gravity, with a limited supply of oxygen in their protective force-field. The Autobots out in the field were alerted to the situation, which only grew more dire as it unfolded. Thanks to a man-made satellite crashing into Jetfire as he tried to attend to them, Bud and Scattorshot were sent plummeting down at a dangerous speed. Before the duo impacted the ground, Jolt was able to fly up to them and opened one of his mini-dimensional gates. Through it, Bud and Scattorshot were safely teleported back to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Jolt and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After hearing the kids talk of their day out at the movies, Jolt asked if he could join them on their next outing. They approved, suggesting he pass himself off as a cosplaying fanboy to blend in with the other moviegoers. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a beacon depicting the Atlantis Pattern, emanating from some nearby woods. Jolt was the first on-scene, and discovered that the whole set-up was a Decepticon trick. He then pulled back to a safer distance, and warned his team when he noticed some humans inbound. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 hiding in closet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
During some downtime, Jolt was happy to learn more about Earth by channel surfing, but the other Mini-Cons and the children soon grew bored. On Bud's suggestion, they all headed into town for "play-dates" at the children's houses. Jolt gave Lori a lift in his helicopter mode, but on their way Six-Speed and Reverb, then carrying Bud and Coby, were pulled over by the police. Jolt was unsure on how to deal with the situation, as interfering with the local authority was against his Prime Directive, but his passenger convinced him to bend the rules for the boys' sake. Jolt had Reverb and Six-Speed use their holographic displays to trick the officers into thinking the vehicles they had pulled over were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. With the officers sufficiently baffled by this turn of events, the group made good on their escape. Jolt joined Reverb, Coby and Bud at the Hansen household, where a collection of family photos grabbed his attention. The photos prompted a discussion on "family," and Coby explained the concept to the alien robot best he could. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having once more avoided being discovered by adults, Coby and Jolt enjoyed watching a sunset together, only for the moment to be spoiled by a tremor. After meeting back up with Lori and Six-Speed, Jolt contacted Optimus for help, and analyzed the source of the geological disturbance. His scans showed that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underground reservoir, which would flood [[Rockville]], to disastrous results. The Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town, but Coby was struck with inspiration. By pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, the Autobots allowed the terrain shift without endangering anyone. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Jolt accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to meet yet another dead end. The children had a brief discussion with Vector Prime on the subject of his temporal powers, during which Jolt joked that he had the ability to halt time. Vector Prime hushed him, saying that such abilities shouldn't be talked about in such levity, and the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. Finding the ruins they sought buried under the dunes, Jolt called headquarters for assistance, receiving it in the form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire. Once the ancient city was excavated, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within it! But before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire. Jolt instructed the children to run while he defended the Lock with Reverb and Six-Speed, but all three Mini-Cons were utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime made use of his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' death. As events played out again, Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb opted to run for cover alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Jolt was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

[[File:Jolt-avatar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Jolt traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Jolt, Six-Speed, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Jolt joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

[[File:Jolt gets freaked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Jolt, Reverb, and Six-Speed brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Jolt managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} Jolt gave Coby a bird's-eye view of the whole event by flying him over the race track. When Hot Shot got caught in a sand vortex, Jolt and Coby revealed their presence in order to help him out... only to find that Jolt couldn't fly low enough to offer assistance; the sand threatened to clog up his rotors. Thankfully [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], one of the Autobots' local allies, came to Hot Shot's aid. Unfortunately, [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], a local thug aligned with the Decepticons, also caught sight of the situation. Jolt stepped in once more, this time preventing any enemy fire from reaching Hot Shot, allowing the Autobot to finish the race. Having been found out by the rest of the Autobot team, Jolt was about to be sent back to Earth, only for Hot Shot to request he, Coby, and the other Mini-Cons be allowed to stay and help him in the final leg of the race. Optimus Prime allowed it. {{storylink|Sand}}

Unfortunately, it seemed at first that the Autobots wouldn't be able to participate in the final heat anyways; Hot Shot had sustained too much damage from the races leading up to it. Though Jetfire suggested that Jolt ride inside of Hot Shot's cockpit to make the constant adjustments necessary for maintaining him, Jolt was simply too bulky to fit within Hot Shot's vehicle mode. Coby volunteered for the task instead, and the rest of the team reluctantly allowed him to put himself at risk to achieve victory. But though Hot Shot did indeed win with Coby's help, Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal his trophy. While the Autobots fought off the Decepticons, Jolt took Coby to safety. They then returned to Earth with Override, now a part of the team proper, and inserted the first key in the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Jolt brought Bud and Coby to Jungle Planet after the Autobots drove off the Decepticons. He returned with the others to Earth and was confused as to why Coby was embarrassed about Professor Suzuki. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Jolt was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Jolt remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Jolt watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Jolt excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Jolt was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base.{{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Jolt in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Jolt quickly found Coby, Bud, and Lori and used his teleportation powers to break Coby out of the compound. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine, and Lori explained their connection to Professor Suzuki. Jolt attempted to contact the base, only to have his transmission intercepted by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], revealing the Autobot base. As the Decepticons converged on the base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Jolt was saddened at the prospect of leaving his friends. Before they could leave, Starscream captured Jetfire and the humans. Jolt teleported in and rescued them, allowing Optimus to confront Starscream. Later, Jolt was with the kids when Starscream targeted them with a missile. Optimus saved them, but Starscream used the distraction to grab both the keys and the Omega Lock.{{storylink|Retreat}} Jolt was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. When asked if he was homesick for Cybertron, Jolt revealed that he was not originally from Cybertron. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Jolt and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} The trio was evacuated to an air force base where Jolt helped repair them. Jolt tried to provide moral support to a nihilistic Scattorshot. After the injured Autobots were upgraded by the Omega Lock, Jolt opened a warp gate to transport them back into the fight. The surge in power allowed Franklin to locate the Omega Lock, and Jolt relayed the intel to Optimus.{{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. Jolt used the base’s scanners to locate [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] and [[Lugnutz]] and watched as the battle unfolded. Jolt reported on the arrival of [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in Earth’s atmosphere. He later pulled up Wingsaber’s file and noted the numerous code violations. {{storylink|Assault}} Jolt and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron. Jolt explained to Coby that he could remotely drive a blinded Hot Shot from the base. After Starscream grew to a colossal size, Jolt deduced that he had absorbed some of Primus’s spark. He bemoaned that it would be next to impossible to recover the Omega Lock and that the battle may well destroy the Earth. Jolt and others advised the Cybertron Defense Team as they approached their homeworld. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. Jolt was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate Coby. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Jolt and Coby surveyed the surface of the newly transformed Primus. After landing, Jolt nervously prepared to link directly to Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. After Primus returned to sleep, Jolt had no memory of what had happened. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Jolt was terrified at the prospect of Red Alert attempting to retrieve the planet's location from his old data banks, mostly because it tickled. Red Alert noted that Jolt’s brainwaves were more similar to a human’s than a Cybertronian’s, so the process would be long and difficult. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}{{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}

Sideways took the Mini-Cons to Starscream's new hideout: the wreck of the starship Atlantis hidden on the dark side of Earth’s moon. The villains had Jolt strapped to a table while they downloaded his memory. Jolt attempted to reason with Starscream, which went predictably poorly. Sideways got bored watching the download and went off to repair more of the ship. He later returned and decided it would be much easier to hack into Jolt's brain and delete anything not related to Gigantion. Jolt was understandably afraid, but the kids managed to distract Sideways before he could do anything. After tripping up Sideways, the kids freed all the Mini-Cons, but before they could call for help, the cackling villain cornered them again. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}

Before Sideways could crush any of them, Jolt opened a warp gate, and they all escaped to another part of the ship. The group decided to find the shield control system to shut it down. Once again, Sideways confronted them en route, deploying an energy field to thwart any further warps. He didn’t, however, think to prevent the fire system from spraying him in the face. Evading Sideways once again, they made their way to the engine room. They then lured Sideways there and sent him down the trash chute, finally allowing them to contact the Autobots. After Starscream returned to the ship, he started up the warp engines. The kids and Mini-Cons rushed to the escape pods. Coby, Lori, and Six-Speed made it out, but Jolt, Bud, and Reverb’s pod collided with an unconscious Sideways, trapping them in the warp field. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

Jolt and Reverb helped Bud leave a trail of space junk in the hopes that the Autobots would find them. Both Mini-Cons were skeptical of Bud’s plan but were swayed by Bud’s enthusiasm. Sure enough, the trail led Jetfire and Wingsaber straight to Atlantis. Unfortunately, the Decepticons followed them straight to Atlantis as well, with a brief fight ensuing. The ship warped again before Jetfire could find Bud and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Titans}} Jolt, Bud, and Reverb were confused at the sight of another ancient ship, but they received a signal from Six-Speed and realized that they had been found by the Autobots. Bud decided it was time to stop watching and help the team; Jolt was reluctant, but Reverb was eager to do something. The three went to the engine room and began smashing things, disabling the ship. {{storylink|Warp}}
[[File:RansackCrumpleKidnap.jpg|left|215px|thumb|My sensors indicate that [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] looks like a [[wikia:animalcrossing:Gyroid (furniture)|gyroid]] in vehicle mode.]] Waking up after a crash, Jolt and the others wondered where the ship ended up. They had little time to wonder as they heard metal footsteps in the ventilation shafts. They made a run for it but were cornered by what appeared to be a Scrapmetal, they were relieved to discover that it was just Coby in a new mech. They all evacuated the Atlantis as Quickmix covered the ship in cement and reunited with Safeguard and Six-Speed. Jolt was very impressed when Cody transformed the mech suit. Jolt and the other Mini-Cons joined Optimus’ search team as they descended into the depths of Gigantion. Jolt and Bud helped the team clear a path through some debris, and Jolt carried the team’s map. This, however, made him a target, and he was snatched by the flamboyant Ransack and Crumplezone. The gruesome twosome made a break for it and tossed the hapless Mini-Con between them. They were literally stopped in their tracks by Cody in the Coby Bot thanks to Quickmix’s quick-dry cement. Crumplezone tossed Jolt off the building, but Evac fished him up.{{storylink|City}} Jolt and the others continued to explore the underground, frequently making short work of the pursuing Ransack and Crumplezone. {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} Jolt and the other Mini-Cons cheered on as Optimus put several more hurtings on Ransack and Crumplezone. {{storylink|Challenge}}

Jolt and the other Mini-Cons, including Drill Bit, began taking direction from a surprisingly competent Bud. Scouting ahead through the next passageway, the Mini-Cons discovered old carvings depicting ancient Mini-Cons. Lori accidentally pushed a button on the wall, sending Bud and the Mini-Cons plummeting down a chute behind a secret door. The group found themselves in an ancient Mini-Con city. Six-Speed informed Bud that he had found a museum, and Jolt explained that their Mini-Con ancestors were less inclined to forget their history. Upon investigating the museum, Jolt discovered the history of Gigation. An invasion forced the large bots to go supersized, which left the detail work to the Mini-Cons, giving them human-like brains. Jolt was concerned about being lost, but Bud’s carefree attitude cheered him up. The group discovered a Mini-Con playground and a recently smashed area with large claw marks. This led to all the Mini-Cons panicking. No sooner had Bud calmed them down than they bumped into Scourge. Scourge was impressed with Bud's guile in calming the Mini-Cons. Bud offered to teach Scourge more about his personal leadership style: thinking outside of the box. Later the Mini-Cons watched as Scourge dueled the Autobots one by one. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}}

The Mini-Cons and the others found the deepest layer of Gigantion, which was surprisingly a very earthlike environment. The team found the ancient starship Lumeria, which housed the cyber planet key; however, before they could claim it, Galavtron and Menasor burst through the ceiling. During the fight, Galvatron goaded Optimus into facing him with no assistance, much to everyone’s confusion. Once Optimus gained his confidence back, the Mini-Cons watched him send Galvatron flying into the distance and claim the giant key. {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} Jolt was present when Vector Prime loaded the Giant Planet Cyber Key into the Omega Lock. The power of the lock opened up both the various layers of the planet and a space bride back to their home dimension. Jolt shielded Lori from an attack from Galvatron after he arrived to steal the Omega Lock. The Mini-Cons looked on as Galvatron and Starscream fiercely battled over the relic. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}}
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{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}
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===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

===Legends World===
Jolt was among the Mini-Con toys stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The miracle acrylic bubble makes it possible. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004/2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]], Jolt transforms into a bubble-domed helicopter of made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger bots that have compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs. His entire torso is actually cast in green plastic but painted red. In an incredibly minor bit of potential mis-assembly, Jolt's rotor blades are assembled backwards from his show model.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions (both sold in the first wave of their respective lines) are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Hop" has red-painted feet where ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "Jolt" has unpainted plastic, plus Jolt has a small unpainted "window" on the back/underside of his bubble-dome.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bit]], [[Solar Flare|Platinum Factor]], [[Guardian Sky]], and [[Swashplate]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Jolt Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Hop''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Jolt comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum. His propeller blade comes unassembled in-box, and the peg is held in place by simple friction (thus allowing you to put it on in the show-accurate position if you care). Sadly, this peg is about ''4'' mm wide, so no using the blade as a [[5 mm post|mounted weapon]] on other figures.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. As such, his body and feet are actually cast in red plastic rather than green plastic painted red, though he inexplicably has a green patch of paint on his... well, groin... to match the ''unpainted'' plastic patch on the original. A side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout, too many to really get into.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Jolt is the stealthy-looking one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration. This time, Jolt's rotor blade is assembled in the show-style position.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Shadow Recon Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

==Notes==
* Jolt's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' version's coloration, with the dark gray feet, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' red... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* Speaking of odd and show models, the model replicates Jolt's [[Paint operation|paint application]]s ''precisely''... down to the unpainted green plastic on the thin edges of his predominantly-red torso.
* A Japanese working name for the character was given as "'''JT'''" in one chart.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hop''' (ホップ ''Hoppu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Forgó''' ("Spinner", 1st ''Cybertron'' dub), '''Jolt''' (''[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]'' DVD), '''Sokk''' ("Shock", 2nd ''Cybertron'' dub)
*''Korean:'' '''Hop''' (홉 ''Hob'')

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Primus]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Safeguard (Cybertron)

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:''Safeguard is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Safeguard-CybArt.jpg|thumb|275px|Adorably deadly.]]
'''Safeguard''' is [[Vector Prime]]'s faithful Mini-Con partner. He travels with him through time and space, and aids him in his multiversal tasks. Not only is he an expert in data-gathering and translation, but he's also an utterly fearless warrior and will face down opponents many times his size without hesitation.

Sometimes he carries cute, tiny swords.
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==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
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[[File:Cyb ep1 Safeguard Gun Mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
[[File:GoodbyeScarecrow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|"Wait, you mean you actually get to do something?"]]
Safeguard was originally from [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet. He was probably with the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] when they were trapped in a shuttle pod that blasted off and floated aimlessly through space, where they were later accidentally discovered by Vector Prime, who took them with him on his travels. {{storylink|Balance}}

He was fastened to Vector Prime's arm in his alternate mode when the ancient Cybertronian came to tell Optimus Prime of the Cyber Planet Keys, and subsequently traveled to Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}} He remained as such, occasionally acting as Vector Prime's blaster, for some time.

Safeguard was sent to investigate underwater ruins off of an island while the [[human]]s played in the surf and Vector Prime sunned himself. They turned out to be just another reproduction, not the actual [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

When Vector Prime found his way to The ''[[Atlantis]]'', really an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory, he dispatched Safeguard to help him reboot the vessel's systems. {{storylink|Deep}}

Vector Prime revealed that Safeguard was one of the Mini-Cons who was originally from the planet of Gigantian.
{{storylink|Balance}}
Safeguard notified Vector Prime that he had lost contact with Jolt and the others. He accompanied Vector Prime as he investigated, discovering that Sideways had kidnapped both the kids and Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}
After rescuing Coby, Lori, and Six-Speed, Safeguard transformed to express his concern over the missing Jolt, Reverb, and Bud. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

When Vector Prime sacrificed himself to turn back time and enable the [[Autobot]]s to escape Gigantion, Safeguard remained with his fellow Mini-Cons. Following the Autobots' victory, Safeguard wistfully looked at the launch pad at the Autobot base and imagined he saw Vector Prime taking off. *Sniff.* {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Giant}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|Unfinished}}}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
Safeguard accompanied Vector Prime on his trek throughout space and time, before eventually travelling with him to the [[Aurex|Aurex Cluster]] to confront the [[Unicron Singularity]]. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

They met with [[Alpha Trion]] to discuss how [[Primus]] was dealing with the proximity of the black hole, and were introduced to the dimension-hopping [[Sentinel Maximus]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} Shortly thereafter the group was confronted by Unicron's heralds, [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} As Vector Prime and Sentinel secured the [[Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control]], Safeguard was surveying the perimeter when the heralds dispatched [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] to attack them. He evaded the cyber-vampire's grasp long enough for back-up to arrive. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} After Dark Scorponok was defeated, Safeguard remarked to Vector Prime how they had seen this particular spark affliction before in their travels. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}}

Vector Prime armed himself with Safeguard as they combated Ramjet. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} The sudden arrival of [[Omega Prime]] helped turn the tide, giving Safeguard and Vector Prime the chance to survive their encounter. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} The struggle drained too much of Vector Prime's space-time powers, however, and he could no longer maintain his looped double existence; he and Safeguard vanished from Cybertron and became only present on Earth, in the company of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

====''Kiss Players''====
Safeguard came across the stranded [[Shaoshao Li]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and saved her from pursuing [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. Realizing her origins lied in [[G1 World|another universe]], Safeguard explained that the Transformers of this world were searching for [[Cyber Planet Key|components]] of [[Primus#Cybertron cartoon|Primus]]'s [[spark]] to save the universe from the [[Unicron Singularity|Grand Black Hole]] (and that she was standing on Primus himself), which Shaoshao thought coincided with her own journey to collect [[Angolmois Energy|fragments]] of what she thought was the [[Allspark]]. Safeguard warned her that she needed to return to her native world soon or else its future would be threatened without the Allspark fragments Shaoshao collected. Assistance came in the form of [[Vector Prime]], who opened a portal in spacetime that allowed [[Primus#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|a hand]] to reach out and bring Shaoshao back to her proper universe. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 50|Kiss Players #50}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertrontoy-Safeguard.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I have elbows! (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-03'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2004
{{toydesigner|[[Aaron Archer]] and [[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (detailing)}}

: The pack-in [[Mini-Con]] partner to ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Vector Prime#Cybertron|Vector Prime]], Safeguard transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter with a gunbarrel nosecone. There is a dedicated indentation on top Vector Prime's vehicle mode designed specifically to fit Safeguard's vehicle mode, though he sits very shallowly in it.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Galaxy Force'' version of the set, released first, uses an off-white base plastic and paint for "Roots" (his nosecone piece is actually cast in brown/burgundy plastic and almost entirely painted over). The later [[Hasbro]] release changed this color to a brighter white.

: This mold was also used to make [[Beta Maxx (RID)#Toys|Beta Maxx]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Safeguard/safeguard.htm More information on Safeguard at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Cyb-toy Safeguard Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A rare instance of the candy toy ''improving'' the deco!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Roots''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''4'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "[[Micron Galaxy]]" [[candy toy]] assortment, this version of Safeguard is actually a new sculpt based on the pack-in version. The most notable difference in the Micron Galaxy version is that the nosecone and the joint connection it to his torso are now cast in the same light-gray plastic as his body, rather than cast in burgundy/brown and black respectively (due to being [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with Vector Prime) with extensive paint on the nosecone to match the body as the original versions were. A side-by-side examination also reveals numerous small detailing/proportion differences a bit too numerous and insignificant to list.

: He also comes with a plank of vaguely-lemony-flavored gum.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Starscream vs. Vector Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>

: Safeguard also came in a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] set along with Vector Prime (duh) and a new-deco version of the Voyager-class [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#VsVector|Starscream]] mold. This version of Safeguard (and Vector) is identical to the normal Hasbro release.

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[[File:Cyb-toy SafeguardGF.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Galaxy Force Vector Prime''' (Voyager, 2006)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Not to be confused with the ''Galaxy Force'' release of Vector Prime, Hasbro's "Galaxy Force Vector Prime" is a matte gold & clear-orange redeco of Vector Prime and Safeguard, released in the eighth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Voyagers, the only new toy in that assortment. The packaging photography shows the prototype as considerably more blinged out than the rather yellowish matte gold plastic actually used for the production run.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Safeguard/safeguard.htm More information on Galaxy Force Safe Guard at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008toy-Safeguard.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vector Prime with Mini-Con Safeguard!''' (Voyager, 2009)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': Cybertron Series
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Vector Prime and Safeguard were re-released in the fourth wave of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' series]] Voyagers, redecoed in black, brown, and blue.

: This version of Safeguard doubles as the [[Safeguard (TransTech)|''TransTech'' incarnation of Safeguard]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Mini-Con/Safeguard/safeguard.htm More information on ''Universe'' Safeguard at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===''Attacktix''===
*'''Vector Prime''' (Booster, 2006)
:A rather oddly proportioned version of Safeguard in starfighter mode makes an appearance as the missile launcher on the Vector Prime ''[[Attacktix]]'' piece.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/AttacktixVectorPrime/vectorprime.htm More information on ''Attacktix'' Vector Prime at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* [[Ask Vector Prime]] writer [[Jim Sorenson]] has talked about a possible ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Safeguard, who would have been a Targetmaster.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I don't think there is a Vector Prime analog in this universe. If there is, I haven't found a place for him. Maybe in the distant past or future. Safeguard was probably active during the Great War and, being Targetmaster-y, probably isn't alive anymore.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218015723/https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/133737-beast-wars-uprising-ama/?p=3360055#entry3360151|name=Jim Sorenson|site=The Allspark forums|title=Beast Wars Uprising: AMA|year=2016|month=10|day=15}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Roots''' (ルーツ ''Rūtsu'')
*''Korean:'' '''Roots''' (루츠 ''Rucheu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Guard''' (Гуард), '''Okhrannik''' (Охранник, "Security Guard"), '''Strazh''' (Страж, "Guardian")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Six-Speed (Cybertron)

2025-11-16T01:14:59Z

Ratbat72!: Added cartoon appearances

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{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Six-Speed (BWU)}}
:''Six-Speed is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybSixSpeed01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I just want some pants. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!]]
'''Six-Speed''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's a curious sort, and often fairly sensitive. The mysteries of his new human friends' behaviors fascinate him, which has led to some embarrassing moments, like his attempt to figure out why humans wear clothes.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Six-Speed, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Six-Speed scanned a racecar alternate mode. While Six-Speed and Reverb hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of an ongoing effort to aid Autobot refugees in staying hidden from the locals, Six-Speed provided them with scans of mundane vehicle, replacing flashier alternate modes that drew too much attention to themselves. {{storylink|Hidden (Cybertron)|Hidden}} After the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in Mexico, where Six-Speed met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Six-Speed stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Six-Speed and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Six-Speed was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 sad story.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|It was at this moment Six-Speed found out ''Catcher in the Rye'' wasn't as dirty as he thought it would be...]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Six-Speed was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Six-Speed and Reverb, then giving a ride to Bud and Coby respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Six-Speed went to Lori's house, where he found a copy of "[[The Little Match Girl]]," a story which brought him to tears. As Lori comforted her sensitive Mini-Con friend, he detected a nearby geological disturbance. Lori and Six-Speed met back up with the Hansen boys and the other Mini-Cons, who had also sensed the tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Six-Speed accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Six-Speed was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Six-Speed traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Six-Speed, Jolt, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Six-Speed joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Six-Speed managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Six-Speed and Reverb remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Six-Speed arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} He was present when the Autobots added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock.The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where the Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one." Afterward, he remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. When the team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave, the Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream. {{storylink|Trap}} Six-Speed watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Six-Speed excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Six-Speed was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Six-Speed in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Six-Speed quickly found the kids and drove off with Lori. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Six-Speed was visiably upset at the news.{{storylink|Retreat}} Six-Speed was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Six-Speed and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Six-Speed watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}} Six-Speed and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. He was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate the kids. Six-Speed and Reverb fell into a newly formed crevasse and had to be rescued by Override and Evac. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Six-Speed looked on as Jolt communed with Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Red Alert determined that he may be able to retrieve the planet’s location from Jolt’s old data banks. Six-Speed was relieved that his memory core did not have to be searched, as Jolt had done all of the flying. He was shocked to learn that Mini-Con brains were very similar to humans'. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}{{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}

Sideways took the Mini-Cons to Starscream's new hideout: the wreck of the starship Atlantis hidden on the dark side of Earth’s moon. He locked Six-Speed and Reverb in a spare room while he downloaded Jolt’s memory banks. The kids eventually found and released the pair after tripping up Sideways. They collectively freed Jolt but were cornered again by the cackling villian. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}
Before Sideways could crush any of them, Jolt opened a warp gate, escaping to another part of the ship. The group decided to find the shield control system to shut it down. En route they were once again confronted by Sideways, who deployed an energy field to prevent all warps. He didn’t, however, think to prevent the fire system from spraying him in the face. Evading Sideways once again, they made their way to the engine room. They lured him there and sent him down the trash chute, finally allowing them to contact the Autobots. After Starscream returned to the ship, he started up the warp engines. The kids and Mini-Cons rushed to the escape pods. Cody, Lori, and Six-Speed made it out, but Jolt, Bud, and Reverb’s pod collided with an unconscious Sideways, trapping them in the warp field. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Family}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Giant}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Six-Speed toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Greenmobile. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Six-Speed transforms into a Toyota GT-One Le Mans style race car. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger toys with compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' "Blit" has white paint on his car-mode hood that Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Cybertron]]'' "Six-Speed" lacks, while Six-Speed has added racing-arrow deco on his car-mode roof that Blit lacks.

: In both markets, he was only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]].

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Six-Speed (BWU)|Six-Speed]]. This mold was also used to make [[Socket]], [[Hydroplane|Platinum Element]], [[Guardian Speed]] and [[Brake-Neck (TF 2010)|Brake-Neck]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/SixSpeed/sixspeed.htm More info on Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy SixSpeed Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Blit''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Six-Speed comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being the lack of a "catch" on the back part of the car canopy and a green-plastic connector-joint at the neck instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now ready for shadowy, under-handed dealings in seedy alleys.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Six-Speed/six-speed.htm More info on Shadow Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

==Notes==
* Six-Speed's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the dark green-gray chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's white.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Warpath'''".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> The Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s, and this presumably would've been another example.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blit''' (ブリット ''Buritto'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blit''' (브릿트 ''Beulisteu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Shestiskorostnoy''' (Шестискоростной, "Six-Speed")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Reverb (Cybertron)

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{{disambig3|Reverb}}
:''Reverb is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybReverb01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]
'''Reverb''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with [[Vector Prime]].
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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Reverb scanned a pickup alternate mode. While Reverb and Six-Speed hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of ongoing efforts to keep the many Autobot refugees on Earth hidden from the locals, the kids went out to teach them how to properly behave when in their vehicle modes. The children's initial attempts drew too much attention to both themselves and the refugees however, and Reverb looked on in silence as Jetfire chided Coby, Lori, and Bud for their blunder. {{storylink|Hidden}} Once the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]], where Reverb met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Reverb stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Reverb and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Reverb was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 happy family.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Reverb was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Reverb and Six-Speed, then giving a ride to Coby and Bud respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Reverb went to the Hansen household, where Bud showed him some of his favorite ninja movies. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having again avoided being discovered by adults, Reverb and Bud went about goofing off some more, pretending to be ninjas themselves. Their fun was interrupted yet again, this time by a tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Reverb accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Reverb was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Reverb traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Reverb, Six-Speed, Jolt, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Reverb joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Reverb managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Reverb and Six-Speed remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Reverb grew resentful that the kids weren't riding with them anymore, and suggested that Suzuki was really an alien cyborg, out to kidnap their friends. Telling him he had been watching too many sci-fi movies with Bud, Jolt assured him that it was unlikely this was the case. Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2thumb|Fancy meeting you here.]]
Reverb arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth.{{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Reverb was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The Key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Reverb remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Reverb watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Reverb excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Reverb was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Reverb in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Reverb quickly found the kids and drove off with Bud. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Reverb was visiably upset at the news. {{storylink|Retreat}} Reverb was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Reverb and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Reverb watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}} Reverb and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}}. The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. He was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate the kids. Reverb and Six-Speed fell into a newly formed crevasse and had to be rescued by Override and Evac. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Reverb looked on as Jolt communed with Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Red Alert determined that he may be able to retrieve the planet’s location from Jolt’s old data banks. Reverb was relieved that his memory core did not have to be searched, as Jolt had done all of the flying. He was shocked to learn that Mini-Cons' brains were very similar to humans'. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}{{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}

Sideways took the Mini-Cons to Starscream's new hideout: the wreck of the starship Atlantis hidden on the dark side of Earth’s moon. He locked Reverb and Six-Speed in a spare room while he downloaded Jolt’s memory banks. The kids eventually found and released the pair after tripping up Sideways. They collectively freed Jolt but were cornered again by the cackling villian. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}
Before Sideways could crush any of them, Jolt opened a warp gate, escaping to another part of the ship. The group decided to find the shield control system to shut it down. En route they were once again confronted by Sideways, who deployed an energy field to prevent all warps. He didn’t, however, think to prevent the fire system from spraying him in the face. Evading Sideways once again, they made their way to the engine room. They lured him there and sent him down the trash chute, finally allowing them to contact the Autobots. After Starscream returned to the ship, he started up the warp engines. The kids and Mini-Cons rushed to the escape pods. Cody, Lori, and Six-Speed made it out, but Jolt, Bud, and Reverb’s pod collided with an unconscious Sideways, trapping them in the warp field. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

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===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Reverb toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Minor God. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout-class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': ''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Reverb transforms into a pickup truck based on a Cadillac Escalade EXT. He was sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]], sold in the first wave of both Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' and Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toylines.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. ''Galaxy Force'' "Bumper" has far less orange paint on his chest, painting only the Mini-Con symbol and some of the detailing surrounding the pins that keep his arms attached to his torso. ''Cybertron'' "Reverb" instead paints almost the entire front chestplate solid orange.

: This mold was also used to make [[Plier]], [[Rockslide|Platinum Material]], [[Guardian Powered]], and [[Drivetrain (TF 2010)|Drivetrain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Reverb Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Bumper''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''2'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Reverb was sold in an individual box, packed with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being different "hubcaps" and blue-plastic biceps instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, where'd they go??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

==Notes==
* Reverb's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the large swathes of orange on his chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's much more sparse orange detailing... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Adams'''",<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> which was the Japanese name for [[The Transformers (franchise)|G1]] [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s; this toy ended up being named [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumper''' (バンパー ''Banpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumper''' (범퍼 ''Beompeo'')
*''Russian:'' '''Echo''' (Эхо)

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Jolt (Cybertron)

2025-11-16T00:30:58Z

Ratbat72!: /* Cybertron cartoon */ added appearences

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:''Jolt is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cybertron Jolt1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hero, avatar of Primus, key to the Giant Planet. Also a YouTube addict.]]
'''Jolt''' is the biggest geek you'll ever find. He spends hours surfing the Intarwebs soaking in [[Earth]] culture and catching up on all his favorite webcomics, making him a perfect companion to cinephile [[Bud Hansen]], whom he calls "Bud-Dude." (He doesn't realize how extremely dorky that sounds.) Despite how awkwardly he sometimes applies this knowledge, Jolt does know amazing amounts of trivia about [[Earth]]. Before the [[Unicron Singularity]]'s threat, however, Jolt claims to never have heard of the place, so how he arrived on the planet an expert is something to ponder.

Jolt possesses the ability to warp himself (and potentially beings very near him) from place to place by clasping his fingers together and spinning his rotors just so. He can't warp if his rotors are jammed or if he's in too small a space for them to have room to spin. This power comes in handy as he travels with [[Vector Prime]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], and the other two members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]].

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hōko Kuwashima]] (Japanese)|[[Fabrizio Mazzotta]] (Italian), [[Janne Porkka]] (Finnish), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian, 2nd dub), [[Cezary Kwiecinski]] (Polish), [[Pinky Rebucas]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Yoo Sang Woo]] (Korean), [[Yann Le Madic]] (French)}}

After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth Jolt, [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Jolt scanned a helicopter alternate mode. Jolt then recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Jolt subsequently aided his Autobot allies in constructing a secret base on Earth. After Lori criticized [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s initial design for the base, Jolt proposed an alternate design, more to her specifications. When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] were detected heading towards Earth once more, Jolt helped finish the base's stealth coating while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], and Vector Prime kept the villains at bay. The base was successfully shielded from enemy sensors, ensuring its continued concealment. {{storylink|Haven}}

Keeping a low profile proved to be difficult for many Autobot refugees on Earth, and so Jolt assisted Coby, Lori, and Bud in acclimating them to their new situation. Jolt contributed to the refugees' disguises by providing them with holographic drivers. {{storylink|Hidden}}

The Autobots, having secured their secret presence on Earth, next moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. Seeing as Jolt could only cover so much ground with his limited air-speed, he and Bud instead turned to the internet for leads. They found one pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]]. Arriving there in the dead of night, Jolt was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. The Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." The elder Cybertronian otherwise continued to scour the globe for the Omega Lock, leaving Jolt behind to analyze data on the "[[Atlantis Pattern]]" depicting it on many historical relics. Bud approached Jolt while he was attending to these duties, and begged the Mini-Con to take him up into space. Incapable of fulfilling the boy's wish himself, Jolt turned to Scattorshot and convinced him to take Bud up into orbit via the Autobots' space bridge. Though Jolt tried to keep a lid on Bud's venture, eventually Coby and Lori got him to spill the beans... and found that Scattorshot had run into trouble. A stray Decepticon shot had stranded Scattorshot and Bud in zero-gravity, with a limited supply of oxygen in their protective force-field. The Autobots out in the field were alerted to the situation, which only grew more dire as it unfolded. Thanks to a man-made satellite crashing into Jetfire as he tried to attend to them, Bud and Scattorshot were sent plummeting down at a dangerous speed. Before the duo impacted the ground, Jolt was able to fly up to them and opened one of his mini-dimensional gates. Through it, Bud and Scattorshot were safely teleported back to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Jolt and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After hearing the kids talk of their day out at the movies, Jolt asked if he could join them on their next outing. They approved, suggesting he pass himself off as a cosplaying fanboy to blend in with the other moviegoers. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a beacon depicting the Atlantis Pattern, emanating from some nearby woods. Jolt was the first on-scene, and discovered that the whole set-up was a Decepticon trick. He then pulled back to a safer distance, and warned his team when he noticed some humans inbound. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. {{storylink|Speed}}

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During some downtime, Jolt was happy to learn more about Earth by channel surfing, but the other Mini-Cons and the children soon grew bored. On Bud's suggestion, they all headed into town for "play-dates" at the children's houses. Jolt gave Lori a lift in his helicopter mode, but on their way Six-Speed and Reverb, then carrying Bud and Coby, were pulled over by the police. Jolt was unsure on how to deal with the situation, as interfering with the local authority was against his Prime Directive, but his passenger convinced him to bend the rules for the boys' sake. Jolt had Reverb and Six-Speed use their holographic displays to trick the officers into thinking the vehicles they had pulled over were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. With the officers sufficiently baffled by this turn of events, the group made good on their escape. Jolt joined Reverb, Coby and Bud at the Hansen household, where a collection of family photos grabbed his attention. The photos prompted a discussion on "family," and Coby explained the concept to the alien robot best he could. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having once more avoided being discovered by adults, Coby and Jolt enjoyed watching a sunset together, only for the moment to be spoiled by a tremor. After meeting back up with Lori and Six-Speed, Jolt contacted Optimus for help, and analyzed the source of the geological disturbance. His scans showed that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underground reservoir, which would flood [[Rockville]], to disastrous results. The Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town, but Coby was struck with inspiration. By pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, the Autobots allowed the terrain shift without endangering anyone. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Jolt accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to meet yet another dead end. The children had a brief discussion with Vector Prime on the subject of his temporal powers, during which Jolt joked that he had the ability to halt time. Vector Prime hushed him, saying that such abilities shouldn't be talked about in such levity, and the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. Finding the ruins they sought buried under the dunes, Jolt called headquarters for assistance, receiving it in the form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire. Once the ancient city was excavated, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within it! But before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire. Jolt instructed the children to run while he defended the Lock with Reverb and Six-Speed, but all three Mini-Cons were utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime made use of his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' death. As events played out again, Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb opted to run for cover alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Jolt was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

[[File:Jolt-avatar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Jolt traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Jolt, Six-Speed, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Jolt joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

[[File:Jolt gets freaked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Jolt, Reverb, and Six-Speed brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Jolt managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} Jolt gave Coby a bird's-eye view of the whole event by flying him over the race track. When Hot Shot got caught in a sand vortex, Jolt and Coby revealed their presence in order to help him out... only to find that Jolt couldn't fly low enough to offer assistance; the sand threatened to clog up his rotors. Thankfully [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], one of the Autobots' local allies, came to Hot Shot's aid. Unfortunately, [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], a local thug aligned with the Decepticons, also caught sight of the situation. Jolt stepped in once more, this time preventing any enemy fire from reaching Hot Shot, allowing the Autobot to finish the race. Having been found out by the rest of the Autobot team, Jolt was about to be sent back to Earth, only for Hot Shot to request he, Coby, and the other Mini-Cons be allowed to stay and help him in the final leg of the race. Optimus Prime allowed it. {{storylink|Sand}}

Unfortunately, it seemed at first that the Autobots wouldn't be able to participate in the final heat anyways; Hot Shot had sustained too much damage from the races leading up to it. Though Jetfire suggested that Jolt ride inside of Hot Shot's cockpit to make the constant adjustments necessary for maintaining him, Jolt was simply too bulky to fit within Hot Shot's vehicle mode. Coby volunteered for the task instead, and the rest of the team reluctantly allowed him to put himself at risk to achieve victory. But though Hot Shot did indeed win with Coby's help, Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal his trophy. While the Autobots fought off the Decepticons, Jolt took Coby to safety. They then returned to Earth with Override, now a part of the team proper, and inserted the first key in the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

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Jolt brought Bud and Coby to Jungle Planet after the Autobots drove off the Decepticons. He returned with the others to Earth and was confused as to why Coby was embarrassed about Professor Suzuki. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Jolt was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Jolt remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Jolt watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Jolt excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Jolt was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base.{{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Jolt in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Jolt quickly found Coby, Bud, and Lori and used his teleportation powers to break Coby out of the compound. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine, and Lori explained their connection to Professor Suzuki. Jolt attempted to contact the base, only to have his transmission intercepted by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], revealing the Autobot base. As the Decepticons converged on the base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Jolt was saddened at the prospect of leaving his friends. Before they could leave, Starscream captured Jetfire and the humans. Jolt teleported in and rescued them, allowing Optimus to confront Starscream. Later, Jolt was with the kids when Starscream targeted them with a missile. Optimus saved them, but Starscream used the distraction to grab both the keys and the Omega Lock.{{storylink|Retreat}} Jolt was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. When asked if he was homesick for Cybertron, Jolt revealed that he was not originally from Cybertron. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Jolt and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} The trio was evacuated to an air force base where Jolt helped repair them. Jolt tried to provide moral support to a nihilistic Scattorshot. After the injured Autobots were upgraded by the Omega Lock, Jolt opened a warp gate to transport them back into the fight. The surge in power allowed Franklin to locate the Omega Lock, and Jolt relayed the intel to Optimus.{{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. Jolt used the base’s scanners to locate [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] and [[Lugnutz]] and watched as the battle unfolded. Jolt reported on the arrival of [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in Earth’s atmosphere. He later pulled up Wingsaber’s file and noted the numerous code violations. {{storylink|Assault}} Jolt and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron. Jolt explained to Coby that he could remotely drive a blinded Hot Shot from the base. After Starscream grew to a colossal size, Jolt deduced that he had absorbed some of Primus’s spark. He bemoaned that it would be next to impossible to recover the Omega Lock and that the battle may well destroy the Earth. Jolt and others advised the Cybertron Defense Team as they approached their homeworld. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. Jolt was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate Coby. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Jolt and Coby surveyed the surface of the newly transformed Primus. After landing, Jolt nervously prepared to link directly to Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. After Primus returned to sleep, Jolt had no memory of what had happened. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Jolt was terrified at the prospect of Red Alert attempting to retrieve the planet's location from his old data banks, mostly because it tickled. Red Alert noted that Jolt’s brainwaves were more similar to a human’s than a Cybertronian’s, so the process would be long and difficult. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}{{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}

Sideways took the Mini-Cons to Starscream's new hideout: the wreck of the starship Atlantis hidden on the dark side of Earth’s moon. The villains had Jolt strapped to a table while they downloaded his memory. Jolt attempted to reason with Starscream, which went predictably poorly. Sideways got bored watching the download and went off to repair more of the ship. He later returned and decided it would be much easier to hack into Jolt's brain and delete anything not related to Gigantion. Jolt was understandably afraid, but the kids managed to distract Sideways before he could do anything. After tripping up Sideways, the kids freed all the Mini-Cons, but before they could call for help, the cackling villain cornered them again. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}

Before Sideways could crush any of them, Jolt opened a warp gate, and they all escaped to another part of the ship. The group decided to find the shield control system to shut it down. Once again, Sideways confronted them en route, deploying an energy field to thwart any further warps. He didn’t, however, think to prevent the fire system from spraying him in the face. Evading Sideways once again, they made their way to the engine room. They then lured Sideways there and sent him down the trash chute, finally allowing them to contact the Autobots. After Starscream returned to the ship, he started up the warp engines. The kids and Mini-Cons rushed to the escape pods. Coby, Lori, and Six-Speed made it out, but Jolt, Bud, and Reverb’s pod collided with an unconscious Sideways, trapping them in the warp field. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

[[File:RansackCrumpleKidnap.jpg|left|215px|thumb|My sensors indicate that [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] looks like a [[wikia:animalcrossing:Gyroid (furniture)|gyroid]] in vehicle mode.]]
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===Legends World===
Jolt was among the Mini-Con toys stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The miracle acrylic bubble makes it possible. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004/2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]], Jolt transforms into a bubble-domed helicopter of made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger bots that have compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs. His entire torso is actually cast in green plastic but painted red. In an incredibly minor bit of potential mis-assembly, Jolt's rotor blades are assembled backwards from his show model.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions (both sold in the first wave of their respective lines) are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Hop" has red-painted feet where ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "Jolt" has unpainted plastic, plus Jolt has a small unpainted "window" on the back/underside of his bubble-dome.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bit]], [[Solar Flare|Platinum Factor]], [[Guardian Sky]], and [[Swashplate]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Hop''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Jolt comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum. His propeller blade comes unassembled in-box, and the peg is held in place by simple friction (thus allowing you to put it on in the show-accurate position if you care). Sadly, this peg is about ''4'' mm wide, so no using the blade as a [[5 mm post|mounted weapon]] on other figures.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. As such, his body and feet are actually cast in red plastic rather than green plastic painted red, though he inexplicably has a green patch of paint on his... well, groin... to match the ''unpainted'' plastic patch on the original. A side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout, too many to really get into.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Jolt is the stealthy-looking one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration. This time, Jolt's rotor blade is assembled in the show-style position.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Shadow Recon Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

==Notes==
* Jolt's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' version's coloration, with the dark gray feet, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' red... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* Speaking of odd and show models, the model replicates Jolt's [[Paint operation|paint application]]s ''precisely''... down to the unpainted green plastic on the thin edges of his predominantly-red torso.
* A Japanese working name for the character was given as "'''JT'''" in one chart.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hop''' (ホップ ''Hoppu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Forgó''' ("Spinner", 1st ''Cybertron'' dub), '''Jolt''' (''[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]'' DVD), '''Sokk''' ("Shock", 2nd ''Cybertron'' dub)
*''Korean:'' '''Hop''' (홉 ''Hob'')

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Primus]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Six-Speed (Cybertron)

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Ratbat72!: added fictional appearance

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{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Six-Speed (BWU)}}
:''Six-Speed is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybSixSpeed01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I just want some pants. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!]]
'''Six-Speed''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's a curious sort, and often fairly sensitive. The mysteries of his new human friends' behaviors fascinate him, which has led to some embarrassing moments, like his attempt to figure out why humans wear clothes.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Six-Speed, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Six-Speed scanned a racecar alternate mode. While Six-Speed and Reverb hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of an ongoing effort to aid Autobot refugees in staying hidden from the locals, Six-Speed provided them with scans of mundane vehicle, replacing flashier alternate modes that drew too much attention to themselves. {{storylink|Hidden (Cybertron)|Hidden}} After the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in Mexico, where Six-Speed met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Six-Speed stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Six-Speed and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Six-Speed was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 sad story.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|It was at this moment Six-Speed found out ''Catcher in the Rye'' wasn't as dirty as he thought it would be...]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Six-Speed was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Six-Speed and Reverb, then giving a ride to Bud and Coby respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Six-Speed went to Lori's house, where he found a copy of "[[The Little Match Girl]]," a story which brought him to tears. As Lori comforted her sensitive Mini-Con friend, he detected a nearby geological disturbance. Lori and Six-Speed met back up with the Hansen boys and the other Mini-Cons, who had also sensed the tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Six-Speed accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Six-Speed was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Six-Speed traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Six-Speed, Jolt, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Six-Speed joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Six-Speed managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Six-Speed and Reverb remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Six-Speed arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} He was present when the Autobots added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock.The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where the Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one." Afterward, he remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. When the team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave, the Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream. {{storylink|Trap}} Six-Speed watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Six-Speed excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Six-Speed was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Six-Speed in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Six-Speed quickly found the kids and drove off with Lori. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Six-Speed was visiably upset at the news.{{storylink|Retreat}} Six-Speed was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Six-Speed and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Six-Speed watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}} Six-Speed and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. He was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate the kids. Six-Speed and Reverb fell into a newly formed crevasse and had to be rescued by Override and Evac. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Six-Speed looked on as Jolt communed with Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Red Alert determined that he may be able to retrieve the planet’s location from Jolt’s old data banks. Six-Speed was relieved that his memory core did not have to be searched, as Jolt had done all of the flying. He was shocked to learn that Mini-Con brains were very similar to humans'. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Family}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Giant}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Six-Speed toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Greenmobile. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Six-Speed transforms into a Toyota GT-One Le Mans style race car. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger toys with compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' "Blit" has white paint on his car-mode hood that Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Cybertron]]'' "Six-Speed" lacks, while Six-Speed has added racing-arrow deco on his car-mode roof that Blit lacks.

: In both markets, he was only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]].

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Six-Speed (BWU)|Six-Speed]]. This mold was also used to make [[Socket]], [[Hydroplane|Platinum Element]], [[Guardian Speed]] and [[Brake-Neck (TF 2010)|Brake-Neck]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/SixSpeed/sixspeed.htm More info on Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy SixSpeed Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Blit''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Six-Speed comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being the lack of a "catch" on the back part of the car canopy and a green-plastic connector-joint at the neck instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now ready for shadowy, under-handed dealings in seedy alleys.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Six-Speed/six-speed.htm More info on Shadow Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

==Notes==
* Six-Speed's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the dark green-gray chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's white.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Warpath'''".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> The Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s, and this presumably would've been another example.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blit''' (ブリット ''Buritto'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blit''' (브릿트 ''Beulisteu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Shestiskorostnoy''' (Шестискоростной, "Six-Speed")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Reverb (Cybertron)

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{{disambig3|Reverb}}
:''Reverb is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybReverb01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]
'''Reverb''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with [[Vector Prime]].
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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Reverb scanned a pickup alternate mode. While Reverb and Six-Speed hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of ongoing efforts to keep the many Autobot refugees on Earth hidden from the locals, the kids went out to teach them how to properly behave when in their vehicle modes. The children's initial attempts drew too much attention to both themselves and the refugees however, and Reverb looked on in silence as Jetfire chided Coby, Lori, and Bud for their blunder. {{storylink|Hidden}} Once the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]], where Reverb met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Reverb stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Reverb and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Reverb was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 happy family.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Reverb was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Reverb and Six-Speed, then giving a ride to Coby and Bud respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Reverb went to the Hansen household, where Bud showed him some of his favorite ninja movies. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having again avoided being discovered by adults, Reverb and Bud went about goofing off some more, pretending to be ninjas themselves. Their fun was interrupted yet again, this time by a tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Reverb accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Reverb was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Reverb traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Reverb, Six-Speed, Jolt, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Reverb joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Reverb managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Reverb and Six-Speed remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Reverb grew resentful that the kids weren't riding with them anymore, and suggested that Suzuki was really an alien cyborg, out to kidnap their friends. Telling him he had been watching too many sci-fi movies with Bud, Jolt assured him that it was unlikely this was the case. Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2thumb|Fancy meeting you here.]]
Reverb arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth.{{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Reverb was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The Key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Reverb remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Reverb watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Reverb excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Reverb was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Reverb in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Reverb quickly found the kids and drove off with Bud. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Reverb was visiably upset at the news. {{storylink|Retreat}} Reverb was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Reverb and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Reverb watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}} Reverb and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}}. The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. He was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate the kids. Reverb and Six-Speed fell into a newly formed crevasse and had to be rescued by Override and Evac. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Reverb looked on as Jolt communed with Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Red Alert determined that he may be able to retrieve the planet’s location from Jolt’s old data banks. Reverb was relieved that his memory core did not have to be searched, as Jolt had done all of the flying. He was shocked to learn that Mini-Cons' brains were very similar to humans'. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Reverb toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Minor God. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout-class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': ''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Reverb transforms into a pickup truck based on a Cadillac Escalade EXT. He was sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]], sold in the first wave of both Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' and Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toylines.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. ''Galaxy Force'' "Bumper" has far less orange paint on his chest, painting only the Mini-Con symbol and some of the detailing surrounding the pins that keep his arms attached to his torso. ''Cybertron'' "Reverb" instead paints almost the entire front chestplate solid orange.

: This mold was also used to make [[Plier]], [[Rockslide|Platinum Material]], [[Guardian Powered]], and [[Drivetrain (TF 2010)|Drivetrain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Reverb Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Bumper''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''2'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Reverb was sold in an individual box, packed with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being different "hubcaps" and blue-plastic biceps instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, where'd they go??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

==Notes==
* Reverb's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the large swathes of orange on his chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's much more sparse orange detailing... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Adams'''",<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> which was the Japanese name for [[The Transformers (franchise)|G1]] [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s; this toy ended up being named [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumper''' (バンパー ''Banpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumper''' (범퍼 ''Beompeo'')
*''Russian:'' '''Echo''' (Эхо)

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Jolt (Cybertron)

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Ratbat72!: added fictional appearance

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:''Jolt is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cybertron Jolt1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hero, avatar of Primus, key to the Giant Planet. Also a YouTube addict.]]
'''Jolt''' is the biggest geek you'll ever find. He spends hours surfing the Intarwebs soaking in [[Earth]] culture and catching up on all his favorite webcomics, making him a perfect companion to cinephile [[Bud Hansen]], whom he calls "Bud-Dude." (He doesn't realize how extremely dorky that sounds.) Despite how awkwardly he sometimes applies this knowledge, Jolt does know amazing amounts of trivia about [[Earth]]. Before the [[Unicron Singularity]]'s threat, however, Jolt claims to never have heard of the place, so how he arrived on the planet an expert is something to ponder.

Jolt possesses the ability to warp himself (and potentially beings very near him) from place to place by clasping his fingers together and spinning his rotors just so. He can't warp if his rotors are jammed or if he's in too small a space for them to have room to spin. This power comes in handy as he travels with [[Vector Prime]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], and the other two members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]].

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hōko Kuwashima]] (Japanese)|[[Fabrizio Mazzotta]] (Italian), [[Janne Porkka]] (Finnish), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian, 2nd dub), [[Cezary Kwiecinski]] (Polish), [[Pinky Rebucas]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Yoo Sang Woo]] (Korean), [[Yann Le Madic]] (French)}}

After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth Jolt, [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Jolt scanned a helicopter alternate mode. Jolt then recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Jolt subsequently aided his Autobot allies in constructing a secret base on Earth. After Lori criticized [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s initial design for the base, Jolt proposed an alternate design, more to her specifications. When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] were detected heading towards Earth once more, Jolt helped finish the base's stealth coating while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], and Vector Prime kept the villains at bay. The base was successfully shielded from enemy sensors, ensuring its continued concealment. {{storylink|Haven}}

Keeping a low profile proved to be difficult for many Autobot refugees on Earth, and so Jolt assisted Coby, Lori, and Bud in acclimating them to their new situation. Jolt contributed to the refugees' disguises by providing them with holographic drivers. {{storylink|Hidden}}

The Autobots, having secured their secret presence on Earth, next moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. Seeing as Jolt could only cover so much ground with his limited air-speed, he and Bud instead turned to the internet for leads. They found one pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]]. Arriving there in the dead of night, Jolt was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. The Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." The elder Cybertronian otherwise continued to scour the globe for the Omega Lock, leaving Jolt behind to analyze data on the "[[Atlantis Pattern]]" depicting it on many historical relics. Bud approached Jolt while he was attending to these duties, and begged the Mini-Con to take him up into space. Incapable of fulfilling the boy's wish himself, Jolt turned to Scattorshot and convinced him to take Bud up into orbit via the Autobots' space bridge. Though Jolt tried to keep a lid on Bud's venture, eventually Coby and Lori got him to spill the beans... and found that Scattorshot had run into trouble. A stray Decepticon shot had stranded Scattorshot and Bud in zero-gravity, with a limited supply of oxygen in their protective force-field. The Autobots out in the field were alerted to the situation, which only grew more dire as it unfolded. Thanks to a man-made satellite crashing into Jetfire as he tried to attend to them, Bud and Scattorshot were sent plummeting down at a dangerous speed. Before the duo impacted the ground, Jolt was able to fly up to them and opened one of his mini-dimensional gates. Through it, Bud and Scattorshot were safely teleported back to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Jolt and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After hearing the kids talk of their day out at the movies, Jolt asked if he could join them on their next outing. They approved, suggesting he pass himself off as a cosplaying fanboy to blend in with the other moviegoers. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a beacon depicting the Atlantis Pattern, emanating from some nearby woods. Jolt was the first on-scene, and discovered that the whole set-up was a Decepticon trick. He then pulled back to a safer distance, and warned his team when he noticed some humans inbound. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. {{storylink|Speed}}

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During some downtime, Jolt was happy to learn more about Earth by channel surfing, but the other Mini-Cons and the children soon grew bored. On Bud's suggestion, they all headed into town for "play-dates" at the children's houses. Jolt gave Lori a lift in his helicopter mode, but on their way Six-Speed and Reverb, then carrying Bud and Coby, were pulled over by the police. Jolt was unsure on how to deal with the situation, as interfering with the local authority was against his Prime Directive, but his passenger convinced him to bend the rules for the boys' sake. Jolt had Reverb and Six-Speed use their holographic displays to trick the officers into thinking the vehicles they had pulled over were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. With the officers sufficiently baffled by this turn of events, the group made good on their escape. Jolt joined Reverb, Coby and Bud at the Hansen household, where a collection of family photos grabbed his attention. The photos prompted a discussion on "family," and Coby explained the concept to the alien robot best he could. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having once more avoided being discovered by adults, Coby and Jolt enjoyed watching a sunset together, only for the moment to be spoiled by a tremor. After meeting back up with Lori and Six-Speed, Jolt contacted Optimus for help, and analyzed the source of the geological disturbance. His scans showed that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underground reservoir, which would flood [[Rockville]], to disastrous results. The Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town, but Coby was struck with inspiration. By pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, the Autobots allowed the terrain shift without endangering anyone. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Jolt accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to meet yet another dead end. The children had a brief discussion with Vector Prime on the subject of his temporal powers, during which Jolt joked that he had the ability to halt time. Vector Prime hushed him, saying that such abilities shouldn't be talked about in such levity, and the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. Finding the ruins they sought buried under the dunes, Jolt called headquarters for assistance, receiving it in the form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire. Once the ancient city was excavated, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within it! But before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire. Jolt instructed the children to run while he defended the Lock with Reverb and Six-Speed, but all three Mini-Cons were utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime made use of his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' death. As events played out again, Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb opted to run for cover alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Jolt was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

[[File:Jolt-avatar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Jolt traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Jolt, Six-Speed, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Jolt joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

[[File:Jolt gets freaked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Jolt, Reverb, and Six-Speed brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Jolt managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} Jolt gave Coby a bird's-eye view of the whole event by flying him over the race track. When Hot Shot got caught in a sand vortex, Jolt and Coby revealed their presence in order to help him out... only to find that Jolt couldn't fly low enough to offer assistance; the sand threatened to clog up his rotors. Thankfully [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], one of the Autobots' local allies, came to Hot Shot's aid. Unfortunately, [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], a local thug aligned with the Decepticons, also caught sight of the situation. Jolt stepped in once more, this time preventing any enemy fire from reaching Hot Shot, allowing the Autobot to finish the race. Having been found out by the rest of the Autobot team, Jolt was about to be sent back to Earth, only for Hot Shot to request he, Coby, and the other Mini-Cons be allowed to stay and help him in the final leg of the race. Optimus Prime allowed it. {{storylink|Sand}}

Unfortunately, it seemed at first that the Autobots wouldn't be able to participate in the final heat anyways; Hot Shot had sustained too much damage from the races leading up to it. Though Jetfire suggested that Jolt ride inside of Hot Shot's cockpit to make the constant adjustments necessary for maintaining him, Jolt was simply too bulky to fit within Hot Shot's vehicle mode. Coby volunteered for the task instead, and the rest of the team reluctantly allowed him to put himself at risk to achieve victory. But though Hot Shot did indeed win with Coby's help, Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal his trophy. While the Autobots fought off the Decepticons, Jolt took Coby to safety. They then returned to Earth with Override, now a part of the team proper, and inserted the first key in the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Jolt brought Bud and Coby to Jungle Planet after the Autobots drove off the Decepticons. He returned with the others to Earth and was confused as to why Coby was embarrassed about Professor Suzuki. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Jolt was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Jolt remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Jolt watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Jolt excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Jolt was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base.{{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Jolt in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Jolt quickly found Coby, Bud, and Lori and used his teleportation powers to break Coby out of the compound. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine, and Lori explained their connection to Professor Suzuki. Jolt attempted to contact the base, only to have his transmission intercepted by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], revealing the Autobot base. As the Decepticons converged on the base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Jolt was saddened at the prospect of leaving his friends. Before they could leave, Starscream captured Jetfire and the humans. Jolt teleported in and rescued them, allowing Optimus to confront Starscream. Later, Jolt was with the kids when Starscream targeted them with a missile. Optimus saved them, but Starscream used the distraction to grab both the keys and the Omega Lock.{{storylink|Retreat}} Jolt was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. When asked if he was homesick for Cybertron, Jolt revealed that he was not originally from Cybertron. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Jolt and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} The trio was evacuated to an air force base where Jolt helped repair them. Jolt tried to provide moral support to a nihilistic Scattorshot. After the injured Autobots were upgraded by the Omega Lock, Jolt opened a warp gate to transport them back into the fight. The surge in power allowed Franklin to locate the Omega Lock, and Jolt relayed the intel to Optimus.{{storylink|Critical}}

The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. Jolt used the base’s scanners to locate [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] and [[Lugnutz]] and watched as the battle unfolded. Jolt reported on the arrival of [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in Earth’s atmosphere. He later pulled up Wingsaber’s file and noted the numerous code violations. {{storylink|Assault}} Jolt and the other Mini-Cons helped the Cybertron Defense Team plot a safe path to Cybertron. Jolt explained to Coby that he could remotely drive a blinded Hot Shot from the base. After Starscream grew to a colossal size, Jolt deduced that he had absorbed some of Primus’s spark. He bemoaned that it would be next to impossible to recover the Omega Lock and that the battle may well destroy the Earth. Jolt and others advised the Cybertron Defense Team as they approached their homeworld. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} The Mini-Cons watched as the Cybertron Defense Team battled swarms of Scrapmetals. They nervously watched the battle against Starscream and were relieved when they finally defeated the villain {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} The kids and Mini-Cons remained at the base while everyone made their way to Cybertron. They attempted to help by coordinating communication. He and the others were overjoyed at the destruction of Megatron. The Mini-Cons gathered with the others at the core of Cybertron and witnessed Optimus load the Omega Lock into a special pedestal. Jolt was shocked when the whole planet began to shake and helped evacuate Coby. He stood in awe as Cybertron itself transformed into their very creator: Primus! {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Jolt and Coby surveyed the surface of the newly transformed Primus. After landing, Jolt nervously prepared to link directly to Primus. Via Jolt, Primus explained that the Black Hole was the result of the defeat of Unicron and that the only way to seal it was to restore him to his full power. This required finding the final Cyber Planet Key. Primus visually explained that the final Key was on the planet Gigantion that had been sucked into a new universe by a wormhole. After Primus returned to sleep, Jolt had no memory of what had happened. Vector Prime revealed that Gigantion was the Mini-Con’s homeworld and that he had encountered them adrift in space. Jolt was terrified at the prospect of Red Alert attempting to retrieve the planet's location from his old data banks, mostly because it tickled. Red Alert noted that Jolt’s brainwaves were more similar to a human’s than a Cybertronian’s, so the process would be long and difficult. When the Decepticons returned to cause trouble, Sideways used the distraction to scoop up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Balance}}

[[File:RansackCrumpleKidnap.jpg|left|215px|thumb|My sensors indicate that [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] looks like a [[wikia:animalcrossing:Gyroid (furniture)|gyroid]] in vehicle mode.]]
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{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}
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===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

===Legends World===
Jolt was among the Mini-Con toys stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The miracle acrylic bubble makes it possible. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004/2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]], Jolt transforms into a bubble-domed helicopter of made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger bots that have compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs. His entire torso is actually cast in green plastic but painted red. In an incredibly minor bit of potential mis-assembly, Jolt's rotor blades are assembled backwards from his show model.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions (both sold in the first wave of their respective lines) are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Hop" has red-painted feet where ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "Jolt" has unpainted plastic, plus Jolt has a small unpainted "window" on the back/underside of his bubble-dome.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bit]], [[Solar Flare|Platinum Factor]], [[Guardian Sky]], and [[Swashplate]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Jolt Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Hop''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Jolt comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum. His propeller blade comes unassembled in-box, and the peg is held in place by simple friction (thus allowing you to put it on in the show-accurate position if you care). Sadly, this peg is about ''4'' mm wide, so no using the blade as a [[5 mm post|mounted weapon]] on other figures.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. As such, his body and feet are actually cast in red plastic rather than green plastic painted red, though he inexplicably has a green patch of paint on his... well, groin... to match the ''unpainted'' plastic patch on the original. A side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout, too many to really get into.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Jolt is the stealthy-looking one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration. This time, Jolt's rotor blade is assembled in the show-style position.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Shadow Recon Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

==Notes==
* Jolt's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' version's coloration, with the dark gray feet, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' red... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* Speaking of odd and show models, the model replicates Jolt's [[Paint operation|paint application]]s ''precisely''... down to the unpainted green plastic on the thin edges of his predominantly-red torso.
* A Japanese working name for the character was given as "'''JT'''" in one chart.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hop''' (ホップ ''Hoppu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Forgó''' ("Spinner", 1st ''Cybertron'' dub), '''Jolt''' (''[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]'' DVD), '''Sokk''' ("Shock", 2nd ''Cybertron'' dub)
*''Korean:'' '''Hop''' (홉 ''Hob'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Primus]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Backstop (Cybertron)

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:''Backstop is an [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]]ian [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[File:Cyb-Backstop01.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Short, wide rhino seeks chick for long walks on beach, eating parasites off hide.]]
A wise elder of [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]], the Jungle Planet, '''Backstop''' sought enlightenment beyond the boundaries of his world. But when he returned, he found himself focused not on the things he'd learned offworld, but on the strife of his people. Thus, he attempted to teach a new generation of Transformers what he learned and the ways of peace, only to see his brightest pupil, [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], succumb to the evils of tyranny.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Reborn''===
[[File:Beast Wars Reborn Backstop Optimus Primal.jpg|thumb|left]]
Backstop was an environmental ranger on Animatron. One day, when a [[Optimus Primal (BW)|foreign gorilla Transformer]] was knocked aside by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] in the dragon's fight with a [[bear Transformer]], Backstop went to the gorilla's aid and introduced himself. {{storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}}
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===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Masahiko Tanaka]] (Japanese)|[[Jari Salo]] (Finnish), [[Wolf Frass]] (German), [[Salvador Serrano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Jhonny Torres]] (Latin-American Spanish, episode 11), [[Rolman Bastidas]] (Latin-American Spanish, episode 14), [[Zoltán Tóth]] (Hungarian, 1st dub), [[Gwangju Jeon]] (Korean)}}
[[File:Backstop-Savage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
Years ago, Backstop sought to teach the young warriors of [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] the ways of peace and the honorable warrior. Their planet had long since been ravaged by raiders, and he thought that this new philosophy of "peaceful aggression" would usher in a new age for their people. His students included both [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] and [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]]. To them, he was like a father, and his charges saw one another as brothers.

However, their bond was torn apart when Scourge resolved to take the fight to the raiders. Backstop protested this, saying that Scourge would begin a cycle of vengeance that would only lead to more pain. Scourge left his master's side, and Snarl went with him, deciding to stand by his friend rather than his master.

Backstop's words would ring true; after Scourge defeated the raiders, his honor and decency began to fade, and the dragon-bot had all of Jungle Planet in his iron-fisted grip. What had began as a fight for peace turned into a dictatorship. {{storylink|Honor}}

[[File:Cyb Ep11 Backstop Intro.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Because [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]] was already taken.]]
Years later, Backstop encountered [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]], who had been weakened by the harsh environment of Jungle Planet. Surprised by the fact that Overhaul could turn into a vehicle rather than a beast (though he did recognize the form), Backstop would later learn that Overhaul was in fact from the Transformers' ancient world of Cybertron. {{storylink|Deep}} With Snarl's help, Backstop managed to secure an audience with Scourge. Overhaul would be able to request the Cyber Planet Key from the planet's leader in order to neutralize a black hole threatening the universe. Unfortunately, Overhaul was too forward in his demands. Though Backstop tried his best to have the conversation remain civilized, Overhaul and Scourge soon came to blows. {{storylink|Race}} Backstop urged Overhaul to stand down from the fight, but the Autobot wouldn't hear it. As Backstop warned, Scourge turned out to simply be too powerful during Overhaul's first bout against him... though by tapping into Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key, Overhaul managed to upgrade himself into the more formidable "Leobreaker." {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}}

[[File:Cyb ep11 meet the locals.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]

[[Vector Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] next arrived on Jungle Planet, and Backstop helped explain what had come to pass for Overhaul to become Leobreaker to the newcomers. Backstop became affiliated with the Autobots just in time for Scourge and his entourage to turn up and force the off-worlders from both factions against one-another. Backstop managed to prevent Snarl from being taken away for execution while Optimus and the others clashed, eventually emerging victorious from the confrontation when the Autobot leader combined with Leobreaker into their "Savage Claw mode." {{storylink|Savage}} The Autobots were lured into another confrontation against the Decepticons by the trickster Sideways. This brawl was brought to an end once more by Optimus and Leobreaker, and the Autobots interrogated Sideways after pinning him down. Sideways offered a story that he was an undercover Autobot agent, but none of the Autobots fell for his lie. He managed to get away from them nonetheless when a call from Speed Planet distracted the whole team. {{storylink|Sand}}

Backstop eventually told Scourge's story to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to give him a better understanding of Jungle Planet's hierarchy. With the insight given by Backstop's tale, Optimus resolved to meet Scourge on the dragon-bot's own terms. {{storylink|Honor}} Backstop witnessed the opening of the space bridge over Jungle Planet, revealing the menace of the [[Unicron Singularity|Black Hole]]. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} After a time, even Backstop learned that one had to fight at some point, and he went to tell Scourge that Optimus would be challenging him. At the same time, Backstop reminded Scourge that Optimus fought for the things Scourge had forgotten.

Optimus and Leobreaker defeated Scourge, and afterwards, Backstop helped the Autobots in their attempt to get Jungle Planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]] off the planet. He would remain on his homeworld, even after Scourge left to seek vengeance on Optimus, though he did see the effects of the [[Unicron Singularity|Black Hole]] when a [[space bridge]] appeared over his world.

Much later, Backstop joined the multi-world alliance and rushed to help Scourge (who had learned the error of his ways) to right the massive engine that was meant to restore Jungle Planet to its rightful position in space. {{storylink|Unfinished}} He then oversaw a tournament to decide the new leader of Jungle Planet and declared Scourge the rightful and honorable ruler.

Afterwards, Backstop decided to join the crew of the ''[[Hyperborea (Cybertron)|Hyperborea]]''. When it departed, he told [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] that "sometimes the path to enlightenment leads away from home." {{storylink|Beginning}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Primal (Cybertron)|Primal}} {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}}}}

===Hasbro bio and key code info===
Backstop is a Transformer who once relied on anger until he traveled the galaxy, learning the way of the warrior from [[Bludgeon (Cybertron)|Bludgeon]] and [[Banzai-Tron (Cybertron)|Banzai-Tron]]. He returned and was eventually defeated in battle by Scourge. He sought to destroy the dragon-bot, having learned the true value of life—life that Scourge does not honor.

Eventually, Leobreaker taught him how to play [[baseball]].

{{Note|Hasbro's bio presents a very different image of Backstop from the one portrayed on the show. However, the text in his key-code information is more in line with the TV series and also somewhat ties in with his comment about having seen vehicular Transformers prior in his life.}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
It was on [[Klo]] that Backstop met Banzai-Tron and Bludgeon. Banzai-Tron was an elderly bot, not long for the cosmos, and Backstop became his last student. He learned much from them, not only martial arts but also philosophy. He noted their vehicle forms with interest, but they were reluctant to speak of their history other than to say that their homes "were not worth travelling to." When Banzai-Tron passed, Backstop left Bludgeon to grieve privately and continued his journey through the galaxy, teaching others the lessons he had been taught. His students eventually included Scourge's former bodyguard, [[Shrapnel (Cybertron)|Shrapnel]], as well as the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Dragoyell]], [[Kobushi]], [[Hyakurai]], [[Ichibi]], and [[Mugen]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/29}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.7}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] noted that both the Animatron Autobot Backstop and the [[Mini-Con]] [[Backstop (Universe)|Backstop]] existed in [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 23/6/2015}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[File:GalaxyForce Saidos toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yup. Definitely related to [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. (''Takara version pictured'')]]
[[File:Cybertron Backstop toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He has two left feet in every mode! (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Backstop''' (Scout class, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-15'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[April 14]], [[2005]]
:*''Accessories'': Jungle Planet Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''stw7'''
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Tim Bradley]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the "Jungle Planet" theme, Backstop transforms into a robotic rhinoceros. In either mode, inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the key slot on the back of his rhino-head activates his spring-loaded ramming horn, which extends outward (but does not actually launch). He features minimal articulation in the arms and rather useless joints in the legs, which only move outwards.

: There are several notable differences between the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] releases of Backstop. Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Saidos" is overall lighter, with a mainly medium-gray body, silvery [[beast mode]] legs, plus coppery plastic and paint deco. Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "Backstop" uses a darker gray with a bit of purple tint for the main body, with medium-gray legs and a more yellow-gold on the accenting. And of course, Backstop's Cyber Key has a [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] stamped on its back.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|the 2010 ''Transformers'' series]] [[Backstop (TF 2010)|Backstop]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Backstop/backstop.htm More information on Backstop at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act339/ Saidos gallery at TF Kenkon]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:TFU03-toy CybBackstop.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Please buy me.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Backstop''' (Scout, 2007)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Jungle Planet style Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''stw7'''

: Backstop was one of several ''Cybertron'' Scout-class toys also made available on ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' cardbacks, and sold through discount chains like Kay-Bee Toy Works. This version is unchanged from the ''Cybertron'' release.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:TFU08-toy BackstopCyb.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Please...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Backstop''' (Scout, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': Cybertron Series
:*''Accessories'': Jungle Planet style Cyber Key
:*''Cyber Key Code'': '''stw7'''

: Backstop would see a straight re-release ''again'' in the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' toyline]], though oddly enough not until well after the line had vanished from shelves. Backstop, [[Brushguard#Toys|Brushguard]] and [[Brakedown (Cybertron)#Toys|Brakedown]] appeared as a special display in late 2010 at [[Walmart]] stores, with a price tag of a whopping $4 a pop.
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==Notes==
[[File:BackstopArm.jpg|thumb|He only wanted a hug.]]

* Backstop's Japanese name is a "coolification" of ''sai'', the Japanese word for "rhinoceros". Think of it as the Japanese equivalent of the name "[[Rhinox (disambiguation)|Rhinox]]" - indeed, "Rinox" (''sic'') was a preliminary name for the character.<ref>[https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125 A mysterious document.]</ref>
* Backstop had a normal left arm that unfolded from the back of the rhino very far into the design process, so far as to have a complete sculpt made. According to Hasbro employees, this was changed into his less human-like scooped arm design so that the rhino mode wouldn't appear to have a fist emerging from its rear.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Saidos''' (サイドス ''Saidosu'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Kangar'''' (Կանգառ, "Backstop")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Bujkáló''' ("Hider")
*''Korean:'' '''Saidos''' (사이도스 ''Saidoseu'')

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars Transformers]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Elderly Transformers]]
[[Category:Jungle Planet]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Reverb (Cybertron)

2025-09-10T18:28:47Z

Ratbat72!: added fictional appearance

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{{disambig3|Reverb}}
:''Reverb is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybReverb01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]
'''Reverb''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with [[Vector Prime]].
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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Reverb scanned a pickup alternate mode. While Reverb and Six-Speed hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of ongoing efforts to keep the many Autobot refugees on Earth hidden from the locals, the kids went out to teach them how to properly behave when in their vehicle modes. The children's initial attempts drew too much attention to both themselves and the refugees however, and Reverb looked on in silence as Jetfire chided Coby, Lori, and Bud for their blunder. {{storylink|Hidden}} Once the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]], where Reverb met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Reverb stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Reverb and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Reverb was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 happy family.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Reverb was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Reverb and Six-Speed, then giving a ride to Coby and Bud respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Reverb went to the Hansen household, where Bud showed him some of his favorite ninja movies. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having again avoided being discovered by adults, Reverb and Bud went about goofing off some more, pretending to be ninjas themselves. Their fun was interrupted yet again, this time by a tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Reverb accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Reverb was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Reverb traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Reverb, Six-Speed, Jolt, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Reverb joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Reverb managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Reverb and Six-Speed remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Reverb grew resentful that the kids weren't riding with them anymore, and suggested that Suzuki was really an alien cyborg, out to kidnap their friends. Telling him he had been watching too many sci-fi movies with Bud, Jolt assured him that it was unlikely this was the case. Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2thumb|Fancy meeting you here.]]
Reverb arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth.{{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Reverb was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The Key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Reverb remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Reverb watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Reverb excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Reverb was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Reverb in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Reverb quickly found the kids and drove off with Bud. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Reverb was visiably upset at the news. {{storylink|Retreat}} Reverb was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Reverb and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Reverb watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}} The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} {{storylink|Balance}} {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Reverb toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Minor God. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout-class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': ''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Reverb transforms into a pickup truck based on a Cadillac Escalade EXT. He was sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]], sold in the first wave of both Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' and Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toylines.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. ''Galaxy Force'' "Bumper" has far less orange paint on his chest, painting only the Mini-Con symbol and some of the detailing surrounding the pins that keep his arms attached to his torso. ''Cybertron'' "Reverb" instead paints almost the entire front chestplate solid orange.

: This mold was also used to make [[Plier]], [[Rockslide|Platinum Material]], [[Guardian Powered]], and [[Drivetrain (TF 2010)|Drivetrain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Reverb Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Bumper''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''2'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Reverb was sold in an individual box, packed with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being different "hubcaps" and blue-plastic biceps instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, where'd they go??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

==Notes==
* Reverb's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the large swathes of orange on his chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's much more sparse orange detailing... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Adams'''",<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> which was the Japanese name for [[The Transformers (franchise)|G1]] [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s; this toy ended up being named [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumper''' (バンパー ''Banpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumper''' (범퍼 ''Beompeo'')
*''Russian:'' '''Echo''' (Эхо)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Six-Speed (Cybertron)

2025-09-10T18:24:24Z

Ratbat72!: added fictional appearance

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{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Six-Speed (BWU)}}
:''Six-Speed is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybSixSpeed01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I just want some pants. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!]]
'''Six-Speed''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's a curious sort, and often fairly sensitive. The mysteries of his new human friends' behaviors fascinate him, which has led to some embarrassing moments, like his attempt to figure out why humans wear clothes.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Six-Speed, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Six-Speed scanned a racecar alternate mode. While Six-Speed and Reverb hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of an ongoing effort to aid Autobot refugees in staying hidden from the locals, Six-Speed provided them with scans of mundane vehicle, replacing flashier alternate modes that drew too much attention to themselves. {{storylink|Hidden (Cybertron)|Hidden}} After the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in Mexico, where Six-Speed met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Six-Speed stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Six-Speed and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Six-Speed was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 sad story.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|It was at this moment Six-Speed found out ''Catcher in the Rye'' wasn't as dirty as he thought it would be...]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Six-Speed was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Six-Speed and Reverb, then giving a ride to Bud and Coby respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Six-Speed went to Lori's house, where he found a copy of "[[The Little Match Girl]]," a story which brought him to tears. As Lori comforted her sensitive Mini-Con friend, he detected a nearby geological disturbance. Lori and Six-Speed met back up with the Hansen boys and the other Mini-Cons, who had also sensed the tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Six-Speed accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Six-Speed was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Six-Speed traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Six-Speed, Jolt, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Six-Speed joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Six-Speed managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Six-Speed and Reverb remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Six-Speed arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} He was present when the Autobots added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock.The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where the Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one." Afterward, he remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. When the team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave, the Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream. {{storylink|Trap}} Six-Speed watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Six-Speed excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Six-Speed was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Six-Speed in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Six-Speed quickly found the kids and drove off with Lori. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Six-Speed was visiably upset at the news.{{storylink|Retreat}} Six-Speed was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Six-Speed and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Six-Speed watched Vector Prime evacuate the wounded trio. {{storylink|Critical}} The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. {{storylink|Assault}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} {{storylink|Balance}} {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Family}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Giant}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Six-Speed toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Greenmobile. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Six-Speed transforms into a Toyota GT-One Le Mans style race car. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger toys with compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' "Blit" has white paint on his car-mode hood that Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Cybertron]]'' "Six-Speed" lacks, while Six-Speed has added racing-arrow deco on his car-mode roof that Blit lacks.

: In both markets, he was only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]].

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Six-Speed (BWU)|Six-Speed]]. This mold was also used to make [[Socket]], [[Hydroplane|Platinum Element]], [[Guardian Speed]] and [[Brake-Neck (TF 2010)|Brake-Neck]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/SixSpeed/sixspeed.htm More info on Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy SixSpeed Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Blit''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Six-Speed comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being the lack of a "catch" on the back part of the car canopy and a green-plastic connector-joint at the neck instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now ready for shadowy, under-handed dealings in seedy alleys.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Six-Speed/six-speed.htm More info on Shadow Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

==Notes==
* Six-Speed's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the dark green-gray chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's white.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Warpath'''".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> The Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s, and this presumably would've been another example.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blit''' (ブリット ''Buritto'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blit''' (브릿트 ''Beulisteu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Shestiskorostnoy''' (Шестискоростной, "Six-Speed")

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Jolt (Cybertron)

2025-09-10T18:19:23Z

Ratbat72!: added fictional appearance

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:''Jolt is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cybertron Jolt1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hero, avatar of Primus, key to the Giant Planet. Also a YouTube addict.]]
'''Jolt''' is the biggest geek you'll ever find. He spends hours surfing the Intarwebs soaking in [[Earth]] culture and catching up on all his favorite webcomics, making him a perfect companion to cinephile [[Bud Hansen]], whom he calls "Bud-Dude." (He doesn't realize how extremely dorky that sounds.) Despite how awkwardly he sometimes applies this knowledge, Jolt does know amazing amounts of trivia about [[Earth]]. Before the [[Unicron Singularity]]'s threat, however, Jolt claims to never have heard of the place, so how he arrived on the planet an expert is something to ponder.

Jolt possesses the ability to warp himself (and potentially beings very near him) from place to place by clasping his fingers together and spinning his rotors just so. He can't warp if his rotors are jammed or if he's in too small a space for them to have room to spin. This power comes in handy as he travels with [[Vector Prime]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], and the other two members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]].

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hōko Kuwashima]] (Japanese)|[[Fabrizio Mazzotta]] (Italian), [[Janne Porkka]] (Finnish), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian, 2nd dub), [[Cezary Kwiecinski]] (Polish), [[Pinky Rebucas]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Yoo Sang Woo]] (Korean), [[Yann Le Madic]] (French)}}

After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth Jolt, [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Jolt scanned a helicopter alternate mode. Jolt then recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Jolt subsequently aided his Autobot allies in constructing a secret base on Earth. After Lori criticized [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s initial design for the base, Jolt proposed an alternate design, more to her specifications. When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] were detected heading towards Earth once more, Jolt helped finish the base's stealth coating while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], and Vector Prime kept the villains at bay. The base was successfully shielded from enemy sensors, ensuring its continued concealment. {{storylink|Haven}}

Keeping a low profile proved to be difficult for many Autobot refugees on Earth, and so Jolt assisted Coby, Lori, and Bud in acclimating them to their new situation. Jolt contributed to the refugees' disguises by providing them with holographic drivers. {{storylink|Hidden}}

The Autobots, having secured their secret presence on Earth, next moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. Seeing as Jolt could only cover so much ground with his limited air-speed, he and Bud instead turned to the internet for leads. They found one pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]]. Arriving there in the dead of night, Jolt was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. The Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." The elder Cybertronian otherwise continued to scour the globe for the Omega Lock, leaving Jolt behind to analyze data on the "[[Atlantis Pattern]]" depicting it on many historical relics. Bud approached Jolt while he was attending to these duties, and begged the Mini-Con to take him up into space. Incapable of fulfilling the boy's wish himself, Jolt turned to Scattorshot and convinced him to take Bud up into orbit via the Autobots' space bridge. Though Jolt tried to keep a lid on Bud's venture, eventually Coby and Lori got him to spill the beans... and found that Scattorshot had run into trouble. A stray Decepticon shot had stranded Scattorshot and Bud in zero-gravity, with a limited supply of oxygen in their protective force-field. The Autobots out in the field were alerted to the situation, which only grew more dire as it unfolded. Thanks to a man-made satellite crashing into Jetfire as he tried to attend to them, Bud and Scattorshot were sent plummeting down at a dangerous speed. Before the duo impacted the ground, Jolt was able to fly up to them and opened one of his mini-dimensional gates. Through it, Bud and Scattorshot were safely teleported back to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Jolt and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After hearing the kids talk of their day out at the movies, Jolt asked if he could join them on their next outing. They approved, suggesting he pass himself off as a cosplaying fanboy to blend in with the other moviegoers. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a beacon depicting the Atlantis Pattern, emanating from some nearby woods. Jolt was the first on-scene, and discovered that the whole set-up was a Decepticon trick. He then pulled back to a safer distance, and warned his team when he noticed some humans inbound. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 hiding in closet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
During some downtime, Jolt was happy to learn more about Earth by channel surfing, but the other Mini-Cons and the children soon grew bored. On Bud's suggestion, they all headed into town for "play-dates" at the children's houses. Jolt gave Lori a lift in his helicopter mode, but on their way Six-Speed and Reverb, then carrying Bud and Coby, were pulled over by the police. Jolt was unsure on how to deal with the situation, as interfering with the local authority was against his Prime Directive, but his passenger convinced him to bend the rules for the boys' sake. Jolt had Reverb and Six-Speed use their holographic displays to trick the officers into thinking the vehicles they had pulled over were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. With the officers sufficiently baffled by this turn of events, the group made good on their escape. Jolt joined Reverb, Coby and Bud at the Hansen household, where a collection of family photos grabbed his attention. The photos prompted a discussion on "family," and Coby explained the concept to the alien robot best he could. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having once more avoided being discovered by adults, Coby and Jolt enjoyed watching a sunset together, only for the moment to be spoiled by a tremor. After meeting back up with Lori and Six-Speed, Jolt contacted Optimus for help, and analyzed the source of the geological disturbance. His scans showed that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underground reservoir, which would flood [[Rockville]], to disastrous results. The Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town, but Coby was struck with inspiration. By pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, the Autobots allowed the terrain shift without endangering anyone. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Jolt accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to meet yet another dead end. The children had a brief discussion with Vector Prime on the subject of his temporal powers, during which Jolt joked that he had the ability to halt time. Vector Prime hushed him, saying that such abilities shouldn't be talked about in such levity, and the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. Finding the ruins they sought buried under the dunes, Jolt called headquarters for assistance, receiving it in the form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire. Once the ancient city was excavated, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within it! But before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire. Jolt instructed the children to run while he defended the Lock with Reverb and Six-Speed, but all three Mini-Cons were utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime made use of his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' death. As events played out again, Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb opted to run for cover alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Jolt was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

[[File:Jolt-avatar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Jolt traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Jolt, Six-Speed, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Jolt joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

[[File:Jolt gets freaked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Jolt, Reverb, and Six-Speed brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Jolt managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} Jolt gave Coby a bird's-eye view of the whole event by flying him over the race track. When Hot Shot got caught in a sand vortex, Jolt and Coby revealed their presence in order to help him out... only to find that Jolt couldn't fly low enough to offer assistance; the sand threatened to clog up his rotors. Thankfully [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], one of the Autobots' local allies, came to Hot Shot's aid. Unfortunately, [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], a local thug aligned with the Decepticons, also caught sight of the situation. Jolt stepped in once more, this time preventing any enemy fire from reaching Hot Shot, allowing the Autobot to finish the race. Having been found out by the rest of the Autobot team, Jolt was about to be sent back to Earth, only for Hot Shot to request he, Coby, and the other Mini-Cons be allowed to stay and help him in the final leg of the race. Optimus Prime allowed it. {{storylink|Sand}}

Unfortunately, it seemed at first that the Autobots wouldn't be able to participate in the final heat anyways; Hot Shot had sustained too much damage from the races leading up to it. Though Jetfire suggested that Jolt ride inside of Hot Shot's cockpit to make the constant adjustments necessary for maintaining him, Jolt was simply too bulky to fit within Hot Shot's vehicle mode. Coby volunteered for the task instead, and the rest of the team reluctantly allowed him to put himself at risk to achieve victory. But though Hot Shot did indeed win with Coby's help, Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal his trophy. While the Autobots fought off the Decepticons, Jolt took Coby to safety. They then returned to Earth with Override, now a part of the team proper, and inserted the first key in the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Jolt brought Bud and Coby to Jungle Planet after the Autobots drove off the Decepticons. He returned with the others to Earth and was confused as to why Coby was embarrassed about Professor Suzuki. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Jolt was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Jolt remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Jolt watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Jolt excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Jolt was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base.{{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Jolt in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Jolt quickly found Coby, Bud, and Lori and used his teleportation powers to break Coby out of the compound. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine, and Lori explained their connection to Professor Suzuki. Jolt attempted to contact the base, only to have his transmission intercepted by Sideways, revealing the Autobot base. As the Decepticons converged on the base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Jolt was saddened at the prospect of leaving his friends. Before they could leave, Starscream captured Jetfire and the humans. Jolt teleported in and rescued them, allowing Optimus to confront Starscream. Later, Jolt was with the kids when Starscream targeted them with a missile. Optimus saved them, but Starscream used the distraction to grab both the keys and the Omega Lock.{{storylink|Retreat}} Jolt was present when Franklin approached the Autobots to meet Evac. When asked if he was homesick for Cybertron, Jolt revealed that he was not originally from Cybertron. He was also in the base when the team received instructions to bring the Omega Lock to the core of Cybertron. When Megatron and the Decepticons arrived on Earth to battle Starscream, the Autobots intercepted them. Jolt and the others watched the battle from outside a cloaking shield. During the fight, Megatron gravely wounded Hot Shot, Scattorshot, and Red Alert. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} The trio was evacuated to an air force base where Jolt helped repair them. Jolt tried to provide moral support to a nihilistic Scattorshot. After the injured Autobots were upgraded by the Omega Lock, Jolt opened a warp gate to transport them back into the fight. The surge in power allowed Franklin to locate the Omega Lock, and Jolt relayed the intel to Optimus.{{storylink|Critical}} The kids and Mini-Cons were put in charge of the base while the Autobots assaulted Starscream’s island. Jolt used the base’s scanners to locate [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] and [[Lugnutz]] and watched as the battle unfolded. Jolt reported on the arrival of [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in Earth’s atmosphere. He later pulled up Wingsaber’s file and noted the numerous code violations. {{storylink|Assault}}

[[File:RansackCrumpleKidnap.jpg|left|215px|thumb|My sensors indicate that [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] looks like a [[wikia:animalcrossing:Gyroid (furniture)|gyroid]] in vehicle mode.]]
[[File:Cyb ep51 peace conference.jpg|right|215px|thumb]]
{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} {{storylink|Balance}} {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}
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===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

===Legends World===
Jolt was among the Mini-Con toys stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The miracle acrylic bubble makes it possible. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004/2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]], Jolt transforms into a bubble-domed helicopter of made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger bots that have compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs. His entire torso is actually cast in green plastic but painted red. In an incredibly minor bit of potential mis-assembly, Jolt's rotor blades are assembled backwards from his show model.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions (both sold in the first wave of their respective lines) are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Hop" has red-painted feet where ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "Jolt" has unpainted plastic, plus Jolt has a small unpainted "window" on the back/underside of his bubble-dome.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bit]], [[Solar Flare|Platinum Factor]], [[Guardian Sky]], and [[Swashplate]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Jolt Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Hop''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Jolt comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum. His propeller blade comes unassembled in-box, and the peg is held in place by simple friction (thus allowing you to put it on in the show-accurate position if you care). Sadly, this peg is about ''4'' mm wide, so no using the blade as a [[5 mm post|mounted weapon]] on other figures.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. As such, his body and feet are actually cast in red plastic rather than green plastic painted red, though he inexplicably has a green patch of paint on his... well, groin... to match the ''unpainted'' plastic patch on the original. A side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout, too many to really get into.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Jolt is the stealthy-looking one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration. This time, Jolt's rotor blade is assembled in the show-style position.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Shadow Recon Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

==Notes==
* Jolt's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' version's coloration, with the dark gray feet, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' red... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* Speaking of odd and show models, the model replicates Jolt's [[Paint operation|paint application]]s ''precisely''... down to the unpainted green plastic on the thin edges of his predominantly-red torso.
* A Japanese working name for the character was given as "'''JT'''" in one chart.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hop''' (ホップ ''Hoppu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Forgó''' ("Spinner", 1st ''Cybertron'' dub), '''Jolt''' (''[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]'' DVD), '''Sokk''' ("Shock", 2nd ''Cybertron'' dub)
*''Korean:'' '''Hop''' (홉 ''Hob'')

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Primus]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Reverb (Cybertron)

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{{disambig3|Reverb}}
:''Reverb is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybReverb01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]
'''Reverb''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with [[Vector Prime]].
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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Reverb scanned a pickup alternate mode. While Reverb and Six-Speed hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of ongoing efforts to keep the many Autobot refugees on Earth hidden from the locals, the kids went out to teach them how to properly behave when in their vehicle modes. The children's initial attempts drew too much attention to both themselves and the refugees however, and Reverb looked on in silence as Jetfire chided Coby, Lori, and Bud for their blunder. {{storylink|Hidden}} Once the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]], where Reverb met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Reverb stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Reverb and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Reverb was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 happy family.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Reverb was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Reverb and Six-Speed, then giving a ride to Coby and Bud respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Reverb went to the Hansen household, where Bud showed him some of his favorite ninja movies. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having again avoided being discovered by adults, Reverb and Bud went about goofing off some more, pretending to be ninjas themselves. Their fun was interrupted yet again, this time by a tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Reverb accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Reverb was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Reverb traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Reverb, Six-Speed, Jolt, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Reverb joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Reverb managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Reverb and Six-Speed remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Reverb grew resentful that the kids weren't riding with them anymore, and suggested that Suzuki was really an alien cyborg, out to kidnap their friends. Telling him he had been watching too many sci-fi movies with Bud, Jolt assured him that it was unlikely this was the case. Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2thumb|Fancy meeting you here.]]
Reverb arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth.{{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Reverb was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The Key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Reverb remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Reverb watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Reverb excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Reverb was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Reverb in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Reverb quickly found the kids and drove off with Bud. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Reverb was visiably upset at the news. {{storylink|Retreat}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Critical}} {{storylink|Assault}} {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} {{storylink|Balance}} {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Reverb toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Minor God. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout-class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': ''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Reverb transforms into a pickup truck based on a Cadillac Escalade EXT. He was sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]], sold in the first wave of both Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' and Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toylines.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. ''Galaxy Force'' "Bumper" has far less orange paint on his chest, painting only the Mini-Con symbol and some of the detailing surrounding the pins that keep his arms attached to his torso. ''Cybertron'' "Reverb" instead paints almost the entire front chestplate solid orange.

: This mold was also used to make [[Plier]], [[Rockslide|Platinum Material]], [[Guardian Powered]], and [[Drivetrain (TF 2010)|Drivetrain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Reverb Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Bumper''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''2'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Reverb was sold in an individual box, packed with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being different "hubcaps" and blue-plastic biceps instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, where'd they go??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

==Notes==
* Reverb's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the large swathes of orange on his chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's much more sparse orange detailing... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Adams'''",<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> which was the Japanese name for [[The Transformers (franchise)|G1]] [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s; this toy ended up being named [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumper''' (バンパー ''Banpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumper''' (범퍼 ''Beompeo'')
*''Russian:'' '''Echo''' (Эхо)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Six-Speed (Cybertron)

2025-09-09T19:14:09Z

Ratbat72!: added image

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{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Six-Speed (BWU)}}
:''Six-Speed is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybSixSpeed01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I just want some pants. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!]]
'''Six-Speed''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's a curious sort, and often fairly sensitive. The mysteries of his new human friends' behaviors fascinate him, which has led to some embarrassing moments, like his attempt to figure out why humans wear clothes.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Six-Speed, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Six-Speed scanned a racecar alternate mode. While Six-Speed and Reverb hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of an ongoing effort to aid Autobot refugees in staying hidden from the locals, Six-Speed provided them with scans of mundane vehicle, replacing flashier alternate modes that drew too much attention to themselves. {{storylink|Hidden (Cybertron)|Hidden}} After the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in Mexico, where Six-Speed met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Six-Speed stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Six-Speed and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Six-Speed was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 sad story.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|It was at this moment Six-Speed found out ''Catcher in the Rye'' wasn't as dirty as he thought it would be...]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Six-Speed was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Six-Speed and Reverb, then giving a ride to Bud and Coby respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Six-Speed went to Lori's house, where he found a copy of "[[The Little Match Girl]]," a story which brought him to tears. As Lori comforted her sensitive Mini-Con friend, he detected a nearby geological disturbance. Lori and Six-Speed met back up with the Hansen boys and the other Mini-Cons, who had also sensed the tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Six-Speed accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Six-Speed was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Six-Speed traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Six-Speed, Jolt, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Six-Speed joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Six-Speed managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Six-Speed and Reverb remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[File:Cyb ep24 franklin vs kids.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Six-Speed arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} He was present when the Autobots added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock.The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where the Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one." Afterward, he remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. When the team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave, the Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream. {{storylink|Trap}} Six-Speed watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Six-Speed excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Six-Speed was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Six-Speed in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Six-Speed quickly found the kids and drove off with Lori. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Six-Speed was visiably upset at the news.{{storylink|Retreat}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Critical}} {{storylink|Assault}} {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} {{storylink|Balance}} {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Family}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Giant}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Six-Speed toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Greenmobile. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Six-Speed transforms into a Toyota GT-One Le Mans style race car. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger toys with compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' "Blit" has white paint on his car-mode hood that Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Cybertron]]'' "Six-Speed" lacks, while Six-Speed has added racing-arrow deco on his car-mode roof that Blit lacks.

: In both markets, he was only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]].

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Six-Speed (BWU)|Six-Speed]]. This mold was also used to make [[Socket]], [[Hydroplane|Platinum Element]], [[Guardian Speed]] and [[Brake-Neck (TF 2010)|Brake-Neck]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/SixSpeed/sixspeed.htm More info on Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy SixSpeed Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Blit''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Six-Speed comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being the lack of a "catch" on the back part of the car canopy and a green-plastic connector-joint at the neck instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now ready for shadowy, under-handed dealings in seedy alleys.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Six-Speed/six-speed.htm More info on Shadow Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

==Notes==
* Six-Speed's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the dark green-gray chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's white.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Warpath'''".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> The Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s, and this presumably would've been another example.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blit''' (ブリット ''Buritto'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blit''' (브릿트 ''Beulisteu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Shestiskorostnoy''' (Шестискоростной, "Six-Speed")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Jolt (Cybertron)

2025-09-09T19:12:45Z

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{{picsneeded|Shadow toy, fiction, show model's green}}
{{disambig3|Jolt}}
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:''Jolt is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cybertron Jolt1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hero, avatar of Primus, key to the Giant Planet. Also a YouTube addict.]]
'''Jolt''' is the biggest geek you'll ever find. He spends hours surfing the Intarwebs soaking in [[Earth]] culture and catching up on all his favorite webcomics, making him a perfect companion to cinephile [[Bud Hansen]], whom he calls "Bud-Dude." (He doesn't realize how extremely dorky that sounds.) Despite how awkwardly he sometimes applies this knowledge, Jolt does know amazing amounts of trivia about [[Earth]]. Before the [[Unicron Singularity]]'s threat, however, Jolt claims to never have heard of the place, so how he arrived on the planet an expert is something to ponder.

Jolt possesses the ability to warp himself (and potentially beings very near him) from place to place by clasping his fingers together and spinning his rotors just so. He can't warp if his rotors are jammed or if he's in too small a space for them to have room to spin. This power comes in handy as he travels with [[Vector Prime]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], and the other two members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]].

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hōko Kuwashima]] (Japanese)|[[Fabrizio Mazzotta]] (Italian), [[Janne Porkka]] (Finnish), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian, 2nd dub), [[Cezary Kwiecinski]] (Polish), [[Pinky Rebucas]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Yoo Sang Woo]] (Korean), [[Yann Le Madic]] (French)}}

After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth Jolt, [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Jolt scanned a helicopter alternate mode. Jolt then recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Jolt subsequently aided his Autobot allies in constructing a secret base on Earth. After Lori criticized [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s initial design for the base, Jolt proposed an alternate design, more to her specifications. When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] were detected heading towards Earth once more, Jolt helped finish the base's stealth coating while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], and Vector Prime kept the villains at bay. The base was successfully shielded from enemy sensors, ensuring its continued concealment. {{storylink|Haven}}

Keeping a low profile proved to be difficult for many Autobot refugees on Earth, and so Jolt assisted Coby, Lori, and Bud in acclimating them to their new situation. Jolt contributed to the refugees' disguises by providing them with holographic drivers. {{storylink|Hidden}}

The Autobots, having secured their secret presence on Earth, next moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. Seeing as Jolt could only cover so much ground with his limited air-speed, he and Bud instead turned to the internet for leads. They found one pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]]. Arriving there in the dead of night, Jolt was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. The Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." The elder Cybertronian otherwise continued to scour the globe for the Omega Lock, leaving Jolt behind to analyze data on the "[[Atlantis Pattern]]" depicting it on many historical relics. Bud approached Jolt while he was attending to these duties, and begged the Mini-Con to take him up into space. Incapable of fulfilling the boy's wish himself, Jolt turned to Scattorshot and convinced him to take Bud up into orbit via the Autobots' space bridge. Though Jolt tried to keep a lid on Bud's venture, eventually Coby and Lori got him to spill the beans... and found that Scattorshot had run into trouble. A stray Decepticon shot had stranded Scattorshot and Bud in zero-gravity, with a limited supply of oxygen in their protective force-field. The Autobots out in the field were alerted to the situation, which only grew more dire as it unfolded. Thanks to a man-made satellite crashing into Jetfire as he tried to attend to them, Bud and Scattorshot were sent plummeting down at a dangerous speed. Before the duo impacted the ground, Jolt was able to fly up to them and opened one of his mini-dimensional gates. Through it, Bud and Scattorshot were safely teleported back to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Jolt and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After hearing the kids talk of their day out at the movies, Jolt asked if he could join them on their next outing. They approved, suggesting he pass himself off as a cosplaying fanboy to blend in with the other moviegoers. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a beacon depicting the Atlantis Pattern, emanating from some nearby woods. Jolt was the first on-scene, and discovered that the whole set-up was a Decepticon trick. He then pulled back to a safer distance, and warned his team when he noticed some humans inbound. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 hiding in closet.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
During some downtime, Jolt was happy to learn more about Earth by channel surfing, but the other Mini-Cons and the children soon grew bored. On Bud's suggestion, they all headed into town for "play-dates" at the children's houses. Jolt gave Lori a lift in his helicopter mode, but on their way Six-Speed and Reverb, then carrying Bud and Coby, were pulled over by the police. Jolt was unsure on how to deal with the situation, as interfering with the local authority was against his Prime Directive, but his passenger convinced him to bend the rules for the boys' sake. Jolt had Reverb and Six-Speed use their holographic displays to trick the officers into thinking the vehicles they had pulled over were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. With the officers sufficiently baffled by this turn of events, the group made good on their escape. Jolt joined Reverb, Coby and Bud at the Hansen household, where a collection of family photos grabbed his attention. The photos prompted a discussion on "family," and Coby explained the concept to the alien robot best he could. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having once more avoided being discovered by adults, Coby and Jolt enjoyed watching a sunset together, only for the moment to be spoiled by a tremor. After meeting back up with Lori and Six-Speed, Jolt contacted Optimus for help, and analyzed the source of the geological disturbance. His scans showed that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underground reservoir, which would flood [[Rockville]], to disastrous results. The Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town, but Coby was struck with inspiration. By pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, the Autobots allowed the terrain shift without endangering anyone. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Jolt accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to meet yet another dead end. The children had a brief discussion with Vector Prime on the subject of his temporal powers, during which Jolt joked that he had the ability to halt time. Vector Prime hushed him, saying that such abilities shouldn't be talked about in such levity, and the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. Finding the ruins they sought buried under the dunes, Jolt called headquarters for assistance, receiving it in the form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire. Once the ancient city was excavated, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within it! But before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire. Jolt instructed the children to run while he defended the Lock with Reverb and Six-Speed, but all three Mini-Cons were utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime made use of his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' death. As events played out again, Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb opted to run for cover alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Jolt was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

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The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Jolt traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Jolt, Six-Speed, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Jolt joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

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With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Jolt, Reverb, and Six-Speed brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Jolt managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} Jolt gave Coby a bird's-eye view of the whole event by flying him over the race track. When Hot Shot got caught in a sand vortex, Jolt and Coby revealed their presence in order to help him out... only to find that Jolt couldn't fly low enough to offer assistance; the sand threatened to clog up his rotors. Thankfully [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], one of the Autobots' local allies, came to Hot Shot's aid. Unfortunately, [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], a local thug aligned with the Decepticons, also caught sight of the situation. Jolt stepped in once more, this time preventing any enemy fire from reaching Hot Shot, allowing the Autobot to finish the race. Having been found out by the rest of the Autobot team, Jolt was about to be sent back to Earth, only for Hot Shot to request he, Coby, and the other Mini-Cons be allowed to stay and help him in the final leg of the race. Optimus Prime allowed it. {{storylink|Sand}}

Unfortunately, it seemed at first that the Autobots wouldn't be able to participate in the final heat anyways; Hot Shot had sustained too much damage from the races leading up to it. Though Jetfire suggested that Jolt ride inside of Hot Shot's cockpit to make the constant adjustments necessary for maintaining him, Jolt was simply too bulky to fit within Hot Shot's vehicle mode. Coby volunteered for the task instead, and the rest of the team reluctantly allowed him to put himself at risk to achieve victory. But though Hot Shot did indeed win with Coby's help, Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal his trophy. While the Autobots fought off the Decepticons, Jolt took Coby to safety. They then returned to Earth with Override, now a part of the team proper, and inserted the first key in the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

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Jolt brought Bud and Coby to Jungle Planet after the Autobots drove off the Decepticons. He returned with the others to Earth and was confused as to why Coby was embarrassed about Professor Suzuki. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Jolt was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Jolt remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Jolt watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Jolt excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Jolt was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base.{{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Jolt in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Jolt quickly found Coby, Bud, and Lori and used his teleportation powers to break Coby out of the compound. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine, and Lori explained their connection to Professor Suzuki. Jolt attempted to contact the base, only to have his transmission intercepted by Sideways, revealing the Autobot base. As the Decepticons converged on the base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Jolt was saddened at the prospect of leaving his friends. Before they could leave, Starscream captured Jetfire and the humans. Jolt teleported in and rescued them, allowing Optimus to confront Starscream. Later, Jolt was with the kids when Starscream targeted them with a missile. Optimus saved them, but Starscream used the distraction to grab both the keys and the Omega Lock.{{storylink|Retreat}}

[[File:RansackCrumpleKidnap.jpg|left|215px|thumb|My sensors indicate that [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] looks like a [[wikia:animalcrossing:Gyroid (furniture)|gyroid]] in vehicle mode.]]
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===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
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===Legends World===
Jolt was among the Mini-Con toys stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The miracle acrylic bubble makes it possible. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004/2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]], Jolt transforms into a bubble-domed helicopter of made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger bots that have compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs. His entire torso is actually cast in green plastic but painted red. In an incredibly minor bit of potential mis-assembly, Jolt's rotor blades are assembled backwards from his show model.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions (both sold in the first wave of their respective lines) are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Hop" has red-painted feet where ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "Jolt" has unpainted plastic, plus Jolt has a small unpainted "window" on the back/underside of his bubble-dome.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bit]], [[Solar Flare|Platinum Factor]], [[Guardian Sky]], and [[Swashplate]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Hop''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Jolt comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum. His propeller blade comes unassembled in-box, and the peg is held in place by simple friction (thus allowing you to put it on in the show-accurate position if you care). Sadly, this peg is about ''4'' mm wide, so no using the blade as a [[5 mm post|mounted weapon]] on other figures.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. As such, his body and feet are actually cast in red plastic rather than green plastic painted red, though he inexplicably has a green patch of paint on his... well, groin... to match the ''unpainted'' plastic patch on the original. A side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout, too many to really get into.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Jolt is the stealthy-looking one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration. This time, Jolt's rotor blade is assembled in the show-style position.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Shadow Recon Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

==Notes==
* Jolt's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' version's coloration, with the dark gray feet, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' red... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* Speaking of odd and show models, the model replicates Jolt's [[Paint operation|paint application]]s ''precisely''... down to the unpainted green plastic on the thin edges of his predominantly-red torso.
* A Japanese working name for the character was given as "'''JT'''" in one chart.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hop''' (ホップ ''Hoppu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Forgó''' ("Spinner", 1st ''Cybertron'' dub), '''Jolt''' (''[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]'' DVD), '''Sokk''' ("Shock", 2nd ''Cybertron'' dub)
*''Korean:'' '''Hop''' (홉 ''Hob'')

==References==
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[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Primus]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Six-Speed (Cybertron)

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Ratbat72!: added fictional appearance

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{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Micromaster|Six-Speed (BWU)}}
:''Six-Speed is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybSixSpeed01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I just want some pants. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!]]
'''Six-Speed''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's a curious sort, and often fairly sensitive. The mysteries of his new human friends' behaviors fascinate him, which has led to some embarrassing moments, like his attempt to figure out why humans wear clothes.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], Six-Speed, and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Six-Speed scanned a racecar alternate mode. While Six-Speed and Reverb hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of an ongoing effort to aid Autobot refugees in staying hidden from the locals, Six-Speed provided them with scans of mundane vehicle, replacing flashier alternate modes that drew too much attention to themselves. {{storylink|Hidden (Cybertron)|Hidden}} After the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in Mexico, where Six-Speed met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Six-Speed stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Six-Speed and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Six-Speed was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 sad story.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|It was at this moment Six-Speed found out ''Catcher in the Rye'' wasn't as dirty as he thought it would be...]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Six-Speed was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Six-Speed and Reverb, then giving a ride to Bud and Coby respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Six-Speed went to Lori's house, where he found a copy of "[[The Little Match Girl]]," a story which brought him to tears. As Lori comforted her sensitive Mini-Con friend, he detected a nearby geological disturbance. Lori and Six-Speed met back up with the Hansen boys and the other Mini-Cons, who had also sensed the tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Six-Speed accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Six-Speed was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Six-Speed traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Six-Speed, Jolt, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Six-Speed joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Six-Speed managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Six-Speed and Reverb remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Six-Speed, Reverb, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Six-Speed, Jolt, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

Six-Speed arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} He was present when the Autobots added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock.The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where the Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one." Afterward, he remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. When the team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave, the Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream. {{storylink|Trap}} Six-Speed watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Six-Speed excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Six-Speed was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Six-Speed in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Six-Speed quickly found the kids and drove off with Lori. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Six-Speed was visiably upset at the news.{{storylink|Retreat}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Critical}} {{storylink|Assault}} {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} {{storylink|Balance}} {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Family}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|Giant}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Six-Speed toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The Greenmobile. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Six-Speed transforms into a Toyota GT-One Le Mans style race car. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger toys with compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Galaxy Force]]'' "Blit" has white paint on his car-mode hood that Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Cybertron]]'' "Six-Speed" lacks, while Six-Speed has added racing-arrow deco on his car-mode roof that Blit lacks.

: In both markets, he was only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]].

: This toy doubles as the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Six-Speed (BWU)|Six-Speed]]. This mold was also used to make [[Socket]], [[Hydroplane|Platinum Element]], [[Guardian Speed]] and [[Brake-Neck (TF 2010)|Brake-Neck]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/SixSpeed/sixspeed.htm More info on Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy SixSpeed Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Blit''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''3'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Six-Speed comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being the lack of a "catch" on the back part of the car canopy and a green-plastic connector-joint at the neck instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now ready for shadowy, under-handed dealings in seedy alleys.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Six-Speed/six-speed.htm More info on Shadow Six-Speed at TFU.info]''{{CybertronSixSpeedMold}}

==Notes==
* Six-Speed's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the dark green-gray chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's white.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Warpath'''".<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> The Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s, and this presumably would've been another example.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blit''' (ブリット ''Buritto'')
*''Korean:'' '''Blit''' (브릿트 ''Beulisteu'')
*''Russian:'' '''Shestiskorostnoy''' (Шестискоростной, "Six-Speed")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Reverb (Cybertron)

2025-09-09T18:55:56Z

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{{factions|gigantion|minicon|autobot}}
{{picsneeded|fiction}}
{{disambig3|Reverb}}
:''Reverb is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:CybReverb01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]
'''Reverb''' is one of the three members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]]. Originally hailing from [[Gigantion]], he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with [[Vector Prime]].
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==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Reverb scanned a pickup alternate mode. While Reverb and Six-Speed hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

As part of ongoing efforts to keep the many Autobot refugees on Earth hidden from the locals, the kids went out to teach them how to properly behave when in their vehicle modes. The children's initial attempts drew too much attention to both themselves and the refugees however, and Reverb looked on in silence as Jetfire chided Coby, Lori, and Bud for their blunder. {{storylink|Hidden}} Once the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]], where Reverb met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Reverb stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Reverb and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Reverb was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "[[Atlantis Pattern]]." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. {{storylink|Speed}}

[[File:Cyb ep8 happy family.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
When Bud suggested that the kids and Mini-Cons all go on "play-dates" to alleviate their boredom, Reverb was enthusiastic to visit his friends' homes. On their way into town, they ran afoul of [[Rockville]]'s sheriff, who pulled over both Reverb and Six-Speed, then giving a ride to Coby and Bud respectively. On Jolt's suggestion, the ground-based Mini-Cons used holographic displays to fool the sheriff into believing they were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. After dodging the law, Reverb went to the Hansen household, where Bud showed him some of his favorite ninja movies. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having again avoided being discovered by adults, Reverb and Bud went about goofing off some more, pretending to be ninjas themselves. Their fun was interrupted yet again, this time by a tremor. They discovered that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underwater reservoir, which would lead to a disastrous flooding of Rockville. Though they were contacted for help, the Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town. Luckily Coby was struck with inspiration: he reckoned that by pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, it could do so without displacing the water. The kids, The Recon Mini-Con Team, Optimus Prime, and Scattorshot headed for a mine-shaft, where they implemented Coby's plan flawlessly. The kids then returned to their families, with Six-Speed and Reverb chauffeuring the boys back home. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Reverb accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to encounter yet another dead end. Undeterred, the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara Desert]]. After being joined by Jetfire and Optimus, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within an ancient city! Before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down larger robots on the team. The Mini-Cons instructed the children to get to cover while they stood to defend the Lock, only for Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed to be utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime used his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' deaths. As events played out again, Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt opted to flee alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Reverb was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Reverb traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Reverb, Six-Speed, Jolt, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Reverb joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Reverb managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} While Jolt and Coby took to the air to watch the race, Reverb and Six-Speed remained in the bleachers. There, they were discovered by Red Alert, who informed Optimus of their clandestine venture. Optimus was swayed into letting the Mini-Cons stay by Hot Shot, on the condition they help him prepare for the competition's final segment. {{storylink|Sand}}

But Hot Shot was almost unable to compete in the final heat; he had sustained too much damage in the races leading up to it. After an inspirational speech from Coby convinced the team not to give up, the Mini-Cons volunteered their support in whatever way needed for Hot Shot to win the race. Hot Shot did ultimately come out victorious, though Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal away his trophy. Reverb, Six-Speed, and Jolt took Coby to safety while the Autobots successfully retrieved the Planet Cup from their enemy. They then all returned to Earth, and inserted the first Key into the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Reverb grew resentful that the kids weren't riding with them anymore, and suggested that Suzuki was really an alien cyborg, out to kidnap their friends. Telling him he had been watching too many sci-fi movies with Bud, Jolt assured him that it was unlikely this was the case. Reverb, Jolt, and Six-Speed followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

Reverb arrived on Jungle Planet via a space bridge portal, where he witnessed Optimus reclaim the Cyber Key from Megatron. He later returned with the others to Earth.{{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Reverb was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The Key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Reverb remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were then freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Reverb watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Reverb excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Reverb was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Reverb in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Reverb quickly found the kids and drove off with Bud. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine and Lori explained their conection to Professor Suzuki. After the Decepticons found the Autobot base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Reverb was visiably upset at the news. {{storylink|Retreat}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Critical}} {{storylink|Assault}} {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} {{storylink|Balance}} {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}} {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} {{storylink|Titans}} {{storylink|Warp}} {{storylink|City}} {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} {{storylink|End}} {{storylink|Unfinished}} {{storylink|Beginning}}}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Reverb toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Minor God. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout-class, 2004 / 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': ''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Reverb transforms into a pickup truck based on a Cadillac Escalade EXT. He was sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Jolt (Cybertron)#Toys|Jolt]] and [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]], sold in the first wave of both Takara's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' and Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toylines.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint applications]]. ''Galaxy Force'' "Bumper" has far less orange paint on his chest, painting only the Mini-Con symbol and some of the detailing surrounding the pins that keep his arms attached to his torso. ''Cybertron'' "Reverb" instead paints almost the entire front chestplate solid orange.

: This mold was also used to make [[Plier]], [[Rockslide|Platinum Material]], [[Guardian Powered]], and [[Drivetrain (TF 2010)|Drivetrain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Reverb Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Bumper''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''2'''
:*''Release date'': April ??, 2005

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Change Micron|Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Reverb was sold in an individual box, packed with a small plank of chewing gum.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. It has a number of small differences from the original tooling, the most immediately noticeable being different "hubcaps" and blue-plastic biceps instead of black, but side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, where'd they go??]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Reverb/reverb.htm More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info]''{{CybertronReverbMold}}

==Notes==
* Reverb's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' toy's coloration, with the large swathes of orange on his chest, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' toy's much more sparse orange detailing... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* A Japanese prelinimary name for the character was given as "'''Adams'''",<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref> which was the Japanese name for [[The Transformers (franchise)|G1]] [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Japanese names for Mini-Cons often drew from G1 [[Mini-Vehicle]]s; this toy ended up being named [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumper''' (バンパー ''Banpā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumper''' (범퍼 ''Beompeo'')
*''Russian:'' '''Echo''' (Эхо)

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Jolt (Cybertron)

2025-09-09T18:39:17Z

Ratbat72!: Added fictional appearances

{{picsneeded|Shadow toy, fiction, show model's green}}
{{disambig3|Jolt}}
{{factions|gigantion|minicon|autobot}}
:''Jolt is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cybertron Jolt1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hero, avatar of Primus, key to the Giant Planet. Also a YouTube addict.]]
'''Jolt''' is the biggest geek you'll ever find. He spends hours surfing the Intarwebs soaking in [[Earth]] culture and catching up on all his favorite webcomics, making him a perfect companion to cinephile [[Bud Hansen]], whom he calls "Bud-Dude." (He doesn't realize how extremely dorky that sounds.) Despite how awkwardly he sometimes applies this knowledge, Jolt does know amazing amounts of trivia about [[Earth]]. Before the [[Unicron Singularity]]'s threat, however, Jolt claims to never have heard of the place, so how he arrived on the planet an expert is something to ponder.

Jolt possesses the ability to warp himself (and potentially beings very near him) from place to place by clasping his fingers together and spinning his rotors just so. He can't warp if his rotors are jammed or if he's in too small a space for them to have room to spin. This power comes in handy as he travels with [[Vector Prime]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], and the other two members of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]].

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hōko Kuwashima]] (Japanese)|[[Fabrizio Mazzotta]] (Italian), [[Janne Porkka]] (Finnish), [[Juan Navarro Torelló]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian, 2nd dub), [[Cezary Kwiecinski]] (Polish), [[Pinky Rebucas]] (Tagalog, HERO TV dub), [[Yoo Sang Woo]] (Korean), [[Yann Le Madic]] (French)}}

After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]], [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Vector Prime]] summoned forth Jolt, [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]], and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]]. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Jolt scanned a helicopter alternate mode. Jolt then recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the [[Omega Lock]]. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Jolt subsequently aided his Autobot allies in constructing a secret base on Earth. After Lori criticized [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s initial design for the base, Jolt proposed an alternate design, more to her specifications. When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] were detected heading towards Earth once more, Jolt helped finish the base's stealth coating while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], and Vector Prime kept the villains at bay. The base was successfully shielded from enemy sensors, ensuring its continued concealment. {{storylink|Haven}}

Keeping a low profile proved to be difficult for many Autobot refugees on Earth, and so Jolt assisted Coby, Lori, and Bud in acclimating them to their new situation. Jolt contributed to the refugees' disguises by providing them with holographic drivers. {{storylink|Hidden}}

The Autobots, having secured their secret presence on Earth, next moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. Seeing as Jolt could only cover so much ground with his limited air-speed, he and Bud instead turned to the internet for leads. They found one pointing towards a museum in [[Mexico]]. Arriving there in the dead of night, Jolt was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. The Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

Vector Prime began teaching Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." The elder Cybertronian otherwise continued to scour the globe for the Omega Lock, leaving Jolt behind to analyze data on the "[[Atlantis Pattern]]" depicting it on many historical relics. Bud approached Jolt while he was attending to these duties, and begged the Mini-Con to take him up into space. Incapable of fulfilling the boy's wish himself, Jolt turned to Scattorshot and convinced him to take Bud up into orbit via the Autobots' space bridge. Though Jolt tried to keep a lid on Bud's venture, eventually Coby and Lori got him to spill the beans... and found that Scattorshot had run into trouble. A stray Decepticon shot had stranded Scattorshot and Bud in zero-gravity, with a limited supply of oxygen in their protective force-field. The Autobots out in the field were alerted to the situation, which only grew more dire as it unfolded. Thanks to a man-made satellite crashing into Jetfire as he tried to attend to them, Bud and Scattorshot were sent plummeting down at a dangerous speed. Before the duo impacted the ground, Jolt was able to fly up to them and opened one of his mini-dimensional gates. Through it, Bud and Scattorshot were safely teleported back to Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Jolt and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}}

After hearing the kids talk of their day out at the movies, Jolt asked if he could join them on their next outing. They approved, suggesting he pass himself off as a cosplaying fanboy to blend in with the other moviegoers. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a beacon depicting the Atlantis Pattern, emanating from some nearby woods. Jolt was the first on-scene, and discovered that the whole set-up was a Decepticon trick. He then pulled back to a safer distance, and warned his team when he noticed some humans inbound. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. {{storylink|Speed}}

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During some downtime, Jolt was happy to learn more about Earth by channel surfing, but the other Mini-Cons and the children soon grew bored. On Bud's suggestion, they all headed into town for "play-dates" at the children's houses. Jolt gave Lori a lift in his helicopter mode, but on their way Six-Speed and Reverb, then carrying Bud and Coby, were pulled over by the police. Jolt was unsure on how to deal with the situation, as interfering with the local authority was against his Prime Directive, but his passenger convinced him to bend the rules for the boys' sake. Jolt had Reverb and Six-Speed use their holographic displays to trick the officers into thinking the vehicles they had pulled over were being driven by the [[Gabriella Constanza (Cybertron)|President of the United States]] and her [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]. With the officers sufficiently baffled by this turn of events, the group made good on their escape. Jolt joined Reverb, Coby and Bud at the Hansen household, where a collection of family photos grabbed his attention. The photos prompted a discussion on "family," and Coby explained the concept to the alien robot best he could. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having once more avoided being discovered by adults, Coby and Jolt enjoyed watching a sunset together, only for the moment to be spoiled by a tremor. After meeting back up with Lori and Six-Speed, Jolt contacted Optimus for help, and analyzed the source of the geological disturbance. His scans showed that the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] was about to collapse into an underground reservoir, which would flood [[Rockville]], to disastrous results. The Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town, but Coby was struck with inspiration. By pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, the Autobots allowed the terrain shift without endangering anyone. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Jolt accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to meet yet another dead end. The children had a brief discussion with Vector Prime on the subject of his temporal powers, during which Jolt joked that he had the ability to halt time. Vector Prime hushed him, saying that such abilities shouldn't be talked about in such levity, and the group moved on to their next destination: the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. Finding the ruins they sought buried under the dunes, Jolt called headquarters for assistance, receiving it in the form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire. Once the ancient city was excavated, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within it! But before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire. Jolt instructed the children to run while he defended the Lock with Reverb and Six-Speed, but all three Mini-Cons were utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime made use of his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' death. As events played out again, Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb opted to run for cover alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}

After setting up a network of civilian Autobots to help in their search, the Autobots received word that [[Joyride (Cybertron)|one of them]] was under attack from Thundercracker. Jolt was dispatched to come to her aid. The Autobot civilian then led the team to a stone with the Atlantis pattern inscribed on it. Though it wasn't the Omega Lock itself, the inscription did detail the coordinates of the next Cyber Planet Key: the [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Search (episode)|Search}}

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The next iteration of the Atlantis pattern was spotted near the ocean floor, and Jolt traveled alongside the rest of the Autobots to the bottom of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to reach the seal. Tasked with exploring the nearby area while the rest of the team cleared rubble from it, Jolt, Six-Speed, Reverb, Vector Prime, and the children found their way into a cavern, which ultimately led to a control room. They discovered that Atlantis wasn't a city, but an ancient Cybertronian ship that had crashed during Earth's prehistory! In order to keep it out of the Decepticons' reach, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the Atlantis safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Jolt joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. Though Megatron appeared to claim the artifact, triggering the ship's self-destruct mechanism in the process, Optimus caught up to the Decepticon and fought him for it. Each taking one of the humans within themselves for protection, the Mini-Cons escaped the ''Atlantis'' with Vector Prime's help. Optimus emerged victorious, and then left for the Speed Planet with Vector Prime and Landmine while the children and the Mini-Cons were returned to Earth by the other Autobots. {{storylink|Ship}}

[[File:Jolt gets freaked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
With most of the team off-planet, the Mini-Cons and the kids were tasked with tracking down a few artifacts of interest. Jolt, Reverb, and Six-Speed brought the kids to a nearby university campus, where they managed to locate the first item in their scavenger hunt: an ancient Cybertronian gear, held in the office of Professor [[Lucy Suzuki]]. After confirming the artifact's location, the team drove on to South America to track down the next artifact on their list. {{storylink|Race}} Jolt managed to make it back to Autobot headquarters in time to catch the start of the second heat for Velocitron's Planet Cup race, cheering Hot Shot on as he secured his qualification for the next race. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Coby eventually grew tired of watching Hot Shot race via a monitor screen, and convinced the Mini-Cons to escort him to the Speed Planet so they could watch the competition in-person. {{storylink|Savage}} Jolt gave Coby a bird's-eye view of the whole event by flying him over the race track. When Hot Shot got caught in a sand vortex, Jolt and Coby revealed their presence in order to help him out... only to find that Jolt couldn't fly low enough to offer assistance; the sand threatened to clog up his rotors. Thankfully [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], one of the Autobots' local allies, came to Hot Shot's aid. Unfortunately, [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], a local thug aligned with the Decepticons, also caught sight of the situation. Jolt stepped in once more, this time preventing any enemy fire from reaching Hot Shot, allowing the Autobot to finish the race. Having been found out by the rest of the Autobot team, Jolt was about to be sent back to Earth, only for Hot Shot to request he, Coby, and the other Mini-Cons be allowed to stay and help him in the final leg of the race. Optimus Prime allowed it. {{storylink|Sand}}

Unfortunately, it seemed at first that the Autobots wouldn't be able to participate in the final heat anyways; Hot Shot had sustained too much damage from the races leading up to it. Though Jetfire suggested that Jolt ride inside of Hot Shot's cockpit to make the constant adjustments necessary for maintaining him, Jolt was simply too bulky to fit within Hot Shot's vehicle mode. Coby volunteered for the task instead, and the rest of the team reluctantly allowed him to put himself at risk to achieve victory. But though Hot Shot did indeed win with Coby's help, Megatron appeared immediately afterwards to steal his trophy. While the Autobots fought off the Decepticons, Jolt took Coby to safety. They then returned to Earth with Override, now a part of the team proper, and inserted the first key in the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Champion}} This caused the Omega Lock to emit energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. The team split into groups to cover more ground in investigating the area, one of which was composed of the Mini-Cons and the kids. Partway to their destination, Lori realized that they would need winter clothes, and had the Mini-Cons pull over into the town of [[Fairbanks]], Alaska to purchase some. While in a store, Coby, Bud, and Lori bumped into Professor Suzuki, and wound up riding in her jeep the rest of the way; she was investigating strange weather phenomenon in the same area. Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb followed the humans from a safe distance, until they came under attack from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. With the Cybertronians' existence already revealed to Professor Suzuki, the Mini-Cons went to the children's side while Scattorshot battled the Decepticons. Using Mudflap's gun, previously knocked to the ground during the battle, the Mini-Cons sent out a distress signal for the other Autobots to converge upon. The Decepticons were sent into a retreat, and the Autobots decided to return to base despite their search not having yielded any results. {{storylink|Ice}}

Jolt brought Bud and Coby to Jungle Planet after the Autobots drove off the Decepticons. He returned with the others to Earth and was confused as to why Coby was embarrassed about Professor Suzuki. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Jolt was assembled with the others when they added the Jungle Key to the Omega Lock. The key transported the group to the ethereal realm of Primus’s consciousness, where he and the other Mini-Cons were Primus’s chosen mouthpieces. Primus told his children to "protect the balance until all are one."Afterward, Jolt remained at the base while the others investigated the North Pole. The team found strange, egg-like structures in an underground cave. The Mini-Cons determined that the eggs were emitting Cybertronian life signals. Unfortunately, the Cybertronians were ancient Decepticons that were freed by Starscream.{{storylink|Trap}} Jolt watched on the monitors as Starscream’s new army filled Earth’s skies. Jolt excitedly followed Coby’s lead when he determined to help Optimus by finding a powerful human leader. After encountering Colonel Franklin on a dirt road, Jolt was loaded on a flatbed and transported to a secret military base.{{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}} Professor Suzuki found Jolt in the base and helped the Mini-Cons escape. Jolt quickly found Coby, Bud, and Lori and used his teleportation powers to break Coby out of the compound. The group met up with Hot Shot and Landmine, and Lori explained their connection to Professor Suzuki. Jolt attempted to contact the base, only to have his transmission intercepted by Sideways, revealing the Autobot base. As the Decepticons converged on the base, Optimus decided to leave Earth. Jolt was saddened at the prospect of leaving his friends. Before they could leave, Starscream captured Jetfire and the humans. Jolt teleported in and rescued them, allowing Optimus to confront Starscream. Later, Jolt was with the kids when Starscream targeted them with a missile. Optimus saved them, but Starscream used the distraction to grab both the keys and the Omega Lock.{{storylink|Retreat}}

[[File:RansackCrumpleKidnap.jpg|left|215px|thumb|My sensors indicate that [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] looks like a [[wikia:animalcrossing:Gyroid (furniture)|gyroid]] in vehicle mode.]]
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===''Galaxy Force'' comic===
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===Legends World===
Jolt was among the Mini-Con toys stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Image:Cybertron Jolt toy.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|The miracle acrylic bubble makes it possible. (''Hasbro version pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2004/2005)}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Micron Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''GC-07'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], [[2004]]
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Sold only in a three-pack with his teammates [[Six-Speed (Cybertron)#Toys|Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)#Toys|Reverb]], Jolt transforms into a bubble-domed helicopter of made-up model. As a Mini-Con, he can attach to larger bots that have compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs. His entire torso is actually cast in green plastic but painted red. In an incredibly minor bit of potential mis-assembly, Jolt's rotor blades are assembled backwards from his show model.

: The [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions (both sold in the first wave of their respective lines) are slightly different, the primary change being differing [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' "Hop" has red-painted feet where ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "Jolt" has unpainted plastic, plus Jolt has a small unpainted "window" on the back/underside of his bubble-dome.

: This mold was also used to make [[Bit]], [[Solar Flare|Platinum Factor]], [[Guardian Sky]], and [[Swashplate]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

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[[File:Cyb-toy Jolt Kabaya.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Hop''' (Micron Galaxy, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Micron Galaxy ID number'': '''1'''
:*''Release date'': [[April]] ?? [[2005]]

: Part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Micron Galaxy]]" assortment of [[candy toy]]s for ''Galaxy Force'', this version of Jolt comes in an individual box with a small plank of chewing gum. His propeller blade comes unassembled in-box, and the peg is held in place by simple friction (thus allowing you to put it on in the show-accurate position if you care). Sadly, this peg is about ''4'' mm wide, so no using the blade as a [[5 mm post|mounted weapon]] on other figures.

: Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling not [[Gang-molding|gang-molded]] with his teammates like the original. As such, his body and feet are actually cast in red plastic rather than green plastic painted red, though he inexplicably has a green patch of paint on his... well, groin... to match the ''unpainted'' plastic patch on the original. A side-by-side comparison reveals a ''ton'' of little differences in proportions and fine detail throughout, too many to really get into.

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[[Image:Cybertron ShadowRecon MiniCon team toys.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Jolt is the stealthy-looking one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team''' (Scout Class, 2006)}}</ul>

: Part of the tenth and final wave of ''Cybertron'' Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely [[redeco]]ed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration. This time, Jolt's rotor blade is assembled in the show-style position.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Jolt/jolt.htm More information on Shadow Recon Jolt at TFU.info]''{{CybertronJoltMold}}

==Notes==
* Jolt's show model uses the Hasbro ''Cybertron'' version's coloration, with the dark gray feet, rather than the ''Galaxy Force'' red... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
* Speaking of odd and show models, the model replicates Jolt's [[Paint operation|paint application]]s ''precisely''... down to the unpainted green plastic on the thin edges of his predominantly-red torso.
* A Japanese working name for the character was given as "'''JT'''" in one chart.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=A mysterious document. 神秘の文書。|link=https://x.com/tfwiki/status/1122035675560325125|name=Monzo|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=04|day=27}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hop''' (ホップ ''Hoppu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Forgó''' ("Spinner", 1st ''Cybertron'' dub), '''Jolt''' (''[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]'' DVD), '''Sokk''' ("Shock", 2nd ''Cybertron'' dub)
*''Korean:'' '''Hop''' (홉 ''Hob'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Candy toys]]
[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Primus]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]

Crate Point, Well Fought

2025-07-27T21:34:57Z

Ratbat72!: added synopsis

{{episode
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Cyberworld (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberworld]]'' episode 3
|prev=Prime Target (Cyberworld)
|next=Cyberworld episode 4
|title="Crate Point, Well Fought"
|season=1
|season ep=3
|airdate=[[July 26]], 2025
|writers=[[Gretchen Mallorie]]
|animation studio=[[Omens Studio LTD]]
|continuity=Cyberworld
}}

'''Optimus Prime and Bumblebee clash with Grimlock and Snarl for a crate drop.'''

==Synopsis==

In the jungle region, Optimus and Bumblebee discuss their next move. Bumblebee notes that the menacing [[Scorponok (Cyberworld)|Scorponok]] is still blocking the path to the autobot shuttle, and doubts whether they should risk facing the giant. Optimus concludes that the shuttle is the only clue to where they are and how they got there. The two are distracted by an orange glow in the distance, which their HUDS identify as a "crate drop". They decide to check it out, but have to dive into the bushes as Grimlock and Snarl thunder onto the path. Not seeing the pair, the Dinobots openly discuss that they could use the crate's upgrades. Grimlock is especially eager after only getting battle damage the last time they tried. After the Dinobots stomp away, Bumblebee is ready to speed off and get to the crate first. He proclaims the upgrades are just the thing they need to help them defeat Scorponok. Optimus is reluctant to pick a fight with Grimlock, saying Bee is not ready for a fight after his encounter with Megatron. But, Bumblebee persists and the pair transform and roll out.

Later, the pair find themselves in a valley of thick mud with the crate on a cliff-face on the far side. As the two Autobots approach the cliff, the Dinobots appear. Grimlock mocks Bumblebee before opening fire, knocking Bee backward. The Dinobots charge, but Bumblebee grabs a vine and throws it around Grimlock's legs, sending him sliding. Snarl attacks Bee with his sword, only to be rammed by Optimus in truck mode. Optimus orders Bee to get to the crate, while he fights the Dinobots. Bee is half way up the cliff when he sees Optimus getting cornered. He tries to help, but that only reveals his position. Grimlock launches Snarl up to the cliff, and the nimble Dinobot smugly forces Bumblebee back down. After an argument, Optimus and Bee use the mud to trap the Dinobots and disable Grimlock's cannon. Optimus and Bee are about to grab the crate, but the Dinobots arrive atop the cliff via a geyser. The Dinobots transform and charge, but Bee unlocks the crate and finds an Energon ax and a wrist-mounted blaster. He tosses the ax to Optimus, who whacks Grimlock upside the head with it. Working together, the two Autobots use their new armaments to drive the Dinobots to the edge of the cliff. After a brief stare-down, Grimlock concedes, and warns Optimus to stay out of his way in the future. The battle won, Optimus spies a new green beacon, and declares it their next objective.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberworld)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (Cyberworld)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (Cyberworld)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Snarl (Cyberworld)|Snarl]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Scorponok (Cyberworld)|Scorponok]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Continuity notes===
*Scorponok is shown guarding the ship that Optimus tried to reach in "[[Commence Program]]".
*Grimlock remarks that there has not been a crate drop in a long time and is shown to have some battle damage after the previous upgrades.

===Character levels===
*Bumblebee remains at level 2, nearly at level 3.
*Optimus remains at level 1, nearly at level 2.

===Transformers references===

===Real world references===
*When Bumblebee scans Scorponok, translating one of the readouts reveals the text 'THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT', a reference to {{w|Threat Level Midnight|Michael Scott's crappy movie}} from ''{{w|The Office|The Office}}.''
*Snarl is shown running with his arms hanging back and his body hunched over, which is how ninjas are shown to run in popular media such as the ''Naruto'' franchise and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)''.
*Optimus' axe is shown to come back to him after he throws it, similar to how the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] character [[Thor]] is shown throwing Mjolnir and Stormbreaker in the MCU. Both Thor and [[Optimus Prime (One)|Optimus Prime]] from ''[[Transformers One]]'' have been played by [[Chris Hemsworth]].

===Trivia===
*This episode was uploaded with the [[Prime Target (Cyberworld)|previous episode]] in a combined video titled "Optimus Prime Fights Grimlock in Extraction Mission", similar to the second episode being uploaded in a second combined video with the first episode, but being shown before the predecessor episode. Series writer [[Ali Lightfoot]] later revealed the official names for the first three episode. <ref>{{citesocial|quote=Incidentally:
Episode 01 is "Commence Program" 
Episode 02 is "Prime Target" 
Episode 03 is "Crate Point, Well Fought" 

The YT titles change to maximise SEO & game the algo. I know it has confused some of y'all.|link=https://x.com/HedlesChkn/status/1949098695070240914?t=D78-KcaaMeZeEaplj6rrDA|name=Ali Lightfoot|site=Twitter|year=2025|month=07|day=26}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cyberworld episode 03}}
[[Category:Cyberworld episodes]]

Attack of the Drive-In Movie

2025-02-13T18:45:42Z

Ratbat72!: Added trivia

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 38
|image=AttackOfTheDriveInMovie-MoleBots.jpg
|caption=Insert ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' reference here.
|prev=The Need for Read
|next=The Great Escape
|title="Attack of the Drive-In Movie"
|season=3
|season ep=2
|airdate=[[October 25]], [[2024]] (Paramount+) [[TBA]], [[2024]] (Nickelodeon)
|production company=[[Hasbro Entertainment]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writer=[[Ian Busch]]
|animation studio=[[88 Pictures]]
|director=[[Sheldon Vella]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/FstHJkPV6FJJ0ZzDpUFBvirnLoPzylmc/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''Robby and Izzy’s movie hangout goes wrong when Nightshade's invention brings the movie monsters to life.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Robby Malto|Robby]] emerges from [[Witwicky Charter|school]] in time to have the world's most awkward conversation with [[Izzy (ES)|Izzy]] as she boards the bus, somehow culminating in Izzy agreeing to hang out with Robby that evening.

In the [[Dugout]], [[Mo Malto|Mo]] asks Robby what he's planning to do for the hang out. His lackluster response results in Mo suggesting he and Izzy watch a movie, which [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] asserts must be done on a big screen and [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] volunteers their new hyper-reality film projector for the task. [[Alex Malto]] is ready to provide snacks, and soon the Malto parents are driving Robby and Izzy to the drive in venue the rest of the family have set up. Robby introduces Izzy to the Terrans on the way, but is surprised when they reach the drive in and find it's packed — Hashtag explains she posted about the screening of ''[[The Alien Mole Bots Who Ate Philadelphia]]'' on social media and it went viral. Even [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] and [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] are watching from inside the [[Chaos Dome]]. Hashtags loudly tests the sound system while Alex provides popcorn from the [[Bumble Beestro]], before the movie starts, much to Robby's shortlived relief.

As the movie begins, the first jump scare causes Hashtag to accidentally bump the 3D printer button on the projector, allowing a [[Mole Bot]] to emerge from the screen unnoticed by the audience. Izzy takes interest in Robby's [[cyber-sleeve]], but while he's enjoying his hand being held, the pair are suddenly hit by leaves which [[Twitch]] and [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] are blowing to simulate the movie effects. This is followed by a bucket of water as it begins raining in the movie, and Robby goes to find towels. Jawbreaker and Twitch investigate a car alarm and are attacked by the loose Mole Bot whih they chase to the edge of the dome, where it again attacks Jawbreaker, much to the amusement of the Decepticons. Robby and Izzy's viewing is again interrupted, this time by [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] and Alex with movie snacks. Unseen by Robby or Izzy, the Mole Bot gets into the car and starts eating their snacks until Twitch tackles it while Jawbreaker keeps the pair distracted and unaware.

The Mole Bot slips into the projection booth and hits the 3D printer button on the projector, resulting in a crowd of Mole Bots emerging from the screen. Unseen by Robby or Izzy, the rest of the family attempts to fight the horde. Hashtag goes to turn the projector off, only to find the booth is full of Mole Bots chanting "Mama". The rest of the Mole Bots also start chanting as the Kaiju-sized Mother Mole Bot appears on the movie screen and starts emerging into the real world. The creature's claw picks up the car Robby and Izzy are in, though they assume it's Jawbreaker acting out more special effects. Hashtag manages to switch the projector, resealing the Mother Mole Bot into the movie, but with the side effect that Robby and Izzy are now trapped in there too. The pair manage to escape the giant Mole Bot, only to realize their predicament.

Nightshade realizes that if Robby and Izzy are still in there when the movie ends, they'll be trapped there forever. Meanwhile Izzy is having a great time fleeing from a giant Mole Bot with Robby. The pair use a discarded web gun and Robby's cyber-sleeve powers to take down the Mother, which makes Hashtag realize they're running out of time. Nightshade asserts they still has 19 minutes to figure out a solution, at which point Hashtag realizes she accidentally grabbed the sequel instead of the original movie, and they've been watching ''[[The Alien Mole Bots Who Ate Philadelphia Again Versus Nucleadon]]''. They have one minute before [[Nucleadon]]'s atomic death ray destroys the movie city. Fortunately Robby and Izzy, trapped between Nucleadon and a flat city backdrop, proclaim their mutual like, leading to almost a kiss which gives Nightshade the shot needed to extract them from the movie. With the movie and crisis over, Izzy agrees to another future date with Robby and kisses him on the cheek.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] (11)
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]] (1)
*[[Izzy (ES)|Izzy]] (2)
*[[Dot Malto]] (7)
*[[Alex Malto]] (8)
*[[Mo Malto]] (10)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] (3)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (4)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (5)
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] (6)
*[[Twitch]] (9)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Mole Bot]]s (13)

}}

==Quotes==
"Hey, Laserbeak! Shut it, or I'll come in there and shut it for you!"
:—'''Hashtag'''

"Robby, you OK? If you're scared, Mama can come sit next to you."
:—'''Dot Malto'''

"No way. It's not a Mole Bot. They're not real." 
"Well, maybe it's a cosplaying baby?"
:—'''Twitch''' and '''Jawbreaker'''

"Why didn't I pick a documentary on teddy bears and rainbows?!"
:—'''Hashtag'''

"I gotta be honest. I was rooting for Big Mama." 
"Stop blocking the screen!"
:—'''Laserbeak''' and '''Frenzy'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*This is the first time since its introduction in "[[Friends and Family]]" that we see the [[Witwicky Charter]] school appear.

===Transformers references===
* This episode is very similar to the Rescue Bots episode "[[The Attack of Humungado]]". Both episodes involve movie monsters coming out of a drive-in screen because of a special projector.

===Real-world references===
*The 50s movie evokes the flood of low-budget monster movies that proliferated during 1950s Hollywood.
*The Mole Bots naming and designs may be based on the Canadian animated series ''RollBots''.

===Errors===
*Witwicky Charter has acquired a tree to the left of the front doors which didn't exist back in "[[Friends and Family]]".
*The film reels on Nightshade's projector appear to have the film going from the front reel through the projector, up to the back reel, and then across to the front reel again in a closed loop.
*As Jawbreaker first tries to distract Robby and Izzy, a character in the film lifts up a Philadelphia Explorer newspaper with the paper's name on the back page rather than the front. For subsequent shots, the newspaper pages are flipped back so the paper's name is on the front page.
*Back in "[[The Butterfly Effect]]", the cybersleeve's empathic link was strong enough for Mo, Thrash, and Twitch to be discombobulated by Robby's 'butterflies in stomach' feeling. How are they not picking up his much more obvious embarrassment here?

===Trivia===
* This is the only ''EarthSpark'' episode so far to feature Decepticons and not feature any Autobots.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ataque no Cinema'''" ("Attack at the Theater")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 25]], 2024

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Attaque au cinéma'''" ("Attack at the Theater")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 11]], 2025

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ein unvergesslicher Kinoabend'''" ("An unforgettable Movie Night")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 1]], 2024

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Ravage (ES)

2024-12-14T04:04:52Z

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Soundwave (ES)

2024-12-14T03:54:05Z

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{{factions|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Soundwave}}
:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Earthspark-Decoy-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron's]] defection has left him blue in the face.]]

'''Soundwave''' was once one of [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]'s most loyal followers, but after the Decepticon leader joined forces ''with'' the [[Autobot]]s, as well as [[G.H.O.S.T.]], he now bears a great grudge against his former superior. A bot of few words compared to others of his caliber, he takes on his opponents with deadly precision, backed up by his personal entourage of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassette-Bots]]. In addition to his rapid-fire shoulder-mounted blaster and his weaponry in his stealth fighter mode, Soundwave possesses supersonic abilities that he can readily harness in combat.

{{bigquote|Do not make this personal, Soundwave!}}
{{bigquote|It already is.|Megatron and Soundwave|"[[Decoy (episode)|Decoy]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Sean Kenin Reyes]] (English), [[Itaru Yamamoto]] (Japanese)|[[Miguel Angel Leal]] (Latin American Spanish), [[David Robles]] (Castilian Spanish), [[András Faragó]] (Hungarian), [[Jorge Vasconcellos]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Augustin Jacob]] (French, season 1), [[Yannick Lassère]] (French, season 2)}}
Soundwave served under [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] during the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. However, by the time the war expanded to Earth his leader ended up defecting to the Autobots. With the destruction of both the [[AllSpark]] and [[space bridge|spacebridge]] that connected Earth to Cybertron, at [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus]] and Megatron's hands, the war came to swift end. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} {{storylink|Warzone}} At one point, while suffering from [[energon]] starvation, Soundwave attempted to deploy one of his cassette-bots, only for it to explode instead. {{storylink|Friends and Family}} After Megatron began working with the humans to round up rogue Decepticons, Soundwave regarded him as a traitor to the Decepticon cause.

Aiming to infiltrate [[G.H.O.S.T.]] HQ, Soundwave had [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] and [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] steal [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID with the intent of luring Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] to capture them. Soundwave then ambushed Optimus and [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] as they passed through a tunnel. Using an electromagnetic pulse to free the Cassette-Bots, he set his minions on Megatron while he battled Optimus and Bumblebee to the point that they were pinned down behind Optimus's trailer. When Bumblebee took a fall off the side of the mountain, Soundwave took the opportunity to strafe the Autobot in bomber mode, only for [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] to force him to land. Megatron's pleas for Soundwave to surrender fell on deaf ears, and it was only Optimus, Megatron and Arcee working together that led to Soundwave's defeat and capture. Soundwave was imprisoned in a cell in G.H.O.S.T. HQ, where he was able to release Ravage to scout the facility. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

When the young [[Terran]] [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] inadvertently used her powers to hack G.H.O.S.T.'s security systems, she also ended up deactivating the shields of the cells holding the Decepticon prisoners, leading to a prisoner uprising which Soundwave participated in. {{storylink|Hashtag: Oops}} When [[Mandroid]] disabled G.H.O.S.T.'s systems while attempting to harness the [[cyber-sleeve]]s' power, {{storylink|Disarmed}} he and the other Decepticons attempted to escape G.H.O.S.T. custody, but he and [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] were blocked by a force field. {{storylink|What Dwells Within}} He was freed from prison by the remaining Terrans {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} and later assisted in their fight against [[Mandroid]], he and Swindle riding into battle atop [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] to battle the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. He and the other bots present were deactivated when Mandroid activated a superweapon that drained their energon, only for them to be revived a few minutes later when Robby and Mo reversed the effects. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

In the immediate aftermath of Mandroid’s defeat, the Decepticons upheld the truce with the Autobots and Maltos. However, it was not long before their greed and ambition resurfaced, and they began to seek the shards of the emberstone for themselves. Some time later, Soundwave overheard the Maltos’ plans to retrieve three more shards of the Emberstone and relayed the intel to Starscream. The cons converged on the shipyard and fought the Autobots and Maltos. Soundwave retreated with the others when the battle was revealed to be a diversion. {{storylink|Aftermath (ES episode)|Aftermath}}

Soundwave encountered Twitch shortly after she found a shard in the forest. When she refused to hand it over, he deployed Laserbeak and Ravage to chase her down. The cassettes gave up the chase after the shard became a new Terran. {{storylink|Spitfire (episode)|Spitfire}}

{{charstubfiction|Season 2 and 3}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:TF-Earthspark-1-Step-Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, no, you're supposed to put the [[stasis cuffs]] around the wrists, not the ankles! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-ES-JP-ESS-07-Supatto-(Flip-Changer)-Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Soundwave''' (1-Step Flip Changer, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy Name'': '''Supatto Change Soundwave'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESS-07'''

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' "1-Step Flip Changers", Soundwave is a simple toy that converts from robot to stealth bomber and vice versa in a single step. His vehicle mode can be arrived at much faster by letting him fall face-down onto a solid surface. This hits a switch in his chest and allows him to spring back into bomber mode instantly. He is packaged with his wings folded up, and must be unfolded and snapped into place to transform. Once they are snapped into place, it is neither necessary, nor recommended to return them to their original state, as the amount of force required to do so risks breaking the figure.

: Unlike previous One Step Changers, Soundwave lacks any robot mode articulation.

: The TakaraTomy release features some additional paint details.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fülelő''' ("Listener")

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Hardtop (ES)

2024-12-14T03:43:20Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Hardtop}}
:''Hardtop is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ESHardtop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It took me 20 years, but it feels so good to finally be on TV!]]

'''Hardtop''' is the muscle of the two-bot crime spree he forms with his brother [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]]. Heavily armed in both modes, he's able to run-and-gun, providing cover for the pair's various crimes.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English), [[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese)|[[Gábor Maday]] (Hungarian), [[Humberto Torres]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Javier Francisco Martínez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Sebastián Rosas]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Laurent Gris]] (French)}}

[[File:SecretLegacy ES Hardtop armloss.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|#PRAYFORHARDTOP]]
Hardtop participated in the final battle of the Transformers War, wherein [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] rammed into him. {{storylink|Warzone}} Many years later, Hardtop and Swindle traveled to a trainyard in [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] on a hot tip, eager to score some unguarded [[energon]]. However, the hot tip turned out to be a hot trap, set up by [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]], and the pair ended up facing both her and [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]. Elita alone proved to be more than a match for both Decepticons, boxing them both into an arena of fallen train cars, a perfect setup for Optimus to hurl a boxcar at them. Hardtop pushed his brother out of the way, taking the brunt of the blow. Swindle managed to escape (thanks to interference from a swarm of [[Arachnamech]]s), and Hardtop was taken into custody by [[G.H.O.S.T.]] agents.

As he was being transported to G.H.O.S.T. headquarters for incarceration, the convoy was attacked by another squad of Arachnamechs, and Hardtop was captured a ''second'' time. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} The mechs took him to the secret base of their creator, [[Mandroid|Dr. Meridian]], who promptly removed the Decepticon's right arm in order to replace his own missing limb. He then put Hardtop under mental control, turning him into a silent enforcer. Hardtop and several other captured Decepticons were then sent to cover Meridian's escape when Optimus, [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]], [[Dot Malto]] and Elita-1 arrived to rescue his latest prisoners, the new "[[Terran]]" Transformers [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]. Hardtop took multiple clumsy swings at Elita, but between the missing limb and the rudimentary mind control dulling his movements, she was able to very quickly take him down.

Following the battle, whatever Meridian had done to the Decepticons wore off, and Hardtop found himself a prisoner once again, this time of his former commander. He and the others were then taken into G.H.O.S.T. custody. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}}

Swindle continued to look for his brother, attacking G.H.O.S.T. trucks and installations to steal gear and info in the hopes of locating Hardtop. Spotting easy suckers in Thrash and [[Mo Malto]], he was able to quickly convince them he was really a good guy just out looking for his missing brother... and while the latter half of that was true, the first part definitely wasn't. He used them to try and steal equipment from a G.H.O.S.T. truck, with Mo able to get through the Transformer-proof energon force field, though he had to drop the ruse and threaten their lives to get her to do so. The timely arrival of Dot and [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] foiled his plans, and Swindle had to run off empty-handed, no closer to finding Hardtop. {{storylink|House Rules}}

When the Terran [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] inadvertently deactivated the Decepticon cells, Hardtop participated in the attempted prison uprising, co-opting a woefully undersized G.H.O.S.T. rifle and being unintentionally impervious to stasis cuffs to his missing limb. {{storylink|Hashtag: Oops}}. Hardtop once again found himself at the mercy of Mandroid when the scientist was recruited by G.H.O.S.T. director [[Karen Croft|Agent Croft]], who offered up the Decepticon prisoners under her watch as his test subjects. {{storylink|Home, Part 2}} He was still incarcerated, scraping the days of his sentence into the walls of his cell, as his brother tried to free him once more by going through the tunnels beneath the base, only for Swindle to be put away too after a fight with Optimus Prime and the Maltos.{{Storylink|Disarmed}}

After being freed by the Terrans with the other Decepticons after G.H.O.S.T. was dissolved by Mandroid, his brother and [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] rode into battle atop him to fight against the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] [[Razor-Fin]] and [[Blitzwave]]. He, along with all the other bots, was killed by Mandroid and revived by [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and [[Mo Malto]]. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

When [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]] brought a body-swapped [[Twitch]] back to Decepticon Base, Hardtop could be seen bench-pressing his brother with his one arm. {{storylink|The Imposters}} When Aftermath stole Optimus Prime's trailer, the two stole it from him, taking it to the quarry to open it. The two tried shooting it, to no avail, before then putting it on a mobile conveyor belt to break it open on the rocks at the bottom of the quarry. As they were doing that, [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] and Robby Malto attacked them to get it back, before both parties lost it to [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] and [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]]. Later, all five thieves attempted to take the trailer one more time, before getting quickly repelled by the trailer's array of firepower. {{storylink|Dude, Where's My Trailer?}}

He was present when [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] made a grand speech to the Decepticons about his plans to make Earth into "New Cybertron" with the [[Emberstone]], when the [[Autobot]]s and [[Terran]]s attacked, Hardtop taking part in the ensuing battle. When Starscream used the Emberstone to raise [[Terratronus]], he and Swindle debated whose side their commander was really on, Hardtop unsure whether they were on his side. He was proven right when a mindless blow from the massive [[Titan (group)|Titan]] destroyed the cliff the Decepticons were observing the battle from. He then followed [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]'s attempt to flee, before being stopped by the [[force field]] the Terrans and Maltos created to contain the rampaging Titan. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

When an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, Hardtop and the other cons sought to seize it. They hoped to use it to return to Cybertron. Their initial attack was repelled by the autocannons. After the ship ran out of power, they made another play for it. During the fight, Hardtop was soundly trounced by Optimus, greatly angering Swindle. Eventually, Optimus and Prowl were overpowered, and all the Decepticons boarded the ship and blasted off into space. {{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}

==Toys==
===EarthSpark===
[[File: Earthspark Hardtop Arm Build-A-Figure.jpeg|thumb|"Tis but a scratch!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2022)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''1'''

: Hardtop's right arm is included with the ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' Deluxe-class [[Bumblebee (ES)#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] toy. This piece is part of the [[Mandroid#Toys|Mandroid]] "build a figure", with the other six parts packaged with the other toys in the assortment. The arm has no articulation aside from the pivoting shoulder ball joint and no transformation.

==Notes==
* Hardtop is based on the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' Decepticon [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]], also a green armored buggy who had a [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] as a brother. His gun also looks very similar to his Cybertron counterpart.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hardtop''' (ハードトップ ''Hādotoppu'')

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]

Bombshell (ES)

2024-12-14T03:35:53Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Bombshell}}
:'' Bombshell is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:EarthSpark-SecretLegacy2-Bombshell.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|Not so fun when someone else controls ''your'' mind, is it?]]
'''Bombshell''' is a [[Decepticon]] still fighting the [[Autobot]]s from the shadows even after [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]'s switching of sides. He can create holographic clones of himself.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
During the Great War, Bombshell and [[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] used their clones to topple [[Elizabeth Tower|Big Ben]]. {{storylink|Warzone}} Bombshell later fell under [[Mandroid]]'s control and was deployed at his laboratory along with Shrapnel in an effort to take down [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]]. After Elita took both of them down, Bombshell focused his efforts on [[Alex Malto]], only to be subdued by [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]. He was subsequently apprehended by [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}} and placed in a secret holding facility within [[G.H.O.S.T.]] headquarters. {{storylink|Classified}} Bombshell was still incarcerated when [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] accidentally disabled all of the cell locks. During the ensuing prison break, Bombshell and Shrapnel created duplicates to swarm the G.H.O.S.T agents. The battle allowed Bumblebee, [[Twitch]], and Hashtag to escape the facility unnoticed. {{storylink|Hashtag: Oops}}

Bombshell and the other Decepticons were sprung by [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] and [[Twitch]] when the pair turned up to free [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jon Schloder|Schloder]], but were disinterested in helping them battle Mandroid. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}}

Sometime after Mandroid's defeat, Bombshell rejoined the main Decepticon force under the command of Starscream. As Starscream's plan to conquer Earth neared completion, Bombshell watched as he gave a rallying speech. Later, Bombshell briefly engaged the attacking Autobot forces before withdrawing to the edge of town. Bombshell watched as Starscream raised a Titan from the ground. Soon after, Bombshell and the other Decepticons were knocked off a cliff by a blow from the Titan. As the Decepticons followed [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]'s attempt to flee, Bombshell rode on [[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]'s back. All the Decepticons were trapped by the shield barrier created by the Maltos. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

When an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, Bombshell and the other cons sought to seize it. They hoped to use it to return to Cybertron. Their initial attack was repelled by the autocannons. After the ship ran out of power, they made another play for it. During the fight, Bombshell was run over midair by Optimus. Eventually, Optimus and Prowl were overpowered, and all the Decepticons boarded the ship and blasted off into space. {{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]

Swindle (ES)

2024-12-14T03:28:17Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Swindle}}
:''Swindle is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Tfearthspark Swindle robot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Half cool story, bro.]]

The brains of the two-bot team he makes with his [[relatives|brother]] [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]], you can't trust '''Swindle'''. Every interaction is a performance, be it a sob story to make you drop your guard, or roping someone into some mischief to make them think he's just a fun-loving bot who likes to break the rules. But don't be fooled, Swindle is a liar and a thief at his core. He may care for his brother, but everyone else is a means to an end. Once they question his suggestions or try to back out of whatever criminal enterprise he's tricked them into being a part of, the jig is up. Swindle's grin and happy-go-lucky front drops, and what's left is the cold, ruthless criminal he really is, ready to gun down the same people he called friends just a minute before.

Hell of a surfboarder though.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)|[[Julien Allouf]] (French), [[Carlo Vázquez Díaz]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jesús Pinillos]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Stefano Brusa]] (Italian), [[Zoltán Renácz]] (Hungarian), [[Péter Szokol]] (Hungarian, [[Prime Time (episode)|Prime Time]] only), [[Felipe Okami]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
{{ongoing}}

[[File:House-Rules Swindle Thrash Mo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.70|left|"[[Public service announcement|"Now I know", "And knowing is half the battle."]]]]
Swindle fought Bumblebee in the [[Battle of the Bay]]. {{storylink|House Rules}} Years later, Swindle and Hardtop traveled to a trainyard in [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] on a hot tip, eager to score some unguarded [[energon]]. However, the hot tip turned out to be a hot trap, set up by [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]], and the pair ended up facing both her and [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]. Elita alone proved to be more than a match for both Decepticons, boxing them both into an arena of fallen shipping containers, a perfect setup for Optimus to hurl one of the containers at them. Swindle was pushed out of the way by his brother who took the brunt, and a sudden attack by [[Arachnamech]]s gave the con-man an opening to escape.{{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}}

Swindle continued to look for his brother, attacking [[G.H.O.S.T.]] trucks and installations to steal gear and info in the hopes of locating Hardtop. Spotting easy suckers in [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] and [[Mo Malto]], he was able to quickly convince them he was really a good guy just out looking for his missing brother... and while the latter half of that was true, the first part definitely wasn't. He used them to try and steal equipment from a G.H.O.S.T. truck, with Mo able to get through the Transformer-proof energon force field, though he had to drop the ruse and threaten their lives to get her to do so. The timely arrival of [[Dot Malto|Dot]] and [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] foiled his plans, and Swindle had to run off empty-handed. {{storylink|House Rules}}

In another attempt to break his brother out of G.H.O.S.T. custody, Swindle traveled through the tunnels below the G.H.O.S.T. base, only to end up at Dot's ranger station, where she,[[Robby Malto]], and [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] happened to be. A chase ensued, in which Swindle shot at the Malto's ranger truck, causing it to crash, but the blast was Deflected by Robby's newly discovered cyber sleeve ability. He tried to get the jump on Optimus while he was distracted by the Maltos, but was easily taken out by a stealthily placed [[restraining bolt]] getting locked in his alt mode. While Optimus and the Maltos were talking about Robby's newly discovered ability, Swindle honked his horn and reminded them he was still there. {{storylink|Disarmed}}

Being then placed in G.H.O.S.T. custody, He tried to escape along with [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]], [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] and [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]], saying they should have stuck with the original plan. He and Soundwave where stopped in their attempt by a force field barrier, expressing his annoyance with Starscream for leaving them behind. {{Storylink|What Dwells Within}} He was freed from prison by the remaining [[Terran|Terrans]]{{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} and later assisted in their fight against [[Mandroid]], he and Soundwave riding into battle atop Hardtop to battle the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. He and the other bots present were deactivated when Mandroid activated a superweapon that drained their energon, only for them to be revived a few minutes later when Robby and Mo reversed the effects. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

A year later, Swindle chased Optimus Prime and the Maltos down a highway as part of a Decepticon attempt to acquire an [[Emberstone|Embershard]].{{storylink|Aftermath (ES episode)|Aftermath}} He went to the fairgrounds of [[Fairmaestro]] to attempt an arms trade, attempting to pinch a Scatterblaster by trading a counterfit flamethrower. As the trade was underway, he noticed the human had an Embershard, and attempted to trade for it, to no avail, before being shut out and driven away by an electrified tent.{{Storylink|The Butterfly Effect}}
When [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]] brought a body-swapped Twitch back to Decepticon Base, Swindle could be seen being bench-pressed by his brother.{{storylink|The Imposters}} When Aftermath stole Optimus Prime's trailer, the two brothers stole it from him, taking it to the quarry to open it. The two tried shooting it, to no avail, before then putting it on a mobile conveyor belt to break it open on the rocks at the bottom of the quarry. As they were doing that, Hashtag and Robby Malto attacked them to get it back, before both parties lost it to Skywarp and Nova Storm. Later, all five thieves attempted to take the trailer one more time, before getting quickly repelled by the trailer's array of firepower. {{Storylink|Dude, Where's My Trailer?}}

Swindle was present when [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] made a grand speech to the Decepticons about his plans to make Earth into "New Cybertron" with the [[Emberstone]] , when the Autobots and [[Terran|Terrans]] attacked, taking part in the ensuing battle. When Starscream used the Emberstone to raise [[Terratronus]], he and Hardtop debated whose side their commander was really on, Swindle sure he was still on theirs. He was proven wrong when a mindless blow from the massive titan destroyed the cliff the Decepticons were observing the battle from. He then followed [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]'s attempt to flee, before being stopped cold by the force shield the Terrans and Maltos created to contain the rampaging titan.{{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

When an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, Swindle and the other cons sought to seize it. They hoped to use it to return to Cybertron. Their initial attack was repelled by the autocannons, but after the ship ran out of power, they made another play for it. During the fight, Swindle was incensed that someone other than him had beat up Hardtop. Eventually, Optimus and Prowl were overpowered, and all the Decepticons blasted off into space.{{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}
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==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:Earthspark Swindle Flip Changer Toy.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-ES-JP-ESS-05-Supatto-(Flip-Changer)-Swindle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Swindle''' (1-Step Flip Changer, 2022)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy Name'': '''Supatto Change Swindle'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESS-05'''

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)| EarthSpark]]'' "1-Step Flip Changers", Swindle is a simple toy that converts from robot to vehicle and vice versa in a single step. His vehicle mode can be arrived at much faster by letting him fall face-up onto a solid surface. This releases a switch on his leg and allows him to spring back into car mode instantly.

:The TakaraTomy release features an additional/altered deco to closely resemble his on-screen appearances.

==Notes==
*While Swindle overall draws from his [[Swindle (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]] in terms of personality and design, his relationship with Hardtop comes from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)| Cybertron]]'' [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]], where they were likewise brothers.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Swindle''' (スインドル ''Suindoru'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Svindli''' ("Spoof")

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]

Megatron (ES)

2024-12-14T03:20:47Z

Ratbat72!: /* EarthSpark cartoon */ added fictional appearance {{storylink|}}

{{factions|decepticon|ghost|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Megatron}}

:''Megatron is a [[G.H.O.S.T.]]-allied [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Megatron-earthspark-stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Wanna make somethin' of it?]]
'''Megatron''' ''used'' to be the cruel and merciless leader of the Decepticons, who fought against [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s across both [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Earth]].

These days, however, he's reformed. He now works ''with'' Optimus and his Autobots, as well as [[G.H.O.S.T.]], to protect the people of Earth, human and Cybertronian alike. However, that doesn't mean he follows Optimus blindly. Megatron cares deeply for his former troops, and does NOT appreciate G.H.O.S.T.’s treatment of them. He’s trying to make the best of a bad situation, in the name of peace, but there’s still a bit of tension between the two leaders. He has, however, forged a lasting friendship with fellow veteran [[Dot Malto]].

As much as he has his doubts in the alliance with G.H.O.S.T., he doesn't regret turning away from what he was becoming. Though the other Decepticons call him "traitor", he's the only one who still believes in their ''original'' vision: a peaceful and plentiful future for the Cybertronian race. He sees the [[Terran]]s as the embodiment of that hope, and wants to make sure they don't make the same mistakes he now regrets.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Rory McCann]] (English), [[Shigeru Chiba]] (Japanese)| [[Gerardo Vásquez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pedro Tena]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Dario Oppido]] (Italian), [[Carlos Gesteira]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Julien Kramer]] (French), [[Ferenc Borbiczki]] (Hungarian)}}
{{ongoing}}
[[File:ShockwaveVsMegatron Warzone.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Megatron"]]
Megatron led the Decepticons in a war against the Autobots on Cybertron. However, things changed when the war moved to Earth and Megatron came to realize how far he strayed from his original ideals when he encountered the human soldier, [[Dot Malto]]. {{storylink|Warzone}} At some point, the two fought together in the [[Battle of Burbank]].{{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}} Megatron later convinced Optimus Prime of his change of [[spark]] by scanning an Earth [[alternate mode]], taking on the form of a helicopter so he could defend Dot and other human soldiers from a seeker attack. {{storylink|Outtakes}} When the Decepticons moved the source of Cybertronian life, the [[AllSpark]], off their home world and brought it to Earth to try and create a new Decepticon army, Megatron realized how dire the war had become. He aided Optimus in the final battle of the war, where he snuck behind enemy lines and stole the AllSpark from his former friend and subordinate, [[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]. Imprisoning Shockwave and fighting through his own former soldiers as he tried to return the AllSpark to Cybertron, Megatron could only gaze in awe as it looked like the AllSpark was destroyed after he hurled it through [[space bridge]], which exploded when Optimus fired a shot at it. {{storylink|Warzone}} With both factions now stranded on Earth and the war essentially over, Megatron began working with both the Autobots and humans, including [[Dot Malto]] as part of Platoon Cyber Strike, to rebuild the damage the war had caused and round up resisting Decepticons, many of whom regarded Megatron as a traitor. He and Optimus began working with the secret human organization G.H.O.S.T. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}}

[[File:MegatronLiveLaughLove.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Nickelback|LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH!]]]]

When someone began attacking G.H.O.S.T. convoys near [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]], Megatron arrived to help Optimus and [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]], and was reunited with Dot. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} Their investigation led them to Dot's kids, who had encountered two new Terran Transformers, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] and [[Twitch]]. After the two Terrans were botnapped by [[Mandroid]], Megatron and the others had to assault the scientist's base to rescue them. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}} Megatron was training in a simulator provided by G.H.O.S.T. when Bumblebee contacted him looking for advice on getting Twitch and Thrash to listen to him. Megatron's advice was not all that helpful. {{storylink|Moo-ving In}} Megatron and Optimus found themselves struggling in battle against [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]], [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] and [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]] after the cassettebots stole [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID badge. With Bumblebee's help, the trio were captured, though Megatron was beginning to regret how they were treating his former comrades. On the way back to the G.H.O.S.T. base, they were attacked by [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]], and though Soundwave was defeated and captured, Megatron opted to let the three cassettebot minions go. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

During an Autobot Alliance ceremony at G.H.O.S.T., Megatron and Optimus found themselves battling [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] and [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]], who had come aiming to get hold of Optimus's left arm. Though they fought the pair off, Megatron believed the battle would not help cement human/Cybertronian relations. When the two seekers were later captured, Megatron and Dot went to take the pair in to captivity, only to discover it was a trap. They were instead imprisoned by Mandroid, who had machinery ready to disassemble Megatron. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} Optimus and the Terrans arrived posing as captives of three new Terrans, and though the plan was exposed almost immediately, it succeeded in freeing Megatron. Mandroid's base turned out to be a huge mech, and Megatron and Twitch provided air support while the others took out the mech's cameras. When the time came to destroy the mech's cannon, Megatron was too injured to continue, leading Twitch to carry out the task instead. In the aftermath, Megatron pointed out the lack of G.H.O.S.T. backup to Optimus, but the Autobot leader pointed out the Terrans and humans that they had fought alongside as the true alliance. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 2}}

Sometime after the battle, Megatron was performing cleanup duty with Elita-1 when he was approached by the young Terran, [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]], who nervously asked how he got his current an alt-mode. Taken aback at this, as no one had ever asked him that question before, Megatron sat down with the young bot and told him how he got his tiltrotor alt-mode. He at first thought it unfair to lose his Cybertronian alt-mode but had to make a quick decision when Dot Malto's squad came under attack and their unit needed air support. The other Terran present, [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]], then began replaying footage of this moment but was quickly told to stop by Jawbreaker for drudging up bad memories. {{storylink|Outtakes}}

Megatron later brought the Malto children and Terrans to the [[Spacebridge Memorial Park]]. Despite the location bringing up bad memories, Megatron taught the children the true history of the final battle of the war, mainly that the AllSpark's seeming destruction meant Cybertron itself was also destroyed and the Transformers stranded on Earth were the only remaining survivors of their species. His history lesson was interrupted by the returning Shockwave, freed from the stasis chamber Megatron had long ago trapped him. Vowing that the war wouldn't end so long as he functioned, Shockwave and Megatron battled it out until Megatron got the drop on him with a shot from The Immobilizer, once again forcibly putting Shockwave into stasis-lock. As the morning dawned and Shockwave was taken into custody by G.H.O.S.T., Megatron gave some parting words of advice to the Terrans, not to simply just learn from their Autobot/Decepticon seniors, but to be better than they were. {{storylink|Warzone}}

Mandroid used a hologram of Megatron as an avatar to fight the Malto kids when they were trapped in the Autobot rec room. {{storylink|Disarmed}} Following a jail break by [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]], Megatron disregarded Croft's instructions and secretly pursued his former subordinate into an unused cave system. He found both the missing Decepticons and the Malto kids in a fight with the [[Dweller (ES)|Dweller]], and afterwards offered Starscream a safe haven rather than taking him back to G.H.O.S.T., though the offer was refused. {{storylink|What Dwells Within}} Megatron continued to be frustrated by Croft's refusal to let him go after Starscream. Optimus turned out to share his concerns about G.H.O.S.T., revealing to Megatron that he'd had Bumblebee infiltrate the base to investigate the areas they were barred from. {{storylink|Stowed Away, Stowaways}}

Receiving a distress call from Hashtag using an old Decepticon frequency, Megatron headed to the Malto farm with Optimus and a group of Autobots to help defend it against Croft's squad of [[Ghoid]]s. Though they were triumphant, Croft activated a Mandroid-supplied device that knocked out Megatron and the Autobots present. {{storylink|The Battle of Witwicky}} Megatron and the others remained out-cold while Mandroid began enacting his plan to turn the spacebridge into a worldwide energon-draining superweapon {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} but he and the others were brought back online under Mandroid's control so that they could protect the weapon. Megatron was directed at Twitch and she was just able to avoid being fragged until Starscream arrived to keep his former leader busy. When Mandroid activated the superweapon, the pair were deactivated and dropped from the sky, later being reactivated when Robby and Mo used their cyber-sleeves to reverse the effects. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

To help the Maltos retrieve the Decepticon’s Emberstone shards, Megatron participated in a diversionary battle at the shipyards. He grappled with Starscream in the air over a shard container. He tried to talk Starscream down, but the seeker was beyond reason. Skywarp and Nova Storm managed to double-team Megatron, and Starscream grabbed the container exposing the ruse. {{storylink|Aftermath (ES episode)|Aftermath}}

When Twitch and Spitfire could not agree on who should go on an important Autobot mission, Megatron invoked the Polyhex Protocol to settle the dispute. This consisted of an obstacle course in which all of the Maltos and Spitfire would compete. Megatron started the competion with a blast from his alt mode and monitored the contestant’s progress. Spitfire proved to be a ruthless competitor and severed Alex’s zip line, forcing Twitch to rescue him. Megatron witnessed the save from the air. When Spitfire loudly objected to Twitch being declared the winner, Megatron responded that the protocols demanded the winner demonstrate a sense of honor. Spitfire furiously attacked Twitch in retaliation, and Megatron insisted that Twitch must face her alone. {{storylink|Spitfire (episode)|Spitfire}}

Megatron was a part of the Terran/Autobot strike force that stormed the Decepticon base. He traded barbs with his former underlings as the battle began. He and the others were frozen in place when Starscream had Spitfire unleash the power of the corrupted Emberstone. He was returned to normal when the Emberstone was destroyed. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

When an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, Megatron, along with Optimus and the Maltos, went to investigate. As they entered the dome, Megatron and Optimus bickered over the best way to proceed. They discovered that Shockwave's Decepticons were already at the ship blasting away at it. Their attack was repulsed by the ship's autocannons, which were calibrated to target Decepticon insignias. The ship then targeted Megatron, who had to remain behind cover as the others approached. Megatron came out of hiding to stop Ravage and was quickly confronted with the ship’s pilot: Prowl. Optimus broke up the fight, but both Megatron and Prowl remained suspicious of each other. With the ship out of power, the group devised a plan to recharge the ship using chaos lightning. Megatron and the Maltos took off to attach a jumper cable to the top of Terratronus while Prowl and Optimus defended the ship. As Megaton approached the Titan, he was unexpectedly struck with lightning, rendering him unable to fly. The kids then cyber-synced and succeeded in jump-starting the ship. But they fell off of Terratronus’s shoulder, requiring Megatron to save them. As the ship lifted off and broke through the dome, Megatron followed behind. At Optimus’ urging, Megatron landed on the boarding platform and ordered Shockwave to surrender. Shockwave instead offered him a choice: join them or stay with the Autobots. Megatron stated he had already made his choice and left to rescue Optimus, who had slipped off the platform. Optimus berated Megatron for saving him, but Thrash came to his defense.
{{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}

{{charstubfiction|Season 3}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
{{Note|The TakaraTomy releases of some toys feature additional/altered paint patterns (complete with [[G.H.O.S.T.]] emblems) to make him closely resemble the character's on-screen appearances.}}
{{anchor|Tacticon}}
[[File:TF-Earthspark-Tacticon-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Tacticon Assortment, [[2022]])}}</ul>

:Released in the first wave of the ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' "Tacticon assortment", Megatron is a small figure that converts from a small tiltrotor aircraft into an [[Brick (term)|unposeable]] robot with just a single step controlled by your fingertip.

{{-}}{{anchor|ESDeluxe}}
[[File:Transformers-EarthSpark-Deluxe-Class-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Hey guys, check out this disembodied arm I found!" ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-ES-JP-ESD-02-Deluxe-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2022)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESD-02'''
:*''Accessories'': Two-part cannon, left arm for [[Mandroid]] (Hasbro release only)

: Released as part of the first wave of ''Earthspark'' Deluxe Class figures, Megatron is a show-accurate mold that transforms into a stylized tiltrotor aircraft. Parts of his vehicle mode engines combine to form his arm cannon. He also comes with a Build-A-Figure piece, in this case; a left arm for Mandroid.

:The TakaraTomy release of the figure omits the Mandroid BAF piece for additional paint details.

:Box images show Megatron with a cannon on his arm and another cannon held in his hand.

{{-}}{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:TF-Earthspark-Warrior-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Warrior, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Blaster/ sword

:Released in the second wave of ''Earthspark'' Warrior Class figures, this version of Megatron is a somewhat simplified Deluxe scaled figure. His cannon features a deployable blade from its barrel.
:Like many contemporary figures, Megatron features 5mm ports in his feet. The outer side of his cannon also features a 3mm port for an unknown reason.

{{-}}{{anchor|OneStep}}
[[File:TF-Earthspark-OneStep-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-ES-JP-ESS-02-Supatto-(Flip-Changer)-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (1-Step Flip Changer, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy Name'': '''Supatto Change Megatron'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESS-02'''

:"1-Step Flip Changer" Megatron is a simple toy that converts from robot to vehicle and vice versa by being folded inside-out/outside-in.

:This figure was listed on French toy website "joueclub.fr", prior to any official announcement by Hasbro.
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==Notes==
[[File:ES_Megatron_concept_art_-_ArtCup.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0|I thought he looked familiar!]]
*Megatron being an ex-villain harkens back to his [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW counterpart]]. ''Unlike'' IDW's Megatron, however, this Megatron retains his Decepticon [[insignia]]. This version of Megatron also draws design elements from his IDW counterpart, as evident from the concept art collage<ref>[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VyEkYg ArtStation post by ArtCup 21 November 2022]</ref> (at right), which includes [[Flame Toys]]' [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Flame Toys|model kit]] based on [[Alex Milne]]'s [[:File:RageRage-Megatronappears.jpg|2014 Autobot design]].
*The Earthspark Series Production Bible described Megatron as turning into "his own version of a" Weaponized Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:G.H.O.S.T.]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Shockwave (ES)

2024-12-10T04:02:25Z

Ratbat72!: /* EarthSpark cartoon */ added fictional appearence {{storylink|}}

{{factions|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Shockwave-Earthspark-Stock.jpg|thumb|300px|Finally a Shockwave who's not afraid to show a little tummy.]]

Years ago, '''Shockwave''' served as one of [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron's]] top lieutenants during the [[Great War (ES)|war]]. His ambitions, however, eventually outgrew Megatron's once noble goals. To Shockwave, the weak should serve the strong, and the war is necessary to enforce the glory of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. To this end, Shockwave toils away in his lab, plotting to conquer not only [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but [[Earth]] as well. And Shockwave can back that up, possessing enough strength and firepower to go toe-to-toe with his former commander, in robot or spider tank mode. The tool he has instead of his left hand can be used to blast or ensnare other bots and probe their minds, combined with various weapons and traps he keeps up his sleeves (literally, as his left arm is covered in buttons to activate them). Only through Megatron's change of heart and defection was the mad scientist defeated.

Unlike most other Cybertronians, Shockwave finds the Earthborn [[Terran]]s abhorrent, viewing them as disgusting hybrids unworthy of being considered Transformers.

{{bigquote|The war continues so long as '''I''' stand to oppose you!|Shockwave|"[[Warzone]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Troy Baker]] (English), [[Tetsu Inada]] (Japanese)|[[Sérgio Fortuna]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Sylvain Agaësse]] (French), [[Miguel de León]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
{{ongoing}}
[[File:Warzone-Shockwavealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|300px|A mobile turret on roller skates is perfectly logical.]]
Shockwave originally served under Megatron during the war against the Autobots, however he assumed a leadership role upon Megatron's defection to the Autobots sometime after the war came to Earth. Planning to use the [[AllSpark]] to bring to life a massive [[protoform]] army that would bring Cybertron and Earth under Decepticon rule, Shockwave was stopped by Megatron when the former [[Decepticon leader]] snuck behind enemy lines to steal the AllSpark and return it to Cybertron. Uninterested in Megatron's pleas for peace, Shockwave was forcibly shoved into a stasis chamber by Megatron when his back was turned. Shockwave only muttering a spiteful "traitor" jab at Megatron as he went into slumber. In the battle that followed, the AllSpark was sent through the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] connecting Earth to Cybertron, stranding the Earth-bound Transformers on the organic world and leaving the fate of the AllSpark unknown.

Many years later, Shockwave finally awoke from his forced imprisonment when his long derelict stasis pod malfunctioned, emerging to find Megatron with a group of humans and a new Transformers species known as the [[Terran]]s. Horrified at seeing that the spacebridge was destroyed, Shockwave grabbed the young Terran, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]], and performed a mind scan on him to see what Megatron's interest in them was. Shockwave was disgusted to learn the Terran was a hybrid of organic and Cybertronian material, calling him and his type abominations.

Vowing the war continued so long as he lived, Shockwave battled it out with Megatron. Intending to finish off his old leader for good he initiated an overload of the old power core chambers beneath them, which would wipe the whole local area. His efforts were thwarted when the Terran [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] was able to disconnect the wiring of the power cores, with Shockwave himself getting forced, once again, into stasis lock after a shot from the [[Immobilizer]], courtesy of Megatron, while he was distracted by the human child, [[Mo Malto]]. His threat neutralized for now, the inert Shockwave was handed over to the forces of [[G.H.O.S.T.]] {{storylink|Warzone}}

[[Karen Croft|Croft]] gave Shockwave to [[Mandroid]] for experiments and the scientist placed a mind-control device on the Decepticon. Thus mind-controlled, Shockwave was waiting at the other end of the [[space bridge|spacebridge]] when Nightshade, Robby, Twitch and Thrash went through. {{storylink|Stowed Away, Stowaways}} Shockwave pursued the group into [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] and was eventually taken down. The unconscious Shockwave was taken back to the Malto farm, where the kids successfully removed the control device and brought him round. As G.H.O.S.T. closed in on the location, Shockwave was able to give Hashtag an old Decepticon distress frequency, allowing them to call in Megatron, Optimus and the other Autobots to help against the attacking [[Ghoid]]s. Shockwave was unaffected when Croft activated a device to deactivate the Autobots, though the Ghoids were able to restrain him. {{storylink|The Battle of Witwicky}} As a way of asserting his dominance, the newly upgraded Mandroid drained Shockwave of his energon, rendering the Con inert. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} Shockwave was revived when Robby and Mo used their cyber-sleeves to reverse the effects of Mandroid's energon-draining superweapon. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

A year after Mandroid's defeat, Shockwave joined the Decepticons' efforts to recover the shards of the Emberstone under Starscream's command. He was one of the cons sent to the naval yard to recover three new shards. During the fight he chased Thrash and Mo. When the shards were discovered to be part of a diversion, he and the others were ordered back to base. {{storylink|Aftermath (ES episode)|Aftermath}} Days later, Starscream tasked Shockwave with tracking down Croft's G.H.O.S.T. hard drive. To this end, Shockwave snuck into the recycling center where the Maltos were dumping all of the old G.H.O.S.T. tech. He used his extendable claw to covertly scan the incoming hard drives, but failed to find the right one. Shockwave reported his setback to an irate Starscream. He continued to spy on the Maltos and observed Hashtag moving several crates of drives. After [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]] likewise failed to retrieve the drive from the Autobot base, Shockwave deduced that the drive was in Hashtag's possession. Shockwave then intercepted Hashtag returning to the recycling center and demanded the drives from her. Hashtag refused, and a high speed chase ensued through the streets of Witwicky. Hashtag managed to briefly flummox Shockwave by scanning a new alt mode, but he later got the drop on her. During the fight, Shockwave managed to grab Croft's drive, but Hashtag reclaimed it and made a clean getaway. Back at the Decepticon base, Shockwave reported to Starscream that he lost the drive but had scanned the necessary data. He then projected a hologram showing a section of Witwicky topography, to Starscream's delight. {{storylink|Control Alt Delete}} Later, Shockwave was present at the Decepticon base and watched a body-swapped Twitch talking with [[Aftermath (ES)|Aftermath]]. {{storylink|The Imposters}}

When Starscream's plans to conquer Earth neared completion, he gave a grand speech to his troops. Shockwave interrupted him and criticized his focus on Earth, saying they should instead focus on getting back to Cybertron. Starscream quickly countered, saying Shockwave had not provided proof Cybertron even still existed. During the Autobot attack on the base, Shockwave lurked in the shadows and watched Robby and Twitch grab the ember shards. Despite having the pair in his crosshairs, Shockwave ultimately decided not to fire. Later, Shockwave and the other cons watched Starscream raise a Titan from beneath Witwicky. A blow from the behemoth shattered the cliff they were watching from, sending all of them flying. Shockwave declared that Starscream's reckless actions endangered them all and called on the Decepticons to follow him instead. The group attempted to flee, but were trapped by the force shield created by the Maltos to contain the rampaging Titan. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

When [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]], Thrash, and Mo entered the dome to get a comic for Robby, Shockwave confronted them as they were about to leave. He snagged the comic they were after to use as a bargaining chip. He found the cover of the comic with his image to be distasteful, but he promised to return in exchange for being freed from the dome. He attempted to persuade them that under his leadership the Decepticons were more logical. Thus, they could be counted on to keep their bargains. When Bumblebee proposed a race with [[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] to settle the standoff, Shockwave agreed. He mapped out the course and said that other than completing the course, there were no rules. When Bumblebee won, Shockwave returned the comic as per their agreement. He allowed them to leave but warned them the Autobots would not be welcomed on Cybertron if they did not release them. {{storylink|The Need for Read}}

When an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, the Decepticons sought to seize it in order to escape Earth. Shockwave ordered the cons to find a way into the ship without destroying it. He ordered a retreat when the ship’s defensive cannons opened fire on them. Later, [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak's]] surveillance revealed that [[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]] had arrived alone and the ship was vulnerable. Shockwave declared that capturing the ship was the priority over settling scores with the Autobot tracker. The Decepticons renewed their assault, and furiously fought against Optimus and Prowl. Eventually Shockwave captured Prowl, and Optimus was defeated. A jolt of chaos energy reactived the ship, and all the cons scrambled on board as it lifted off. Megatron landed on the boarding platform and ordered Shockwave to surrender. Shockwave coolly said that the Decepticons no longer followed his orders, but he could still join them if he abandoned the Autobots. Megatron refused and left to rescue Optimus, leaving Shockwave exasperated. The ship then left Earth’s atmosphere and warped away. {{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:EarthSpark-Deluxe-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID Number'': '''ESD-06'''
:*Accessories: Mandroid BAF piece (Hasbro release only), arm cannon, gun, hose

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Shockwave is a redeco of his ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures]]'' [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Deluxe Class toy]], rendering the toy fairly inaccurate. He also lacks the [[Fire Blast effect#Cyberverse|blast effects]] and [[Maccadam]] [[Build a Figure]] piece, though he still transforms into a Cybertronian tank in 20 steps. His mono eye, blasters, shoulders, and shins feature 3 mm posts compatible with blast effects. The cannon, which also includes a removable hose, must be [[Partformer|removed for transformation]], revealing a normal left hand, though it lacks a wrist rotation.

: Shockwave includes an alternate Cybertronian left arm for the [[Mandroid]] Build a Figure, to replace his normal left arm, though it is inaccurately based on [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] instead of [[Brawl (ES)|Brawl]], as seen in "[[Home, Part 2]]".

: While the deco remained unchanged in the TakaraTomy release, Shockwave doesn't come with a BAF Mandroid piece.

: Hasbro stock photography of the toy is mistransformed; his "pincers" from his tank mode are not folded down, making it appear as though he has spiked shoulders in robot mode. The stock photography is also inexplicably missing the panels on the sides of his waist.

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[[File:TF-Earthspark-Warrior-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shockwave''' (Warrior Class, 2023)}}</ul>

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' Warrior Class toys, Shockwave is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Shockwave]] toy, converting from robot to spider-tank-thing and back. His Action Attack gimmick causes magenta "energy blast" effects to pop out of his back-mounted cannon when it's swung up over his shoulder.

:This figure was listed on Walmart's website,<ref>https://www.walmart.com/ip/seot/1892006451</ref> prior to any official announcement by Hasbro.

{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Sokkoló''' ("Shocker")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Laserbeak (ES)

2024-12-10T03:49:06Z

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{{disambig3|Laserbeak}}
:'' Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Earthspark_Laserbeak.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.40|Off to find the nearest [[G.H.O.S.T.]] agent uniform to stain.]]

Do not assume that '''Laserbeak''' is harmless. His small size, combined with his flight capabilities and fire power, make him a more complicated threat than one would assume. He can also attack his opponents with sonic waves, which become even stronger when combined with that of his fellow [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette-bots]]. And much like them, he has a personal history of servitude with [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]. Like his compatriot [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]], Laserbeak is also quite a talker once you get him going.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jake Green]] (English), [[Wataru Takagi]] (Japanese)|[[Klayton Alegre]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Franck Sportis]] (French)}}
Laserbeak was among the Decepticon troops led by [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] during their war against the Autobots. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} While Megatron joined [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]], believing that working with [[human]]s was the only way forward, Laserbeak stayed with Soundwave as one of a number of hold out Decepticons.

[[File:FrenzyAndLaserbeakBotBrawl HomePart1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Jury's still out if me or [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|the one from the movie]] is creepier when we talk]]

As part of a plan to free the Decepticons captured by [[G.H.O.S.T.]], Soundwave had [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]], Laserbeak and [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] steal [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID badge. The trio were intercepted by [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron, and Laserbeak had no qualms about engaging his former leader in combat, with the trio using their Tri-Tone ability to great effect. The arrival of [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] with [[restraining bolt]]s resulted in their capture. During their transportation to G.H.O.S.T. HQ, Soundwave attacked the Autobot convoy and freed the cassettte-bots with an electromagnetic pulse. The trio briefly attacked Megatron before turning their attention to the Terran and human Malto kids. They soon discovered that their Tri-Tone attack was easily interrupted by the catchy tune the kids had made up, allowing Bumblebee to recapture them, however Megatron persuaded Optimus to allow the cassette-bots to go free, believing the imprisonment of Cybertronians by G.H.O.S.T. to be wrong. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

Laserbeak and Frenzy later fell in with the Bot Brawl ring based out of [[Philadelphia]], under the service of the anti-Cybertronian scientist [[Mandroid]]. There they provided wrestling-style commentary over the bouts, most notably for one where an undercover Bumblebee fought the mind-controlled [[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]. When Bumblebee, with the aide of his friends from the Malto family, were able to free Grimlock, Laserbeak and Frenzy were sent running along with the rest of the audience as the Dinobot went a fire-breathing rampage that destroyed the arena. {{storylink|Home, Part 1}}

Sometime after Mandroid's defeat, Laserbeak joined back up with Soundwave. When [[Twitch]] discovered an [[Emberstone|Embershard]] in the woods Soundwave dispatched Laserbeak to chase her down. The two grappled in the air over the shard. The shard ended up falling and came into contact with water droplets in the storm clouds. This created a new [[Spitfire (ES)|Chaos Terran]] mid-air. Laserbeak declared saving the Terran was not his problem and flew off. {{storylink|Spitfire (episode)|Spitfire}}

Laserbeak was flying over the Decepticon base while Starscream gave a grand speech about his plans to conquer Earth. In the subsequent fight with the Autobots and Maltos Laserbeak briefly attacked Robby and Twitch. He was subsequently trapped in the force field dome with the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Witwicky, Part 2}}

When Bumblebee, Thrash, and Mo entered the dome to get a comic for Robby, they were discovered by Soundwave and Breakdown. Laserbeak was deployed to battle Thrash and Mo. He was pinned down with the others when [[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] allowed himself to be defeated. Later, Laserbeak followed Bee and Breakdown during their race to give a live feed to the others. {{storylink|The Need for Read}}

When [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] and [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] planned a drive-in movie night for Robby and Izzy, Laserbeak and Frenzy turned up to watch from inside the dome. They mostly proceeded to heckle the Maltos and rooted for the film’s villain. Laserbeak laughed uncontrollably when a mole-bot scared and attacked [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Drive-In Movie}}

When an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, the Decepticons sought to seize it in order to escape Earth. Laserbeak joined the Decepticon’s attack and retreated once the ship’s cannons activated. Laserbeak later returned and spied on the Autobots, revealing to the Decepticons that the ship contained only [[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]. Laserbeak was then driven off by Optimus. During the renewed assault, Laserbeak took a couple of potshots at Prowl but left most of the fighting to the other cons. Laserbeak boarded the ship with the other Decepticons, and they all successfully warped away. {{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}}

Later, Laserbeak and Frenzy trolled the Autobots by sending them several selfies of them fooling around on Prowl’s ship. The last photo revealed that Soundwave was less than pleased with their antics. {{storylink|Fire and Ice}}

==Notes==
*This is the first animated depiction in a western ''Transformers'' cartoon to have Laserbeak speak in fluent English.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Laserbeak''' (レーザービーク ''Rēzābīku'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]

Frenzy (ES)

2024-12-10T03:37:21Z

Ratbat72!: /* EarthSpark cartoon */ added fictional appearance {{storylink|}}

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{{disambig3|Frenzy}}
:'' Frenzy is a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Earthspark frenzy.jpeg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|One Saturday I took a walk to Zipperhead I met a girl there and she almost knocked me dead]]

A rowdy rebellious rocker, '''Frenzy''' lives up to her name. She's a cauldron of chaotic energy out to have a good time, and that usually means trouble for everyone else. She can emit a debilitating sonic scream to take on bots many times her size, setting them up for a clean shot with her laser-blaster guitar.

{{bigquote|Too loud for you? Frenzy ''likes'' it loud!|Frenzy|"[[Decoy (episode)|Decoy]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Tiana Camacho]] (English), [[Sayuri Yahagi]] (Japanese)|[[Betzabé Jara]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Sandra Jara]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Tabata Portella]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Isabelle Desplantes]] (French)}}
[[File:FrenzyAndLaserbeakBotBrawl HomePart1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|''Let's travel round the world Just you and me, punk rock girl.'']]

Following the end of the [[Autobot]]/Decepticon war, Frenzy remained with [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] as one of a number of hold out Decepticons following [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]'s defection. Soundwave had her, [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] steal [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID card as part of a plan to rescue their comrades imprisoned in [[G.H.O.S.T.]]'s HQ, and when the trio were tracked down by Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]. They were able to successfully hold the pair off, even unleashing their Tri-Tone attack, until [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] arrived with [[restraining bolt]]s, and the cassette-bots were captured. Soundwave attacked the Autobots on their way back to HQ, freeing the cassette-bots with an electromagnetic pulse. After tussling with Megatron, the cassette-bots turned their attention on the Terran and human Malto kids, however their Tri-Tone attack turned out to be countered by the catchy song the kids had made up. Frenzy advanced on them with her guitar blaster, only to be knocked flat by Bumblebee. In the aftermath, Megatron persuaded Optimus to let the cassette-bots free, believing G.H.O.S.T.'s imprisonment of Cybertronians to be wrong. When Ravage later went to rejoin Soundwave, Frenzy pointed out they were free but Ravage left regardless of her words. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

Later, Frenzy and Laserbeak took jobs at the [[Bot Brawl]] events held in the [[Philadelphia]] underground, gleefully providing color commentary for each fight. However, the bout between [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]] proved to be a bit more than either cassette-bot could handle: [[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]] used the subway car the pair were using as a commentary booth to trip up the Dinobot, which allowed the Autobots to remove [[Mandroid]]'s mind control badge from him. The two then fled as an unleashed, enraged Grimlock began to trash the arena. {{storylink|Home, Part 1}}

At some point after Mandroid’s defeat, Frenzy joined back up with Soundwave and the Decepticons. She was subsequently trapped in the force field dome with the other Decepticons. When Bumblebee, Thrash, and Mo entered the dome to get a comic for Robby, they were discovered by Soundwave. Frenzy and the other cassettes were deployed to battle Thrash and Mo. She was soundly trounced with the others after [[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]] allowed himself to be defeated. Later, she started the race between Bee and Breakdown with her guitar. {{storylink|The Need for Read}}
When [[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] and [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] planned a drive-in movie night for Robby and Izzy, Frenzy and Laserbeak turned up to watch from inside the dome. They mostly proceeded to heckle the Maltos and rooted for the film’s villain. Frenzy laughed uncontrollably when a mole-bot scared and attacked Jawbreaker. {{storylink|Attack of the Drive-In Movie}}

After an Autobot spacecraft landed in the dome, the Decepticons sought to seize it in order to escape Earth. Frenzy gleefully launched the first attack on the locked-down shuttle. She and the others were driven off when the ship’s defensive cannons activated. They launched another attack after the ship was disabled. During the final monments of the battle, Frenzy’s sonic blast knocked Optimus back, effectivly ending the fight. When the ship was reactivated, Frenzy boarded the ship with the other Decepticons, and they all successfully warped away.{{storylink|No Soldier Left Behind}} Later, Frenzy and Laserbeak trolled the Autobots by sending them several selfies of them fooling around on Prowl’s ship. The last photo revealed that Soundwave was less than pleased with their antics. {{storylink|Fire and Ice}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
*''EarthSpark'' Frenzy is the first incarnation of the character to be depicted as female.
*The [[FIRRIB]] thing is dodged by Frenzy by being purple. (Though [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] in the original cartoon was also kind of purple-ish, so maybe we aren't out of the woods yet...)
*In the Hungarian dub, Frenzy is dubbed by a male voice actor. Though a relatively high-pitched voice is used for the character's [[Decoy (episode)|debut episode]], this is done away with for Frenzy's [[Home, Part 1|later appearance]], seemingly solidifying him as a male in this dub.
*Frenzy's guitar is visually based on [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#The Transformers|her Generation 1 namesake]]'s weapons put together as one unit.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Frenzy''' (フレンジー ''Furenjī'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Tomboló''' ("Rampager")

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category: Variable gender characters]]

The Truth Is Out There

2024-10-28T04:01:59Z

Ratbat72!:

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|season ep=6
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'''Prowl, Thrash, and Robby use their detective skills to find who unleashed the hate plague.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
* Izzy
*[[Dot Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Jon Schloder]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
* This epiosde reveals the [[Hate Plague]] is spread by spores like its G1 counterpart. Another key difference is that some beings are naturally immune.
* Alex’s action figure collection includes a G1-looking Bee, a G1 Blaster, a Hotrod, a green and red Seaspray, and a Doubledealer. He also name drops Scavenger.

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Truth Is Out There

2024-10-28T04:00:42Z

Ratbat72!:

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|writer=[[Ian Bushch]]
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|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
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'''Prowl, Thrash, and Robby use their detective skills to find who unleashed the hate plague.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
* Izzy
*[[Dot Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Jon Schloder]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
* This epiosde reveals the [[Hate Plague]] is spread by spores like its G1 counterpart. Another key difference is that some beings are naturally immune.
* Alex’s action figure collection includes a G1-looking Bee, a G1 Blaster, a Hotrod, a green and red Seaspray, and a Doubledealer. He also name drops Scavenger.

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Judgment Day, Part 1

2024-10-28T03:58:09Z

Ratbat72!: created page

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|production company=[[Hasbro Entertainment]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writer=[[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[88 Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton T. Heuck]]
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'''An ancient evil arrives to lay claim to Quintus Prime’s power.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]]
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]]
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]
*[[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Cosmos (ES)|Cosmos]]

|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]
*[[Terratronus]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Fire and Ice

2024-10-28T03:32:56Z

Ratbat72!: added link

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|caption=
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|season=3
|season ep=5
|airdate=[[October 25]], [[2024]] (Paramount+) [[TBA]], [[2024]] (Nickelodeon)
|production company=[[Hasbro Entertainment]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writer=[[Aiko Hilkinger]]
|animation studio=[[88 Pictures]]
|director=[[Sheldon Vella]]
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'''A plague of hate threatens to tear the Autobots apart.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]]
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]]
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
* Izzy

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Decepticons stole Prowl's ship last episode.
* Laserbeak and Frenzy continue their habit of trolling the Autobots and Maltos with a series of selfies.

===Transformers references===
* The [[Hate Plague]] has infected numerous Transformers continuities. This iteration of the plague is very similar to its' G1 counterpart; it is spread by touch and engulfs the victims in red energy. A key difference is that the cure is a simple ice bath and not the collective wisdom of the ancients.
===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Truth Is Out There

2024-10-28T03:28:04Z

Ratbat72!: added link

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|caption=
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'''Prowl, Thrash, and Robby use their detective skills to find who unleashed the hate plague.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
* Izzy
*[[Dot Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Jon Schloder]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
* This epiosde reveals the [[Hate Plague]] is spread by spores like its G1 counterpart. Another key difference is that some beings are naturally immune.
* Alex’s action figure collection includes a G1-looking Bee, a G1 Blaster, a Hotrod, a green and red Seaspray, and a Doubledealer. He also name drops Scavenger.

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Truth Is Out There

2024-10-28T03:24:58Z

Ratbat72!: created page/ added references

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'''Prowl, Thrash, and Robby use their detective skills to find who unleashed the hate plague.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
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|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
* Izzy
*[[Dot Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Jon Schloder]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
* This epiosde reveals the [[Hate Plague]] is spread by spores like its G1 counterpart. Another key difference is that some beings are naturally immune.
* Alex’s action figure collection includes a G1-looking Bee, a G1 Blaster, a Hotrod, a green and red Seaspray, and a Doubledealer. He also name drops Scavenger.

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

No Soldier Left Behind

2024-10-28T03:01:09Z

Ratbat72!: added link

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'''A new Autobot arrives on Earth but crash lands in enemy territory.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]]
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]]
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]]
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Terratronus]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Mo's ability to open up the dome was first revealed in "[[The Need for Read]]"
===Transformers references===
*Prowl's shuttle resembles the Ark and its shuttles from the G1 Continuity.
*This is not the first time Marty Isenberg wrote an [[New Recruit|episode]] where a [[Smokescreen (Prime)|legacy G1 Datsun character]] [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|arrives midway through a middling second season, arriving through a spaceship and changed the shows status quo with their presence]].

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===
*

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Fire and Ice

2024-10-28T02:59:59Z

Ratbat72!: created page

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|image=
|caption=
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|season ep=5
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'''A plague of hate threatens to tear the Autobots apart.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]]
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]]
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
* Izzy

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The Decepticons stole Prowl's ship last episode.
* Laserbeak and Frenzy continue their habit of trolling the Autobots and Maltos with a series of selfies.

===Transformers references===
* The [[Hate Plague]] has infected numerous Transformers continuities. This iteration of the plague is very similar to its' G1 counterpart; it is spread by touch and engulfs the victims in red energy. A key difference is that the cure is a simple ice bath and not the collective wisdom of the ancients.
===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

No Soldier Left Behind

2024-10-26T22:13:34Z

Ratbat72!: created page

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'''A new Autobot arrives on Earth but crash lands in enemy territory.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]]
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]]
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]]
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Terratronus]]

|h5=Others||c5=
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===
*Prowl's shuttle resembles the Ark and its shuttles from the G1 Continuity.

===Real-world references===
*
===Errors===

===Trivia===
*

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Great Escape

2024-10-26T03:38:00Z

Ratbat72!: created page

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'''The Maltos must navigate a rigged escape room or risk becoming trapped forever.
'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Fairmaestro]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
*

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

*The golden tickets and very fine print are likely references to the classic film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* Twitch seemingly breaks the fourth wall by declaring "Cue the montage!"

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Need for Read

2024-10-26T03:14:37Z

Ratbat72!: Added next episode.

{{episode|
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'''Bumblebee and Breakdown’s friendship is put to the test when he, Mo, and Thrash enter the dome
.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]]
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]]
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]

|h5=Others||c5=
*

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Attack of the Drive-In Movie

2024-10-26T03:13:35Z

Ratbat72!: created page

{{episode|
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|image=
|caption=
|prev=The Need for Read
|next=
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|season=3
|season ep=2
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'''Robby and Izzy’s movie hangout goes wrong when Nightshades’ invention brings the movie monsters to life.
.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]]

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]
*Izzy

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
* Molebots

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
* This is the only Earthspark episode so far to feature Decepticons and not feature any Autobots.

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Need for Read

2024-10-26T02:47:14Z

Ratbat72!: added writer/director. updated characters

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'''Bumblebee and Breakdown’s friendship is put to the test when he, Mo, and Thrash enter the dome
.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]]
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]]
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]

|h5=Others||c5=
*

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Need for Read

2024-10-26T02:35:27Z

Ratbat72!:

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'''Bumblebee and Breakdown’s friendship is put to the test when he, Mo, and Thrash enter the dome
.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
*

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Need for Read

2024-10-26T02:34:34Z

Ratbat72!: created page

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'''Bumblebee and Breakdown’s friendship is put to the test when he, Mo, and Thrash enter the dome
.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]]
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]
*[[Breakdown (ES)|Breakdown]]
*[[Shockwave (ES)|Shockwave]]
|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]]
*[[Mo Malto]]
*[[Alex Malto]]
*[[Dot Malto]]

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]]
*[[Jawbreaker (ES)|Jawbreaker]]
*[[Twitch]]
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]]
*[[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]]

|h5=Others||c5=
*

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

The Need for Read

2024-10-26T02:08:54Z

Ratbat72!: Created page with "{disambig3|Aftermath}} {{episode| |otherseries=''Transformers: EarthSpark'' ep 27 |image=Aftermath-Aftermath.jpg |caption=Hasta la vista..."

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