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Cliffjumper (WFC)

2012-05-13T17:02:04Z

Redsonjustin: /* Notes */

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{{disambig3|Cliffjumper}}
:''Cliffjumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:PrimeCliffjumperTVAichiPromoRender.jpg|thumb|300px|Cliffjumper will take you down to the corner of Know Your Role Boulevard and Jabroni Drive and check you directly into the Smackdown Hotel!]]
'''Cliffjumper''' ('''Cliff''' to his chums) isn't your run-of-the-mill Autobot freedom fighter. Armed with six-cylinder ion cannons, a quantum-sensitive multiphase targeting system that would make [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] jealous, and of course, the old-school technique of pummeling [[Decepticon]]s with his fists, Cliffjumper prefers to liven up the day with firefights while retrieving enemy intelligence. He more than lives up to his name: He'll fearlessly leap ''long'' before he bothers looking!

{{bigquote|Need backup?|[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]}}
{{bigquote|Do I ''ever'' need backup?|Cliffjumper|"[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Cliffjumper concurred with [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] that while [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] was not an Autobot, he deserved to be rescued. He and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[Wrecker]]s later escorted [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] to the [[Well of All Sparks]] when they made their journey to purge Cybertron's [[core]] of [[Dark Energon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Prime'' comics===
When the Decepticons returned to their dead homeworld, Cliffjumper went in with all guns blazing to investigate. The [[Vehicon (Prime)|Eradicon]]s piled onto him, grappling him until he was unconscious. He awoke to find himself in their base, which Cliffjumper commented looked like the sort of lair [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] would design. An Eradicon said Cliffjumper would live until he was no longer useful, and asked him to decode an offworld Autobot signal. It came from none other than Optimus himself, ordering his forces to gather on a planet called [[Earth]]. Awed, Cliffjumper then turned to his interrogator and said all the decoded message said was, "Megatron smells like [[Unicron]]'s armpit." The infuriated Eradicon ordered Cliffjumper's demise just before [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] burst in, slaughtering the Decepticons.

[[Image:Primecomic-Cliffjumpershoot.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Trademark move: Sharpshooter]]
Cliffjumper tried to greet his old colleague, but she told him to be quiet, coldly informing him she had not come to rescue him, but to tap into the Decepticons' communications. Finding the coordinates of the enemy's weapons lab in [[Kaon]], she was prepared to go by herself until Cliffjumper convinced her that Kaon was too dangerous for her stealthy ways, and that she needed his brawn to back her brain. Entering the city through its maintenance tunnels, Arcee opened a secret passage. As he travelled up an ancient staircase, Cliffjumper's suspicions were confirmed when he saw Starscream overseeing the reactivation of a [[space bridge]]. Arcee wanted to destroy the device, but Cliffjumper saw it as their ticket to Earth. He distracted Starscream by going straight to him and his Eradicons, claiming he wanted to join them. Arcee activated the device, and when Starscream noticed, Cliffjumper jumped his pretense and started a fight, then jumped with Arcee into the space bridge.

As he plummeted, Cliffjumper momentarily wondered if he was one with the [[AllSpark]], but Arcee confirmed they had fallen onto Earth. Finding a ghost town, they [[scanning|scanned]] their alternate modes. Cliffjumper disdained a passing travel trailer (which he found too ugly) and a truck (which was too bulky) before selecting a muscle car, which Arcee found suitably noisy. He added horns on the hood of his new alternate mode as a finishing touch. As the two drove to find Optimus, Starscream—who had also jumped into the space bridge—attacked them, blasting off Arcee's arm. Cliffjumper fought Starscream and buried him under a pile of rocks, but then [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] appeared. It seemed like the end, but Optimus and Bumblebee came and fought off the two Decepticons before opening a [[GroundBridge]] to their base and sending Arcee through for repairs. Optimus told Cliffjumper his journey was over, but a new battle was just beginning. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (English, [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] Cliffjumper), [[Noriaki Sugiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean), [[Robin Kahnmeyer]] (German), [[Sergio Gutiérrez Coto]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

[[Image:Predatory-ArceeBeeCliff.jpg|left|thumb|250px|We know who's [[Wikipedia:Redshirt (character)|expendable]].]]

During the Great War, Cliffjumper and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] invaded the lair of [[Airachnid]], who had captured Arcee and [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Airachnid had already killed Tailgate by the time Cliffjumper and Bumblebee arrived, but they were able to pull a shellshocked Arcee to safety. {{storylink|Predatory}}

Long after the [[Great Exodus]], and three years after the last reported Decepticon activity on Earth, Cliffjumper was still marooned on the planet with his fellow Autobots. Still a strong-willed individual, Cliffjumper had sometimes run afoul of human authorities, resulting in receiving multiple traffic tickets and once having a [[Denver boot|boot]] affixed to his tire due to a parking violation. As he chatted with his closest friend, Arcee, over the radio, she admonished him for his stubborn bullheadedness. He countered that Earth was so boring that sometimes he just had to stir things up.

[[Image:DarknessRising1-Cliffjumperface.jpg|right|thumb|250px|If you think he looks ornery now, you should see him later.]]
Just as Cliffjumper noted that he was starting to miss the Decepticons, his scanners caught nearby activity. He declined Arcee's suggestion for backup and sped off in the direction of the disturbance. He was surprised to find a wide crater full of [[energon]], and even more surprised to find it guarded by the Decepticons! Overwhelming [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon forces]] demanded Cliffjumper put up a ferocious fight, but ultimately, the Autobot was overcome and taken on board the [[Nemesis (Prime)|''Nemesis'']], the Decepticons' warship, and thrown in front of Starscream. The interim Decepticon commander did not respond well to Cliffjumper's irreverence, and the Autobot was stabbed through the chest. Starscream then ordered his troops to clean up the body.

The remaining Earthbound Autobots arrived on the scene too late, and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] confirmed that Cliffjumper's [[spark]] had gone offline. Finding one of Cliffjumper's horns in the dirt, Arcee took the piece of her friend to the Autobots' memorial service. The loss of Cliffjumper hit her the hardest, and she stormed off amidst their eulogies, preferring to honor Cliffjumper's memory by keeping Earth safe. Ratchet confided in [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] that as long as the Autobots protected humanity, Cliffjumper's death would not be the only tragedy. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[Image:DarknessRising2-letsgetyouhome.jpg|left|250px|thumb|He's not supposed to die!]]
Though Cliffjumper had died, his body still had uses. When Megatron wanted a corpse on which to test [[Dark Energon]]'s resurrection powers, Cliffjumper's was used as a guinea pig. Once his torso was stabbed through by a shard of the material, Cliffjumper did spring back to life...though as a psychotic, screaming [[zombie]] that attacked anything in its path! Only being sliced in two by Megatron stopped Cliffjumper's rampage, and his two halves decorated varying levels of the Decepticons' energon mine.

The initial Dark Energon stabbing did briefly bring Cliffjumper's spark back online, but when Ratchet's sensors picked this up, he dismissed it as a glitch. Regardless, Arcee wanted to investigate. After the Autobots mounted an attack on the Decepticons, Arcee found the top half of Cliffjumper strewn about, but was horrified to see the monster that he had become. Whatever this thing was, it was no longer Cliffjumper, so the zombie was left behind as the Decepticon base exploded. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

When Arcee encountered Arachnid once again, she taunted Arcee by bringing up the deaths of Tailgate and Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Predatory}}

Later, at Cliffjumper's memorial, Arcee said she had not given up on finding the Decepticon responsible for his death. When she discovered their prisoner Starscream was responsible, she attempted to kill him, only to stop when a shocked Bumblebee convinced her to stop and let him escape. She reflected to Optimus that her desire for vengeance had not brought the solace she sought. {{storylink|Partners}}

While under the influence of synthetic energon, Ratchet brought up Cliffjumper's death as something Prime should have been more proactive in preventing. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

In an effort to make small talk with a [[MECH]] operative, Starscream mentioned that he had personly "snuffed" an Autobot, referring to Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

When Arcee learned that Bulkhead and Ratchet repaired Starscream's wounds after getting intel on [[Airachnid]]'s location, she became angry, saying that Starscream had also taken a partner from her. {{storylink|Crossfire}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[Image:WFCDS-Cliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|150px|If Bumblebee were John Boehner.]]
:''Voice actor'': [[Steve Blum]] (English)

{{quote|Decepticons deserve a traitor's death!}}
Following the unleashing of [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]], Cliffjumper spotted a party of Decepticons preparing to assault the giant. He attempted to slow their advance with force fields and gun turrets, and when that didn't work, led them on a high-speed chase while trying to shoot them. They eventually caught up with him when he crashed into a wall and, though his spirit was still defiant, he was unable to stop them passing him. Of course, they immediately ran into Jetfire... {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)}}

{{note|Cliffjumper is an unlockable character in the Autobot version of the game, and as such, can be used as a playable character in the story and arena missions. He is unlocked by finding a data disk in the "Infiltration of Kaon" level.}}

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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (360/PS3)===
[[Image:FOC-Cliffjumper.jpg|left|thumb|300px|They laughed when we said our ''WFC'' Cliffjumper toys sounded like The Rock, but who's laughing now???]]

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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Cliffjumper_Prime_toy.jpg|300px|thumb|Voted "Most Likely To Be Bought For Ulterior [[Cliffjumper (G1)#Classics|Head-Swiping]] Motives."]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories'': handgun
: Part of the fifth wave of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] Deluxe class toys, Cliffjumper is a red [[retool]]/[[redeco]] of [[Bumblebee (Prime)#Toys|Cybertronian Bumblebee]] with a new head, transforming into a round "Cybertronian racer mode". His toy comes with a handgun and features two wrist-mounted, flip-out blades. The handgun can be stored inside his rear bumper in either robot or vehicle mode.

: The [[instructions]] for Bumblebee depicted him with Cliffjumper's head sculpt, thus revealing the retool before it was officially announced, a continuing trend in the ''Generations'' line.

: This toy was also (slightly) redecoed to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)#United|Cliffjumper Cybertron Mode]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm More information on Cliffjumper at TFU.info]''

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===Prime: First Edition===
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[[Image:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeFirstEdition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[December 28]], 2011
**''Accessories:'' Stand

: Part of wave 1.5 of ''Prime'' "First Edition" Deluxe Class toys, Cliffjumper transforms from a muscle car that crossbreeds the rear of a Plymouth Barracuda with the front of a Dodge Challenger into a robot and back. He features flip-out triple-barreled blasters in each of his arms that can be swung out to replace his hands. He ''does'' have wrist articulation, but the plastic panels on the outer sides of his arms tend to get in the way, meaning his wrists can only easily rotate up to 90 degrees.

: The Japanese version of this toy was packaged in robot mode (sans stand, despite the package call outs) and features a richer metallic red. His rear lights are also painted red instead of silver.

: He and the rest of the ''Transformers: Prime'' First Edition Wave 1 toys were released far earlier in Asia than the rest of the world. He was never released in the US, forcing fans to import him from Canada in order to get the Hasbro version.

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===Prime===
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_cj.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/Number:'' '''2/005'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''EZ-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle blade

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse]] Legion-class toys, Cliffjumper transforms into his low-riding cruiser mode. He has several points in both robot and vehicle mode for mounting Cyberverse-scale weapons. The battle blade he comes with is the same as Cyberverse [[Ratchet (Prime)#Cyberverse)|Ratchet]]'s, being modeled after the doctor's scalpel-weapons.

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[[Image:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeRID.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Lot of toys for a guy who bit the dust five minutes in.]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AM-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun/hammer (Hasbro only), "C.L." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Wave one of the "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe Class assortments includes an entirely new Cliffjumper mold. Unlike the first Cliffjumper toy, RID Cliffjumper's transformation into robot mode involves stowing much of the car's roof on his back, while featuring a [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake car roof]] as the robot mode's chest. His battle hammer can also become a gun, which stores in vehicle mode on either the roof or in an additional peghole on the vehicle's rear right-hand side.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version of Cliffjumper has some very significant differences. Released as part of the first wave of Japanese ''Prime'' toys on [[March 31]] of 2012, his red plastic has a lighter, slightly-orange hue, plus he loses many of his [[paint operation]]s, which have been largely replaced by customer-applied [[Sticker|decal]]s. [[5mm post]]-hole mounts have been added to his doors, rear wheel hubs, and robot-mode shoulders as part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] play-pattern. Rather than the hammer/rifle, he comes with his Arms Micron partner [[C.L.]], who transforms into an over-sized version of Cliffjumper's triple-barreled wrist-blaster.

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[[Image:Terrorconcliff.jpg|right|thumb|300px|What he's cooking? Brains, apparently.]]
*'''Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''ID number:'' '''AM-08'''
**''Accessories:'' "Jida" Arms Micron

: Available (so far) only in the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, "Terrorcon" Cliffjumper is a translucent-purple and opaque-brown redeco and [[retool]]ing of the "First Edition" Cliffjumper mold, with a new "[[zombie]]-like" head and several added [[Mini-Con]] mounting points on his vehicle-mode trunk and hood. As with the other toys in the Japanese ''Prime'' line, much of the toy is unpainted, and relies on [[Sticker|decal]]s to add color detail, including the windscreens, with a pair of unused Decepticon [[insignia]] stickers also being included. He comes with his [[Arms Micron]] partner [[Jida]].

: Originally, there was a [[:Image:Primetoy-TerrorconCliffjumper.jpg|more screen-accurate version]] intended to come out in wave three of the "First Edition" Deluxe series, and would have been in red with purple "dark energon" battle-damage paint applications (and of course without the Arms Micron and associated mounting points), but the wave was canceled and the figure was never released in any market.

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==Notes==
[[Image:TfprimeCliffjumperCar.jpg|thumb|No, seriously, he's going to take you down to Jabroni Drive. Hop in already, he wants to beat the rush hour traffic.]]
* Cliffjumper was presented as a key Autobot in the ''Prime'' cartoon's publicity material, and he had a starring role in the comic released before the show's premiere. That, combined with the fandom's excitement over the news of his voice actor (an announcement that was actually very low-key,<ref>[http://toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=1&itemid=16332 Toy News International's notes on a Hasbro investors' webcast]</ref> but you know, ''fandoms''), made his death in the opening minutes of the pilot episode come as quiiiiiiite a shock to just about everyone. ''Prime''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sister show, ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]: Renegades'', pulled the same tactic with the hero Ripcord, but they gave that character more than five minutes to develop a personality and an attachment to the audience. Of course, later on, Ripcord was found alive, but let's not hold our breath for Cliffjumper.
* ''Prime'' cartoon executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] said Cliffjumper will remain dead, but his relationship with Arcee could be explored in flashbacks.<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/36193/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation ToonZone.net's summary of a Q&A session with the ''Prime'' cartoon staff]</ref>
* Cliffjumper has been mentioned in more episodes than he's appeared in.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cliffjumper''' (クリフジャンパー ''Kurifujanpā'')

==References==
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[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Arcee (WFC)

2012-05-13T01:00:40Z

Redsonjustin: /* Notes */

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{{disambig3|Arcee}}
:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Arcee_Prime_stockimage.jpg|thumb|200px|Now where is that mouse?]]

A former scout on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the [[Great Exodus]], '''Arcee''' is the least physically-imposing of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew, but she's also Optimus's most reliable soldier, his go-to [[Female Transformer|gal]] when he needs someone he can count on.<ref>[http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/characters/arcee The Hub's profile page for Arcee]</ref> Whatever she lacks in physical form she more than makes up for it in force of personality. She is tough as nails at all times, always ready with a snarky quip even in the face of deactivation, not afraid to bend the rules every now and then, and seemingly never, ever scared.

And while that is largely true, and makes her an incredibly dangerous opponent (especially in melee combat, her specialty), that force of will ''is'' also a bit of a front. The loss of [[Tailgate (Prime)|a partner]] back on Cybertron rattled her, leading her towards a path of going it alone. And when she finally started opening up to [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|another partner]] on [[Earth]], losing ''him'' shook her to her core. To then be immediately saddled with the task of being the "guardian" for [[Jack Darby]], one of the locals accidentally caught up in the struggle on Earth, well, let's just say she was less than thrilled about that.

Okay, she was openly verbally hostile to Jack over the whole thing, but her loyalty to Optimus kept her from refusing the task. Like it or not, she's his guardian, and she's going to protect that boy's life... with her own, if she has to.

Slowly, but surely, Arcee is coming around again and facing her past demons. Jack's bravery and ingenuity even when in mortal peril is growing on her. Who knows. He might make a good partner.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:PrimeComicArcee.jpg|Right|thumb|200px|]]

Before the war, Arcee had been spying in [[Kaon]], and sometime during it she had been rescued by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. When Optimus ordered the Autobots to [[Earth]], her ship had been destroyed, and she was willing to wait as she detected the Decepticons had returned to Cybertron and they were planning something ''big''. There, she entered a base and annihilated the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] there, inadvertently returning Cliffjumper's favor. She hacked into the Decepticons's communications signal there, and found their weapons lab in Kaon. Arcee found Cliffjumper a brash soldier inappropriate for her stealthy mission, but he convinced her Kaon was too dangerous and that she could use his ship to go to Earth.

The duo entered the city through the maintenance tunnels Arcee had once explored, and she found a secret staircase by activating an Autobot symbol on the wall. There they discovered [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had rebuilt a [[space bridge]] to travel to Earth. Concerned by the repercussions of the Decepticons's discovery of how to build space bridges, Arcee wanted to destroy it, but Cliffjumper convinced her it was their way off Cybertron. Distracting Starscream with a ruse, Arcee activated the space bridge and overloaded its systems, jumping through it with him before it blew up.

[[Image:Arceeprimecomictransform.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Arcee, transform and—geeeaaaheeeewwww!!]]

Landing on Earth, the duo scanned their alternate modes and traveled to find a population center where they could build a scanner and find Optimus. Starscream attacked, having also jumped through the space bridge, blasting Arcee's arm off. Cliffjumper fought him and tried to get Arcee to safety, but she refused, telling him to leave her and find Optimus. Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] appeared, fending off Starscream and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. Optimus carried Arcee through a [[GroundBridge]] to base, where [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] reattached her arm. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Sumalee Montano]] (English)|[[Shizuka Itō]] (Japanese), [[Rosa Campillo]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Seon Lee]] (Korean), [[Sonia Mazza]] (Italian), [[Martina Treger]] (German), [[Rosalba Sotelo]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Márcia Regina]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[Image:Predatory-Airachnidscratch.jpg|thumb|250px|left|]]
During the Great War, Arcee was partnered with [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. After one mission, she was talking to Tailgate over the comm when she was captured by [[Airachnid]] and taken for interrogation. She refused to talk, but when Airachnid revealed she had also captured Tailgate, she revealed she knew nothing, and Tailgate was killed by the Decepticon. Arcee was subsequently rescued by Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, though Airachnid herself escaped. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

Soon after the Autobots arrived on Earth, after Bulkhead accidentally stepped into some power lines. Arcee was impressed with the dance he did as a consequence. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:DarknessRising1-thisisjasper.jpg|thumb|300px|He's gonna ride her like a Harley on a bad stretch of road.]]
Old friends with Cliffjumper and a long-term agent on Earth, Arcee was engaged in casual banter with her friend when Cliffjumper was ambushed by Decepticons: by the time Arcee and the others got there, his body was missing and his lifesigns had ceased. While [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] said they should not dwell on negative emotions, Arcee claimed she'd go back on duty protecting humans; but when targeted by a [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] duo and forced to rescue [[Jack Darby|human youth Jack Darby]], she showed an irritable, seething nature, attacking the Vehicons with angry cries of vengeance for Cliffjumper.

She ignored most of Jack's questions, initially threatened him to forget what he'd seen, and wasn't that concerned with humans witnessing the battle afterwards. To her annoyance, Optimus then ordered her to bring in Jack and the other human witnesses to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], so the Decepticons couldn't target them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[Image:DarknessRising2-girltrouble.jpg|left|thumb|250px|She transforms into the world's largest motorcycle.]]
When the Autobots headed to the Decepticon Energon mines to locate Cliffjumper, Arcee found the broken and [[Dark Energon| Dark Energon-corrupted]] body of Cliffjumper moving, and tried to save him. She grabbed his hand, but was horrified when the body turned out to be a [[zombie|mutated ''thing'']] bent on attacking, and dropped him. When [[Starscream (Prime)| Starscream]] arrived to drop a bomb into the area to destroy the mines, the Autobots were forced to retreat without Cliffjumper through the [[GroundBridge]]. Once inside their base, Arcee began to feel dizzy, much to the surprise of Jack, Miko and Raf. It was due to contact with a miniscule amount of the Dark Energon that had corrupted Cliffjumper.

Arcee, despite her "illness", was given the task of taking Jack Darby home, and angrily snapped at him when he said he was sorry for her loss, demanding to know what he'd know about such losses; the argument was interrupted when [[June Darby|Jack's mother]] arrived and promptly began questioning him about the mysterious blue bike. The next morning, Arcee snappily woke Jack up and dragged him to Central Command... but demanded he write a note so his mother wouldn't worry. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

On the way back, Arcee showed off some motorcycling tricks. They reached the base, only for Optimus to leave her in charge and go off on a mission with [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]. Arcee was disgruntled and, leaving [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in charge, immediately went out on patrol with Bumblebee. The pair patrolled the nearby Nevada desert until they got a call from Bulkhead to say Fowler had been kidnapped, and he'd gone to the Decepticon ship to mount a rescue. Arcee tried to contact base to get bridged back, but no one was there, and she and Bumblebee had to put "the metal to the pedal". {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:DarknessRising4-Arceestandoff.jpg|220px|thumb|"No, ''I'm'' ****ing Blue Death from above."]]
They arrived at the Decepticon ship to find Bulkhead had already dealt with the guards. Within, they rescued Jack and Raf from a pair of Decepticons, and quickly caught up with Bulkhead and Miko. The three kids being a liability in a fight, the Autobots cleared out a room for them to shelter in. A short time later, they found the brig. Arcee slipped in through a shaft in the ceiling to get the drop on Starscream, but he threatened to shoot the prisoner. Fowler caused a distraction and the Autobots opened fire. Starscream inconsiderately blasted Arcee with his jet exhaust as he fled. With Fowler rescued, the Autobots picked up the kids and returned back to base, where they faced some pointed questions from Optimus. Jack, however, was sick of the constant danger and decided he wanted no more to do with the Autobot/Decepticon conflict. Arcee reminded him to keep the conflict secret, and as he left by GroundBridge, she was sad to see him go. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

She later paid Jack a visit and managed to talk him into returning to the Autobot base. When they did so, it was to find that Ratchet had discovered the location of the space bridge, and Arcee and the other Autobots headed up into orbit to try and prevent Megatron from sending the Dark Energon through. They reached the space bridge terminal, but came under attack from flying Decepticons. Ultimately they were unable to prevent Megatron's plan from going ahead, and the only way to prevent the zombies coming through from Cybertron was to destroy the space bridge itself. Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee followed Ratchet's instructions, feeding the space bridge's power back on itself, but were attacked by Megatron just as they completed the job. Arcee was hit and knocked off into space. Luckily Bumblebee had the presence of mind to grab her as the Autobots retreated through the GroundBridge just before everything exploded. Back at base, Arcee seemed in a bad way, but after some concern from Jack, she was able to stand up again. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee could later be seen hanging out with the three kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Arcee attempted to help Jack with his science project, a motorcycle engine, despite not knowing anything about Earth auto-mechanics. Her role was usurped by Ratchet anyway. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Scrapheap-huddleforwarmth.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"I wish we'd chosen the sauna."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, but they were unable to raise base so they could GroundBtidge back. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Arcee decided to keep warm by blaming Bulkhead for their predicament. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The Scraplets froze in the cold air and the three Autobots were subsequently able to return home. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Arcee was amused by Bulkhead's exuberant job when they were contacted by [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], one of Bulkhead's old friends, though she was initially worried the signal could be a 'Con trap. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee GroundBridged out to Wheeljack's landing site in time to see him take out a bunch of Vehicons. They returned to base where the Autobots celebrated, though Arcee mainly sat on the sidelines with Jack. When Bulkhead began to grow suspicious that Wheeljack wasn't all he seemed, Arcee tried to allay his fears, and when he directly confronted Wheeljack, Arcee urged him to keep calm. He turned out to be right. After everything was resolved, Arcee again took part in the partying, mostly by standing around watching the others dance. She also turned out to see the real Wheeljack off when he returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:Convoy-kablooie.jpg|thumb|upright|250px|"My bad" won't cut it with Optimus this time.]]

When Fowler asked for help transporting the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Arcee took part in the Autobot convoy, concealed in Prime's trailer along with the D.N.G.S. When [[MECH]] goons broke the back of the trailer open, she zoomed out in her cycle mode and blew up one of the MECH cars. She helped pass the D.N.G.S. over to a train, but a short time later the Autobots were attacked by Vehicons, and she, Bumblebee and Bulkhead spent the rest of the whole affair fighting them. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

When an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in a museum, the Autobots surrounded the building while the kids went in to steal it. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] appeared at the front of the museum to attack Optimus, and as Breakdown charged at the museum, Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to stop him. A missile from Breakdown sent Arcee skidding into Bumblebee. After the Decepticons obtained the Harvester, Arcee made a token effort to chase them. She, Bumblebee and Prime later attempted to track down the Decepticons before the Harvester could be used, but they ended up coming to Bulkhead's rescue after he found and stopped the Decepticons himself. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[Image:ArceeThey'reRacing.jpg|250px|left|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Himself_(Bill_Cosby_album)|"I want you... to go upstairs... and ''kill that boy''."]]]]

As Arcee and Jack were leaving school, they encountered Sierra, who asked if she could take Jack up on his offer of a ride. They were interrupted by [[Vince]], who challenged Jack to a race. Arcee reminded her companion of the rules, however when Vince made disparaging remarks about her motorcycle mode, she decided that he needed to be taught a lesson. Arcee and Jack completely smoked Vince at racing, though she made Jack swear not to tell any of the other Autobots. When Jack agreed to another race, Arcee flatly refused to take part, and later found out he'd talked Bumblebee into helping him instead. Furious, she dragged Bulkhead out to help her find Jack and Bumblebee, only to reach them just as Knock Out was abducting Vince. The three Autobots tracked the Decepticons to a storage facility, where Arcee attempted unsuccessfully to retrieve Vince from Knock Out, and ended up chasing the 'Con. She was unable to catch him, but Optimus turned up to lend a hand and rescue the human, and he demanded an explanation from his ashamed soldiers. Afterwards, Arcee was willing to allow Jack to give Sierra a ride, but just once. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:AirachnidUpsideDown.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"So... Is this the part where we [[Spider-Man|kiss?]]"]]
On a routine energon scouting mission, Arcee and Jack stumbled on a crashed spaceship in the wilderness. Arcee recognized it as belonging to [[Airachnid]] and found she was unable to contact base. After dropping Jack a safe distance away, she hunted Airachnid, interrupting her foe's attack on a lone camper. They fought, but Jack's reappearance distracted Arcee long enough for Airachnid to get the upper hand and stick the Autobot to a nearby rock with webbing. Airachnid played on how Arcee had a habit of losing partners before starting to chase Jack. Haunted by her previous meeting with Airachnid, Arcee eventually managed to break free using her motorcycle mode, and caught up with Jack in time to save him by delivering a brutal pounding to Airachnid, who managed to flee underground. Arcee was left with a new respect for how Jack had handled the situation, and was happy to call him her partner. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

[[Image:Arceeandherblaster.jpg|thumb|200px|left|]]

After Optimus was infected by [[Cybonic plague]], Arcee and Bumblebee GroundBridged aboard the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]''. They found Megatron's body in stasis lock, and Arcee formed a [[cortical psychic patch]] so Bumblebee could find the cure in the Decepticon leader's mind. She hid with Bumblebee's unconscious body in a vent, but time began to run out when [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] entered the room and discussed pulling the plug on their commander. Soundwave noticed the cortical link and Starscream began following it to the vent, but Bumblebee had located the cure and the two GroundBridged off the ship. Arcee sent a parting gift by shooting at Megatron, and the Decepticons found Megatron's mind was blank... {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

Arcee was unsure if she'd successfully offlined Megatron. She was unenthusiastic when it turned out they had to return to the Arctic after the Decepticons stole a telescope lens. There, she and Bulkhead fought Breakdown as a diversion while Optimus snuck on board the Decepticon ship to destroy the heat ray they'd built the lens into. Her success in fighting breakdown was limited, but they kept him busy for long enough, and were knocked flying by the shockwave from the heat ray exploding. They were surprised when Megatron subsequently turned up alive and well to stop Starscream from finishing off Optimus. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:ArceeFailstonoticekidsenteringSpacebridge.jpg|thumb|200px|right|]]

When a Dark Energon signature was detected, Arcee was left at base on GroundBridge duty because Optimus wanted Ratchet's Dark Energon knowledge handy. She failed to notice the three kids sneaking after Optimus's team, and only later spotted that they were gone. She attempted to GroundBridge them back, but interference resulted in an explosion and the kids vanished en route. After Bulkhead's attempt to phone Miko failed, Arcee tried to ring Jack, but there was too much interference for them to talk. They eventually discovered the kids were trapped in an alternate dimension, and when Ratchet used the GroundBridge to rescue them, Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead went to make sure they were safe from Starscream. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured by MECH, Arcee and the others were surprised when Optimus insisted that they rescue the Decepticon, though it turned out he was concerned that Cybertronian technology would fall into MECH hands. The team arrived in [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] and followed an energon signal Ratchet had detected. The trace led them to find Breakdown's eye and a MECH bomb. After they avoided being blown up the bomb, the team tracked down Bulkhead in time to chase off Starscream and some Vehicons. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[Image:Crisscross-callmeArcee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's the equivalent of a guy introducing his mom to his girlfriend.]]
Jack's alter-school activities resulted in his mom forbidding him from using his motorcycle. Jack pointed out to Arcee that this would mean she would have to stay in the garage for several weeks, but she instead promised that she would try to be back before Jack's mom got home at night. The next day Arcee and Bumblebee were fighting some Vehicons when Jack called her to warn her that mom was on her way home early. Arcee failed to get back in time, and had to sneak in via GroundBridge. Later on that evening, she managed to get back before June Darby did, but it turned out that was because mom had been abducted by MECH. Arcee and Jack followed Silas's instructions, proceeding to a deserted factory, and were shocked to find that Airachnid was involved. Arcee was webbed and rendered unconscious, but while MECH was preparing her for "surgery", she recovered and escaped. She managed to catch up with Airachnid before the 'Con could do anything to Jack or his mother, and the pair fought at length around the building. She eventually succeeded in knocking Airachnid into a container and pouring concrete on top, but as she was moving to rescue June, was webbed to the ground by the still active Decepticon. Relief came in the form of Agent Fowler and three helicopters, which forced Airachnid to retreat. Arcee and Jack subsequently took June to the Autobot base to meet the team. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[Image:TFP_ep18_tag_team.jpg‎|thumb|right|300px|]]
Arcee was scheduled to do some routine maintenance with Jack, but June's well-meaning questions drove Arcee batty, and she instead opted to accompany Bulkhead on a mission to find a magnetic anomaly. Miko managed to sneak along on the mission, and Arcee again found herself as the third wheel, but when they reached the source of the magnetic disturbance, it turned out to be Airachnid and Breakdown fighting over a magnetic weapon. During the ensuing fight, Breakdown used the weapon, a [[polarity gauntlet]], to magnetize the two Autobots, and Arcee became stuck to Bulkhead's back. With the only choice to retrieve the gauntlet, Arcee ordered Miko to return to base, and she and Bulkhead tracked the 'Cons to an old gas station. After some more fighting, Arcee managed to become unstuck from Bulkhead, and briefly used the gauntlet to polarize everyone. In the end, the Autobots triumphed and returned to base with the gauntlet, where Arcee received an apology from June for the earlier questioning. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Bulkhead and Arcee were assigned to check out an [[Stripped energon mine|old energon mine]]. When Miko ran into the mine, Jack persuaded Arcee to let him take a look inside too. She and Jack stumbled on Megatron and Starscream, and during the firefight that ensued, she shot Megatron's arm, causing him to blast the ceiling and causing a cave in. After the floor fell away, she lost track of the others, but eventually found the kids, and was able to rescue Bulkhead from Starscream. The two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine and briefly considered ending the Decepticons then and there before deciding it wasn't what Optimus would have done. Though Arcee still looked tempted. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[Image:Partners2_Arcee_talk_to_rock.jpg‎|250px|thumb|left|]]

Standing at Cliffjumper's graveside, Arcee pledged she would find the 'Con who killed him. When the Autobots were on their next mission to check out a signal from a buried Decepticon wreck, they ran into Airachnid, and Arcee attempted to take the opportunity to settle the score for Tailgate, only for Airachnid to get the better of her. After coming to her rescue, Optimus reminded her that revenge was never profitable. When their captive, Starscream, claimed to want to switch sides, Arcee spoke out to say they should take him with them. Arcee was left guarding the prisoner, however when he inadvertently revealed that it was he who had killed Cliffjumper, she became enraged and attacked him. Though she eventually got the upper hand and was about to finish him off, she realized that Bumblebee was watching the fight, and reluctantly let Starscream limp away. Later at base, her injuries were healed, but she blamed herself for ruining their chance to gain access to Starscream's knowledge. {{storylink|Partners}}

Arcee accompanied Prime and Bumblebee as they tried to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] before the Decepticons did. During the fight she was tackled by Knock Out. Ultimately the Decepticons made off with the cylinder, and later Arcee listened as Ratchet told them the cylinder's contents had ended up in Bulkhead's brain, and wondered aloud what the formula Bulkhead was writing was—the Autobots were excited to find it was a set of equations for synthetic energon. Arcee found it weird when Bulkhead was in "brainiac mode", and as it turned out the data was eating Bulkhead's mind. Bumblebee and Arcee accompanied Optimus on an unsuccessful attempt to get the cylinder back from Megatron, and they ended up fighting a bunch of Vehicons. Later they came to Miko and Bulkhead's aid to save the pair from Knock Out and Breakdown, and Arcee was present when Miko managed to rouse the comatose Bulkhead. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

[[Image:StrongerFaster-surrounded.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]

During a mission to intercept Knock Out and Breakdown, Arcee sped over a road block caused by Vehicons, separating herself from the other Autobots despite Prime's orders. She soon found herself surrounded by Vehicons, but was surprised when Ratchet came through the GroundBridge and single-handedly bashed the lot of them. Ratchet later revealed that he had injected himself with the synthetic energon he'd been working on, and Arcee was keen for them all to try it, however Ratchet began exhibiting personality changes that disturbed her. During their next mission, Ratchet accused Optimus of not being pro-active enough, bringing up Cliffjumper's death which angered Arcee to the point of threatening violence. When Ratchet took off to tackle Megatron on his own, Arcee and the other Autobots were forced to come to his aid. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

When an ancient prophecy looked like it was imminent, Arcee and Bulkhead wonder how seriously they should take it. They accompanied Optimus to a military base to stop the Decepticons attacking it, but when they were faced with Raf being gravely injured, Optimus ordered Arcee to accompany him and Bumblebee back to base. While Ratchet fought to save the boy's life, Arcee had to keep Bumblebee calm. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Arcee accompanied Bulkhead and Ratchet on a mission to rescue Prime from an area rich in Dark Energon, though at one point she appeared to become mesmerized by the sight of a volcano spewing Dark Energon. Once they got Optimus back to base, they set about investigating the cause of the natural disasters that had begun plaguing the planet, and realized that [[Unicron]] lay at the center of the Earth. Arcee and the other Autobots began checking out the sites of the tremors. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Though Optimus ordered the other Autobots to remain at base, Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee joined him anyway. They fought increasingly larger stone Unicrons, until they encountered a colossal one that knocked Bulkhead and Bumblebee aside, then sent Arcee likewise tumbling along the ground. As it moved to crush Optimus underfoot, help came in the unlikely form of Megatron, who offered to help them fight Unicron. After they returned to base, Optimus gave the trio the choice of whether to accompany him and Megatron to Earth's core, and Arcee opted to go for Jack's sake. She, Bumblebee and Bulkhead greeted Megatron to the Autobot base by aiming their guns at him, and when they were ready to GroundBridge to their new destination, she insisted Megatron go first. Before long, they were standing within Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

As the Autobots battled [[Unicron's antibodies]], Arcee was briefly separated from the others, and had to ride one of the antibodies to catch up with them again. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee remained outside Unicron's spark chamber to fight off the antibodies. After Unicron's defeat, they entered the chamber only to discover that Optimus had lost his memory and was leaving with Megatron. They subsequently had to GroundBridge back to base minus their leader and explain what had happened to the others. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Autobots tried fruitlessly to find a way to get Optimus back. Arcee even managed to get on board the ''Nemesis'' by slipping through the Decepticon GroundBridge after Knock Out and Breakdown. She searched through the ship, fighting Vehicons, only to be expelled from the ''Nemesis'' by Soundwave. It didn't help matters that she didn't even manage to determine if Optimus was on board, let alone where the ship was. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Arcee and the others scoured the globe fruitlessly for the space bridge until they got information on its whereabouts from a undisclosed source which Arcee immediately figured out was Starscream. The Autobots stormed the energon mine housing the bridge before sending Jack and Arcee through to Cybertron, where they began using Jack's [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] to search for [[Vector Sigma]]. {{Storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} On their arrival at [[Kaon]], they were attacked by an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] which Arcee attempted to keep busy while Jack headed onwards. She was rendered unconscious for a time, but came around and retrieved Jack from the Vector Sigma chamber. On their return to Earth, she was forced to fight Megatron to distract him while Jack uploaded the Matrix information into Optimus. Mission successful, they returned to base for the big reunion. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Arcee was impressed by Bumblebee's retrieval of the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], and when his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] was later stolen, knew immediately it was MECH. Unfortunately her racing around in vehicle mode didn't do much to make Bumblebee feel better about his lack of a cog. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} She was unhappy about being asked to do the transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee, but luckily didn't get the chance, as she had to rush off with Optimus and Bulkhead to try and secure an artifact. She and Prime proved unable to penetrate Knock Out's force field, and as a result, Megatron got away with the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[Image:Crossfire Airachnid captures Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|One day, she'll learn not to run off after Airachnid on her own. This is not that day.]]
Arcee and the others came to Wheeljack's aid when he returned to Earth to battle [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Arcee was part of an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an Insecticon. Arcee was more interested in the fight's observer, Airachnid, and immediately attacked her old foe. After chasing her through tunnels, Arcee stumbled into a web trap and ended up dangling cocooned from a tree. Her life was only saved by Starscream, who chased Airachnid off and cut Arcee down, though she still had to ask the other Autobots for help. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

When Fowler was attacked by a truck resembling Optimus, Arcee chased the interloper and was run down by him. She recovered at base, and they discovered that the truck was a MECH-built clone of Optimus. The Autobots located the MECH base, but as they explored it, [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] took them out one by one. After Optimus prevailed, the Autobots returned to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Optimus, Bumblebee and Arcee responded to strange activity and found Airachnid in the process of unleashing a swarm of Insecticons. Leaving the others to fight the Insecticons, Arcee chased Airachnid, eventually reaching the Insecticon hive. Though she was tempted to finish off Airachnid, Arcee tricked her foe into stepping onto one of the Insecticon pods, resulting in Airachnid being put in stasis lock so she could be safely taken back to base. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

After the ''Nemesis'' crashed, Arcee took part in an attack on it with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], only to be put into stasis by its weapons. She recovered back at base when the kids disabled the ship. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

{{spoiler|Tunnel Vision|May 12, 2012}}
Arcee was sent with Bumblebee, Jack and Miko to retrieve a relic located in the [[Manhattan]] subways. The two Autobots found Knock Out with the artifact, but as Arcee tried to seize it, the Decepticon stunned her with his prod. After the party was interrupted by a sweeper train carrying Miko and Jack, Arcee pursued the train while being chased by Knock Out's Insecticon. She managed to both save the train from crashing and get rid of the Insecticon by getting it to touch a third rail. After Bumblebee got hold of the relic, he and Arcee were introduced to [[Vogel]], who'd helped Jack and Miko. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
Arcee took part in the testing of Ratchet's newly-developed [[Safe]] training room, though she was amused by the medic's interest in making things explode. After Bulkhead broke through a wall, Arcee alerted the others to the rather large nuclear missile he'd accidentally uncovered and activated. A Vehicon scouting party showed up looking for the source of the energy signature the bomb was giving off, so Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee went out to trash them. The trio returned to base a short time later to find Fowler had arrived to deal with the bomb. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}} Optimus took the other Autobots, including Arcee, on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Arcee roundly mocked Bulkhead as he attempted to decorate a [[Christmas]] tree. Unfortunately for her, after Fowler reported that the Decepticons had taken over a [[Yamal|nuclear-powered ship]], she found herself left at base with Bulkhead. The kids suggested she and Bulkhead try to find something they both liked, but progress was slow until they discovered their mutual love of ice skating. They subsequently turned the base into an ice rink and skated around it until the other Autobots came back. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

She and Jack scouted out [[Franklin High School]] when schools in the region began unexpectedly exploding. It paid off when [[MECH]] turned up, however while Arcee was on the comm to Optimus, Jack sneaked inside the school. Arcee crashed inside to rescue him from MECH, though he insisted on following the baddies up to the roof. Silas got away anyway, and Arcee had to get Jack off the burning building. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}} After the [[President of the United States]] was kidnapped, the Autobots traced the culprit, Starscream, to the [[Grand Canyon]]. Bumblebee and Arcee teamed up to take out the cannons manned by Vehicons that Starscream had brought along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

{{spoiler|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|May 24, 2012}}
Arcee and Bulkhead headed to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] after the Autobots lost contact with Optimus Prime. They found [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and a bunch of Vehicons feeding Optimus's body into a crusher but were overcome by the Decepticons before they could rescue him. Luckily Optimus came to his senses in time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}}

====Mega-Mouth====

Arcee occasionally takes time out from defending the universe and protecting the planet Earth in disguise to...answer fan mail? {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|Mega-Mouth}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
[[Image:WFCArcee.jpg|thumb|350px|Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'' Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'']]
:''Voice actor'': [[Kari Wahlgren]] (English)
{{Note|Arcee is not a playable character in the storyline campaign. However, she can be unlocked for Escalation mode and for customization in online multiplayer as an Autobot scout. Her chassis type is listed as "Sprinter".}}

Arcee was one of the many Autobots who were captured and placed in [[Kaon]]'s prisons complex. She was freed from her imprisonment when [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] allowed themselves to be captured in order to rescue [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. During their rescue attempt, they opened all of the Kaon cells, allowing the prisoners, Arcee included, to escape. The freed prisoners were all led to transport ships, overseen by [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]], in which they used to escape the complex. Arcee herself helped direct her fellow prisoners to the ships, whilst Optimus's team kept the Decepticons busy.
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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==Toys==
===Prime: First Edition===
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[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeNYCC.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Arcee went back in time and had a little one with herself.]]
*'''Bumblebee and Arcee, Includes Raf Esquivel and Jack Darby''' (NYCC 2011 exclusive)
**''Accessories:'' Two arm blades/motorcycle panels

:Arcee is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Arcee (see below) in pink and white [[Arcee (G1)|''Generation 1'' Arcee colors]] and comes with a New York taxicab [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and NY-themed [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]] figurines. They were sold exclusively at New York Comic-Con 2011.

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[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gimmicks include: plug-in arm blades, conservation of mass between modes.]]
*'''Arcee''' ("First Edition" Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''002'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[December 28]], 2011
**''Accessories:'' Two arm blades/motorcycle panels, stand

: Part of the first wave of "First Edition" Deluxe Class toys, Arcee transforms from blue motorcycle to robot and back. Arm blades stow in vehicle mode and can be plugged under Arcee's forearms in robot mode. Like all "First Edition" toys, a cardboard display stand comes assembled within the packaging.

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===Prime===
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[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_arcee.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Arcee''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/Number:'' '''2/003'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[April 28]]th, 2012'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''EZ-09'''
**''Accessories:'' Snap-on blaster

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse]] Legion Class toys, Arcee transforms from motorcycle to robot and back. Her blaster (which is the same as the one that comes with Legion [[Bumblebee (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]]) is made of rubbery translucent pink plastic and has both pegs and a peghole so that it can be combined with other Cyberverse weapons. Likewise her vehicle mode, which is largely scale-accurate with the Deluxe and Voyager toys in vehicle mode, has multiple peg-holes for Cyberverse weapon mounting. In robot mode, she has permanently-deployed battle blades on her arms.

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*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[April 28]]th, 2012'''
**''Japanese Number:'' '''AM-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster & blade (Hasbro only), Arms Micron (Takara only)

: Part of the second wave of "Robots in Disguise" ''Prime'' figures, this is an entirely-new Deluxe Class Arcee figure, different from the "First Edition" version. Like others in the line, her transformation relies slightly more on fake kibble than the earlier Deluxe toy. The entirety of the front of the bike now stores on her back, though the rest of the toy transforms very similarly (but not identically). Arcee is smaller than her earlier version as well, but makes up for it with a large weapon which can separate into its blade and blaster components. This weapon (or weapons) can plug into her in either mode in a variety of configurations. Additionally, two thinner pegs are on either side of her vehicle mode so that these blades can mount there.

: The Japanese release has new [[5mm post|5mm post-hole]] attachments, to go along with the [[Arms Micron]] system. As such, she loses the blaster and blade combo, and instead has her own Arms Micron that transforms into a weapon somewhat resembling her arm-blade. Most of her [[paint operation]]s also have been removed, replaced with [[decal]]s from a separate sheet.
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*'''Arcee Blade''' (Micron, 2012)

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==Notes==
[[Image:DarknessRising3-Arceesizechange.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The motorcycle transforms into her leg and then the rest of her robot mode hops over and attaches to it.]]
*In [[Alex Irvine]]'s apocryphal "[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]" short story, Arcee launched the [[AllSpark]] into space.
*In the ''Prime'' cartoon, Arcee's [[hologram|holographic]] driver is named "[[Sadie]]."<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]
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* All of the Autobots in ''Prime'' [[size changing|change size]] between [[alternate mode]]s, but it's way more noticeable with Arcee's [[Prowl (Animated)|transformation from a vehicle the size of a human to a robot the same general size as the rest of the Autobots]]. Her tires do not change size when she transforms. One can see a little regular-sized tire in her back, and small half-tires on her calves.
*In "[[Crisscross]]" her [[Nevada]] license plate reads "396571."
*Arcee's chest panels [[:Image:PrimeArcee PinkParts.jpg|fluctuate]] in color from episode to episode. Sometimes, they're pink; other times, they're clear. They seem to be clear more often than pink, though.
* Arcee's show model is the basis for the non-toy character [[Akiba Prime]].
*In the Japanese dub of ''Transformers: Prime'', Arcee's catchphrase of "scrap" was rendered "saiaku" (最悪), a phrase that literally translates to "the worst". It is often used by young women as an expression of frustration or irritation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')

==References==
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Redsonjustin: /* Deluxe class */

{{Nav-Prime}}

The '''''Transformers: Prime''''' toyline hit shelves in [[November]] [[2011]]. Originally, [[Hasbro]] played coy with the series receiving a toyline at all, emphasizing that it was a television series first and foremost. There were initial plans to release a small assortment of three Deluxe figures ([[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]) in the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' line before they were moved into the expanded "First Edition" launch line.

The ''Transformers: Prime'' toys released in 2012 will bear the "Robots in Disguise" subtitle.

==First Edition (2011)==
===Deluxe class===
[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|thumb|Arcee, a Wave 1 Deluxe figure]]
'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Bumblebee (Prime)#FirstEdition|Bumblebee]]
*002 [[Arcee (Prime)#FirstEdition|Arcee]]
*003 [[Starscream (Prime)#FirstEdition|Starscream]]

'''Wave 1.5'''
*004 [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#FirstEdition|Cliffjumper]]

'''Wave 2'''
*00? [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#Terrorcon|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]]
*006 [[Vehicon (Prime)#FirstEdition|Vehicon]]

{{note|Hasbro's Cliffjumper was only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia. The First Edition Vehicon was not released in Hasbro markets at all, and First Edition Terrorcon Cliffjumper was cancelled entirely. The Vehicon's series number is taken from the TakaraTomy version, and may not reflect the original intention, being that Japan's 005 Megatron was not a release planned by Hasbro.}}

{{canceledtoy}}

===Voyager class===
[[Image:Primetoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|thumb|Bulkhead, a Wave 1 Voyager figure]]
'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#FirstEdition|Optimus Prime]]
*002 [[Bulkhead (Prime)#FirstEdition|Bulkhead]]

{{note|Hasbro's Optimus Prime and Bulkhead were only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia and Peru.}}

{{-}}

===Entertainment Pack===
:*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Megatron (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Megatron]] (w/ [[Jack Darby#EntertainmentPack|Jack Darby]], [[Miko Nakadai#EntertainmentPack|Miko Nakadai]], and [[Raf Esquivel#EntertainmentPack|Raf Esquivel]])

{{note|The Entertainment Pack was only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia.}}

===Exclusives===
[[Image:Primetoy-OptimusPrimeMatrixofLeadership.jpg|thumb|Optimus Prime in Matrix packaging exclusive to 2011 San Diego Comic-Con]]
'''SDCC Exclusive'''
*[[Matrix of Leadership]] [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#SDCC2011|Optimus Prime]]
{{-}}

'''NYCC Exclusive'''
[[Image:NYCC-Arcee-Bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pretty in Pink, she is not.]]
*'''[[Bumblebee (Prime)#NewYork|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (Prime)#NewYork|Arcee]], Includes [[Raf Esquivel#NewYork|Raf Esquivel]] and [[Jack Darby#NewYork|Jack Darby]]'''
:Arcee is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Arcee in pink and white [[Arcee (G1)|''Generation 1'' Arcee colors]] and comes with a New York taxicab [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and NY-themed [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]] figurines. They were sold exclusively at New York Comic-Con 2011.
{{-}}

===Japanese Exclusives===
*005 [[Megatron (Prime)#FirstEdition|Megatron]] (single pack release of Deluxe class Megatron from the Entertainment Pack released in Hasbro's territories)

{{-}}
'''[[Arms Micron]]'''
*[[Aimless (Prime)|Aimless]] - redeco of ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Throttler]], available with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''Prime'' "First Edition" toys at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us|Toys"R"Us]].

*[[Blowpipe (Prime)|Blowpipe]] - redeco of ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Groundspike]], available with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''Prime'' "First Edition" toys at Yamada Denki, Yodobashi Camera, Edion Group, Ishimaru, Deodeo, Eiden and Midori stores.
*[[Peaceman (Prime)|Autobot Peaceman]] - redeco of ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Chopster]], available with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''Prime'' "First Edition" toys at Joshin, Kidsland and Bic Camera stores.
*[[Firebolt (Prime)|Autobot Firebolt Clear Yellow Ver.]] - unchanged ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Pinpoint]], given for free by participating in a character vote at the Next Generation World Hobby Fair.

{{-}}

==Robots in Disguise (2012)==
===Deluxe class===
The Deluxe size class gains a dynamic "head reveal" gimmick that has become the universal feature of the figures, whether they be spring-loaded, gear-operated, or simply strategically revealed at the right time by folding down the right panel. Internally, these figures were referred to by Hasbro as "Revealers" due to this gimmick, but the official name remains "Deluxe Class".

'''''Series 1'''''

'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Bumblebee (Prime)#Revealer|Bumblebee]] (second mold)
*002 [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#Revealer|Cliffjumper]] (second mold)
*003 [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Revealer|Wheeljack]]
*004 [[Soundwave (Prime)#Revealer|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 2'''
*005 [[Arcee (Prime)#Revealer|Arcee]] (second mold)
*006 [[Ratchet (Prime)#Revealer|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''
*007 [[Knock Out (Prime)#Revealer|Knock Out]]
*008 [[Vehicon (Prime)#Revealer|Vehicon]] (second mold)
*009 [[Hot Shot (Prime)#Toys| Hot Shot]] (retool of RID Bumblebee)

'''Wave 4''' <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2012-panel-hasbro-brand-team-the-hasbro-panel-174899/ Botcon 2012 Panel - Hasbro Brand Team - "The Hasbro Panel"]] </ref>
*[[Dead End (Prime)#Revealer|Dead End]]
*[[Airachnid#Revealer|Airachnid]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Night Strike Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Rumble (Prime)#Prime|Rumble]] <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-revealer-rumble-pre-order.html Preorder for Deluxe Rumble]</ref><ref name="CybertronCon12">http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/562581-more-hasbro-transformers-toy-reveals-cybertroncon-2012-a.html#post7413335 Pictures from Cybertron Con '12 on TFW2005, March, 2012</ref>
*[[Kup (Prime)#Prime|Sergeant Kup]] (redeco of Ironhide)<ref name="CybertronCon12"/>
{{comingsoontoy}}

'''Future Waves'''
*[[Ironhide (Prime)#Revealer|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-revealer-ironhide-pre-order.html Preorder for Deluxe Ironhide]</ref>

===Voyager Class===
The Voyager class figures acquire a universal gimmick shared in the form of a spring-loaded [[MechTech]]-style transforming weapon partially constructed from translucent plastic, which also features an LED that moves into place and is activated when the weapon is deployed. The figures themselves also feature translucent plastic in various spots throughout their bodies, so that when the weapon is in place and deployed, the moving LED creates the idea of energon power "flowing" from the character's bodies into their weapons. Internally, these figures were referred to by Hasbro as "Powerizers" due to this gimmick, but the official name remains "Voyager Class".

'''''Series 1'''''

'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Powerizer|Optimus Prime]] (second mold)
*002 [[Megatron (Prime)#Powerizer|Megatron]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Starscream (Prime)#Powerizer|Starscream]]
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)#Powerizer|Bulkhead]] (second mold) <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-powerizers-bulkhead-pre-order.html Preorder for Voyager Bulkhead]</ref>

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)#Powerizer|Dreadwing]] <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-powerizers-dreadwing-pre-order.html Preorder for Voyager Dreadwing]</ref>
{{comingsoontoy}}

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Thundertron]] <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2012-panel-hasbro-brand-team-the-hasbro-panel-174899/ Botcon 2012 Panel - Hasbro Brand Team - "The Hasbro Panel"]] </ref>

'''Future waves:'''
*[[Skyquake (Prime)#Powerizer|Skyquake]]
*[[Breakdown (Prime)#Powerizer|Breakdown]] <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/prime-rid-voyager-powerizer-breakdown-revealed-174575/ Prime RID Voyager (Powerizer) Breakdown Revealed]</ref>
{{comingsoontoy}}

===Weaponizers===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Weaponizer|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)#Weaponizer|Bumblebee]]<ref>[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/fmh-live-coverage-uk-toy-fair-2012-2737/ Live coverage of UK Toy Fair 2012]</ref>
{{comingsoontoy}}

===Entertainment Pack===
*[[Starscream (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Starscream]] vs. [[Bumblebee (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Bumblebee]] (w/ [[Silas#Toys|Silas]] and [[MECH]] soldier)

{{note|The Entertainment Pack was only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia.}}

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Japanese Exclusives===

*AM-06 [[Skywarp (Prime)|Skywarp]] - redeco of Deluxe Starscream

*[[Firebolt (Prime)|Autobot Firebolt]] - redeco of ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Pinpoint]], available with the online pre-order of AM-01 [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] through Amazon.com, ion, Toys' R Us, Bic Camera, and Yodobashi Camera.

====[[Arms Micron]]====

'''Future waves:'''
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee Sword]]
*[[Gob]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime Blaster]]
*[[Zad]]

{{-}}

==Cyberverse==

{{main|Cyberverse#Series_2}}

==Merchandise==
*'''Optimus Prime Stand-up Mover'''
*'''Bumblebee Stand-up Mover'''

===Roleplay===
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)#ionblaster|Bumblebee Ion Blaster]]

====Battle Masks====
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] Battle Mask
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] Battle Mask

====Energon Helmet====
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] Energon Helmet

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prime (toyline)}}
[[Category: Prime| ]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Transformers: Prime (toyline)

2012-05-11T14:20:22Z

Redsonjustin:

{{Nav-Prime}}

The '''''Transformers: Prime''''' toyline hit shelves in [[November]] [[2011]]. Originally, [[Hasbro]] played coy with the series receiving a toyline at all, emphasizing that it was a television series first and foremost. There were initial plans to release a small assortment of three Deluxe figures ([[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]) in the ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' line before they were moved into the expanded "First Edition" launch line.

The ''Transformers: Prime'' toys released in 2012 will bear the "Robots in Disguise" subtitle.

==First Edition (2011)==
===Deluxe class===
[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|thumb|Arcee, a Wave 1 Deluxe figure]]
'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Bumblebee (Prime)#FirstEdition|Bumblebee]]
*002 [[Arcee (Prime)#FirstEdition|Arcee]]
*003 [[Starscream (Prime)#FirstEdition|Starscream]]

'''Wave 1.5'''
*004 [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#FirstEdition|Cliffjumper]]

'''Wave 2'''
*00? [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#Terrorcon|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]]
*006 [[Vehicon (Prime)#FirstEdition|Vehicon]]

{{note|Hasbro's Cliffjumper was only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia. The First Edition Vehicon was not released in Hasbro markets at all, and First Edition Terrorcon Cliffjumper was cancelled entirely. The Vehicon's series number is taken from the TakaraTomy version, and may not reflect the original intention, being that Japan's 005 Megatron was not a release planned by Hasbro.}}

{{canceledtoy}}

===Voyager class===
[[Image:Primetoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|thumb|Bulkhead, a Wave 1 Voyager figure]]
'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#FirstEdition|Optimus Prime]]
*002 [[Bulkhead (Prime)#FirstEdition|Bulkhead]]

{{note|Hasbro's Optimus Prime and Bulkhead were only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia and Peru.}}

{{-}}

===Entertainment Pack===
:*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Megatron (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Megatron]] (w/ [[Jack Darby#EntertainmentPack|Jack Darby]], [[Miko Nakadai#EntertainmentPack|Miko Nakadai]], and [[Raf Esquivel#EntertainmentPack|Raf Esquivel]])

{{note|The Entertainment Pack was only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia.}}

===Exclusives===
[[Image:Primetoy-OptimusPrimeMatrixofLeadership.jpg|thumb|Optimus Prime in Matrix packaging exclusive to 2011 San Diego Comic-Con]]
'''SDCC Exclusive'''
*[[Matrix of Leadership]] [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#SDCC2011|Optimus Prime]]
{{-}}

'''NYCC Exclusive'''
[[Image:NYCC-Arcee-Bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pretty in Pink, she is not.]]
*'''[[Bumblebee (Prime)#NewYork|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (Prime)#NewYork|Arcee]], Includes [[Raf Esquivel#NewYork|Raf Esquivel]] and [[Jack Darby#NewYork|Jack Darby]]'''
:Arcee is a [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Arcee in pink and white [[Arcee (G1)|''Generation 1'' Arcee colors]] and comes with a New York taxicab [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and NY-themed [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]] figurines. They were sold exclusively at New York Comic-Con 2011.
{{-}}

===Japanese Exclusives===
*005 [[Megatron (Prime)#FirstEdition|Megatron]] (single pack release of Deluxe class Megatron from the Entertainment Pack released in Hasbro's territories)

{{-}}
'''[[Arms Micron]]'''
*[[Aimless (Prime)|Aimless]] - redeco of ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Throttler]], available with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''Prime'' "First Edition" toys at Japanese [[Toys"R"Us|Toys"R"Us]].

*[[Blowpipe (Prime)|Blowpipe]] - redeco of ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Groundspike]], available with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''Prime'' "First Edition" toys at Yamada Denki, Yodobashi Camera, Edion Group, Ishimaru, Deodeo, Eiden and Midori stores.
*[[Peaceman (Prime)|Autobot Peaceman]] - redeco of ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Chopster]], available with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of ''Prime'' "First Edition" toys at Joshin, Kidsland and Bic Camera stores.
*[[Firebolt (Prime)|Autobot Firebolt Clear Yellow Ver.]] - unchanged ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Pinpoint]], given for free by participating in a character vote at the Next Generation World Hobby Fair.

{{-}}

==Robots in Disguise (2012)==
===Deluxe class===
The Deluxe size class gains a dynamic "head reveal" gimmick that has become the universal feature of the figures, whether they be spring-loaded, gear-operated, or simply strategically revealed at the right time by folding down the right panel. Internally, these figures were referred to by Hasbro as "Revealers" due to this gimmick, but the official name remains "Deluxe Class".

'''''Series 1'''''

'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Bumblebee (Prime)#Revealer|Bumblebee]] (second mold)
*002 [[Cliffjumper (Prime)#Revealer|Cliffjumper]] (second mold)
*003 [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Revealer|Wheeljack]]
*004 [[Soundwave (Prime)#Revealer|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 2'''
*005 [[Arcee (Prime)#Revealer|Arcee]] (second mold)
*006 [[Ratchet (Prime)#Revealer|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Knock Out (Prime)#Revealer|Knock Out]]
*[[Vehicon (Prime)#Revealer|Vehicon]] (second mold)
*[[Hot Shot (Prime)#Toys| Hot Shot]] (retool of RID Bumblebee)

'''Wave 4''' <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2012-panel-hasbro-brand-team-the-hasbro-panel-174899/ Botcon 2012 Panel - Hasbro Brand Team - "The Hasbro Panel"]] </ref>
*[[Dead End (Prime)#Revealer|Dead End]]
*[[Airachnid#Revealer|Airachnid]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Night Strike Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Rumble (Prime)#Prime|Rumble]] <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-revealer-rumble-pre-order.html Preorder for Deluxe Rumble]</ref><ref name="CybertronCon12">http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/562581-more-hasbro-transformers-toy-reveals-cybertroncon-2012-a.html#post7413335 Pictures from Cybertron Con '12 on TFW2005, March, 2012</ref>
*[[Kup (Prime)#Prime|Sergeant Kup]] (redeco of Ironhide)<ref name="CybertronCon12"/>
{{comingsoontoy}}

'''Future Waves'''
*[[Ironhide (Prime)#Revealer|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-revealer-ironhide-pre-order.html Preorder for Deluxe Ironhide]</ref>

===Voyager Class===
The Voyager class figures acquire a universal gimmick shared in the form of a spring-loaded [[MechTech]]-style transforming weapon partially constructed from translucent plastic, which also features an LED that moves into place and is activated when the weapon is deployed. The figures themselves also feature translucent plastic in various spots throughout their bodies, so that when the weapon is in place and deployed, the moving LED creates the idea of energon power "flowing" from the character's bodies into their weapons. Internally, these figures were referred to by Hasbro as "Powerizers" due to this gimmick, but the official name remains "Voyager Class".

'''''Series 1'''''

'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Powerizer|Optimus Prime]] (second mold)
*002 [[Megatron (Prime)#Powerizer|Megatron]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Starscream (Prime)#Powerizer|Starscream]]
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)#Powerizer|Bulkhead]] (second mold) <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-powerizers-bulkhead-pre-order.html Preorder for Voyager Bulkhead]</ref>

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)#Powerizer|Dreadwing]] <ref>[http://www.toyzandgamez.com/transformers-prime-powerizers-dreadwing-pre-order.html Preorder for Voyager Dreadwing]</ref>
{{comingsoontoy}}

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Thundertron]] <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2012-panel-hasbro-brand-team-the-hasbro-panel-174899/ Botcon 2012 Panel - Hasbro Brand Team - "The Hasbro Panel"]] </ref>

'''Future waves:'''
*[[Skyquake (Prime)#Powerizer|Skyquake]]
*[[Breakdown (Prime)#Powerizer|Breakdown]] <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/prime-rid-voyager-powerizer-breakdown-revealed-174575/ Prime RID Voyager (Powerizer) Breakdown Revealed]</ref>
{{comingsoontoy}}

===Weaponizers===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Weaponizer|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)#Weaponizer|Bumblebee]]<ref>[http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/fmh-live-coverage-uk-toy-fair-2012-2737/ Live coverage of UK Toy Fair 2012]</ref>
{{comingsoontoy}}

===Entertainment Pack===
*[[Starscream (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Starscream]] vs. [[Bumblebee (Prime)#EntertainmentPack|Bumblebee]] (w/ [[Silas#Toys|Silas]] and [[MECH]] soldier)

{{note|The Entertainment Pack was only available in Canada and certain other regions outside of the United States, such as Asia.}}

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

===Japanese Exclusives===

*AM-06 [[Skywarp (Prime)|Skywarp]] - redeco of Deluxe Starscream

*[[Firebolt (Prime)|Autobot Firebolt]] - redeco of ''Power Core Combiners'' [[Pinpoint]], available with the online pre-order of AM-01 [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] through Amazon.com, ion, Toys' R Us, Bic Camera, and Yodobashi Camera.

====[[Arms Micron]]====

'''Future waves:'''
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee Sword]]
*[[Gob]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime Blaster]]
*[[Zad]]

{{-}}

==Cyberverse==

{{main|Cyberverse#Series_2}}

==Merchandise==
*'''Optimus Prime Stand-up Mover'''
*'''Bumblebee Stand-up Mover'''

===Roleplay===
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)#ionblaster|Bumblebee Ion Blaster]]

====Battle Masks====
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] Battle Mask
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] Battle Mask

====Energon Helmet====
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] Energon Helmet

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prime (toyline)}}
[[Category: Prime| ]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Transformers: Prime (toyline)

2012-05-11T14:19:07Z

Redsonjustin: /* Deluxe class */

Knock Out (Prime)

2011-08-21T16:18:21Z

Redsonjustin: /* Prime cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Knockout}}

:''Knock Out is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:DeusExMachina-Knockout.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I'm super, thanks for asking.]]

Sure, [[Starscream (Prime)|other Decepticons]] may scoff at his decision to go with a land-based alternate mode, but '''Knock Out''' couldn't care less. He knows the value of looking ''good'' and isn't afraid to let others know it. It's not simply his own lines he's interested in; he has an appreciation for well-built mechanical bodyforms of all sizes and functions... and a nasty penchant for tearing them apart after he's done admiring them. Slick, sly and snobbish, he's ostensibly the Decepticons' "medic", though he professes both a preference and proficiency for ''dis''-assembly.

Both in the operation room and on the battlefield, Knock Out is rarely without his brutish partner [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. Knock Out is the speedster of the duo, swiftly striking his victim's vulnerables with his [[Energon prod]] in debilitating sneak attacks while Breakdown goes the "massive smackdown" route with his raw power.

{{quote|I'm not only an automobile; I'm an automobile ''enthusiast''.|Knock Out explains to Starscream why he took his alternate mode|"[[Speed Metal]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daran Norris]] (English), [[Ernie Hudson]] (Botcon 2011)

[[Image:TFPrime_KnockOutDrill.JPG|left|thumb|200px|"Prepare for valmorification!"]]

[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] called Knock Out and Breakdown to the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'' to help fix [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. As they were on an [[energon (fuel)|energon]] trail at the time, only Knock Out initially turned up at the ship, and he was shocked at Megatron's condition. When Breakdown did join them, it was with news that he'd discovered an [[Energon Harvester]] was on [[Earth]]. As the [[Autobot]]s had already surrounded the museum the device was in, Knock Out and Breakdown organised a diversion at the front of the building. During the fight, Knock Out attacked [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] with his prod, but was flattened by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] after the Autobot was punched by Breakdown. The two Decepticons sped off into the city after they saw that [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] had captured the Harvester. Knock Out subsequently accompanied Starscream and Breakdown to an [[energon (fuel)|energon]] seam in [[Greece]]. He and Breakdown got the opportunity to fight Bulkhead again, but came off decidedly second-best, and they both fled after the Harvester was destroyed and the other Autobots turned up. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[Image:KnockOutvehiclemode.jpg|thumb|]]
Knock Out took to engaging in street racing with the humans. On one occasion, a [[Fast Willy|hapless human]] who scratched his paint job was run off the road by the Decepticon. Despite Starscream's disapproval of his participation in such events, Knock Out continued to cruise around, looking for action, and was eventually drawn to a street race near [[Jasper]]. After the race started, he realized that one of the other cars taking part was [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and attacked the Autobot. He ended up grabbing what he assumed was Bumblebee's human pal, but was actually an unrelated human named [[Vince]]. Making off, he contacted Breakdown and they attempted to spring an ambush on the three Autobots who came to rescue the boy, but after [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] jumped on him, he decided to withdraw to avoid any more damage to his finish. Unfortunately he was caught by Optimus Prime, who ''ripped his door off'' while rescuing Vince. Faced with four Autobots, Knock Out fled back to the ''Nemesis'' only to face a very angry Starscream, who put a few more scratches in his finish. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

Starscream offered him a position as second-in-command if he helped convince Soundwave that they needed to humanely terminate Megatron. Knock Out tried his best, pointing out that the brain activity Megatron was displaying just meant their leader was in a dream state from which he might never wake up. Soundwave remained unconvinced, and after an Autobot incursion severed Megatron's life support, Knock Out was forced to reconnect it. The medic later reported to Starscream that, though Megatron's body lived on, his brain activity had ceased. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

[[Image:OutHead-Knockoutfails.jpg|thumb|250px|left|"But he came aboard the bow my Lord!"]]

He found Starscream in the middle of making a speech to Megatron's body and reminded Starscream of his rank. During the enacting of Starscream's new plan, Knock Out stood atop the ship's back, watching as a Vehicon activated a heat ray to melt a glacier. He ordered Breakdown to take care of Bulkhead and Arcee when the two Autobots turned up, but failed to notice Optimus approaching the ship from behind. The Autobot subsequently caused the heat ray to explode. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

With his tenure as second-in-command over, Knock Out went back to his original post as medic. Following Starscream's... "treatment" at the hands of Megatron, Knock Out administered whatever passed for Decepticon medical care. He was surprised to see the patient up and about, thought Starscream claimed to be fine. Some time later, Starscream was back in the infirmary minus an arm, which he claimed had just fallen off. Knock Out tried to interest him in a new, upgraded limb, even going so far as to fetch one from storage, but Starscream announced he was going to get his old one back. He subsequently turned up back at the infirmary with even worse damage, but despite Knock Out's inquiries into what had happened, Starscream refused to talk about it. {{Storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

Knock Out and Breakdown led a squadron of Vehicons to recover a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] that had been uncovered on Earth, ending up in a pitched battle against the Autobots. The cylinder somehow incapacitated Bulkhead, the closest defender, allowing Knock Out to scoop up the prize then GroundBridge back to the ''Nemesis''. Unfortunately for the pair, the "incapacitation" was the data within the cylinder being ''expelled'', leaving them with an empty prize and an unhappy Megatron. They quickly deduced that the information was within the Autobot's brain. When Bulkhead's energy signature was picked up again, Megatron quickly dismissed the pair, snarling about their prior failure, and took off with a squad of Vehicons to follow the lead.

Knock Out contacted Megatron in the field —who had instead found Optimus and the other Autobots wanting to parlay— with information that Bulkhead's signature had shown up ''again''. Megatron sent the pair out to capture the Autobot and bring back his head. Knock Out and Breakdown tracked Bulkhead to a monster truck arena, where [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] had taken him in the hopes of triggering some kind of reaction from the Autobot, who was simply painting out scientific formulas on auto-pilot. Bulkhead didn't even respond to the Decepticons' arrival, and even painted a bit of formula onto Knock Out's chest. He didn't take too well to that. It was only when Miko told him they were trying to take his formula that Bulkhead reacted and ran for it, hiding in the truck lot in vehicle mode. The Decepticons followed, enjoying the little game of hide-and-seek... for a little while, until Knock Out grew bored and used an energy reader to pinpoint the Autobot. Amusement turned to horror when Bulkhead painted a Cybertronian mathematical symbol on Knockout, ruining his paint job. Bulkhead was quickly downed, and Knock Out prepared his buzzsaw to remove his head. Miko tried to take a swing at Knock Out and missed... instead slamming into Bulkhead bodily, which triggered the data's self-defense routines ''again'', and the data beamed from Bulkhead's eyes, rocketing into space. Infuriated at the loss of the data again, Knock Out prepared to take off Bulk's head anyway in revenge, but was stopped by the arrival of Optimus and company. The two Decepticons fled, empty-handed. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

During their missions carrying energon around, Knock Out and Breakdown were under orders to lead the Autobots on a chase to burn through the Autobots' energon supplies. On one such mission, their Vehicon escort was attacked and wiped out by Ratchet, whom Knock Out assumed was a ringer. Knock Out's inability to locate new energon deposits at a fast enough rate annoyed Megatron, who berated him. They were interrupted by Ratchet, who seemed to be amped up on something. After Megatron defeated Ratchet, he was left to Knock Out to extract a sample. The Decepticon medic did so, and prepared to finish off the Autobot, but was distracted at a vital moment, and during the ensuing fight, the sample was destroyed. Knock Out was able to later find a single drop of the substance that had given Ratchet a power boost. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====Deluxe Class toys====
*'''Knock Out''' (Deluxe, 2012)
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==Notes==
*Knock Out's original name was [[Lugnut (disambiguation)|Lugnut]], but was changed as it wasn't "sexy" enough. Just as well; there's already an Aligned [[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]].
*Knock Out's [[license plate]] reads "JOFY 892".
*Some fans have interpreted Starscream's "you're one of ''those"'' line (referring to his car-mode preference), Knock Out's wolf-whistling appraisal of Optimus's truck mode, the vanity about his appearance, and [[Daran Norris]]'s somewhat campy performance to be clues that Knock Out is [[Transformer romance|gay]]. Moreover, the term "knockout" is commonly used to describe an attractive ''woman''. Make of all this what you will, as very little [[Humanization#Sexuality|robotic sexuality]] of any kind has been evident in ''Prime'' so far, outside of a lightly-implied connection between [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] and Arcee.
**When asked at [[BotCon 2011]], the ''Prime'' writers said that there is no designation for gay (or straight, for that matter) on Cybertron, that Knock Out is a knock out, and that the ''Nemesis'' is a very "don't ask, don't tell" place. And they also "jokingly" deflected the matter by saying there was a "glitch" in the AllSpark the day Knock Out was created, which is unintentionally so insulting to homosexuals that it could create an awkward silence in the [[Void]].
*Knock Out is the first ''Prime'' Decepticon to debut after the pilot miniseries and survive the experience. Breakdown might be considered to share that distinction, but technically he debuted ''before'' the cartoon, as he appeared in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|''War for Cybertron'' video games]] and the [[Transformers: Prime (comic)|''Prime'' comic]] first.
* For the live script reading of "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]" at BotCon 2011, Darran Norris was unavailable, so his lines went to [[Ernie Hudson]]. Hearing Ernie attempt Knock Out's particular mannerisms was interesting indeed.

[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]

Arcee (WFC)

2011-08-21T16:16:04Z

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:''Arcee is a female [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Arcee_Prime_stockimage.jpg|thumb|200px|Raise your hand if you know what "Ar'''cee'''" means!]]

A former scout on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the [[Great Exodus]], '''Arcee''' is the least physically-imposing of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew, but she's also Optimus's most reliable soldier, his go-to [[Female Transformer|gal]] when he needs someone he can count on.<ref>[http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/characters/arcee The Hub's profile page for Arcee]</ref> Whatever she lacks in physical form she more than makes up for it in force of personality. She is tough as nails at all times, always ready with a snarky quip even in the face of deactivation, not afraid to bend the rules every now and then, and seemingly never, ever scared.

And while that is largely true, and makes her an incredibly dangerous opponent (especially in melee combat, her specialty), that force of will ''is'' also a bit of a front. The loss of [[Tailgate (Prime)|a partner]] back on Cybertron rattled her, leading her towards a path of going it alone. And when she finally started opening up to [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|another partner]] on [[Earth]], losing ''him'' shook her to her core. To then be immediately saddled with the task of being the "guardian" for [[Jack Darby]], one of the locals accidentally caught up in the struggle on Earth, well, let's just say she was less than thrilled about that.

Okay, she was openly verbally hostile to Jack over the whole thing, but her loyalty to Optimus kept her from refusing the task. Like it or not, she's his guardian, and she's going to protect that boy's life... with her own, if she has to.

Slowly, but surely, Arcee is coming around again and facing her past demons. Jack's bravery and ingenuity even when in mortal peril is growing on her. Who knows. He might make a good partner.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Arceeprimecomictransform.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Arcee, transform and — geeeaaaheeeewwww!!]]Before the war, Arcee had been spying in [[Kaon]], and sometime during it she had been rescued by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. When Optimus ordered the Autobots to [[Earth]], her ship had been destroyed, and she was willing to wait as she detected the Decepticons had returned to Cybertron and they were planning something ''big''. There, she entered a base and annihilated the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] there, inadvertently returning Cliffjumper's favor. She hacked into the Decepticons's communications signal there, and found their weapons lab in Kaon. Arcee found Cliffjumper a brash soldier inappropriate for her stealthy mission, but he convinced her Kaon was too dangerous and that she could use his ship to go to Earth.

The duo entered the city through the maintenance tunnels Arcee had once explored, and she found a secret staircase by activating an Autobot symbol on the wall. There they discovered [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had rebuilt a [[space bridge]] to travel to Earth. Concerned by the repercussions of the Decepticons's discovery of how to build space bridges, Arcee wanted to destroy it, but Cliffjumper convinced her it was their way off Cybertron. Distracting Starscream with a ruse, Arcee activated the space bridge and overloaded its systems, jumping through it with him before it blew up.

Landing on Earth, the duo scanned their alternate modes and traveled to find a population center where they could build a scanner and find Optimus. Starscream attacked, having also jumped through the space bridge, blasting Arcee's arm off. Cliffjumper fought him and tried to get Arcee to safety, but she refused, telling him to leave her and find Optimus. Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] appeared, fending off Starscream and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. Optimus carried Arcee through a [[ground bridge]] to base, where [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] reattached her arm. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Sumalee Montano]] (English), [[Rosa Campillo]] (Spain-Spanish)

[[Image:Predatory-Airachnidscratch.jpg|thumb|250px|left|"NO! NOT LUDWIG VAN!!"]]
During the Great War, Arcee was partnered with [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. After one mission, she was talking to Tailgate over the comm when she was captured by [[Airachnid]] and taken for interrogation. She refused to talk, but when Airachnid revealed she had also captured Tailgate, she revealed she knew nothing, and Tailgate was killed by the Decepticon. Arcee was subsequently rescued by Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, though Airachnid herself escaped. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

Soon after the Autobots arrived on Earth, after Bulkhead accidentally stepped into some power lines. Arcee was impressed with the dance he did as a consequence. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:DarknessRising1-thisisjasper.jpg|thumb|300px|He's gonna ride her like a Harley on a bad stretch of road.]]
Old friends with Cliffjumper and a long-term agent on Earth, Arcee was engaged in casual banter with her friend when Cliffjumper was ambushed by Decepticons: by the time Arcee and the others got there, his body was missing and his lifesigns had ceased. While [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] said they should not dwell on negative emotions, Arcee claimed she'd go back on duty protecting humans; but when targeted by a [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] duo and forced to rescue [[Jack Darby|human youth Jack Darby]], she showed an irritable, seething nature, attacking the Vehicons with angry cries of vengeance for Cliffjumper.

She ignored most of Jack's questions, initially threatened him to forget what he'd seen, and wasn't that concerned with humans witnessing the battle afterwards. To her annoyance, Optimus then ordered her to bring in Jack and the other human witnesses to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], so the Decepticons couldn't target them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[Image:DarknessRising2-girltrouble.jpg|left|thumb|250px|She transforms into the world's largest motorcycle.]]
When the Autobots headed to the Decepticon Energon mines to locate Cliffjumper, Arcee found the broken and [[Dark Energon| Dark Energon-corrupted]] body of Cliffjumper moving, and tried to save him. She grabbed his hand, but was horrified when the body turned out to be a [[zombie|mutated ''thing'']] bent on attacking, and dropped him. When [[Starscream (Prime)| Starscream]] arrived to drop a bomb into the area to destroy the mines, the Autobots were forced to retreat without Cliffjumper through the [[GroundBridge]]. Once inside their base, Arcee began to feel dizzy, much to the surprise of Jack, Miko and Raf. It was due to contact with a miniscule amount of the Dark Energon that had corrupted Cliffjumper.

Arcee, despite her "illness", was given the task of taking Jack Darby home, and angrily snapped at him when he said he was sorry for her loss, demanding to know what he'd know about such losses; the argument was interrupted when [[June Darby|Jack's mother]] arrived and promptly began questioning him about the mysterious blue bike. The next morning, Arcee snappily woke Jack up and dragged him to Central Command... but demanded he write a note so his mother wouldn't worry. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

On the way back, Arcee showed off some motorcycling tricks. They reached the base, only for Optimus to leave her in charge and go off on a mission with [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]. Arcee was disgruntled and, leaving [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in charge, immediately went out on patrol with Bumblebee. The pair patrolled the nearby Nevada desert until they got a call from Bulkhead to say Fowler had been kidnapped, and he'd gone to the Decepticon ship to mount a rescue. Arcee tried to contact base to get bridged back, but no one was there, and she and Bumblebee had to put "the metal to the pedal". {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:DarknessRising4-Arceestandoff.jpg|220px|thumb|"No, ''I'm'' ****ing Blue Death from above."]]
They arrived at the Decepticon ship to find Bulkhead had already dealt with the guards. Within, they rescued Jack and Raf from a pair of Decepticons, and quickly caught up with Bulkhead and Miko. The three kids being a liability in a fight, the Autobots cleared out a room for them to shelter in. A short time later, they found the brig. Arcee slipped in through a shaft in the ceiling to get the drop on Starscream, but he threatened to shoot the prisoner. Fowler caused a distraction and the Autobots opened fire. Starscream inconsiderately blasted Arcee with his jet exhaust as he fled. With Fowler rescued, the Autobots picked up the kids and returned back to base, where they faced some pointed questions from Optimus. Jack, however, was sick of the constant danger and decided he wanted no more to do with the Autobot/Decepticon conflict. Arcee reminded him to keep the conflict secret, and as he left by GroundBridge, she was sad to see him go. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

She later paid Jack a visit and managed to talk him into returning to the Autobot base. When they did so, it was to find that Ratchet had discovered the location of the space bridge, and Arcee and the other Autobots headed up into orbit to try and prevent Megatron from sending the Dark Energon through. They reached the space bridge terminal, but came under attack from flying Decepticons. Ultimately they were unable to prevent Megatron's plan from going ahead, and the only way to prevent the zombies coming through from Cybertron was to destroy the space bridge itself. Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee followed Ratchet's instructions, feeding the space bridge's power back on itself, but were attacked by Megatron just as they completed the job. Arcee was hit and knocked off into space. Luckily Bumblebee had the presence of mind to grab her as the Autobots retreated through the GroundBridge just before everything exploded. Back at base, Arcee seemed in a bad way, but after some concern from Jack, she was able to stand up again. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee could later be seen hanging out with the three kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Arcee attempted to help Jack with his science project, a motorcycle engine, despite not knowing anything about Earth auto-mechanics. Her role was usurped by Ratchet anyway. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Scrapheap-huddleforwarmth.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"I wish we'd chosen the sauna."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, but they were unable to raise base so they could GroundBtidge back. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Arcee decided to keep warm by blaming Bulkhead for their predicament. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The Scraplets froze in the cold air and the three Autobots were subsequently able to return home. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Arcee was amused by Bulkhead's exuberant job when they were contacted by [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], one of Bulkhead's old friends, though she was initially worried the signal could be a 'Con trap. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee GroundBridged out to Wheeljack's landing site in time to see him take out a bunch of Vehicons. They returned to base where the Autobots celebrated, though Arcee mainly sat on the sidelines with Jack. When Bulkhead began to grow suspicious that Wheeljack wasn't all he seemed, Arcee tried to allay his fears, and when he directly confronted Wheeljack, Arcee urged him to keep calm. He turned out to be right. After everything was resolved, Arcee again took part in the partying, mostly by standing around watching the others dance. She also turned out to see the real Wheeljack off when he returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:Convoy-kablooie.jpg|thumb|upright|250px|"My bad" won't cut it with Optimus this time.]]

When Fowler asked for help transporting the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Arcee took part in the Autobot convoy, concealed in Prime's trailer along with the D.N.G.S. When [[MECH]] goons broke the back of the trailer open, she zoomed out in her cycle mode and blew up one of the MECH cars. She helped pass the D.N.G.S. over to a train, but a short time later the Autobots were attacked by Vehicons, and she, Bumblebee and Bulkhead spent the rest of the whole affair fighting them. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

When an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in a museum, the Autobots surrounded the building while the kids went in to steal it. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] appeared at the front of the museum to attack Optimus, and as Breakdown charged at the museum, Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to stop him. A missile from Breakdown sent Arcee skidding into Bumblebee. After the Decepticons obtained the Harvester, Arcee made a token effort to chase them. She, Bumblebee and Prime later attempted to track down the Decepticons before the Harvester could be used, but they ended up coming to Bulkhead's rescue after he found and stopped the Decepticons himself. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[Image:ArceeThey'reRacing.jpg|250px|left|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Himself_(Bill_Cosby_album)|"I want you... to go upstairs... and ''kill that boy''."]]]]

As Arcee and Jack were leaving school, they encountered Sierra, who asked if she could take Jack up on his offer of a ride. They were interrupted by [[Vince]], who challenged Jack to a race. Arcee reminded her companion of the rules, however when Vince made disparaging remarks about her motorcycle mode, she decided that he needed to be taught a lesson. Arcee and Jack completely smoked Vince at racing, though she made Jack swear not to tell any of the other Autobots. When Jack agreed to another race, Arcee flatly refused to take part, and later found out he'd talked Bumblebee into helping him instead. Furious, she dragged Bulkhead out to help her find Jack and Bumblebee, only to reach them just as Knock Out was abducting Vince. The three Autobots tracked the Decepticons to a storage facility, where Arcee attempted unsuccessfully to retrieve Vince from Knock Out, and ended up chasing the 'Con. She was unable to catch him, but Optimus turned up to lend a hand and rescue the human, and he demanded an explanation from his ashamed soldiers. Afterwards, Arcee was willing to allow Jack to give Sierra a ride, but just once. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:AirachnidUpsideDown.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"So... Is this the part where we [[Spider-Man|kiss?]]"]]
On a routine energon scouting mission, Arcee and Jack stumbled on a crashed spaceship in the wilderness. Arcee recognized it as belonging to [[Airachnid]] and found she was unable to contact base. After dropping Jack a safe distance away, she hunted Airachnid, interrupting her foe's attack on a lone camper. They fought, but Jack's reappearance distracted Arcee long enough for Airachnid to get the upper hand and stick the Autobot to a nearby rock with webbing. Airachnid played on how Arcee had a habit of losing partners before starting to chase Jack. Haunted by her previous meeting with Airachnid, Arcee eventually managed to break free using her motorcycle mode, and caught up with Jack in time to save him by delivering a brutal pounding to Airachnid, who managed to flee underground. Arcee was left with a new respect for how Jack had handled the situation, and was happy to call him her partner. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

[[Image:Arceeandherblaster.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Don't make her angry]]

After Optimus was infected by [[Cybonic plague]], Arcee and Bumblebee GroundBridged aboard the ''Nemesis''. They found Megatron's body in stasis lock, and Arcee formed a [[cortical psychic patch]] so Bumblebee could find the cure in the Decepticon leader's mind. She hid with Bumblebee's unconscious body in a vent, but time began to run out when [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] entered the room and discussed pulling the plug on their commander. Soundwave noticed the cortical link and Starscream began following it to the vent, but Bumblebee had located the cure and the two GroundBridged off the ship. Arcee sent a parting gift by shooting at Megatron, and the Decepticons found Megatron's mind was blank... {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

Arcee was unsure if she'd successfully offlined Megatron. She was unenthusiastic when it turned out they had to return to the Arctic after the Decepticons stole a telescope lens. There, she and Bulkhead fought Breakdown as a diversion while Optimus snuck on board the Decepticon ship to destroy the heat ray they'd built the lens into. Her success in fighting breakdown was limited, but they kept him busy for long enough, and were knocked flying by the shockwave from the heat ray exploding. They were surprised when Megatron subsequently turned up alive and well to stop Starscream from finishing off Optimus. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:ArceeFailstonoticekidsenteringSpacebridge.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Not a good guardian....]]

When a Dark Energon signature was detected, Arcee was left at base on GroundBridge duty because Optimus wanted Ratchet's Dark Energon knowledge handy. She failed to notice the three kids sneaking after Optimus's team, and only later spotted that they were gone. She attempted to GroundBridge them back, but interference resulted in an explosion and the kids vanished en route. After Bulkhead's attempt to phone Miko failed, Arcee tried to ring Jack, but there was too much interference for them to talk. They eventually discovered the kids were trapped in an alternate dimension, and when Ratchet used the GroundBridge to rescue them, Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead went to make sure they were safe from Starscream. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured by MECH, Arcee and the others were surprised when Optimus insisted that they rescue the Decepticon, though it turned out he was concerned that Cybertronian technology would fall into MECH hands. The team arrived in [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] and followed an energon signal Ratchet had detected. The trace led them to find Breakdown's eye and a MECH bomb. After they avoided being blown up the bomb, the team tracked down Bulkhead in time to chase off Starscream and some Vehicons. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[Image:Crisscross-callmeArcee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's the equivalent of a guy introducing his mom to his girlfriend.]]
Jack's alter-school activities resulted in his mom forbidding him from using his motorcycle. Jack pointed out to Arcee that this would mean she would have to stay in the garage for several weeks, but she instead promised that she would try to be back before Jack's mom got home at night. The next day Arcee and Bumblebee were fighting some Vehicons when Jack called her to warn her that mom was on her way home early. Arcee failed to get back in time, and had to sneak in via GroundBridge. Later on that evening, she managed to get back before June Darby did, but it turned out that was because mom had been abducted by MECH. Arcee and Jack followed Silas's instructions, proceeding to a deserted factory, and were shocked to find that Airachnid was involved. Arcee was webbed and rendered unconscious, but while MECH was preparing her for "surgery", she recovered and escaped. She managed to catch up with Airachnid before the 'Con could do anything to Jack or his mother, and the pair fought at length around the building. She eventually succeeded in knocking Airachnid into a container and pouring concrete on top, but as she was moving to rescue June, was webbed to the ground by the still active Decepticon. Relief came in the form of Agent Fowler and three helicopters, which forced Airachnid to retreat. Arcee and Jack subsequently took June to the Autobot base to meet the team. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[Image:TFP_ep18_tag_team.jpg‎|thumb|right|300px|]]
Arcee was scheduled to do some routine maintenance with Jack, but June's well-meaning questions drove Arcee batty, and she instead opted to accompany Bulkhead on a mission to find a magnetic anomaly. Miko managed to sneak along on the mission, and Arcee again found herself as the third wheel, but when they reached the source of the magnetic disturbance, it turned out to be Airachnid and Breakdown fighting over a magnetic weapon. During the ensuing fight, Breakdown used the weapon, a [[polarity gauntlet]], to magnetize the two Autobots, and Arcee became stuck to Bulkhead's back. With the only choice to retrieve the gauntlet, Arcee ordered Miko to return to base, and she and Bulkhead tracked the 'Cons to an old gas station. After some more fighting, Arcee managed to become unstuck from Bulkhead, and briefly used the gauntlet to polarize everyone. In the end, the Autobots triumphed and returned to base with the gauntlet, where Arcee received an apology from June for the earlier questioning. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Bulkhead and Arcee were assigned to check out an [[Stripped energon mine|old energon mine]]. When Miko ran into the mine, Jack persuaded Arcee to let him take a look inside too. She and Jack stumbled on Megatron and Starscream, and during the firefight that ensued, she shot Megatron's arm, causing him to blast the ceiling and causing a cave in. After the floor fell away, she lost track of the others, but eventually found the kids, and was able to rescue Bulkhead from Starscream. The two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine and briefly considered ending the Decepticons then and there before deciding it wasn't what Optimus would have done. Though Arcee still looked tempted. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[Image:Partners2_Arcee_talk_to_rock.jpg‎|250px|thumb|left|]]

Standing at Cliffjumper's graveside, Arcee pledged she would find the 'Con who killed him. When the Autobots were on their next mission to check out a signal from a buried Decepticon wreck, they ran into Airachnid, and Arcee attempted to take the opportunity to settle the score for Tailgate, only for Airachnid to get the better of her. After coming to her rescue, Optimus reminded her that revenge was never profitable. When their captive, Starscream, claimed to want to switch sides, Arcee spoke out to say they should take him with them. Arcee was left guarding the prisoner, however when he inadvertently revealed that it was he who had killed Cliffjumper, she became enraged and attacked him. Though she eventually got the upper hand and was about to finish him off, she realized that Bumblebee was watching the fight, and reluctantly let Starscream limp away. Later at base, her injuries were healed, but she blamed herself for ruining their chance to gain access to Starscream's knowledge. {{storylink|Partners}}

Arcee accompanied Prime and Bumblebee as they tried to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] before the Decepticons did. During the fight she was tackled by Knock Out. Ultimately the Decepticons made off with the cylinder, and later Arcee listened as Ratchet told them the cylinder's contents had ended up in Bulkhead's brain, and wondered aloud what the formula Bulkhead was writing was—the Autobots were excited to find it was a set of equations for synthetic energon. Arcee found it weird when Bulkhead was in "brainiac mode", and as it turned out the data was eating Bulkhead's mind. Bumblebee and Arcee accompanied Optimus on an unsuccessful attempt to get the cylinder back from Megatron, and they ended up fighting a bunch of Vehicons. Later they came to Miko and Bulkhead's aid to save the pair from Knock Out and Breakdown, and Arcee was present when Miko managed to rouse the comatose Bulkhead. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

During a mission to intercept Knock Out and Breakdown, Arcee sped over a road block caused by Vehicons, separating herself from the other Autobots despite Prime's orders. She soon found herself surrounded by Vehicons, but was surprised when Ratchet came through the GroundBridge and single-handedly bashed the lot of them. Ratchet later revealed that he had injected himself with the synthetic energon he'd been working on, and Arcee was keen for them all to try it, however Ratchet began exhibiting personality changes that disturbed her. During their next mission, Ratchet accused Optimus of not being pro-active enough, bringing up Cliffjumper's death which angered Arcee to the point of threatening violence. When Ratchet took off to tackle Megatron on his own, Arcee and the other Autobots were forced to come to his aid. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
[[Image:WFCArcee.jpg|thumb|350px|Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'' Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'']]
:''Voice actor'': [[Kari Wahlgren]] (English)
{{Note|Arcee is not a playable character in the storyline campaign. However, she can be unlocked for Escalation mode and for customization in online multiplayer as an Autobot scout. Her chassis type is listed as "Sprinter".}}

Arcee was one of the many Autobots who were captured and placed in [[Kaon]]'s prisons complex. She was freed from her imprisonment when [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] allowed themselves to be captured in order to rescue [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. During their rescue attempt, they opened all of the Kaon cells, allowing the prisoners, Arcee included, to escape. The freed prisoners were all led to transport ships, overseen by [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]], in which they used to escape the complex. Arcee herself helped direct her fellow prisoners to the ships, whilst Optimus's team kept the Decepticons busy.
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====Cyberverse====
*'''Arcee''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gimmicks include: plug-in arm blades, conservation of mass between modes.]]
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Accessories:''
: Deluxe Class Arcee transforms from motorcycle to robot and back! She and the rest of her wave are due [[December 1]], [[2011]].
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[Image:DarknessRising3-Arceesizechange.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The motorcycle transforms into her leg and then the rest of her robot mode hops over and attaches to it.]]
[[Image:PrimeArcee PinkParts.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It's a fashion statement.]]
*In [[Alex Irvine]]'s apocryphal ''[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]'' short story, Arcee launched the [[AllSpark]] into space.
*In the ''Prime'' cartoon, Arcee's [[hologram|holographic]] driver is named "Sadie".<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]
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* All of the Autobots in ''Prime'' [[size changing|sizechange]] between [[alternate modes|altmodes]], but it's way more noticeable with Arcee's [[Prowl (Animated)|transformation from a vehicle the size of a human to a robot the same general size as the rest of the Autobots]].
**Even more interesting is that her tires DO NOT sizechange when she transforms. You can see a little regular-sized tire in her back, and small half-tires on her calves.
*In "[[Crisscross]]" her [[Nevada]] license plate reads "396571".
*Arcee's chest panels fluctuate in color from episode to episode (see picture). Sometimes, they're pink; other times, they're black. They seem to be black more often that pink, though.
*Arcee's design appears to have been heavily inspired by the combat armor of Priss Asagiri from the anime Bubblegum Crisis. Although likely coincidental, Priss (along with the other Knight Sabers) also rides a motorcycle that transforms into a robot, and their battle armors feature retractable blades and blasters (amongst other weapons) in the hands and forearms.
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]

Arcee (WFC)

2011-08-15T04:53:07Z

Redsonjustin: /* Prime cartoon */

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:''Arcee is a female [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Arcee_Prime_stockimage.jpg|thumb|200px|Raise your hand if you know what "Ar'''cee'''" means!]]

A former scout on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the [[Great Exodus]], '''Arcee''' is the least physically-imposing of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew, but she's also Optimus's most reliable soldier, his go-to [[Female Transformer|gal]] when he needs someone he can count on.<ref>[http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/characters/arcee The Hub's profile page for Arcee]</ref> Whatever she lacks in physical form she more than makes up for it in force of personality. She is tough as nails at all times, always ready with a snarky quip even in the face of deactivation, not afraid to bend the rules every now and then, and seemingly never, ever scared.

And while that is largely true, and makes her an incredibly dangerous opponent (especially in melee combat, her specialty), that force of will ''is'' also a bit of a front. The loss of [[Tailgate (Prime)|a partner]] back on Cybertron rattled her, leading her towards a path of going it alone. And when she finally started opening up to [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|another partner]] on [[Earth]], losing ''him'' shook her to her core. To then be immediately saddled with the task of being the "guardian" for [[Jack Darby]], one of the locals accidentally caught up in the struggle on Earth, well, let's just say she was less than thrilled about that.

Okay, she was openly verbally hostile to Jack over the whole thing, but her loyalty to Optimus kept her from refusing the task. Like it or not, she's his guardian, and she's going to protect that boy's life... with her own, if she has to.

Slowly, but surely, Arcee is coming around again and facing her past demons. Jack's bravery and ingenuity even when in mortal peril is growing on her. Who knows. He might make a good partner.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Arceeprimecomictransform.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Arcee, transform and — geeeaaaheeeewwww!!]]Before the war, Arcee had been spying in [[Kaon]], and sometime during it she had been rescued by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. When Optimus ordered the Autobots to [[Earth]], her ship had been destroyed, and she was willing to wait as she detected the Decepticons had returned to Cybertron and they were planning something ''big''. There, she entered a base and annihilated the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] there, inadvertently returning Cliffjumper's favor. She hacked into the Decepticons's communications signal there, and found their weapons lab in Kaon. Arcee found Cliffjumper a brash soldier inappropriate for her stealthy mission, but he convinced her Kaon was too dangerous and that she could use his ship to go to Earth.

The duo entered the city through the maintenance tunnels Arcee had once explored, and she found a secret staircase by activating an Autobot symbol on the wall. There they discovered [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had rebuilt a [[space bridge]] to travel to Earth. Concerned by the repercussions of the Decepticons's discovery of how to build space bridges, Arcee wanted to destroy it, but Cliffjumper convinced her it was their way off Cybertron. Distracting Starscream with a ruse, Arcee activated the space bridge and overloaded its systems, jumping through it with him before it blew up.

Landing on Earth, the duo scanned their alternate modes and traveled to find a population center where they could build a scanner and find Optimus. Starscream attacked, having also jumped through the space bridge, blasting Arcee's arm off. Cliffjumper fought him and tried to get Arcee to safety, but she refused, telling him to leave her and find Optimus. Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] appeared, fending off Starscream and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. Optimus carried Arcee through a [[ground bridge]] to base, where [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] reattached her arm. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Sumalee Montano]] (English), [[Rosa Campillo]] (Spain-Spanish)

[[Image:Predatory-Airachnidscratch.jpg|thumb|250px|left|"NO! NOT LUDWIG VAN!!"]]
During the Great War, Arcee was partnered with [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. After one mission, she was talking to Tailgate over the comm when she was captured by [[Airachnid]] and taken for interrogation. She refused to talk, but when Airachnid revealed she had also captured Tailgate, she revealed she knew nothing, and Tailgate was killed by the Decepticon. Arcee was subsequently rescued by Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, though Airachnid herself escaped. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

Soon after the Autobots arrived on Earth, after Bulkhead accidentally stepped into some power lines. Arcee was impressed with the dance he did as a consequence. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:DarknessRising1-thisisjasper.jpg|thumb|300px|He's gonna ride her like a Harley on a bad stretch of road.]]
Old friends with Cliffjumper and a long-term agent on Earth, Arcee was engaged in casual banter with her friend when Cliffjumper was ambushed by Decepticons: by the time Arcee and the others got there, his body was missing and his lifesigns had ceased. While [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] said they should not dwell on negative emotions, Arcee claimed she'd go back on duty protecting humans; but when targeted by a [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] duo and forced to rescue [[Jack Darby|human youth Jack Darby]], she showed an irritable, seething nature, attacking the Vehicons with angry cries of vengeance for Cliffjumper.

She ignored most of Jack's questions, initially threatened him to forget what he'd seen, and wasn't that concerned with humans witnessing the battle afterwards. To her annoyance, Optimus then ordered her to bring in Jack and the other human witnesses to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], so the Decepticons couldn't target them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[Image:DarknessRising2-girltrouble.jpg|left|thumb|250px|She transforms into the world's largest motorcycle.]]
When the Autobots headed to the Decepticon Energon mines to locate Cliffjumper, Arcee found the broken and [[Dark Energon| Dark Energon-corrupted]] body of Cliffjumper moving, and tried to save him. She grabbed his hand, but was horrified when the body turned out to be a [[zombie|mutated ''thing'']] bent on attacking, and dropped him. When [[Starscream (Prime)| Starscream]] arrived to drop a bomb into the area to destroy the mines, the Autobots were forced to retreat without Cliffjumper through the [[GroundBridge]]. Once inside their base, Arcee began to feel dizzy, much to the surprise of Jack, Miko and Raf. It was due to contact with a miniscule amount of the Dark Energon that had corrupted Cliffjumper.

Arcee, despite her "illness", was given the task of taking Jack Darby home, and angrily snapped at him when he said he was sorry for her loss, demanding to know what he'd know about such losses; the argument was interrupted when [[June Darby|Jack's mother]] arrived and promptly began questioning him about the mysterious blue bike. The next morning, Arcee snappily woke Jack up and dragged him to Central Command... but demanded he write a note so his mother wouldn't worry. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

On the way back, Arcee showed off some motorcycling tricks. They reached the base, only for Optimus to leave her in charge and go off on a mission with [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]. Arcee was disgruntled and, leaving [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] in charge, immediately went out on patrol with Bumblebee. The pair patrolled the nearby Nevada desert until they got a call from Bulkhead to say Fowler had been kidnapped, and he'd gone to the Decepticon ship to mount a rescue. Arcee tried to contact base to get bridged back, but no one was there, and she and Bumblebee had to put "the metal to the pedal". {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:DarknessRising4-Arceestandoff.jpg|220px|thumb|"No, ''I'm'' ****ing Blue Death from above."]]
They arrived at the Decepticon ship to find Bulkhead had already dealt with the guards. Within, they rescued Jack and Raf from a pair of Decepticons, and quickly caught up with Bulkhead and Miko. The three kids being a liability in a fight, the Autobots cleared out a room for them to shelter in. A short time later, they found the brig. Arcee slipped in through a shaft in the ceiling to get the drop on Starscream, but he threatened to shoot the prisoner. Fowler caused a distraction and the Autobots opened fire. Starscream inconsiderately blasted Arcee with his jet exhaust as he fled. With Fowler rescued, the Autobots picked up the kids and returned back to base, where they faced some pointed questions from Optimus. Jack, however, was sick of the constant danger and decided he wanted no more to do with the Autobot/Decepticon conflict. Arcee reminded him to keep the conflict secret, and as he left by GroundBridge, she was sad to see him go. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

She later paid Jack a visit and managed to talk him into returning to the Autobot base. When they did so, it was to find that Ratchet had discovered the location of the space bridge, and Arcee and the other Autobots headed up into orbit to try and prevent Megatron from sending the Dark Energon through. They reached the space bridge terminal, but came under attack from flying Decepticons. Ultimately they were unable to prevent Megatron's plan from going ahead, and the only way to prevent the zombies coming through from Cybertron was to destroy the space bridge itself. Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee followed Ratchet's instructions, feeding the space bridge's power back on itself, but were attacked by Megatron just as they completed the job. Arcee was hit and knocked off into space. Luckily Bumblebee had the presence of mind to grab her as the Autobots retreated through the GroundBridge just before everything exploded. Back at base, Arcee seemed in a bad way, but after some concern from Jack, she was able to stand up again. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee could later be seen hanging out with the three kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Arcee attempted to help Jack with his science project, a motorcycle engine, despite not knowing anything about Earth auto-mechanics. Her role was usurped by Ratchet anyway. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Scrapheap-huddleforwarmth.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"I wish we'd chosen the sauna."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, but they were unable to raise base so they could GroundBtidge back. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Arcee decided to keep warm by blaming Bulkhead for their predicament. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The Scraplets froze in the cold air and the three Autobots were subsequently able to return home. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Arcee was amused by Bulkhead's exuberant job when they were contacted by [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], one of Bulkhead's old friends, though she was initially worried the signal could be a 'Con trap. She, Bulkhead and Bumblebee GroundBridged out to Wheeljack's landing site in time to see him take out a bunch of Vehicons. They returned to base where the Autobots celebrated, though Arcee mainly sat on the sidelines with Jack. When Bulkhead began to grow suspicious that Wheeljack wasn't all he seemed, Arcee tried to allay his fears, and when he directly confronted Wheeljack, Arcee urged him to keep calm. He turned out to be right. After everything was resolved, Arcee again took part in the partying, mostly by standing around watching the others dance. She also turned out to see the real Wheeljack off when he returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:Convoy-kablooie.jpg|thumb|upright|250px|"My bad" won't cut it with Optimus this time.]]

When Fowler asked for help transporting the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Arcee took part in the Autobot convoy, concealed in Prime's trailer along with the D.N.G.S. When [[MECH]] goons broke the back of the trailer open, she zoomed out in her cycle mode and blew up one of the MECH cars. She helped pass the D.N.G.S. over to a train, but a short time later the Autobots were attacked by Vehicons, and she, Bumblebee and Bulkhead spent the rest of the whole affair fighting them. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

When an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in a museum, the Autobots surrounded the building while the kids went in to steal it. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] appeared at the front of the museum to attack Optimus, and as Breakdown charged at the museum, Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to stop him. A missile from Breakdown sent Arcee skidding into Bumblebee. After the Decepticons obtained the Harvester, Arcee made a token effort to chase them. She, Bumblebee and Prime later attempted to track down the Decepticons before the Harvester could be used, but they ended up coming to Bulkhead's rescue after he found and stopped the Decepticons himself. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[Image:ArceeThey'reRacing.jpg|250px|left|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Himself_(Bill_Cosby_album)|"I want you... to go upstairs... and ''kill that boy''."]]]]

As Arcee and Jack were leaving school, they encountered Sierra, who asked if she could take Jack up on his offer of a ride. They were interrupted by [[Vince]], who challenged Jack to a race. Arcee reminded her companion of the rules, however when Vince made disparaging remarks about her motorcycle mode, she decided that he needed to be taught a lesson. Arcee and Jack completely smoked Vince at racing, though she made Jack swear not to tell any of the other Autobots. When Jack agreed to another race, Arcee flatly refused to take part, and later found out he'd talked Bumblebee into helping him instead. Furious, she dragged Bulkhead out to help her find Jack and Bumblebee, only to reach them just as Knock Out was abducting Vince. The three Autobots tracked the Decepticons to a storage facility, where Arcee attempted unsuccessfully to retrieve Vince from Knock Out, and ended up chasing the 'Con. She was unable to catch him, but Optimus turned up to lend a hand and rescue the human, and he demanded an explanation from his ashamed soldiers. Afterwards, Arcee was willing to allow Jack to give Sierra a ride, but just once. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:AirachnidUpsideDown.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"So... Is this the part where we [[Spider-Man|kiss?]]"]]
On a routine energon scouting mission, Arcee and Jack stumbled on a crashed spaceship in the wilderness. Arcee recognized it as belonging to [[Airachnid]] and found she was unable to contact base. After dropping Jack a safe distance away, she hunted Airachnid, interrupting her foe's attack on a lone camper. They fought, but Jack's reappearance distracted Arcee long enough for Airachnid to get the upper hand and stick the Autobot to a nearby rock with webbing. Airachnid played on how Arcee had a habit of losing partners before starting to chase Jack. Haunted by her previous meeting with Airachnid, Arcee eventually managed to break free using her motorcycle mode, and caught up with Jack in time to save him by delivering a brutal pounding to Airachnid, who managed to flee underground. Arcee was left with a new respect for how Jack had handled the situation, and was happy to call him her partner. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

[[Image:Arceeandherblaster.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Don't make her angry]]

After Optimus was infected by [[Cybonic plague]], Arcee and Bumblebee GroundBridged aboard the ''Nemesis''. They found Megatron's body in stasis lock, and Arcee formed a [[cortical psychic patch]] so Bumblebee could find the cure in the Decepticon leader's mind. She hid with Bumblebee's unconscious body in a vent, but time began to run out when [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] entered the room and discussed pulling the plug on their commander. Soundwave noticed the cortical link and Starscream began following it to the vent, but Bumblebee had located the cure and the two GroundBridged off the ship. Arcee sent a parting gift by shooting at Megatron, and the Decepticons found Megatron's mind was blank... {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

Arcee was unsure if she'd successfully offlined Megatron. She was unenthusiastic when it turned out they had to return to the Arctic after the Decepticons stole a telescope lens. There, she and Bulkhead fought Breakdown as a diversion while Optimus snuck on board the Decepticon ship to destroy the heat ray they'd built the lens into. Her success in fighting breakdown was limited, but they kept him busy for long enough, and were knocked flying by the shockwave from the heat ray exploding. They were surprised when Megatron subsequently turned up alive and well to stop Starscream from finishing off Optimus. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:ArceeFailstonoticekidsenteringSpacebridge.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Not a good guardian....]]

When a Dark Energon signature was detected, Arcee was left at base on GroundBridge duty because Optimus wanted Ratchet's Dark Energon knowledge handy. She failed to notice the three kids sneaking after Optimus's team, and only later spotted that they were gone. She attempted to GroundBridge them back, but interference resulted in an explosion and the kids vanished en route. After Bulkhead's attempt to phone Miko failed, Arcee tried to ring Jack, but there was too much interference for them to talk. They eventually discovered the kids were trapped in an alternate dimension, and when Ratchet used the GroundBridge to rescue them, Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead went to make sure they were safe from Starscream. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured by MECH, Arcee and the others were surprised when Optimus insisted that they rescue the Decepticon, though it turned out he was concerned that Cybertronian technology would fall into MECH hands. The team arrived in [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] and followed an energon signal Ratchet had detected. The trace led them to find Breakdown's eye and a MECH bomb. After they avoided being blown up the bomb, the team tracked down Bulkhead in time to chase off Starscream and some Vehicons. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[Image:Crisscross-callmeArcee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's the equivalent of a guy introducing his mom to his girlfriend.]]
Jack's alter-school activities resulted in his mom forbidding him from using his motorcycle. Jack pointed out to Arcee that this would mean she would have to stay in the garage for several weeks, but she instead promised that she would try to be back before Jack's mom got home at night. The next day Arcee and Bumblebee were fighting some Vehicons when Jack called her to warn her that mom was on her way home early. Arcee failed to get back in time, and had to sneak in via GroundBridge. Later on that evening, she managed to get back before June Darby did, but it turned out that was because mom had been abducted by MECH. Arcee and Jack followed Silas's instructions, proceeding to a deserted factory, and were shocked to find that Airachnid was involved. Arcee was webbed and rendered unconscious, but while MECH was preparing her for "surgery", she recovered and escaped. She managed to catch up with Airachnid before the 'Con could do anything to Jack or his mother, and the pair fought at length around the building. She eventually succeeded in knocking Airachnid into a container and pouring concrete on top, but as she was moving to rescue June, was webbed to the ground by the still active Decepticon. Relief came in the form of Agent Fowler and three helicopters, which forced Airachnid to retreat. Arcee and Jack subsequently took June to the Autobot base to meet the team. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[Image:TFP_ep18_tag_team.jpg‎|thumb|right|300px|]]
Arcee was scheduled to do some routine maintenance with Jack, but June's well-meaning questions drove Arcee batty, and she instead opted to accompany Bulkhead on a mission to find a magnetic anomaly. Miko managed to sneak along on the mission, and Arcee again found herself as the third wheel, but when they reached the source of the magnetic disturbance, it turned out to be Airachnid and Breakdown fighting over a magnetic weapon. During the ensuing fight, Breakdown used the weapon, a [[polarity gauntlet]], to magnetize the two Autobots, and Arcee became stuck to Bulkhead's back. With the only choice to retrieve the gauntlet, Arcee ordered Miko to return to base, and she and Bulkhead tracked the 'Cons to an old gas station. After some more fighting, Arcee managed to become unstuck from Bulkhead, and briefly used the gauntlet to polarize everyone. In the end, the Autobots triumphed and returned to base with the gauntlet, where Arcee received an apology from June for the earlier questioning. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Bulkhead and Arcee were assigned to check out an [[Stripped energon mine|old energon mine]]. When Miko ran into the mine, Jack persuaded Arcee to let him take a look inside too. She and Jack stumbled on Megatron and Starscream, and during the firefight that ensued, she shot Megatron's arm, causing him to blast the ceiling and causing a cave in. After the floor fell away, she lost track of the others, but eventually found the kids, and was able to rescue Bulkhead from Starscream. The two Autobots and the kids escaped the mine and briefly considered ending the Decepticons then and there before deciding it wasn't what Optimus would have done. Though Arcee still looked tempted. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[Image:Partners2_Arcee_talk_to_rock.jpg‎|250px|thumb|left|]]

Standing at Cliffjumper's graveside, Arcee pledged she would find the 'Con who killed him. When the Autobots were on their next mission to check out a signal from a buried Decepticon wreck, they ran into Airachnid, and Arcee attempted to take the opportunity to settle the score for Tailgate, only for Airachnid to get the better of her. After coming to her rescue, Optimus reminded her that revenge was never profitable. When their captive, Starscream, claimed to want to switch sides, Arcee spoke out to say they should take him with them. Arcee was left guarding the prisoner, however when he inadvertently revealed that it was he who had killed Cliffjumper, she became enraged and attacked him. Though she eventually got the upper hand and was about to finish him off, she realized that Bumblebee was watching the fight, and reluctantly let Starscream limp away. Later at base, her injuries were healed, but she blamed herself for ruining their chance to gain access to Starscream's knowledge. {{storylink|Partners}}

Arcee accompanied Prime and Bumblebee as they tried to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] before the Decepticons did. During the fight she was tackled by Knock Out. Ultimately the Decepticons made off with the cylinder, and later Arcee listened as Ratchet told them the cylinder's contents had ended up in Bulkhead's brain, and wondered aloud what the formula Bulkhead was writing was—the Autobots were excited to find it was a set of equations for synthetic energon. Arcee found it weird when Bulkhead was in "brainiac mode", and as it turned out the data was eating Bulkhead's mind. Bumblebee and Arcee accompanied Optimus on an unsuccessful attempt to get the cylinder back from Megatron, and they ended up fighting a bunch of Vehicons. Later they came to Miko and Bulkhead's aid to save the pair from Knock Out and Breakdown, and Arcee was present when Miko managed to rouse the comatose Bulkhead. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
[[Image:WFCArcee.jpg|thumb|350px|Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'' Four wheels good, two wheels ''better!'']]
:''Voice actor'': [[Kari Wahlgren]] (English)
{{Note|Arcee is not a playable character in the storyline campaign. However, she can be unlocked for Escalation mode and for customization in online multiplayer as an Autobot scout. Her chassis type is listed as "Sprinter".}}

Arcee was one of the many Autobots who were captured and placed in [[Kaon]]'s prisons complex. She was freed from her imprisonment when [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] allowed themselves to be captured in order to rescue [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. During their rescue attempt, they opened all of the Kaon cells, allowing the prisoners, Arcee included, to escape. The freed prisoners were all led to transport ships, overseen by [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]], in which they used to escape the complex. Arcee herself helped direct her fellow prisoners to the ships, whilst Optimus's team kept the Decepticons busy.
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====Cyberverse====
*'''Arcee''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:Primetoy-ArceeDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gimmicks include: plug-in arm blades, conservation of mass between modes.]]
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Accessories:''
: Deluxe Class Arcee transforms from motorcycle to robot and back! She and the rest of her wave are due [[December 1]], [[2011]].
{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[Image:DarknessRising3-Arceesizechange.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The motorcycle transforms into her leg and then the rest of her robot mode hops over and attaches to it.]]
[[Image:PrimeArcee PinkParts.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It's a fashion statement.]]
*In [[Alex Irvine]]'s apocryphal ''[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]'' short story, Arcee launched the [[AllSpark]] into space.
*In the ''Prime'' cartoon, Arcee's [[hologram|holographic]] driver is named "Sadie".<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]
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* All of the Autobots in ''Prime'' [[size changing|sizechange]] between [[alternate modes|altmodes]], but it's way more noticeable with Arcee's [[Prowl (Animated)|transformation from a vehicle the size of a human to a robot the same general size as the rest of the Autobots]].
**Even more interesting is that her tires DO NOT sizechange when she transforms. You can see a little regular-sized tire in her back, and small half-tires on her calves.
*In "[[Crisscross]]" her [[Nevada]] license plate reads "396571".
*Arcee's chest panels fluctuate in color from episode to episode (see picture). Sometimes, they're pink; other times, they're black. They seem to be black more often that pink, though.
*Arcee's design appears to have been heavily inspired by the combat armor of Priss Asagiri from the anime Bubblegum Crisis. Although likely coincidental, Priss (along with the other Knight Sabers) also rides a motorcycle that transforms into a robot, and their battle armors feature retractable blades and blasters (amongst other weapons) in the hands and forearms.
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]

Bulkhead (Prime)

2011-08-15T04:51:46Z

Redsonjustin: /* Prime cartoon */

{{disambig3|Bulkhead}}
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:''Bulkhead is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Bulkhead-Prime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Miss me?]]
'''Bulkhead''' looks huge and menacing, but he's only the former. Once you get to know him, he has a gentle soul. He's afraid of hurting things smaller and more fragile than him, but his new [[human]] friend, [[Miko Nakadai]], has helped him grow past that. He has a low tolerance for jerks and bullies, and is quite happy to let people like that stew in the trouble they've made for themselves, but his better impulses—or at least, needling from those around him—always sway him into helping in the end.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' comic===
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[Salvador Serrano]] (Spain-Spanish)
Back on Cybertron, before he became a warrior, Bulkhead was a laborer, working in construction. He saw himself as an uneducated simpleton who could only build or break stuff. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Later Bulkhead was a member of the [[Wrecker]]s, along with his buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. He also had rivalry with [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} He left early on in the war to join [[Team Prime]] however. {{storylink|Con Job}} Soon after the Autobots arrived on Earth, Bulkhead accidentally stepped into some power lines. [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] was impressed with the dance he did as a consequence. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:Bulkhead-Primevehicle.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And then [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s engineers get a headache.]]
Bulkhead was cruising around a woodland area when [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus]] ordered everyone to return to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] so they could take the [[GroundBridge]] to back up [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. Unfortunately by the time they got to the battle site, Cliffjumper and the [[Decepticon]]s were gone.

Sometime later, when Arcee and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] were fighting some Decepticons, Bulkhead came to their assistance, albeit late due to "traffic". One look at the three Autobots sent the Decepticons scurrying away. Bulkhead returned to base, and was there when three humans were brought in. Miko questioned him at length about how cool he was. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} During a subsequent visit by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], Bulkhead asserted that the Autobots had the utmost ability in the use of force, while graphically crushing one of [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]'s tools in his fist, much to his comrade's annoyance.

Bulkhead was part of the ultimately unsuccessful mission to retrieve Cliffjumper from the Decepticons, and smashed his way through a large number of the Decepticons in the [[energon (fuel)|energon]] mine. After they returned to base empty-handed, Optimus assigned Bulkhead to watch over Miko. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising3_disembulkhead.jpg|right|thumb|250px|''No'', Bulky, the slogan is get some ''nuts''!]]
Miko managed to persuade Bulkhead to do some off-roading on the way back to base. Once there, Optimus and Ratchet left on a mission, placing Arcee in charge. Arcee promptly left to go patrolling with Bumblebee, leaving Bulkhead in charge. Miko's suggestion that they start a rock band was mercifully interrupted by the appearance of Fowler, who was looking to complain about the recent energon mine explosion to Optimus. He wasn't pleased to discover that the Autobots had let kids become involved in the war, but Bulkhead prevented him from taking the kids into custody. After Fowler left, the base computer picked up a distress signal from his helicopter. Bulkhead was glad to be rid of the man, but the kids pointed out that if the Decepticons had him, he could give away the location of the Autobot base. Bulkhead reluctantly let Raf track where the agent was, and went to the [[Nemesis (Prime)|Decepticon ship]] by GroundBridge. He only discovered that Miko had followed him when she accidentally attracted the attention of a Decepticon, and he was forced to disembowel it. Unfortunately Jack and Raf subsequently arrived, and they too attracted the attention of the Decepticons guarding the ship. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:DarknessRising4-BulkheadandMiko.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Be thankful she didn't do more than heave on your car parts.]]
Bulkhead snatched the pair out of the line of fire and dropped them off behind some cover. He then proceeded to drive under the Decepticon ship, scale a nearby cliff, jump on board, and trash a bunch of Decepticons before realizing Miko wasn't with the other two kids. She turned out to have stowed away inside his chest compartment, and she became a distinct liability as Bulkhead continued to fight the Decepticons. Inside the ship, they eventually ran into Arcee and Bumblebee, who'd rescued Jack and Raf from some more guards. The Autobots cleared out a room for the kids to hide in before proceeding to the brig where Fowler was being held, and Bumblebee and Bulkhead burst through the main door while Arcee slipped in through a top vent. A standoff ensued, until Fowler distracted Starscream long enough for the Autobots to start firing. Starscream thusly chased off, the Autobots took off with Fowler and rescued the kids on the way out. Bulkhead carried Fowler and Miko back to base, where he was told off by Optimus for getting the kids involved, though Miko stood up for him. After Jack decided he was better off without the Autobots in his life, Bulkhead took Miko to visit him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[Image:DarknessRising5-BulkheadMiko.jpg|thumb|250px|D'awwww.]]
Once the Autobots pinpointed the location of the Decepticon [[space bridge]] in orbit, Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead traveled there by GroundBridge, though the height made Bulkhead nervous. They soon found themselves battling the hordes of flying Decepticons that came their way from the nearby Decepticon ship. Ratchet figured out a way to destroy the space bridge, so while Optimus held Megatron off, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead went to do that. No sooner had they finished than they were fired on by Megatron, who'd finally twigged to what they were doing. The four Autobots subsequently jumped back through the GroundBridge mere moments before the space bridge exploded, and returned to the Autobot base. Miko was overjoyed to see Bulkhead back safe and sound. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Bulkhead assisted Miko with her science project, holding up her model of the solar system so she could paint it. Unfortunately Ratchet decided to take over the project, relegating Bulkhead to the role of transport. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Bulkhead and Bumblebee discovered a strange pod in the [[Arctic]] which they brought back to base. Bulkhead was disgruntled by Ratchet's insistence at post-mission medical checks. He and Bumblebee later went and picked up the kids, but after the GroundBridge broke, the two Autobots were pressed into service assisting Ratchet in an attempt to fix it. The cause of the problem became apparent when Raf found a [[Scraplet]]. Bulkhead was particularly terrified of Scraplets, as he'd seen bots devoured by them, and was even prepared to abandon the base as a result, but Ratchet pointed out that would mean Optimus and Arcee would perish in the Arctic. Bulkhead went Scraplet-hunting with Miko, but mainly succeeded in embarrassing himself by screaming like a little girl whenever anything happened. Eventually they found a swarm of them and retreated back to the main control room, where another swarm descended on the three Autobots. They were rescued by the three kids, who went to repair an [[energon (fuel)|energon]] fuel line so the GroundBridge could be used to expel the Scraplets into the Arctic. Once the repair was done and the GroundBridge opened, Bulkhead offered himself up as bait, luring the Scraplet swarm to the Arctic, where they froze in seconds. Bulkhead returned to base for repairs, and was amused when Miko became terrified by a tiny spider. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[Image:ConJob-Fistbump.jpg|thumb|300px|left|"Guy love, that's all it is, Guy love, He's mine, I'm his, there's nothing gay about it in our eyes."]]
After he and Miko finished their chores, Bulkhead attempted to deflect her suggestion of dune bashing by bringing up the monster truck rally. They were distracted from any further plans by the news that Wheeljack was on his way to Earth, much to Bulkhead's joy. He, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived at the landing site to find Wheeljack trashing some Vehicons and he gave Wheeljack a bear hug before they returned to base and partied. Bulkhead started telling war stories, but began to grow suspicious when Wheeljack was uncharacteristically quiet. He challenged the newcomer to relate the story of the [[Battle of Darkmount Pass]]. Wheeljack got an important detail wrong: Bulkhead wasn't at that battle. The Decepticon impostor grabbed Miko as a hostage and revealed that the real Wheeljack was a prisoner of the Decepticons. After the real Wheeljack turned up and kicked the fake one's skidplate, Bulkhead took great pleasure in throwing the impostor out via the GroundBridge. Sadly Wheeljack didn't stay long, but offered to take Bulkhead with him. Bulkhead turned him down, having become too attached to Miko and the rest of his friends on Earth. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[Image:Convoy-Bulkheadmace.jpg|thumb|300px|"You go on, Bulk, we'll cover the rear."]]
Bulkhead took part in a convoy when Fowler needed transport for a hi-tech [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] device, though he wasn't happy with Optimus's order to stay in vehicle mode to conceal their presence on Earth. He warned the other Autobots about the incoming [[MECH]] cars and later helped move the D.N.G.S. to a train while the convoy passed through a rail tunnel. It was shortly after this that they were attacked by flying Vehicons, and forced to use their robot modes in the open to fight back. He, Arcee and Bumblebee spent the rest of the time fighting the Decepticons, while Optimus saved the D.N.G.S. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Miko's detention was cut short when Bulkhead arrived to pick her up and she decided to cut out early. He chastised her, and when Ratchet discovered an energon trace in [[Greece]], Bulkhead attempted to use the mission to get Miko to learn about ancient Greece. He spotted a depiction of an [[Energon Harvester]] on an ancient fresco, shortly before his old enemy [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] arrived. Bulkhead protected Miko from a pillar Breakdown tossed at her, but the 'Con then tackled him into the fresco, breaking it. Back at base, Bulkhead alerted the others to the Harvester and before long they had surrounded the museum it was in while the kids worked to steal it. When [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown attacked, Bulkhead charged at Breakdown and was knocked flying by a punch. The Decepticons managed to steal the Harvester, and Bulkhead was left at base while the other Autobots searched for them. While he was trying to work out how to rescue Miko from the museum, Bulkhead realized that the Decepticons would probably go after the energon deposit in Greece, so he went there to confront them himself. After dealing with Knock Out and Breakdown, Bulkhead found Starscream and the Harvester a tougher proposition, but he managed to fight against the device's power long enough to reach Starscream and destroy it, while proudly noting that breaking stuff was what he did best. He and Fowler later retrieved Miko from the museum. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

Bulkhead was hanging around base when Jack asked Raf if he could borrow Bumblebee. Arcee later wondered where Jack had gone, and Bulkhead unsuccessfully attempted to act like he had no idea. He accompanied Arcee to find Jack and Bumblebee, arriving in time to find out that Knock Out had abducted a human. The three Autobots tracked Knock Out to a storage facility, where Bulkhead and Bumblebee were ambushed by Breakdown. The fight ended when Bulkhead managed to flatten Breakdown with a lamp post. They caught up with Knock Out shortly after the 'Con had been defeated by Optimus, and his hostage recovered. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Wheeljack is gonna be so jealous.]]
Bumblebee and Bulkhead played basketball together in the base, though Bumblebee's behavior was very odd. When Fowler contacted them later to report that the Decepticons had stolen a lens from a telescope in [[Hawaii]], Bulkhead, Arcee and Optimus traveled to the Arctic to find it. While Optimus scaled a cliff face, the other two Autobots fought Breakdown as a diversion, successfully keeping the Decepticons busy until Optimus got on board the Decepticon ship and destroyed the heat ray. In the aftermath of the battle, they discovered that Megatron had been resurrected, as the Decepticon leader snatched Starscream out of the air. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

When Ratchet detected a fast-moving Dark Energon reading, Optimus took Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate. Instead of the expected Megatron, they found Starscream attempting to resurrect [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. During the brief fight, the Autobots discovered that the kids had followed them through the GroundBridge and attempted to send them back, only for a Decepticon Groundbridge to interfere. Bulkhead tried to rescue the kids, but was blown back by the exploding GroundBridge portal. When it transpired that the kids had vanished, Bulkhead attempted to ring Miko, only to discover she'd dropped [[Miko's phone|her phone]] at base. It meant, however, that Jack could send a text message from the other dimension the kids were trapped in, and Bulkhead read it on Miko's phone. When Ratchet engineered a way to get the kids back, Optimus, Bulkhead and Arcee rendezvoused with them to protect them from Starscream. Afterwards, Bulkhead returned Miko's phone, though he regretted she didn't get any photos of zombies. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

Out scouting an energon signature on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], Bulkhead was ambushed by Breakdown. Though he fought back, he was overcome and later came around to find Breakdown gone and Miko calling to him over the comm. After returning to base, they established that Breakdown had been captured by MECH, and Bulkhead was happy for it to stay that way. Optimus, however, launched a mission to rescue the Decepticon, and Bulkhead was surprised when Prime accepted his wish to stay off the rescue team. Bulkhead remained at base with Fowler and Miko, the latter of whom was firm in her belief that Bulkhead should have gone along, and managed to persuade him to go and try to rescue Breakdown himself. In [[Russia]], Bulkhead followed a MECH car to a disused railway tunnel and broke in to find Breakdown. Though the 'Con was surprised to see him, the pair emerged from the tunnel together to face the MECH forces, and Breakdown even saved Bulkhead from being blasted by Silas's energy weapon. When Starscream turned up with Vehicons, Breakdown was instructed to destroy Bulkhead, but the Autobot easily pummeled the 'Cons until Optimus turned up. Prime was impressed that Bulkhead had put aside his differences to rescue Breakdown, but Bulkhead was merely happy to have gotten the opportunity to hit Breakdown some more. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Bulkhead was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

Ratchet assigned Bulkhead to investigate a magnetic disturbance, and Arcee, irritated by Jack's mom's questioning, decided to come along too. Also Miko somehow sneaked through the GroundBridge after them and talked them into letting her tag along. When they came across Breakdown and [[Airachnid]] fighting over a weapon, Bulkhead got Miko to stay put, and the two Autobots joined in the fight. After Breakdown blasted them both with the weapon, a [[polarity gauntlet]], Arcee ended up magnetically fused to Bulkhead's back. With no other alternative, Bulkhead followed the 'Cons on foot, finding them at an abandoned gas station. During the ensuing battle, Breakdown dropped an oil derrick on Bulkhead, temporarily knocking him out, but also demagnetizing him. Airachnid tried to escape in her helicopter form, but Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her at Breakdown. He and Arcee returned to base triumphantly with the gauntlet. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Arcee and Bulkhead were sent to investigate an [[Stripped energon mine|old energon mine]], but found it was abandoned. When Miko decided to explore, Bulkhead chased her in. While he was taking some samples for Ratchet, a cave in occurred. Bulkhead did his best to protect Miko, but ended up supporting the ceiling so it wouldn't fall on them. With the air likely to run out and his arms failing, he instructed Miko to bang a rock on his foot to make noise and they were eventually found... by Starscream. When the Decepticon threatened Miko, Bulkhead gave him a swift kick, and Jack arrived on a Decepticon mining drill to rescue Miko. Alone with Starscream, things looked grim for Bulkhead until Arcee came to his rescue. The two Autobots found the kids and left the mine, though they did briefly consider finishing the Decepticons. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Bulkhead joined the others in investigating a [[Harbinger|wrecked Decepticon ship]]. When they found Starscream all webbed up and wanting to switch sides, Bulkhead thought it was a bad idea. The Decepticon pointed them towards the other half of the crashed ship, where Airachnid had gone. Prime took Bumblebee and Bulkhead to check out the rear section of the ship, and they were attacked by Airachnid, wielding an [[Immobilizer|experimental Decepticon weapon]] that froze Bulkhead in his tracks. Bulkhead was locked in position until the Autobots retrieved the weapon and Ratchet used it to unfreeze him. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[Image:TFP 21 Bulkhead Miko jog memories.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
Miko and Bulkhead sneaked into a monster truck rally together. A week or so later, they were reviewing the footage Miko had taken on her phone when Bulkhead was called into the field to help secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]]. He was, of course, followed by Miko, and during the battle she inadvertently activated the cylinder, discharging it into Bulkhead's brain. Though at first Bulkhead seemed fine, he began writing complex equations for synthetic energon, and it rapidly became clear that the cylinder's energy was overwriting his mind. While the other Autobots attempted to secure the cylinder, Miko tried to help Bulkhead retain his memories by taking him to the monster truck track. They were found there by Knock Out and Breakdown, who tried to take Bulkhead's head, but during the attempt, Miko again triggered the energy to discharge from Bulkhead into the sky. Bulkhead was left in a comatose state until Miko managed to wake him with her guitar playing. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}
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==Toys==
===Prime===
====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Primetoy-BulkheadVoyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Let's hope those aren't truck nutz.]]
*'''Bulkhead''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Wrecking ball
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==Notes==
[[Image:Bulkheadsmile.jpg|thumb|It's really weird the longer you look at it.]]
* Bulkhead is of course a reference to ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]].
:* He also uses a wrecking ball-like melee weapon similar to his ''Animated'' counterpart's, only he uses it more like a boxing glove or a mace.
* [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] confirmed that, when he was briefly brought in early in the design process of ''Prime'', Bulkhead was originally intended to be [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]. However, as the show evolved, the writers realised that they were essentially writing a new Bulkhead, and the character was brought in. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/site-updates-18/wtftfw-podcast-episode-123-with-derrick-j-wyatt-now-online-171018/ </ref>
* For such a big guy, he runs really ''fast''.
* Bulkhead's chin piece is actually a cover for his lower lip, as is evident whenever he smiles.
*Twice Bulkhead has suggested leaving a human to the Decepticons simply because he didn't like them. What a ''jerk''!
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/prime/characters/bulkhead Bulkhead's character page @ Hubworld.com]

[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Breakdown (WFC)

2011-08-15T04:50:40Z

Redsonjustin: /* Prime cartoon */

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{{disambig3|Breakdown}}
:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:DeusExMachina-prettypicture.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He ain't nobody's leg any more.]]

Despite a level of skill to match any Decepticon warrior's, '''Breakdown''' is almost crippled by a persistent paranoia, especially when he is in crowds. He is much happier working alone, away from the eyes he is sure are watching him at every moment. That said, he is quick to come at [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s call, as his fear of his powerful leader may be the only thing outreaching his agoraphobic tendencies.

On present-day [[Earth]], he's [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s assistant, apparently at some point having traded his paranoia for a bulkier frame and the bearings to match. He has also become somewhat careless in battle, having directly or indirectly damaged Knock Out on more than one occasion. He also has a dispute with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]].

{{bigquote| Never run when you can fight.|Breakdown|"[[Operation: Breakdown]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' comic===
[[Image:BreakdownPrime.jpg|thumb|left|150px|His self-esteem ruined by his small size, Breakdown resorted to steroid use.]]
Breakdown was on [[Earth]] when he received [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s signal. He found the air commander buried under rubble by [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|a little Autobot]], whom he promptly pummeled. [[Arcee (Prime)|An even smaller, blue Autobot]] shot at Breakdown, which pleased him, because it meant he was going to kill two Autobots today. At Starscream's insistence, Breakdown got him out of the rubble, and they began chasing and shooting at the Autobots. Breakdown finally cornered them and overwhelmed them with his missile launcher. As they lay dying and Starscream was about to finish them, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] got the jump on him and shot Breakdown into the face of a mountainside, causing him to flee and fight another day. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Adam Baldwin]] (English)
[[Image:DeusExMachina-Breakdowntruck.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Shiny. Let's be bad guys,"]]
When Starscream requested that [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown come to the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', Breakdown was much too busy trying to track down an [[energon (fuel)|energon]] trace. He reached an excavation site in [[Greece]], where he encountered an old friend—[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]—and spotted a depiction of an [[Energon Harvester]] on an ancient fresco. After breaking the fresco with Bulkhead's head, Breakdown proceeded to the ''Nemesis'', where [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] located the device in a museum. As the Autobots had surrounded said museum, Knock Out and Breakdown drew them around to the front for a fight, where Breakdown caused [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee to collide with each other and sent Bulkhead flying into Knock Out. This distraction allowed Soundwave to sneak in the back and steal the Harvester. The Harvester was successfully obtained, and Breakdown and Knock Out accompanied Starscream to the energy vein in Greece to test it out. When Bulkhead turned up there to stop them, the two Decepticons attacked him but came off decidedly second-best, as Bulkhead managed to make Breakdown hit Knock Out by accident which allowed Bulkhead to steal Knock Out's [[Energon prod]] and use it to shock Breakdown into submission. They fled once the Harvester was destroyed and the other Autobots turned up. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[Image:SpeedMetal-BBvsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|200px|If you're going to give him as a present to Megatron, [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2#quotes|be sure to wrap him up and put a little bow on him.]]]]

Breakdown was buffing Megatron's <s>corpse</s> body when Starscream asked him where Knock Out was. Knock Out, it turned out, had been street racing with the humans again. Some time later, Knock Out radio'd Breakdown to let him know there was another street race on. Much later still, Knock Out contacted him with the news that Bumblebee' human friend had been captured. Breakdown joined the other 'Con in setting a trap for the Autobots in a storage facility. Once Bumblebee and Bulkhead turned up, Breakdown ambushed them. He was able to hold his own against the two Autobots until Knock Out announced he was bugging out, and the distraction resulted in Breakdown being knocked into a wall by Bulkhead. Returning to the ''Nemesis'', Breakdown bore silent witness to Starscream's "cosmetic punishment" of Knock Out. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|250px|Foefist!]]
During a Decepticon plan to melt a glacier to find some energon, Breakdown was hanging around on the hull of the ship when Bulkhead and Arcee appeared nearby. On Knock Out's order, he jumped from the ship and started fighting the two Autobots, unaware that it was a diversion while Optimus Prime scaled a nearby cliff face. He was still fighting them when Optimus caused the heat ray atop the ship to explode and was sent flying by the blast wave. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

While out scouting an energon source, Breakdown took the opportunity to ambush Bulkhead. Though the Autobot fought back vigorously, Breakdown overcame him and was about to deliver the killing blow when he was zapped by an energy beam from a nearby helicopter. He came around to find himself a captive of the [[human]] organization [[MECH]], the leader of which, [[Silas]], informed him that they wanted to take him apart for his technology. Breakdown was defiant, but the MECH technicians disabled his pain receptors and began dismantling him, including removing his right eye. He was stunned when he was rescued not by the Decepticons, but by Bulkhead. The pair emerged from the rail tunnel to face the main MECH force, and when Silas's helicopter again fired its energy weapon, the 'Con knocked Bulkhead out of the way. After Starscream arrived and chased MECH off, he demanded Breakdown destroy Bulkhead. Breakdown was initially reluctant, but Starscream talked him into it. Though Bulkhead bested Breakdown and used his body to bash the Vehicons, Breakdown was still able to retreat, and Starscream later told him to remember the rescue when the time came to choose between Megatron's leadership and Starscream's. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[Image:TFP_ep18_BD_optic_patch.jpg‎|thumb|left|250px|Yeah. [[Major Bludd]] knows how you feel, Breakdown.]]
Breakdown took to wearing an eye-patch as a reminder of his failure. When Soundwave detected a magnetic signature, Breakdown saw the chance to redeem himself and insisted on being the one to retrieve the [[polarity gauntlet]]. Once there, however, he found himself under attack by [[Airachnid]], who also coveted the device and made a failed attempt to trap him underground. The two fought over it until Arcee and Bulkhead arrived and joined in the party. Breakdown was able to use the gauntlet to magnetically stick the two Autobots together, but while he was on his way back to the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid ambushed him and webbed him to a derelict gas station. He was freed when the Autobots turned up and the gauntlet was triggered, yanking him off the wall. At one point during the following battle, he got hold of the weapon and used it to hit Bulkhead with an oil derrick. After some more fighting, Airachnid tried to make a getaway with the gauntlet and Bulkhead threw her at Breakdown. Breakdown was forced to return to the ship without the gauntlet, but made up for it by presenting Megatron with Airachnid, who had become stuck to his back. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Knock Out and Breakdown were sent with some Vehicons to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], which the Autobots were also after. Breakdown not only got to fight, but got to be on the winning side for a change. Unfortunately when they got back to the ''Nemesis'', they discovered that the cylinder's contents had already been discharged. After Megatron went to try and find Bulkhead, whose noggin held the data, Knock Out detected where Bulkhead was hiding out, and thus he and Breakdown went to the monster truck track. Bulkhead went and hid in the car park, so the two Decepticons started searching in their own ways—in Breakdown's case, smashing random vehicles. They eventually found Bulkhead, but the cylinder data was lost in the process. The pair were ready to take out some revenge until the arrival of more Autobots forced them to retreat. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Crispin Freeman]] (English)
[[Image:Breakdown-WfC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"I always feel like somebody's watching meeeeee!"]]
Breakdown joined [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] in the invasion of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], attacking the [[Stellar Galleries]] behind the [[Autobot]]'s front lines in order to acquire the [[Omega Key]]. When it turned out [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] had moved it, Megatron lead them on a run-and-gun mission through the city to the [[Vaults]] itself. Breakdown seemed most comfortable during their time in the train tunnels, even challenging Soundwave to a race. However, when Megatron told him in a paternalistic voice to "try not to get crushed by the trains", Breakdown was confused, wondering aloud if his leader had made a joke. After utilizing [[Dark Energon]] bombers to blast their way into the Vaults, the squad came up against Zeta Prime himself. He was utilizing a vast machine that rendered him unassailable, allowed him to control portions of the ceiling so they dropped to crush anyone in the room, and generated an arbitrary number of energon clones bearing his likeness that battled savagely in melee combat. Soundwave's interest in the clones caused Breakdown to deride him as a total nerdlinger, but he didn't have any words of mockery when Soundwave discerned the machine's weakness: a core that rapidly overheated and so had to open up to cool off. Even in defeat, however, Zeta Prime had put one over on the Decepticons, as they took from him not the Omega Key, but the device that activated it. And the Key was cranky about being woken up from its nap.

Though he had shot another soldier for daring to contradict him verbally, Megatron probably realized Breakdown's last-ditch maneuver to avoid crashing into [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] against Megatron's orders had saved all their lives, and so did not summarily execute him. Nor was Breakdown shot for his constant whining during the team's cat-and-mouse chase with Omega Supreme through the upper spires of Iacon towards a platform studded with some anti-air guns, which would hopefully give them a chance to fight back against the robot of unusual size. They managed to crack open Omega's armor with the emplacements, causing him to crash, but the behemoth remained on his feet—literally, as he transformed to robot mode to continue the fight. Breakdown continually expressed amazement and frustration at the seeming unstoppability of Omega Supreme, but Megatron's confidence was proven justified, as they sabotaged the means by which the giant had been repairing himself, apparently bringing him down. Seemingly unable to believe it despite having participated in the fight, Breakdown could only note, "Uh...all hail Megatron!" Yet even then, Omega Surpreme was not defeated, badly damaged though he was. At that point, however, he was unable to continue repairing himself and his armor was badly damaged, allowing concentrated fire to finally overwhelm him.

Breakdown remained at Megatron's side as he tamed Omega Supreme, gaining access to Cybertron's core and infecting it with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' - Decepticons (DS)===
{{Note|Breakdown is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron''. He can be unlocked by beating Dam 6 in Arena Mode.}}

When Megatron and his Decepticons destroyed a dam they had been using, Breakdown confronted them. Breakdown declared if Megatron could prove to be tougher than he was, then he'd join the Decepticons. Breakdown was eventually defeated, and, true to his word, he joined the Decepticons.
{{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Notes==
*Breakdown's [[license plate]] in "[[Deus ex Machina]]" is DGOT 441.

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Ratchet (WFC)

2011-08-15T04:48:35Z

Redsonjustin: /* Prime cartoon */

{{faction|autobot|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Ratchet}}
:''Ratchet is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:PrimeRatcht.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Forehead crest = Awesome.]]
The [[Autobot]]s' medical officer, '''Ratchet''' has a dry wit, often giving his wounded comrades a hard time for taking hits he somehow avoids. With the Energon supplies becoming less and less, he works to find new ways to make do, and he'd ''really'' prefer if the Autobots didn't risk injury (or worse) to protect [[human]]s. He'd also prefer the humans weren't brought back to [[Autobot Central Command]] but since ''he'' is unfamiliar with human tech, he needs [[Rafael Esquivel]] to help him out. However, for all his views on humans, deep down Ratchet ''admires'' what the tiny fleshies bring to the fight.

{{quote|In a contest between resources and ingenuity, never underestimate ingenuity.|Ratchet, [[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Ratchet made his name during the [[Praxus|Praxian]] stalemate. He and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] fought in a few battles together, during which he taught the younger Autobot how to apply first aid. He repaired his throat after [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] destroyed it in revenge for ejecting the [[AllSpark]] into space, enabling Bumblebee to speak from time to time.

After Megatron invaded [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and took the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], Ratchet welded [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]'s face and stabilized [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]'s condition. When [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] asked Ratchet if Omega was ready to fight again, the offended medic responded that if Optimus wanted Omega to fight after the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] blew him out of the sky, [[Dark Energon]]-infused gladiators attacked him and Megatron tore out the Chamber out of his chest, then he wanted another surgeon. Optimus knew he had to apologize but was too preoccupied with rescuing [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]].

When the Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', Ratchet informed Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] that Omega was repaired and ready to distract [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}''

===''Prime'' comic===
Ratchet was stationed at the Autobot base on [[Earth]], opening the [[GroundBridge]] for Optimus to retrieve [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. He reattached her arm after [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had blown it off. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Jeffrey Combs]] (English), [[José María Carrero]] (Spain-Spanish)
[[Image:DarknessRising1-Ratchettragedy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|You're drawn to his eccentric charm.]]

Three years after the last reported Decepticon activity on Earth, Ratchet was still marooned on the planet with his fellow Autobots. While he was driving through a snowy area elsewhere, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] contacted him and told him to return to their abandoned missile silo headquarters near [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]]. [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] had engaged in battle with several Decepticon drones, and he needed backup. However, by the time the Autobots arrived on the scene via a [[GroundBridge]] portal, it was too late. Cliffjumper was nowhere to be found, and the Decepticons had fled in their spaceship. Ratchet's scanners confirmed what they all feared: Cliffjumper's life signal had been extinguished. After the Autobots gave their respects for their fallen friend, Ratchet confided in Optimus that "helping humans will only result in more tragedy."

After an altercation with the Decepticons inadvertently revealed the Autobots to three human children, Optimus Prime asked that [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] retrieve the children from school so that he could begin placing them under the Autobots' surveillance. After the children arrived, Ratchet quickly grew annoyed with their questions. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} During a visit by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], Ratchet was further irritated when [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] crushed a piece of his equipment while explaining something to the human.

[[Image:DarknessRising3-Ratchetcloseup.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's got two modes: Grumpy and Snarky.]]
Shortly after, Ratchet detected Cliffjumper's signal again. The rest of the Autobots raced off to mount a rescue, leaving him to play babysitter to the three kids, much to his disappointment. As he struggled with the computer system, [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] helped him get rid of some system bugs. The other Autobots returned, but without Cliffjumper, and when Arcee began feeling dizzy, Ratchet found a small [[Dark Energon]] contamination on her wrist. The work of analyzing the sample handily allowed him to sidestep being assigned to watch over [[Jack Darby]]. While moving the sample around the lab, he inadvertently dripped some on the equipment Bulkhead had broken and, unnoticed by Ratchet, it came to life... {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Ratchet struggled with the tool for a minute or so before Optimus Prime arrived and blasted it. Though Optimus realized that [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s plan was to raise an army of the undead, Ratchet didn't know of any sources of Cybertronian corpses. When the rest of the other Autobots returned to base, Optimus and Ratchet immediately left on a mission to a remote location. Optimus explained that during the war, both sides had hidden energon on other worlds, and the cache on Earth became the site of the largest battle off Cybertron. They reached the graveyard, but so did Megatron, who mocked Ratchet before using a sliver of Dark Energon to create his undead army. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:Optimus_Prime_Ratchet_Zombies_Darkness_Rising_4.jpg|left|thumb|300px|He performs surgery with these. Carefully.]]
Though horrified at what Megatron had done, the pair began fighting off the zombies. Ratchet quickly found that the most effective way of dealing with them was by hacking them to bits, but exposure to the Dark Energon began to sap the Autobots' strength. At one point they both disappeared under piles of zombies until Optimus threw them off and dug out Ratchet. Though Ratchet's right arm was damaged, he fought on and eventually they ran out of zombies to smash. Megatron flew off before Optimus could deal with him, but Ratchet was left wondering what the Decepticons gloating about a main event meant. They returned to base, where Ratchet's damaged arm was bound while they found out the kids had become involved in a battle and Jack was ready to leave — Ratchet was all too happy to show him the door. Ratchet also examined some plans which Miko had obtained from the Decepticon ship, and realized they were for a [[space bridge]] component, and that Megatron intended to bring a zombie army through from Cybertron. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

Ratchet did a search and located the terminus of the space bridge in Earth orbit. Optimus immediately took the rest of the Autobots there, leaving Ratchet to look after the base, kids, and Fowler. Once it was established that the Decepticon ship was damaged and unable to target the space bridge on Cybertron, Ratchet and the kids worked out that the Decepticons must have been using a radio dish array in [[Texas]] to do so. Ratchet reported that Fowler was still in no condition to alert the installation, so instead he bridged the three kids there to try and stop the Decepticons. Though their mission wasn't a success, Raf brought back schematics for the space bridge, which Ratchet was able to use to work out a means of destroying it. He instructed Arcee's team on sabotaging the space bridge, and bridged everyone back to base before the inevitable explosion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[Image:Masters&Students-Ratch-animator.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I was busy pushing bodies around as you well know and what would a note say, Dan? "Cat dead, details later"? ]]
Ratchet was surprised that Optimus was not more pleased by Megatron's destruction, but their conversation was interrupted by the kid's science projects. Ratchet was dismayed that the kids were working on them in the base, however when they detected Decepticon activity and Optimus wanted him on the mission, Ratchet opted to stay at base to help the kids with their projects. Unfortunately for them, he pretty much took over their projects and forbade the other Autobots from helping. He built a large volcano for Raf, a model of Cybertron for Miko, and... some sort of engine for Jack. To his disappointment, none of the projects went down well at school. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Scrapheap-Ratchetinfected.jpg|250px|left|thumb|My kingdom for a [[Charlie Fong]]!]]

Ratchet checked Bumblebee and Bulkhead after their mission in the [[Arctic]], and reported to Optimus on the status of a strange pod the pair had brought back. When Optimus and Arcee prepared to check the Arctic for clues, Ratchet gave them both temperature sensors to warn them when they were getting too cold. The kids arrived, causing Ratchet to wonder why they weren't in school, to which Miko retorted that it was Saturday. After Optimus and Arcee GroundBridged out, the GroundBridge system failed, and Ratchet set about trying to repair it. The cause of the problem became clear when Raf discovered a [[Scraplet]] roaming the base, and they subsequently checked the pod to find it had broken open. Ratchet continued to try to fix the GroundBridge with Jack as backup against the Scraplets, but when a swarm of them attacked, Ratchet was quickly overcome. He urged Jack to use a nearby fire extinguisher to freeze the critters off, which resulted in them formulating a plan to use the GroundBridge to send the Scraplets to the Arctic. Once the kids got the GroundBridge operational by repairing an [[energon (fuel)|energon]] fuel line, Ratchet activated it, and Bulkhead lured the Scraplets though. Ratchet subsequently oversaw repairs on Bulkhead and Bumblebee, and reflected to Optimus that they were lucky the infestation had occurred on a Saturday. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Problems with the GroundBridge lingered. When Bulkhead's old buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived, Ratchet found that the GroundBridge's operation was still problematic. He worked on it some more, while trying to ignore the distractions caused by the other Autobots partying and Wheeljack and Bulkhead [[Cybertronian_sport#Lobbing| Lobbing]]. The delays caused by Ratchet's repairs resulted in "Wheeljack" being exposed as [[Makeshift (Prime)|a Decepticon imposter]]. Unfortunately this also meant that when the real Wheeljack turned up, Ratchet was subjected to another round of partying. {{storylink|Con Job}}

Ratchet monitored Prime's convoy from base as the Autobots transported the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] across country. When cars attacked the convoy, he was surprised the scans hadn't detected Decepticon energy signatures, but that turned out to be because the cars belonged to a human terrorist organization known as [[MECH]]. He was able to warn Optimus later, when actual Decepticons attacked. With the D.N.G.S. on a train and in danger of being captured by MECH, Ratchet and Raf worked together to GroundBridge Jack and Miko onto the train. MECH overloaded Raf's laptop, and after that, Ratchet was no longer able to bridge them back. Luckily Optimus was able to save the day. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}} Ratchet later helped Raf fix his laptop. {{storylink|Raf's Notes|Raf's Notes #5}}

Ratchet's scans picked up an energon trace in [[Greece]], sending Bulkhead and Miko there. When an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in a museum, Ratchet attempted unsuccessfully to contact Fowler, who was away on training. The Harvester was subsequently stolen by the Decepticons, and Ratchet manufactured a replica to replace it, despite Bulkhead breaking his frame welder. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[Image:SickMind-RatchetOP.jpg|thumb|250px|"I've heard that humans quite often wake up late with black eyes. They call the condition 'a hangover'."]]
Ratchet located the ''Nemesis'' and a crashed Autobot ship. Optimus opted to investigate the latter, but Ratchet found it only bore victims of [[Cybonic plague]]. Optimus was infected, and Ratchet brought him back, faced with the fact there was no cure. However, the children deduced that Megatron must have known the cure if he created it, and Arcee and Bumblebee GroundBridged aboard the ''Nemesis'' and discovered Megatron's body in stasis. Unable to find the cure on the Decepticon database, Ratchet suggested using a [[cortical psychic patch]] to locate in Megatron's mind. By watching the link, Ratchet recorded the hologram of the antidote Megatron showed to Bumblebee, and was able to cure Optimus. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

[[Image:OutHead-RatchetMegatron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|'''Ratchet''':Megatron, prepare to be ''unplugged''!<br> <Raf looks at him> <br> '''Ratchet''':What, too corny? <br> '''Raf''': ''JUST PULL IT!!!'']]
He gave Optimus a clean bill of health, though warned Prime not to do anything too strenuous. When Ratchet caught Bumblebee crushing a piece of equipment, the scout reported that he had begun experiencing visions of Megatron, and Ratchet induced a shutdown to give Bumblebee's mind time to recover. The other Autobots left the base for the Arctic to recover a stolen telescope lens, and while they were gone, Ratchet observed Raf keeping Bumblebee company unnecessarily. Unfortunately his attempt to talk reason to the boy resulted in him being subjected to pictures of Raf's family. Bumblebee reactivated unexpectedly and went off through the GroundBridge, leading Ratchet to realize that Megatron had taken over their comrade's body. His attempts to stop Bumblebee resulted in him being knocked across the room, and he and Raf were forced to follow Bumblebee to the Decepticon ship. There, they tried fruitlessly to stop Bumblebee from restoring Megatron to life, and had to retreat under Vehicon fire after Megatron's resurrection. They found Optimus's team on the ground below and returned to base where Ratchet checked over Bumblebee's processor for any lingering traces of Megatron's influence. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

When Ratchet detected a swiftly-moving Dark Energon signature, the Autobots assumed that it was Megatron. He was surprised when Optimus wanted him on the team to investigate because of his knowledge of Dark Energon. Instead of Megatron, the Autobots found Starscream making an attempt to resurrect [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] with Dark Energon and also found that the kids had followed them through the GroundBridge. Ratchet ordered the trio to go back to base, however a Decepticon GroundBridge interfered with their journey, and both portals exploded. In the aftermath, Ratchet theorized that the two portals had fed back on each other, potentially depositing the kids at a random location. Back at base, he worked on a way to locate them, but the breakthrough came when Jack sent a text message to Miko's phone, revealing they were trapped in an alternate dimension with Skyquake. With this knowledge, Ratchet was able to recreate the original feedback loop and create a portal the kids could escape through. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

After patching up Bulkhead following a skirmish with Breakdown in which the 'Con was captured by MECH, Ratchet joined the mission to rescue the Decepticon. Once they arrived in [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], Ratchet told Bumblebee to ignore the obvious vehicle tracks, as he'd detected an energon signature. They found Breakdown's eye, which Ratchet hooked up to his scanner to attempt to extract images it had seen. It turned out to have been rigged into a two-way communications device by [[Silas]]. The team narrowly avoided being blown up by a MECH bomb, and later tracked down Bulkhead in time to rescue him from Starscream and Breakdown. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Ratchet was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}} On another occasion, he detected an incoming vehicle which just turned out to be June Darby again. While telling her that Optimus was out on a mission, he detected a magnetic anomaly, and dispatched Bulkhead and Arcee to find it. When the anomaly turned out to be a magnetic weapon that resulted in the pair becoming stuck together, Ratchet identified it as a [[polarity gauntlet]], and stressed to June that it would be extremely dangerous in Megatron's hands. Bulkhead and Arcee were eventually able to retrieve the device and present it to Ratchet back at base. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Ratchet picked up the activation of the ''[[Harbinger]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> computer system, and informed Optimus. When Bumblebee and Arcee returned with two frozen comrades and the pieces of a Decepticon weapon, Ratchet was able to repair the weapon and use it to restore Prime and Bulkhead. Also he fixed Arcee's injuries. {{storylink|Partners}}

While most of the other Autobots went out to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], Ratchet stayed at base to monitor them and annoy Bulkhead and Miko by interrupting their monster truck footage. After Bulkhead was called out to the field, Ratchet assigned Miko cleaning duties, only for her to rush off to the battlefield. She attempted to coordinate a GroundBridge pickup of the target device, but was unable to coordinate with Ratchet properly. After Bulkhead was zapped in the noggin by the cylinder, Ratchet initially gave him a clean bill of health, but when Bulkhead started painting complex formulas, Ratchet discovered that the energy from the cylinder was slowly destroying Bulkhead's mind. While Optimus attempted to get the cylinder back from Megatron, Ratchet found that Miko and Bulkhead had left the base, and alerted Prime. When they returned with Bulkhead in a comatose state, Ratchet was unable to do anything to revive him, but his suggestion that a familiar sound might rouse the Autobot led Miko to wake Bulkhead with her guitar playing. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}
{{-}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English), [[Stefano Albertini]] (Italian)
[[Image:RatchetWFCScreenshotAttack.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Just let me patch you up with my [[Energon repair ray|ENORMOUS HEALING CANNON]]!"]]
During the [[Decepticon]]s' siege of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Ratchet was assigned to Optimus, and helped him rescue a courier named [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], who informed Optimus that with the presumed death of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], the Council was putting him in command. The three of them headed back to the command center, receiving a message from [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] that the [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]] were being overwhelmed and needed support. It was decided that the planetary guns, disabled earlier by [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron's]] forces, needed to be brought back online. Informing Jetfire that he was taking temporary command, Optimus took Ratchet and Bumblebee with him on the mission, though when Ratchet questioned the "temporary" part, Optimus brushed it aside.

When that mission was completed, they decided their next stop was the [[Decagon]], in order to re-establish communications and coordinate Iacon's defense. Hitting serious resistance, including several [[Decepticon war machine]]s and more than a few damaged lifts which Ratchet puzzled out a way around, they nonetheless prevailed with help from Jetfire and [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]], before reaching the Decagon itself, where they encountered the former Autobot [[Air Commander|Sky Commander]], [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]. They managed to defeat him as well and retook the Decagon.

After Optimus was named the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], he went on a mission to free [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s core of Megatron's [[Dark Energon]] corruption. In order to do so, however, he needed to open the [[Omega Gate]], which would require freeing [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] from Decepticon captivity. Omega was still badly damaged from his battle with Megatron's forces, so Optimus called in Ratchet, whom Prime, [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]], and Ironhide protected during his operation to repair Omega Supreme. After the Omega Gate was opened, Ratchet returned to base with Omega, as field repairs could only do so much.

When [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] fell to the surface from orbit, Ratchet organized the rescue effort. After Trypticon was defeated, he praised Optimus on his success, but was the price paid was costly - many Autobots were lost, and those remaining were now forced to abandon Cybertron while the planetary [[Primus|Core]] repaired the damage. Ratchet was one of those who stayed behind with Optimus to resist Megatron's schemes, and to build an ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' to carry them from their home when the time came. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron — Autobots''===
[[Image:WFCDS Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|124px]]
When the Decepticons started poking around an Autobot base, Ratchet tracked their search patterns and instructed a [[Autobot rookie|rookie]] on where to go to find whatever it was they were looking for. Ratchet was in the control room to greet the rookie on arrival, and hand him over to [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] for basic training. Unfortunately the Decepticons destroyed the rookie and found the intel they were after. Following Zeta Prime's capture, the Autobot leader managed to contact Ironhide and Ratchet, but the data links powering the communications grid were severed. Ratchet greeted another rookie, who managed to repair the data links.

Ratchet would go on to become a member of Optimus' inner circle. Following the retaking of Iacon, he reported that the Data-net was back online and Zeta Prime could contact them again. He later worked with Jetfire to analyse core samples, and discovered that the core would be healing itself if it weren't for the influence of the Dark Energon corruptors. Optimus's team successfully freed the core, but the planet was no longer able to sustain them. When Ratchet asked what they'd do, Optimus responded that their new mission was to leave the planet. Ratchet was among the Autobots who defeated Megatron's secret weapon, the monstrous titan Trypticon. Upon Trypticon's defeat, Ratchet left the planet along with Optimus's team. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)}}

===Transformers: Cybertron Adventures===
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{{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

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==Toys==
===Prime===
====Cyberverse====
*'''Ratchet''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Accessories:''

{{comingsoontoy}}
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====Deluxe Class toys====
*'''Ratchet''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Attachable blades
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==Notes==
[[Image:PrimeRatchetambulance.jpg|thumb|right|]]
*Transformers alumnus [[Michael Bell]] originally auditioned for the part of Ratchet in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', but ultimately lost the role to [[Jeffrey Combs]].
*In a number of episodes, mostly written by [[Nicole Dubuc]], Ratchet's equipment gets damaged by a fellow Autobot, prompting him to utter ''"I NEEDED THAT!"'' each time.

[[Category:Hall of Fame]]
[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]

2011-07-22T03:35:34Z

Redsonjustin: /* Thoughts on Transformers Prime figures 07/21/11 */

User:Redsonjustin

2011-07-22T03:22:51Z

Redsonjustin: /* Thoughts on Transformers Prime figures 07/21/11 */

User:Redsonjustin

2011-07-22T03:09:54Z

Redsonjustin:

Hes Wicked with a capital W.

==Favorite Characters from g1==
'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'''

'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'''

'''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'''

'''[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'''

'''[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'''

'''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'''

'''[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]'''

'''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'''

'''[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'''

'''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'''

'''[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'''

'''[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'''

'''[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]'''

==How I got into Transformers==

Well in all honestly I saw '''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]''' got hooked on that even though in all honesty its a piece of crap however 5 year old me didn't relise that it was piece of crap I didn't

touch a toy till 2006 when I got classics Bumblebee after that I was immediately sinked into the toy line.My favorite toy line's are probably Classics and Alternators,

Classics for remaking all the g1 characters and alternators for realisticness.

==Thoughts on Transformers Prime figures 07/21/11==

First of,Arcee:She's got nice proportions in a few picks i've seen the chest mistransformed though,but the main problem I have with the figure is the head and the blades on the arms some pictures the face looks stupid but in others it looks good hard to say what the final copy will look like now on to the blades thats my main problem with the figure it looks dumb I mean my God I hope some third party like Fansproject or Igear find a way to get those off but in all reality besides those I really like the vehicle mode its highly cartoon accurate at least in my opinion Its also at least from the pictures I've seen have is in scale with the Bumblebee figure and the voyager class Optimus and Bulkhead and I guess the kids good job Hasbro bravo.

2011-07-21T00:02:21Z

Redsonjustin: /* Favorite Characters */

Hes Wicked with a capital W because sentences are for faggots.

==Favorite Characters==
'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'''

'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'''

User:Redsonjustin

2011-07-21T00:02:00Z

Redsonjustin: /* Favorite Characters */

Hes Wicked with a capital W because sentences are for faggots.

==Favorite Characters==
'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'''
'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'''

User:Redsonjustin

2011-07-20T23:59:32Z

Redsonjustin: New page: Hes Wicked with a capital W because sentences are for faggots. ==Favorite Characters== '''Bumblebee'''

Hes Wicked with a capital W because sentences are for faggots.

==Favorite Characters==
'''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'''

Prowl (Movie)

2011-07-14T14:05:55Z

Redsonjustin: /* Notes */

{{factions|autobotfilm}}
{{disambig3|Prowl}}
:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Prowl Defiance4.jpg|right|thumb|Watch your back, Barricade.|275px]]
'''Prowl''' is an Autobot and apparently one of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s lieutenants.

Whether or not he's [[Prowl (G1)|a prick]] remains to be seen.

{{quote|You turned death into a fighting chance to live!|Prowl, ripping off Dr. Bones McCoy, to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Prime]] aboard the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''|[[The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1]]}}

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==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
On [[Unification Day]], Prowl was in the crowd gathered at [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] when [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] announced that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] would head the [[Science Division]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] would become commander of the [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[Image:Defiance 2 Simfur Temple investigation.jpg|400px|right|thumb|]]
Later, Prowl had become the apparent head of the [[Security Force]], charged with sentry duties and under the authority of [[Lord High Protector|High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. After a surprise attack by [[Eshems alien|unknown alien hostiles]], he and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] checked up on the [[AllSpark]], which was under guard by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]. The attack pattern indicated that the aliens were trying to breach the [[Simfur]] [[Simfur Temple|temple]], leading Prowl to conclude that they were after the Cube. Following Protector Megatron's declaration of war against the aliens, Prowl and his team were not incorporated into the main army with the [[Defense Force]], but continued their assigned sentry duties. [[Science Division]] leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] asked for Prowl's feelings on the matter, and then asked if the two would do him a favor. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} As it turned out, Optimus' request was to break into Megatron's private quarters, a task they complied with uneasily. Inside, they discovered [[The Fallen|a relic]] Optimus' team had uncovered earlier. However, when [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] contacted him and reported that Megatron was returning, Prowl hurried everyone out. Megatron dispatched a confused Prowl to arrest Optimus for treason. Optimus was quite angry, but complied with the order. Heading through the ruins of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], Optimus realized that something was wrong when they were going down a road that [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] said was under reconstruction. Prowl agreed to Optimus' request to stop, but [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and his group ambushed them, with orders to kill them all. Prowl was injured in the attack and required repairs by Ratchet, and the team evacuated to [[Burthov]]. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

Now, Prowl may be a stickler for the rules, but when your boss tries to kill you, it's time to find a new line of work. Prowl went underground with Optimus (or Optimus [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] as he was now being referred to), becoming his lieutenant. He and Optimus were observing sites for a new, more secure base when Jazz contacted him, saying that [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] wanted to speak with Prime. Prowl agreed to bring him back to base. Later, after discovering that Megatron was building [[Nemesis (ROTF)|a ship]], Prowl theorized that there might be something wrong with the planet, and Ironhide mentioned [[Ark (Movie)|a ship]] they could repair for themselves if that was true. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Prowl later watched as the Decepticons launched their ship, then participated in a mission to bring [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s new invention, the "torch", to the temple in Simfur. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

[[Image:Prowl-movie-reignofstarscream.jpg|left|150px|thumb|He'll prick your finger, at the very least.]]
Prowl was aboard the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' when the vessel was being readied to launch and intercept the AllSpark and Megatron. While Optimus felt guilt over his decision to send the AllSpark into space, which would ultimately doom [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Prowl said that the act changed the Autobots' situation from certain death to a fighting chance. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Prowl.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
*'''Prowl''' (2007)

: A 25-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Prowl "transforms" into a black and white police car that vaguely resembles a Nissan Z. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]] and [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]].

: As "Energon Wars" is rather loose with continuity, this card might actually represent [[Prowl (G1)|Generation 1 Prowl]].

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==Notes==
* Prowl was originally intended to be in [[Transformers (2007)|the live action movie]] as part of the Autobots' original line up,<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors Club Magazine]], June 2007</ref> but the writers liked the idea of [[Barricade (Movie)|an evil police car]] so much that Prowl was cut.<ref>[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showthread.php?t=4045&page=89 Robert Orci at the Movie forum]</ref> <s>Better luck [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|next time]]</s> <s>[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Third time's the charm]]</s> Good God, Prowl is unlucky.um,reboot?
* Movie Prowl seems to have damn near the exact same roles that his [[Prowl (G1)|G1 counterpart]] had, both pre-war and post-war.

==References==
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[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]

Optimus Prime (Kre-O)

2011-07-13T01:22:25Z

Redsonjustin: /* Toys */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Kre-O]] continuity.''

[[Image:KreO OptimusPrime small.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
'''Optimus Prime''' doesn't take any guff and doesn't cotton to any of the foolishness some of the other [[Kreon]]s delight in. By keeping some of the biggest [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|troublemakers]] occupied with missions, he can devote himself fully to his job—protecting [[Kre-O|brick-based lifeforms]] from tyranny. One day he hopes to follow [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|his predecessor]] into retirement, where he plans to waste the days away in vehicle mode, possibly fondly remembering his [[Magnus (Kre-O)|younger days]].

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==Fiction==
Optimus fought Megatron in a tag battle with Bumblebee,he shot Megatron once and he disintegrated,however Megatron quickly rebuilt himself.{{storylink|Last Bot Standing}}

==Toys==
===Kre-O===
[[Image:KreO OptimusPrime large.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' w/ Optimus Prime, [[Skywarp (Kre-O)|Skywarp]], [[Bluestreak (Kre-O)|Bluestreak]], and two stunt driver [[Kreon]]s (2011, 542 pieces)
: The larger Optimus Prime Kre-O kit is based loosely on the [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime of the live-action films]]. He transforms into a semi-trailer truck pulling a trailer reminiscent of another [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] that can open to reveal a pair of motorcycles. The included Kreons can ride the motorcycles or sit in the cab. Orange traffic cones are included to direct traffic and guarantee that minimal hijinx take place.
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* '''Optimus Prime''' (2011, 90 pieces)
: The smaller optimus Prime Kre-O kit is loosely based on the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|original Optimus Prime]], transforming into a cabover truck. He comes with no Kreons.
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[[Image:Kre-O Matrix Optimus Prime.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
* '''Matrix Optimus Prime''' (2011, 10 peices)
: [[Exclusive]] to [[BotCon 2011]], this is a redeco of the regular Optimus Prime Kreon, with an open chest showing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] within. He comes with a G1 inspired gun and a black brick display stand. A factory error caused this version (minus display stand) to be included in the larger Optimus Prime kit (see above). This problem has (presumably) been fixed.
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==External links==
* [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Optimus-Prime/16386328 Optimus Prime's Kre-O bio @ Walmart.com]

[[Category: Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category: Kreons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Megatron (Kre-O)

2011-07-12T02:40:39Z

Redsonjustin: /* Fiction */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Megatron}}
:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Kre-O]] continuity.''

[[Image:KreO Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me, myself, and-- Shockwave, what are you ''doing'' here?]]
'''Megatron''' has a reputation for being a bad guy. Mostly it is because he is a diabolically evil commander. If people knew the softer side of him, they might change their minds. But, then again, the softer side of him includes his love of crushing [[Autobot]]s... so maybe not.

Megatron has a swing on the front porch of his building where he likes to read the ''[[Kreon Kode]]''. He prefers seafood restaurants that give you a mallet to crush crabs. The thought of being lost in a box of random Kre-O bricks scares him.
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==Fiction==
Megatron fought Optimus Prime and lost. But he quickly rebuilt himself and tagged [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] in. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}}

Megatron was a judge at a dance competition he gave Bumblebee a bad score and gave Starscream's terrible performance a ridiculously high score. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

==Toys==
===Kre-O===
* '''Megatron''' w/ Megatron, [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]], Specialist Kreon, and police officer Kreon. (2011, 310 pieces)

:Megatron transforms into what resembles a Mack truck, loosely based upon his [[Megatron (Movie)|Movie counterpart]]'s appearance in the [[Dark of the Moon (film)|third live-action film]]. In truck mode, up to two Kreons can ride in the cab.
{{charstubfiction}}

==External links==
* [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Megatron/16386324 Megatron's Kre-O bio @ Walmart.com]

[[Category: Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category: Kreons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Bumblebee (Kre-O)

2011-07-12T02:13:04Z

Redsonjustin: /* Fiction */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Bumblebee}}
:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the brick-based world of [[Kre-O]].''

[[Image:Bumblebeekre-otrailer.jpeg|right|thumb|300px|He hates Stiffly Stiffersons. He wants to prank them for hours in his basement.]]

'Sup! He's '''Bumblebee'''! Do you know how radical Bumblebee is? Pretty freakin' radical, man! He's always cruising the highways at dangerous speeds, pulling pranks, finding sweet [[human]] parties where he can headbang to some loud music, and of course pounding Decepticons. [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] sends him on as many missions as possible in order to curtail his unsolicited rebuilding of other people's bricks, but really there's no stopping him. Bumblebee is an unstoppable pranking monster on a constant bender.

==Fiction==
Bumblebee participated with Optimus Prime in a tag battle against Megatron and Starscream.{{storylink|Last Bot Standing}}

Bumblebee performed in a robot dance competition and despite a phenomenal performance, the judges, [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] and Thundercracker gave him horrible scores in a blatant show of favoritism towards Bumblebee's fellow competitor, [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}
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==Toys==
===Kre-O===
[[Image:KREO-Bumblebeelarge.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
* '''Bumblebee''' w/ Bumblebee, [[Red Alert (Kre-O)|Red Alert]], and driver [[Kreon]]s (2011, 336 pieces)
: The larger Bumblebee Kre-O kit is loosely based on the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee of the live-action films]]. He transforms into a sports car and has a spring-loaded missile launcher.
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[[Image:KREOtoy-Bumblebeesmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey everybody! Do the Bumblebee!]]
* '''Bumblebee''' (2011, 74 pieces)
: The smaller Bumblebee Kre-O kit is loosely based on the [[Bumblebee (G1)|original Bumblebee]], with a head that's a straight copy of that Bumblebee's ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' toy head. He transforms into a hatchback and comes with no Kreons.
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==External links==
* [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Bumblebee/16386329 Bumblebee's Kre-O bio @ Walmart.com]

[[Category: Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category: Kreons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

2011-07-12T00:02:10Z

Redsonjustin:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Megatron}}
:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Kre-O]] continuity.''

[[Image:02meg.png|right|thumb|250px|Hey Shockwave,is this math equation right??]]

'''Megatron''' has a reputation for being a bad guy. Mostly it is because he is a diabolically evil commander. If people knew the softer side of him, they might change their minds. But, then again, the softer side of him includes his love of crushing [[Autobot]]s... so maybe not.

Megatron has a swing on the front porch of his building where he likes to read the ''[[Kreon Kode]]''. He prefers seafood restaurants that give you a mallet to crush crabs. The thought of being lost in a box of random Kre-O bricks scares him.
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==Toys==
===Kre-O===
* '''Megatron''' w/ Megatron, [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]], Specialist Kreon, and police officer Kreon. (2011, 310 pieces)

:Megatron transforms into what resembles a Mack truck, loosely based upon his [[Megatron (Movie)|Movie counterpart]]'s appearance in the [[Dark of the Moon (film)|third live-action film]]. In truck mode, up to two Kreons can ride in the cab.
{{charstubfiction}}

==External links==
* [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Megatron/16386324 Megatron's Kre-O bio @ Walmart.com]

[[Category: Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category: Kreons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Bumblebee (Kre-O)

2011-07-11T23:50:46Z

Redsonjustin: /* Fiction */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Bumblebee}}
:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the brick-based world of [[Kre-O]].''

[[Image:Beetalking.png|right|thumb|300px|He hates Stiffly Stiffersons. He wants to prank them for hours in his basement.]]

'Sup! He's '''Bumblebee'''! Do you know how radical Bumblebee is? Pretty freakin' radical, man! He's always cruising the highways at dangerous speeds, pulling pranks, finding sweet [[human]] parties where he can headbang to some loud music, and of course pounding Decepticons. [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] sends him on as many missions as possible in order to curtail his unsolicited rebuilding of other people's bricks, but really there's no stopping him. Bumblebee is an unstoppable pranking monster on a constant bender.

==Fiction==
Bumblebee participated with Optimus Prime in a tag battle against Megatron and Starscream.{{storylink|Last Bot Standing}}

Bumblebee performed in a robot dance competition and despite a phenominal performance, the judges, [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] and Thundercracker gave him horrible scores in a blatant show of favoritism towards Bumblebee's fellow competitor, [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}
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==Toys==
===Kre-O===
[[Image:KREO-Bumblebeelarge.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
* '''Bumblebee''' w/ Bumblebee, [[Red Alert (Kre-O)|Red Alert]], and driver [[Kreon]]s (2011, 336 pieces)
: The larger Bumblebee Kre-O kit is based loosely on the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee of the live-action films]]. He transforms into a sports car and has a spring-loaded missile launcher.
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[[Image:KREOtoy-Bumblebeesmall.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey everybody! Do the Bumblebee!]]
* '''Bumblebee''' (2011, 74 pieces)
: The smaller Bumblebee Kre-O kit is based loosely on the [[Bumblebee (G1)|original Bumblebee]], with a head that's a straight copy of that Bumblebee's ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' toy head. He transforms into a hatchback and comes with no Kreons.
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==External links==
* [http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Bumblebee/16386329 Bumblebee's Kre-O bio @ Walmart.com]

[[Category: Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category: Kreons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]