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Vroom (G1)

2024-10-05T14:38:18Z

Scopedog: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Pretender Autobot|the ''Animated'' Autobot|Vroom (Animated)}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Vroom is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Vroom boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|That's vroom-vroom, not [[Zoom-Zoom]].]]
Insane risks are what give '''Vroom''' a reason to live, it seems. There's nothing that sparks his circuits like just barely out-running the expanding fireball of a [[Decepticon]] installation he just blew to smithereens. He made his name in the [[Asphalt Wars]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and since that day has been pushing his endurance (and luck) with more and more dangerous missions. Sure, with his skill, he could probably achieve them with a lot less threat of injury or death... but where's the fun in that?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
Vroom was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on [[New York City|New York]]. After he suggested the Autobots needed to lure the Decepticons out of the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the [[Rocky Mountains]]. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

When a dimensional bridge formed and linked together different times and worlds, Vroom and [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] were faced with the might of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], who emerged from the bridge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Headmaster of the Dimensions}} Later, when the Decepticons threatened a nuclear submarine to steal its cargo, Vroom suggested that the Autobots feint an acquiescence to their demands so they could set up a surprise attack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:SpotlightArcee Autobotsfighting.jpg|left|thumb|Of COURSE! Instead of remaining idle, the other hand can ALSO be used to fire a SECOND gun! Why hasn't anyone thought of that before??]]
Vroom was stationed at the penal colony [[Garrus-9]], under the overall command of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Though he fought on the frontlines firing ''two'' guns at the same time, he and his fellow soldiers failed to repel a raid by [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s strike team, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

===''Classics''===
[[File:Invasion-Radcontrolroom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|for the love let me fit into the shot i need someone to see me in something]]
In [[2012]], Vroom was stationed with several other Pretenders in [[Japan]] within [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] under the leadership of [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]. He was present one day when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another dimension]], a rift of space time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Vroom assisted his peers in evacuating a devastated city block. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

Shortly after their Earth survived the catastrophe by transporting into the negative polarity universe, it also started to come alive. Calling itself "Gaea", the Earth mysteriously transported the entire human population to another Earth in another universe. For reasons unknown, Vroom and his Pretender companions were displaced with them. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}} Vroom took up the codename "Vroman," and him and his allies set out to uncover the mysteries of their new world; while all the cities and animals on this planet were the same as their old one, no humans appeared to have called this Earth home prior to their arrival. [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] set up Vroom, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Lisa|Elizabeth]] with an apartment in Yucatán, but the group found it difficult to both get themselves employed and investigate a mysterious radio signal burst detected in the area. While out on a walk with Crossblades, Vroom came upon Spike rescuing a father and daughter from a car crash. The two Autobots came to his aid, hiding their Cybertronian strength during the rescue to avoid anti-Transformer sentiments from the onlookers. The trio then met up with Elizabeth and Metalhawk, and went out to dinner. After their meal, they were accosted by a mugger, who wound up shooting Metalhawk in the chest. {{storylink|Assembly (OMAM)|Assembly}} Though the bullet did little harm, it did spill energon, revealing to the mugger that Metalhawk wasn't human. Vroom and Crossblades leaped onto the mugger to restrain him, and asked Metalhawk how they were to deal with him. Before he could answer, two officers from the local police force turned up, and took the whole group to the Mérida police station to be questioned. When the topic of no bullet having been found at the crime scene came up, despite the officers having heard a gun go off, Vroom rambled off that he and his friends were definitely ''not'' alien robots in disguise. The two officers interviewing him retorted that they only wanted to make sure that no one in the nearby crowd had been hit. Vroom and the others were allowed to leave, only to be met by a mysterious stranger outside of the police station, who claimed he knew of the Autobots' true identities. Vroom reiterated ''that they definitely weren't robots from Cybertron'' but the stranger was only interested in delivering a message: [[Ramjet (Universe)|an evil force]] was coming... {{storylink|Insight}}

Though Vroom and company were highly suspicious of the man, they agreed to follow him nonetheless, as he claimed to have a spaceship stashed nearby. As they neared the craft however, the man revealed himself to be a Decepticon Pretender, and opened fire on Spike to provoke the Autobots into unveiling their true natures as well. Vroom and the others had the history of the local Autobot/Decepticon war recounted to them by their opponent as they battled, the Decepticon's tale culminating in the revelation that Vroom and his pals were up against Megatron himself! {{storylink|History}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:VroomCrossbladescommercial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Vroom was seen running alongside [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] on a rocky field of battle. Both of their robot forms then burst out of their Pretender shells; shells and robots both transformed and charged, with Vroom re-combining with his shell's vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Mega and Ultra Pretenders|Mega and Ultra Pretenders commercial}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Vroom.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Daredevil stuntman regardless of the continuity.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vroom''' (Mega Pretender, [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[magnetic repeller rifle]], [[illusionizer]], large wheel, small wheel, sidecar/base
:As a [[Mega Pretender]], ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Vroom comes with a fair amount of stuff. Opening up his armored-human Pretender shell reveals the stored core robot, who turns into a Cybertronic dragster. The humanoid shell can ''also'' be transformed into a Cybertronic motorcycle. Both vehicle modes can then be combined (repositioning a few of the accessories), giving the larger shell-cycle a dragster sidecar.

:The inner robot was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[2005 IDW continuity]] character [[Fireball]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Vroom/vroom.htm More information on Vroom at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1989/instr_vroom.jpg Instruction booklet for Vroom at Botchthecrab.com]''
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===e-HOBBY===
====''Transformers Character Card''====
[[File:Transformers Character Card Vroom and Pincher.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Pincher & Vroom Set''' ([[April 22]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''47 & 48'''
:Released as part of the seventh wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Pincher (G1)|Pincher]] and Vroom along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#48|Translation of Vroom's Transformers Character Card]]''
{{-}}

====Rubber strap series====
[[File:E Hobby rubber keychain Vroom.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Vroom & Crossblades & Thunderwing Set''' ([[June]] [[2023]])
:Released as part of the second wave of an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive series, this trio of rubber keychains depict super-deformed art of Vroom, [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]].
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Vroom articulated elbows prototype.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*The box shows a prototype in motorcycle mode (no stickers applied) that appears to have articulated elbows. This is similar to the bent elbows on the motorcycle mode from the box art.
*Vroom is the only Mega Pretender who did not receive a Japanese counterpart in ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]'', his retool having been ultimately abandoned in the development stage. Decades later, though, [[Hayato Sakamoto]] would turn said concept art into "[[Bikecross]]" for [[The Permanent Revolution|''More than Meets the Eye'' #39]].
*IDW-original character [[Fireball]] looks like Vroom. The reason why is a mystery.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vroom''' (ヴルーム ''Vurūmu'')

[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card]]

Vroom (G1)

2024-10-05T14:37:05Z

Scopedog: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Pretender Autobot|the ''Animated'' Autobot|Vroom (Animated)}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Vroom is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Vroom boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|That's vroom-vroom, not [[Zoom-Zoom]].]]
Insane risks are what give '''Vroom''' a reason to live, it seems. There's nothing that sparks his circuits like just barely out-running the expanding fireball of a [[Decepticon]] installation he just blew to smithereens. He made his name in the [[Asphalt Wars]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and since that day has been pushing his endurance (and luck) with more and more dangerous missions. Sure, with his skill, he could probably achieve them with a lot less threat of injury or death... but where's the fun in that?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
Vroom was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on [[New York City|New York]]. After he suggested the Autobots needed to lure the Decepticons out of the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the [[Rocky Mountains]]. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

When a dimensional bridge formed and linked together different times and worlds, Vroom and [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] were faced with the might of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], who emerged from the bridge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Headmaster of the Dimensions}} Later, when the Decepticons threatened a nuclear submarine to steal its cargo, Vroom suggested that the Autobots feint an acquiescence to their demands so they could set up a surprise attack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:SpotlightArcee Autobotsfighting.jpg|left|thumb|Of COURSE! Instead of remaining idle, the other hand can ALSO be used to fire a SECOND gun! Why hasn't anyone thought of that before??]]
Vroom was stationed at the penal colony [[Garrus-9]], under the overall command of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Though he fought on the frontlines firing ''two'' guns at the same time, he and his fellow soldiers failed to repel a raid by [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s strike team, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

===''Classics''===
[[File:Invasion-Radcontrolroom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|for the love let me fit into the shot i need someone to see me in something]]
In [[2012]], Vroom was stationed with several other Pretenders in [[Japan]] within [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] under the leadership of [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]. He was present one day when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another dimension]], a rift of space time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Vroom assisted his peers in evacuating a devastated city block. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

Shortly after their Earth survived the catastrophe by transporting into the negative polarity universe, it also started to come alive. Calling itself "Gaea", the Earth mysteriously transported the entire human population to another Earth in another universe. For reasons unknown, Vroom and his Pretender companions were displaced with them. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}} Vroom took up the codename "Vroman," and him and his allies set out to uncover the mysteries of their new world; while all the cities and animals on this planet were the same as their old one, no humans appeared to have called this Earth home prior to their arrival. [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] set up Vroom, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Lisa|Elizabeth]] with an apartment in Yucatán, but the group found it difficult to both get themselves employed and investigate a mysterious radio signal burst detected in the area. While out on a walk with Crossblades, Vroom came upon Spike rescuing a father and daughter from a car crash. The two Autobots came to his aid, hiding their Cybertronian strength during the rescue to avoid anti-Transformer sentiments from the onlookers. The trio then met up with Elizabeth and Metalhawk, and went out to dinner. After their meal, they were accosted by a mugger, who wound up shooting Metalhawk in the chest. {{storylink|Assembly (OMAM)|Assembly}} Though the bullet did little harm, it did spill energon, revealing to the mugger that Metalhawk wasn't human. Vroom and Crossblades leaped onto the mugger to restrain him, and asked Metalhawk how they were to deal with him. Before he could answer, two officers from the local police force turned up, and took the whole group to the Mérida police station to be questioned. When the topic of no bullet having been found at the crime scene came up, despite the officers having heard a gun go off, Vroom rambled off that he and his friends were definitely ''not'' alien robots in disguise. The two officers interviewing him retorted that they only wanted to make sure that no one in the nearby crowd had been hit. Vroom and the others were allowed to leave, only to be met by a mysterious stranger outside of the police station, who claimed he knew of the Autobots' true identities. Vroom reiterated ''that they definitely weren't robots from Cybertron'' but the stranger was only interested in delivering a message: [[Ramjet (Universe)|an evil force]] was coming... {{storylink|Insight}}

Though Vroom and company were highly suspicious of the man, they agreed to follow him nonetheless, as he claimed to have a spaceship stashed nearby. As they neared the craft however, the man revealed himself to be a Decepticon Pretender, and opened fire on Spike to provoke the Autobots into unveiling their true natures as well. Vroom and the others had the history of the local Autobot/Decepticon war recounted to them by their opponent as they battled, the Decepticon's tale culminating in the revelation that Vroom and his pals were up against Megatron himself! {{storylink|History}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:VroomCrossbladescommercial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Vroom was seen running alongside [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] on a rocky field of battle. Both of their robot forms then burst out of their Pretender shells; shells and robots both transformed and charged, with Vroom re-combining with his shell's vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Mega and Ultra Pretenders|Mega and Ultra Pretenders commercial}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Vroom.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Daredevil stuntman regardless of the continuity.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vroom''' (Mega Pretender, [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[magnetic repeller rifle]], [[illusionizer]], large wheel, small wheel, sidecar/base
:As a [[Mega Pretender]], ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Vroom comes with a fair amount of stuff. Opening up his armored-human Pretender shell reveals the stored core robot, who turns into a Cybertronic dragster. The humanoid shell can ''also'' be transformed into a Cybertronic motorcycle. Both vehicle modes can then be combined (repositioning a few of the accessories), giving the larger shell-cycle a dragster sidecar.

:The inner robot was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[2005 IDW continuity]] character [[Fireball]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Vroom/vroom.htm More information on Vroom at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1989/instr_vroom.jpg Instruction booklet for Vroom at Botchthecrab.com]''
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===e-HOBBY===
====''Transformers Character Card''====
[[File:Transformers Character Card Vroom and Pincher.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Pincher & Vroom Set''' ([[April 22]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''47 & 48'''
:Released as part of the seventh wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Pincher (G1)|Pincher]] and Vroom along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#48|Translation of Vroom's Transformers Character Card]]''
{{-}}

====Rubber strap series====
[[File:E Hobby rubber keychain Vroom.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Vroom & Crossblades & Thunderwing Set''' ([[June]] [[2023]])
:Released as part of the second wave of an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive series, this trio of rubber keychains depict super-deformed art of Vroom, [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]].
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Vroom is the only Mega Pretender who did not receive a Japanese counterpart in ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]'', his retool having been ultimately abandoned in the development stage. Decades later, though, [[Hayato Sakamoto]] would turn said concept art into "[[Bikecross]]" for [[The Permanent Revolution|''More than Meets the Eye'' #39]].
*IDW-original character [[Fireball]] looks like Vroom. The reason why is a mystery.
[[File:Vroom articulated elbows prototype.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*The box shows a prototype in motorcycle mode (no stickers applied) that appears to have articulated elbows. This is similar to the bent elbows on the motorcycle mode from the box art.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vroom''' (ヴルーム ''Vurūmu'')

[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Pretenders]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]
[[Category:Transformers Character Card]]

Vroom (G1)

2024-10-05T14:35:16Z

Scopedog: /* Notes */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Pretender Autobot|the ''Animated'' Autobot|Vroom (Animated)}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Vroom is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Vroom boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|That's vroom-vroom, not [[Zoom-Zoom]].]]
Insane risks are what give '''Vroom''' a reason to live, it seems. There's nothing that sparks his circuits like just barely out-running the expanding fireball of a [[Decepticon]] installation he just blew to smithereens. He made his name in the [[Asphalt Wars]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and since that day has been pushing his endurance (and luck) with more and more dangerous missions. Sure, with his skill, he could probably achieve them with a lot less threat of injury or death... but where's the fun in that?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Comic-Magazin''===
Vroom was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on [[New York City|New York]]. After he suggested the Autobots needed to lure the Decepticons out of the city, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the [[Rocky Mountains]]. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

When a dimensional bridge formed and linked together different times and worlds, Vroom and [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] were faced with the might of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], who emerged from the bridge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 9|Headmaster of the Dimensions}} Later, when the Decepticons threatened a nuclear submarine to steal its cargo, Vroom suggested that the Autobots feint an acquiescence to their demands so they could set up a surprise attack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 13|The Energon Trap}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:SpotlightArcee Autobotsfighting.jpg|left|thumb|Of COURSE! Instead of remaining idle, the other hand can ALSO be used to fire a SECOND gun! Why hasn't anyone thought of that before??]]
Vroom was stationed at the penal colony [[Garrus-9]], under the overall command of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Though he fought on the frontlines firing ''two'' guns at the same time, he and his fellow soldiers failed to repel a raid by [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s strike team, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

===''Classics''===
[[File:Invasion-Radcontrolroom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|for the love let me fit into the shot i need someone to see me in something]]
In [[2012]], Vroom was stationed with several other Pretenders in [[Japan]] within [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] under the leadership of [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]. He was present one day when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another dimension]], a rift of space time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Vroom assisted his peers in evacuating a devastated city block. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

Shortly after their Earth survived the catastrophe by transporting into the negative polarity universe, it also started to come alive. Calling itself "Gaea", the Earth mysteriously transported the entire human population to another Earth in another universe. For reasons unknown, Vroom and his Pretender companions were displaced with them. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}} Vroom took up the codename "Vroman," and him and his allies set out to uncover the mysteries of their new world; while all the cities and animals on this planet were the same as their old one, no humans appeared to have called this Earth home prior to their arrival. [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] set up Vroom, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Lisa|Elizabeth]] with an apartment in Yucatán, but the group found it difficult to both get themselves employed and investigate a mysterious radio signal burst detected in the area. While out on a walk with Crossblades, Vroom came upon Spike rescuing a father and daughter from a car crash. The two Autobots came to his aid, hiding their Cybertronian strength during the rescue to avoid anti-Transformer sentiments from the onlookers. The trio then met up with Elizabeth and Metalhawk, and went out to dinner. After their meal, they were accosted by a mugger, who wound up shooting Metalhawk in the chest. {{storylink|Assembly (OMAM)|Assembly}} Though the bullet did little harm, it did spill energon, revealing to the mugger that Metalhawk wasn't human. Vroom and Crossblades leaped onto the mugger to restrain him, and asked Metalhawk how they were to deal with him. Before he could answer, two officers from the local police force turned up, and took the whole group to the Mérida police station to be questioned. When the topic of no bullet having been found at the crime scene came up, despite the officers having heard a gun go off, Vroom rambled off that he and his friends were definitely ''not'' alien robots in disguise. The two officers interviewing him retorted that they only wanted to make sure that no one in the nearby crowd had been hit. Vroom and the others were allowed to leave, only to be met by a mysterious stranger outside of the police station, who claimed he knew of the Autobots' true identities. Vroom reiterated ''that they definitely weren't robots from Cybertron'' but the stranger was only interested in delivering a message: [[Ramjet (Universe)|an evil force]] was coming... {{storylink|Insight}}

Though Vroom and company were highly suspicious of the man, they agreed to follow him nonetheless, as he claimed to have a spaceship stashed nearby. As they neared the craft however, the man revealed himself to be a Decepticon Pretender, and opened fire on Spike to provoke the Autobots into unveiling their true natures as well. Vroom and the others had the history of the local Autobot/Decepticon war recounted to them by their opponent as they battled, the Decepticon's tale culminating in the revelation that Vroom and his pals were up against Megatron himself! {{storylink|History}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:VroomCrossbladescommercial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Vroom was seen running alongside [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] on a rocky field of battle. Both of their robot forms then burst out of their Pretender shells; shells and robots both transformed and charged, with Vroom re-combining with his shell's vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Mega and Ultra Pretenders|Mega and Ultra Pretenders commercial}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Vroom.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Daredevil stuntman regardless of the continuity.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Vroom''' (Mega Pretender, [[1989]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[magnetic repeller rifle]], [[illusionizer]], large wheel, small wheel, sidecar/base
:As a [[Mega Pretender]], ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Vroom comes with a fair amount of stuff. Opening up his armored-human Pretender shell reveals the stored core robot, who turns into a Cybertronic dragster. The humanoid shell can ''also'' be transformed into a Cybertronic motorcycle. Both vehicle modes can then be combined (repositioning a few of the accessories), giving the larger shell-cycle a dragster sidecar.

:The inner robot was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[2005 IDW continuity]] character [[Fireball]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Vroom/vroom.htm More information on Vroom at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1989/instr_vroom.jpg Instruction booklet for Vroom at Botchthecrab.com]''
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===e-HOBBY===
====''Transformers Character Card''====
[[File:Transformers Character Card Vroom and Pincher.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Pincher & Vroom Set''' ([[April 22]], [[2023]])
**''ID number:'' '''47 & 48'''
:Released as part of the seventh wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Pincher (G1)|Pincher]] and Vroom along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#48|Translation of Vroom's Transformers Character Card]]''
{{-}}

====Rubber strap series====
[[File:E Hobby rubber keychain Vroom.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Vroom & Crossblades & Thunderwing Set''' ([[June]] [[2023]])
:Released as part of the second wave of an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive series, this trio of rubber keychains depict super-deformed art of Vroom, [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]].
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Vroom is the only Mega Pretender who did not receive a Japanese counterpart in ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]]'', his retool having been ultimately abandoned in the development stage. Decades later, though, [[Hayato Sakamoto]] would turn said concept art into "[[Bikecross]]" for [[The Permanent Revolution|''More than Meets the Eye'' #39]].
*IDW-original character [[Fireball]] looks like Vroom. The reason why is a mystery.
*The box shows a prototype in motorcycle mode (no stickers applied) that appears to have articulated elbows. This is similar to the bent elbows on the motorcycle mode from the box art.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vroom''' (ヴルーム ''Vurūmu'')

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File:Vroom articulated elbows prototype.jpg

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Scopedog: Articulated elbows prototype.

Articulated elbows prototype.