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Drift (SG)

2012-02-17T10:41:13Z

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{{disambig3|Drift}}
:''Drift is an evil [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DriftSG-art.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Wait, does this mean [[Drift (G1)|normal Drift]] is Deathstroke the Terminator?]]

The irreverent '''Drift''' is a Dimensional Fragment Eliminator, which means he's always taunting and combating those invaders who dare poke through the walls of his universe. The "Bot of Banter" is considered one of the most vile Autobots ever, and the chatty mercenary loves to dream up more creative ways to slay his targets. [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] has given Drift no boundaries, creating an immoral, money-driven monster.

The relentless and cruel Drift has only one real weakness: an irrational fear of [[petro-rabbit]]s.

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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:SGtoy-Drift.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Now if they want to get really meta, [[Fun Publications]] should also [[redeco]] this guy as Green Lantern.]]
*'''Shattered Glass Drift''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories'': Two "dual swords", one large sword, left & right pistols

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Drift is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], in red with white highlights. In addition to the three swords that came with the original Drift toy, he comes with the two small guns that came with ''Generations'' [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. The hood of his vehicle mode sports the character [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9A 定] ("decided").

: This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''Generations'' [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]].

: Drift sold out within 48 hours of being available (taking into account problems with the store's ordering process).

==Notes==
* ''SG'' Drift was first described by FP as the "Mech with a Mouth." The phrase "Merc with a Mouth" is used to describe [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] character [[Wikia:c:marvel:Deadpool_(Wade_Wilson)|Deadpool]]. Generation 1 Drift being a silent, sullen, moody, dark anti-hero ninja, it may be fitting that his ''Shattered Glass'' opposite is a manic, fourth-wall breaking anti-villain with a thing for Bea Arthur.
* Fun Publications has explained that they wanted the character on Shattered Glass Drift's hood to mean "a doom" because Drift "brings A DOOM to any enemy he meets". They were limited to only one character, however, and could not find a singular character that embodied what they wanted to convey. This resulted in the use of the character [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%9A 定] ("decided", as in "your fate is decided"?), which is "a stretch."<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/BotCon/status/129222084625829889 @Botcon explains the character used on Shattered Glass Drift's hood.]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersclub.com/drift12.cfm ''SG'' Drift's page] @ TransformersClub.com

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[[Category:Shattered Glass Autobots]]
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Runabout (G1)

2012-02-17T10:40:42Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Generation 1'' Decepticon|the ''Animated'' Decepticon|Runabout (Animated)}}
:''Runabout is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Runaboutg1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You treat your stepmother with respect, Pantera!]]
'''Runabout''' is not the brains of the [[Battlecharger]]s (they're both pretty much dim-bulbs), but he is much calmer and certainly more articulate<ref>But not more [[Articulation|articulated]].</ref> than [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and his presence helps keep the latter's cross-wired mind on task. That said, Runabout usually joins in with whatever mad ideas Runamuck comes up with, just to keep from being bored. Runabout is very susceptible to boredom.

Besides, Runabout loves a good wreck just as well as his crazy comrade, but it's not because he craves to create wreckage—he simply wishes to destroy, and enjoys the spectacle of chaos and big fiery explosions. To help create these he has a particle beam rifle that shoots a stream of heavy and energetic neutrons. Unfortunately, he craves destruction so much that it continually distracts him from his assigned duties.

Runabout is a little faster than Runamuck, with a 185 MPH top speed, but can only go about 550 miles. He is equally able to transform quickly, taking about .4 seconds to do so. Also like his partner, he is not averse to breaking windows or draping cylinder-wiping paper over the enemy base, or other puerile acts of vandalism. But he uses bigger words when doing so.

Sometimes dumb stubbies graffiti over his name with '''Over-Run'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
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[[Image:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Heh heh heh." "Huh huh huh."]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two reckless Decepticons left and promptly ignored their orders, and instead began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}}'' During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as Mt. Rushmore, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the Washington Monument). They wrote insults and jokes in a Cybertronian language, thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[Image:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

RAAT caught up with them in Philadelphia, where [[Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. They escaped, and took a break to learn English (not ''well'', mind you) for their next stop, the Statue of Liberty. There they engaged Circuit Breaker once again, only this time, having been stripped of her command for her actions in their last encounter, she faced them in a giant machine jury-rigged from the Autobots RAAT had captured previously. The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[Image:MarvelUS75_Runabout_Demon.JPG|left|250px|thumb|Well, I guess it's kind of sad that they're dead and all. But it's [[Night of the Combaticons|not]] like they had [[Devastation issue 6|bright futures]] ahead of them.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's New Jersey base, and a battle ensued. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as the battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was killed during the planet-rending battle, but Runabout survived and was strolling with [[Battletrap]] the next day when he was attacked and devoured by a Cybertronian [[Demon]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

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====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
''As the [[Decepticon Civil War]] took a different path, Runabout and Runamuck were still working on the side of Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. In a fight with the Dinobots, Runabout got his hand stamped on by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] while reaching for his weapon—very painful. He stayed behind after the battle in order to get revenge, and pulled a [[neutron cannon]] on Grimlock at close range. Grimlock seemed suitably impressed by the weapon, and suggested the Battlecharger take a step or two back for his own safety because of the recoil. Seemed like a sound suggestion to Runabout so he backed himself up... right over a cliff. Dumb 'Con. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}''

''When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless. {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot Earthbase with the full Decepticon force, but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''

{{note|Runabout and Runamuck are mistakenly named as Megatron's troops in "[[Life in the Slow Lane]]", just as the Stunticons are mistakenly identified as working for Shockwave.}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese), [[Héctor Vieyra]] (Latin American), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub)

[[Image:GhostMachine PossessedRunabout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|GAH! Sparkles everywhere! Must shoot!]]
In 2006, Runabout was guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runamuck. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}
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===Young Corgi continuity===
During a mission to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], the Battlechargers were faced with the Autobots [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]. While Runamuck, who was terrified of heights, stopped at the start of the bridge, Runabout chased after Hot Rod while shooting wildly. Unfortunately, the Autobot outmanoeuvred him, and Runabout was sent careening off the bridge and into the San Francisco Bay. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by the human [[Jeff Grey]], who later ran into Hot Rod and discussed it with him. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
[[Image:Predaconstww.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"So, uh, since you're the president and in charge of the army and stuff, does that mean you can invade a country and, like, set it on fire?"]]
In the early days of the war, around Optimus Prime and Megatron had their first battle, the Runabout and Runamuck duo joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in disabling [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and helping [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} About a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident, and the Decepticons split into several splinter factions. The Battlechargers joined Starscream's faction of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] during this time, but were defeated at [[Tyger Pax]] by the united Autobot, Decepticon and [[Ultracon]] forces. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

In modern times, the Battlechargers were working for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as assassins. In the [[Old Slave Trails]], Runabout caught the double agent [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] leading Optimus Prime to safety with the Autobot revolutionaries, and blasted a hole through the [[Triple Changer]]'s chest. Moving in to eliminate Prime as well, Runabout was caught off-guard by [[Gnaw]] and was... gnawed on for a while. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Somehow he pulled himself back together, and hooked up with Runamuck again after Shockwave's fall. Dodging Autobot patrols while looking for a working [[CR chamber]] to fully repair themselves, the Battlechargers found one of Shockwave's abandoned laboratories, and accidentally unleashed the [[electrum]]-enhanced clone warrior, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The clone's ambient radiation considerably weakened Runabout. Then he incinerated Runabout's head. That didn't help either. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

Runabout was later found, offline but alive, by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] started repairing him and Runamuck as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===IDW Generation 1 comics===
[[Image:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"''Hey'', [[Verity Carlo|babeh]]. ''Come'' to Runabout."]]
Runabout was part of a Decepticon insurgent cell that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0| Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] blew their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary alternate mode, where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}}

[[Image:Devastation6 Runaboutdies.jpg|left|200px|thumb|My life is, like, flashing in front of me... ''Whoa.'' My life was ''cool.'']]
Runabout moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of [[Latveria]] and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. When the [[Avengers]] infiltrated [[Array|their base]], Runabout abducted one of their number, [[Spider-Man]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} Runabout and his teammates, turbocharged by Spider-Man's radioactive blood, attacked the allied Autobots and Avengers in [[mirror response mode]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runabout was subsequently blasted by the newly-arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runabout subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

Unfortunately, Runabout was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. He was electrocuted until he exploded, upsetting Runamuck, who was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
[[Image:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|300px|]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He'll Throttle your Bot!]]
*'''Runabout''' (Battlecharger, 1986)
**''Accessories:'' High-energy particle beam rifle

: Runabout transforms into a Lotus Turbo Esprit sports car. An autotransformer, he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and robot modes, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runamuck, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runabout/runabout.htm More information on Runabout at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-RunaboutClub.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I'll run-you-over]]
*'''Over-Run''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons

: Over-Run is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. his pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

: Over-Run is one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures (the other being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Drift (SG)|Drift]]).

: This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club's 2012 "membership freebie" [[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]].

: Over-Run sold out within a day of being available (taking into account problems with the store's ordering process).

==Notes==
* Runabout was the inspiration for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[homage]] toy [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]] ([[trademark]] issues explain away the name-shift).
[[Image:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|200px|Everybody wants to be Runabout.]]
* In Hasbro's 1986 Pre-Toy Fair catalog, a Runabout toy in robot mode (minus arm decals) is used to represent Runamuck's robot mode. The toy, however, is holding Runamuck's gun. Hmm....

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runabout''' (ラナバウト ''Ranabauto'')
*''French:'' '''Rôdo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Diablo'''
*''Russian:'' '''Podryvnik''' (Подрывник, "Miner")

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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Runabout Runabout's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Sunstorm (G1)

2012-02-16T09:30:29Z

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{{disambig3|Sunstorm}}
{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Sunstorm is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Sunstorm-Yoshioka.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''"I like to sing-a / about the moon-a and the june-a and the spring-a..."'']]

If bright colors are nature's way of saying "do not touch", then nature's got nothin' on '''Sunstorm''' (サンストーム ''Sansutōmu''). Come too close, and circuits will short, steel housing will begin to melt, and psyches will break as the mind struggles to comprehend. Science would explain that his body is aflame in radiation, but Sunstorm has different ideas.

Sometimes, Sunstorm merely believes he is secretly some kind of supernatural being, keeping his comrades away with his odd behavior. At other times, he thinks that he is the living embodiment of the Will of [[Primus]], placed by the divine in this universe to deal righteous judgment on the blasphemous. Occasionally, he just hovers silently in the background and shoots at things.

Such is life.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[Image:Sunstorm Cartoon.jpg|thumb|200px|Hey mom, I'm on TV!]]
Sunstorm was one of the Decepticon jets on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago. He shot at the [[Autobot]]s [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] when they came near, and that's about it. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}
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====e-Hobby pack-in comic====
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as a new morning began to rise, Sunstorm appeared to bask in the rays of the sun. He enthusiastically encouraged all those around him to wake up and take a good look at the beauty of a new dawn. Unfortunately, all those around him were dead [[Autobot]]s whom he had just killed. {{storylink|Decepticon Aerospace Warrior Sunstorm}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:BlackSunshine-SunstormStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|And thus, Starscream was rendered sterile.]]
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s experiments to fit a solar-powered fusion reactor into cloned Decepticon warriors reached their fruition in Sunstorm, a clone of the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Sunstorm's structure has been augmented to endure the enormous stresses involved. He was the perfect soldier; he possessed the ability to manipulate electromagnetic energy, enhanced regenerative capabilities, and a blank slate of a mind waiting to be written according to Shockwave's design.

When the Autobots took [[Iacon (polity)|New Iacon]] from Shockwave, he hurriedly uploaded the compressed contents of the supercomputer [[Vector Sigma]] to multiple locations, including the hidden cloning lab near the [[Quadrant Epsilon|Epsilon]] border where Sunstorm lay, awaiting instructions. The upload overwhelmed the lab's mainframe, spilling over into the only other available receptacle—Sunstorm. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

Fleeing the fall of New Iacon, Decepticons [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] broke into the Epsilon lab, unaware of its importance, intending to use it as a safehouse. After Runamuck amused himself by frying the lab's [[Mini-spy]] attendant, the duo accidentally awakened Sunstorm, who fried them... rather badly before his scrambled programming compelled him to depart, making his way to Earth. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

[[Image:Atonement-SunstormJAccuse.jpg|left|thumb|250px|J'accuse!]]

{{bigquote|'''Who am I?''' I am the presence anointed to carry forth the '''light.''' The '''original''' light, that which has '''no''' beginning and no end. '''Its''' searing heat shall '''purify''' the earth... purging this world of all flaws, and preparing it for '''what''' lies ahead.|Sunstorm emphasizes randomly|"[[Black Sunshine]]"}}

Flying down to [[Earth]], he tried to get Starscream to join him in his crusade, though Starscream believed his clone to be completely insane. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Sunstorm battled with a number of Autobots, including [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], until Starscream managed to attach an energy siphon developed by Ratchet to counter his energies. Sunstorm fled, uncovering an enormous well of energy deep below the ocean, sealed with a mechanical door bearing a Cybertronian symbol. [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and Bumblebee fought to stop him from unleashing whatever power the well held, until Jetfire, sensing that Sunstorm's internal fusion reactor was growing increasingly unstable, flew the overzealous seeker into orbit. Sunstorm's reactor went critical and exploded violently, completely obliterating both of them. {{storylink|Atonement}}

Sunstorm's almost supernatural durability was credited to his augmented molecular structure, similar to that of electrum. When [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet's]] Energy Siphon suppressed the effect, he was eaten away from within by the destructive energies of his own power source.

{{note|Had Dreamwave not gone bankrupt, the one-shot story "[[The Enemy Within]]" would have revealed Sunstorm was possessed by [[The Fallen]], who had escaped from the [[Seal of Primus]] after Shockwave broke it and used its energon for his experiments.}}
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===3H comics===
[[Image:Sunstorm.jpg|thumb|right|150px|His own [[Sunstorm (Universe)|worst enemy]].]]
An alternate-universe version of Sunstorm was one of [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]'s loyal inner circle. {{storylink|OTFCC: Official Convention Souvenir Guide|Megazarak's ''Universe'' profile}} His radioactive condition was the result of an accident at the manufacturing facility during his birth. He was apparently a [[Child of Primus]], {{storylink|The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|Sunstorm's ''Universe'' profile}} though it is not known if or how he participated in the [[Universe war]]. A [[Minion of Unicron]] named [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] ''did'' appear in that conflict, but there is no indication that they are the same individual. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:IDWTF7-SunstormAcidstorm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|*sigh* I'll never get this Masterpiece toy.]]
Three years after Megatron was defeated on [[Earth]], Sunstorm was among those Decepticons who managed to escape the human homeworld and was now under the command of the (self-proclaimed) Decepticon leader [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. However, with the lack of resources, poor morale and Starscream's weak leadership, the Decepticons largely collapsed into anarchy and resorted to cannibalism with not enough [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] to go around. After another pointless patrol, [[Acid Storm]] and Sunstorm dejectedly sat in front of what remained of the ship that carried them to the asteroid that they now called home. {{Storylink|All His Engines}}

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===''Wings Universe''===
As [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] breached [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s walls, Sunstorm was there with the rest of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s forces. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

==Games==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC)===
[[Image:ROTF_360PS3PC_G1Sunstorm_DLC.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]]

While Sunstorm seems to lack his atomic touch and pure insanity, he does have a pair of kickass flamethrowers! {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{Note|On [[August 27]], [[2009]], Sunstorm was one of a handful of downloadable characters in a downloadable content pack for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3. He could be used in multiplayer games and as an alternate model/colour scheme for [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in the single player Decepticon campaign.}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1toy-SunstormeHobby.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Creamsicle creamseeker.]]
* '''Sunstorm''' (Decepticon Jet, 2003, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''89'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile launchers, 2 rifle-missiles, 2 rockets, left & right fists, left & right wings, left & right tail-wings, landing gear

: Sold only in a separately-packaged-toys set with [[Hauler|RoadHauler]] [[exclusive]] to [[e-Hobby]], Sunstorm is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream toy]], transforming into an F-15 fighter jet. His coloration is inspired by—but not wholly accurate to for a variety of reasons—a previously-unnamed "generic" Decepticon seen in the episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]". Being a Japanese release, his spring-loaded missile launchers are fully operational.

: Pre-orders for the set closed on [[May 15]], 2003. The toys shipped out in July.

: Sunstorm was released again in 2008 as part of the "[[Encore]]" re-release line, but this time with an exclusive comic by [[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]]. Strangely, Sunstorm's stock picture in his e-Hobby manga presents him with fists sporting circular peg holes similar to the one seen in the previous Transformers Collection # 9 Starscream release.

: The same base mold is used by [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/Sunstorm/sunstorm.htm More information on Sunstorm at TFU.info]
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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumSeries-Sunstorm.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey, remember that body I never had in that comic I wasn't in? Well, now you can buy it!]]
*'''Sunstorm''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Stand, name placard

: ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Sunstorm is a redeco of ''[[War Within (toyline)|War Within]]'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Thundercracker]], transforming into a Cybertronian "tetrajet" as reimagined by [[Don Figueroa]]. As with all 6-inch ''Titanium Series'' Cybertron Heroes, he has large portions of his body constructed with fully-painted [[die-cast]] metal.

: This mold was also used to make ''War Within'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Skywarp]], and [[Thrust (G1)#Titanium Series|Thrust]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/TitSunstorm/sunstorm.htm More information on Titanium Sunstorm at TFU.info]''
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===Masterpiece===
*'''MP-11S'''

*News came out for a TakaraTomy May release of a yellow redeco of Masterpiece Starscream. He is obviously yellow.

==Merchandise==
===Heroes of Cybertron===
[[Image:HOC Sunstorm.jpg|right|thumb|200px|This will put your kids through college!]]
*'''Sunstorm''' (OTFCC 2004 attendance freebie)

:A ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' version of Sunstorm was given as a freebie to people who pre-registered at [[OTFCC 2003]] for next year's [[OTFCC 2004]]. He was later made available for sale through the [[3H Productions]] website. A [[repaint]] of the mold used to make Starscream and the other [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the ''Heroes of Cybertron'' line, Sunstorm's colors are inspired by the e-Hobby toy, but given more variety in its shades of orange.
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===Palisades===
* '''Sunstorm''' (Palisades, 2005)

[[Image:PalisadesSunstorm.jpg|thumb|200px]]

:A ''Previews''-exclusive redeco of the Starscream statue, Sunstorm is a six inch tall statue with articulated head and arms. He can stand normally or use a stand to take on a "hovering" pose. Sunstorm was limited to 300 pieces, and sculpted by [[3L Creation Group]] from a design by [[George Tremarco]].[http://web.archive.org/web/20050407011030/http://toychest.diamondcomics.com/toys/12_04/14_tf_sunstorm.htm]
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===Diamond Select===
[[Image:DiamondSelectSunstormbust.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
* '''Sunstorm''' (Diamond Select, 2010)
:Sunstorm was planned to be a repainted and slightly-altered version of the Starscream bust sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]]. Along with a new head and a differently-posed left hand, Sunstorm was going to be limited to 600 pieces.

{{canceledtoy}}
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==Notes==
[[Image:StudioOxCybertronBattleCons.jpg|thumb|250px|Look just above <strike>Astro Magnum</strike> <strike>Galactic Man</strike> grey [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s gun-arm.]]
*An orange Cybertronic "pyramid jet" is depicted in a Cybertronian battle scene by [[Studio Ox]] that appeared in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' (and was reprinted in ''[[Transformers Generations]]'' and ''[[Transformers Visualworks]]''). Hmm. You don't think...?
* A common piece of [[fanon]] identified the all-yellow [[Rainmaker]] as the partially yellow Sunstorm. However, even taking into consideration the haphazard coloring typically given to generic Seekers, chances were not in favour of their being the same guy. After being asked the question during the August 2010 Q&A, Hasbro confirmed that the yellow Rainmaker was not Sunstorm, but some as-yet-unnamed guy.<ref>[http://www.asmzine.com/geekly-rewind/2010/07/26/hasbro-transformers-qa-july-2010-answers August 2010 Q&A on ASMzine:] ''"When the right opportunities arise, the other Seekers seen in the original television series such as Acid Storm have been named and given official backgrounds. Unfortunately, not every character that has appeared on screen has made the transition into other forms of media or even product. Because of this fact, there has been no official backgrounds created for these characters."''</ref>
* [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]], who both named Sunstorm and wrote his original bio, also considered the names Flareburst and Flarestorm for him.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/43df7ba151f7a1b3 Doug Dlin reporting personal communications with Ichikawa], [[alt.toys.transformers]]</ref>
*Sunstorm is apparently a fan of professional wrestling, having performed both a Stone Cold Stunner and DDT when engaging in close combat with Jetfire.

==External Links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sunstorm Sunstorm's OTTC profile at NFTA.net]

==References==
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[[Category: Children of Primus]]
[[Category: Clones]]
[[Category: E-Hobby]]
[[Category: Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category: Seekers]]
[[Category: Titanium Series]]
[[Category: Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Streetwise (G1)

2012-02-04T12:20:33Z

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Protectobot|the ''Universe'' Protectobot|Streetwise (Universe)}}

:''Streetwise is an [[Autobot]] [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He is also known as '''Streetstar'''.''

[[Image:Streetwise g1 boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|What snakes? What plane? I don't get it.]]
Who's the [[Neon|black]]-and-white [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] 
That knows every street and parking lot? 
'''STREETWISE'''! 
Ya damn right! 
 
And who is the bot that would risk his [[spark]] 
For his brother bots? 
STREETWISE! 
Can you dig it? 
 
What interceptor won't back down 
'Til his target's run to ground? 
STREETWISE! 
Right on! 
 
They say this cop car is a [[Depth Charge (BW)|bad mother—]] 
SHUT YOUR MOUTH! 
I'm just talking about Streetwise! 
We can dig it! 
 
He's a [[Combiner|combination]] bot, 
But no one gets to use him but [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]! 
STREETWISE! 

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese), [[Juan Cuadra]] (Latin American), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon''), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus'')

[[Image:G1 RevengeofBruticus FirstAid Streetwise help.jpg|left|170px|thumb|If you see me walking down the street / walk on by, walk on by]]
When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Streetwise was carrying civilians when he discovered an injured man and called [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] over to help him. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], Streetwise and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] commandeered a meat locker to keep the overheated humans cool. Streetwise assured Groove that given the constantly rising temperatures outside, the humans would not freeze to death. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Streetwise, as part of Defensor, totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterward, he was with the Protectobots when they saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, catching the humans when [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] blew them off their platform. Later still, Streetwise and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

Streetwise was among the Autobots who battled the [[Sweep]]s when Cybertron came under attack from the Decepticons and [[Quintesson]]s in 2005. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[Image:G1 UltimateWeapon HotSpotStreetwise covering FirstAid.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Bad Boys / Bad Boys / Watcha gonna do / Watcha gonna do when they come 4 u.]]
In the year 2006, the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors by crashing a trash can into them, the Protectobots came under attack from the Decepticons. Streetwise expressed concern that the Decepticons didn't care how many innocent humans they killed so long as they destroyed the Protectobots. Later, it turned out the battle was only a diversion to allow [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to steal [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]], First Aid left the Autobots when he failed to stop the theft. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor, and they successfully saved a train full of civilians, even without First Aid. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. They transported the injured [[Jessica Morgan]] to County General Hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. This had [[Hate Plague|negative consequences]]. What a jerkface. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

When Cybertron came under attack from the Decepticons again, the Protectobots and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] surrounded [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and showered him in laser fire. They might even have defeated the tyrant if they hadn't been blown away by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s forces. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

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====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
When the Stunticons attacked a baseball stadium, [[Kenji]] alerted the Autobot combiners that they were needed. As the Protectobots arrived, Streetwise got the humans to safety while Hot Spot extinguished the blaze caused by the Decepticons. They transformed into Defensor, but Hot Spot was damaged in a savage attack by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and Bruticus, leaving the Protectobots unable to combine. Seizing upon an idea, Kenji told Superion to shoot out the Decepticons' legs. Streetwise and First Aid then swooped in and combined with Bruticus, while their comrades did the same with Menasor. With their own legs out of control, the Decepticon combiners were tossed out over the ocean by their own limbs. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

Later, Streetwise transported the [[Autobot Mini-Cassette]]s [[Eject]] and [[Rewind]] into battle, pitting them against their Decepticon counterparts, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====
Streetwise and the Protectobots participated in the Scramble City project under Ultra Magnus's direction, working towards the construction of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. After the Decepticons uncovered their secret building site, the Protectobots rode into battle alongside the newly completed Metroplex. Streetwise and his comrades arrived and formed Defensor just in time to act as the harbinger of Metroplex and his really big gun. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====
Streetwise and the Protectobots joined forces with the Aerialbots for a raid on [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. They intended to rescue Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], a scientist Galvatron had kidnapped in order to force him to use his knowledge to upgrade the Decepticons. The Aerialbots, as Superion, charged in first, but were torn to shreds by the Combaticons and Stunticons. Hot Spot went to work in his repair bay mode fixing them up, and tasked [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] with infiltrating Trypticon to recover the missing scientist. In the meantime, it was up to Streetwise, [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to keep Bruticus and Menasor occupied long enough for Hot Spot and Blades to complete their missions. Soon, the revived Aerialbots stepped in to save their Protectobot comrades, and Blades successfully freed the doctor from the Decepticons whle they were distracted watching the battle. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In 2011, Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Streetwise and the Protectobots were active in Cybertron's defense as Defensor during the assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, Streetwise's team assembled on Earth at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old nemeses, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], Streetwise and the Protectobots assembled before the [[Space Bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled again for man-to-man combat, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Streetwise and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. [[Shōki]] and the Trainbots occupied the fiends so that the Protectobots could proceed on to the village and protect the innocent lives. Nevertheless, the Protectobots failed to reach the village, as they were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Streetwise and the Protectobots briefly struggled with the Headmasters before forming Defensor, but that left them grouped together and vulnerable to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force Streetwise and the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

Streetwise and the Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. Streetwise and the Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Streetwise and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Streetwise and the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched Streetwise and the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. As Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus, and First Aid was even knocked out of the arm socket. Using Scramble Power, Defensor switched Streetwise up to his shoulder and reattached First Aid as a leg, still carrying his fireball cannon. Despite this cunning(?) trick, Defensor was defeated by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As part of Defensor, Streetwise participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
''Though [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] had given the [[Creation Matrix]] back to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], its influence was still present in his mind. He and Prime had their minds connected to a machine, where they shared a vision of a "Second Generation" of Transformers. Streetwise was the member of the Protectobots, one of four [[Special Teams]]. In this vision, Streetwise and his fellow Protectobots combined into Defensor and fought the Decepticons Bruticus and Menasor. But Megatron and Soundwave were listening in on this vision, and both sides planned to make it reality. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}''

[[Image:Streetwise-g1issue35.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Get me Undercover Brother!]]

On their first mission, the Protectobots joined Optimus Prime in protecting [[Energy Futures Industries]] and the [[hydrothermocline]] from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. After agreeing to battle for the prize in a virtual reality so that neither the hydrothermocline nor innocent bystanders would be harmed, Optimus and the Protectobots entered the bizarre landscape of ''[[Multi-World]]''. Searching for the Combaticons, Streetwise and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] entered Vineland. On a hunch, Streetwise chose to lift a falling web of vines out of their path instead of blasting through it. This left them open to attack by [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but it also earned the respect of the living vines populating Vineland, who entangled the Combaticons long enough for the Protectobots to beat their opponents. Streetwise did so by shattering the enemies with his [[Compression cannon|air-compressor cannon]] after First Aid [[Decrystallizer cannon|crystallized]] them. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

[[Image:Stargazing-Streetwise.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Thank god for size-changing!]]

After the ''Multi-World'' battle led to the death of Optimus Prime, Streetwise watched with the other active Autobots as Ratchet attempted to bring their leader back to life. This failed, and so Streetwise and the Protectobots escorted Optimus Prime's body to his funeral site, where he would be launched into space. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} The Protectobots fell under the command of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. They were sent to capture the deserter [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], which led to another confrontation with the Combaticons in a used car lot. During the battle, Streetwise blinded [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] with his [[photon pistol]]. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} They successfully arrested Blaster, but ran into the Combaticons yet again while Streetwise was reporting the mission results to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. This battle went poorly compared to the past ones, as the Protectobots were defeated by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], the Combaticons' combined form. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

''Later, Streetwise helped a [[Christmas kid|young boy]] teach [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] the meaning of [[Christmas]]. Okay, so actually he was trying to shoot Starscream. And sure, Starscream didn't actually learn the meaning of Christmas so much as deliberately fake it in order to piss off Streetwise because the humans liked him better than the Autobot. But still... holiday spirit and all that.'' {{storylink|Stargazing}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Protectobots-marvel-g2issue4.jpg|right|thumb|150px|He'd better transform into a police car with a bandolier.]]
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Streetwise. And, when [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] chose to disobey [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prime]]'s directives and make a tactical first strike against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s ships, Streetwise went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Streetwise-warwithin.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hot buttered 'bot]]
During the so-called [[Dark Ages]], when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] vanished in a [[space bridge]] accident, Streetwise stuck with his Protectobot team after the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]]. Whilst in their base at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Streetwise reported the rumour of the [[Ultracon]] [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] having been unleashed in the [[Tagan Heights]] against [[Springer (G1)|Springer's]] [[Wrecker]]s. Deciding that they could not afford to ignore this or let the [[combiner]] arms race begin once again, the Proctectobots rolled out to assist the Wreckers. Arriving in Tagan Heights, they formed the mighty Defensor and the battle of the titans was on. {{storylink|Escalation}} Unfortunately, they could not control Defensor's dim-witted battle lust, and were forced to separate and find a less destructive means of taking down Devastator. While Devastator manhandled Springer, the Protectobots hooked him up to a nearby power generator. With the Ultracon was distracted, Streetwise threw the switch, overloading the enemy combiner and forcing him to separate into the individual [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|Devastation}}

Whilst the Protectobots were trying to figure out what went wrong during the battle in their combined form, the [[Chaos Trinity]], minions of the mysterious being known as [[The Fallen]], attacked. As Streetwise drew a bead on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], he was hypnotized into blasting [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}}

[[Image:WarWithin_Confrontation_Mindwipe_Streetwise.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Man it's too bad Mindwipe mind controlled you into shooting me." "Yeah... 'mind control'..."]]
Millions of years later, the Protectobots battled [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] as Defensor when the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] escaped from a penal facility... and lost, big time. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Defensor later aided in the Autobot insurrection. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} After the Autobots regained power, Streetwise and the Protectobots searched [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s clone lab, finding [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] barely alive, having been attacked by [[Sunstorm (G1)|an unknown assailant]]. Streetwise was seen reporting in on their progress. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
Streetwise was one of many Autobot survivors who made it through Megatron's all-out attack on their defense network. In the two years following the attack, he made his way to Earth and united with Optimus Prime and the Autobots stationed there. In order to keep an eye on the humans, Streetwise and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] infiltrated the police force in their alternate modes. Both were present for an emergency response to [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] attacking a power plant. The robot hunters of [[Skywatch]] arrived and disabled the Decepticon, but then proceeded as if they were going to execute him on the scene. Despite Streetwise's words of caution, Prowl transformed to stop the execution and was captured. Streetwise maintained his cover and reported the incident back to Prime. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

Later, Streetwise was among the Autobots who remained on Earth along with Prowl, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (as well as others) instead of accompanying [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and the rest of the Autobots to Cybertron to find out what [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] was up to. He participated in an investigation of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)| Spike Witwicky]]'s "secret" activities by taking turns trailing the human in his alt form along with Prowl. Prowl and Streetwise followed Spike to a suburban district. However, when Breakdown appeared and attempted to kill Spike by running him over, Streetwise converted to primary form and attacked the Decepticon, much to Prowl's chagrin. Breakdown was damaged and forced to retreat. Prowl and Streetwise then returned to base, where both of them were harshly reprimanded by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Police Action: Part 1}}

===''Wings Universe''===
After Cybertron entered its new Golden Age, the war between the Autobots and Decepticons still raged in space and on Earth. Defensor was permanently destroyed in battle with his nemesis, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Only Streetwise managed to survive the colossal damage Defensor suffered. He swore revenge against the last surviving [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]: [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy_Streetwise.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Come on. Rub my symbol. You know you want to.]]
*'''Streetwise''' (Protectobot, 1986)
**''Team ID number'': '''P1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-73'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", "Double-mounted air-compressor cannon"

: Streetwise transforms into a Nissan 300ZX Turbo police car. In car mode, he has a large, rear-mounted, double-barreled cannon accessory. He can also form a limb of any [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner, but his usual place is as [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]'s left leg.

: This mold is unique amongst Scramble City-style combiner limbs in that he has a "normal" robot head that does not also function as a connector peg; instead he features a fold-out connector peg to attach him to Hot Spot. He is also unique amongst the Protectobots in that he is the only one who does not have a "second wave" variation, as well as the only limb-bot whose pistol doesn't have a horizontal grip. Subsequent releases of him in the "Classics" line omitted the rub sign gimmick.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Streetstar]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Streetwise/streetwise.htm More information on Streetwise at TFU.info.]''

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*'''Defensor''' (Gift set, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-76'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", "Double-mounted air-compressor cannon"

: Streetwise was also made available in a complete Protectobot gift-set available in many markets. The gift-set version is identical to the individual release.

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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2toy-Streetwisecarded.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Black and red?? G2 toys were so [[neon]]!]]
* '''Streetwise''' (Unreleased)
**''Team ID number'': '''P4'''
**''Accessories'': "Photon pistol", double-barreled cannon

: Streetwise and the other Protectobots were slated to be [[Redeco|redecoed]] and re-released as part of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]]. However, they and the redecoed [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] were canceled, with less than a half-dozen production samples of each mold known to exist (save the [[BotCon 1994]] [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], of course). The reason for the cancellation is unclear; it's possible they were considered redundant product due to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] re-releases, especially since [[Hasbro]] was putting out entirely new-mold Transformers then, and would most likely have wanted ''those'' to have as much shelf space in toy aisles as possible.
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===Timelines===
[[Image:BotconG2Streetwise.JPG |right|thumb|300px|In 1986 I stole his Nissan Z altmode. In 2010 I stole his entire body! ...and [[Streetstar|another guy]]'s name.]]
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
**''Accessories'': Gun

:A redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Prowl]], "Streetstar" (so named due to [[trademark]] conflicts) transforms into a police car based on a [[wikipedia:Nissan_350Z|Nissan 350Z]] and is colored to resemble his unreleased ''Generation 2'' toy. He has a pair of non-firing missile launchers that flip over his shoulders, plus a pistol hidden in his hood in car mode. He is sold as part of the [[BotCon 2010]] boxed set, alongside [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|Breakdown]], [[Pyro#Timelines|Spark]], [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]] and [[Sky-Byte (Timelines)#Toys|Sky-Byte]].

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make ''Universe'' [[Bluestreak (G1)#Universe (2008)|Silverstreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)#Universe (2008)|Smokescreen]], along with Streetstar's fellow BotCon 2010 exclusive [[Rapido]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/BCStreetstar/streetstar.htm More information on Streetstar at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:ArmadaCameos-RedRoom.jpg|200px|thumb|Ahhhh .. Freak out! Le Freak—c'est chic ... Freak out!]]
* Streetwise's animation model appears in the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'']] episode "[[First Encounter]]" as a "generic" Cybertronian at (presumably) Autobot HQ, alongside [[Wide Load]], [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]]/[[Lander]] and [[Sixknight]]. He is only seen from the back and pretty heavily recolored, making him hard to identify.
* Streetwise suddenly got his name changed to "Streetstar" the day after his [[BotCon 2010]] toy was unveiled. [[Pete Sinclair]] quickly put out the flames of Wiki Uncertainty (TM) by letting everyone know that Streetstar was still Streetwise, and not some other character or some amalgamation of the two.
* Streetwise's Shaft-esque personality in the BotCon 2010 comic is apparently the fault of this article.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Streetwise''' (ストリートワイズ ''Sutorītowaizu'')
*''French:'' '''Aviso''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Phantom'''
*''Russian:'' '''Prolaza''' (Пролаза)

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Streetwise Streetwise's Universe profile at NTFA.net.]

[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Interceptors]]
[[Category:Protectobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

Cliffjumper (WFC)

2012-02-02T09:30:15Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Prime: First Edition */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Cliffjumper}}
:''Cliffjumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:CliffArcee_ognpreview.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 (Prime)|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 [[ground bridge]] 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===
:''Voice actor'': [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] (English), [[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 (fuel)|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}}
{{--}}

==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???]]

{{comingsoon}}
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==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Cliffjumper_Prime_toy.jpg|350px|thumb|Voted "Most Likely To Be Bought For Ulterior 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===
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[Image:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeFirstEdition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 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.

: 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.
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{{anchor|Terrorcon}}
[[Image:Primetoy-TerrorconCliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Apparently what he's cooking is brains.]]
*'''Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2012)

: Wave three "First Edition" Deluxes include "Terrorcon Cliffjumper", a [[retool]] of the previous wave's Deluxe Class Cliffjumper. He now sports a different, "[[zombie]]" head and an altered deco.

:The upcoming Takara version adds a Mini-Con that looks like a wolf to the mix.
{{comingsoontoy}}
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===Prime: Robots in Disguise===
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_cj.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Gun/sword
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{{anchor|Revealer}}
[[Image:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeRID.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Revealer Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories: gun/hammer''
: 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 fake car roof as the robot mode's chest. His battle hammer can also become a gun, which stores in vehicle mode either on the roof or in an additional peghole on the vehicle's rear right-hand side.

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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>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

Cliffjumper (WFC)

2012-02-02T09:29:42Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Prime: First Edition */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Cliffjumper}}
:''Cliffjumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:CliffArcee_ognpreview.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 (Prime)|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 [[ground bridge]] 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)}}
{{-}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]] (English), [[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 (fuel)|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}}
{{--}}

==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.}}

{{-}}

===''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???]]

{{comingsoon}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Cliffjumper_Prime_toy.jpg|350px|thumb|Voted "Most Likely To Be Bought For Ulterior 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===
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[Image:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeFirstEdition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 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.

: 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.
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{{anchor|Terrorcon}}
[[Image:Primetoy-TerrorconCliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Apparently what he's cooking is brains.]]
*'''Terrorcon Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2012)

: Wave three "First Edition" Deluxes include "Terrorcon Cliffjumper", a [[retool]] of the previous wave's Deluxe Class Cliffjumper. He now sports a different, "[[zombie]]" head and an altered deco.

The upcoming Takara version adds a Mini-Con that looks like a wolf to the mix.
{{comingsoontoy}}
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===Prime: Robots in Disguise===
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[Image:Cyberverse_legion_cj.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Gun/sword
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{{anchor|Revealer}}
[[Image:Primetoy-CliffjumperDeluxeRID.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Revealer Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories: gun/hammer''
: 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 fake car roof as the robot mode's chest. His battle hammer can also become a gun, which stores in vehicle mode either on the roof or in an additional peghole on the vehicle's rear right-hand side.

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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>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

Landcross (SG)

2012-02-01T11:57:28Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Notes */

{{factions|sgAutobot}}
{{disambig2|the evil Autobot combiner|his heroic counterpart|Landcross (Victory)}}
{{noname-unconfirmed}}
:''"Landcross" is an evil [[Autobot]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:OmegaDoom Reunification3.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Landcross is the multicolored gestalt in the lower right corner of the picture.]]
'''"Landcross"''' is an evil [[Autobot]] [[combiner]]. He builds things.
==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
Landcross was seen as part of the group of Autobots constructing [[Omega Doom]]. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}

==Notes==
*Landcross appears to use his [[Landcross (Victory)|original body]], but it is unclear what inspired his paint job. Probably Liokaiser.

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Fan Club-original characters]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Autobots]]

Circle of Light

2011-12-21T05:24:44Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Notes */

:''The Circle of Light are a faction of smug hippies from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Drift2-somewhereinconspicuous.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"From the day we arrive on the planet and, blinking, step into the sun..."]]

The '''Circle of Light''' is one of the independent factions of [[Cybertronian]]s that formed in the wake of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between the [[Autobots]] and the [[Decepticons]]. Though they forbid war in any form, they do train and spar with each other using bladed weapons. In addition to ordinary swords, each warrior carries a [[Great Sword]] which is powered by its bearer's very [[spark]].

Known members are:
*[[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]
*[[Wing (G1)|Wing]]
*[[Axe (G1)|Axe]]
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]]

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Drift2-nosickness.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"There's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done..."]]
During the Great War, the [[Transformer]] civilization was split in half on their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as many chose to either side with the Autobots or the Decepticons. Those that did not choose a side had little hope of surviving as carnage engulfed the world in a conflict the likes of which had never been previously seen. It was during this time that the members that made up the Circle of Light gathered in order to contemplate the future. They considered themselves to be the guardians of Cybertron's ancient culture. They preached against the creation of factions and its members believed that the Great War was the result of overwhelming corruption in their nation which led to the civil war. Many that came to the Circle of Light were scholars and scientists though there were some who were simply fleeing for their lives as they did not want to take part in an ideological battle. Thus, they decided to abandon their homeworld during the fighting and headed off into space in order to find a place where they could live in peace. Initially, they managed to settle but as the war expanded to other worlds and systems; the Cybertronians that made up the Circle of Light decided that they needed to find a new hiding spot. Ultimately, they found one on a distant world where they hid their civilization underground and away from prying eyes.

[[Image:Drift2-noright.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"There's far too much to take in here, more to find than can ever be found..."]]

Thus, they rescued thousands in an attempt at preserving what they believed was the true Cybertronian way of life. Underground, they built a great city where they lived a utopian lifestyle with no sickness, poverty or a government that left its citizens lost within the cracks of society. To ensure their survival, a set of laws were formed where the Circle did not involve themselves in the affairs of outsiders or even allowed foreigners to enter the city. This was part of a single minded objective of their own survival and the preservation of the lifestyle they had managed to forge in hiding. One of the members of the Circle of Light called [[Wing (G1)|Wing]] managed to save the life of the Decepticon warrior [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] who he brought to the underground city. There, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] was displeased by Wing's actions as he believed the Decepticon could potentially be a corruptive presence for their society or worse, bring more of his kind to their settlement. This led to the burden of responsibility of watching over Deadlock being placed on Wing in order to ensure that their society did not collapse due to his actions. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

[[Image:Drift4-battle.jpg|left|thumb|300|"But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round!"]]

Unfortunately, their society was quickly threatened when the Decepticon [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] and a band of alien slavers tracked Drift to the planet. Noticing that Drift had recently been rebuilt, they were instantly suspicious of what company Drift had been keeping on this planet, and they demanded Drift's benefactors be traded for his freedom. Drift returned to the Circle of Light and told them of his dilemma, but swore that he would not betray his new home. Despite this, Dai Atlas was reasonably outraged, and swore off battle even in the face of his civilization's extinction. But Dai Atlas was alone in his fear of war, and the rest of the Circle of Light pledged their allegiance to Drift's plan. Since Lockdown and the slavers did not know the Circle of Light's true number, a decoy spaceship was constructed to make it appear that a few stragglers had recently crash-landed on the planet, protecting the location of Crystal City. Drift, who was rebuilt completely to match his newfound peers, joined Wing, Axe, and a handful of sworded warriors who were willing to face Lockdown and the slavers to protect their way of life. {{storylink|Drift issue 3|Drift #3}}

Sure enough, the two groups met in ferocious battle, and the casualties were quickly mounting up on both sides. Tragically, Wing met his death at the hand of the slaver, [[Braid]], an event which shook both Drift and Dai Atlas to their cores. While Drift attempted revenge (badly), Dai Atlas reconsidered his previous stance on war. Refusing to let any more of his friends die on his behalf, he rose Crystal City to the surface of the planet and unleashed the rest of its inhabitants on their intruders. Lockdown and the slavers were rapidly overwhelmed, and the survivors fled.

[[Image:Drift4-sunrise.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's the Circle of Light!]]

Drift was offered to join them, but he refused, reminding Dai Atlas of his promise to the late Wing to return the slaves they'd freed. Still, Dai Atlas passed Wing's Great Sword on to Drift. Dai Atlas had changed his perspective on the Circle of Light, and realized that their civilization was best shared rather than hidden, and he promised a new age of evangelism. {{storylink|Drift issue 4|Drift #4}}

==Notes==
*"The Circle of Light" was a repeating theme within [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Visionaries]]'' cartoon.

[[Category:Generation 1 factions]]
* A robot that seems to use [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]]'s Timelines body appears as part of this faction, though is not the same person.

Circle of Light

2011-12-21T05:24:16Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Notes */

:''The Circle of Light are a faction of smug hippies from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Drift2-somewhereinconspicuous.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"From the day we arrive on the planet and, blinking, step into the sun..."]]

The '''Circle of Light''' is one of the independent factions of [[Cybertronian]]s that formed in the wake of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between the [[Autobots]] and the [[Decepticons]]. Though they forbid war in any form, they do train and spar with each other using bladed weapons. In addition to ordinary swords, each warrior carries a [[Great Sword]] which is powered by its bearer's very [[spark]].

Known members are:
*[[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]
*[[Wing (G1)|Wing]]
*[[Axe (G1)|Axe]]
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]]

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Drift2-nosickness.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"There's more to see than can ever be seen, more to do than can ever be done..."]]
During the Great War, the [[Transformer]] civilization was split in half on their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as many chose to either side with the Autobots or the Decepticons. Those that did not choose a side had little hope of surviving as carnage engulfed the world in a conflict the likes of which had never been previously seen. It was during this time that the members that made up the Circle of Light gathered in order to contemplate the future. They considered themselves to be the guardians of Cybertron's ancient culture. They preached against the creation of factions and its members believed that the Great War was the result of overwhelming corruption in their nation which led to the civil war. Many that came to the Circle of Light were scholars and scientists though there were some who were simply fleeing for their lives as they did not want to take part in an ideological battle. Thus, they decided to abandon their homeworld during the fighting and headed off into space in order to find a place where they could live in peace. Initially, they managed to settle but as the war expanded to other worlds and systems; the Cybertronians that made up the Circle of Light decided that they needed to find a new hiding spot. Ultimately, they found one on a distant world where they hid their civilization underground and away from prying eyes.

[[Image:Drift2-noright.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"There's far too much to take in here, more to find than can ever be found..."]]

Thus, they rescued thousands in an attempt at preserving what they believed was the true Cybertronian way of life. Underground, they built a great city where they lived a utopian lifestyle with no sickness, poverty or a government that left its citizens lost within the cracks of society. To ensure their survival, a set of laws were formed where the Circle did not involve themselves in the affairs of outsiders or even allowed foreigners to enter the city. This was part of a single minded objective of their own survival and the preservation of the lifestyle they had managed to forge in hiding. One of the members of the Circle of Light called [[Wing (G1)|Wing]] managed to save the life of the Decepticon warrior [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] who he brought to the underground city. There, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] was displeased by Wing's actions as he believed the Decepticon could potentially be a corruptive presence for their society or worse, bring more of his kind to their settlement. This led to the burden of responsibility of watching over Deadlock being placed on Wing in order to ensure that their society did not collapse due to his actions. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

[[Image:Drift4-battle.jpg|left|thumb|300|"But the sun rolling high through the sapphire sky keeps great and small on the endless round!"]]

Unfortunately, their society was quickly threatened when the Decepticon [[Lockdown (G1)|Lockdown]] and a band of alien slavers tracked Drift to the planet. Noticing that Drift had recently been rebuilt, they were instantly suspicious of what company Drift had been keeping on this planet, and they demanded Drift's benefactors be traded for his freedom. Drift returned to the Circle of Light and told them of his dilemma, but swore that he would not betray his new home. Despite this, Dai Atlas was reasonably outraged, and swore off battle even in the face of his civilization's extinction. But Dai Atlas was alone in his fear of war, and the rest of the Circle of Light pledged their allegiance to Drift's plan. Since Lockdown and the slavers did not know the Circle of Light's true number, a decoy spaceship was constructed to make it appear that a few stragglers had recently crash-landed on the planet, protecting the location of Crystal City. Drift, who was rebuilt completely to match his newfound peers, joined Wing, Axe, and a handful of sworded warriors who were willing to face Lockdown and the slavers to protect their way of life. {{storylink|Drift issue 3|Drift #3}}

Sure enough, the two groups met in ferocious battle, and the casualties were quickly mounting up on both sides. Tragically, Wing met his death at the hand of the slaver, [[Braid]], an event which shook both Drift and Dai Atlas to their cores. While Drift attempted revenge (badly), Dai Atlas reconsidered his previous stance on war. Refusing to let any more of his friends die on his behalf, he rose Crystal City to the surface of the planet and unleashed the rest of its inhabitants on their intruders. Lockdown and the slavers were rapidly overwhelmed, and the survivors fled.

[[Image:Drift4-sunrise.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's the Circle of Light!]]

Drift was offered to join them, but he refused, reminding Dai Atlas of his promise to the late Wing to return the slaves they'd freed. Still, Dai Atlas passed Wing's Great Sword on to Drift. Dai Atlas had changed his perspective on the Circle of Light, and realized that their civilization was best shared rather than hidden, and he promised a new age of evangelism. {{storylink|Drift issue 4|Drift #4}}

==Notes==
*"The Circle of Light" was a repeating theme within [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Visionaries]]'' cartoon.

[[Category:Generation 1 factions]]
* A robot that seems to use [[Banzai-Tron (G1)]]'s Timelines body appears as part of this faction, though is not the same person.

Searchlight (PCC)

2011-12-18T06:53:21Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Power Core Combiners */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{Disambig3|Searchlight}}
:''Searchlight is a [[Autobot]] [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] from the [[Power Core Combiners]] series.''

[[Image:PCC-toy Searchlight.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Please mind my deadly arm-mounted rotors while I'm pulling you to safety.]]

'''Searchlight''' is renowned for his matchless search-and-rescue abilities. When he's teamed up with his [[Mini-Con]], [[Backwind]], the amount of time that he operates at full effectiveness increases dramatically, making him an invaluable asset to any rescue mission.

==Toys==
===''Power Core Combiners''===
*'''Searchlight with Backwind''' (Commander Class, 2010)
**''Accessories'': 3-blade and 4-blade rotors

: Part of the first wave of ''Power Core Combiners'' Commander Class figures, Searchlight is a Scout-size twin-rescue helicopter who transforms into a robot. Searchlight can swap between his normal head and a larger head so that he can also serve as a torso for ''Power Core Combiner'' drone-limbs. His chestplate has a flip-up Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]] peg that allows him to use any Mini-Con as chest armor, though the nominal choice is his pack-in partner [[Backwind]]. Searchlight's left elbow is misassembled, universally being installed backwards (the angled part should face forward to put it in exact position for helicopter mode). Fortunately, this doesn't really affect much of anything and is also pretty easily fixed if one feels so compelled.

: This mold was also used to make [[Windburn]].

: During the period between 26 December 2010 and 31 January 2011, Hasbro ran their "Supercharge Your Holidays" promotion: for every $20 spent on Hasbro-branded product, customers could receive a free, random product from a list provided by Hasbro. Among the items on the list was "Transformers Combiners & Speed Stars Mini Vehicle". According to [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75487 this discussion thread on Allspark.com], Searchlight with Backwind was one of the figures distributed.

:If you take him out of his package improperply, his legs will snap off permanently.

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

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[[Image:Skyburst-backwind-packagin.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bet you feel silly for buying 'em separate now, huh?]]
*'''Skyburst with Aerialbots''' (value pack, 2010)
**''Accessories'': 3-blade and 4-blade rotors

:This [[Toys"R"Us]] value pack includes [[Skyburst]], Searchlight, the [[Aerialbot (PCC)|Aerialbot]]s, and Backwind, all for the nominal cost of just the Skyburst 5-pack alone. All of the toys in the set are identical to the individual releases.

*'''Power Core Combiners Special Value Offer''' (2011)

: Searchlight was also made available as part of a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] "Value Pack", combining a 5-pack team with a Commander 2-pack via packaging tape and a couple of stickers, for the whopping price of ''ten bucks'', merely a third of what the two toys would cost nominally.

: So far, Searchlight has been found attached to the [[Mudslinger (PCC)|Mudslinger]]/[[Destructicon (PCC)|Destructicons]] and [[Stakeout (PCC)|Stakeout]]/[[Protectobot (PCC)|Protectobots]] sets.

[[Category: Power Core Combiners Autobots]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Searchlight (PCC)

2011-12-18T06:52:39Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Power Core Combiners */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{Disambig3|Searchlight}}
:''Searchlight is a [[Autobot]] [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] from the [[Power Core Combiners]] series.''

[[Image:PCC-toy Searchlight.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Please mind my deadly arm-mounted rotors while I'm pulling you to safety.]]

'''Searchlight''' is renowned for his matchless search-and-rescue abilities. When he's teamed up with his [[Mini-Con]], [[Backwind]], the amount of time that he operates at full effectiveness increases dramatically, making him an invaluable asset to any rescue mission.

==Toys==
===''Power Core Combiners''===
*'''Searchlight with Backwind''' (Commander Class, 2010)
**''Accessories'': 3-blade and 4-blade rotors

: Part of the first wave of ''Power Core Combiners'' Commander Class figures, Searchlight is a Scout-size twin-rescue helicopter who transforms into a robot. Searchlight can swap between his normal head and a larger head so that he can also serve as a torso for ''Power Core Combiner'' drone-limbs. His chestplate has a flip-up Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]] peg that allows him to use any Mini-Con as chest armor, though the nominal choice is his pack-in partner [[Backwind]]. Searchlight's left elbow is misassembled, universally being installed backwards (the angled part should face forward to put it in exact position for helicopter mode). Fortunately, this doesn't really affect much of anything and is also pretty easily fixed if one feels so compelled.

: This mold was also used to make [[Windburn]].

: During the period between 26 December 2010 and 31 January 2011, Hasbro ran their "Supercharge Your Holidays" promotion: for every $20 spent on Hasbro-branded product, customers could receive a free, random product from a list provided by Hasbro. Among the items on the list was "Transformers Combiners & Speed Stars Mini Vehicle". According to [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=75487 this discussion thread on Allspark.com], Searchlight with Backwind was one of the figures distributed.

If you take him out of his package improperply, his legs will snap off permanently.

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

{{-}}{{anchor|AerialbotPack}}
[[Image:Skyburst-backwind-packagin.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bet you feel silly for buying 'em separate now, huh?]]
*'''Skyburst with Aerialbots''' (value pack, 2010)
**''Accessories'': 3-blade and 4-blade rotors

:This [[Toys"R"Us]] value pack includes [[Skyburst]], Searchlight, the [[Aerialbot (PCC)|Aerialbot]]s, and Backwind, all for the nominal cost of just the Skyburst 5-pack alone. All of the toys in the set are identical to the individual releases.

*'''Power Core Combiners Special Value Offer''' (2011)

: Searchlight was also made available as part of a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] "Value Pack", combining a 5-pack team with a Commander 2-pack via packaging tape and a couple of stickers, for the whopping price of ''ten bucks'', merely a third of what the two toys would cost nominally.

: So far, Searchlight has been found attached to the [[Mudslinger (PCC)|Mudslinger]]/[[Destructicon (PCC)|Destructicons]] and [[Stakeout (PCC)|Stakeout]]/[[Protectobot (PCC)|Protectobots]] sets.

[[Category: Power Core Combiners Autobots]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Metroplex (Cybertron)

2011-12-13T06:22:05Z

Tfphilbuyer: /* Notes */

{{factions|gigantion|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Metroplex}}
:''Metroplex is a [[Gigantion]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Metroplex dvd2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|She canna take much more of this!]]
'''Metroplex''' is the head foreman of the Transformers on Gigantion. While he is a calm, quiet and intelligent being, like all Gigantions he is immense in size and strength. He is tasked with forever building cities on his homeworld, and then immediately abandoning them as a way to forever look to their peaceful future and avoid the past, which was wartorn and violent. His [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]].

{{quote|I've had nary an injury on any of me builds before, and I'm not about to start now- even if your friends should know better than to walk under a giant I-beam.|Metroplex|[[Giant]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Ron Halder]] (English), [[Masafumi Kimura]] (Japanese)
{{picsneeded}}
Metroplex first encountered the Autobots when a team of theirs happened to be present at the raising of Gigantion's newest city. Though he and his second-in-command, [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]], were initially wary of the visitors, they became more friendly when the Autobots assured him that they weren't from [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]].

[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] explained the need to find Gigantion's [[Cyber Planet Key]]. Metroplex suspected it might be deep in one of the lower levels, but insisted that going deeper into the planet was forbidden by law and custom. Before they could start looking, however, an alert sounded—[[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]], a brash young punk, had teamed up with the [[Decepticon]]s and was attempting to drill down into the lower levels.

Everybody rushed down to the room where the Decepticons had gathered, and Metroplex focused his attention on [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Nemesis Breaker]]. Metroplex used his axe, [[Sparkdrinker]], on them, which destroyed Nemesis Breaker and opened a tunnel down to the depths of Gigantion, through which all the Decepticons jumped.

With their planet now in danger, Metroplex and Quickmix realized that they needed to violate tradition to protect their world. They donned Autobot [[insignia]]s and joined Optimus Prime's team in the quest for the final Key. {{storylink|Giant}} This ran into a snag because that tradition was also responsible for all records from before the building of the new city being wiped, and so the Autobots had to unload a lot of equipment from the ''[[Ogygia]]'' to get a fix on the Key's location.

They found it, but in the meantime, Megatron managed to tap into the Key's power and was reformatted into Galvatron. Galvatron went on a spree of destruction against the Autobots, culminating in a duel against Metroplex in which he stopped the giant's axe with just a single finger. Finally, Optimus Prime engaged Galvatron and defeated him using Sparkdrinker.

After some repairs, the Autobots continued on their way into the depths of Gigantion, and ''en route'' came across the ''[[Atlantis]]'', on which [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] were being held captive by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Fury}} After a rescue mission, the Autobots split into five teams in order to find a way down to the center of the planet.

Metroplex was assigned to the team with Optimus Prime, [[Vector Prime]], Bud, and the [[Mini-Con]]s. In the course of their exploration, they came across a low level lit up by a brilliant blue artificial sky. Almost immediately, Jolt was grabbed by [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], but was rescued by [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] in [[Cobybot|his robot]]. Once again, Metroplex lent Sparkdrinker to Optimus Prime in order to send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|City}} They had a little bit more trouble with the devilish duo. {{storylink|Ambush}} and later rejoined [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]'s team, at which point they learned the story of Planet X. {{storylink|Challenge}}

As they travelled on, Metroplex was impressed with Bud's leadership skills as he organized the Mini-Cons, skills he would later pass on to [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. The little ones accidentally fell down a secret passage, which persuaded Metroplex that the tales about hidden Mini-Con zones must be true.

The Autobots pressed on down into the lowest level of Gigantion, where they found Bud giving an impromptu leadership seminar to Scourge and the Mini-Cons. Some of the Autobots beat up Scourge a bit, and then they all went on their way. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}}

At another area in the lowest level, Metroplex guided the Autobots to where he thought the lost city of ''[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]'' might be, and he was somewhat bemused when [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] and Override sped ahead to check it out. As soon as they arrived, Galvatron and Menasor burst through the sky, and Menasor took on Metroplex.

As the two giants battled, the source of Menasor's frustration came out: He was angry that Metroplex had always treated him as inferior just because he was young, and Galvatron actually gave him some respect. Menasor actually managed to gain the upper hand, knocking Metroplex to the ground, and was about to kill him when [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]] popped out of Metroplex's chest cavity and blocked him. Immediately thereupon, [[Heavy Load (Cybertron)|Heavy Load]] popped out of Menasor's chest and did the same thing.

Seeing this display of courage and camaraderie touched both the [[bulk]]s' [[spark|hearts]]. Metroplex realized that while Menasor was going down the wrong road, he himself had been young and arrogant at one time, and acting all high and mighty was counter-productive. The two shared a friendly reconciliation, and Menasor rejoined the fight on the Autobots' side. For the third time, Metroplex lent his axe to Optimus Prime, who used it to smash Galvatron. The Autobots now had all four Cyber Planet Keys and the [[Omega Lock]] {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}}, but their luck was about to change.

With all four Keys, the Lock opened a gateway to the universe from which the non-Gigantions had originally come, but it was immediately stolen by Galvatron. Galvatron used the Lock's power to destroy Starscream, Sideways, and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], and then made off with the Lock, leaving the Autobots stranded in Metroplex's universe. {{storylink|Showdown}} After a failed attempt to re-open the [[space bridge]] with technology, Metroplex asked why they couldn't just go back the way they had come, and it was explained that the portal only came into existence once a year. With no other way to get back, Vector Prime sacrificed his own life to send them all back in time to return to the universe of the Gigantion's ancestors. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

In the other universe, Metroplex, Quickmix, and Menasor took a temporary leave of the other Autobots and piloted the ''Lemuria'' back to Gigantion to collect reinforcements. They managed to arrive at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] just as Galvatron and his remaining forces were preparing to launch a final attack, during which the combined forces of [[Velocitron]], [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], and [[Earth]] also arrived. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}}

However, Galvatron was not defeated yet. Using the power of the Lock and Keys, he enlarged his troops to gargantuan size and set them to attack the Autobots. Metroplex, Quickmix, and Menasor took on Ransack, who was now their size, and beat him without too much trouble.

Meanwhile, Galvatron sped to the heart of the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] and used the Lock to enhance its expansion from within. Optimus Prime followed and was joined by Metroplex long with Override, Scourge, and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]], each representing their respective worlds. Galvatron used the Lock's power to enlarge himself, but the five planet leaders took him down with a massive combined blast of power. In a final act of spite, Galvatron hurled the Lock and Keys into the absolute deepest, darkest part of the black hole to ensure that if he couldn't have them, nobody could.

Metroplex managed to grab the Gigantion Key, while the other leaders retrieved their own Keys and Optimus Prime grabbed the Lock. They combined the five parts and used them to completely revive [[Primus]], who used his full power to seal the singularity once and for all. {{storylink|End}}

The universe may have been saved, but there was still work to do. Jungle Planet had been jolted out of its normal orbit over the course of the war, and while Optimus Prime dealt with a not-quite-dead Galvatron, Metroplex and the others all worked to restore Jungle Planet to its proper location in the cosmos. After an almighty effort, they succeeded, and then stopped by on one of Cybertron's moons to watch Optimus Prime finally kill Galvatron once and for all. {{storylink|Unfinished}}.

Later, Metroplex attended the first interplanetary peace conference to represent Gigantion. He enthusiastically supported Optimus Prime's suggestion to follow in the footsteps of the Ancients and build a new space bridge network across the galaxy. He was given command of one of the starships and blasted off for parts unknown.

At some point, he arranged a construction project with [[Signal Lancer]], [[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]], and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]]. {{storylink|Beginning}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb Metroplex toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is what happens when the design team spends too much time on designing a "cool" robot mode.]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Leader-Class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-23'''
**''Accessories:'' "Sparkdrinker", gold Giant Planet Cyber Planet Key

: Metroplex transforms into a Gigantion bucket-wheel excavator. In this mode, his bucket-wheel/shovel assembly is on a rotator and contains numerous ratchet-joints, plus the wheel can spin, though it does not do so freely. This assembly becomes Metroplex's colossal axe "[[Sparkdrinker]]" in robot mode, plus has a spot on the shovel to attach Drill Bit in his vehicle mode. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the Key jack on Sparkdrinker opens up the wheel to form the axe-head, plus activates an electronic light.

[[Image:CybMetro-WorkMode.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Yeah, but I've been drinking milk!]]
: Like his fellow Gigantions [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]], Metroplex has two different robot modes: a full-sized standard mode and a shorter, sturdier "work" mode.

: He comes with his Mini-Con partner Drill Bit and a gold-bordered, Gigantion-style Cyber Planet Key. The [[Hasbro]] version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''lm74'''" on the back of the Cyber Planet Key.

: The TakaraTomy version features some ''very'' [[neon|bright blue]] paint applications on his shoulders and lower legs where the Hasbro version has dark blue paint.

: Metroplex has a grand total of 14 Mini-Con hardpoints.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Metroplex/metroplex.htm More info on Metroplex at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megalo Convoy gold edition'''

: A solid-gold-chromed version of Metroplex was given away as a contest prize in Japan. Limited to 15 pieces, it was available from ''[[TV Magazine]]'' and came with a gold-chromed version of [[Legends Class|Legends]]-scale ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime.
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==Notes==
* Metroplex's "work" robot mode is not shown in the Japanese release's instructions. It is only briefly glimpsed in the cartoon, as part of his stock-footage "vehicle to robot" transformation sequence. Also, several times in the show where Metroplex was depicted in a smaller environment, he was in his "work" mode without explanation or transformation shown.
* Metroplex bears a striking similarity to [[Metroplex (G1)|Generation 1 Metroplex]] in robot mode, even sharing the original's antennaed helmet (with the difference that this Metroplex's antennae are blue rather than red).
* During the episode Beginning, the back of his head shows his light-piper for some reason.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megalo Convoy''' (メガロコンボイ ''Megaro Konboi'')

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[[Category:Gigantion]]

Leader-1 (SG)

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:''"Leader-1" is an evil [[Autobot]] from the [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:ShatteredGoBots.gif|right|300px|thumb|]]
'''"Leader-1"''' is an Autobot.

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
He was killed by [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage]] while trying to guard the [[Ark (SG)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)}}

==Notes==
*Leader-1's colour scheme is based on [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]].
*For some reason, he uses the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker body type]].
[[Category:Shattered Glass Autobots]]

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:''Enemy is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Enemy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not to be confused with [[Cobra]], the Enemy.]]
'''Enemy''' is one who feels hatred toward, intends injury to, or opposes the interests of another; a foe. He is a hostile power or force, or possibly something destructive or injurious in his effects.

For example, if one were not to want to sound like a robot, Enemy would, counter to this one's desires, change this being's voice into sounding like that of a robot's. And he would do this with only one part of his body; nay, the only part of his body he has.

He is a bastard. Perhaps, even, a nemesis.
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==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Enemytww.jpg|150px|thumb|Could it be? Is it he?]]
While [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] led most of the Decepticon army into [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], several of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s troops snuck into [[Kolkular]] to end [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s plan to transform [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] into a spacefaring warship. Enemy, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and others countered the Autobots when they were discovered. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

{{note|It's possible that Enemy was merely a miscolored [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] or [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], even though ''The War Within'' didn't shy away from using Microchange or Diaclone versions of toys as characters.}}
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==Toys==
===Encore===
[[Image:Encoretoy enemy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I would make FIRRIB interesting.]]
*'''Soundblaster''' (2012)
**''ID number:'' '''21'''
:''[[Transformers Encore]]'' Enemy is a red redeco of the [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]/[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] mold, based on the red version of the ''[[Micro Change]]'' MC-01 Micross toy. He was included with Encore [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] and [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Merchandise==
*'''AM Radio & Headset
[[Image:Am Radio decepticon.jpg|thumb|140px|Does he use anarchy?]]
:Enemy first appeared in 1984 as part of a working AM radio & headset, a piece of merchandise made by [[Nasta]] under the "Power Tronic" imprimatur. Featuring a large wearable Decepticon symbol belt-clip, removing this item revealed Enemy, a solid red (with blue thighs and upper arms) simplification of the [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]/[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] mould. Permanently attached to the radio, Enemy could not be removed without breakage, but could nevertheless transform ''in situ''.
{{-}}
*'''Enemy''' (voice changer)
[[Image:Enemy ecv inpackage.jpg|thumb|100px]]
:Enemy was given life again the following year when Nasta released a voice-changer in 1985. A large disembodied head, Enemy again looked like a red [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]/[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], but this time with proper silver face detailing. If a kid talked into a headset that plugged into Enemy's noggin, his voice would be modified to sound robotic. Enemy came with a belt clip, power pack, headset with built-in microphone, and ran on a single 9 volt battery (not included).
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Enemy is awesome.
*Enemy could possibly be [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Char_Aznable three times faster] than most [[Mini-Cassette]]s, but his lack of media appearances make it hard to tell.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Enemy''' (エネミー ''Enemī'')

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]

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Transformers owned:
G1 BW BM BotCon TFCC Armada Energon
Gears Bantor Cheetor MCDonalds Phlippines Autotrooper x1 Dion Megatron High Wire
Optimus Primal MCDonalds Philippines Cop-Tur Side Swipe Sureshock
Nightbeat Starscream
Fetch (Missing
Leader-1 sword)
Mirage
Buzzsaw(Green)
Dualor (Green and Normal)
Drill Bit (Green and Normal)
Dirt Boss
Downshift
Scattor
Broadside
Spiral
Iceberg
Powerlinx Optimus Prime (Incomplete)
Universe(2003) Cybertron Classics(2006) RID Transformers(2007)
Thunderstick Brushguard(Incomplete) Astrotrain Spychanger X-Brawn Scorponok(minifig and normal)
Skysickle Starscream(missing guns) REV(missing gun) Bumblebee first edition(no guns)
Grimlock WARS(Missing Gun) Zoom Out 25X
Crosswise(missing gun) Night Beat 7
Mirage(Missing Gun) Cliffjumper(Legends)
Incinerator
Animated Universe(2008) ROTF Red Ironhide(Legends)
Soundwave Legends Animated Prowl Brawl Landmine(Missing knee accesories)
Laserbeak Brawn Blast Off
Battle damage Deluxe Megatron Nightstick Vortex
Jetfire Cyclonus Swindle
Jetstorm SE-01 Optimus Prime Onslaught
Sideswipe(Deluxe)
Wheelie(Legends and Deluxe)
Soundwave(Legends)
Scrapper(Legends)
Overload(Legends)
Mixmaster(Legends)
Hightower(Legends)
Scavenger(Legends)
Rampage(Legends)
Long Haul(Legends)
Ransack
Depth Charge
Dune Runner
Skids(Legends,Human Alliance and Ice Cream)
Mudflap(Legends and Ice Cream)
Chromia(Deluxe)
Arcee(Human Alliance)
Mikaela Banes(Skids Version)
Lockdown
Mindwipe
Transformers(2010) Reveal The Shield Power Core Combiners Generations Prime
Long Haul(Legends) Mindset Sledge Dirge Cliffjumper
Pan-Handler Throttler Thunderwing (First Edition)
Brakeneck Mudslinger Red Alert
Axor Destructicons x4

Dark of The Moon
Backfire(Normal)
Spike Witwicky
Sergeant Chaos
Icepick(Normal)
Crankcase(Deluxe)
Crowbar
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Yo, I collect Transformers.
Transformers owned:
G1 BW BM BotCon TFCC Armada Energon
Gears Bantor Cheetor MCDonalds Phlippines Autotrooper x1 Dion Megatron High Wire
Optimus Primal MCDonalds Philippines Cop-Tur Side Swipe Sureshock
Nightbeat Starscream
Fetch (Missing
Leader-1 sword)
Mirage
Buzzsaw(Green)
Dualor (Green and Normal)
Drill Bit (Green and Normal)
Dirt Boss
Downshift
Scattor
Broadside
Spiral
Iceberg
Powerlinx Optimus Prime (Incomplete)
Universe(2003) Cybertron Classics(2006) RID Transformers(2007)
Thunderstick Brushguard(Incomplete) Astrotrain Spychanger X-Brawn Scorponok(minifig and normal)
Skysickle Starscream(missing guns) REV(missing gun) Bumblebee first edition(no guns)
Grimlock WARS(Missing Gun) Zoom Out 25X
Crosswise(missing gun) Night Beat 7
Mirage(Missing Gun) Cliffjumper(Legends)
Incinerator
Animated Universe(2008) ROTF Red Ironhide(Legends)
Soundwave Legends Animated Prowl Brawl Landmine(Missing knee accesories)
Laserbeak Brawn Blast Off
Battle damage Deluxe Megatron Nightstick Vortex
Jetfire Cyclonus Swindle
Jetstorm SE-01 Optimus Prime Onslaught
Sideswipe(Deluxe)
Wheelie(Legends and Deluxe)
Soundwave(Legends)
Scrapper(Legends)
Overload(Legends)
Mixmaster(Legends)
Hightower(Legends)
Scavenger(Legends)
Rampage(Legends)
Long Haul(Legends)
Ransack
Depth Charge
Dune Runner
Skids(Legends,Human Alliance and Ice Cream)
Mudflap(Legends and Ice Cream)
Chromia(Deluxe)
Arcee(Human Alliance)
Mikaela Banes(Skids Version)
Lockdown
Mindwipe
Transformers(2010) Reveal The Shield Power Core Combiners Generations Prime
Long Haul(Legends) Mindset Sledge Dirge Cliffjumper
Pan-Handler Throttler Thunderwing (First Edition)
Brakeneck Mudslinger Red Alert
Axor Destructicons x4

Dark of The Moon
Backfire(Normal)
Spike Witwicky
Sergeant Chaos
Icepick(Normal)
Crankcase(Deluxe)
Crowbar