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:''Swindle is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''<br />
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[[Image:Swindle-SUV.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Ladies and gentlebots, I'm going to show you the greatest upgrade ever made. The SwindleCo™ Blast-o-Matic™ can blast your enemies to julienne fries with all the precision and quality you've come to expect from a SwindleCo™ product. But wait, there's more!"]]<br />
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Quick, hide the silver! An entrepreneur with few equals, the smooth-talking '''Swindle''' is always ready to make a deal. Trading extensively with many alien races and loaded down with their respective technologies, his goods are highly useful to interstellar warlords, bounty hunters, and many, many others. Though nominally a Decepticon, he just views the Cybertronian civil war as yet another business opportunity, one which has kept him living posh for centuries and could be great for his bottom line again now that it's starting back up.<br />
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{{quote|Scruples? You'd sell your own motherboard to the highest bidder.|[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]|"[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]"}}<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===''Animated'' cartoon===<br />
:''Voice actor:'' [[Fred Willard]] (English)<br />
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[[Image:Swindle and weapon.jpg|thumb|right|Fire and Relax]]<br />
Swindle found out about the situation on Earth after a little business transaction with [[Lockdown|a certain bounty hunter.]] Upon his arrival, he made a deal with the newly formed [[Society of Ultimate Villainy]] ; they steal components he needs, and he will give them monetary compensation. He set the arrangement up anonymously, communicating with them through the radio in their new getaway vehicle, a present of sorts that he'd provided. When they had stolen the parts, he had them construct a generator. Sadly, the deal went sour when he asked [[Slo-Mo]] to hand over her AllSpark powered time piece. She refused, and he let them in on his little secret; he ''was'' the getaway vehicle. <br />
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He dispatched most of the SUV and used his forcefield (acquired in a deal with a race known as the [[Vok]] from [[Nexus Zero]], nice folks) to protect himself from Slo-Mo's watch. He took it from her, and contacted his old client [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. After a few pleasantries, he demonstrated the generator's ability to freeze everything mechanical in Detroit, including the [[Autobot]]s. Unfortunately, before the deal could go through, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|a shielded Autobot]] and the SUV burst in, and managed to knock him over the side of the parking block he had stationed himself on. While he managed to reacquire the watch, he was frozen in his vehicle mode when a blast ricocheted off of the Autobot's shield. He was last seen being towed [[Captain Fanzone|by the police]], who promised to strip him down and sell him at a police auction. The irony probably wasn't lost on him. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}<br />
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==Toys==<br />
===Animated===<br />
*'''Swindle''' (Deluxe, 2008)<br />
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: Swindle transforms into an armored Humvee-styled vehicle with roof-mounted cannon. This cannon mounts on his right arm in robot mode.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* Swindle's design is quite heavily influenced by his [[Swindle (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]]'s animation [[character model]], from the "squarehead" with large purple optics to the windshield-chest with grill-stomach to the right-arm-mounted cannon. As a result, Swindle is the first and currently only Decepticon to not have red eyes.<br />
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* He has a [[Wikipedia:bolo tie|bolo tie]]. That's awesome.<br />
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* [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has noted that Swindle's mannerisms are based on [[wikipedia:Ron Popeil|Ron Popeil]]. (Coincidentally enough, [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] has done a song about Popeil...)<br />
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* Somewhere near the climax of the episode, Swindle makes a refernce about his force-feild generator being purchesed in an arms deal with the [[Vok]] of Nexus Zero.<br />
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