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Gregarious would be a good word to describe Swerve. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll probably get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good bartender.
He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's so easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and minor. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.
Now if only Prime could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...
| “ | People don't like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference. | ” |
—Swerve, "Cybertronian Homesick Blues" | ||
vThis Day in History: September 19
- 1942 — Victor Brandt (voice of Robots in Disguise Scorponok) is born.
- 1945 — Hans-Jürgen Dittberner (German voice of Laserbeak) is born.
- 1957 — Mark Acheson (voice of Armada Unicron and Cybertron Crumplezone) is born.
- 1958 — Actor Johnny Sanchez (Clown in Transformers) is born.
- 1962 — Paco Gisbert (Castilian Spanish voice of Ultra Magnus in War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
- 1967 — José Antonio Macías (Mexican voice of Bumblebee, Starscream, Hot Rod and also voice director of Transformers: Prime) is born.
- 1967 — Producer Mark Vahradian is born.
- 1969 — Cédric Dumond (French voice of Hot Shot in the PS2 Armada game) is born.
- 1972 — Yoshikazu Nagano (voice of Survive and Build Typhoon) is born.
- 1972 — Tobias Kluckert (German voice of Robert Epps) is born.
- 1973 — Dani Albiac (Castilian Spanish voice of characters including Orion Pax, Spike Witwicky and Wheelie in the late dub of the original cartoon) is born.
- 1974 — Janusz German (Polish voice of Megatronus) is born.
- 1976 — Sidney Cesar (Brazilian voice of Carmine Fanzone) is born.
- 1984 — The Transformers episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 3" premieres in the U.S.
- 1986 — The Transformers episode "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" premieres in the U.S.
- 1986 — The Transformers episode "Masquerade" premieres in Japan.
- 1989 — The Victory episode "A Deadly Battle" premieres in Japan.
- 1997 — Enrico Carabelli (Italian voice of Hardhead and Weirdwolf) dies at age 54.
- 1997 — Vyni Takahashi (Brazilian voice of Cody Burns and Butch) is born.
- 1998 — The Beast Wars episode "Other Voices, Part 1" premieres in Germany.
- 2001 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Skid Z's Choice" premieres in the U.S.
- 2003 — The Armada episode "Puppet" premieres in Canada.
- 2003 — The Legends of the Microns episode "決意 (ぷらいど) - Crack" premieres in Japan.
- 2003 — Transformers: Cybertron Redux HC is released by Titan Books.
- 2004 — The auction for ~MAYUKO IWASA Edition~ Meister begins on Yahoo!Japan Auctions. After ending September 26, it would be relisted October 8th of the same year.
- 2005 — The Cybertron cartoon moves from Cartoon Network to Kids' WB, beginning with the belated premiere of "Fallen", which had been skipped over when the series premiered two months beforehand.
- 2006 — The Cybertron episode "Challenge" premieres in the U.S.
- 2008 — Henkei! Henkei! volume 5 is first released.
- 2008 — TakaraTomy releases Henkei! Henkei! C-07 Sunstreaker and C-08 Prowl.
- 2009 — Hans-Werner Bussinger (German voice of John Keller) dies at age 68.
- 2011 — Earl Kress (writer of "The Immobilizer" and "B.O.T.") dies from cancer at the age of 60.
- 2011 — The Prime episode "Scrapheap" premieres in South Korea.
- 2012 — The Prime episode "Out of His Head" premieres in Indonesia.
- 2015 — TakaraTomy releases Adventure TAV27 Micron Shooter Drift, TAV28 Ground Vehicon General, TAV29 Bumblebee Supreme Mode and TED 12 Thunderhoof, Legends Ultra Magnus, Q-Transformers QT29 Starscream, QT30 Skywarp and QT31 Thundercracker, and the Q-Collaboration QTC02 Evangelion 3-Figure Set.
- 2016 — The Rescue Bots episode "Bugs in the System" premieres in Hungary.
- 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Exiles" premieres in France.
- 2018 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection Volume 24: The War to End All Wars is released by Hachette Partworks.
- 2020 — "Anime Attack!" is uploaded to YouTube.
- 2020 — The Cyberverse episode "Battle For Cybertron IV" premieres in Germany.
- 2023 — ScreenRant posts an article officially revealing the Legacy: United line and the Animated Universe Bumblebee and Animated Universe Optimus Prime figures days ahead of Hasbro Pulse Con 2023.
- 2024 — Transformers One is theatrically released in Argentina, Australia, Greece, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Portugal and Ukraine.
vSchedule
- May 20 — G.I. Joe #22 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 27 — Void Rivals #30 and Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 30 — TakaraTomy releases Age of the Primes AOTP-32 Maximal Big Convoy, AOTP-33 Razorclaw, Studio Series TS-19 Bumblebee, TS-20 Orion Pax, TS-21 Wheeljack (Que), and TS-22 Alpha Trion.
- Jun 3 — Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #1 and G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 10 — M.A.S.K. #1 and Transformers #33 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 17 — G.I. Joe #23 and Transformers: Worst Bot Ever — Bot Swap! are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 24 — Void Rivals #31 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 1 — M.A.S.K. #2 and Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #2 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 8 — Transformers #34 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 15 — G.I. Joe #24 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 22 — Void Rivals #32 and Void Rivals Volume 5: Quintesson War TPB are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 12 — Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Edition HC is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 19 — G.I. Joe #25 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Sep 30 — G.I. Joe Volume 4: The Hunt for Energon TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Nov 11 — The Transformers UK Compendium Volume 2 TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Dec 9 — Transformers Volume 6: Decepticons Attack! TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
vHoly Grails
Do you have any of these rare items?
- Information on the Transformers presentation at Vancouver's Expo '86
- Optimus vs. Malignus cardart
- Kiss Players radio drama episodes #38-51
- Photos of the Hot Rod Go-Cart prize from the 1986 "Decipher the Decepticon" contest
- Japanese Transformers Telephone audio adventures
- The art for "The Love Bug"
- The clip shows added in Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- The identity of the unknown Generation 1 animation studios
- Whoever made Invasion Galactica
- Recordings or summaries of the Primeval Dawn II motion comic, screened at Wizard World Chicago in July 2002 and never again
- Any of the other lost media
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