Photon (G1)

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Photon is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

A star athlete in the races turned motivational speaker famous for his epigrams such as "Speed is a state of mind—learn to accelerate", Photon of Ibex ended up serving on the Vis Vitalis under the legendary Autobot hero Thunderclash.

Fiction

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2005 IDW continuity

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Having been invited to a "pre-wake" aboard the Vis Vitalis to honour Thunderclash before he died, Getaway and Nightbeat chased the panicking Decepticon Ravage into the ship's morgue. There they discovered Photon's corpse, but though he recognised him from his motivational speaking, Nightbeat didn't consider it that unusual to find a body in a morgue. The Sensuous Frame It turned out that Photon had been killed by personality ticks who had drained him dry of charisma. The Frail Gaze

2019 IDW continuity

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Photon attended a skitter race at Swindle's. Swindle's

Notes

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  • Photon's depiction in the 2005 IDW continuity was as a monochromatic corpse (though his brief appearance in "The Frail Gaze" gave him desaturated blue optics). However, whoever was in charge of choosing the colors for his living cameo in the 2019 IDW continuity seems to have taken this stereotypical Transformers "dead grey" rather literally, giving him a slate blue and grey color scheme (with orange optics).