Sideways (AVP)

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This article is about . For other uses of "Sideways", see Sideways (disambiguation)|The name or term "Sideways" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sideways (disambiguation).}}
He's so much of a liar that he was able to retroactively lie himself into existence.

When you first meet the multiversal meddler known as Sideways, you might think him amusing, even charming... but do not be fooled! While his crass irreverence might project the image of a mere prankster, Sideways is an incredibly dangerous individual responsible for a cross-dimensional murder spree, capable of subduing and capturing members of the Thirteen and subverting the advanced technology of the Transcendent Technomorphs to his own ends. Even injuries that would outright kill another Transformer are not enough to bring Sideways down thanks to his Mini-Con partners. Be warned: do not believe a word this known liar says!

{{#if:Sideways on his identity situation, Ask Sideways|
“ Everything you think you know about me was a lie told by me to confuse someone, or conjecture from someone who'd be in no position to know. So yeah, maybe I'm a fragment of Unicron, because maybe Planet X used to BE Unicron. And maybe I'm his avatar made manifest and untethered once he collapsed into a giant singularity. And maybe I'm from the Cybertronian Empire. And maybe I'm just an ordinary Autobot who went crazy from Powerlinxing to the wrong Mini-Cons. Maybe I'm all of those things, or none.

And you know what the best part is? You'll. Never. Know.

”
{{#if:Sideways on his identity situation, Ask Sideways|

—Sideways on his identity situation, Ask Sideways{{#if:|, {{{3}}}}}

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Fiction

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Ask Vector Prime

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According to Vector Prime, the dimension-hopping Sidewayses of the multiverse included a Sideways from the Viron cluster, who traveled to Aurex 802.23 Alpha, and made his way to "at least two or three other clusters" after that. Vector Prime hoped this would clarify things, which was nice of him, if perhaps a little naive. Ask Vector Prime, The Complete AllSpark Almanac

TransTech

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A Sideways that Andromeda identified as an Aurex version took part in Cybertron's Got Talent, where his double-Headmaster Combi-Micromaster companions gave him an edge. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/14

BOOM, headshot!

Sideways kidnapped Vector Prime and seized control of his ANN Q&A column and, after cheerily saying he's probably lying about everything, went on to claim:

He also thought your nerdy demands to classify minor trivia were lame and told you so on numerous occasions. And he insulted your mom. Yeah, you. Ask Sideways

Eventually, the TransTech tracked him down by detecting the questions you sent Sideways from your world. Their efforts to breach his fortress were stymied by an Absolute Terror Field, but then he fielded a question from Walky so painful his head literally exploded. That's for our mums, Sideways! However, his Mini-Con associate Rook then executed a Headmaster sequence with Sideways, and the combined body taunted the TransTechs before fleeing the universal stream via Dimensional Interfacer. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/08

Echoes and Fragments

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While at Maccadam's Old Oil House on a Primax reality's Cybertron, a Viron Sideways encountered the dimension-hopping Renegade Gong. Taking advantage of Gong's love for mischief, Sideways convinced Gong to have a contest to see who could cause the best changes in spacetime by tampering with the Omega Locks of both Cybertron and a Gargent reality's Gobotron—something that, unknown to Gong, would cause the destruction of the universe by Unicron and the deaths of both Sideways and Gong, something that the nihilistic Sideways welcomed. The alterations to the Primax reality caused chaotic changes as the historically crucial Unicron War was in progress, prompting the bartender to contact his brother Vec-Tor to stop the dimensional changes. Ultimately, Vec-Tor succeeded, leaving Sideways at the mercy of Gong, who was angry at having been manipulated. Echoes and Fragments

Notes

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  • The common fandom understanding of Sideways at the time of Ask Vector Prime's release was that Sideways was a dimension-hopper, and as such, Sideways' various appearances in Ask Vector Prime and its related material reflects this; by and large, this Sideways is written as the "Unicron Trilogy" version of the character (specifically, the quippy, jokester Cybertron incarnation), but with elements from all other Sideways sprinkled in alongside him — most notably, he has the appearance of the Revenge of the Fallen version of Sideways. For ease of categorization, we've elected to put those stories here on a separate page.
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