Editing Overload (RID)

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:''Overload is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015 Overload BoxArt.jpg|300px|thumb|right|]]

Raise the curtain and let '''Overload''' take center stage—the most daring, dashing [[Decepticon]] saboteur and spy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has ever known. No mere bit player is he; this roguish thespian combines his natural strength and impenetrable armor plating with the quick wit and charisma befitting a lead player. If Overload has ''any'' weakness, it's perhaps that his own vanity overrides his better tactical judgment, particularly when it comes to that utter plebeian [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Sometimes, he's partnered with the [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]]s [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]].

{{quote|Hello? Are you not listening? This is quality stagecraft, you savage!|Overload|"[[Overloaded, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Once, Overload shot a Cyclone at a young Slipstream, which stole his first ball bearing, causing him to go live a life of crime. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} When the ''[[Alchemor]]'' crashed on Earth, his stasis pod was lost. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dave Fennoy]] (English), [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese)|[[Giorgio Bonino]] (Italian)}}

[[File:IllusionaryDecepticon.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Wearing a costume, pretending to be someone else; it goes against my every instinct as an actor."]]
During the war on Cybertron, Overload was the top spy for the Decepticons and his work resulted in the destruction of a number of Autobot installations. Eventually, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] found Overload out and stopped him. He was placed in stasis and eventually stored aboard the ''[[Alchemor]]''. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

While Optimus Prime was training in the [[Realm of the Primes]], [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] created an illusionary Decepticon resembling Overload to test him. The robot, physically identical to Overload save for his lack of a head, deployed his Mini-Cons to terminate a group of humans who had made their way into the [[Realm of the Primes]]. The robot spent most of his time just standing around while his Mini-Cons did most of the dirty work. Overload and the Mini-Cons were ultimately defeated when Optimus climbed a hill to activate his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] and it turned out the Decepticons and humans were mere illusions. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

[[File:Overloadedpart1-Overload.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I was all of history's great acting robots: Acting Unit 0.8, Thespo-mat, David Duchovny!"]]
After reviving from stasis, Overload sensed Optimus Prime and went looking for his old foe. Arriving in the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], he found only [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. He dealt with them and opted to head for [[Crown City]], reasoning he could draw out Prime by threatening humans, and on the way teamed up with the [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} Overload found a human vehicle which he began smashing as a warm up to the main show, until Bumblebee found him. Though Overload proved more than a match for the Autobot, Bumblebee managed to turn the two Mini-Cons on him, and render him unconscious with a punch. Overload was carted back to the scrapyard to get stored away. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] broke into the scrapyard, he deactivated Overload's stasis pod, alongside several others, as part of a bid to bolster [[Glowstrike]]'s forces. When [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] brought up Steeljaw's past failures at leadership, Steeljaw informed the Decepticons of his alliance with Glowstrike, and gave them coordinates to follow while he remained at the scrapyard. The escapees later reconvened at Steeljaw's coordinates, where they were inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "[[Steeljaw's Pack|elite warriors]]". {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Overload gathered with Steeljaw's other remaining followers on the roof of the ''Island'', where Steeljaw updated them on his plans to overthrow Glowstike, until she and [[Saberhorn]] arrived to talk with Steeljaw alone. {{storylink|Portals}}

[[File:DecepticonIslandP2-TimeToLeaveTheStage.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Don't tell me how to do humble! My humble ranks among the greatest in the history of the universe!"]]

Overload was present after the Autobots staged a raid on the Decepticon base, and were subsequently surrounded by the base's occupants. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Though the rest of the Autobots managed to escape at this time, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was captured, and Overload was tasked with guarding her (much to his chagrin as he wanted to fight Optimus or at least  Bumblebee). He still got to fight someone, as [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] came to rescue his prisoner. He was able to subdue them, but [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] slipped away as Drift was put in another pod. The Mini-Cons managed to free Windblade and Ratchet, and after delivering a decisive blow to Overload's face, the Autobots were able to stuff their would-be-captor into a pod of his own. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy OverloadDeployer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Well, I do owe you for giving me this unholy... ACTING.... ''TALENT''! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-46-Overload.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you want Calculon to race to the laser gun battle in his hover-Ferrari, press one. If you want Calculon to double-check his paperwork, press two. Enter now. ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Overload & Backtrack''' (Deployer, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV46'''

: Part of the second assortment of [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s, Overload transforms into a Cybertronian tank. In this mode, the front clamp between his treads can be loaded with any [[Cyclone]]-style Mini-Con —such as his pack-in partner [[Backtrack (RID)#Toys|Backtrack]]— and launched by pushing the trigger on Overoad's gunbarrel. (You ''can'' wedge (ha) Torpedo-style Mini-Cons into this launcher, but they don't hold very well.) This launcher will not work if the small "safety" on his tank mode underside is not pushed in, either by setting him on a flat surface or by doing so manually. This launcher is also inoperable in robot mode, though at least you can still store a Cyclone in it. His tank barrel has tabs to mount Backtrack's blaster accessories.

: His shoulders have an undocumented feature, small tabs that allow you to attach Mini-Cons to them via the armor-sprue attachment points. Obviously Cyclones fit best, but Torpedos can attach as well, albeit slightly awkwardly. Buzzsaws have ridges that prevent them from attaching securely, however.

: Overload also has a battle mask, which is both intended to cover his face in vehicle mode and also homage the rectangle-eye of the illusionary Decepticon warrior from "[[Out of Focus]]".

: His [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] scan-badge is located on his right forearm, impossible to scan while still in-box.

: The ''Adventure'' release of Overload features extensive paint details to resemble his appearances in the cartoon. He also features a scan-badge, which was compatible to the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Overload/overload.htm More information on Deployers Overload at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Overload's appearance in "[[The Power of Dibs]]" depicts him as having the same headless design as the illusionary Decepticon in "[[Out of Focus]]", which is ironic considering his love for his own face. It also seems to suggest he shared the same stasis pod with the Cyclone Mini-Cons, despite them apparently meeting each other for the first time later in the cartoon.
*Though his toy turns into a tank, Overload never transforms in any of his appearances in the series.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Overload''' (オーバーロード ''Ōbārōdo'')

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