Editing Grand Slam (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Autobot Mini-Cassette|the human member of G.I. Joe|Grand Slam (G.I. Joe)}}
:''Grand Slam is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Grandslam MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|The Pitching Machine of DEATH!]]
'''Grand Slam''' is an aged and weary veteran of far, far too many battles. He has stood witness to conflict on hundreds of worlds across the galaxy and has dedicated his existence to creating an audio record of the Autobot-Decepticon conflict with all its pain, destruction, and disharmony that he hopes will one day, Primus willing, be played on a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] that is at peace, serving as only a grim reminder of the horror that once consumed their world.

Grand Slam can combine with [[Raindance]] to form [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[File:ClubCon Raindance GrandSlam.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[FIRRIB|Raindance is Red, Grand Slam is Blue!!]] Just kidding, don't panic.]]
Hundreds of years ago, a troop of Autobot astronomers on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] detected the legendary [[Underbase]] making its way towards Earth. In order to alert their Autobot colleagues on that world, they encoded the information (along with several bonus features and "Making of the Underbase Legend" documentaries) onto two [[Mini-Cassette]] warriors, Raindance and Grand Slam. Their ship was damaged on the way, however, and the two Autobots crashed into the sea. The impact apparently left them insensate and mode-locked, for they never again demonstrated sentience or transforming capability.

The inert Autobots were found in their cassette modes by a band of 18th century pirates, who locked them away in a treasure chest just before a storm destroyed their ship, sinking it in the ocean. In the present era, [[Decepticon Imperial Headquarters|Decepticon leaders on Cybertron]] stumbled across this long-lost information, and commanded [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and his Decepticons of Earth to find the lost tapes. They moved their disguised desert island starship to the rough coordinates of the shipwreck, and opened a [[Club Con]] vacation resort for fleshlings to disguise their true purposes there. The [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] successfully retrieved Raindance and Grand Slam from the treasure chest, despite a brief altercation with the Autobot known as [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Ratbat and his communications expert [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] were able to learn from the cassettes that the Underbase was set to pass by Earth in less than a week's time. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath2 AutobotResistance.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Yeah, the toy is even less convincing.]]
Merged as Slamdance, Raindance and Grand Slam served as a correspondent overseeing the Pax Cybertronia between the Autobots, Decepticons, and [[Ultracon]]s. Engineered by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and accepted by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and Ratbat as a means for pooling their dwindling energy resources, the Pax was to be an ending of the Dark Ages. Unfortunately, a bombing run followed by an all-out assault by Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] ended all hopes of an easy truce, and the dramatic return of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

Slamdance avoided the termination sweeps only by falling deep underground. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}} He eventually linked up with the resistance movement organized by Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Grandslam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Thank you, ma'am.]]
*'''Raindance''' / '''Grand Slam''' (Cassette 2-pack, [[1988]])
**''Accessories'': "Smoke Discharger" cannon, left & right "Dual Repulsor" blasters 

:Grand Slam transforms from a red and gold microcassette into a Cybertronic tank. He has two "dual repulsors" and a "smoke ejector" as chromed [[kibble]] which are added on to make his tank mode. He was sold with [[Raindance]], and the pair combine to form [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/GrandSlam/grandslam.htm More information on Grand Slam at TFU.info]''

===Generations===
*'''Slamdance''' (Deluxe Class, 2019)
**''ID number:'' '''WFC-S??'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns (combine to form a launcher)

:''[[War for Cybertron: Siege (toyline)|Siege]]'' Grand Slam is a redeco of [[Flywheels#War_for_Cybertron:_Siege|Skytread's]] tank component, which combines with Raindance to form Slamdance. He includes two guns compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], which can combine to form a launcher, form Grand Slam's tank barrels in vehicle mode or be added to Raindance. 

:As a redeco of Skytread's tank component, Grand Slam uses the same connection port and plug system as ''Power of the Primes'' Battletrap, allowing for mixing and matching between the six components. He features multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions. Unfortunately, due to the nature of Skytread's mold, Grand Slam ends up forming the lower half of Slamdance instead of the upper half.
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==Notes==
*Grand Slam provides the colors for the [[Slugfest (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' incarnation of Slugfest]].

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