Editing Quad Barrel Shotgun

[[File:Hound AOE Quad Barrel Shotgun.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|[[Reggie Bannister]]'s lawyers just called.]]
The '''Quad Barrel Shotgun''' (クアッドバレルショットガン ''Kuaddo Bareru Shottogan'') is a weapon commonly used among [[Autobot]]s.

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==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction''===
[[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] was known to carry at least three Quad Barrel Shotguns in his array of weaponry. One of which he wielded during the storming of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s [[Chicago]] headquarters, aiming it at [[Joshua Joyce]] with [[Brains]] perched atop. Aboard [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship, he used the cocked shotgun to assert his dominance when [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] planned to abandon the mission to save [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], pressing its brightly glowing barrels deep into his face. Later, he used his shotguns again to hold back [[Megatron (Movie)|Galvatron]]'s infected KSI prototypes, using up all of the amunition and discarding them along the way. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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===''The Last Knight'' film===
[[File:TLK-Quad-Barrel-Shotgun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nemesis Prime]] attacked [[Cade Yeager]], [[Viviane Wembly]], and the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] aboard the [[Guardian Knights' ship]] with his Quad Barrel Shotgun, after he stole [[Staff of Merlin|Quintessa's staff]]. After a brief, one-sided standoff, Nemesis, retracted his gun and stormed away, daring anyone present to challenge him.

Soon after, during his fight with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], Nemesis used the shotgun to hold Bumblebee at bay, before dropping it on the hull of the Guardian Knights' ship.

Hound carried at least two more holstered shotguns during the push forward to the [[Ignition chamber]], but didn't use them at all, favoring instead his [[Bicep Mount Missile Array|bicep missiles]] and [[Triple-barrel Phalanx cannon]].
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==Toys==
===''Age of Extinction''===
====''Generations''====
[[File:AOEGenerationstoy-VoyagerHound.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-AOE-Movie-Advanced-Series-AD-21-Hound.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series'': '''M4: 003'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD21'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 shotguns, 2 pistols (A), 2 pistols (B), minigun, knife

:Part of the second wave of ''Age of Extinction: [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, the Quad Barrel Shotgun was originally available with Hound. The pair of shotguns could also be used to combine with the six other weapons packaged with the figure to create a much larger gun. Like all of his other weapons, the shotguns are capable of being stored in both his vehicle and robot mode.

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the second wave of ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]'' toys, features all of his weapons molded in a lighter gray plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Hound/hound.htm More information on ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Hound at TFU.info]''
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[[File:AutobotsUnitedPlatinumHound.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Autobots United 5 Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' 2 shotguns, 2 pistols (A), 2 pistols (B), minigun, knife

: ''Platinum Edition'' Autobot Hound is a repainted version of the Voyager class figure above, featuring mostly screen-accurate details. Much like the TakaraTomy release of the figure above, all of the weapons were cast in a lighter shade of gray plastic.

:Hound was released as a BBTS shared exclusive "Autobots United" set along with a G1-inspired redeco of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and screen-accurate redecos of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]].

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[[File:ArmyCamoVerHound.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Hound Army Camo Ver.''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' 2 shotguns, 2 pistols (A), 2 pistols (B), minigun, knife

:Available only with the Japanese BD/DVD release of ''Transformers: Age of Extinction'', Army Camo Hound is an even ''more'' [[Show-accuracy|screen accurate]] redeco of the Voyager Class toy. However, unlike all of the previous releases, all of his weapons were cast in black plastic. 

:This release was limited to only 3000 pieces.

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===''Lost Age Series''===
[[File:Takara-lost-age-series-battle-command-optimus-prime.jpg|thumb||right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Battle Command Optimus Prime''' ([[July 19|07-19]][[2014|-2014]]/4-[[2018]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA01'''
**''Accessories:'' Trailer/Wing Backpack/Battle Station, 2 Hound's guns, 2 Sword-Guns, 2 face-guns, Sword of Judgement

:A roughly Voyager-sized mold of Optimus Prime, the figure transforms into a Western Star "5700 OP" concept truck and in addition to his trailer, includes an array of weapons, two of which are Hound's quad-barreled shotguns. Unlike the other versions of the weapon, the handle is not on a hinge and cannot fold in.
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===''Movie The Best''===
[[File:TF-Movie-the-Best-MB-19-Hound.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (Voyager, 2018-[[March 24|03-24]])
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''MB-19'''
**''Accessories'': 2 shotguns, 2 pistols (A), 2 pistols (B), minigun, knife, helmet, shield/sleeper cabin

:''Movie the Best'' Hound is a redeco of the voyager class ''Premier Edition'' figure, release in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' toyline. Rather than the weapons included with the Premier Edition toy, he instead comes with the weapons from the ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager class toy, with the addition of a new shield that becomes the truck-mode bed shell seen on Hound's vehicle mode in the movie.
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===''Generations''===
====''Studio Series''====
[[File:Studio-Series-promotional-Quad-Barrel-Shotgun.jpg|thumb|350px]]
*'''Quad Barrel Shotgun''' (Promotional item, [[2018]]-[[April 21|04-21]])
:Released ''just'' before the Japanese debut of ''[[Studio Series]]'', the Quad Barrel Shotgun is a redeco of one of the previously mentioned ''Age of Extinction'' Hound's, utilizing the color scheme of Optimus Prime as seen in the ''The Last Knight'' film. It was given away for free by [[TakaraTomy]] if 4000 yen of ''Transformers'' products were bought from select stores starting on [[April 21]] while supplies lasted. Despite starting long after the toyline was over, Takara's website characterized it as a promotion for ''The Last Knight''.
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==Notes==
[[File:AOE Hound Concept Art.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*While the weapons originally went unnamed in the films and Hound toy releases, the name "Quad Barrel Shotgun" originated from concept artwork and weapons references used for Hound in ''Age of Extinction''.
*Unlike most of Optimus Prime's weapons from the previous films, which store inside his back, the shotgun appears to emerge from his forearm similar to [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet's]] [[Machine gun]].
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==External links==
*[http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/551071/ Dengeki Hobby Web announcement article (in Japanese)]

[[Category:Age of Extinction weapons]]
[[Category:The Last Knight weapons]]
[[Category:Shotguns]]
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