Editing Small Foot

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:''Small Foot is a [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] from the [[GoBots]] [[continuity family]].''

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Some would call '''Small Foot''' an idealist; others would prefer to call her naive. The answer lies somewhere in the middle.  Relentlessly cheerful, she's predisposed to sweeping monologues about hope and friendship. This can annoy her relatively more jaded companions, not because it's annoying, but because she's usually right. She is an adventurous young cyborg, but due to her small size and inexperience, she frequently gets in over her head.

Small Foot will need that optimism now that she's a [[G1 GoBots|traveler]] from [[GoBots|another dimension]], who has taken the form of an Autobot and infiltrated their ranks in the hopes of finding the solution to a problem that plagues her doomed universe-of-origin. 

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
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In [[Gargent 984.08 Alpha|a universe]] at war, Small Foot was one of a faction known as the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]]. She'd left her remote mining home to take up arms after being inspired by the words of [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]], whom she optimistically hoped to personally protect. In time, she'd fight on both [[Gobotron]] and [[Earth]]! She was dispatched on numerous missions alongside [[Road Ranger]], and the pair eventually came to think of one another as siblings. {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}} During her adventures, Small Foot often strayed from orders, earning her many lectures from her superiors. She also at some point encountered The [[BuggyMan]], but was left unimpressed by the Renegade's lackluster combat capabilities. {{storylink|Sunrise}}

When Small Foot's universe was threatened by an oncoming [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|Cataclysm]], the Guardians allied with their Renegade rivals to try to find a way to avert the destruction of their reality. A [[Zebediah Braxis|human doctor]] used his [[Dimensional Interfacer]] to determine that [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|another reality]] populated by [[Transformer|robotic life forms]] had begun to overwrite their universe. Small Foot was selected to be part of [[Path Finder]]'s mission to explore this other level of existence, and was modified to resemble one of the native [[Autobot]]s.

The team was intercepted in transit and instead ended up in [[Axiom Nexus]], home of the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s. After questioning, the team members put in a cell where they soon learned that the TransTechs had opted not to allow them to return to their home reality, but that they would have to remain in Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} The team was forced to queue for hours, {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} before being processed and tagged with [[Identification bolt|ID bolts]] during which time [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] somehow escaped. Small Foot set about reading the acclimation literature and was weirded out by [[Road Ranger]]'s hangups about robots. As they needed a base of operations, Small Foot went to check out the [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian]] and organized some rooms to stay, though [[Crystal Widow]] was not able to give her good news on the "getting out of Axiom Nexus" front.

The next day, while the other GoBots went to find Bug Bite and a way out of the city, Small Foot remained at the cafe to use the city's computer network to gather information and to listen in on bar chatter. Path Finder returned sometime later, having failed to fly out of the city, and joined Small Foot in having another unsuccessful attempt at getting help from Crystal Widow to return to their mission. She was still there with Path Finger and Road Ranger when [[Demolishor (TransTech)|General Demolishor]] of the Military Police and Inspector [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] of the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration]] arrived to arrest [[Escargon]]. Believing the GoBots to be associated with Escargon, Demolisher attempted to arrest them, even going so far as to threaten Road Ranger, which almost caused Small Foot to attack the TransTech, but Airazor's legalese prevented Demolisher from arresting them all.

While Path Finder and Road Ranger went to find the other GoBots, Small Foot tried to learn more about the passes Escargon had stolen, which turned out to be no-questions-asked tickets out of Axiom Nexus, and ended up trying to convince Crystal Widow to stop wallowing in self-pity. Small Foot soon caught up with the other GoBots to find that Demolisher had taken [[Treds]] prisoner in attempt to get the passes which he believed the GoBots to have bought from Escargon. The team tracked Demolisher to the [[Heap]] and fought the TransTech with the help of Crystal Widow. Fortunately Cheetor arrived and arranged for Demolisher's arrest before the fight could end badly for the GoBots. Airazor presented Path Finder with the five passes she'd taken from Escargon, and though Small Foot attempted to volunteer to stay in Axiom Nexus so that Crystal Widow could use one of them, Crystal Widow turned down the offer.

[[Image:SpatiotemporalChallengers High Noon.jpg|thumb|"No! NO! ''How will these redecos ever come out if [[Transformers Collectors' Club|the Collector's Club]] is shutting down?!''"]]

The team used the passes and eventually arrived in their target reality, where they tracked down Bug Bite in time to find out that more GoBots had begun moving over to the new universe. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} Bug Bite escaped them again however, and Small Foot was left with trying to lift her downtrodden teammates' spirits. They were soon joined by three more Go-Bots: Admiral [[Man-O-War]], [[Rest-Q (GoBots)|Rest-Q]], and The BuggyMan. The later quickly pinpointed the location of the Autobots' base, and the team mobilized to make contact with the local mechanical life-forms. {{storylink|Sunrise}}

The group travelled all day without incident, eventually pulling over into a stretch of farmland to recharge. After finding that Road Ranger had sprung a leak while hauling [[Treds]], Small Foot volunteered to tow the tank for the rest of the journey. Road Ranger turned down the offer, insisting that he'd be fine after some rest.

Small foot dozed off, and in her dreams had a premonition: she saw [[Unicron/Generation 1|an entity]] made out of the void itself, drawing her allies into its maw. The abyssal being then gazed back at her, waking Small Foot with a start. Though most of her team was still asleep, Small Foot noted The BuggyMan's absence, and went about to look for him. As she followed his trail, she encountered a [[Solarbot|luminous 'bot]] descending from the sky. Assuring her that he was a friend, Solarbot showed Small Foot another vision, this time of his home world, which was also being threatened with annihilation. She emerged from this vision back at her camp, and was left wondering if her previous awakening was simply a dream-within-a-dream. Come next morning, the group resumed driving, soon crossing path with [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]]. Thanks to an early warning from The BuggyMan, they were able to avoid a confrontation with the negative-polarity Cybertronian.

As she approached the Autobots' base, Small Foot was unnerved by the total radio silence. The others agreed with her that it seemed suspicious to not be receiving any kind of signal, and the group decided to approach the base stealthily. They were nonetheless ambushed by the evil Autobot [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]] and his partner, [[Nebulon (SG)|Nebulon]]. Small Foot and her allies attempted to fight back with their built-in weaponry, only to find that Stepper was invulnerable to laser-fire. Thankfully, Solarbot stepped in and shielded Small Foot from being blasted point-blank, allowing Treds and Road Ranger to overpower their adversary. Then, a voiced warned the group not to move... {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Journey's Eve}} {{storylink|Last Sunset}}}}
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===Renegade Rhetoric===
[[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] unleashed a mutant, fast-growing form of plant called [[Go-Vines]] to entangle the world. Small Foot and [[Sparky (GoBots)|Sparky]] sneaked aboard [[Thruster]] to steal some seeds, which [[Von Joy|Professor Von Joy]] was able to reverse-engineer in order to create a working defoliant. {{storylink|The GoVine Incident}}

In an alternate universe created by Cy-Kill messing with the timeline, the [[Renegade]]s ruled [[Earth]] and [[Gobotron]]. In this reality, Small Foot and [[Zeemon]] were the personal servants of Overlord Cy-Kill. {{storylink|Renegade Victory Part 1}}

As the Renegades sought an object of great power from the world of [[Amazonia IV]], the [[Valkyrie]]s of that world organized the [[Three Trials of Boudica]] to determine whether the Guardians or the Renegades would receive the power. After one victory apiece for the competitors, Small Foot (with the help of [[A.J. Foster]]) competed against [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] in the final trial. Presented as a challenge of speed, the GoBots weaved their way through a high-velocity obstacle course. A small child fell onto the tracks during the competition, prompting Small Foot to give up her lead to save the girl from the deadly traps. Crasher crossed the finish line first, but victory was awarded to Small Foot anyway. The Valkyries revealed the final challenge was one of honor, not speed. Small Foot and the Guardians received the ancient wisdom found in the Valkyrie's scroll. {{storylink|Ladies Night}}

Under attack from Cy-Kill's new allies, the sorcerers [[Mumbo]] and [[Jumbo]], Small Foot was temporarily transfigured into a cow. {{storylink|Mumbo Jumbo}}

On one occasion, [[Zebediah Braxis|Doctor Braxis]] appeared before the Guardians and claimed to wish to reform. He provided the Guardians with his [[Destabilizer Cannon]] modification, a significant upgrade to their standard hand-blasters. Small Foot joined [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]]'s team as they tested the Cannons against a Renegade raid in [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]]. [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] was too suspicious to accept the upgrade, however, which proved advantageous once Braxis revealed his Cannon mod also allowed him to control the Guardians' minds. {{storylink|Once Braxis Twice Shy Part 1}} Small Foot and Leader-1 were among the Guardians sent by Braxis to destroy Turbo and [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]], the only remaining free Guardians. Braxis eventually overreached by trying to conquer the Renegades as well, and the Destabilizer Cannons were disabled. {{storylink|Once Braxis Twice Shy Part 2}}

Small Foot and Turbo found the Renegades raiding a [[UNECOM]] warehouse. They attacked [[Blades (GoBots)|Blades]] and [[Psycho]], inadvertently allowing the third faction of [[Zero]] and the [[Master Renegade]] to make off with their stolen items. {{storylink|Trash and Treachery}}

Small Foot and Leader-1's command team defended [[Fermilab]] and its particle accelerator from the Renegades and a [[Zod]] attack. They were being overwhelmed until the temporarily giant-sized Scooter saved the day. {{storylink|Attack of the 50 Foot Guardian}} She also fought against King [[Talpidae]] and the [[Mole Men]] when Cy-Kill formed an alliance with them against UNECOM and the surface world of Earth. {{storylink|The Mole Men of Prototheria}}

Small Foot and Scooter were attending to Professor [[MacDonald Guffin]] and his [[MacGuffium]] experiments when the Renegades attacked, inadvertently exposing A.J. to MacGuffium radiation(TM). When A.J. discovered the laboratory accident had given her strange, unearthly powers, she decided to use them as a local super-hero called "[[Go-Girl]]", with Small Foot proudly serving as her "[[Go-Mobile]]". 

A.J. began taking greater and greater risks, however, and Small Foot became concerned her powers might not be permanent and wink out at the worst moment. An argument split up their partnership right before Small Foot was captured by the Renegades. Cy-Kill forced A.J. to steal valuable items for him in exchange for Small Foot's life, but sure enough A.J.'s powers finally faded. While supposedly delivering the last of Cy-Kill's requested loot to the Renegades, A.J. instead gave them a dose of unstable MacGuffium, stunning the Renegades long enough for her to free Small Foot. {{storylink|Go-Girl (episode)|Go-Girl}}

Small Foot was a member of Leader-1's basketball team when Cy-Kill challenged them to a game for the fate of Earth. {{storylink|Double Dribble}}

Small Foot and the Guardians were surprised by the Master Renegade when they visited [[New Earth]]. His [[polymorphic inducer]] transformed the Guardians into human beings, and of course he turned on Cy-Kill and the Renegades as well. They suffered the indignities of flesh and blood until [[Matt Hunter]] rallied their spirits and Scooter created a [[polymorphic amplifier]] to undo the inducer's effects. {{storylink|Human Resources}}

Small Foot operated a [[Power Suit]] as part of [[Courageous]] when the Guardians made their big push against the ''[[Rogue Star]]'' in Cy-Kill's absence. Cy-Kill returned from [[Axiom Nexus]] in the midst of the battle, however, and his new combiner [[Monsterous]] tore Courageous back into its component pieces. {{storylink|Opportunity Knocks Part 2}}

[[Trident]]'s [[Guardian Smasher]]s sought the [[Horn of Gabriel]] from a dig site in the Middle East. Turbo and Small Foot opposed them, but [[Benedict]] used a [[Lightning Suit]] designed by [[Professor Frost]] and held back the Guardians. {{storylink|The Guardian Smashers}}

An official treaty between Earth, Gobotron, and [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]] was a cause for celebration, bringing representatives from all factions to the [[Ingot Ampitheater]] on Quartex. Small Foot and the [[Jewel Lord]] named [[Flamestone]] were part of the security detail. [[Magmar]] and his evil Rock Lords attacked the proceedings, with Cy-Kill and the Renegades enlisted as well. Small Foot was disabled in the first wave by Cy-Kill himself. {{storylink|Combiner Wars Part 1}} Although Cy-Kill and Magmar managed to kidnap their leaders, the heroes eventually regained their confidence and approached [[Stonehead]]. With a plan in their heads and teamwork in their hearts, they rescued Leader-1, Boulder and the others, and Small Foot helped Scooter and [[Nuggit]] take control of the [[Action Shock Rock]] drones. {{storylink|Combiner Wars Part 2}}

===''Go-Bots'' comic===
At some point in the centuries following the ascendance of the [[GoBot|Go-Bots]], Small Foot became one of [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]]'s followers on board the [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]]. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 3|Go-Bots #3}} When they arrived on [[Earth]] and began the search for the [[Lazer Lance]], Small Foot survived a battle with [[Zod]] and the Renegades, though Leader-1 didn't. Subsequently, his surviving troops, including Small Foot, buried him in the chest of the Go-Bot god [[Courageous]]. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 4|Go-Bots #4}} After the Go-Bots were united under new leader [[Road Ranger]], Small Foot watched [[Spay-C]] take four of his crew back through a time tunnel through the Command Center's [[dis-integration chamber]] in an attempt to change Earth's tortured past. Small Foot noted to [[Path Finder]] that they would never know if the mission was a success, seeming apathetic to the idea of the current timeline being erased. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}

==Toys==
===''Collector's Edition''===
[[File:G1-toy SmallFoot.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|The toy of an [[Gears (G1)|eternal pessimist]] becomes a toy of an eternal optimist.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''G1 GoBots''' (Multi-pack, [[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''84'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (deco artist)}}

: Small Foot is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Gears (G1)#Toys|Gears]], transforming into a pickup truck of indeterminate model.

:This toy was intended to be the Small Foot character from [[Tonka]]'s ''[[GoBots]]'' line. Her name does not appear in any of the final product material; it only appeared in an early photoshopped promotional image on the [[e-HOBBY]] website. The individual toys' names were dropped when [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] became concerned over how rival company [[Bandai]] might react to the names... even though Bandai had little to no legal standing on the matter, as the names were granted by Tonka—now a [[Hasbro]]-owned sub-company—and the ''GoBots'' fiction had never been used by Bandai. Apparently, Takara felt ''any'' trouble over the set was not worth it.

: She was only available in an [[e-HOBBY]]-[[exclusive]] [[The Transformers: Collector's Edition|Collector's Edition]] six-pack with [[Bad Boy#Toys|Bad Boy]], [[Bug Bite (GoBots)#Toys|Bug Bite]], [[Path Finder#Toys|Path Finder]], [[Road Ranger#Toys|Road Ranger]], and [[Treds#Toys|Treds]].

: This mold is also used by the [[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]] [[Pick-Up (Malignus)#Toys|Pick-Up]], and was the basis for the 1986 [[retool]] [[Swerve (G1)#Toys|Swerve]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/SmallFoot/smallfoot.htm More info on Small Foot at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-GenSelects-SmallFoot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|My Pal Small Foot]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Go-Bots Guardians''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Blaster 
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/C8VsZzYM-J8/ Design notes on ''Selects'' Smallfoot] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram.</ref>

: Available in the ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Go-Bots Guardians 3-pack, "Go-Bot Smallfoot" is a redeco and minor retool of [[Gears (G1)#Legacy|''Legacy United'' G1 Universe Autobot Gears]], now with an all new facesculpt based on her appearance in the Timelines stories. She transforms into an orange truck. Her chest panel can be opened up to reveal inner machinery, a feature carried over from the aforementioned Gears figure that was included as an homage to the episode "[[Changing Gears]]" from the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]].

:She was packed alongside "[[Path Finder#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Pathfinder]]" and "[[Treds#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Treds]]", who also homage their e-HOBBY counterparts.

:The 3 pack was revealed by [[BigBadToyStore]]'s Twitter account on [[June 12]], with preorders going up the day after.

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C8VsZzYM-J8/ Designer commentary on ''Selects'' Smallfoot from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
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==Notes==
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* Small Foot's name is a play on the famous monster truck {{w|Bigfoot (truck)|Bigfoot}}, as her original ''GoBots'' toy was a pickup truck with oversized tires.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Small Foot''' (スモールフット ''Sumōru Futto'')

==References==
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==External links==
{{GBwiki|Small Foot}}
* [http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/SmallFoot/smallfoot.htm Small Foot at TFU.info]

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