Editing Beachcomber (SG)

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{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot|his heroic counterpart|Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber}}
:''Beachcomber is an evil [[Autobot]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''
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'''Beachcomber''' is a twitchy, nervous, unstable evil [[Autobot]] dune buggy who is considered completely insane even by Autobot standards of sanity.

{{quote|Cats in the cradle! ''And'' the silver spoon! Now's your 
time to burn your mind!|Beachcomber making no sense whatsoever|"[[Eye in the Sky]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
When [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] freaked out at [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] not being dead after drinking a vial of [[scraplet]]s, Rodimus commented that Cliffjumper must have gone really crazy in the [[Rad Zone]], "like, extra crazy... ''Beachcomber'' crazy".  {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Beachcomber was onboard the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' when it traveled to [[Earth]] and crashed into the ocean off the [[United States of America|United States]]' west coast. He ended up later being part of the group of Autobots that met up with Rodimus, when Rodimus (who had been the only one to reach an escape pod before the crash) finally arrived at the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash site. He then was part of the assault force that hijacked the [[Burpleson Air Force Base]] so Rodimus could fulfill his plan to use the humans' [[Global Orbital Defense Satellite]]s to hold the Earth hostage unless they met his demands.  {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

When [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] was turned into a beacon transmitting [[Cold Slither|rock music]] over the Autobot emergency channel, Beachcomber was the only bot other than [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]] not adversely affected—though less because he was immune, and more because it was merely one more voice among the many already inside his head. Once Rodimus learned this, and that Blitzwing's powers had sent the now also-affected Decepticons into retreat, Rodimus sent Beachcomber to attack the Decepticons' base.

Once there, Beachcomber found that base was empty due to the Decepticons entering emergency [[stasis lock]], and a group of [[human]]s were standing guard instead. As he moved to shoot the [[Sephie Beller|small female one]], [[Professor Arkeville|one of the others]] blinded him with a power cell before they all ran off. Beachcomber started to pursue—all the while shouting the new lyrical voices in his head—but his feet connected with the many ball bearings [[Will Hayes|two of]] [[Rick Ottman|the humans]] had poured all over the place while he'd been blinded. He managed to just barely keep his footing while skidding along, until the cell exploded and finally sent him sprawling.

Incensed, Beachcomber eventually got his footing and chased after the humans. They attacked him with a [[Fire-retardant foam|fire extinguisher]], but unlike [[Goldbug (SG)|some other bots]], he reacted too quickly to be affected. So they beaned him with the container itself instead, and the surprise of the impact sent him sprawling... again.

As he got his footing—again—and resumed giving chase, he ended up being tricked into running into a wall... which turned out to be the inside of a Decepticon decontamination chamber.

Much, much, later, after surviving the decontamination sprayers, the optic calibrators, the lubricated hallway, and a few bombs for extra measure, the soaked, battered, and scorched Autobot finally had his quarry trapped in the medical bay. He strode forward to enact his revenge... and found himself facing two dozen Decepticons freshly recovered from stasis lock. Beachcomber took stock of the situation, and showed a rare glimmer of sanity by turning around, transforming, and hightailing it as fast as possible out of the base.  {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Hardtop-Movietoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots. You see, reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day, and to them it is the holocaust."]]
*'''Hardtop''' (Scout, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, Key
{{note|Beachcomber was [[repurposing|repurposed]] from [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]].}}
: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]] toy, [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] transforms into a dune buggy of indeterminate model. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the butt of his rifle flips out an extended barrel for a "sniper" mode. He comes with a [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]-style Key with a [[Sector Seven]] logo on it.

: Hardtop (and the rest of the Scout wave) are [[exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores, where they were all part of a [[Robo-Vision]] promotion. Hardtop comes with a Robo-Vision Decoder which allows you to see the Robo-Vision Code printed on his cardback. Starting [[June 2]], [[2007]], Target's website allowed users to input those codes to access exclusive content.  

: Later releases of this toy did not include the Robo-Vision promotion.

: This mold was also used to make ''Cybertron'' [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Hardtop/hardtop.htm More information on Movie Hardtop at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* All of Beachcomber's dialogue so far has been in the form of song lyrics tweaked slightly into sentences. In "Eye in the Sky" the line "Cats in the cradle! And the silver spoon!" is from "[[wikipedia:Cat's in the Cradle|Cat's in the Cradle]]" by [[wikipedia:Harry Chapin|Harry Chapin]], while his line "Now's your time to burn your mind!" is from "[[wikipedia:Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]" by [[wikipedia:Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]]. In "[[Blitzwing Bop]]", his lines that are song lyrics are... many. [[Blitzwing Bop#Real-world references|See this list for details]].

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