Editing Side Burn (G1)

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:''Side Burn is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
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[[Image:SideburnTimelines-profile.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Side Burn, our eyes are up here.]]

It's hard to believe that '''Side Burn''' and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] are from the same production run.  A glitch in the production run caused Side Burn to roll off the assembly line vastly different in appearance from the others, and especially different in personality from Prowl in specific.  Side Burn is prone to distraction, uninterested in rules, interested in speed, and ''super'' interested in females.  These traits combined get Side Burn into all sorts of trouble, and Prowl feels it falls to him to keep his friend on the straight and narrow.  This task may, however, be a fool's errand.  

Side Burn wields a [[plasma rifle]], and his rear-mounted thruster engine can support him in battle either as a weapon or as a jetpack.  When the occasion calls for it, he can reveal the [[Sonic Buzz Saw]] in his left arm.  There are probably other things he can reveal when other occasions call for it, but let's not talk about that, please.

{{Quote|A [[Female Transformer|Femicon]]... with a sword... '''Hot!'''|Side Burn getting distracted|Battle Lines, Part 3}}

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==Fiction==
===''Wings Universe''===
[[Image:BattleLines1-RoadRageSideBurnNotTAI.jpg|left|thumb|400px|He's whatever war hero you want him to be, baby.]]
At the dawn of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Side Burn was a young Autobot who had joined the resistance movement against the growing [[Decepticon]] threat.  

In order to get sympathy from some [[Red waitress Transformer|sexy]] [[Road Rage (G1)|fembots]], Side Burn posed as the survivor of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' raid on the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]. It seemed to be working until [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] showed up and called Side Burn by name. Since the real survivor's name was [[Dion]], the ladies became less interested. Reminding Side Burn that it was a felony offence to impersonate an Elite Guardsman, Prowl dragged Side Burn away to his real duties elsewhere at the [[Autobot High Council Citadel]]. Side Burn was among the Autobot warriors present when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] accepted his appointment as [[Supreme Commander|commander]] of the new Autobot military. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 1}}

[[Image:BattleLines3-mistakes.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

Side Burn was absent from Optimus Prime's mission briefing. When asked about his absence, Prowl believed he knew where he was. It turned out, he was shadowing [[Magnum]] and the Elite Guard as they searched for [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}}  Side Burn interrupted their search, claiming to know where their target's newest base was located.  Though Side Burn didn't really know, he was loud enough that the Decepticons homed in on them first.  The Autobots were suddenly surrounded by an immense Decepticon army led by Deathsaurus' new lieutenant, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].  Side Burn joined the Autobots in desperately fighting off their attackers, including grabbing [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]].  But at a crucial moment, he was distracted by [[Lyzack|a hot femicon with a sword]]. Blast Off took advantage of this by shooting Side Burn, lecturing the Autobot on the importance of paying attention.  {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}}

Thankfully, Side Burn and the others were backed up by reinforcements composed of several of the Elite Guard previously thought dead.  In the confusion, Side Burn was able to turn the tables on Blast Off by securing him with [[power bond]]s and sitting on him.  Still, Side Burn remained distracted by Lyzack, especially when she started laying into Magnum with her sword, but his painting-her-red fantasies were cut off when [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] belted her. At that point he realized he was standing right next to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and blasted the Decepticon.  The Decepticons retreated and Side Burn returned with the other Autobots to their headquarters.  {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}

One week later, Side Burn was in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with Magnum and Optimus Prime when the pair were interrupted by another Decepticon attack.  As they rushed to the walls, they saw them being broken through by the newly-created [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]].  {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}

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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-SideBurn.jpg|right|thumb|400px|When he hits on [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], it's ''super'' creepy!]]
*'''Side Burn''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories'': Thruster/missile launcher, "flame" missile

: ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Side Burn is a blue and white [[redeco]] of [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Classics_.282006.29|''Classics'' Rodimus]], transforming into a heavily-altered [http://www.supercarnet.jp/File/File-Japan/File-Dome.htm Dome Zero]. Side Burn's rear-mounted thruster engine becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode, launching a spring-loaded missile, or can remain attached to his back to act as a jetpack. His left arm hides a flip-out (non-spinning) buzzsaw.

: Side Burn is the [[2011]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in by [[March 16]], 2011. Due to customs delays, he was ultimately shipped to members in late July/early August. The remaining stock was put on sale at the Club store on [[August 17]], and sold out in under three hours. Due to insufficient packaging, many Side Burns arrived with their spoiler tips bent. Like many later versions of the Rodimus toy, Side Burn sadly suffers from a loose left arm and an unstable backpack.

:A noticeable percentage of Side Burns sent to international club members took an ''exceptionally'' long time to arrive, but most (or all) did eventually turn up, a full month or more after the advertised latest possible delivery date. Fun Publications won itself no praise by selling the excess stock of the figure through their store half a month before the actual delivery deadline was even up.

: This mold was also used to make "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] and ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]].

==Notes==
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] shows off the Side Burn toy in "[[Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like]]".
* Side Burn's profile card is full of fragment sentence errors, plus it uses "can't" when it wants to use "can," rendering its opening sentence nonsensical.

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