Editing Tailgate (Prime)

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:''Tailgate is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Prime-TailgateCardArt.jpg|rigght|thumb|300px|A proud sponsor of Tailgate toothpaste]]

'''Tailgate''' once worked alongside [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. They really didn't get along at first, but their fighting skills were pretty evenly matched, and the two became a powerful, nigh-unstoppable team.

And then they went and got caught, and Tailgate went and got dead. Arcee didn't take that very well.


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==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Josh Keaton]] (English), [[Yuichi Ishigami]] (Japanese)|[[Jan Kurbjuweit]] (German), [[Óscar Flores]] (Latin American Spanish), [[José María Carrero]] (Spain Spanish)}}

[[Image:Predatory-partner.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Arcee should stay away from [[Mini Vehicle]]s.]]

Tailgate was a member of [[Delta Team]] during an unnamed battle. He failed to take out a sniper, forcing Arcee to enter hand-to-hand combat. As the two discussed where to rendezvous, Arcee was captured by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Later, Tailgate was also captured and brought before the two of them. Airachnid threatened to kill Tailgate unless she was told the co-ordinates of an impending attack. After Arcee claimed she did not know them, Airachnid made good on that threat. Arcee escaped the same fate, but Tailgate's death hit her ''hard''. {{Storylink|Predatory}}

Later, Arcee found herself captive yet again, this time alongside [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], and left to the mercies of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. After escaping the Decepticon, Cliffjumper reminded her that he knew about Tailgate (after all, he was part of the rescue party that freed her from Airachnid's clutches), so he understood why she was being such a loner. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When Airachnid and Arcee later encountered each other on [[Earth]], Airachnid would often torment her foe by bringing up what happened to Tailgate. {{storylink|Predatory}} {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} {{storylink|Partners}} While fighting with Arcee, Starscream taunted her by asking if Tailgate was "weak like Cliffjumper." {{storylink|Partners}}

Arcee would remind her teammates of how Airachnid was not the only 'Con to have taken a partner away from her. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

Arcee told [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko]] a story about one of her adventures with her deceased partner [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], and mentioned to Miko that after Tailgate's death, she closed everyone else out, becoming a loner. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[Image:Prime-toy Tailgate.jpg|thumb|right|300px|For the first time in years, he really went old school.]]
*'''Tailgate''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series/Number:'' '''2 / 014'''
**''Accessories:'' "Dual Ion Blaster"

:Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, Tailgate is a [[redeco]] of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Toys|Cliffjumper]], transforming into a white and blue muscle car resembling a [[Wikipedia:Dodge Challenger|Dodge Challenger]]. He has [[C joint|3mm hole]]s in his roof, doors and fists for mounting ''Cyberverse''-scale weapons, such as his "dual ion blaster".

:The blaster, in varying colors, was also used by ''Cyberverse'' [[Bumblebee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (WFC)#Cyberverse|Arcee]], [[Evac (Ride)#Cyberverse|Evac]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Hyperspeed|Hyperspeed Wheeljack]], the [[Bumblebee (WFC)#CyberverseBattlesuit|redeco]] of Bumblebee that comes with the [[Bumblebee Battle Suit]] and [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|2014 ''Transformers'']] [[Groove (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Protectobot Groove]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegTailgate/tailgate.htm More information on Tailgate at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* They should ''really'' stop partnering bots who look like that with Arcee.
* Tailgate shares his voice actor with Arcee's current partner, [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]].


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