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Cylasbreakdown: /* Real-life references */

2026-05-12T22:08:30Z

Real-life references

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	*This story's title is probably a reference to the 1973 film ''{{w\|American Graffiti}}''.		*This story's title is probably a reference to the 1973 film ''{{w\|American Graffiti}}''.
	*Noah Acton wears a [[Spider-Man]] shirt between pages 5 and 11 (right).		*Noah Acton wears a [[Spider-Man]] shirt between pages 5 and 11 (right).
	*Real-~~like~~ American landmarks visited in this issue include		*Real-life American landmarks visited in this issue include:
	**Mount Rushmore, [[South Dakota]]		**Mount Rushmore, [[South Dakota]]
	**The Gateway Arch, [[St. Louis]]		**The Gateway Arch, [[St. Louis]]

Greebtron: /* Notes */

2026-02-28T03:27:08Z

Notes

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			===Production notes===
			*Plot outline completed: April 22nd 1986

	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	[[File:DecepticonGraffiti dissected skids.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.5]]		[[File:DecepticonGraffiti dissected skids.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.5]]

Chris McFeely at 11:13, 6 October 2025

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	\|caption=Runabout and Runamuck do America.		\|caption=Runabout and Runamuck do America.
	\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]		\|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
	\|~~date~~=August [[1986]]		\|shippingdate=[[August 26]], [[1986]]
			\|onsaledate=[[September 16]], 1986
	\|coverdate=December 1986		\|coverdate=December 1986
	\|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]		\|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]

M Sipher: /* Synopsis */

2025-02-26T21:34:13Z

Synopsis

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg\|upright=2.5\|left\|thumb\|Uhhh, that Washing Mon... you... ment thing looks like a giant dong, huh huh.]]		[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg\|upright=1.66\|left\|thumb\|Uhhh, that Washing Mon... you... ment thing looks like a giant dong, huh huh.]]
	Thanks to [[Donny Finkleberg]] selling him out, [[Skids (G1)\|Skids]] is taken captive by [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team\|RAAT]]. Taken to their headquarters, the [[Autobot]] is dissected by [[Circuit Breaker (G1)\|Circuit Breaker]] in an attempt to learn more about the [[Transformer]]s, which gives Donny some serious second thoughts.		Thanks to [[Donny Finkleberg]] selling him out, [[Skids (G1)\|Skids]] is taken captive by [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team\|RAAT]]. Taken to their headquarters, the [[Autobot]] is dissected by [[Circuit Breaker (G1)\|Circuit Breaker]] in an attempt to learn more about the [[Transformer]]s, which gives Donny some serious second thoughts.

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	The Battlechargers' acts of graffiti are broadcast via news reports, and RAAT is sent to investigate and engage the robot(s) perpetrating these crimes. After the Battlechargers strike the [[Washington Monument]], the Actons approach Circuit Breaker, informing her that the graffiti has appeared at every place they've visited on their trip. Suspecting a link, Circuit Breaker's team follow the Actons to their next stop—[[Independence Hall]] in [[Philadelphia]]—and when the Battlechargers appear, RAAT are ready to engage them. While RAAT is able to prevent Independence Hall from being vandalized, in the course of the battle, Circuit Breaker is injured while saving Noah Acton from being killed in the crossfire. She is instructed to remain at RAAT headquarters to recuperate while RAAT embarks on their next effort to intercept the Battlechargers, and though she is frustrated by her inability to join the fight, she knows she is too weak to go against the robots alone. Finkleberg proposes that she reactivate the captive Autobots and ask them for help...		The Battlechargers' acts of graffiti are broadcast via news reports, and RAAT is sent to investigate and engage the robot(s) perpetrating these crimes. After the Battlechargers strike the [[Washington Monument]], the Actons approach Circuit Breaker, informing her that the graffiti has appeared at every place they've visited on their trip. Suspecting a link, Circuit Breaker's team follow the Actons to their next stop—[[Independence Hall]] in [[Philadelphia]]—and when the Battlechargers appear, RAAT are ready to engage them. While RAAT is able to prevent Independence Hall from being vandalized, in the course of the battle, Circuit Breaker is injured while saving Noah Acton from being killed in the crossfire. She is instructed to remain at RAAT headquarters to recuperate while RAAT embarks on their next effort to intercept the Battlechargers, and though she is frustrated by her inability to join the fight, she knows she is too weak to go against the robots alone. Finkleberg proposes that she reactivate the captive Autobots and ask them for help...

	[[File:MarvelUS23 Autobot suit.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.75\|"Huh huh...fire...huh...Runabout, she said fire, huh huh."]]		[[File:MarvelUS23 Autobot suit.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66\|"Huh huh...fire...huh...Runabout, she said fire, huh huh."]]
	In [[New York City]], RAAT prepares for the Battlechargers at the Actons' next stop: the [[Statue of Liberty]], this time having taken the appropriate precautions to avoid civilian interference. The Battlechargers hijack the Staten Island Ferry to get to the statue, and unfortunately, all RAAT's firepower is unable to stop them using [[short-range rocket jumper]]s to fly up and deface it. Disappointed that the humans haven't been getting the jokes they've been writing in Cybertronian, the pair graffiti the statue in English with the message "HUMAИƧ ARƎ WIMPƧ." Presently, Circuit Breaker and Donny arrive with some unconventional Autobot assistance: as it would have taken too long to reconstruct all the dissected Autobots, Circuit Breaker has jury-rigged their parts together into a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit\|giant piecemeal construct]] that she controls with her electric powers from a position on its chest. During the fight, when the suit moves on its own to shield her from the Battlechargers' fire, Circuit Breaker is once again given cause to wonder whether her hatred of all robots is justified... but the thought doesn't last long, as Runabout blasts the torch off the statue and sends it plummeting towards the ferry below. Circuit Breaker uses her Autobot suit to grab the torch, then blasts the Battlechargers to smoking wrecks, letting their remains fall into the waters of the bay.		In [[New York City]], RAAT prepares for the Battlechargers at the Actons' next stop: the [[Statue of Liberty]], this time having taken the appropriate precautions to avoid civilian interference. The Battlechargers hijack the Staten Island Ferry to get to the statue, and unfortunately, all RAAT's firepower is unable to stop them using [[short-range rocket jumper]]s to fly up and deface it. Disappointed that the humans haven't been getting the jokes they've been writing in Cybertronian, the pair graffiti the statue in English with the message "HUMAИƧ ARƎ WIMPƧ." Presently, Circuit Breaker and Donny arrive with some unconventional Autobot assistance: as it would have taken too long to reconstruct all the dissected Autobots, Circuit Breaker has jury-rigged their parts together into a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit\|giant piecemeal construct]] that she controls with her electric powers from a position on its chest. During the fight, when the suit moves on its own to shield her from the Battlechargers' fire, Circuit Breaker is once again given cause to wonder whether her hatred of all robots is justified... but the thought doesn't last long, as Runabout blasts the torch off the statue and sends it plummeting towards the ferry below. Circuit Breaker uses her Autobot suit to grab the torch, then blasts the Battlechargers to smoking wrecks, letting their remains fall into the waters of the bay.

Doglunchuk: /* Artwork and technical errors */

2024-06-15T13:33:58Z

Artwork and technical errors

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	[[File:DecepticonGraffiti last laugh.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66]]		[[File:DecepticonGraffiti last laugh.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66]]
	*Throughout this issue, neither of the two Battlechargers have their details colored particularly consistently. In particular, Runamuck is nowhere near his finalised Marvel color model; his arms are entirely white instead of having yellow fronts, and the hinge assembly around his head is red instead of orange.		*Throughout this issue, neither of the two Battlechargers have their details colored particularly consistently. In particular, Runamuck is nowhere near his finalised Marvel color model; his arms are entirely white instead of having yellow fronts, and the hinge assembly around his head is red instead of orange.
	*'''Page 2, panel 1:''' As in last issue, the entire front of Skids's chest is light blue, when only his grill and headlights should be this color. Additionally, his Autobot symbol is missing its "chin."		*'''Page 2, panel 1:''' As in last issue, the entire front of Skids' chest is light blue, when only his grill and headlights should be this color. Additionally, his Autobot symbol is missing its "chin."
	*'''Page 3, panel 4:''' Taking into account the fact that this page deliberately alters the colors of the Autobot faces mounted on RAAT's wall to make them appear further away as part of the background, chiefly by replacing white with blue: Air Raid, Skydive, and Fireflight all have red helmets, when Skydive's should be blue-black, and Fireflight's and Air Raid's should be blue; and Slingshot's head is entirely blue save for his red eyes, when his whole face and head should be red, with only the sides of his helmet as blue. These errors repeat on page 6. In the same panel, Blaster's feet are blue-black, when they should be the same grey as the rest of his legs.		*'''Page 3, panel 4:''' Taking into account the fact that this page deliberately alters the colors of the Autobot faces mounted on RAAT's wall to make them appear further away as part of the background, chiefly by replacing white with blue: Air Raid, Skydive, and Fireflight all have red helmets, when Skydive's should be blue-black, and Fireflight's and Air Raid's should be blue; and Slingshot's head is entirely blue save for his red eyes, when his whole face and head should be red, with only the sides of his helmet as blue. These errors repeat on page 6. In the same panel, Blaster's feet are blue-black, when they should be the same grey as the rest of his legs.
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	**'''Panel 5:''' Runamuck has a yellow stripe across the tips of his feet. He technically ''should'' have this, as his feet form his hood and he has a stripe there in vehicle mode, but it's not meant to be part of his robot mode color model.		**'''Panel 5:''' Runamuck has a yellow stripe across the tips of his feet. He technically ''should'' have this, as his feet form his hood and he has a stripe there in vehicle mode, but it's not meant to be part of his robot mode color model.
	*'''Page 13, panel 1:''' Runamuck's mouthplate is red instead of white.		*'''Page 13, panel 1:''' Runamuck's mouthplate is red instead of white.
	*'''Page 14, panel 1:''' Runamuck and Runabout's colours are switched again (above right). This time, the speech bubbles are ''not'' matched to their colours, so we have Runamuck-coloured-like-Runabout speaking Runamuck's dialogue, and vice versa. Also, Runamuck's head is entirely white, when per Runabout's colours it should be black.		*'''Page 14, panel 1:''' Runamuck and Runabout's colours are switched again (above right). This time, the speech bubbles are ''not'' matched to their colours, so we have Runamuck-coloured-like-Runabout speaking Runamuck's dialogue, and vice versa. Also, Runamuck's head is entirely white, when per Runabout's colours, it should be black.
	*'''Page 16:'''		*'''Page 16:'''
	**'''Panel 6:''' Runamuck is missing all his yellow stripes.		**'''Panel 6:''' Runamuck is missing all his yellow stripes.

Doglunchuk: /* Continuity notes */

2024-06-15T13:24:29Z

Continuity notes

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	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	[[File:DecepticonGraffiti dissected skids.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.5]]		[[File:DecepticonGraffiti dissected skids.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.5]]
	*The Aerialbots were captured by RAAT [[Heavy Traffic!\|last issue]]; Skids has been captured between issues, after Donny sold him out at the conclusion of last issue. The Aerialbots' faces are shown to have been added to Circuit Breaker's wall of trophies along with the "[[Cybertron Seven]]," as introduced in [[Aerialbots over America!\|issue #21]], which has been rearranged to accommodate them. Skids's isn't visible.		*The Aerialbots were captured by RAAT [[Heavy Traffic!\|last issue]]; Skids has been captured between issues, after Donny sold him out at the conclusion of last issue. The Aerialbots' faces are shown to have been added to Circuit Breaker's wall of trophies along with the "[[Cybertron Seven]]," as introduced in [[Aerialbots over America!\|issue #21]], which has been rearranged to accommodate them. Skids' isn't visible.
	*We've previously seen Transformer brain modules in [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!\|issue #9]] and [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!\|issue #10]]; this issue renders them as small spheres, as they were in #9, rather than the cuboids from #10.		*We've previously seen Transformer brain modules in [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!\|issue #9]] and [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!\|issue #10]]; this issue renders them as small spheres, as they were in #9, rather than the cuboids from #10.
	*Flashbacks again recap Circuit Breaker's origin from [[The Worse of Two Evils!\|issue #6]].		*Flashbacks again recap Circuit Breaker's origin from [[The Worse of Two Evils!\|issue #6]].

Nevermore: /* Artwork and technical errors */

2024-05-11T01:46:16Z

Artwork and technical errors

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	*Throughout this issue, neither of the two Battlechargers have their details colored particularly consistently. In particular, Runamuck is nowhere near his finalised Marvel color model; his arms are entirely white instead of having yellow fronts, and the hinge assembly around his head is red instead of orange.		*Throughout this issue, neither of the two Battlechargers have their details colored particularly consistently. In particular, Runamuck is nowhere near his finalised Marvel color model; his arms are entirely white instead of having yellow fronts, and the hinge assembly around his head is red instead of orange.
	*'''Page 2, panel 1:''' As in last issue, the entire front of Skids's chest is light blue, when only his grill and headlights should be this color. Additionally, his Autobot symbol is missing its "chin."		*'''Page 2, panel 1:''' As in last issue, the entire front of Skids's chest is light blue, when only his grill and headlights should be this color. Additionally, his Autobot symbol is missing its "chin."
	*'''Page 3, panel 4:''' Taking into account the fact that this page deliberately alters the colors of the Autobot faces mounted on RAAT's wall to make them appear further away as part of the background, chiefly by replacing white with blue: Air Raid, Skydive, and Fireflight all have red helmets, when Skydive's should be blue-black, and Fireflight's and Air Raid's ~~sould~~ be blue; and Slingshot's head is entirely blue save for his red eyes, when his whole face and head should be red, with only the sides of his helmet as blue. These errors repeat on page 6. In the same panel, Blaster's feet are blue-black, when they should be the same grey as the rest of his legs.		*'''Page 3, panel 4:''' Taking into account the fact that this page deliberately alters the colors of the Autobot faces mounted on RAAT's wall to make them appear further away as part of the background, chiefly by replacing white with blue: Air Raid, Skydive, and Fireflight all have red helmets, when Skydive's should be blue-black, and Fireflight's and Air Raid's should be blue; and Slingshot's head is entirely blue save for his red eyes, when his whole face and head should be red, with only the sides of his helmet as blue. These errors repeat on page 6. In the same panel, Blaster's feet are blue-black, when they should be the same grey as the rest of his legs.
	*'''Page 4:'''		*'''Page 4:'''
	**'''Panel 2:''' Laserbeak is a wildly off-model collection of shapes. Part of his left wing has been colored orange, as if it were part of the car-throne Megatron is sitting on. For the first, but not the last time, Runabout and Runamuck's colors are switched. The pair's speech bubbles are matched to their colours, so the panel shows Runamuck-coloured-like-Runabout speaking Runabout's dialogue, and vice versa.		**'''Panel 2:''' Laserbeak is a wildly off-model collection of shapes. Part of his left wing has been colored orange, as if it were part of the car-throne Megatron is sitting on. For the first, but not the last time, Runabout and Runamuck's colors are switched. The pair's speech bubbles are matched to their colours, so the panel shows Runamuck-coloured-like-Runabout speaking Runabout's dialogue, and vice versa.

Monzo: /* Real-life references */

2024-03-04T10:36:50Z

Real-life references

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	===Real-life references===		===Real-life references===
	[[File:M23 noahacionrecycles.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1]]		[[File:M23 noahacionrecycles.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.5]]
	*This story's title is probably a reference to the 1973 film ''{{w\|American Graffiti}}''.		*This story's title is probably a reference to the 1973 film ''{{w\|American Graffiti}}''.
	*Noah Acton wears a [[Spider-Man]] shirt between pages 5 and 11 (right).		*Noah Acton wears a [[Spider-Man]] shirt between pages 5 and 11 (right).

N.A.T.S.: /* Synopsis */ Replaced New York with New York City.

2021-10-29T16:47:45Z

Synopsis: Replaced New York with New York City.

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	[[File:MarvelUS23 Autobot suit.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.75\|"Huh huh...fire...huh...Runabout, she said fire, huh huh."]]		[[File:MarvelUS23 Autobot suit.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.75\|"Huh huh...fire...huh...Runabout, she said fire, huh huh."]]
	In [[New York]], RAAT prepares for the Battlechargers at the Actons' next stop: the [[Statue of Liberty]], this time having taken the appropriate precautions to avoid civilian interference. The Battlechargers hijack the Staten Island Ferry to get to the statue, and unfortunately, all RAAT's firepower is unable to stop them using [[short-range rocket jumper]]s to fly up and deface it. Disappointed that the humans haven't been getting the jokes they've been writing in Cybertronian, the pair graffiti the statue in English with the message "HUMAИƧ ARƎ WIMPƧ." Presently, Circuit Breaker and Donny arrive with some unconventional Autobot assistance: as it would have taken too long to reconstruct all the dissected Autobots, Circuit Breaker has jury-rigged their parts together into a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit\|giant piecemeal construct]] that she controls with her electric powers from a position on its chest. During the fight, when the suit moves on its own to shield her from the Battlechargers' fire, Circuit Breaker is once again given cause to wonder whether her hatred of all robots is justified... but the thought doesn't last long, as Runabout blasts the torch off the statue and sends it plummeting towards the ferry below. Circuit Breaker uses her Autobot suit to grab the torch, then blasts the Battlechargers to smoking wrecks, letting their remains fall into the waters of the bay.		In [[New York City]], RAAT prepares for the Battlechargers at the Actons' next stop: the [[Statue of Liberty]], this time having taken the appropriate precautions to avoid civilian interference. The Battlechargers hijack the Staten Island Ferry to get to the statue, and unfortunately, all RAAT's firepower is unable to stop them using [[short-range rocket jumper]]s to fly up and deface it. Disappointed that the humans haven't been getting the jokes they've been writing in Cybertronian, the pair graffiti the statue in English with the message "HUMAИƧ ARƎ WIMPƧ." Presently, Circuit Breaker and Donny arrive with some unconventional Autobot assistance: as it would have taken too long to reconstruct all the dissected Autobots, Circuit Breaker has jury-rigged their parts together into a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit\|giant piecemeal construct]] that she controls with her electric powers from a position on its chest. During the fight, when the suit moves on its own to shield her from the Battlechargers' fire, Circuit Breaker is once again given cause to wonder whether her hatred of all robots is justified... but the thought doesn't last long, as Runabout blasts the torch off the statue and sends it plummeting towards the ferry below. Circuit Breaker uses her Autobot suit to grab the torch, then blasts the Battlechargers to smoking wrecks, letting their remains fall into the waters of the bay.

	Hours later, [[Walter Barnett (G1)\|Walter Barnett]] returns to RAAT headquarters to discover that Circuit Breaker has released the captive Autobots, their freedom having been the price for their agreeing to help her fight the Battlechargers. Both she and Finkleberg are fired from RAAT for this act of insubordination, and Finkleberg returns to his [[New York City\|New York]] apartment. While pondering what to do with his $50,000 paycheck, Finkleberg switches on the TV and is greeted with a report on the defacing of the Statue of Liberty. Still feeling guilty over his betrayal of Skids, Donny writes a $50,000 check in order to fund repairs on the monument.		Hours later, [[Walter Barnett (G1)\|Walter Barnett]] returns to RAAT headquarters to discover that Circuit Breaker has released the captive Autobots, their freedom having been the price for their agreeing to help her fight the Battlechargers. Both she and Finkleberg are fired from RAAT for this act of insubordination, and Finkleberg returns to his [[New York City\|New York]] apartment. While pondering what to do with his $50,000 paycheck, Finkleberg switches on the TV and is greeted with a report on the defacing of the Statue of Liberty. Still feeling guilty over his betrayal of Skids, Donny writes a $50,000 check in order to fund repairs on the monument.

Emvee at 15:38, 15 July 2021

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	===Courtesy of my...===		===Courtesy of my...===
	*Runabout namechecks his [[particle beam rifle]].		*Runabout namechecks his [[particle beam rifle]].
	*Likewise, Runamuck calls out his [[Friction rifle\|friction ~~rays~~]].		*Likewise, Runamuck calls out his [[Friction rifle\|friction ray]].

	===Covers (3)===		===Covers (3)===

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	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	[[File:DecepticonGraffiti dissected skids.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.5]]		[[File:DecepticonGraffiti dissected skids.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.5]]
	*The Aerialbots were captured by RAAT [[Heavy Traffic!\|last issue]]; Skids has been captured between issues, after Donny sold him out at the conclusion of last issue. The Aerialbots' faces are shown to have been added to Circuit Breaker's wall of trophies along with the "[[Cybertron Seven]]," as introduced in [[Aerialbots over America!\|issue #21]], which has been rearranged to accommodate them. Skids's isn't visible.		*The Aerialbots were captured by RAAT [[Heavy Traffic!\|last issue]]; Skids has been captured between issues, after Donny sold him out at the conclusion of last issue. The Aerialbots' faces are shown to have been added to Circuit Breaker's wall of trophies along with the "[[Cybertron Seven]]," as introduced in [[Aerialbots over America!\|issue #21]], which has been rearranged to accommodate them. Skids' isn't visible.
	*We've previously seen Transformer brain modules in [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!\|issue #9]] and [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!\|issue #10]]; this issue renders them as small spheres, as they were in #9, rather than the cuboids from #10.		*We've previously seen Transformer brain modules in [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!\|issue #9]] and [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!\|issue #10]]; this issue renders them as small spheres, as they were in #9, rather than the cuboids from #10.
	*Flashbacks again recap Circuit Breaker's origin from [[The Worse of Two Evils!\|issue #6]].		*Flashbacks again recap Circuit Breaker's origin from [[The Worse of Two Evils!\|issue #6]].

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	[[File:MarvelUS23 Autobot suit.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.75\|"Huh huh...fire...huh...Runabout, she said fire, huh huh."]]		[[File:MarvelUS23 Autobot suit.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.75\|"Huh huh...fire...huh...Runabout, she said fire, huh huh."]]
	In [[New York]], RAAT prepares for the Battlechargers at the Actons' next stop: the [[Statue of Liberty]], this time having taken the appropriate precautions to avoid civilian interference. The Battlechargers hijack the Staten Island Ferry to get to the statue, and unfortunately, all RAAT's firepower is unable to stop them using [[short-range rocket jumper]]s to fly up and deface it. Disappointed that the humans haven't been getting the jokes they've been writing in Cybertronian, the pair graffiti the statue in English with the message "HUMAИƧ ARƎ WIMPƧ." Presently, Circuit Breaker and Donny arrive with some unconventional Autobot assistance: as it would have taken too long to reconstruct all the dissected Autobots, Circuit Breaker has jury-rigged their parts together into a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit\|giant piecemeal construct]] that she controls with her electric powers from a position on its chest. During the fight, when the suit moves on its own to shield her from the Battlechargers' fire, Circuit Breaker is once again given cause to wonder whether her hatred of all robots is justified... but the thought doesn't last long, as Runabout blasts the torch off the statue and sends it plummeting towards the ferry below. Circuit Breaker uses her Autobot suit to grab the torch, then blasts the Battlechargers to smoking wrecks, letting their remains fall into the waters of the bay.		In [[New York City]], RAAT prepares for the Battlechargers at the Actons' next stop: the [[Statue of Liberty]], this time having taken the appropriate precautions to avoid civilian interference. The Battlechargers hijack the Staten Island Ferry to get to the statue, and unfortunately, all RAAT's firepower is unable to stop them using [[short-range rocket jumper]]s to fly up and deface it. Disappointed that the humans haven't been getting the jokes they've been writing in Cybertronian, the pair graffiti the statue in English with the message "HUMAИƧ ARƎ WIMPƧ." Presently, Circuit Breaker and Donny arrive with some unconventional Autobot assistance: as it would have taken too long to reconstruct all the dissected Autobots, Circuit Breaker has jury-rigged their parts together into a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit\|giant piecemeal construct]] that she controls with her electric powers from a position on its chest. During the fight, when the suit moves on its own to shield her from the Battlechargers' fire, Circuit Breaker is once again given cause to wonder whether her hatred of all robots is justified... but the thought doesn't last long, as Runabout blasts the torch off the statue and sends it plummeting towards the ferry below. Circuit Breaker uses her Autobot suit to grab the torch, then blasts the Battlechargers to smoking wrecks, letting their remains fall into the waters of the bay.

	Hours later, [[Walter Barnett (G1)\|Walter Barnett]] returns to RAAT headquarters to discover that Circuit Breaker has released the captive Autobots, their freedom having been the price for their agreeing to help her fight the Battlechargers. Both she and Finkleberg are fired from RAAT for this act of insubordination, and Finkleberg returns to his [[New York City\|New York]] apartment. While pondering what to do with his $50,000 paycheck, Finkleberg switches on the TV and is greeted with a report on the defacing of the Statue of Liberty. Still feeling guilty over his betrayal of Skids, Donny writes a $50,000 check in order to fund repairs on the monument.		Hours later, [[Walter Barnett (G1)\|Walter Barnett]] returns to RAAT headquarters to discover that Circuit Breaker has released the captive Autobots, their freedom having been the price for their agreeing to help her fight the Battlechargers. Both she and Finkleberg are fired from RAAT for this act of insubordination, and Finkleberg returns to his [[New York City\|New York]] apartment. While pondering what to do with his $50,000 paycheck, Finkleberg switches on the TV and is greeted with a report on the defacing of the Statue of Liberty. Still feeling guilty over his betrayal of Skids, Donny writes a $50,000 check in order to fund repairs on the monument.