Fastball Special - Revision history

Saix: clean up, replaced: → (2), |upright=1.1| → |, Action Man → Action Man

2024-07-26T23:24:24Z

clean up, replaced: → (2), |upright=1.1| → |, Action Man → Action Man

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===		===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
	[[Brawn (G1)\|Brawn]] had [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] hurl him into the air to grab onto [[Shrapnel (G1)\|Shrapnel]] and administer a patented walloping. {{storylink\|A Plague of Insecticons}}		[[Brawn (G1)\|Brawn]] had [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] hurl him into the air to grab onto [[Shrapnel (G1)\|Shrapnel]] and administer a patented walloping. {{storylink\|A Plague of Insecticons}}

	===''Animated'' cartoon===		===''Animated'' cartoon===
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	===2005 IDW continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
	[[File:YouAreHere MagnusRodimusFastball.jpg\|thumb~~\|upright=1.1~~\|right]]		[[File:YouAreHere MagnusRodimusFastball.jpg\|thumb\|right]]
	[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}		[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

	During the [[Great War (G1)#2005 IDW continuity\|Great War]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]] used the maneuver enough that they had a name for it: '''maneuver seven'''. After the end of the war, the two would use it again, the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		During the [[Great War (G1)#2005 IDW continuity\|Great War]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]] used the maneuver enough that they had a name for it: '''maneuver seven'''. After the end of the war, the two would use it again, the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Ian Noble\|Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

	[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Ultra Magnus]] performed the move with [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]], tossing him to attack an [[Omega Guardian]] drone. {{storylink\|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here\|You Are Here}}		[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Ultra Magnus]] performed the move with [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]], tossing him to attack an [[Omega Guardian]] drone. {{storylink\|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here\|You Are Here}}

	===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

Saix: /* Notes */clean up, replaced: Wolverine (superhero) → Wolverine (Marvel)

2020-12-04T18:50:26Z

Notes: clean up, replaced: Wolverine (superhero) → Wolverine (Marvel)

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Though it's been executed several times, this combat maneuver has never been named within ''Transformers'' media itself. The name comes from [[Marvel Comics\|Marvel]]'s ''[[X-Men]]'' comics, in which the move was originated by [[Wolverine (~~superhero~~)\|Wolverine]] and his larger teammate Colossus.		*Though it's been executed several times, this combat maneuver has never been named within ''Transformers'' media itself. The name comes from [[Marvel Comics\|Marvel]]'s ''[[X-Men]]'' comics, in which the move was originated by [[Wolverine (Marvel)\|Wolverine]] and his larger teammate Colossus.

	==External links==		==External links==

Broadside: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

2020-10-25T00:15:00Z

2005 IDW continuity

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	[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}		[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

	~~The more traditional variant was seen being used by~~ [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]], the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		During the [[Great War (G1)#2005 IDW continuity\|Great War]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]] used the maneuver enough that they had a name for it: '''maneuver seven'''. After the end of the war, the two would use it again, the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

	[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Ultra Magnus]] performed the move with [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]], tossing him to attack an [[Omega Guardian]] drone. {{storylink\|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here\|You Are Here}}		[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Ultra Magnus]] performed the move with [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]], tossing him to attack an [[Omega Guardian]] drone. {{storylink\|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here\|You Are Here}}

	===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

Nu-Priest: /* Fiction */ pic

2020-01-09T18:12:36Z

Fiction: pic

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	===2005 IDW continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
			[[File:YouAreHere MagnusRodimusFastball.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.1\|right]]
	[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}		[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

	The more traditional variant was seen being used by [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]], the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		The more traditional variant was seen being used by [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]], the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

			[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Ultra Magnus]] performed the move with [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Rodimus]], tossing him to attack an [[Omega Guardian]] drone. {{storylink\|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here\|You Are Here}}

	===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 02:13, 27 April 2019

2019-04-27T02:13:49Z

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	[[Category:Animated]]		[[Category:Animated]]
	[[Category:IDW 2005 ~~continuity~~]]		[[Category:IDW (2005)]]
	[[Category:Prime]]		[[Category:Prime]]
	[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015)]]		[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015)]]
	[[Category:Tactics]]		[[Category:Tactics]]

TimeLord11 at 18:41, 21 April 2019

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	When confronting their rivals [[Breakdown (WFC)\|Breakdown]] and [[Airachnid (Prime)\|Airachnid]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] and [[Arcee (WFC)\|Arcee]] executed this move, with Bulkhead hurling Arcee in an arc toward the villains, so she could rain firepower down on them as she descended. {{storylink\|Metal Attraction}}		When confronting their rivals [[Breakdown (WFC)\|Breakdown]] and [[Airachnid (Prime)\|Airachnid]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] and [[Arcee (WFC)\|Arcee]] executed this move, with Bulkhead hurling Arcee in an arc toward the villains, so she could rain firepower down on them as she descended. {{storylink\|Metal Attraction}}

	===IDW ~~2005~~ continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
	[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~2005~~ continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}		[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

	The more traditional variant was seen being used by [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]], the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/IDW ~~2005~~ continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		The more traditional variant was seen being used by [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]], the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

	===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
	[[Grimlock (RID 2015)\|Grimlock]] improvised the move with an unsuspecting [[Sideswipe (RID)\|Sideswipe]], instructing him to "make two fists" then flinging him through the air with his tail, straight into the [[Insecticon (WFC)\|Insecticon]] [[Razorhorn]] with enough force to knock the villain out for the count. The success of the move prompted Grimlock to do it again only a short time later, this time with [[Bumblebee (WFC)\|Bumblebee]], who he hurled at the flying [[Starscream (WFC)\|Starscream]]. {{storylink\|Worthy}}		[[Grimlock (RID 2015)\|Grimlock]] improvised the move with an unsuspecting [[Sideswipe (RID)\|Sideswipe]], instructing him to "make two fists" then flinging him through the air with his tail, straight into the [[Insecticon (WFC)\|Insecticon]] [[Razorhorn]] with enough force to knock the villain out for the count. The success of the move prompted Grimlock to do it again only a short time later, this time with [[Bumblebee (WFC)\|Bumblebee]], who he hurled at the flying [[Starscream (WFC)\|Starscream]]. {{storylink\|Worthy}}

			===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
			During a battle at [[Mount St. Hilary]], [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)\|Grimlock]] threw [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)\|Teletraan-X]] at [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)\|Thundercracker]] and repeated the move with [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)\|Bumblebee]], lobbing the scout at [[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)\|Nova Storm]]. {{storylink\|Awaken Sleeping Giants}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Mammalian Verisimilitude at 03:52, 28 March 2019

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	[[File:StrangeVisitors-FastballSpecial.jpg\|thumb\|~~right\|300px~~\|Perfect Combustion of Manly Souls Cannonball Attack!]]		[[File:StrangeVisitors-FastballSpecial.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.66\|Perfect Combustion of Manly Souls Cannonball Attack!]]

	You've heard of the "superhero landing," but the '''"Fastball Special"''' is the superhero ''launching!'' It involves the larger member of a team picking up and ''throwing'' a smaller teammate into action. As Transformers tend to have a greater variance in relative size compared to humans, it's a pretty easy move for them to pull off.		You've heard of the "superhero landing," but the '''"Fastball Special"''' is the superhero ''launching!'' It involves the larger member of a team picking up and ''throwing'' a smaller teammate into action. As Transformers tend to have a greater variance in relative size compared to humans, it's a pretty easy move for them to pull off.
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	When confronting their rivals [[Breakdown (WFC)\|Breakdown]] and [[Airachnid (Prime)\|Airachnid]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] and [[Arcee (WFC)\|Arcee]] executed this move, with Bulkhead hurling Arcee in an arc toward the villains, so she could rain firepower down on them as she descended. {{storylink\|Metal Attraction}}		When confronting their rivals [[Breakdown (WFC)\|Breakdown]] and [[Airachnid (Prime)\|Airachnid]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] and [[Arcee (WFC)\|Arcee]] executed this move, with Bulkhead hurling Arcee in an arc toward the villains, so she could rain firepower down on them as she descended. {{storylink\|Metal Attraction}}

	===IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity===		===IDW 2005 continuity===
	[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}		[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity\|Orion Pax]] and [[Windcharger (G1)\|Windcharger]] once inverted the traditional maneuver, with the smaller Windcharger using his magnetic powers to levitate and hurl the much larger Orion through a [[Functionist Council]] monitoring station. {{storylink\|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays\|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

	The more traditional variant was seen being used by [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]], the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/IDW ~~Generation 1~~ continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}		The more traditional variant was seen being used by [[Megatron (RID)\|Gigatron]] and [[Drift (G1)\|Drift]], the former throwing the latter to a raised platform. {{storylink\|Drift - Empire of Stone issue 4\|Empire of Stone #4}} [[Kup (G1)/IDW 2005 continuity\|Kup]] also performed the move with his human friend [[Action Man]] as a way of getting the human inside the [[San Francisco]] skyscraper headquarters of [[I.R.O.N.]]. This is the only know human/Transformer execution of the move, only made possible by Action Man's protective forcefield. {{storylink\|Strange Visitors}}

	===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
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	*[[tvtropes:Main/FastballSpecial\|Fastball Special]] at TVTropes		*[[tvtropes:Main/FastballSpecial\|Fastball Special]] at TVTropes

	[[Category: Animated]]		[[Category:Animated]]
	[[Category: IDW ~~Generation 1~~]]		[[Category:IDW 2005 continuity]]
	[[Category: Prime]]		[[Category:Prime]]
	[[Category: Robots in Disguise (2015)]]		[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015)]]
	[[Category: Tactics]]		[[Category:Tactics]]

Cyberlink420 at 07:45, 30 December 2018

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	[[File:StrangeVisitors-FastballSpecial.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px]]		[[File:StrangeVisitors-FastballSpecial.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Perfect Combustion of Manly Souls Cannonball Attack!]]

	You've heard of the "superhero landing," but the '''"Fastball Special"''' is the superhero ''launching!'' It involves the larger member of a team picking up and ''throwing'' a smaller teammate into action. As Transformers tend to have a greater variance in relative size compared to humans, it's a pretty easy move for them to pull off.		You've heard of the "superhero landing," but the '''"Fastball Special"''' is the superhero ''launching!'' It involves the larger member of a team picking up and ''throwing'' a smaller teammate into action. As Transformers tend to have a greater variance in relative size compared to humans, it's a pretty easy move for them to pull off.

Nu-Priest at 02:47, 21 November 2018

2018-11-21T02:47:52Z

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
			===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
			[[Brawn (G1)\|Brawn]] had [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] hurl him into the air to grab onto [[Shrapnel (G1)\|Shrapnel]] and administer a patented walloping. {{storylink\|A Plague of Insecticons}}

	===''Animated'' cartoon===		===''Animated'' cartoon===
	To rescue [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)\|Sari Sumdac]] when she fell from a skyscraper, [[Bumblebee (Animated)\|Bumblebee]] had [[Bulkhead (Animated)\|Bulkhead]] hurl him into the sky, allowing him to catch the girl and cushion her fall. {{storylink\|Along Came a Spider}}		To rescue [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)\|Sari Sumdac]] when she fell from a skyscraper, [[Bumblebee (Animated)\|Bumblebee]] had [[Bulkhead (Animated)\|Bulkhead]] hurl him into the sky, allowing him to catch the girl and cushion her fall. {{storylink\|Along Came a Spider}}

Cyberlink420 at 13:31, 12 November 2018

2018-11-12T13:31:05Z

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[[wikia:c:Marvel:Glossary:Fastball Special\|Fastball Special]] at Marvel Database		*[[wikia:Marvel:Glossary:Fastball Special\|Fastball Special]] at Marvel Database
	*[[tvtropes:Main/FastballSpecial\|Fastball Special]] at TVTropes		*[[tvtropes:Main/FastballSpecial\|Fastball Special]] at TVTropes