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PBChew18: /* Beast Wars: Uprising */ Lio Convoy -> Lio Convoy (BW) update

2026-03-31T02:35:25Z

Beast Wars: Uprising: Lio Convoy -> Lio Convoy (BW) update

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	During the horrific event known as the [[Rending]], [[Throttlebot]] commander Goldbug's vocoder was shredded, leaving him unable to speak. He instead communicated by text dispatch for orders requiring clarity, and snippets of old [[Earth]] songs when emotion or urgency was required.		During the horrific event known as the [[Rending]], [[Throttlebot]] commander Goldbug's vocoder was shredded, leaving him unable to speak. He instead communicated by text dispatch for orders requiring clarity, and snippets of old [[Earth]] songs when emotion or urgency was required.

	Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance (BWU)\|Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}		Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance (BWU)\|Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy (BW)\|Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}

	He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-sized Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}		He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-sized Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}

Saix: clean up, replaced: Resistance → Resistance, →

2025-05-07T04:47:43Z

clean up, replaced: Resistance → Resistance, →

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	Sixshot quickly took down half the team, even as they tried to feint and counterattack. The remaining three bantered with Sixshot and then attacked him, the battle taking them into a strange chamber where an "intruder alert" alarm began to blare. There, Sixshot shot Goldbug point-blank in the chest, and his remaining two comrades fared little better.		Sixshot quickly took down half the team, even as they tried to feint and counterattack. The remaining three bantered with Sixshot and then attacked him, the battle taking them into a strange chamber where an "intruder alert" alarm began to blare. There, Sixshot shot Goldbug point-blank in the chest, and his remaining two comrades fared little better.

	But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}		But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

	Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.		Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.
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	During the horrific event known as the [[Rending]], [[Throttlebot]] commander Goldbug's vocoder was shredded, leaving him unable to speak. He instead communicated by text dispatch for orders requiring clarity, and snippets of old [[Earth]] songs when emotion or urgency was required.		During the horrific event known as the [[Rending]], [[Throttlebot]] commander Goldbug's vocoder was shredded, leaving him unable to speak. He instead communicated by text dispatch for orders requiring clarity, and snippets of old [[Earth]] songs when emotion or urgency was required.

	Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}		Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance (BWU)\|Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}

	He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-sized Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}		He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-sized Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}

Saix: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

2024-10-31T18:49:56Z

2005 IDW continuity

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	But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}		But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

			Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.
	[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]		[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]
	Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.

	This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}		This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

AzimuthAcolyte: /* The Transformers */ Rolling out toy design credits template

2023-06-20T03:23:03Z

The Transformers: Rolling out toy design credits template

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	*'''Goldbug''' ([[Throttlebot]], [[1987]]/[[1991]])		*'''Goldbug''' ([[Throttlebot]], [[1987]]/[[1991]])
	**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-97'''		**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-97'''
			{{toydesigner\|[[Takayuki Ishizawa]] (TakaraTomy)\|[[Takashi Matsuda]] (initial concept)}}
	{{note\|The [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldbug\|Goldbug]] version of Bumblebee doubles as the independent ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' character Goldbug.}}		{{note\|The [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldbug\|Goldbug]] version of Bumblebee doubles as the independent ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' character Goldbug.}}

Fanofcoolstuff27: /* Toys */

2023-05-22T06:34:18Z

Toys

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===~~Generation 1~~===		===''The Transformers''===
	[[File:Goldbugg1toy.jpg\|300px\|thumb]]		[[File:Goldbugg1toy.jpg\|300px\|thumb]]
	*'''Goldbug''' ([[Throttlebot]], [[1987]]/[[1991]])		*'''Goldbug''' ([[Throttlebot]], [[1987]]/[[1991]])
	**''~~Japanese~~ ID number:'' '''C-97'''		**''Takara ID number:'' '''C-97'''
	{{note\|The [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldbug\|Goldbug]] version of Bumblebee doubles as the independent ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' character Goldbug.}}		{{note\|The [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldbug\|Goldbug]] version of Bumblebee doubles as the independent ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' character Goldbug.}}

	:The Goldbug toy transforms into a 1971-72 Volkswagen 1302 “Super Beetle”. Like all [[Throttlebot]]s, it features a pull-back motor that zips him forward in both vehicle and robot modes. In 1991, the Throttlebots were re-released in European markets as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)\|Classics]]" sub-line. Goldbug was [[retool]]ed to remove the [[rubsign]] indent on his roof/chest, and the rubsign decal itself was replaced with a glossy-paper Autobot sigil.		:The Goldbug toy transforms into a 1971-72 Volkswagen 1302 “Super Beetle”. Like all [[Throttlebot]]s, it features a pull-back motor that zips him forward in both vehicle and robot modes. In 1991, the Throttlebots were re-released in European markets as part of the "[[Classics (Europe)\|Classics]]" sub-line. Goldbug was [[retool]]ed to remove the [[rubsign]] indent on his roof/chest, and the rubsign decal itself was replaced with a glossy-paper Autobot sigil.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 23:07, 31 August 2022

2022-08-31T23:07:23Z

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	[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]		[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]
	Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]." With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.		Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.

	This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}		This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

	[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]		[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]
	Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug ~~was~~ repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BW)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}		Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug had been repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BW)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

	After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}		After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}

	===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===		===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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	Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}		Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}

	He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-~~scale~~ Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}		He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-sized Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}

	==Toys==		==Toys==

Saix: /* 2005 IDW continuity */clean up, replaced: (BWII) → (BW), typos fixed: similarly- → similarly

2021-09-19T18:25:42Z

2005 IDW continuity: clean up, replaced: (BWII) → (BW), typos fixed: similarly- → similarly

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	Sixshot quickly took down half the team, even as they tried to feint and counterattack. The remaining three bantered with Sixshot and then attacked him, the battle taking them into a strange chamber where an "intruder alert" alarm began to blare. There, Sixshot shot Goldbug point-blank in the chest, and his remaining two comrades fared little better.		Sixshot quickly took down half the team, even as they tried to feint and counterattack. The remaining three bantered with Sixshot and then attacked him, the battle taking them into a strange chamber where an "intruder alert" alarm began to blare. There, Sixshot shot Goldbug point-blank in the chest, and his remaining two comrades fared little better.

	But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly-proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}		But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

	[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]		[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]
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	[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]		[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]
	Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (~~BWII~~)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}		Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BW)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

	After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}		After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}

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	**And then Hasbro released a G1 Goldbug-inspired redeco/retool of a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe\|Bumblebee toy]], which itself was directly based on [[:File:IDWBumblebeeDesignvsStyle.jpg\|an IDW design]], and explicitly identified the toy as a new form of Bumblebee in its on-packaging [[bio]]. What's more, the toy design was even to be featured in IDW's comics due to a re-emerged desire on Hasbro's behalf to have its ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' toys promoted by the comics. Conveniently, the name "Goldbug" was unavailable for [[trademark]] reasons at the time, so the toy was released under the substitute name "[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldfire\|Goldfire]]" instead; and when the toy design was [[Second Exodus\|introduced]] in the comics, that name was merely referenced in a throwaway line, while the character still went by the name "Bumblebee". Phew!		**And then Hasbro released a G1 Goldbug-inspired redeco/retool of a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe\|Bumblebee toy]], which itself was directly based on [[:File:IDWBumblebeeDesignvsStyle.jpg\|an IDW design]], and explicitly identified the toy as a new form of Bumblebee in its on-packaging [[bio]]. What's more, the toy design was even to be featured in IDW's comics due to a re-emerged desire on Hasbro's behalf to have its ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' toys promoted by the comics. Conveniently, the name "Goldbug" was unavailable for [[trademark]] reasons at the time, so the toy was released under the substitute name "[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldfire\|Goldfire]]" instead; and when the toy design was [[Second Exodus\|introduced]] in the comics, that name was merely referenced in a throwaway line, while the character still went by the name "Bumblebee". Phew!
	*Goldbug's Cybertronian [[alternate mode]] appears to be an [[:Image:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg\|homage to Bumblebee's]], as seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".		*Goldbug's Cybertronian [[alternate mode]] appears to be an [[:Image:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg\|homage to Bumblebee's]], as seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
	*Goldbug's characterization in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' borrows heavily from the [[Live-action film series\|~~movie~~]] interpretation of [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]].		*Goldbug's characterization in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' borrows heavily from the [[Live-action film series\|2007 film series]] interpretation of [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]].

	[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]		[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
	[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]		[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
	[[Category:Throttlebots]]		[[Category:Throttlebots]]

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Goldbug owes his existence to [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] editor/writer [[Andy Schmidt]]'s decision to make the IDW version of Goldbug a [[character]] who is separate from the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005 IDW]] version of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] just as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Galvatron]] are separate.		*Goldbug owes his existence to [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] editor/writer [[Andy Schmidt]]'s decision to make the IDW version of Goldbug a [[character]] who is separate from the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005 IDW]] version of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] just as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Galvatron]] are separate.
	**And then Hasbro released a G1 Goldbug-inspired redeco/retool of a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe\|Bumblebee toy]], which itself was directly based on [[:File:IDWBumblebeeDesignvsStyle.jpg\|an IDW design]], and explicitly identified the toy as a new form of Bumblebee in its on-packaging [[bio]]. What's more, the toy design was even to be featured in IDW's comics due to a re-emerged desire on Hasbro's behalf to have its ''[[Transformers: Generations\|Generations]]'' toys promoted by the comics. Conveniently, the name "Goldbug" was unavailable for [[trademark]] reasons at the time, so the toy was released under the substitute name "[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldfire\|Goldfire]]" instead; and when the toy design was [[Second Exodus\|introduced]] in the comics, that name was merely referenced in a throwaway line, while the character still went by the name "Bumblebee". Phew!		**And then Hasbro released a G1 Goldbug-inspired redeco/retool of a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe\|Bumblebee toy]], which itself was directly based on [[:File:IDWBumblebeeDesignvsStyle.jpg\|an IDW design]], and explicitly identified the toy as a new form of Bumblebee in its on-packaging [[bio]]. What's more, the toy design was even to be featured in IDW's comics due to a re-emerged desire on Hasbro's behalf to have its ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' toys promoted by the comics. Conveniently, the name "Goldbug" was unavailable for [[trademark]] reasons at the time, so the toy was released under the substitute name "[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldfire\|Goldfire]]" instead; and when the toy design was [[Second Exodus\|introduced]] in the comics, that name was merely referenced in a throwaway line, while the character still went by the name "Bumblebee". Phew!
	*Goldbug's Cybertronian [[alternate mode]] appears to be an [[:Image:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg\|homage to Bumblebee's]], as seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".		*Goldbug's Cybertronian [[alternate mode]] appears to be an [[:Image:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg\|homage to Bumblebee's]], as seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
	*Goldbug's characterization in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' borrows heavily from the [[Live-action film series\|movie]] interpretation of [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]].		*Goldbug's characterization in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' borrows heavily from the [[Live-action film series\|movie]] interpretation of [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]].

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	[[File:IDWGoldbugAltmode SpotlightMetroplex.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|"I have no idea who you're talking about, and why do I keep getting this guy's mail?"]]		[[File:IDWGoldbugAltmode SpotlightMetroplex.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|"I have no idea who you're talking about, and why do I keep getting this guy's mail?"]]

	Goldbug and the Throttlebots were assigned to [[Orvus Base]], orbiting [[Salvvatan VI]], to safeguard top-secret Autobot research. Their purpose was to act as couriers in case the lab came under threat, taking the data and keeping it out of enemy hands. They had no idea what the research actually ''was,'' but that wasn't deemed essential to their job. And indeed, when an attack did come in the form of [[Sixshot]], the Throttlebots were the only ones who made it out of the station alive, the information in their sole possession. They crashed on the planet below and quickly rushed for cover, Sixshot hot on their trail.		Goldbug and the Throttlebots were assigned to [[Orvus Base]], orbiting [[Salvvatan VI]], to safeguard top-secret Autobot research. Their purpose was to act as couriers in case the lab came under threat, taking the data and keeping it out of enemy hands. They had no idea what the research actually ''was,'' but that wasn't deemed essential to their job. And indeed, when an attack did come in the form of [[Sixshot (G1)\|Sixshot]], the Throttlebots were the only ones who made it out of the station alive, the information in their sole possession. They crashed on the planet below and quickly rushed for cover, Sixshot hot on their trail.

	What they found on the planet was a strangely unoccupied, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]ian-style city with [[energon]] reserves. But just as they were powering up, Sixshot caught up with them and demanded the information. Goldbug suggested that they might not have the information at all, then asked him if he would torture them in that case. Sixshot said he would, so Goldbug ordered the Throttlebots to scatter.		What they found on the planet was a strangely unoccupied, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]ian-style city with [[energon]] reserves. But just as they were powering up, Sixshot caught up with them and demanded the information. Goldbug suggested that they might not have the information at all, then asked him if he would torture them in that case. Sixshot said he would, so Goldbug ordered the Throttlebots to scatter.
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	This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}		This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

	[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3\|]]		[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]
	Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BWII)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}		Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BWII)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

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	But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}		But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

			Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.
	[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]		[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]
	Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.

	This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}		This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

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	[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]		[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]
	Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]." With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.		Using Metroplex's shuttle, Goldbug and the other surviving Throttlebots made it off Salvvatan VII, but were tracked by the still-living Sixshot, who ambushed them only a few hundred light years away. Though they were able to badly wound the Six Changer, the damage their vessel sustained caused them to crash-land over the surface of a strange world of titanic flora that Searchlight nicknamed "[[Regalis V\|Botanica]]". With no way to get offworld, and the rest of the Autobot military more concerned with the [[Surge (event)\|Surge]], the Throttlebots were forgotten about and could only assume that the Decepticons had won the war. For the next decade, even after the end of the war, they eked out an existence on one of the colossal plants, boiling them to produce an [[energon]] substitute and camping out in the wreckage of their ship while awaiting the day that the Decepticons finally found them.

	This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}		This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

	[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]		[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]
	Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug ~~was~~ repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BW)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}		Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug had been repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BW)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

	After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}		After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}

	===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===		===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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	Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}		Much much later, during the climax of the [[Grand Uprising]], he was the [[Builder of Cybertron\|Builder]] commander of the strategically critical [[Yuss Batteries]], hardwired into the system. When the [[Maxilla]], the seven fortresses on the [[Hydrax Plateau]] guarding the landward approach to the batteries, fell to the [[Resistance]], Goldbug did his best to keep the batteries out of enemy hands. He failed and was forcibly disconnected and interrogated. He refused to yield the command codes, and was knocked unconscious by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink\|Derailment}}

	He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-~~scale~~ Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}		He survived the war and, along with a few other [[Macromaster]]-sized Builders, bore witness to the new [[Constructicon (G1)\|Constructicons]] at a graduation ceremony. One of the new recruits, [[Wideload (G1)\|Wideload]], was a former Throttlebot and traitor to the Autobot cause. The two reached something of an understanding during this hopeful moment. {{storylink\|The Inexorable March}}

	==Toys==		==Toys==

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	Sixshot quickly took down half the team, even as they tried to feint and counterattack. The remaining three bantered with Sixshot and then attacked him, the battle taking them into a strange chamber where an "intruder alert" alarm began to blare. There, Sixshot shot Goldbug point-blank in the chest, and his remaining two comrades fared little better.		Sixshot quickly took down half the team, even as they tried to feint and counterattack. The remaining three bantered with Sixshot and then attacked him, the battle taking them into a strange chamber where an "intruder alert" alarm began to blare. There, Sixshot shot Goldbug point-blank in the chest, and his remaining two comrades fared little better.

	But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly-proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}		But just as Sixshot was about to execute [[Searchlight (G1)\|Searchlight]], the city around them awakened. A giant fist smashed Sixshot, followed by a similarly proportioned foot. Goldbug and his two companions gaped in awe at the transformed [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]], who declared his own position compromised and announced that he was going to leave and hide again. He told them where to find a shuttle and supplies, but Goldbug was indignant, asking him what kind of Autobot would abandon the dying Throttlebots. Metroplex replied that he wept for them, but his mission was more important, and with that, he left. [[Rollbar (G1)\|Rollbar]] and Searchlight, the latter carrying Goldbug, began walking back to recover their teammates. As they pondered how important Metroplex's mission must be and how lonely he surely was, Sixshot stirred... {{storylink\|Spotlight: Metroplex}}

	[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]		[[File:TheDeadComeHomePart1 GoldbugRecharges.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright=1.6\|He's upgraded from [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] in the sense that he has TWO canes.]]
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	[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]		[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]
	Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (~~BWII~~)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}		Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BW)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

	After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}		After Unicron had destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]], the battle moved to [[Earth]]. At Prowl's order, Goldbug quantum jumped to pick up [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Jazz]]'s group at [[Mount Rushmore]] only to wind up materializing underground (he was aiming for "moderate density") and receiving an earful from Garnak for his poor piloting and unfamiliarity with organic planets. {{storylink\|A Sunrise Dark}} He then piloted the ship to [[Victoria Falls]] so the crew could join in the final offensive against Unicron and its followers. {{storylink\|Assembly (Unicron)\|Assembly}} Goldbug, Garnak, and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] greeted Prowl and [[Stardrive]] as they took [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Shockwave]] into custody after Unicron had been defeated. {{storylink\|Ceremony}}

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Goldbug owes his existence to [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] editor/writer [[Andy Schmidt]]'s decision to make the IDW version of Goldbug a [[character]] who is separate from the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005 IDW]] version of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] just as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Galvatron]] are separate.		*Goldbug owes his existence to [[IDW Publishing\|IDW]] editor/writer [[Andy Schmidt]]'s decision to make the IDW version of Goldbug a [[character]] who is separate from the [[2005 IDW continuity\|2005 IDW]] version of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Bumblebee]] just as [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Galvatron]] are separate.
	**And then Hasbro released a G1 Goldbug-inspired redeco/retool of a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe\|Bumblebee toy]], which itself was directly based on [[:File:IDWBumblebeeDesignvsStyle.jpg\|an IDW design]], and explicitly identified the toy as a new form of Bumblebee in its on-packaging [[bio]]. What's more, the toy design was even to be featured in IDW's comics due to a re-emerged desire on Hasbro's behalf to have its ''[[Transformers: Generations\|Generations]]'' toys promoted by the comics. Conveniently, the name "Goldbug" was unavailable for [[trademark]] reasons at the time, so the toy was released under the substitute name "[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldfire\|Goldfire]]" instead; and when the toy design was [[Second Exodus\|introduced]] in the comics, that name was merely referenced in a throwaway line, while the character still went by the name "Bumblebee". Phew!		**And then Hasbro released a G1 Goldbug-inspired redeco/retool of a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe\|Bumblebee toy]], which itself was directly based on [[:File:IDWBumblebeeDesignvsStyle.jpg\|an IDW design]], and explicitly identified the toy as a new form of Bumblebee in its on-packaging [[bio]]. What's more, the toy design was even to be featured in IDW's comics due to a re-emerged desire on Hasbro's behalf to have its ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' toys promoted by the comics. Conveniently, the name "Goldbug" was unavailable for [[trademark]] reasons at the time, so the toy was released under the substitute name "[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldfire\|Goldfire]]" instead; and when the toy design was [[Second Exodus\|introduced]] in the comics, that name was merely referenced in a throwaway line, while the character still went by the name "Bumblebee". Phew!
	*Goldbug's Cybertronian [[alternate mode]] appears to be an [[:Image:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg\|homage to Bumblebee's]], as seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".		*Goldbug's Cybertronian [[alternate mode]] appears to be an [[:Image:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg\|homage to Bumblebee's]], as seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
	*Goldbug's characterization in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' borrows heavily from the [[Live-action film series\|movie]] interpretation of [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]].		*Goldbug's characterization in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' borrows heavily from the [[Live-action film series\|movie]] interpretation of [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]].

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	[[File:IDWGoldbugAltmode SpotlightMetroplex.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|"I have no idea who you're talking about, and why do I keep getting this guy's mail?"]]		[[File:IDWGoldbugAltmode SpotlightMetroplex.jpg\|thumb\|left\|150px\|"I have no idea who you're talking about, and why do I keep getting this guy's mail?"]]

	Goldbug and the Throttlebots were assigned to [[Orvus Base]], orbiting [[Salvvatan VI]], to safeguard top-secret Autobot research. Their purpose was to act as couriers in case the lab came under threat, taking the data and keeping it out of enemy hands. They had no idea what the research actually ''was,'' but that wasn't deemed essential to their job. And indeed, when an attack did come in the form of [[Sixshot]], the Throttlebots were the only ones who made it out of the station alive, the information in their sole possession. They crashed on the planet below and quickly rushed for cover, Sixshot hot on their trail.		Goldbug and the Throttlebots were assigned to [[Orvus Base]], orbiting [[Salvvatan VI]], to safeguard top-secret Autobot research. Their purpose was to act as couriers in case the lab came under threat, taking the data and keeping it out of enemy hands. They had no idea what the research actually ''was,'' but that wasn't deemed essential to their job. And indeed, when an attack did come in the form of [[Sixshot (G1)\|Sixshot]], the Throttlebots were the only ones who made it out of the station alive, the information in their sole possession. They crashed on the planet below and quickly rushed for cover, Sixshot hot on their trail.

	What they found on the planet was a strangely unoccupied, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]ian-style city with [[energon]] reserves. But just as they were powering up, Sixshot caught up with them and demanded the information. Goldbug suggested that they might not have the information at all, then asked him if he would torture them in that case. Sixshot said he would, so Goldbug ordered the Throttlebots to scatter.		What they found on the planet was a strangely unoccupied, [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]]ian-style city with [[energon]] reserves. But just as they were powering up, Sixshot caught up with them and demanded the information. Goldbug suggested that they might not have the information at all, then asked him if he would torture them in that case. Sixshot said he would, so Goldbug ordered the Throttlebots to scatter.
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	This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}		This all changed one evening, when a group of [[Maximal]]s attacked their campsite. As his fellow Throttlebots fell, Goldbug was rescued by a motley group led by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Prowl]], who told him that they had been fighting the beastformers and Goldbug was now a part of the team. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 1}} After being informed that everyone believed the Throttlebots to be dead, the group clambered aboard ''[[Peaceful Revolution]]'', the group blasted away. {{storylink\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)\|The Dead Come Home, Part 2}}

	[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3\|]]		[[File:ASunriseDark GoldbugAndGarnakLand.jpg\|thumb\|right\|upright=1.3]]
	Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BWII)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}		Continuing to track the Maximals, Goldbug was repaired by the time [[Unicron/Generation 1\|Unicron]] attacked [[Elonia]], taking the helm position alongside [[Garnak]]. The group then followed [[Nemesis (BWII)\|Nemesis]] to [[Devisiun (planet)\|Devisiun]] as the Chaos Bringer began devouring the planet. Though the group attempted to defend the colony, they were forced to retreat in light of their opposition with Goldbug believing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Optimus Prime]] should assemble a fleet with which to fight off the monster-planet. {{storylink\|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}