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S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47: Adjusting sources of naming

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	{{voiceactor\|[[Laurie Faso]] (English), ??? (Japanese)}}		{{voiceactor\|[[Laurie Faso]] (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

	~~Playback~~ was in charge of the Paradron communications tower when [[Cyclonus (G1)\|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)\|Scourge]] came to use the facility to contact [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Galvatron]]. Though he protested that the pair weren't allowed to be there, Scourge kicked him across the room, embedding him helplessly in a monitor.		A communicator was in charge of the Paradron communications tower when [[Cyclonus (G1)\|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)\|Scourge]] came to use the facility to contact [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Galvatron]]. Though he protested that the pair weren't allowed to be there, Scourge kicked him across the room, embedding him helplessly in a monitor.

	After the Decepticons took control of the planet, ~~Playback~~ was given the job of guarding his imprisoned fellows. Autobot reinforcements from off-planet attacked the prison, blowing up the guard tower he was in. The explosion expelled him and he fell to the ground below. {{storylink\|Fight or Flee (episode)\|Fight or Flee}}		After the Decepticons took control of the planet, the communicator was given the job of guarding his imprisoned fellows. Autobot reinforcements from off-planet attacked the prison, blowing up the guard tower he was in. The explosion expelled him and he fell to the ground below. {{storylink\|Fight or Flee (episode)\|Fight or Flee}}

	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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	===Ask Vector Prime===		===Ask Vector Prime===
	[[Vector Prime]] noted that in [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]], Playback was a [[Autobot Mini-Cassette\|Recordabot]], although he wasn't sure if that term was used in that reality. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 2015~~/08/12~~}}		[[Vector Prime]] noted that in [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]], Playback was a [[Autobot Mini-Cassette\|Recordabot]], although he wasn't sure if that term was used in that reality. {{storylink\|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook\|Ask Vector Prime, 12 August 2015}}

	===''TransTech''===		===''TransTech''===
	During the conflict between the [[Screaming Eagles]] and [[S.K.A.R.]] in [[Primax 806.30 Gamma]], both sides found themselves [[Binary bonding\|binary-bonded]] to Cybertronian partners. Playback teamed up with [[Head Banger]] using reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology. The Screaming Eagles emerged victorious after a series of destructive clashes, ushering in a new Golden Age for Earth. {{storylink\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016~~/05/01~~}}		During the conflict between the [[Screaming Eagles]] and [[S.K.A.R.]] in [[Primax 806.30 Gamma]], both sides found themselves [[Binary bonding\|binary-bonded]] to Cybertronian partners. Playback teamed up with [[Head Banger]] using reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology. The Screaming Eagles emerged victorious after a series of destructive clashes, ushering in a new Golden Age for Earth. {{storylink\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter\|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 1 May 2016}}

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Playback as a name for the ~~Paradron communicator~~ came decades later in the voluminous Facebook posts of [[Ask Vector Prime]], retroactively declaring him one and the same as the ~~robot~~ slain by Thunderwing.		*Playback as a name for the 1986 cartoon character came decades later in the voluminous Facebook posts of [[Ask Vector Prime]], retroactively declaring him one and the same as the 1989 comic character slain by Thunderwing.
	*The "Fight or Flee" script denotes this character as "COMMUNICATION AUTOBOT (PRIMATIVE {{sic}} BLASTER)", although his lines are only attributed to "ROBOT". As you can see, he didn't end up resembling [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Blaster]] very much.		*The "Fight or Flee" episode script denotes this character as "COMMUNICATION AUTOBOT (PRIMATIVE {{sic}} BLASTER)", although his lines are only attributed to "ROBOT". As you can see, he didn't end up resembling [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Blaster]] very much.
	**The script also does not specifically call the communication Autobot out as later standing guard over his fellow Paradronians; that scene was only scripted as featuring "generic Decepticon guards, which are much more [[R2-D2]] than Transformer". That tidbit explains the strange little robot who stands next to the communication Autobot in the tower, although not why the Autobot was animated as being there in the first place...		**The script also does not specifically call the communication Autobot out as later standing guard over his fellow Paradronians; that scene was only scripted as featuring "generic Decepticon guards, which are much more [[R2-D2]] than Transformer". That tidbit explains the strange little robot who stands next to the communication Autobot in the tower, although not why the Autobot was animated as being there in the first place...
	*When pressed for information on the comics version, [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|said]] Playback was "a Cybertronian Autobot, another of the cassette ones, I think. It's academic now, innit?"<ref>[[Source:Dread Tidings#Issue 244\|Dread Tidings, issue 244]]</ref>		*When pressed for information on the comics version, [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|said]] Playback was "a Cybertronian Autobot, another of the cassette ones, I think. It's academic now, innit?"<ref>[[Source:Dread Tidings#Issue 244\|Dread Tidings, issue 244]]</ref>

Fiction Alchemist: /* 2019 IDW continuity */

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	Playback worked with [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]] and [[Wavelength (G1)\|Wavelength]] at the primary [[Titan Net]] hub in Iacon. They detected a [[data-bomb]] introduced to the net that took out all the orbital [[Titan (group)\|Titans]] and left them inert save [[Vigilem]], who plotted an aggressive course towards the [[Winged Moon]]. They alerted [[Lightbright (G1)\|Lightbright]] and [[Lodestar (Titan)\|Lodestar]], the Titan/[[Cityspeaker\|Speaker]] pair who had recently returned from the colonies and were outside the Titan Net's influence. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}		Playback worked with [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]] and [[Wavelength (G1)\|Wavelength]] at the primary [[Titan Net]] hub in Iacon. They detected a [[data-bomb]] introduced to the net that took out all the orbital [[Titan (group)\|Titans]] and left them inert save [[Vigilem]], who plotted an aggressive course towards the [[Winged Moon]]. They alerted [[Lightbright (G1)\|Lightbright]] and [[Lodestar (Titan)\|Lodestar]], the Titan/[[Cityspeaker\|Speaker]] pair who had recently returned from the colonies and were outside the Titan Net's influence. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}

	After Vigilem severed the [[Tether]] that connected the Winged Moon to Cybertron, Playback and the other technicians in Iacon's primary hub attempted to re-establish a link with the Titans; despite ~~recieving~~ assistance from [[Glyph (Universe)\|Glyph]], [[Tap-Out (Universe)\|Tap-Out]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)\|Steeljaw]], {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors\|Tremors}} they weren't able to repair the Titan Net before Megatron staged a coup and overthrew the [[Senate]]. As the new ruler of Iacon installed Decepticon loyalists in key positions of power, Playback and the others were ousted from their position by [[Mindwipe (G1)\|Mindwipe]], [[Bitstream (G1)\|Bitstream]], and [[Sparkstalker]]. {{storylink\|War World: Hunt\|Hunt}}		After Vigilem severed the [[Tether]] that connected the Winged Moon to Cybertron, Playback and the other technicians in Iacon's primary hub attempted to re-establish a link with the Titans; despite receiving assistance from [[Glyph (Universe)\|Glyph]], [[Tap-Out (Universe)\|Tap-Out]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)\|Steeljaw]], {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors\|Tremors}} they weren't able to repair the Titan Net before Megatron staged a coup and overthrew the [[Senate]]. As the new ruler of Iacon installed Decepticon loyalists in key positions of power, Playback and the others were ousted from their position by [[Mindwipe (G1)\|Mindwipe]], [[Bitstream (G1)\|Bitstream]], and [[Sparkstalker]]. {{storylink\|War World: Hunt\|Hunt}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

TheLastGherkin at 21:18, 17 July 2023

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	*The "Fight or Flee" script denotes this character as "COMMUNICATION AUTOBOT (PRIMATIVE {{sic}} BLASTER)", although his lines are only attributed to "ROBOT". As you can see, he didn't end up resembling [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Blaster]] very much.		*The "Fight or Flee" script denotes this character as "COMMUNICATION AUTOBOT (PRIMATIVE {{sic}} BLASTER)", although his lines are only attributed to "ROBOT". As you can see, he didn't end up resembling [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Blaster]] very much.
	**The script also does not specifically call the communication Autobot out as later standing guard over his fellow Paradronians; that scene was only scripted as featuring "generic Decepticon guards, which are much more [[R2-D2]] than Transformer". That tidbit explains the strange little robot who stands next to the communication Autobot in the tower, although not why the Autobot was animated as being there in the first place...		**The script also does not specifically call the communication Autobot out as later standing guard over his fellow Paradronians; that scene was only scripted as featuring "generic Decepticon guards, which are much more [[R2-D2]] than Transformer". That tidbit explains the strange little robot who stands next to the communication Autobot in the tower, although not why the Autobot was animated as being there in the first place...
	*When pressed for information on the comics version, [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|said]] Playback was "a Cybertronian Autobot, another of the cassette ones, I think."		*When pressed for information on the comics version, [[Dreadwind (G1)\|Dreadwind]] [[Letters page (Marvel UK)\|said]] Playback was "a Cybertronian Autobot, another of the cassette ones, I think. It's academic now, innit?"<ref>[[Source:Dread Tidings#Issue 244\|Dread Tidings, issue 244]]</ref>
	*As the title of the story in which Playback appears is an obvious homage to the classic detective novel ''{{w\|The Big Sleep}}'' by {{w\|Raymond Chandler}}, writer [[Simon Furman]] most likely took Playback's name from the title of a different Chandler novel, ''{{w\|Playback (novel)\|Playback}}''.		*As the title of the story in which Playback appears is an obvious homage to the classic detective novel ''{{w\|The Big Sleep}}'' by {{w\|Raymond Chandler}}, writer [[Simon Furman]] most likely took Playback's name from the title of a different Chandler novel, ''{{w\|Playback (novel)\|Playback}}''.

	==~~External links~~==		==References==
	*[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue244.jpg Transformers #244 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]		{{reflist}}

	[[Category:Classics Autobots]]		[[Category:Classics Autobots]]

Saix: /* Notes */clean up, replaced: "Ask Vector Prime" → Ask Vector Prime

2023-04-25T02:37:18Z

Notes: clean up, replaced: "Ask Vector Prime" → Ask Vector Prime

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Playback as a name for the Paradron communicator came decades later in the voluminous Facebook posts of "[[Ask Vector Prime]]", retroactively declaring him one and the same as the robot slain by Thunderwing.		*Playback as a name for the Paradron communicator came decades later in the voluminous Facebook posts of [[Ask Vector Prime]], retroactively declaring him one and the same as the robot slain by Thunderwing.
	*The "Fight or Flee" script denotes this character as "COMMUNICATION AUTOBOT (PRIMATIVE {{sic}} BLASTER)", although his lines are only attributed to "ROBOT". As you can see, he didn't end up resembling [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Blaster]] very much.		*The "Fight or Flee" script denotes this character as "COMMUNICATION AUTOBOT (PRIMATIVE {{sic}} BLASTER)", although his lines are only attributed to "ROBOT". As you can see, he didn't end up resembling [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Blaster]] very much.
	**The script also does not specifically call the communication Autobot out as later standing guard over his fellow Paradronians; that scene was only scripted as featuring "generic Decepticon guards, which are much more [[R2-D2]] than Transformer". That tidbit explains the strange little robot who stands next to the communication Autobot in the tower, although not why the Autobot was animated as being there in the first place...		**The script also does not specifically call the communication Autobot out as later standing guard over his fellow Paradronians; that scene was only scripted as featuring "generic Decepticon guards, which are much more [[R2-D2]] than Transformer". That tidbit explains the strange little robot who stands next to the communication Autobot in the tower, although not why the Autobot was animated as being there in the first place...

Locoman: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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	===2005 IDW continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
	[[File:PrimelessPart1-Playback.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|Evil-doing terrortistical insurgents have torched our pride with the flames of shame!"]]		[[File:PrimelessPart1-Playback.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|Evil-doing terrortistical insurgents have torched our pride with the flames of shame!]]

	Playback was a [[NAIL]] who ran an underground broadcast criticizing [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]]'s government and its Autobot sympathies. During [[Joe Colton\|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Cybertron, he criticized Starscream for deliberately inviting representatives of [[Human\|a dangerous race]] into Iacon. {{storylink\|Primeless, Part 1}}		Playback was a [[NAIL]] who ran an underground broadcast criticizing [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]]'s government and its Autobot sympathies. During [[Joe Colton\|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Cybertron, he criticized Starscream for deliberately inviting representatives of [[Human\|a dangerous race]] into Iacon. {{storylink\|Primeless, Part 1}}

Locoman: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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	===2005 IDW continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
			[[File:PrimelessPart1-Playback.jpg\|thumb\|left\|200px\|Evil-doing terrortistical insurgents have torched our pride with the flames of shame!"]]

	Playback was a [[NAIL]] who ran an underground broadcast criticizing [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]]'s government and its Autobot sympathies. During [[Joe Colton\|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Cybertron, he criticized Starscream for deliberately inviting representatives of [[Human\|a dangerous race]] into Iacon. {{storylink\|Primeless, Part 1}}		Playback was a [[NAIL]] who ran an underground broadcast criticizing [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity\|Starscream]]'s government and its Autobot sympathies. During [[Joe Colton\|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Cybertron, he criticized Starscream for deliberately inviting representatives of [[Human\|a dangerous race]] into Iacon. {{storylink\|Primeless, Part 1}}


			{{--}}

	===2019 IDW continuity===		===2019 IDW continuity===

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	===2019 IDW continuity===		===2019 IDW continuity===
	~~Playback worked with~~ [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]] and [[Wavelength (G1)\|Wavelength]] at the [[Titan Net Primary Hub]] in Iacon. They detected a nasty virus introduced to the net that took out all the orbital [[Titan (group)\|Titans]], leaving them inert. The only one still active was [[Vigilem]], who plotted an aggressive course towards the [[Winged Moon]]. ~~They alerted [[Lightbright (G1)~~\|~~Lightbright]] and [[Lodestar (Titan)~~\|~~Lodestar]], the Titan/[[Cityspeaker~~\|~~Speaker~~]] ~~pair who had recently returned from the colonies and were outside the Titan net's influence. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}~~		[[File:WarWorldHunt-Blaster.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px]]

	{{~~Charstubfiction~~\|{{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors}}}}		Playback worked with [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]] and [[Wavelength (G1)\|Wavelength]] at the primary [[Titan Net]] hub in Iacon. They detected a [[data-bomb]] introduced to the net that took out all the orbital [[Titan (group)\|Titans]] and left them inert save [[Vigilem]], who plotted an aggressive course towards the [[Winged Moon]]. They alerted [[Lightbright (G1)\|Lightbright]] and [[Lodestar (Titan)\|Lodestar]], the Titan/[[Cityspeaker\|Speaker]] pair who had recently returned from the colonies and were outside the Titan Net's influence. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}

			After Vigilem severed the [[Tether]] that connected the Winged Moon to Cybertron, Playback and the other technicians in Iacon's primary hub attempted to re-establish a link with the Titans; despite recieving assistance from [[Glyph (Universe)\|Glyph]], [[Tap-Out (Universe)\|Tap-Out]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)\|Steeljaw]], {{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors\|Tremors}} they weren't able to repair the Titan Net before Megatron staged a coup and overthrew the [[Senate]]. As the new ruler of Iacon installed Decepticon loyalists in key positions of power, Playback and the others were ousted from their position by [[Mindwipe (G1)\|Mindwipe]], [[Bitstream (G1)\|Bitstream]], and [[Sparkstalker]]. {{storylink\|War World: Hunt\|Hunt}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Locoman: Grum moved page Playback to Playback (G1)

2021-10-27T12:57:04Z

Grum moved page Playback to Playback (G1)

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Locoman at 12:56, 27 October 2021

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			{{disambig2\|the heroic Autobot\|his evil mirror-universe counterpart\|Playback (SG)}}
	{{factions\|autobot}}		{{factions\|autobot}}

	:''Playback is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''		:''Playback is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

Victinoko: /* 2019 IDW continuity */

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	===2019 IDW continuity===		===2019 IDW continuity===
	Playback worked with [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]] and [[Wavelength (G1)\|Wavelength]] at the [[Titan Net Primary Hub]] in Iacon. They detected a nasty virus introduced to the net that took out all the orbital [[Titan (group)\|Titans]], leaving them inert. The only one still active was [[Vigilem]], who plotted an aggressive course towards the [[Winged Moon]]. They alerted [[Lightbright (G1)\|Lightbright]] and [[Lodestar (Titan)\|Lodestar]], the Titan/[[Cityspeaker\|Speaker]] pair who had recently returned from the colonies and were outside the Titan net's influence. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}		Playback worked with [[Blaster (G1)\|Blaster]] and [[Wavelength (G1)\|Wavelength]] at the [[Titan Net Primary Hub]] in Iacon. They detected a nasty virus introduced to the net that took out all the orbital [[Titan (group)\|Titans]], leaving them inert. The only one still active was [[Vigilem]], who plotted an aggressive course towards the [[Winged Moon]]. They alerted [[Lightbright (G1)\|Lightbright]] and [[Lodestar (Titan)\|Lodestar]], the Titan/[[Cityspeaker\|Speaker]] pair who had recently returned from the colonies and were outside the Titan net's influence. {{storylink\|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}}

			{{Charstubfiction\|{{storylink\|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors}}}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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			{{disambig2\|the heroic Autobot\|his evil mirror-universe counterpart\|Playback (SG)}}
	{{factions\|autobot}}		{{factions\|autobot}}

	:''Playback is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''		:''Playback is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family\|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''