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{{User:Tigerpaw28/Sandbox/Comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #31
|prev=The Cure!
|next=Used Autobots
|title="Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #128–129
|prev2=The Cure!
|next2=Worlds Apart!
|image=MarvelUS-31.jpg
|caption=This is awesome. You know it is.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=April [[1987]]
|coverdate=August 1987
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|breakdowns=[[Don Perlin]]
|finishes=[[Jim Fern]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Rick Parker]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''When Buster learns that the Decepticons are hypnotizing humans into giving them fuel, only he can thwart their plans.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] stages the capture of an [[oil tanker]] to demonstrate his superior leadership to Fuel Auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], but is embarrassed to discover that the tanker was emptied before the siege. Ratbat suggests that, rather than having the [[Decepticon]]s expend their own energy, it would be more fuel efficient to have the [[human]]s obtain fuel ''for'' the Decepticons. When Shockwave suggests that humans are unpredictable, and they shouldn't be used, Ratbat tells Shockwave that he already ''is''.

[[File:Jessieapologize2.jpg|thumb|left]]
Meanwhile, business at [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service|service station]] is booming, thanks in no small part to the installation of a "[[Wash and Roll]]" automated car wash at the station. Not all is well with [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]], though. Business is so good that Sparkplug needs his son to help out at the station, and Buster never gets to get away to pursue his own interests, such as spending time at [[Dairy King]] with his girlfriend, [[Jesse (G1)|Jessie]]. Not only that, but news of a fuel shortage has him worried.

At the corporate headquarters of [[Blackrock Enterprises]], a hypnotized [[G.B. Blackrock]] holds a press conference touting the success of "Wash and Roll" car washes, and announcing the debut of the "Wash and Roll" Mark II. After the members of the press leave, Blackrock pulls out a [[Mini-Cassette|cassette]] from his jacket, which promptly transforms into the Decepticon Ratbat.

That evening, Jessie arrives to spend some time with Buster, and to try out the new car wash. While making out with Buster in the middle of the car wash (so that Buster's eyes are averted from the front of the car), Jessie is hypnotized by the [[stroboscopic opticon|flashing lights at the end of the car wash]]. Buster notices that something is wrong almost immediately, and when Jessie tells him that she has to leave, he decides to follow her. Buster finds himself at a [[Blackrock Oil Storage Facility]], where Jessie begins to siphon the fuel from her truck into a silo. Buster is able to snap Jessie out of her trance by flashing his headlights at her, but before they can both leave, they discover that Buster's father Sparkplug is among a group of people arriving at the facility. Buster stays to watch, and sees G.B. Blackrock address the people assembled, explaining to them all that while the current "Wash and Roll" washes only hypnotize people temporarily, the new "Wash and Roll" Mark II will have permanent effects. Before Sparkplug becomes the first "customer" of the new car wash, Buster intervenes, and is confronted by Ratbat. With help from Jessie, Buster is able to escape, and Buster throws a crowbar at a large neon sign, causing a bright flash that wakes up the hypnotized people present. The Decepticons flee, and G.B. Blackrock promises to dismantle all the "Wash and Roll" stations currently in existence, and to use the profits from the stolen gasoline to help the poor.

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