Greasepit (Micromaster)

This article is about the small character. For the large building which is sometimes a character, see Greasepit (facility). For a list of other meanings, see Greasepit (disambiguation).

Greasepit is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Greasepit is the word.

Greasepit has the power to surprise. In his case, the surprise comes to a hapless Autobot or Earth motorist who attempts to refuel at his small gas station. All will seem well at first as the poor sap purchases the "Super Gasoline Z-1" so proudly advertised, and pays the holographic hippie burnout at the counter. A few miles later, he'll grind to a halt, his tank siphoned bone-dry, and his circuit-scrambled gauge still pegged at "FULL".

Some do complain, but Greasepit has a counter-argument. His transforming gas station is fitted with incendiary missile-launching railguns, sonic blasters, and an ion cannon, so he generally wins such debates, so long as he isn't required to actually fire these big guns. It takes a lot of stolen gasoline to pay for a single railgun shot.

Fiction

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Greasepit lay dying of fuel-thirst outside Decepticon headquarters. Blitzwing and Octane taunted and abused him, drinking frosty glasses of energon as they watched him die. He was rescued by Barricade and his Race Track Patrol, who vowed to tell Shockwave about the incident. Destined for Nothing Greasepit survived, and later showed up at an underground Micromaster bar in Little Iacon, where he witnessed an altercation between the Race Track Patrol and the Hot Rod Patrol. The Gray Race

Beast Wars: Uprising

On post-Great War Cybertron, Greasepit was a civilian Decepticon Builder living in Micropolis. He operated the transformable Gasoline Base module in the Micromaster-scaled city, overseeing Builder fuel intake and rationing. Rations had gone up for the more mobile Micromasters since the Uprising began, with some even being authorized to receive a full recharge. Greasepit chatted with Micropolis commander Hot Rod about the recent war during his fill-up, and hoped the combat troops could get some payback for his fallen buddy, Crumplezone. Micro-Aggressions

Toys

The Transformers

• Greasepit (Micromaster Station, 1989)

• Accessories: Gas station, sign, missile, ramp

Released in the sixth year of the original The Transformers toyline (fifth in the European line), Greasepit is a redeco of Mudslinger, turning into a Chevrolet K10 pick-up truck with oversized "monster" tires.

He was only available with a gas station base which turns into a battle station. Like most larger Micromaster toys, it came with extra ramps to connect it to other bases.

This entire set was released in Japan without modification as the Autobot Glasspit.

• More information on Greasepit at TFU.info

Notes

• As the Mudslinger mold he is recolored from is "gang-molded" with its Off Road Patrol teammate Powertrain, Greasepit and his fellow Micromaster Station recolor Ironworks by necessity share plastic colors.
• Greasepit did not receive a toy in the War for Cybertron Trilogy, but his name was redesignated for the now-sentient Modulator.

Foreign names

• French: Lubrico (Canada), Vidange (France, "Oil Change")
• Italian: Assalt