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:''Pincher is an [[Autobot]] [[Pretender]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''Pincher is an [[Autobot]] [[Pretender]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
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[[File:Longtooth pincher doubleheader whose lifeforce is it anyway.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]] | [[File:Longtooth pincher doubleheader whose lifeforce is it anyway.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]] | ||
''Pincher was constantly teamed up with and commanding [[Longtooth]] and [[Doubleheader]]—a job that irked him whenever Longtooth went on another mad and dangerous charge at the enemy. In December [[1989]], he was called in by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] to join the mission to retrieve the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]].'' {{storylink|Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?}} | ''Pincher was constantly teamed up with and commanding [[Longtooth]] and [[Doubleheader]]—a job that irked him whenever Longtooth went on another mad and dangerous charge at the enemy. In December [[1989]], he was called in by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron (G1)|Xaaron]] to join the mission to retrieve the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]].'' {{storylink|Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?}} | ||
[[File:Pincher deadly obsession.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s underachieving kid brother]] | [[File:Pincher deadly obsession.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s underachieving kid brother]] | ||
Pincher led the trio to the town of [[Gottlieb]] on the planet [[Pequod]], where they found a reanimated creature called the [[Klud]] was attacking fishing boats. Suspecting the creature's miraculous return may have been caused by exposure to the Matrix, the Autobots went looking for it, only to have Longtooth get his leg bitten off by the Klud. The crippled Autobot went rogue after that, hunting down the Klud for vengeance like a modern-day Ahab. Pincher and Doubleheader were placed in the uneasy position of having to terminate their fellow Autobot, or allow him to murder a (relatively) innocent lifeform in cold blood. Matters became even more complicated when the [[Decepticon]] [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] jumped the [[Pretender]]s before they could reason with Longtooth. Pincher managed to break free during the attack and confront the addle-brained Longtooth with the vows he took as an Autobot to protect all life. In the end, they survived the Decepticon attack, and Pincher's speech succeeded in staying Longtooth's hand—the Bionic Baby Beluga went free. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}} | Pincher led the trio to the town of [[Gottlieb]] on the planet [[Pequod]], where they found a reanimated creature called the [[Klud]] was attacking [[fishing]] boats. Suspecting the creature's miraculous return may have been caused by exposure to the Matrix, the Autobots went looking for it, only to have Longtooth get his leg bitten off by the Klud. The crippled Autobot went rogue after that, hunting down the Klud for vengeance like a modern-day Ahab. Pincher and Doubleheader were placed in the uneasy position of having to terminate their fellow Autobot, or allow him to murder a (relatively) innocent lifeform in cold blood. Matters became even more complicated when the [[Decepticon]] [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] jumped the [[Pretender]]s before they could reason with Longtooth. Pincher managed to break free during the attack and confront the addle-brained Longtooth with the vows he took as an Autobot to protect all life. In the end, they survived the Decepticon attack, and Pincher's speech succeeded in staying Longtooth's hand—the Bionic Baby Beluga went free. {{storylink|Deadly Obsession}} | ||
====Marvel UK future timelines==== | ====Marvel UK future timelines==== | ||
[[File:Doubleheader pincher the void.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]] | [[File:Doubleheader pincher the void.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]] | ||
When the Autobots fled Cybertron in [[2009]], Pincher was among the roughly 440 Autobots on | When the Autobots fled Cybertron in [[2009]], Pincher was among the roughly 440 Autobots on board a [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|ship]] on its way to Earth. He and Doubleheader came across a dead guard in front of Engine Room Two, and on further investigation found that the systems had been severely sabotaged. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} | ||
{{-}} | {{-}} | ||
===IDW | ===2005 IDW continuity=== | ||
{{ | {{First|[[Stormbringer issue 1|''Stormbringer'' #1]]}} | ||
[[File:SpotlightBlaster PincherOverdrive.jpg|100px|thumb|"Check out the loser reading about me."]] | [[File:SpotlightBlaster PincherOverdrive.jpg|100px|thumb|"Check out the loser reading about me."]] | ||
Pincher was among the Autobots who joined [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW | Pincher was stationed at a monitoring station aboard the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]] at the time of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s reawakening. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} He was later assigned to the ''[[Ark-17]]'' with [[Siren (G1)|Siren]] and [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]], {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Guzzle's psych-screening}} suggesting he might have been among the radiation-suited Autobots who attempted to recover the stranded [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}} Following Kup's rescue, Pincher returned to the Command Hub, where he and [[Overdrive]] gawked at the sight of the legendary [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] wandering through the halls. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}} | ||
[[File:Pincher mtmte.JPG|thumb|left]] | |||
Pincher was among the Autobots who joined [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s crew on the ''[[Lost Light]]'' once the war was over. He participated in a battle with a rogue group of Decepticons terrorizing the people of [[Temptoria]], at one point punching out [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bulletbike]]. {{storylink|Before & After}} | |||
===A Tale of the Pretenders=== | ===A Tale of the Pretenders=== | ||
While trying to find [[Metalhawk ( | While trying to find [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] in [[Japan]], Pincher and other Autobot Pretenders ran into a human woman who pleaded with them to save her siblings from [[Decepticon]] Pretenders. They soon found their teammate and were able to fight off the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Tale of the Pretenders}} | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
=== | ===''The Transformers''=== | ||
[[File:G1Pincher toy.jpg|upright= | {{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1Pincher toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|First Autobot in the Swiss armed forces]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Pincher''' (Pretender, [[1989]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''Accessories'': [[Stun weapon|stun rifle]], [[laser torch]], helmet, stinger-and-leg section/backpack | |||
{{toydesigner|[[Tetsuya Ikeda]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Richard Marcej]] (packaging)}} | |||
:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Pincher's inner robot transforms into the body of a scorpion, attaching to a sting-and-leg piece to complete the alt mode. His humanoid shell has a removable helmet, and can wear the scorpion tail and legs as a backpack. His small "laser torch" inner robot weapon can plug onto his back in scorpion mode. Like all of the 1989 Pretenders, the "laser torch" can store inside the shell in a port located in the leg. | |||
: | :No version of this mold or character was released in Japan. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Pincher/pincher.htm More information on Pincher at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Pincher/pincher.htm More information on Pincher at TFU.info]'' | ||
{{-}} | {{--}} | ||
==Merchandise== | |||
===''Transformers Character Card''=== | |||
[[File:Transformers Character Card Vroom and Pincher.jpg|upright=1|thumb]] | |||
*'''Pincher & Vroom Set''' ([[April 22]], [[2023]]) | |||
**''ID number:'' '''47 & 48''' | |||
:Released as part of the seventh wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Pincher and [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]]. | |||
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#47|Translation of Pincher's Transformers Character Card]]'' | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
*''French:'' '''Étau''' (Canada) | *''Japanese:'' '''Pincher''' (ピンチャー ''Pinchā'') | ||
*''French:'' '''Scorpion''' (France), '''Étau''' (Canada, "Vise") | |||
*''Hungarian:'' '''Zsebes''' ("Pickpocket" or "Pocketed", the localizer might've associated the name "Pincher" with penny-pinching) | |||
*''Italian:'' '''Tenax''' ([[Latin language|Latin]] for "Tenacious", or a cool contraction for the word "Tenaglia", italian translation for "pincers") | |||
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jiā Qián''' (China, 夹钳, "Clamp") | |||
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]] | [[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]] | |||
[[Category:Lost Light crew]] | [[Category:Lost Light crew]] | ||
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Autobots]] | |||
[[Category:Pretenders]] | [[Category:Pretenders]] | ||
[[Category:Scientists]] | [[Category:Scientists]] | ||
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]] | [[Category:Super-God Masterforce Autobots]] | ||
[[Category:Transformers Character Card Autobots]] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:35, 23 February 2026
| This subject of this article goes by multiple names that apply to other articles as well. See pincer, Pincher (GoBots). |
- Pincher is an Autobot Pretender from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Pincher is what Wheeljack would be like if he spent a little too much time in the sun. A master of chemical cocktails, Pincher enjoys combining dangerous fluids of all kinds, whether it's a good idea or not. He can often be heard cackling to himself in his laboratory. A hard-working over-achiever, Pincher never knows when to quit, even when maybe he should. What he really needs is a good, honest hunchback to assist him, and keep him from blowing himself up with his own work.
Fiction
[edit]Marvel The Transformers comics
[edit]Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.
Pincher was constantly teamed up with and commanding Longtooth and Doubleheader—a job that irked him whenever Longtooth went on another mad and dangerous charge at the enemy. In December 1989, he was called in by Emirate Xaaron to join the mission to retrieve the lost Creation Matrix. Whose Lifeforce Is It Anyway?
Pincher led the trio to the town of Gottlieb on the planet Pequod, where they found a reanimated creature called the Klud was attacking fishing boats. Suspecting the creature's miraculous return may have been caused by exposure to the Matrix, the Autobots went looking for it, only to have Longtooth get his leg bitten off by the Klud. The crippled Autobot went rogue after that, hunting down the Klud for vengeance like a modern-day Ahab. Pincher and Doubleheader were placed in the uneasy position of having to terminate their fellow Autobot, or allow him to murder a (relatively) innocent lifeform in cold blood. Matters became even more complicated when the Decepticon Mayhem Attack Squad jumped the Pretenders before they could reason with Longtooth. Pincher managed to break free during the attack and confront the addle-brained Longtooth with the vows he took as an Autobot to protect all life. In the end, they survived the Decepticon attack, and Pincher's speech succeeded in staying Longtooth's hand—the Bionic Baby Beluga went free. Deadly Obsession
Marvel UK future timelines
[edit]
When the Autobots fled Cybertron in 2009, Pincher was among the roughly 440 Autobots on board a ship on its way to Earth. He and Doubleheader came across a dead guard in front of Engine Room Two, and on further investigation found that the systems had been severely sabotaged. The Void!
2005 IDW continuity
[edit]- First appearance: Stormbringer #1
Pincher was stationed at a monitoring station aboard the Autobot Orbital Command Hub at the time of Thunderwing's reawakening. Stormbringer #1 He was later assigned to the Ark-17 with Siren and Sizzle, Guzzle's psych-screening suggesting he might have been among the radiation-suited Autobots who attempted to recover the stranded Kup. Spotlight: Kup Following Kup's rescue, Pincher returned to the Command Hub, where he and Overdrive gawked at the sight of the legendary Blaster wandering through the halls. Spotlight: Blaster
Pincher was among the Autobots who joined Rodimus's crew on the Lost Light once the war was over. He participated in a battle with a rogue group of Decepticons terrorizing the people of Temptoria, at one point punching out Bulletbike. Before & After
A Tale of the Pretenders
[edit]While trying to find Metalhawk in Japan, Pincher and other Autobot Pretenders ran into a human woman who pleaded with them to save her siblings from Decepticon Pretenders. They soon found their teammate and were able to fight off the Decepticons. A Tale of the Pretenders
Toys
[edit]The Transformers
[edit]
- Pincher (Pretender, 1989)
- Accessories: stun rifle, laser torch, helmet, stinger-and-leg section/backpack
- Known designers: Tetsuya Ikeda (TakaraTomy), Richard Marcej (packaging)
- The Transformers Pincher's inner robot transforms into the body of a scorpion, attaching to a sting-and-leg piece to complete the alt mode. His humanoid shell has a removable helmet, and can wear the scorpion tail and legs as a backpack. His small "laser torch" inner robot weapon can plug onto his back in scorpion mode. Like all of the 1989 Pretenders, the "laser torch" can store inside the shell in a port located in the leg.
- No version of this mold or character was released in Japan.
Merchandise
[edit]Transformers Character Card
[edit]
- Released as part of the seventh wave of the e-HOBBY exclusive Transformers Character Card series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Pincher and Vroom along with character profiles and tech specs.
Notes
[edit]Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Pincher (ピンチャー Pinchā)
- French: Scorpion (France), Étau (Canada, "Vise")
- Hungarian: Zsebes ("Pickpocket" or "Pocketed", the localizer might've associated the name "Pincher" with penny-pinching)
- Italian: Tenax (Latin for "Tenacious", or a cool contraction for the word "Tenaglia", italian translation for "pincers")
- Mandarin: Jiā Qián (China, 夹钳, "Clamp")
