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:''Watchtower is a [[Decepticon]] from | :''Watchtower is a [[Decepticon]] from [[Back to the Future]].'' | ||
[[File:TFBTTF3-Watchtower.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Don't mess, or I'll stuff your mailbox full of Jehovah's Witness newsletters!"]] | [[File:TFBTTF3-Watchtower.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Don't mess, or I'll stuff your mailbox full of Jehovah's Witness newsletters!"]] | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Transformers/Back to the Future''=== | ===''Transformers/Back to the Future''=== | ||
In [[2015]] | In [[2015]] Watchtower kept watch on [[Hill Valley]] in the form of its courthouse, complete with clock tower. When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s rebels managed to defeat [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], Watchtower transformed to [[robot mode]] to destroy the [[Autobot]]s and [[human]]s. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}} Watchtower's heavy weapons quickly proved superior to his foes' numbers, the giant managing to vaporize [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. When he turned his sights on [[Doc Brown]] and [[Marty McFly]], [[Gigawatt]] took the blow. Though the turncoat's [[flux capacitor]] was intact, he could no longer reach the required eighty-eight miles per hour to activate it, forcing Doc Brown and [[Skilz]] to push him. Rodimus boldly engaged Watchtower alone only to wind up stomped to death. Though Watchtower caught up to Doc Brown and Skilz, his efforts were ultimately in vain as Marty and Gigawatt had managed to [[time travel]] back to [[1984]] and undo the Decepticons' rule of Earth. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}} | ||
Watchtower's heavy weapons quickly proved superior to his foes' numbers, the giant managing to vaporize [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. When he turned his sights on [[Doc Brown]] and [[Marty McFly]], [[Gigawatt]] took the blow. Though the turncoat's [[flux capacitor]] was intact, he could no longer reach the required eighty-eight miles per hour to activate it, forcing Doc Brown and [[Skilz]] to push him. Rodimus boldly engaged Watchtower alone only to wind up stomped to death. Though Watchtower caught up to Doc Brown and Skilz, his efforts were ultimately in vain as Marty and Gigawatt had managed to [[time travel]] back to [[1984]] and undo the Decepticons' rule of Earth. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}} | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Watchtower is never named in the comic. His name comes from the personnel page of issue 4. | *Watchtower is never named in the comic's dialogue. His name comes from the personnel page of issue 4. | ||
[[Category:Back to the Future]] | [[Category:Back to the Future characters]] | ||
[[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]] | [[Category:Comic-only Decepticons]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]] | [[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:40, 3 April 2024
- Watchtower is a Decepticon from Back to the Future.
A hulking brute, Watchtower lives up to his name, keeping a silent vigil over conquered Decepticon territory. And if the peace of conquest is disturbed, Watchtower has more than enough firepower to exterminate any rebels.
Fiction
[edit]Transformers/Back to the Future
[edit]In 2015 Watchtower kept watch on Hill Valley in the form of its courthouse, complete with clock tower. When Rodimus Prime's rebels managed to defeat Starscream and the Constructicons, Watchtower transformed to robot mode to destroy the Autobots and humans. Transformers/Back to the Future #3 Watchtower's heavy weapons quickly proved superior to his foes' numbers, the giant managing to vaporize Bumblebee. When he turned his sights on Doc Brown and Marty McFly, Gigawatt took the blow. Though the turncoat's flux capacitor was intact, he could no longer reach the required eighty-eight miles per hour to activate it, forcing Doc Brown and Skilz to push him. Rodimus boldly engaged Watchtower alone only to wind up stomped to death. Though Watchtower caught up to Doc Brown and Skilz, his efforts were ultimately in vain as Marty and Gigawatt had managed to time travel back to 1984 and undo the Decepticons' rule of Earth. Transformers/Back to the Future #4
Notes
[edit]- Watchtower is never named in the comic's dialogue. His name comes from the personnel page of issue 4.
