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:''"Yeah? And you can kiss my skidplate, fearless leader."''-[[Rattrap]], [[Beast Wars, Part 1]]  
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:''Skidplate is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''


A '''skidplate''' is a protective shield, applied to equipment such as an [[Groundshaker|all-terrain vehicle]], that protects vulnerable parts like [[manifold]]s, [[gearbox]]es, and presumably [[boron compressor]]s from damage.
{{faceless}}


It is also a figurative location which others may be requested to [[kiss]], or accused of kissing. This is generally done with some element of anger or disdain, and without any [[Kiss Players|genuine desire for such contact to occur]].
A rare Earth-born Transformer, '''Skidplate''' is an easygoing 'bot who tries to be everyone's friend. Unfortunately, many people find his demeanor somewhat disconcerting. He transforms into a van.  


Peculiarily, this figurative contact may be hypothetically initiated voluntarily by the supposed kisser. Generally this is only found in third-person references to said kisser, and is a way to accuse him of trying to curry favor with the owner of the metaphorical skidplate in question.
==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Skidplate and the other members of the [[Bee Team (G1)|Bee Team]] were dispatched to [[Indiana]] to deal with the [[Pit Crew]], who were attempting to sabotage the [[Autobot Road]]. They discovered that the Decepticons had taken control of the nearby [[Indiana Speedway]] and seized a recently-landed [[energon]] meteor; after a brief showdown with the Decepticons, the team pursued the Decepticons back to their temporary base, where they confronted the Decepticons and their leader [[Scrap (G1)|Scrap]] in final battle. {{storylink|Winner's Cup}}


Example usage:
[[Category:Earth-born Transformers]]
 
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
*"Carblast keeps complimenting our leader.  It's totally insincere, but he thinks it's going to get him a promotion.  Carblast is such a skidplate-kisser."
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
 
*"Carblast can kiss my skidplate.  He's not getting any promotion."
 
This usage rather inexplicably mirrors [[human]] references to systems more analogous to [[Transformer]] tailpipes or exhaust ports.  Indeed, in human vernacular, these systems are frequently seen to figuratively [[for safety reasons|require covering]], rather than providing it.
 
Perhaps there is some link to human language after all, as their culture contains [[Jesse|a well-known link between kissing and apologizing]].
 
[[Category: Euphemisms]]
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Latest revision as of 07:18, 27 October 2025

This article is about the character. For the body part, see anatomic euphemism.
Skidplate is an Autobot from the Transformers Roleplaying Game portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
You can't see me!


This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.

A rare Earth-born Transformer, Skidplate is an easygoing 'bot who tries to be everyone's friend. Unfortunately, many people find his demeanor somewhat disconcerting. He transforms into a van.

Games

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Transformers Roleplaying Game

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Skidplate and the other members of the Bee Team were dispatched to Indiana to deal with the Pit Crew, who were attempting to sabotage the Autobot Road. They discovered that the Decepticons had taken control of the nearby Indiana Speedway and seized a recently-landed energon meteor; after a brief showdown with the Decepticons, the team pursued the Decepticons back to their temporary base, where they confronted the Decepticons and their leader Scrap in final battle. Winner's Cup

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