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'''[[Jim Shooter]]''' ([[September 27]], [[1951]]-[[June 30]], [[2025]]) was a comic book writer and editor. Shooter is perhaps best known for serving as [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s editor-in-chief during the mid-1980s.
Gregarious would be a good word to describe '''[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'''. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll ''probably'' get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good [[Swerve's|bartender]].  


He worked on a number of story treatments for toy companies and had an acrimonous relationship with sister company [[Marvel Productions]], claiming they thought little of the comics company (to the extent of ignoring Marvel Comics treatments for toy properties) and that the relationship didn't improve until [[Margaret Loesch]] took over. One property he worked on including a proposed transforming-robot toyline borrowed from Japan... called ''[[Mysterians]]'', which never got made after Knickerbocker Toys was bought out by Hasbro. Hasbro came to Marvel to work on a treatment for ''their'' transforming robots and Shooter wrote the initial six-page treatment for ''The Transformers''. He then handed it over to [[Denny O'Neil]] to do character treatments for it but considered O'Neil's work to be "cranked out, pithless stuff"<ref>[http://www.jimshooter.com/2011/06/secret-origin-of-transformers-part-1.html?spref=tw Jim Shooter: Secret Origin of the Transformers Part 1]</ref> and went looking for another writer-editor to do it. [[Bob Budiansky]] was given the job after Shooter's first few choices turned it down. <ref>[http://traffic.libsyn.com/moonbase2/BobBinterview.mp3 Bob Budiansky interview at Moonbase 2]</ref>
He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's ''so'' easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and [[Thumb Quest|minor]]. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.


'''[[Jim Shooter|Continued...]]'''
Now if only [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...
 
{{bigquote|People ''don't'' like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference.|Swerve|"[[Cybertronian Homesick Blues]]"}}
 
'''[[Swerve (G1)|Continued...]]'''


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Latest revision as of 03:37, 1 May 2026

Gregarious would be a good word to describe Swerve. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll probably get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good bartender.

He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's so easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and minor. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.

Now if only Prime could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...

People don't like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference.

—Swerve, "Cybertronian Homesick Blues"

Continued...


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