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:''Backbeat is an [[Autobot]] in the [[IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].
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:''Backbeat is an [[Autobot]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:SpotlightHotRod_Backbeat_robot.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
[[File:SpotlightHotRod Backbeat robot.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Is this really the time to be putting sprinklers in your lawn?]]
 
'''Backbeat''' is a member of [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]]'s unit to [[Ki-Aleta]], and the team's explosives expert. His [[alternate mode]] is a hover-crane.
'''Backbeat''' was a member of [[Hot Rod]]'s unit to [[Ki-Aleta]] and was the team's explosives expert. His [[alternate mode]] was a hover-crane.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightHotRod_Autobotvehicles.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
[[File:SpotlightHotRod Autobotvehicles.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Team Redshirt.]]
Upon arriving at the [[Omega Bunker]], Backbeat reported that the local weather conditions played havoc with his instrumentation. He, [[Gizmo]] and [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] set up a diversion involving a holomatter generation and low-yield explosives to keep the ancient structure's [[Omega Guardian]]s busy while Hot Rod and [[Download]] tunneled their way into the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]]'s chamber. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hot Rod}}


Upon arriving at the [[Omega Bunker]], Backbeat reported that the local weather conditions played havoc with his instrumentation. He, [[Gizmo]] and [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] set up a diversion involving a holomatter generation and low-yield explosives to keep the ancient structure's [[Omega Guardian]]s busy while Hot Rod and [[Download]] tunneled their way into the [[Magnificence]]'s chamber. He presumably died when Gizmo's holomatter generator exploded and exposed them to the Omega Guardians. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hot Rod}}
Dealer's memory of the events revealed that he personally killed Backbeat by shooting him from behind. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}
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{{Note|Backbeat's fate is not is now shown, but it is implied that he was manning the holomatter generator with Gizmo.}}
==Notes==
*Backbeat's fate was not shown in "Spotlight: Hot Rod", but was revealed in "Spotlight: Doubledealer", published almost two years later.


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Latest revision as of 22:59, 12 December 2022

Backbeat is an Autobot from the 2005 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Is this really the time to be putting sprinklers in your lawn?

Backbeat is a member of Hot Rod's unit to Ki-Aleta, and the team's explosives expert. His alternate mode is a hover-crane.

Fiction

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2005 IDW continuity

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Team Redshirt.

Upon arriving at the Omega Bunker, Backbeat reported that the local weather conditions played havoc with his instrumentation. He, Gizmo and Dealer set up a diversion involving a holomatter generation and low-yield explosives to keep the ancient structure's Omega Guardians busy while Hot Rod and Download tunneled their way into the Magnificence's chamber. Spotlight: Hot Rod

Dealer's memory of the events revealed that he personally killed Backbeat by shooting him from behind. Spotlight: Doubledealer

Notes

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  • Backbeat's fate was not shown in "Spotlight: Hot Rod", but was revealed in "Spotlight: Doubledealer", published almost two years later.
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