Goo Number 8739-B

Oh, gross! This is never gonna come out of the carpet!

Goo Number 8739-B (also known simply as Goo) is a planetoid composed almost entirely of a sticky gum-like substance. It's used as a garbage disposal of sorts, and has apparent connections to the Junkions. You can move through it easily enough... but getting out of it is another matter altogether.

“	I used to stick stuff like this under my seat at school!	”
—Spike Witwicky on Goo's surface, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3"

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

The Autobots Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Springer, the Aerialbots and Arcee, as well as Spike Witwicky and Judge Deliberata, crashed on Goo after the Autobots' ship was destroyed while fleeing the destruction of planet Quintessa.

Everyone promptly got stuck on its surface, and Springer was caught and dismantled by the elemental processing unit, an alien garbage truck. Searching for the means to "shut off the goo"—to deactivate the energy fields that kept it warm and sticky—the Autobots were attacked by a large group of Decepticons, led there by other Quintessons. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

When the Decepticons were distracted by the arrival of Galvatron, the Autobots found a control facility where they made contact with Wreck-Gar, who quickly came to their rescue. The Junkion leader used a specialized ship to melt the goo out from under them, and vacuum the Autobots inside (and spitting Judge Deliberata back out). Stymied by the escape of his quarry, Galvatron destroyed the entire planetoid in a fit of rage. 'Cause he can do that, apparently. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4

Goo was later the location of an Earth Defense Command outpost, destroyed by unknown means. Wreck-Gar, Kup, Blurr, Grimlock, Wheelie and Sky Lynx went to investigate, making sure to shut off the force fields in advance this time. After finding a whole bunch of similarly broken things on the planet, Kup told his companions that this was the work of death crystals, and seconds later the entire group was attacked by Blast Off and Runamuck, the latter firing the aforementioned crystals at them. The Autobots immediately retreated from the planet. Chaos

Whether this is the same Goo or another planetoid like it is unknown, though the number designation of the original planetoid would imply that there are thousands of the little garbage magnets. Or 26 times that, if letters can be added to further distinguish them.

Animated cartoon continuity

Goo used to be located within the Autobot Commonwealth, and stood its ground against the Decepticons during the early phases of the Great War. Then it was destroyed somehow. The AllSpark Almanac II

Games

Transformers: Earth Wars

Galvatron mentioned to Shockwave that he was sick of planets with names such as "Goo" and "Paradron". Earth Wars

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Goo 8739 (ゴー8739 Gō 8739)