Main Page/featured-article: Difference between revisions

From MediaWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
It's the 25th anniversary of TF #1!
may featured
 
(365 intermediate revisions by 25 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<div style="float:left;margin-right:0.9em">
<div style="float:right;margin-left:1em">
[[Image:MarvelUS-01.jpg|150px]]
[[File:Mtmte10-p17-swerve-wholeotherstory.jpg|350px]]
</div>
</div>
<!--When featuring episodes, issues, or other stories, please remember to include the title, with "big" tags used for formatting.-->


'''Release date:''' '''[[May 8]], [[1984]]'''
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]].


On the Saturn-sized mechanical world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], life has evolved not through carbon bonding, but via "[[Atechnogenesis|naturally-occurring gears, levers, and pulleys]]".  The resultant sentient robots, the [[Autobot|Autobots]], live in peace for many eons, until some of their number fall victim to a lust for power.  Rallying behind the banner of the powerful Megatron, these "[[Decepticon|Decepticons]]" rebuild their bodies, allowing them to [[Transformation|change]] at will between a humanoid form and the form of various war machines.  The Decepticons unleash a furious war on the Autobots, intending to conquer the planet and rebuild it as a cosmic dreadnought.
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.


Faced with annihilation, the Autobots turn to a noble leader from their own ranks: [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Under his leadership, the Autobots, also now gifted with the ability to "transform", rally and counterattack. And thus, an [[Great War (G1)|all-consuming war]] rages across the planet for a thousand years, while the planet itself--dislodged from its orbit by the titanic battles--spins out of control through the cosmos.
Now if only [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...


'''[[The Transformers (comic issue)|(continued...)]]'''<noinclude>
{{bigquote|People ''don't'' like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference.|Swerve|"[[Cybertronian Homesick Blues]]"}}


[[Category: Main Page templates]]
'''[[Swerve (G1)|Continued...]]'''
 
{{-}}
<noinclude>
Future Featured Articles can be nominated here: [[Transformers Wiki:Featured Article Nominations]].
 
[[Category:Main Page templates]]
</noinclude>
</noinclude>

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...


Future Featured Articles can be nominated here: Transformers Wiki:Featured Article Nominations.