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:''The auto-combatant is a [[drones|drone]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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[[File:JudgementDayAuto-Combatant.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|BUNT!]]
[[Image:BlackSunshine Autobot training failures.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ooh, shiny! *gets punched in the stomach* Oof, metal.]]


Some Autobot starships are equipped with '''auto-combatants''' to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages.
Some Autobot starships are equipped with '''auto-combatants''' to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages.
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==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English)
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)| [[László Ujréti]] (Hungarian, first dub), [[Attila Bartucz]] (Hungarian, second dub)}}
The Autobots had to flee [[Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] after an attack by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s forces. During the voyage, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] activated the [[Autobot shuttle|ship's]] auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an [[Energon sword]] and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
[[File:TFTM Autocombatant.jpg|thumb|left]]
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
The Autobots had to flee [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] after an attack by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s forces. During the voyage, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] activated the [[Autobot shuttle|ship]]'s auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an [[Energon sword]] and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
As training, [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Tailgate]] and [[Pipes]] were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
 
{{note|The Auto-Combatant’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook ''[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]''.}}
 
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:BlackSunshine Autobot training failures.jpg|thumb|Ooh, shiny! *gets punched in the stomach* Oof, metal.]]
As training, [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
 
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===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:Shattered Glass combat training.jpg|thumb|left]]
The auto-combatants were solid [[hologram]]s that could be generated by a computer in specifically designed rooms. [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] sometimes sparred with them ''while'' listening to reports from his inferiors. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
 
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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s sparring arena was equipped with auto-combatants that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] would often train with. [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] destroyed a bunch of them to prove to Prime that he wasn't as weak or pacifistic as he seemed. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}}
 
===Energon Universe===
As [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] tracked down the [[Sacred Ring]], he spared with an auto-combatant to pass the time but was taken aback by its unusual aggression and ignoring his pause command. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 11|Void Rivals #11}}


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==Notes==
==Notes==
*This droid was called the "auto-combatant" in the [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Ladybird adaptation]] of the movie.
*Unnamed in the finished film, this droid's name comes from the movie's original script, and was used in the [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Ladybird adaptation]] of the movie.
*The original film storyboards (and thus the auto-combatant's portrayal in the Marvel Comics adaption of the film) depicted its lower body as being attached to a pedestal. It is not actually possible to tell what the lower half of the auto-combatant looks like in the film itself, leading to later portrayals erroneously giving it a pair of legs.
 
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Combat robo''' (コンバット・ロボ ''konbatto robo'')
 
==See also==
*[[Practice Bot]]


[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Energon Universe technology]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 drones]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) technology]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass technology]]

Latest revision as of 18:56, 24 February 2026

BUNT!

Some Autobot starships are equipped with auto-combatants to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages.

Fiction

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The Transformers cartoon

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Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Masashi Ebara (Japanese), László Ujréti (Hungarian, first dub), Attila Bartucz (Hungarian, second dub)

The Autobots had to flee Autobot City on Earth after an attack by Galvatron's forces. During the voyage, Hot Rod activated the ship's auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an Energon sword and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. The Transformers: The Movie

The Auto-Combatant’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook Transformers the Movie.


Dreamwave Generation One continuity

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Ooh, shiny! *gets punched in the stomach* Oof, metal.

As training, Hubcap, Swerve, Red Alert, Tailgate, and Pipes were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. Black Sunshine


Shattered Glass

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The auto-combatants were solid holograms that could be generated by a computer in specifically designed rooms. Optimus Prime sometimes sparred with them while listening to reports from his inferiors. Shattered Glass


2005 IDW continuity

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Metroplex's sparring arena was equipped with auto-combatants that Optimus Prime would often train with. Dai Atlas destroyed a bunch of them to prove to Prime that he wasn't as weak or pacifistic as he seemed. Faces of Darkness

Energon Universe

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As Hot Rod tracked down the Sacred Ring, he spared with an auto-combatant to pass the time but was taken aback by its unusual aggression and ignoring his pause command. Void Rivals #11

Notes

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  • Unnamed in the finished film, this droid's name comes from the movie's original script, and was used in the Ladybird adaptation of the movie.
  • The original film storyboards (and thus the auto-combatant's portrayal in the Marvel Comics adaption of the film) depicted its lower body as being attached to a pedestal. It is not actually possible to tell what the lower half of the auto-combatant looks like in the film itself, leading to later portrayals erroneously giving it a pair of legs.

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Combat robo (コンバット・ロボ konbatto robo)

See also

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