Vibes

Vibes is an Autobot from the Dreamwave portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I'm pickin' up good vibrations.

Vibes is an Autobot warrior who was active during the early stages of the Great War. She appears to transform into some kind of ground vehicle.

If you laugh at her metal pigtails, she'll shoot you.

Fiction

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

During a Decepticon assault on Iacon, Vibes, Broadside, and several other Autobots successfully repelled a Decepticon attack on Iacon's armory. The War Within #4

2019 IDW continuity

• First appearance: Transformers #20

Good Vibes getting bad vibes.

A member of Security Operations, Vibes stood alongside Chromia and Pointblank in a failed attempt to get Skytread to stand down. Swindle's Vibes later worked crowd control after Sentinel Prime ordered the captive Quake to be paraded through the streets. Prisoners Soon after, she was one of the members of Security Operations trying to manage the crowd of protestors and demonstrators outside of the Senate. We Have Deceived You

"Dear Primus, please let the new writer remember I exist when the next continuity starts..."

Vibes was later posted as a guard at a detention center that was attacked by the Decepticons. Forced to retreat, she was intercepted and held at gunpoint by Refraktor, who at Starscream's direction asked her to pass a message on to Autobot command regarding Titansparks. Hunt After imparting the message to Optimus Prime, Vibes was among those who accompanied him to the Forge Pyramid for a chat with Perceptor. She helped defend against a massive Decepticon assault on the Pyramid before it was destroyed. Titans

Vibes later joined the rest of the Autobots in a mass exodus from Iacon. We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness They relocated to Crystal City, and Vibes adopted the Autobrand along with the others who supported Optimus Prime against the Decepticons. Sea of Rust I She was among the Autobots who traveled to the Sea of Rust in search of Termagax and the Enigma of Combination. Enigmatic

Vibes was on sentry duty when the Decepticons attacked Crystal City. She suggested prayer when her group saw the massive force arrayed against them. Nevertheless, Vibes and her comrades opened fire at the horde of enemies at their gates until they were overwhelmed and forced to retreat back to a bunker. A Dust of Crystals After a temporary ceasefire was made with the Decepticons, Vibes joined the Autobots on their trek to Darkmount, during which they were herded into the path of an oncoming wave of rust worms. Radical Time Vibes fought alongside her comrades until a repurposed swarm of Insecticon clones arrived and began feasting on the worms, allowing the Autobots to escape. End of Time

Vibes took part in the defense of Darkmount when the Decepticons launched an attack to prevent the Autobots from leaving the planet. The Autobots succeeded in launching the Ark and headed to the Winged Moon to plan their future out among the stars. Fate of Cybertron

Notes

• Vibes was never referred to by name in her first appearance; her name was given in later interviews with artist Don Figueroa.
• In the Dreamwave Generation One continuity, Arcee is the only Transformers seen existing on Cybertron in the present day. It is unknown what happened to Vibes following the War Within.
• Vibes's 2019 IDW vehicle mode as designed by Anna Malkova is a Cybertronian car and visible in a single panel in Transformers #40.