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:''The piano Transformer guy is a guy that transforms into a piano from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
{{disambig2|the piano Transformer guy from the Marvel UK comics|the ancient Transformer from the IDW comics|Tusk}}
:''Tusks is a guy that transforms into a piano from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''


[[Image:Target2006 82 PianoTransformerGuy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Slag! Play me some filler, Johnny!"]]
[[File:Target2006 82 PianoTransformerGuy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Slag! Play me some filler, Johnny!"]]
The '''Piano Transformer guy''' plays music in the corner of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].  We don't know his name, but it's fun to guess.  Pianor?  Ragtime?  Billy Joule?  Harry Decepticonnick, Jr.? Piston-Rod Stewart? It's hours of brainstorming fun.  Well, minutes.
'''Tusks''' plays music in the corner of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].


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==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[Image:Jukebot.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Wonder if he plays [[Cold Slither]].]]
{{noteukexclusive}}
The [[Decepticon]] [[Fang]] entered Maccadam's, and boy, was he cranky. Annoyed that piano guy's music wasn't to his own liking, he started bashing the tiny music-playing Transformer against the wall.
[[File:Jukebot.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Wonder if he plays [[Cold Slither (song)|Cold Slither]].]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Fang]] entered Maccadam's, and boy, was he cranky. Annoyed that Tusks's music wasn't to his own liking, he started bashing the tiny music-playing Transformer against the wall.


It took a while, but the [[Wrecker]]s sitting at the other side of Maccadam's realized they should probably put a stop to this. Piano guy should be grateful that his prolonged maiming served as eye-opening symbolism—a metaphor, if you will—of the consequences of the Wreckers' indifference and slacked devotion to duty. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}
It took a while, but the [[Wreckers]] sitting at the other side of Maccadam's realized they should probably put a stop to this. Tusks should have been grateful that his prolonged maiming served as eye-opening symbolism—a metaphor, if you will—of the consequences of the Wreckers' indifference and slacked devotion to duty. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}
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==External links==
* [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/generic/ukgeneric/uk082.htm Piano Transformer guy at the Obscure Transformers Website]
* [http://www.insecticons.com/obs-harpsichord.html The Harpsichord Guy at insecticons.com (page acknowledges that he is not a harpsichord)]


===Ask Vector Prime===
In some [[universal stream]]s, Tusks downsized when [[energon]] became scarce and became a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]. He fought alongside the reality-displaced cyborg [[Scales]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/03}}


[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
Tusks was a musical fellow, and an occasional attendee of the [[First Church of Primus]] in [[Dodecahex]]. He hid in the church with the rest of the congregation during the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], and presumably escaped through the underground tunnels.  {{Storylink|Derailment}}
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==Notes==
*Tusks was not named in his original appearance. He received a name decades later via the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]].
*If you're puzzled by the name, bear in mind that piano keys were traditionally made with {{w|ivory}}.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 07:26, 3 July 2025

This article is about the piano Transformer guy from the Marvel UK comics. For the ancient Transformer from the IDW comics, see Tusk.
Tusks is a guy that transforms into a piano from the Marvel portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
"Slag! Play me some filler, Johnny!"

Tusks plays music in the corner of Maccadam's Old Oil House.

Fiction

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Marvel The Transformers comics

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This character appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.
Wonder if he plays Cold Slither.

The Decepticon Fang entered Maccadam's, and boy, was he cranky. Annoyed that Tusks's music wasn't to his own liking, he started bashing the tiny music-playing Transformer against the wall.

It took a while, but the Wreckers sitting at the other side of Maccadam's realized they should probably put a stop to this. Tusks should have been grateful that his prolonged maiming served as eye-opening symbolism—a metaphor, if you will—of the consequences of the Wreckers' indifference and slacked devotion to duty. Target: 2006

Ask Vector Prime

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In some universal streams, Tusks downsized when energon became scarce and became a Predacon. He fought alongside the reality-displaced cyborg Scales. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/03

Beast Wars: Uprising

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Tusks was a musical fellow, and an occasional attendee of the First Church of Primus in Dodecahex. He hid in the church with the rest of the congregation during the Vehicon Apocalypse, and presumably escaped through the underground tunnels. Derailment

Notes

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  • Tusks was not named in his original appearance. He received a name decades later via the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime.
  • If you're puzzled by the name, bear in mind that piano keys were traditionally made with ivory.