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:''Padlock is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
{{disambig2|the Unicron Trilogy character|the Generation 1 character|Padlock (G1)}}
[[Image:Padlock energon sbr.jpg|thumb|250px|Such an awesome name, for such a useless character.]]
:''Padlock is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''
'''Padlock''' is probably the second most useless Autobot ever.  Yes, his name is Padlock.
 
He is friends with the rookie Autobot [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]].


[[Image:Padlock energon sbr.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|If he had an Earth altmode, it'd probably be a [[tvtropes:Main/StuffedIntoTheFridge|fridge]].]]
'''Padlock''' is  a security guard on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and friends with the rookie Autobot [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]].


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===''Energon'' cartoon===
===''Energon'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Ron Halder]] (English), ? (Japanese)
{{voiceactor|[[Ron Halder]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Jorge Saudinós]] (European Spanish)}}
 
Padlock was a security guard on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], alongside Wing Dagger. He was cruelly aerated by [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] in the rogue Decepticon's prison break, which set Wing Dagger on a quest to avenge him. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}
 
==Associated characters==
===Orange jet Autobot===
[[Image:Orangeautobot unnamed shockwaverampage.jpg|thumb|Hi I'm going to die.]]
This unnamed Autobot is definitely ''the'' most useless Autobot ever. He was guarding the [[Energon Core]] when Padlock and Wing Dagger left to investigate the breakout. His final act was to whistle cheerily before [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] elbowed him through a wall and then blew his [[spark]] out.


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Padlock was cruelly aerated by [[Shockblast]] in the rogue Decepticon's prison break, which set Wing Dagger on a quest to avenge him. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
*Padlock and the "orange jet Autobot" are present among [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s troops defending [[Desert City]]. They both are destroyed several times over the course of the battle.<ref>OK, they probably aren't Padlock and the orange jet Autobot, just generics that look exactly like them.</ref> {{storylink|Scorpinok}}
*Padlock's model, which is a "Frankensteining" of other toy characters' models, was also used in the episode "[[Scorpinok (episode)|Scorpinok]]" for the generic Autobot soldiers defending [[Desert City]] and was [[:File:E04 greengeneric.jpg|used again]] in countless subsequent episodes before finally being used as a named character in "[[Shockblast: Rampage]]".
 
*Padlock's name, pronounced in the original Japanese show, is "Patroklu" - AKA, Patroklos, the friend and comerade of Achilles from the Iliad, whose death makes Achilles take up arms and start fighting in the war again - much like how Wing Saber does in Energon. Subtle, yes?


==Footnotes==
===Foreign names===
<references/>
*''Japanese:'' '''Padlock''' (パッドロック ''Paddorokku'')
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category: Energon Autobots]]
[[Category:Energon Autobots]]

Latest revision as of 08:10, 11 October 2025

This article is about the Unicron Trilogy character. For the Generation 1 character, see Padlock (G1).
Padlock is an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
If he had an Earth altmode, it'd probably be a fridge.

Padlock is a security guard on Cybertron, and friends with the rookie Autobot Wing Dagger.

Fiction

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Energon cartoon

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Voice actor: Ron Halder (English), Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Jorge Saudinós (European Spanish)

Padlock was cruelly aerated by Shockblast in the rogue Decepticon's prison break, which set Wing Dagger on a quest to avenge him. Shockblast: Rampage

Notes

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  • Padlock's model, which is a "Frankensteining" of other toy characters' models, was also used in the episode "Scorpinok" for the generic Autobot soldiers defending Desert City and was used again in countless subsequent episodes before finally being used as a named character in "Shockblast: Rampage".

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Padlock (パッドロック Paddorokku)