Stripes

Stripes is an Autobot Mini-Cassette from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Saved from the fires of "Category:Things that don't exist".

Stripes is little more than animal. A nitrotiger native to Cybertron, Stripes was taken in, trained, and given the ability to transform. As part of his "evolution", he was outfitted with a battle harness that contains AI; this AI carries out offensive and defensive maneuvers, whether Stripes desires it or not.

Fiction

Recordicons

Stripes was with Blaster when they met up with negative polarity Ravage. He pointed out to the newcomer that not all of Blaster's minions turned into tapes—some of them turned into memory sticks and bombs. Recordicons #12

Controverse

At the trial of Primacron by the Galactic Court, Stripes and Tigertrack acted as sentries surveying the delegates and interested parties appearing for the court hearings. When the Decepticons attacked, Primacron took the opportunity to free himself and assume control of the Primitives present. Stripes broke free of his control harness when he responded to Primacron's whistle, and helped Primacron subdue his Quintesson judge. Controverse

Ask Vector Prime

Realities where Stripes, Stinger, Bolts, and Cubbie were among Blaster's cassettes often included Anibots as well. Beachcomber thought it cruel to keep them in a roboto-zoo but Vector Prime saw little alternative. Ask Vector Prime, 24/9/2015

Toys

Encore

Probably a better name for a tiger than Tigatron.

• Twincast (2012)
  • ID number: 22
  • Accessories: Left & right cannons, cassette case

Transformers Encore "Cybertron Stripes" is an orange, silver, and black tiger-based redeco of Ravage, included with Encore Twincast and Nightstalker. He gets Steeljaw's weapons in gold chrome (rather than the orange color featured in promotional photos). As was the case with most of the other cassettes packed with Twincast's other releases, Stripes sports a different sticker in place of his cassette spool image; an image of Scorponok which reveals the city-bot's weak spots when viewed through Twincast's clear-red chest door (in the same way Tech Spec decoders work).

This toy was also used to make Howlback and Glit.

Generations

Finally, a cell phone with an airplane mode that actually does something.

• Autobot Stripes (Legends Class, 2016)

Autobot Stripes is part of the first wave of Titans Return Legends Class toys. He features three modes: "tiger", spy tablet, and jet. His beast mode features a sort of mane on the back of his neck, suggesting that he may have been sculpted as a Steeljaw toy before being given a new identity for Robots in Disguise-related reasons. Spy tablet mode features a non-functioning 3.5mm headphone socket, and can fit inside the chest compartment of Titans Return Autobot Blaster or his retool Soundwave. In jet mode, he features a pair of posts to allow a Titan Master to securely stand on top.

This mold was retooled into Ravage.

Notes

• Stripes originated in an early draft for The Transformers: The Movie, where he was released out of Blaster's chest to combat the Decepticon Mini-Cassettes during the Battle of Autobot City. Stripes would have snapped at Ratbat, scaring him. In the finished movie, Ramhorn replaced Stripes in battling Ratbat. Since he was written out of his only intended appearance before publication, we're pretty sure that makes him the single most obscure established character to ever be given a toy—and that's saying something when he's coming out alongside a one-shot prose-only UK character and a decapitated radio. At least until Solarbot came around.
• His function is "Battle Beast".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Stripes (ストライプス Sutoraipusu)