Longtooth

Longtooth is an Autobot Pretender in the Generation 1 continuity family.

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"The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!"

Longtooth believes in dedication. Whether that dedication consists of guarding underwater installations, patrolling for Decepticon activity or ruthlessly hunting down endangered species because they swallowed something valuable, Longtooth knows that diligence and persistence will inevitably lead to success.

This sometimes drives him insane.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

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Arrr, where be the Transformer equivalent of Queequeg?

(Note: Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)

Millions of years ago on Cybertron, Longtooth was one of the few survivors of a massive Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. Shellshocked, he clung to one of his dying troopmates, begging the Autobot not to die and leave him alone. At that moment, Optimus Prime came out of the smoke and commended Longtooth on his fighting spirit and dedication to his fellow Autobot. He removed a small portion of Matrix-force from his chest and gave it to Longtooth, to heal the fallen robot's injuries. Instead, to his eternal shame, Longtooth. Though his wounded companion survived, Longtooth kept the Matrix shard and carried it as a good luck charm into battle from then on. Though still afraid of dying, Longtooth found his guilt a more powerful motivator than fear and daringly charged headfirst into every battle afterwards. When he heard how Optimus Prime lost the Matrix, Longtooth finally gave up his "lucky charm" and sent it in a message buoy back to the Ark and to Prime. Whose Lifeforce is it Anyway?

While hunting for the Matrix, Longtooth worked with Pincher and Doubleheader on Gottlieb, where a strange, whale-like creature called the Klud had turned up alive again, apparently attacking ships. During the investigation, the creature ate Longtooth's leg, which drove him to madness. He then maniacally hunted for the creature, putting a peg in place of his lost leg. Pincher eventually managed to talk him into letting the creature live, but Longtooth's sanity and ultimate fate remained in question. Deadly Obsession

(This story was basically Furman's take on the tale of Moby Dick.)

In the alternate future of 2009, Longtooth was one of the Autobots fleeing a Decepticon-ruled Cybertron to Autobot City Earth. The Void! (UK) When a saboteur hit the ship, Longtooth was briefly suspected, but it was later revealed to be a Unicron-possessed Rodimus. Edge of Impact He among others fought Rodimus until Unicron's influence was beaten back.

IDW continuity

Longtooth is incarcerated in the penitentiary complex on Garrus-9, possibly for being batjive INSANE.

Toys

Generation 1

• Longtooth (Small Pretender, 1989)

Goo goo ga joob. There, I said it.

Longtooth's inner robot transforms into an amphibious transport vehicle of fictional design, although most of the vehicle mode's mass is composed of a removable "backpack" part. His shell represents a humanoid walrus with an electronic eye. Longtooth's shell is only one which is not a human among normal Autobot Pretenders.

External links

• Longtooth at TFU.info

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.