Engex

Engex is a way for Transformers to become inebriated from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Engex is a beverage imbibed by Transformers to produce an effect not unlike intoxication.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Twelve million years ago, Alchemist Prime was rarely seen without a glass of engex in his hand no matter what he was doing. After Megatronus joined the Crystal City alliance, Alchemist's latest glass had turned rancid. A drunken Alchemist listened to Onyx Prime's stories about "The Chosen One" before everything was supposed to go dark. He recounted this to Alpha Trion who commented that the engex had turned rancid. It still tasted great to Alchemist. Origin Myths

Skyfall suggested that after Ironfist complete his first mission with the Wreckers, the pair meet up in the Kimia Facility Exit Rooms for a quart of engex. Skyfall should have paid more attention to the datalogs Ironfist had written about the Wreckers.

When Skyfall's weapons work was later confiscated by the Ethics Committee, Skyfall's first thought was to drown his sorrows with some engex. Bullets

Upon discovering a bar on board the Lost Light, Swerve was delighted to find that it had an engex distillery. The Chaos of Warm Things Swerve later served engex at his newly opened bar and got arrested by Ultra Magnus for distributing it. Interiors When Swerve was unable to get into his quarters to pick up some Black Label engex, he had to resort to raiding Trailbreaker's stash of Nightmare Fuel. An Intimate Beheading

Engex was an ingredient in Mood Whiplashes. Cybertronian Homesick Blues

After assuming command of the Decepticons, Galvatron reflected on how Scoop's devotion to Starscream was the result of a drunken prophecy though erroneously crediting Alchemist Prime as the one who'd dreamed up the prophecy. Signals, Calls, and Marches

Krok kept a few cans of engex aboard the Weak Anthropic Principle. Misfire pinched one from him, despite Krok clearly labeling it with his name. Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots

Red label engex was served at a bar in Howling Town. After Anode and Lug had reunited with Wipe-Out, Anode brought them the beverage saying it would either calm their nerves or burn half their face off. An Axe to Break the Ice

Beast Wars: Uprising

Buzzclaw was in the middle of an engex-fueled haze when Lio Convoy initiated the rebellion against the Builders. Thus, Buzzclaw knew little of the Resistance's goals until he met Lio Convoy himself. Head Games

The Way Of All Things sold watered-down engex. Trigger Warnings

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Engex (エンジェックス Enjekkusu)