Lifeline (G1)

This article is about the Autobot. For the member of G.I. Joe, see Lifeline (G.I. Joe).

Lifeline is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

"Don't worry, it's easy. Bleed, patch, and keep moving."

Lifeline is a Paradron Medic, the last of her kind. She is a pacifist at spark, and rejects violence to such a degree that she feels ill-at-ease treating soldiers, knowing full well that she is only sending them back to fight once more after they've been healed. However, she isn't the squeamish type; her sensibility and pragmatism allows her to deactivate without qualms patients who have no chance of surviving, and would only suffer would their lives be prolonged. Aiding her in her practice is her attendant Quickslinger.

Fiction

Of Masters and Mayhem

Impactor left the critically injured Punch in Lifeline's care upon coming to Paradron. When the Autobot returned to check up on his compatriot, Lifeline made clear she viewed the warriors with a certain amount of disdain for their violent ways, but led Impactor to his recovering friend nonetheless. She had grave news for Impactor, however: due to the extensive damage Punch had suffered, she had been forced to remove one of his modes entirely... leaving him with only his "Counterpunch" robot mode and vehicle mode. Outraged by this turn of events, Impactor declared that Lifeline should have simply let Punch die instead of leaving him in his current state and stormed out of the room. Insight During his treatment, Counterpunch briefly woke up and was told of his halved status by Lifeline before he faded back into unconsciousness. The Truth We Make

Beast Wars: Uprising

Apparently a hero of the Great War, Lifeline had died some time prior to the 24th century, and the Lifeline Memorial Hospital in Stanix was presumably named in her honor. Not All Megatrons

Earthrise toy bios

With Energon running low on the Ark, Ratchet was sent on a mission to a far-off energy-rich planet. There he encountered the medic Lifeline, and the two merged their talents, forming the Paradron Medics team. Paradron Medics bio

Toys

Generations

Combiner Wars

"We've got a job to do, so shift your carcass!"

• Lifeline with Quickslinger (TFSS 5.0, 2016)
  • Accessories: 2 Guns, 2 Swords, Quickslinger

A redeco of Thrilling 30 Deluxe Class Arcee, Combiner Wars Lifeline is part of the fifth and final series of the Transformers Figure Subscription Service. She is packaged with her Targetmaster partner Quickslinger, but since her fists are not 5 mm compatible, Lifeline is incapable of holding Quickslinger in weapon mode.

Quickslinger and Lifeline were released alongside Fractyl and Scorponok.

This figure is intended to not only represent the new comic character Lifeline but also the generic Paradron Medic (making her a potential army-building toy), but due to the nature of the mold, Lifeline has Arcee's shoulder kibble while the cartoon model for the Paradron Medic doesn't.

Generations mold: Arcee

Version 1 (closed hands): Hasbro: Thrilling 30 021 Arcee Version 2 (open hands): Hasbro: Thrilling 30 021 Arcee (running change) Platinum Edition Arcee (Autobot Heroes) Fun Publications: Combiner Wars Lifeline TakaraTomy: Legends LG10 Arcee LG15 Nightbird Shadow Street Fighter II × Transformers Arcee [Chun-Li] Version 3 (5 mm hands): Hasbro: Combiner Wars Arcee (Combiner Hunters) See also: Hasbro/TakaraTomy: Studio Series 86-16 Arcee Fun Publications: Combiner Wars Impactor's weapons

War for Cybertron: Earthrise

"I'm supposed to fix patches, not cause them!"

• Paradron Medics (2-pack, 2020)
  • Accessories: Blaster

A redeco of Earthrise Deluxe Class Arcee, Lifeline comes in a 2-pack with fellow redeco Ratchet, representing her planet of origin, Paradron, as part of the "Galactic Odyssey Collection" subline. She transforms into her classic futuristic hovercar mode and is armed with a colorless translucent blaster. Lifeline is also a shellformer, having her robot mode resting under a vehicle mode shell, which folds into a backpack for the transformation into her robot mode. Part of the backpack (consisting the rear half of her car mode) can be detached to act as a hover board, having molded-in ports for Lifeline's feet to plug into.

This two-pack was exclusive to Amazon in the U.S.

This mold was also retooled into War for Cybertron Trilogy Elita-1.

Notes

• The name "Lifeline" was taken from a G.I. Joe member as Fun Publications also holds the G.I. Joe license.
• Separately, "Lifeline" was also a preliminary name of CatSCAN.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Lifeline (ライフライン Raifurain)