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[[File: | [[File:JudgementDayAuto-Combatant.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|BUNT!]] | ||
Some Autobot starships are equipped with '''auto-combatants''' to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages. | Some Autobot starships are equipped with '''auto-combatants''' to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages. | ||
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ||
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[László Ujréti]] (Hungarian, first dub), [[Attila Bartucz]] (Hungarian, second dub)}} | {{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[László Ujréti]] (Hungarian, first dub), [[Attila Bartucz]] (Hungarian, second dub)}} | ||
[[File:TFTM Autocombatant.jpg|thumb | [[File:TFTM Autocombatant.jpg|thumb|left]] | ||
The Autobots had to flee [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] after an attack by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s forces. During the voyage, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] activated the [[Autobot shuttle|ship]]'s auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an [[Energon sword]] and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} | The Autobots had to flee [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] after an attack by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s forces. During the voyage, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] activated the [[Autobot shuttle|ship]]'s auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an [[Energon sword]] and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} | ||
{{note|The Auto-Combatant’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook ''[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]''.}} | {{note|The Auto-Combatant’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook ''[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]''.}} | ||
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity=== | ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity=== | ||
[[File:BlackSunshine Autobot training failures.jpg|thumb|Ooh, shiny! *gets punched in the stomach* Oof, metal.]] | |||
As training, [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} | As training, [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} | ||
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===''Shattered Glass''=== | ===''Shattered Glass''=== | ||
[[File:Shattered Glass combat training.jpg| | [[File:Shattered Glass combat training.jpg|thumb|left]] | ||
The auto-combatants were solid [[hologram]]s that could be generated by a computer in specifically designed rooms. [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] sometimes sparred with them ''while'' listening to reports from his inferiors. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} | The auto-combatants were solid [[hologram]]s that could be generated by a computer in specifically designed rooms. [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] sometimes sparred with them ''while'' listening to reports from his inferiors. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Unnamed in the finished film, this droid's name comes from the movie's original script, and was used in the [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Ladybird adaptation]] of the movie. | *Unnamed in the finished film, this droid's name comes from the movie's original script, and was used in the [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Ladybird adaptation]] of the movie. | ||
*The original film storyboards (and thus the auto-combant's portrayal in the Marvel Comics adaption of the film) depicted its lower body as being attached to a pedestal. It is not actually possible to tell what the lower half of the auto-combatant looks like in the film itself, leading to later portrayals erroneously giving it a pair of legs. | |||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 17 April 2023
Some Autobot starships are equipped with auto-combatants to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Masashi Ebara (Japanese), László Ujréti (Hungarian, first dub), Attila Bartucz (Hungarian, second dub)
The Autobots had to flee Autobot City on Earth after an attack by Galvatron's forces. During the voyage, Hot Rod activated the ship's auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an Energon sword and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. The Transformers: The Movie
The Auto-Combatant’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook Transformers the Movie.
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
As training, Hubcap, Swerve, Red Alert, Tailgate, and Pipes were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. Black Sunshine
Shattered Glass
The auto-combatants were solid holograms that could be generated by a computer in specifically designed rooms. Optimus Prime sometimes sparred with them while listening to reports from his inferiors. Shattered Glass
2005 IDW continuity
Metroplex's sparring arena was equipped with auto-combatants that Optimus Prime would often train with. Dai Atlas destroyed a bunch of them to prove to Prime that he wasn't as weak or pacifistic as he seemed. Faces of Darkness
Notes
- Unnamed in the finished film, this droid's name comes from the movie's original script, and was used in the Ladybird adaptation of the movie.
- The original film storyboards (and thus the auto-combant's portrayal in the Marvel Comics adaption of the film) depicted its lower body as being attached to a pedestal. It is not actually possible to tell what the lower half of the auto-combatant looks like in the film itself, leading to later portrayals erroneously giving it a pair of legs.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Combat robo (コンバット・ロボ konbatto robo)
