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The '''proton rifle''' is an [[Autobot]] weapon and a relatively common [[alternate mode]] for Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]].
The '''proton rifle''' is an [[Autobot]] weapon and a relatively common [[alternate mode]] for Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]].


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] carries a proton rifle with a magnetic sight that locks on to iron-bearing targets. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Lightspeed's ''Universe'' profile}}
[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] carried a proton rifle with a magnetic sight that locked on to iron-bearing targets. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Lightspeed's ''Universe'' profile}} [[Silencer (G1)|Silencer]] was bio-engineered to convert to a noiseless, recoilless, high-powered proton rifle and was accurate up to six miles in this mode. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Landfill's ''Universe'' profile}}
 
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[Push-Button]] transformed into a photon rifle and could combine with [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]'s double-barreled [[proton gun]] to increase its power {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|Mainframe's ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile}}
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==Toys==
==Toys==
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[[File:G1-toy Silencer.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
[[File:G1-toy Silencer.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*'''Landfill''' (Targetmaster, [[1988]])
*'''Landfill''' (Targetmaster, [[1988]])
:[[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]'s Targetmaster partner [[Silencer (G1)|Silencer]] transforms into a a noiseless, recoil-less proton rifle that can be powered up by combining with [[Flintlock]].
:According to his [[packaging]] [[bio]], [[Landfill (G1)#Toys|Landfill]]'s Targetmaster partner [[Silencer (G1)#Toys|Silencer]] transforms into a a noiseless, recoil-less proton rifle that can be powered up by combining with [[Flintlock#Toys|Flintlock]]'s [[stress pistol]] mode.
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[[File:G1-toy PushButton.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
[[File:G1-toy PushButton.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*'''Mainframe''' (Action Master, [[1990]])
*'''Mainframe''' (Action Master, [[1990]])
:[[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]]'s [[Action Master partner]] [[Push-Button]] also transforms into a proton rifle.  
:[[Mainframe (G1)#Generation 1|Mainframe]]'s [[Action Master partner]] [[Push-Button#Toys|Push-Button]] combines with his [[vibro pulverizer]] to form a proton rifle.  
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===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|GrandMax}}
[[File:Grandmax toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
[[File:Grandmax toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
*'''Grand Maximus''' ([[1988]])
*'''Grand Maximus''' ([[1988]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-311'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-311'''
:A [[redeco]] of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]], [[Grand Maximus]] came with a redeco of Fort Max's [[Photon rifle|Photon Rifle]] in red as a "Proton Master Rifle" which is presumably like a regular proton rifle, but bigger.
:A [[redeco]] of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]], [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Grand Maximus]] came with a redeco of Fort Max's [[photon rifle]] in red called a '''proton master rifle''' which is presumably like a regular proton rifle, but bigger.
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==Notes==
==Notes==
*Although Lightspeed's ''Universe'' profile calls his [[robot mode]] weapon a proton rifle, both his [[instructions]] and [[packaging]] [[bio]] call it a "[[light-burst gun]]".
*Although Lightspeed's [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] ''Universe'' profile calls his [[robot mode]] weapon a proton rifle, his [[instructions]], packaging bio, and [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''More than Meets the Eye'' profile all call it a [[light-burst gun]].
 
==See also==
*[[Electron rifle]]
*[[Neutron rifle]]


[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Proton weapons|Rifle]]
[[Category:Proton weapons|Rifle]]
[[Category:Rifles]]
[[Category:Rifles]]

Revision as of 12:22, 8 November 2022

The proton rifle is an Autobot weapon and a relatively common alternate mode for Autobot Targetmasters.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

Lightspeed carried a proton rifle with a magnetic sight that locked on to iron-bearing targets. Lightspeed's Universe profile Silencer was bio-engineered to convert to a noiseless, recoilless, high-powered proton rifle and was accurate up to six miles in this mode. Landfill's Universe profile

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Push-Button transformed into a photon rifle and could combine with Mainframe's double-barreled proton gun to increase its power Mainframe's More than Meets the Eye profile

Toys

The Transformers

  • Landfill (Targetmaster, 1988)
According to his packaging bio, Landfill's Targetmaster partner Silencer transforms into a a noiseless, recoil-less proton rifle that can be powered up by combining with Flintlock's stress pistol mode.


  • Mainframe (Action Master, 1990)
Mainframe's Action Master partner Push-Button combines with his vibro pulverizer to form a proton rifle.


Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

  • Grand Maximus (1988)
    • Japanese ID number: C-311
A redeco of Fortress Maximus, Grand Maximus came with a redeco of Fort Max's photon rifle in red called a proton master rifle which is presumably like a regular proton rifle, but bigger.

Notes

See also