Nightbeat (Animated)

The name or term "Nightbeat" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nightbeat (disambiguation).

Nightbeat is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.

Trenchcoat not pictured.

Young and inexperienced at detective work, Nightbeat nonetheless has a lot of raw talent that gives her incredible insight. Sideswipe just wishes she would tone down her exuberance. Detective work is for gritty loners, dangit.

Fiction

Animated cartoon continuity

Events from IDW Publishing or Fun Publications books are in italics.

Voice actor: Laura Knapton (BotCon 2015)

Nightbeat hailed from the small town of Yuss before enrolling in the Masterforce Academy H.E.A.D. ON program. Headmaster Jrs.' profile in Club magazine #71

Nightbeat, along with fellow classmates Siren and Hosehead, was perplexed by the addition of Sari Sumdac to her class. Under the tutelage of Arcee, the class took a field trip to The Metroplex. Nightbeat became excited when Sari became separated from the class, sensing a mystery afoot. She and her classmates tracked down Sari with a strange talking cube being menaced by machinery run amok, which they promptly subdued. The cause of the malfunctions was Kremzeek, an ancient Decepticon weapon, which wasted no time in possessing Nightbeat. Arcee drove the creature out, who then jumped into Siren and Hosehead in turn, before heading to Fortress Maximus in Sari's jetpack. Sari and Arcee took off after the creature, leaving Nightbeat and her classmates behind.

After the creature was subdued, Nightbeat delivered a network-executive-friendly recap of the lesson they all learned about not pre-judging techno-organic Autobots. The Return of Blurr

Legends comic

While the restored Blurr confronted Shockwave in his cell deep inside Trypticon Prison, Nightbeat and her friends looked on... unaware of a trio of Decepticons who had snuck into the fortress to stage a jailbreak. Epiloge

Notes

• Generation 1 Nightbeat and Minerva shared a mold, so it makes sense that Animated Nightbeat would share one with Minerva, who is an Arcee redeco. She also gets a new head based on Muzzle.
• Nightbeat first appeared as a profile in The Complete AllSpark Almanac before making her in-fiction debut in "The Return of Blurr" script reading at BotCon 2015.
• Like some other examples, Animated Nightbeat's gender differs from the original.
• Nightbeat's personality seems to be inspired by fellow fictional female detective, Batgirl.