Defensor (G1)

Defensor is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Overly defensive

The combined form of the five Protectobots, Defensor exists specifically to safeguard human life. In many ways, he feels about the human race the way a parent would their children, and he would give his life away in an instant rather than let one human come to harm. Defensor is emotionally attached to humans on a level that sometimes worries his fellow Autobots. He identifies with them the same way a sheepdog would with its flock or a puppy with its human owners. As far as Defensor is concerned, the humans are his "kind". Sadly, the titanic robot's attempts at personal interaction and friendly exchanges with humans tend to fail. We humans tend to be more wary and frightened of his alien nature and great size than Defensor can understand. Despite this, Defensor is fairly well adjusted mentally compared to almost every other Generation 1 Gestalt.

Defensor's most notable ability is a powerful force field he can create within 50 feet of his person, but it is very fuel-consumptive, and he cannot maintain it for long.

Japanese name: Guardian

Italian name: Guardian (Headmasters dub only)

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Optimus Prime and Megatron met at a fuel research station with the Protectobots and the Combaticons, planning to brawl over it. When Ethan Zachary suggested they uploaded themselves to the computer to battle over it safely, both sides agreed.

In the virtual world, after each individual Protectobot had taken care of a Combaticon, they combined to fight Megatron, leaving Optimus Prime safely off to the side. Defensor burned the bridge he and Megatron were standing on, letting them both "die" in the virtual world.

Not long after, the Protectobots were summoned by the current leader Grimlock to find and arrest Blaster. They came up against the Combaticons during this mission, culminating in a battle between Defensor and Bruticus. Ultimately, Bruticus defeated Defensor by beating him over the head with an entire train. Child's Play

Cartoon continuity

Voice actor: Chris Latta (US), Kenyu Horiuchi (Japan)

Defensor once reduced Bruticus to scrap with a single shot, dryly noting afterwards that "there's junk all over the street." B.O.T.

When First Aid was unable to prevent the theft of Metroplex's transformation cog, he left the Protectobots, feeling that he was useless and a liability to the rest of the Autobots. Unfortunately, this left the remaining Protectobots with the unenviable task of resuming their duties as Defensor with only one arm. The Ultimate Weapon

Defensor briefly reappeared long enough to battle a Hate Plague-infected Superion. His efforts to keep the Aerialbot Combiner from infecting him didn't last long. The Return of Optimus Prime

Dreamwave comics continuity

Defensor fought Devastator in the Tagan Heights during the Dark Ages. The War Within: The Dark Ages

He later tried to prevent Menasor from escaping a detention facility Passive Aggression, and joined the Autobots in rising up against Shockwave's rule. Revelation

Scramble city OVA

The Protectobots form Defensor, who points at the Decepticons and does nothing else.

Toys

• Defensor (1986)

Japanese ID number: C-76

Solid.

Defensor is formed out of the five individual Protectobots, with Hot Spot serving as the central torso component. Unusually for Scramble City-style combiners, Defensor's head is not a separate piece, but hidden inside his fire truck ladder assembly, like Inferno's. He is armed with Hot Spot's twin laser rifles. Though any of the smaller Protectobots can serve as any limb, the "correct" configuration has Blades and First Aid as arms, and Groove and Streetwise as legs.

Defensor's arms are very commonly mis-transformed, even in official artwork such as the box art above (in which Streetwise and First Aid have also reversed positions). The instructions (and the cartoon model) show the nose of Blades' helicopter form and the front panel of First Aid's ambulance mode unfolded to hang off of Defensor's shoulders (as shown at right). However, almost as frequently, both these components are shown folded away. First Aid's legs are often not unfolded properly as well, giving Defensor a shorter arm than he would otherwise have.

Defensor was available as the individual Protectobots sold separately or as a gift set.

This mold was later redecoed into Guard City.