Defensor (G1)

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

Defensor is an Autobot Protectobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

First Aid didn't feel like being an arm today.

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 sheep dog 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 giant'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 50ft 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 (English), Kenyū Horiuchi (Japanese)

"We'll be fine so long as they don't do that again."

Defensor once reduced Bruticus to scrap with a single shot, dryly noting afterwards that "there's junk all over the street." Later, he attempted to defend the Autobot headquarters against Decepticon attack by using his forcefield, which almost immediately failed. He was blasted back into his component parts by the Decepticons. B.O.T.

Defensor occasionally appeared during the Autobots' battle with the Decepticons on Eurythma. He didn't seem overly concerned that his chest was standing by his feet at the time. Carnage in C-Minor

Alternate sequence for "Marge vs the Monorail" climax

In the year 2006, 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. Defensor safely managed to catch a train thrown by the Decepticons, but remarked that this would have been a lot easier if First Aid had been there. The Ultimate Weapon

When the Decepticons staged a series of nonsensical raids across Japan, Defensor fought his nemesis Bruticus outside a dojo. After knocking Bruticus down, he tried to dissuade him from bringing further harm to the humans, but failed. The Combaticons were soon chased away by Sky Lynx. The Burden Hardest to Bear

Later that year, Defensor was standing guard outside of Swofford and Morgan's lab when the Hate Plague-infected Superion first broke free. The Protectobots transformed and fled in order to avoid infection. Not long thereafter, however, Defensor was attempting to clear a bridge of innocent bystanders when the crazed Superion came hunting for him and infected the Protectobot combiner. He was later seen committing mass property damage. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1

Japanese cartoon continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga

When Menasor attacked a baseball stadium in Japan, intent on turning it into a Decepticon base, the Autobot ally Kenji summoned Defensor and Superion to stop him. However, Bruticus soon joined the battle and laid the smackdown on Defensor, injuring Hot Spot in the process. With their torso component out of commission, the Protectobots were unable to re-combine. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5

Scramble City OVA

Voice actor: Kenyū Horiuchi (Japanese)

Posing for the camera while Superion gets a butt-whupping.

The Protectobots rolled out ahead of Metroplex and formed Defensor just as Bruticus and Menasor moved in for the kill for Optimus Prime's forces. He stood there and pointed at them with justice, which did not seem to impress the Decepticons, until Metroplex arrived to blow them away with a single shot from his gun. Scramble City

The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms manga

When the Prime Energy Tower on Feminia was attacked by Devastator, Bruticus and Menasor, Defensor teamed up with Superion and Omega Supreme to fight them. Unfortunately, Galvatron had a fourth Decepticon combiner up his sleeve—Predaking. This new warrior defeated all three Autobot super robots with a single punch. The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Kōji Totani, Yoshitada Ōtsuka (ep. 12 only)

Four Warriors Come out of the Sky The Mystery of Planet Master Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1 Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2 The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts Return of the Immortal Emperor SOS from Planet Sandra The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1) Operation: Destroy the Decepticons The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1) The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

Dreamwave comics continuity

Defensor fought Devastator in the Tagan Heights during the Dark Ages. Escalation As this was (presumably) before the Protectobots' combined mentality was refined, Defensor and Devastator's all-out brawl risked destroying the entire area, prompting the Protectobots to demerge and fight Devastator as a team. This worked out better for them. Devastation

He later tried to prevent Menasor from escaping a detention facility and got his butt kicked. Passive Aggression Later on Defensor joined the Autobots in rising up against Shockwave's rule. Revelation

Toys

Generation 1

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• Defensor (1986)
  • Japanese ID number: C-76

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. This gives his head an unusually high amount of articulation. He is armed with Hot Spot's twin fireball cannons. Though any of the smaller Protectobots can serve as any limb, the "correct" configuration has Blades and First Aid as the right and left arm, respectively, and Groove and Streetwise as the right and left leg, respectively.

Defensor's arms are very commonly mis-transformed, even in official artwork such as the art at the top of this page (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.) But 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 giftset.

This mold was later redecoed into Guard City.

• More information on Defensor at TFU.info

Generation 2

At least his colors would have been more different than Guard City's were.

The Protectobots were to be released as part of the second wave of combiners in the Generation 2 toyline, and naturally would have been able to form Defensor. However, this entire wave was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons.

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Trivia

• Like other names such as Megatron and Cybertron, the name "Defensor" was also used by Marvel Comics before the Transformers line was conceived, for an Argentinian superhero (real name Gabriel Sepulveda) who first appeared in Contest of Champions #1 (1982) and was killed off-panel prior to Captain America #422 (1993).

External links

• Defensor's Marvel TF Universe profile on NTFA.net