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:''Shortround is a [[Decepticon]] character from the [[Cybertron_(franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
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[[Image:Shortround-card.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"No time for love, [[Doctor Jones]]!"]]
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<td style="padding: 0pt 1em; text-align: right;"><div class="tti_messageboxdiv" style="border: 1px solid rgb(159, 159, 255); margin: auto; padding: 0.5em; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 255); text-align: center;">[[Image:|left|80px|They're actually both looking for characterization.]]
<span style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: 900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr>
This article is in need of images.


'''Shortround'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fellow soldiers see him as a nuisance, especially fellow naval unit [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], the object of his fumbling affections.  Nerdy and destructive, Shortround erupts into panic at the sight of [[Autobot]]s which often results into chaotic displays of superheated plasma being fired everywhere which, ultimately, allow his companions to escape.  Further marginalizing him from his comrades is his geeky obsession - toy collecting.  Shortround spends an inordinate amount of time hunting down packaging samples of [[Generation 2 Defensor and Menasor|unreleased transforming robot action figures]].  Needless to say, neither this nor his annoying social drawbacks help endear him to Thunderblast, and most of his fellow Decepticons choose to stay the slag away so they don't get sucked into Nerdsville.


Still, his incredible speed over the water (up to 350 MPH) makes him well-suited as a supply runner and messenger, keeping him (generally) safe among the Decepticon ranks.
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;small&gt;'''Specifics:''' Toy "toilet mode"&lt;/small&gt;
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:''Shortround is a &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon"&gt;Decepticon&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28franchise%29" title="Cybertron (franchise)"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/a&gt; portion of the &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy" title="Unicron Trilogy"&gt;Unicron Trilogy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family"&gt;continuity family&lt;/a&gt;.''


[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|&quot;No time for love, Doctor Jones!&quot;]]
'''Shortround''''s fellow soldiers see him as a nuisance, especially fellow naval unit &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thunderblast_%28Decepticon%29" title="Thunderblast (Decepticon)"&gt;Thunderblast&lt;/a&gt;, the object of his fumbling affections.  Nerdy and destructive, Shortround erupts into panic at the sight of &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot"&gt;Autobots&lt;/a&gt;
which often results into chaotic displays of superheated plasma being
fired everywhere which, ultimately, allow his companions to escape.
Further marginalizing him from his comrades is his geeky obsession -
toy collecting. Shortround spends an inordinate amount of time hunting
down packaging samples of &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_2_Defensor_and_Menasor" title="Generation 2 Defensor and Menasor"&gt;unreleased transforming robot action figures&lt;/a&gt;.
Needless to say, neither this nor his annoying social drawbacks help
endear him to Thunderblast, and most of his fellow Decepticons choose
to stay the slag away so they don't get sucked into Nerdsville.


==Toys==
Still, his incredible speed over the water (up to 350 MPH)
===Cybertron===
makes him well-suited as a supply runner and messenger, keeping him
(generally) safe among the Decepticon ranks.
 
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&lt;a name="Toys"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shortround&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Toys"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Toys&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a name="Cybertron"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shortround&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Cybertron"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;Cybertron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
[[Image:|right|150px|thumb|This mold would be a terrible Seaspray.]]
*'''Shortround''' (Scout-class, 2006)
*'''Shortround''' (Scout-class, 2006)
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, Earth Planet Key
*''Accessories'': Blaster, Earth Planet Key


[[Image:CYB_shortround_withalt.jpg|left|thumb|150px|This mold would be a ''terrible'' [[Seaspray]].]]


: Shortround was exclusive to the [[Hasbro]] ''Cybertron'' line, transforming into a troop-carrying military hovercraft.  Inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his key jack swings a pair of (non-firing) torpedo racks up into firing position from his rear turbines. This gimmick is available in both vehicle and robot modes. His extra blaster plugs into a squared peg-hole on the top of his hovercraft mold, and into the sides of his lower clamps in robot mode.
: Shortround was exclusive to the &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro"&gt;Hasbro&lt;/a&gt; ''Cybertron'' line, transforming into a troop-carrying military hovercraft.  Inserting a &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyber_Planet_Key" title="Cyber Planet Key"&gt;Cyber Planet Key&lt;/a&gt;
into his key jack swings a pair of (non-firing) torpedo racks up into
firing position from his rear turbines. This gimmick is available in
both vehicle and robot modes. His extra blaster plugs into a squared
peg-hole on the top of his hovercraft mold, and into the sides of his
lower clamps in robot mode.


: He comes with a silver-bordered [[Earth]]-style Cyber Planet Key, with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''s639''' stamped on the back.
: He comes with a silver-bordered &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth"&gt;Earth&lt;/a&gt;-style Cyber Planet Key, with the &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyber_Key_Codes" title="Cyber Key Codes"&gt;Key code&lt;/a&gt; '''s639''' stamped on the back.


: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Storm Surge]]. It was also used as the model for pre-beast-mode [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] in "[[Theft of the Golden Disc]]".
: This mold was &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Redeco" title="Redeco"&gt;redecoed&lt;/a&gt; to make &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Storm_Surge" title="Storm Surge"&gt;Storm Surge&lt;/a&gt;. It was also used as the model for pre-beast-mode &lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_%28BW%29" title="Scorponok (BW)"&gt;Scorponok&lt;/a&gt; in "&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Theft_of_the_Golden_Disk" title="Theft of the Golden Disk"&gt;Theft of the Golden Disk&lt;/a&gt;".


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==External links==
 
&lt;a name="External_links"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span class="editsection"&gt;[&lt;a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shortround&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: External links"&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="mw-headline"&gt;External links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
* [http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Shortround/shortround.htm Shortround at TFU.info]
* [http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Shortround/shortround.htm Shortround at TFU.info]
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Revision as of 07:38, 19 March 2009

<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon"><img alt="" src="Shortround_files/28px-Symbol_decept_reg.jpg" border="0" height="30" width="28"></a></div></div><center> <table style="" cellspacing="0">

<tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 0pt 1em; text-align: right;"><div class="tti_messageboxdiv" style="border: 1px solid rgb(159, 159, 255); margin: auto; padding: 0.5em; width: 100%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 255); text-align: center;">[[Image:|left|80px|They're actually both looking for characterization.]] <span style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: 900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr> This article is in need of images.


</div><small>Specifics: Toy "toilet mode"</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </center>

Shortround is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28franchise%29" title="Cybertron (franchise)">Cybertron</a> portion of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy" title="Unicron Trilogy">Unicron Trilogy</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.

[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|"No time for love, Doctor Jones!"]] Shortround's fellow soldiers see him as a nuisance, especially fellow naval unit <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thunderblast_%28Decepticon%29" title="Thunderblast (Decepticon)">Thunderblast</a>, the object of his fumbling affections. Nerdy and destructive, Shortround erupts into panic at the sight of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> which often results into chaotic displays of superheated plasma being fired everywhere which, ultimately, allow his companions to escape. Further marginalizing him from his comrades is his geeky obsession - toy collecting. Shortround spends an inordinate amount of time hunting down packaging samples of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_2_Defensor_and_Menasor" title="Generation 2 Defensor and Menasor">unreleased transforming robot action figures</a>. Needless to say, neither this nor his annoying social drawbacks help endear him to Thunderblast, and most of his fellow Decepticons choose to stay the slag away so they don't get sucked into Nerdsville.

Still, his incredible speed over the water (up to 350 MPH) makes him well-suited as a supply runner and messenger, keeping him (generally) safe among the Decepticon ranks.



<a name="Toys"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shortround&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Toys">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Toys</span></h2> <a name="Cybertron"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shortround&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cybertron">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Cybertron</span></h3> [[Image:|right|150px|thumb|This mold would be a terrible Seaspray.]]

  • Shortround (Scout-class, 2006)
  • Accessories: Blaster, Earth Planet Key


Shortround was exclusive to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a> Cybertron line, transforming into a troop-carrying military hovercraft. Inserting a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyber_Planet_Key" title="Cyber Planet Key">Cyber Planet Key</a>

into his key jack swings a pair of (non-firing) torpedo racks up into firing position from his rear turbines. This gimmick is available in both vehicle and robot modes. His extra blaster plugs into a squared peg-hole on the top of his hovercraft mold, and into the sides of his lower clamps in robot mode.

He comes with a silver-bordered <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>-style Cyber Planet Key, with the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyber_Key_Codes" title="Cyber Key Codes">Key code</a> s639 stamped on the back.
This mold was <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Redeco" title="Redeco">redecoed</a> to make <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Storm_Surge" title="Storm Surge">Storm Surge</a>. It was also used as the model for pre-beast-mode <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_%28BW%29" title="Scorponok (BW)">Scorponok</a> in "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Theft_of_the_Golden_Disk" title="Theft of the Golden Disk">Theft of the Golden Disk</a>".



<a name="External_links"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shortround&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">External links</span></h2>

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