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:''Quickswitch is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | :''Quickswitch is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[Image:Quickswitch boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|All the best cowboys have daddy issues.]] | [[Image:Quickswitch boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|All the best cowboys have daddy issues.]] | ||
"Chaotic" is the best word to describe '''Quickswitch'''. "Unpredictable" works also. His rapid changing of forms is echoed by his moods changing just as wildly. Whether you find him happy or sad, angry or upset depends mostly on the moment you happen to run into him. If you run into Quickswitch in a bad mood, the best advice is simply to wait a moment. | "Chaotic" is the best word to describe '''Quickswitch'''. "Unpredictable" works also. His rapid changing of forms is echoed by his moods changing just as wildly. Whether you find him happy or sad, angry or upset depends mostly on the moment you happen to run into him. If you run into Quickswitch in a bad mood, the best advice is simply to wait a moment. | ||
He may be the [[Relatives|son]] of [[Sixshot]]. | He may be the [[Relatives|son]] of [[Sixshot]]. | ||
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Interclic''' | :''French-Canadian name'': '''Interclic''' | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Commercial animation=== | ===Commercial animation=== | ||
[[Image:Quickswitch commercial.jpg| | [[Image:Quickswitch commercial.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Who ate all the pies? Quickswitch did!]] | ||
Quickswitch was Sixshot's [[Reproduction|"son"]], burdened with the task of making up for his "father's" mistakes. However you want to gloss that, nothing has appeared elsewhere to support or contradict this. {{storylink|Commercial|Quickswitch commercial}} | Quickswitch was Sixshot's [[Reproduction|"son"]], burdened with the task of making up for his "father's" mistakes. However you want to gloss that, nothing has appeared elsewhere to support or contradict this. {{storylink|Commercial|Quickswitch commercial}} | ||
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===Marvel UK continuity=== | ===Marvel UK continuity=== | ||
[[Image:Quickswitch lunch.jpg| | [[Image:Quickswitch lunch.jpg|right|150px|thumb|UK comics Quickswitch really wanted to be [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]].]] | ||
''Quickswitch was supposed to meet an informant at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], but ran afoul of a [[Mecannibal]] who had come looking for revenge on [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]]. It took some showy transforming into each of his modes to stop the beast. The two drunken ingrates, however, never even noticed.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!|Out to Lunch!}} | ''Quickswitch was supposed to meet an informant at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], but ran afoul of a [[Mecannibal]] who had come looking for revenge on [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]]. It took some showy transforming into each of his modes to stop the beast. The two drunken ingrates, however, never even noticed.'' {{storylink|Out to Lunch!|Out to Lunch!}} | ||
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===Ladybird continuity=== | ===Ladybird continuity=== | ||
[[Image:Quickswitch ladybird.jpg| | [[Image:Quickswitch ladybird.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Quickswitch and his friends murder the Decepticons forever by burying them alive. Take THAT!]] | ||
When the Decepticons went to ground on [[Nebulos]], Quickswitch was sent with [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] and [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] to locate them. He was the only one able to cross the Nebulos Triangle's mercury lake due to his hovercraft mode, and he managed to locate the Decepticons' secret underground city. Hearing Decepticons, he knocked over some fuel canisters and bravely fled to the surface. With Scoop and Quickmix's help, he sealed up the only exit with concrete made from [[Nebulite]] so the Decepticons remained trapped, and the Nebulos campaign, possibly the war itself, was ended. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}} | When the Decepticons went to ground on [[Nebulos]], Quickswitch was sent with [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] and [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] to locate them. He was the only one able to cross the Nebulos Triangle's mercury lake due to his hovercraft mode, and he managed to locate the Decepticons' secret underground city. Hearing Decepticons, he knocked over some fuel canisters and bravely fled to the surface. With Scoop and Quickmix's help, he sealed up the only exit with concrete made from [[Nebulite]] so the Decepticons remained trapped, and the Nebulos campaign, possibly the war itself, was ended. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}} | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Generation 1=== | ===Generation 1=== | ||
[[Image:G1 Quickswitch toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|When we were kids, we'd flip out that white nosecone bit in robot mode so he had a big flat shovel-like "penis". We were kind of dumb.]] | |||
* '''Quickswitch''' (Six Changer, 1988) | * '''Quickswitch''' (Six Changer, 1988) | ||
**''Accessories'': Left & right blasters | **''Accessories'': Left & right blasters | ||
: Quickswitch is the second "Six Changer" in the series. Besides his basic form as a humanoid robot, he turns into a Cybertronic jet, drill tank, laser pistol, hovercraft and a flying puma. His armament of choice is a pair of (non-firing) photon blasters, which he uses in many of his modes. Despite being particularly well [[Articulation|articulated]] due to his various transformations, all of his modes are kinda blocky. | : Quickswitch is the second "Six Changer" in the series. Besides his basic form as a humanoid robot, he turns into a Cybertronic jet, drill tank, laser pistol, hovercraft and a flying puma. His armament of choice is a pair of (non-firing) photon blasters, which he uses in many of his modes. Despite being particularly well [[Articulation|articulated]] due to his various transformations, all of his modes are kinda blocky. | ||
: The same mold was used in Japan to make [[Sixknight]]. | : The same mold was used in Japan to make [[Sixknight]]. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Quickswitch/quickswitch.htm More information on Quickswitch at TFU.info]'' | |||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/585/58508_Quickswitch_Profile1.jpg Page 1 and] [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/585/58509_Quickswitch_Profile2.jpg 2 of Quickswitch's MTMTE profile at Transformers-universe.com] | * [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/585/58508_Quickswitch_Profile1.jpg Page 1 and] [http://www.transformers-universe.com/popup.php?img=content/images/galerie/pics/585/58509_Quickswitch_Profile2.jpg 2 of Quickswitch's MTMTE profile at Transformers-universe.com] | ||
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gXF6FLs8ag Quickswitch's commercial, announcing him as Sixshot's son] | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gXF6FLs8ag Quickswitch's commercial, announcing him as Sixshot's son] | ||
[[Category:Autobots]] | [[Category:Autobots]] | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]] | [[Category:Generation 1 characters]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple modes]] | [[Category:Multiple modes]] | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 7 November 2009
- Quickswitch is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
"Chaotic" is the best word to describe Quickswitch. "Unpredictable" works also. His rapid changing of forms is echoed by his moods changing just as wildly. Whether you find him happy or sad, angry or upset depends mostly on the moment you happen to run into him. If you run into Quickswitch in a bad mood, the best advice is simply to wait a moment.
- French-Canadian name: Interclic
Fiction
Commercial animation
Quickswitch was Sixshot's "son", burdened with the task of making up for his "father's" mistakes. However you want to gloss that, nothing has appeared elsewhere to support or contradict this. Quickswitch commercial
Later, when Optimus Prime returned as a Powermaster, he used Quickswitch in handgun mode against some Decepticon aggressors. Powermaster Optimus Prime commercial
Marvel UK continuity
Quickswitch was supposed to meet an informant at Maccadam's Old Oil House, but ran afoul of a Mecannibal who had come looking for revenge on Dreadwind and Darkwing. It took some showy transforming into each of his modes to stop the beast. The two drunken ingrates, however, never even noticed. Out to Lunch!
Ladybird continuity
When the Decepticons went to ground on Nebulos, Quickswitch was sent with Quickmix and Scoop to locate them. He was the only one able to cross the Nebulos Triangle's mercury lake due to his hovercraft mode, and he managed to locate the Decepticons' secret underground city. Hearing Decepticons, he knocked over some fuel canisters and bravely fled to the surface. With Scoop and Quickmix's help, he sealed up the only exit with concrete made from Nebulite so the Decepticons remained trapped, and the Nebulos campaign, possibly the war itself, was ended. Decepticons Underground
Toys
Generation 1
- Quickswitch (Six Changer, 1988)
- Accessories: Left & right blasters
- Quickswitch is the second "Six Changer" in the series. Besides his basic form as a humanoid robot, he turns into a Cybertronic jet, drill tank, laser pistol, hovercraft and a flying puma. His armament of choice is a pair of (non-firing) photon blasters, which he uses in many of his modes. Despite being particularly well articulated due to his various transformations, all of his modes are kinda blocky.
- The same mold was used in Japan to make Sixknight.
