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{{disambig2|the Autobot resistance group led by Elita One|information on female Transformers in general|Female Transformer}} | {{disambig2|the Autobot resistance group led by Elita One|information on female Transformers in general|Female Transformer}} | ||
:''The Female Autobots are a team with a rather self-explanatory designation from the [[Generation 1 | :''The Female Autobots are a team with a rather self-explanatory designation from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | ||
[[Image:Femaleautobots.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Amazon Autobots on Beta Moon?]] | [[Image:Femaleautobots.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Amazon Autobots on Beta Moon?]] | ||
The '''Female Autobots'''<ref>[[Elita One]]'s 1996 [[:Image:ElitaOne-MCAxiskit.jpg|MC Axis Kit]] gives her a function of "Female Autobot Commander," apparently cementing that "Female Autobots" is the actual ''name'' of the unit and not just a description.</ref> are a team of [[ | The '''Female Autobots'''<ref>[[Elita One]]'s 1996 [[:Image:ElitaOne-MCAxiskit.jpg|MC Axis Kit]] gives her a function of "Female Autobot Commander," apparently cementing that "Female Autobots" is the actual ''name'' of the unit and not just a description.</ref> are a team of [[female Transformer]]s that made its debut in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 episode]] "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]". In that appearance, it was an [[Autobot]] resistance group stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] under the command of [[Elita One]]. In its canceled return to fiction in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave comics]] however, the team was working for the [[Quintesson]]s. | ||
{{quote|Female Autobots? I thought they were extinct.|The ever-observant [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]|"[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]"}} | |||
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==Members== | ==Members== | ||
The team as it originally appeared consisted of six members, two of which went without name. Most fiction since has omitted | The team as it originally appeared consisted of six members, two of which (Greenlight and Lancer) initially went without name. Most fiction since has omitted those two and oftentimes placed Arcee among the group's ranks instead. Let's see what the future has in store for the team now that the namelessness [[Flames of Yesterday|has been cured]]. | ||
[[Image:G1femmes.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I'm just the chaperon."]] | [[Image:G1femmes.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I'm just the chaperon."]] | ||
*[[Elita One]] | *[[Elita One]] | ||
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] | *[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] | ||
*[[Firestar]] | *[[Firestar]] | ||
*[[Greenlight]] | *[[Greenlight]] | ||
*[[Lancer]] | *[[Lancer]] | ||
*[[Moonracer]] | |||
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (''Dreamwave comics, Diamond Select profile, [[MC Axis (pack-in comic)|MC Axis comics]], [[Transformers 2010 (story page)|TV Magazine story pages]]'') | *[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (''Dreamwave comics, Diamond Select profile, [[MC Axis (pack-in comic)|MC Axis comics]], [[Transformers 2010 (story page)|TV Magazine story pages]]'') | ||
Given his supportive role to the team in the cartoon, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] might be considered a member in that continuity as well. | Given his supportive role to the team in the cartoon, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] might be considered a member in that continuity as well. | ||
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The Female Autobots were destroyed by a missile strike during the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s launch. Or so everyone thought... | The Female Autobots were destroyed by a missile strike during the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s launch. Or so everyone thought... | ||
Skip four million years into the future. By 1985, they have formed a resistance group on Cybertron, operating in secret. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] discovered their continued existence (thanks to Moonracer) and tracked them back to their underground headquarters. A subsequent attempt by the [[Decepticon | Skip four million years into the future. By 1985, they have formed a resistance group on Cybertron, operating in secret. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] discovered their continued existence (thanks to Moonracer) and tracked them back to their underground headquarters. A subsequent attempt by the [[Decepticon]]s to capture Elita One resulted in the destruction of said headquarters, but also a reunion with the Autobots stationed on [[Earth]]. | ||
Once the Decepticons were dealt with, the Female Autobots relocated to a new secret headquarters provided by Alpha Trion and chose to remain on Cybertron to continue the fight there. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} | Once the Decepticons were dealt with, the Female Autobots relocated to a new secret headquarters provided by Alpha Trion and chose to remain on Cybertron to continue the fight there. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} | ||
===MC Axis mini-comics=== | ===MC Axis mini-comics=== | ||
The team had taken out a humongous Decepticon and Moonracer boasted about their success, claiming that they alone could retake Cybertron. Only Elita One | The team had taken out a humongous Decepticon and Moonracer boasted about their success, claiming that they alone could retake Cybertron. Only Elita One didn't share in her team's exultation, as she knew they were only hiding and that the war was wearing them out. | ||
At another time, Arcee showed off to Firestar and Moonracer how | At another time, Arcee showed off to Firestar and Moonracer how "badass" she is by taking out a Decepticon the other two hadn't even noticed yet. She then continued to berate them that war seemed to be too tough for females in particular. Firestar was horrified at realizing that three beautiful women were at three times as much risk. ''Just... what?'' {{storylink|MC Axis (pack-in comic)|MC Axis pack-in comic}} | ||
===Dreamwave Comics continuity=== | ===Dreamwave Comics continuity=== | ||
[[Image:G1Dreamwaveongoing11.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey, watch where you point that thing.]] | [[Image:G1Dreamwaveongoing11.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey, watch where you point that thing.]] | ||
The "Female Autobots" were an elite squad of warriors under the command of the [[Quintesson | The "Female Autobots" were an elite squad of warriors under the command of the [[Quintesson]]s. Arcee functioned as a sleeper agent of theirs. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One issue 11}}<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/comics/view.php?comic_id=746 Generation One #11 summary at Seibertron.com]</ref><ref name="UDGOM">[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/dreamwave/guide/?s=g1_vol_3_unpub Unpublished Dreamwave Generation One Material at TFarchive.com.]</ref> | ||
{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing Transformers books right as the Female Autobots arc was beginning.}} | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[Image:Art of War 2u.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Lady Jaye]]'s riding Arcee. So wrong and yet so right.]] | [[Image:Art of War 2u.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Lady Jaye]]'s riding Arcee. So wrong and yet so right.]] | ||
* The Female Autobots are the [[Transformers brand|brand]]'s first ''real'' [[ | * The Female Autobots are the [[Transformers brand|brand]]'s first ''real'' [[female Transformer]]s. Predecessing them are: a [[Auntie|female Cybertronian, but not Transformer]], a [[Nightbird (G1)|female robot who might have become a Transformer]] and a [[Alana|female Tlalakan who got turned into a Transformer for a short while]]. | ||
* Greenlight's and Lancer's names were [[Retcon|revealed]] in the ''[[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' story "[[Flames of Yesterday]]". | * Greenlight's and Lancer's names were [[Retcon|revealed]] in the ''[[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' story "[[Flames of Yesterday]]". | ||
* The Club Udon special edition cover to [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]] [[The Art of War issue 2|issue 2]], which is dedicated to the ladies of the two brands, surprisingly features what appears to be Lancer with Greenlight's colors. This is the only instance during the 25 years between the airing of "The Search for Alpha Trion" and the publication of "Flames of Yesterday" that these characters have been referenced. | * The Club Udon special edition cover to [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War]] [[The Art of War issue 2|issue 2]], which is dedicated to the ladies of the two brands, surprisingly features what appears to be Lancer with Greenlight's colors. This is the only instance during the 25 years between the airing of "The Search for Alpha Trion" and the publication of "Flames of Yesterday" that these characters have been referenced. | ||
* The Female Autobots were present in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|season 3]] chain of command chart published in [[TV Magazine]]'s ''[[Transformers 2010 (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010]]'' [[ | * The Female Autobots were present in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|season 3]] chain of command chart published in [[TV Magazine]]'s ''[[Transformers 2010 (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010]]'' [[story page]]s. {{storylink|Transformers 2010 (story page)|Part 3}} | ||
* Had [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] not gone bankrupt, the Female Autobots (i.e. the main four) would have received [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|MTMTE profiles]] in the [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]].<ref name="UDGOM" /> | * Had [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] not gone bankrupt, the Female Autobots (i.e. the main four) would have received [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|MTMTE profiles]] in the [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]].<ref name="UDGOM" /> | ||
{{-}} | {{--}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]] | |||
[[Category:Female Transformers]] | |||
[[Category:Generation 1]] | [[Category:Generation 1]] | ||
Revision as of 06:20, 22 June 2010
| This article is about the Autobot resistance group led by Elita One. For information on female Transformers in general, see Female Transformer. |
- The Female Autobots are a team with a rather self-explanatory designation from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Female Autobots[1] are a team of female Transformers that made its debut in the Generation 1 episode "The Search for Alpha Trion". In that appearance, it was an Autobot resistance group stationed on Cybertron under the command of Elita One. In its canceled return to fiction in the Dreamwave comics however, the team was working for the Quintessons.
Female Autobots? I thought they were extinct.The ever-observant Shockwave, "The Search for Alpha Trion"
- Japanese name: Woman Cybertrons[2]
Members
The team as it originally appeared consisted of six members, two of which (Greenlight and Lancer) initially went without name. Most fiction since has omitted those two and oftentimes placed Arcee among the group's ranks instead. Let's see what the future has in store for the team now that the namelessness has been cured.
- Elita One
- Chromia
- Firestar
- Greenlight
- Lancer
- Moonracer
- Arcee (Dreamwave comics, Diamond Select profile, MC Axis comics, TV Magazine story pages)
Given his supportive role to the team in the cartoon, Alpha Trion might be considered a member in that continuity as well.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon
The Female Autobots were destroyed by a missile strike during the Ark's launch. Or so everyone thought...
Skip four million years into the future. By 1985, they have formed a resistance group on Cybertron, operating in secret. Shockwave discovered their continued existence (thanks to Moonracer) and tracked them back to their underground headquarters. A subsequent attempt by the Decepticons to capture Elita One resulted in the destruction of said headquarters, but also a reunion with the Autobots stationed on Earth.
Once the Decepticons were dealt with, the Female Autobots relocated to a new secret headquarters provided by Alpha Trion and chose to remain on Cybertron to continue the fight there. The Search for Alpha Trion
MC Axis mini-comics
The team had taken out a humongous Decepticon and Moonracer boasted about their success, claiming that they alone could retake Cybertron. Only Elita One didn't share in her team's exultation, as she knew they were only hiding and that the war was wearing them out.
At another time, Arcee showed off to Firestar and Moonracer how "badass" she is by taking out a Decepticon the other two hadn't even noticed yet. She then continued to berate them that war seemed to be too tough for females in particular. Firestar was horrified at realizing that three beautiful women were at three times as much risk. Just... what? MC Axis pack-in comic
Dreamwave Comics continuity
The "Female Autobots" were an elite squad of warriors under the command of the Quintessons. Arcee functioned as a sleeper agent of theirs. Generation One issue 11[3][4]
Dreamwave filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing Transformers books right as the Female Autobots arc was beginning.
Trivia
- The Female Autobots are the brand's first real female Transformers. Predecessing them are: a female Cybertronian, but not Transformer, a female robot who might have become a Transformer and a female Tlalakan who got turned into a Transformer for a short while.
- Greenlight's and Lancer's names were revealed in the Timelines story "Flames of Yesterday".
- The Club Udon special edition cover to G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War issue 2, which is dedicated to the ladies of the two brands, surprisingly features what appears to be Lancer with Greenlight's colors. This is the only instance during the 25 years between the airing of "The Search for Alpha Trion" and the publication of "Flames of Yesterday" that these characters have been referenced.
- The Female Autobots were present in the season 3 chain of command chart published in TV Magazine's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 story pages. Part 3
- Had Dreamwave not gone bankrupt, the Female Autobots (i.e. the main four) would have received MTMTE profiles in the Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual.[4]
References
- ↑ Elita One's 1996 MC Axis Kit gives her a function of "Female Autobot Commander," apparently cementing that "Female Autobots" is the actual name of the unit and not just a description.
- ↑ TV Magazine: Transformers 2010, Part 3 at Allspark.com.
- ↑ Generation One #11 summary at Seibertron.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Unpublished Dreamwave Generation One Material at TFarchive.com.
