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:''Electrum is a substance is in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].
:''Electrum is a substance is in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].
[[Image:laserrave.gif|300px|thumb|right|Electrum causes Transformers to break out in Dance Fever.]]
'''Electrum''' is a golden liquid, it has the special property of bonding to metal and rendering it virtually indestructible.
This property is a result of its unique nature; electrum is an ''element'' with a ''molecular structure''.<ref>Element with a molecular structure from [[Skyfire (comic issue)|Dreamwave G1v3 #3]], you fail at science.</ref>  It's also considered an alloy<ref>Alloy in [[Transformers (Glu)]]</ref> when in its bonded form.


[[Image:laserrave.gif|300px|thumb|right|Electrum causes Transformers to break out in Dance Fever.]]
Liquid electrum is combustible, but it has a considerably higher spark-point than [[Liquid Energon|liquid energon]]- a stray blaster shot will not ignite it, but a direct high-power shot will.


'''Electrum''' is a golden substance alloy which can be used to render a Transformer virtually invulnerable for short period.
Electrum-augmented Transformers turn a golden color.


When coated with Electrum, a Transformer turns golden in color and can survive even the strongest of attacks without so much as a scratch.


''Electrum is also a real alloy of gold and silver.  See: [[wikipedia:Electrum]] for more information.


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
===Animated continuity===
[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] discovered an isolated 'lagoon' full of electrum in a natural preserve, which was promptly seized by the [[Decepticons]].  [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] destroyed the electrum rather than let the Autobots have it.{{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}}


[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] once found a lagoon full of the stuff, which was promptly seized by the [[Decepticons]]. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}}
''Most Transformers were unfamiliar with electrum, and the scientist [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] was apprehensive about its properties.  Electrum seems to posses an almost 'mythical' status.


===Dreamwave continuity===
===Dreamwave continuity===
[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] noted that [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm's]] body was constructed fo a substance ''similar'' to electrum, a by-product of Cybertronian bio-mechanics.<ref>No, we have no idea what this means.</ref>


[[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] was built out of an Electrum Alloy which instantly repaired any damage he suffered. Whether this property is natural of Electrum, or was a side effect from Sunstorm's unusual creation is unknown.
''In this continuity electrum has only been grafted onto inanimate material. It's possible that the material Sunstorm was constructed is simply the form electrum takes when bonded to living material.


===Movie continuity===
===Movie continuity===
[[Image:Glu electrum novaspray.jpg|thumb]]
Decepticon drones erected a series of blockades fortified with the Cybertronian alloy electrum.


Electrum is a Cybertronic alloy of some sort. {{storylink|Transformers (Glu)|Mobile phone game}}
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] can use [[nova spray]] to turn the blockades brittle and destroy them.{{storylink|Transformers (Glu)|Mobile phone game}}


''The electrum-augmented blockades in this game are not gold, as is typical of electrum, but are instead a warm gray.  (The color or real-world electrum.)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* In reality, electrum is a naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver, with trace amounts of copper and other metals.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum Electrum on Wikipedia]</ref>
* When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was submerged in [[Liquid Energon|liquid energon]] in the [[Keepers Trilogy]], he was covered with an invulnerable 'silver coat.'  This appears completely unrelated to the way electrum works (the [[Matrix of Leadership|matrix]] was involved, to begin with...)


==Toys==
* '''Meister''' (2003)
[[Image:Ehobby_Meister.jpg|right|thumb|Looks like someone's been sneaking out to the [[electrum]] pool again.]]


===References===
: This version of reissue Jazz is almost entirely constructed of vaccum-metalized gold plastic, based on Jazz's incredibly brief, non-speaking appearance in [[The Golden Lagoon]].  ''This re-issue is a homage to special gold-colored toys 20 years earlier which was declared 'electrum' to give it a stronger tie to Transformers continuity.  A silver edition of Bluestreak received no such explanation.
 
: [[E-Hobby|e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]], sold with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Streak (anime version)]]
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==References==
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Revision as of 19:04, 20 August 2007

Electrum is a substance is in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Electrum causes Transformers to break out in Dance Fever.

Electrum is a golden liquid, it has the special property of bonding to metal and rendering it virtually indestructible.

This property is a result of its unique nature; electrum is an element with a molecular structure.[1] It's also considered an alloy[2] when in its bonded form.

Liquid electrum is combustible, but it has a considerably higher spark-point than liquid energon- a stray blaster shot will not ignite it, but a direct high-power shot will.

Electrum-augmented Transformers turn a golden color.


Electrum is also a real alloy of gold and silver. See: wikipedia:Electrum for more information.

Fiction

Animated continuity

Beachcomber discovered an isolated 'lagoon' full of electrum in a natural preserve, which was promptly seized by the Decepticons. Megatron destroyed the electrum rather than let the Autobots have it.The Golden Lagoon

Most Transformers were unfamiliar with electrum, and the scientist Starscream was apprehensive about its properties. Electrum seems to posses an almost 'mythical' status.

Dreamwave continuity

Jetfire noted that Sunstorm's body was constructed fo a substance similar to electrum, a by-product of Cybertronian bio-mechanics.[3]

In this continuity electrum has only been grafted onto inanimate material. It's possible that the material Sunstorm was constructed is simply the form electrum takes when bonded to living material.

Movie continuity

Decepticon drones erected a series of blockades fortified with the Cybertronian alloy electrum.

Ironhide can use nova spray to turn the blockades brittle and destroy them.Mobile phone game

The electrum-augmented blockades in this game are not gold, as is typical of electrum, but are instead a warm gray. (The color or real-world electrum.)

Trivia

Toys

  • Meister (2003)
Looks like someone's been sneaking out to the electrum pool again.
This version of reissue Jazz is almost entirely constructed of vaccum-metalized gold plastic, based on Jazz's incredibly brief, non-speaking appearance in The Golden Lagoon. This re-issue is a homage to special gold-colored toys 20 years earlier which was declared 'electrum' to give it a stronger tie to Transformers continuity. A silver edition of Bluestreak received no such explanation.
e-Hobby exclusive, sold with Streak (anime version)


References

  1. ↑ Element with a molecular structure from Dreamwave G1v3 #3, you fail at science.
  2. ↑ Alloy in Transformers (Glu)
  3. ↑ No, we have no idea what this means.
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