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[[Image:Shortround-card.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"No time for love, [[Harrison Ford|Doctor Jones]]!"]] | [[Image:Shortround-card.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"No time for love, [[Harrison Ford|Doctor Jones]]!"]] | ||
'''Shortround''''s fellow soldiers see him as a nuisance, especially fellow naval unit [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], the object of his fumbling affections. | '''Shortround''''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. | 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. | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Cybertron=== | ===Cybertron=== | ||
[[Image:CYB shortround withalt.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This mold would make a ''terrible'' [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]. | [[Image:CYB shortround withalt.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This mold would make a ''terrible'' [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]. Oh wait, [[Seaspray (SG)|it did]].]] | ||
*'''Shortround''' (Scout-class, 2006) | *'''Shortround''' (Scout-class, 2006) | ||
**''Accessories'': Blaster, Earth Planet Key | **''Accessories'': Blaster, Earth Planet Key | ||
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: He comes with a silver-bordered [[Earth]]-style Cyber Key, with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''s639''' stamped on the back. | : He comes with a silver-bordered [[Earth]]-style Cyber Key, with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''s639''' stamped on the back. | ||
: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movie]] [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]], which was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Seaspray (SG)|Seaspray]] and re-released as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Storm Surge (Universe)|Storm Surge]], and the unreleased [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' line]] [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]]. | : This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movie]] [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]], which was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Seaspray (SG)|Seaspray]] and re-released as ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Storm Surge (Universe)|Storm Surge]], and the unreleased [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' line]] [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]]. This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" version of [[Scorponok (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Scorponok]]. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Shortround/shortround.htm More information on Shortround at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Shortround/shortround.htm More information on Shortround at TFU.info]'' | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 10 March 2016
- Shortround is a Decepticon from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Shortround's fellow soldiers see him as a nuisance, especially fellow naval unit Thunderblast, the object of his fumbling affections. Nerdy and destructive, Shortround erupts into panic at the sight of Autobots 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 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.
Toys
Cybertron
- Shortround (Scout-class, 2006)
- Accessories: Blaster, Earth Planet Key
- Shortround was exclusive to the Hasbro Cybertron line, transforming into a troop-carrying military hovercraft. Inserting a Cyber 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.
- This mold was redecoed to make live-action movie Storm Surge, which was later repurposed as Shattered Glass Seaspray and re-released as Universe Storm Surge, and the unreleased 2010 Transformers line Undertow. This mold also served as the basis of the non-toy "Theft of the Golden Disk" version of Beast Wars Scorponok.
