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Some Autobot starships are equipped with '''auto-combatants''' to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages. | Some Autobot starships are equipped with '''auto-combatants''' to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages. | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | |||
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}} | {{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)}} | ||
The Autobots had to flee [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] after an attack by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s forces. During the voyage, [[Hot Rod | The Autobots had to flee [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]] after an attack by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s forces. During the voyage, [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] activated the [[Autobot shuttle|ship]]'s auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an [[Energon sword]] and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} | ||
{{note|The Auto-Combatant’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]].”}} | {{note|The Auto-Combatant’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]].”}} | ||
===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity=== | ===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity=== | ||
As training, [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} | As training, [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} | ||
===''Shattered Glass''=== | ===''Shattered Glass''=== | ||
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===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
*''Japanese:'' '''Combat robo''' (コンバット・ロボ ''konbatto robo'') | *''Japanese:'' '''Combat robo''' (コンバット・ロボ ''konbatto robo'') | ||
[[Category:Generation 1 drones]] | [[Category:Generation 1 drones]] | ||
[[Category:Shattered Glass technology]] | [[Category:Shattered Glass technology]] | ||
Revision as of 04:23, 1 September 2015
Some Autobot starships are equipped with auto-combatants to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Masashi Ebara (Japanese)
The Autobots had to flee Autobot City on Earth after an attack by Galvatron's forces. During the voyage, Hot Rod activated the ship's auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an Energon sword and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. The Transformers: The Movie
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
As training, Hubcap, Swerve, Red Alert, Tailgate, and Pipes were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. Black Sunshine
Shattered Glass
The auto-combatants were solid holograms that could be generated by a computer in specifically designed rooms. Optimus Prime sometimes sparred with them while listening to reports from his inferiors. Shattered Glass
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Metroplex's sparring arena was equipped with auto-combatants that Optimus Prime would often train with. Dai Atlas destroyed a bunch of them to prove to Prime that he wasn't as weak or pacifistic as he seemed. Faces of Darkness
Notes
- Unnamed in the finished film, this droid's name comes from the movie's original script, and was used in the Ladybird adaptation of the movie.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Combat robo (コンバット・ロボ konbatto robo)
