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'''Richard Branson''' runs a large company called [[Virgin]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. Their activities involve clean-up operations, which he oversees personally. His intentions are genuine, but he doesn't object to a little publicity along the way, either. | '''Richard Branson''' runs a large company called [[Virgin]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. Their activities involve clean-up operations, which he oversees personally. His intentions are genuine, but he doesn't object to a little publicity along the way, either. | ||
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=== | ===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics=== | ||
{{noteukexclusive|Richard Branson}} | {{noteukexclusive|Richard Branson}} | ||
[[File:Thames branson jawbreaker salvage.jpg|thumb|left | [[File:Thames branson jawbreaker salvage.jpg|thumb|left]] | ||
Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the Thames, Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from [[London]]'s main waterway, [[The weather in London|come rain or shine]]. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]<ref>Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-as-Megatron at this point.</ref> above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. | Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the Thames, Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from [[London]]'s main waterway, [[The weather in London|come rain or shine]]. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]<ref>Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-as-Megatron at this point.</ref> above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. | ||
Branson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) {{storylink|Salvage!|Salvage!}} | Branson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) {{storylink|Salvage!|Salvage!}} | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Originally, this story would have featured a character who was merely Branson''esque'', but Lee Sullivan had a bit of fun drawing a full-on Branson likeness. When his bosses saw it, they decided to try for permission to actually use Branson as the character. They were successful, with Branson's appearance being tied into his ongoing environmental "Clean Up Britain" campaign, leading to it even making some UK papers. [[Transformers: Space Pirates#Notes|One such article]] was reprinted in the [[Titan Books|Titan]] trade paperback ''[[Transformers: Space Pirates]]'', though it wasn't very complimentary about either Branson or ''Transformers''. | *Originally, this story would have featured a character who was merely Branson''esque'', but Lee Sullivan had a bit of fun drawing a full-on Branson likeness. When his bosses saw it, they decided to try for permission to actually use Branson as the character. They were successful, with Branson's appearance being tied into his ongoing environmental "Clean Up Britain" campaign, leading to it even making some UK papers. [[Transformers: Space Pirates#Notes|One such article]] was reprinted in the [[Titan Books|Titan]] trade paperback ''[[Transformers: Space Pirates]]'', though it wasn't very complimentary about either Branson or ''Transformers''. | ||
*You know who else is Bransonesque? | *You know who else is Bransonesque? [[R.J. Blackrock]]. | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* | *{{w|Richard Branson}} at Wikipedia | ||
*[http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson Richard Branson's page at Virgin Group website] | *[http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson Richard Branson's page at Virgin Group website] | ||
Revision as of 10:11, 3 February 2016
| The name or term "Richard" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Richard (disambiguation). |
Richard Branson runs a large company called Virgin from the United Kingdom. Their activities involve clean-up operations, which he oversees personally. His intentions are genuine, but he doesn't object to a little publicity along the way, either.
He's smart enough to know that you don't get sharks in the Thames, though Jawbreaker disagreed.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
Richard Branson appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.
Following the discovery of Transformer bodies in the Thames, Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from London's main waterway, come rain or shine. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of Centurion and Megatron[1] above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to Shockwave.
Branson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) Salvage!
Notes
- Originally, this story would have featured a character who was merely Bransonesque, but Lee Sullivan had a bit of fun drawing a full-on Branson likeness. When his bosses saw it, they decided to try for permission to actually use Branson as the character. They were successful, with Branson's appearance being tied into his ongoing environmental "Clean Up Britain" campaign, leading to it even making some UK papers. One such article was reprinted in the Titan trade paperback Transformers: Space Pirates, though it wasn't very complimentary about either Branson or Transformers.
- You know who else is Bransonesque? R.J. Blackrock.
