Overload (RID)

The name or term "Overload" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Overload (disambiguation).

Overload is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Watch out for Overload, 'cause he's a robot that turns into a tank and launches his Mini-Con pal Backtrack and... that's all we know.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Out of Focus

2015 Robots in Disguise shorts

Overload shot a Cyclone at a young Slipstream, which stole his first ball bearing, causing him to go live a life a crime. The Tragedy of Slipstream Overload appeared to be listed in the Alchemor's prisoner manifest in the same pod as Ransack and Backtrack. The Power of Dibs

Games

Transformers: Robots in Disguise

Robots in Disguise (mobile game)

Toys

Robots in Disguise (2015)

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• Decepticon Overload and Backtrack (Deployer, 2015)
  • Accessories: Backtrack Mini-con and Armor sprue

Overload transforms into a Cybertronian tank and can launch his Mini-Con partner Backtrack. Although he is not designed to, he is capable of launching torpedo style mini-cons. He has a battle mask- a feature intended to cover his face in vehicle mode also doubles as an homage to the rectangle-eye of the robot in the cartoon which he's based on.

Notes

• Overload and Backtrack's bodies are based on the illusionary Decepticon warriors Micronus Prime used to challenge Optimus Prime in "Out of Focus". The major difference is that they gave Overload a proper robot head rather than the featureless rectangle of the robot in the show. However given the toy also provides Overload with a battle mask that resembles the "head" of the robot, it is entirely possible that the robot simply has his battle mask deployed.