Reverb (Cybertron)

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

Reverb is an Autobot-allied Gigantion Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Optimus Minor?

Reverb is one of the three members of the Recon Mini-Con Team. Originally hailing from Gigantion, he's the most adventurous of the three, but tends to get in over his head. He's been lost in time more than once in his life while traveling with Vector Prime.

Fiction

Cybertron cartoon

After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans Lori, Coby, and Bud, Vector Prime summoned forth Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Reverb scanned a pickup alternate mode. While Reverb and Six-Speed hugged Bud, Jolt recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the Omega Lock. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. Fallen Inferno

As part of ongoing efforts to keep the many Autobot refugees on Earth hidden from the locals, the kids went out to teach them how to properly behave when in their vehicle modes. The children's initial attempts drew too much attention to both themselves and the refugees however, and Reverb looked on in silence as Jetfire chided Coby, Lori, and Bud for their blunder. Hidden Once the Autobots had secured their secret presence on Earth, they moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. A lead was uncovered pointing towards a museum in Mexico, where Reverb met with the rest of the team. He was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. During the ensuing battle, the Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. Landmine

Vector Prime began teaching the Recon Mini-Con team to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." When Bud and Jolt convinced Scattorshot to take the boy up into Earth's orbit, Reverb and Six-Speed accompanied them outside the Autobot base to see them off. Later, wondering where their friend had gone, Coby and Lori pressed the Mini-Cons for answers. Jolt eventually spilled the beans, and Reverb stayed behind at headquarters while the Autobots rescued Bud and Scattorshot, as they had since gotten themselves stranded in space. Space Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Reverb and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. Rush

After the kids returned from a day out at the theater, Reverb was among the Autobots who shared a heart laugh at Coby's expense for getting rattled over a horror movie. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a strange beacon emanating from a nearby forest, depicting the Omega Lock's "Atlantis Pattern." Reverb and Six-Speed saw Jolt off as he joined the Autobots to investigate, but stayed behind themselves once more. Speed

Toys

Cybertron

Minor God.

• Recon Mini-Con Team (Scout-class, 2005)
  • Japanese ID number: GC-07

Reverb transforms into a pickup truck based on a Cadillac Escalade EXT, sold only in a three-pack with his teammates Jolt and Six-Speed. The Hasbro and Takara versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing paint applications; Hasbro Reverb has more deco on the robot-mode chest, painting nearly the whole chest orange rather than the more select details of the Takara version.

This mold was also used to make Plier, Platinum Material, Guardian Powered, and Drivetrain.

• More information on Reverb at TFU.info

• Bumper (Micron Galaxy, 2005)
  • Micron Galaxy ID number: 2

Part of the "Micron Galaxy" assortment of candy toys for Galaxy Force, this version of Reverb comes with a small plank of chewing gum. Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling, most notably not being gang-molded with his teammates, but also contains a number of small differences. The most immediately noticeable among these are different wheels and blue-plastic biceps instead of black.

Hey, where'd they go??

• Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team (Scout class, 2006)

Part of the final wave of Cybertron Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely redecoed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration.

• More information on Shadow Reverb at TFU.info

Notes

• His color scheme and alt-mode make a slight reference to Micromasters Powertrain and Mudslinger respectively.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Bumper (バンパー Banpā)
• Russian: Echo (Эхо)