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| {{disambig2|the Autobot military team|the episode featuring them|The Elite Guard}}
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| {{disambig2|the Autobot guard|the Decepticon guard|Cybertron Guard}}
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| :''The Cybertron Elite Guard is a distinguished team of Autobots from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]], [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]], [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]], and [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]]. It is also known as the Autobot Elite Guard, and in one timeline has also been a Decepticon organization.''
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| [[File:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|right|upright=1.67]]
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| The [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] '''Elite Guard''' is the pinnacle of the [[Autobot]] military force, reserved for only the most distinguished graduates of the [[Autobot Academy]]. Its members are specialists, masters in their fields, and the unit is only called upon in the most dire of situations. It reports directly to the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots. It also engages in some pretty shady business from time to time, from experimenting on [[Jetfire (Animated)|other]] [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Autobots]], to creating [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|weapons of mass destruction]], all the way to hiring [[Lockdown (Animated)|unscrupulous bounty hunters]].
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| ==Fiction==
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| ===''Animated'' cartoon===
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| [[File:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The Mighty [[Thor]], Black Panther, and the Tick pretending to be [[Captain America]].]]
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| The Elite Guard served under the direct command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], the [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobot military. During the Great War, [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] was the general of the Elite Guard on Magnus' behalf.
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| ====Members====
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| * [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (also a member of [[Cybertron Intelligence]])
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| * [[Erector (Animated)|Erector]]
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| * [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
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| * [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
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| * [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
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| * [[Metalhawk (Animated)|Metalhawk]]
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| * [[Rad (Animated)|Rad]]
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| * [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (Combined form of Jetstorm and Jetfire)
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| * [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]
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| * [[Wing Saber (Animated)|Wing Saber]]
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| =====Former Members=====
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| * [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] - Retired to rebuild [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
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| * [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] - Retired. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
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| * [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]<ref>[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s on-package [[bio]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed the wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of the group in the cartoon. This is borne out by the fact that Longarm lacks the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol.</ref> - Was a Decepticon spy. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}
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| * [[Powered Convoy]] - Former Magnus and predecessor to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
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| * [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] - Promoted to acting Magnus {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}
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| =====Impersonators=====
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| *[[Afterburn]]<ref>[[Afterburn]] successfully led everyone to believe he was a member of the Elite Guard's "Special Ops" team when he arrived on Earth, but it was soon revealed that he was a big, fat liar.</ref>
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| =====Wannabes=====
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| *[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]] - Bumblebee wants to be a member of the Elite Guard, so he gave himself an Elite Guard paint job in what he hopes is a first step in becoming one. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee's toy bio}}
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| =====????=====
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| *[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] fits in here... somehow...<ref>Two toys of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] were produced as "Optimus Prime Elite Guard Version" but he was never depicted in this fashion in any story material. Perhaps hinting at Prime's future? Who knows!</ref>
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| *[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] does as well, though how exactly boggles the mind...<ref>Prowl also received two toys branded as "Elite Guard Version" but his fictional appearances leave little to no room for this to actually come to pass... [[Time travel|Alternate timeline]]? [[Death|Resurrection]]? [[Cloning|Clone]]? [[To sell toys]]?</ref>
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| ====Fiction====
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| {{Idw-tfa}}
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| Bumblebee and Bulkhead also registered to join the Guard. After Bumblebee and Bulkhead accidentally destroyed part of a simulated battle zone and injured their drill sergeant, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], they were both given the boot and reassigned to space bridge repair duty. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}
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| After seeing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] save them from an incident on the asteroid where they were working, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] commented that with moves like that, Optimus should have gone into the Cybertron Elite Guard. Gee, way to rub salt in the wound, there, Bumblebee... {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}
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| Shortly after the battle with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the Elite Guard arrived to retrieve the [[AllSpark]]. (Great timing, guys.) Upon learning that the AllSpark had been dispersed, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] confined Optimus Prime's crew to the Elite Guard's ship while he, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Optimus went to investigate [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Optimus's vessel]], where the battle had taken place. When trouble at a [[Sumdac Systems]] manufacturing plant was detected, the Autobots and Elite Guard managed to hold off the malfunctioning police drones being made there long enough to allow Optimus, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to get [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] to the assembly line and shut it down. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}
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| After an extended period with no evidence of a Decepticon presence on Earth, Magnus was prepared to gather up the Autobots and ship out back to Cybertron. He urged Optimus to testify as to his experiences on Earth to calm the general fears of Megatron still being alive. When Optimus protested that Megatron ''was'' still alive and that such testimony would be falsifying evidence, Sentinel angrily stated that nobody was asking him to lie, just to agree with Sentinel's scans (quite excellent ones, in his humble opinion) showing there were no Decepticons on Earth. Besides, Sentinel cajoled, if he smoothed things over with Cybertron Command, Optimus might just be able to be reinstated into the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}
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| [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] was left on Earth to try and find the Decepticon base and keep an eye on Optimus's crew. However, [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]], with the help of an AllSpark-powered remote control, forced Blurr to do his bidding until Sari stole the remote from him. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}
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| ''The Elite Guard oversaw the extraction of flight technology from Starscream to create [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], who managed to join the ranks of the Elite Guard in record time. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}''
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| ===Generation 1===
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| ====''Wings Universe''====
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| The Elite Guard was founded by and is under the direct orders of [[Magnum]], a member of the [[Autobot High Command]], as a special strike force within the [[Autobot Guard]].
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| =====Members=====
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| *'''Officers'''
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| **[[Big Bang]]
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| **[[Sentinel Major]]
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| *'''[[Alpha Team]]'''
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| **[[Thunder Clash]] (leader)
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| **[[Flak (G1)|Flak]]
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| **[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
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| **[[Landshark (G1)|Landshark]]
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| *'''[[Strike Team]]''' (201st)
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| **[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] (leader)
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| **[[Dion (G1)|Dion]]
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| **[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
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| **[[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]]
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| *'''Special Ops Team''' ([[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]])
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| **[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (leader)
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| **[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
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| **[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
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| **[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
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| **[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
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| *'''[[Stealth Team (G1)|Stealth Team]]''' (45th)
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| **[[Powerflash]] (leader)
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| **[[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]]
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| **[[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]]
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| **[[Tap-Out (Universe)|Tap-Out]]
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| *'''[[Artillery Team]]''' (116th)
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| **[[Halonix Maximus|Halonix "Halo" Maximus, callsign Gigantron]]
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| **[[Windsail]]
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| **[[Clear Out]]
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| **[[Padlock (G1)|Padlock]]<ref>Halo was the only member named at BotCon 2010. The other three were shown on Alex Milne's lithograph and named on the OTFCC forums, in a post giving a quick rundown of the Elite Guard teams.</ref>
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| *'''[[Fast Attack Team]]'''
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| **[[Ranger]]
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| **[[Blacker]]
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| **[[Braver]]
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| **[[Laster]]
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| *'''[[Recon Team]]''' (349th)
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| **[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]
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| **[[Delta Seeker]]
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| **[[Rest-Q (G1)|Rest-Q]]
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| **[[Roadfire]]
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| =====Fiction=====
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| After Thunder Clash and his squad proved their skill and valor by keeping a [[Matrix of Leadership|vitally important piece of cargo]] safe from the Decepticons, they were appointed as the first members of the newly-created Elite Guard. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}} Other Autobots were eventually inducted into the Guard after completing rigorous testing, forming their own squads within the organization.
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| {{groupstub}}
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| {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
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| {{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}
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| {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}
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| The Elite Guard once ''almost'' went twenty missions in a row without a single casualty. {{storylink|Around Cybertron#Around Cybertron #11|Around Cybertron #11}}
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| {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}
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| {{storylink|A Team Effort}}
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| {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}
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| Then [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] killed almost all of them. Hope you weren't particularly attached.
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| {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}
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| At some unknown future point in time, the Guard eventually dispersed, with little left of its presence except the occasional disused cargo box bearing its symbol. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}
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| ====IDW Generation 1 continuity====
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| The Elite Guard were [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime's]] hand-picked bruisers and strike team. Among their missions was to secure the spark [[reproduction|hot spot]] in [[Alyon]] and kill [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax's]] team. Orion Pax's team repeatedly kicked the snot out of them, with [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] sneering that Sentinel didn't pick Guard members for their brains. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}
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| ====''Timelines''====
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| In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]] was the head of the Elite Guard academy before the Great War, training hundreds of Autobot warriors, including [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and even [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}
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| ===''Shattered Glass''===
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| ====Autobot members====
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| [[File:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|upright=0.85|thumb|Now with one less bar!]]
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| *[[Hyperdrive (SG)|Hyperdrive]] (deceased)
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| *[[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] (leader)
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| *[[Kup (SG)|Kup]] (deceased)
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| {{--}}
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| ====Decepticon members====
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| [[File:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|upright=0.85|thumb|Wait, whose side are we on again?]]
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| *[[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]]
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| {{--}}
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| ====Fiction====
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| Thunderwing was a Decepticon member of the Cybertron Elite Guard, which in pre-war times was a law enforcement group. He operated as a duly appointed agent for millennia, often spending extended periods of time away from Cybertron. In fact, his missions kept him away from Cybertron ''so'' much that he had little to no knowledge or interest in the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
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| In modern times, the Elite Guard was an Autobot organization serving at the whim of <s>a madman</s> [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. Previously led by Hyperdrive, the Guard was taken over by Thunderclash after he deemed his commander unfit for leadership and eliminated him. {{storylink|Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash's toy bio}}
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| ===Live-action film series===
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| ====Fiction====
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| Prospective allies of the Autobots must complete training in speed, strength, skill, and fireblast before they will be allowed to join the hunt for the Decepticons' leader Megatron. Completion of extended training above and beyond the norm qualifies the trainee as a member of the Elite Guard. It is unknown which Autobots, if any, are currently members of the group. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' online game}}
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| ===Aligned continuity family===
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| ====Aligned novels====
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| [[File:WFCcomicEliteGuard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
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| The Elite Guard were the thirty-six bodyguards of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel]] was a member before he became a High Councilor and [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. When [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] assassinated [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] in the [[High Council Tower|High Council Chamber]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ordered them to stand down and spare him in an effort to maintain peace. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}
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| {{note|The Elite Guard's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}
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| ====''Prime'' cartoon====
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| [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was trained by the Elite Guard late in the war, though he described it as more like boot camp. He wore the Elite Guard [[insignia]] on his shoulders. {{storylink|New Recruit}}
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| [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] was once part of the Elite Guard, but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] explained that the strictly disciplined command style Magnus had learned there wouldn't be appropriate now that he was working outside the Guard. {{storylink|Evolution}}
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| ====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
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| After [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] was accused of cheating, the Elite Guard were called in to help subdue and arrest the enraged gladiator. {{storylink|The Champ}}
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| ===''Shattered Glass Animated''===
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| ====Fiction====
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| {{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}}}
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| ===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity family===
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| In [[Viron 102.0 Beta]], [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]] formed the Guard to defend Cybertron from existential spaceborne threats. They flew around in the ''[[Longbow (RID)|Longbow]]'' from crisis to crisis. Threats they faced included the [[Metabeast]]s of [[Zeotopia]], extracting [[Bruticus (RID)|Bruticus]] from the [[Intruder|Intruder Empire]], evading the [[Elder God]]s in the [[Dark Nebula]], and clashing in the [[Mirtonian constellation|Mirtonian Expanse]] with [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]] and his [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicon]]s, the Guard's most tenacious opponents. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/22}}
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| In [[Viron 903.0 Beta]], Jhiaxus's Destructicons were also the most tenacious opponents of the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/09}}
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| ====Members====
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| *[[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]]
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| *[[Scavenger (RID)|Scavenger]]
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| *[[Nightcruz (RID)|Nightcruz]]
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| *[[Mirage (RID)|Mirage GT]]
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| *[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]
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| ==Notes==
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| * In ''Animated'', many members of the Elite Guard bear what appears to be rank insignia, in the form of downward-pointing chevrons on their arms or abdomens. Magnus has four stripes; Sentinel, Jazz, and Kup have three; Warpath has two.
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| * ''Shattered Glass'' Thunderwing is mentioned as being part of the Elite Guard since before the war started, and has been out of touch with events before then. As such, it's not really clear so far whether the Elite Guard eventually evolved into Thunderclash's group while Thunderwing was gone, or if there's two separate organizations with that name in the ''Shattered Glass'' universe.
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| * Originally known as the "Cybertron Elite" Guard in the ''Animated'' pilot, they have been referred to in subsequent years of fiction as simply the "Elite Guard".
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| ===Foreign names===
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| *''Japanese:'' '''Elite Guard''' (エリートガード ''Erīto Gādo'')
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| ==Footnotes==
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| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:Animated subgroups]]
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| [[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
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| [[Category:Elite Guard| ]]
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| [[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) subgroups]]
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| [[Category:Shattered Glass subgroups]]
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| [[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]
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| [[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]
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