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'''Swindle''' is a sneak who is mainly concerned for himself. He's a smooth-talker with a gift of gab and bluff who can wheedle people into seeing his way... at least, long enough to get what he wants. He actually gets along very well with his [[Decepticon]] "partner" [[Starscream_(UT)|Starscream]], but how much of that is a ploy to catch the Decepticon unawares has yet to be seen. | '''Swindle''' is a sneak who is mainly concerned for himself. He's a smooth-talker with a gift of gab and bluff who can wheedle people into seeing his way... at least, long enough to get what he wants. He actually gets along very well with his [[Decepticon]] "partner" [[Starscream_(UT)|Starscream]], but how much of that is a ploy to catch the Decepticon unawares has yet to be seen. | ||
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==Dreamwave Comics Continuity== | ===Armada Cartoon Continuity=== | ||
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Swindle was a resident of Mini-con village C52. He was part of the mass effort erecting an Energon Dome to protect their village before the Decepticons attacked. When Cyclonus burrowed under their defenses and brought down the dome, Swindle was captured and sent to a Decepticon Chop-shop for mecha-sectioning and re-wiring. | Swindle was a resident of Mini-con village C52. He was part of the mass effort erecting an Energon Dome to protect their village before the Decepticons attacked. When Cyclonus burrowed under their defenses and brought down the dome, Swindle was captured and sent to a Decepticon Chop-shop for mecha-sectioning and re-wiring. | ||
It was Swindle's bad luck the next day when Starscream chose '''him''' for the attack on Cyber City. While the Mini-cons left at the base staged a mass breakout, Swindle was left with the Decepticons for a million long, long years... | It was Swindle's bad luck the next day when Starscream chose '''him''' for the attack on Cyber City. While the Mini-cons left at the base staged a mass breakout, Swindle was left with the Decepticons for a million long, long years... | ||
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''A gifted con-man and manipulator, Swindle lacks the strength of character to be a good guy, but suffers too many pangs of conscience to be a bad guy, try as he might. Starscream is wary of Swindle's ability to sway others to his way of thinking.'' | ''A gifted con-man and manipulator, Swindle lacks the strength of character to be a good guy, but suffers too many pangs of conscience to be a bad guy, try as he might. Starscream is wary of Swindle's ability to sway others to his way of thinking.'' | ||
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Swindle uses the same mold as [[Zapmaster_(UT)|Zapmaster]], and is the basis for the mold used by [[Mirage_(UT)_Mini-Con)|Mirage]] and [[Top_Gear_(UT)|Top Gear]]. | Swindle uses the same mold as [[Zapmaster_(UT)|Zapmaster]], and is the basis for the mold used by [[Mirage_(UT)_Mini-Con)|Mirage]] and [[Top_Gear_(UT)|Top Gear]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 2 April 2006
| The name or term "Swindle" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Swindle (disambiguation). |
Swindle is a Mini-Con from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
Japanese name: Grid
Swindle is a sneak who is mainly concerned for himself. He's a smooth-talker with a gift of gab and bluff who can wheedle people into seeing his way... at least, long enough to get what he wants. He actually gets along very well with his Decepticon "partner" Starscream, but how much of that is a ploy to catch the Decepticon unawares has yet to be seen.
Fiction
Armada Cartoon Continuity
Dreamwave Comics Continuity
Swindle was a resident of Mini-con village C52. He was part of the mass effort erecting an Energon Dome to protect their village before the Decepticons attacked. When Cyclonus burrowed under their defenses and brought down the dome, Swindle was captured and sent to a Decepticon Chop-shop for mecha-sectioning and re-wiring. It was Swindle's bad luck the next day when Starscream chose him for the attack on Cyber City. While the Mini-cons left at the base staged a mass breakout, Swindle was left with the Decepticons for a million long, long years...
After the Mini-con reactivation signal brought the Decepticons to Earth, Swindle pretended to have escaped from Starscream in order to gain the trust of humans Carlos and Rad. They promised to bring him to the Autobots for protection, and successfully evaded a Decepticon attack, but Swindle betrayed them to the Decepticons. Megatron intended to merge humans with Cybertronian technology and create a power source, much as he had the Mini-cons. Rad was outraged, they had escaped, but after a million years of slavery, Swindle believed his freedom was the Decepticons' to give! When Megatron subsequently refused to free him as promised, Swindle liberated a group of captured Autobots who drove the Decepticons off. Swindle briefly believed he had won the freedom he had tried to buy, but Starscream activated a retrieval device, yanking him back into custody.
Swindle was among the Mini-con's summoned to the Moon by Dualor. When the Fortress was destroyed he returned to Earth in an escape pod and was subsequently recaptured by Megatron, who had the foresight to implant tracking tags in his Mini-cons.
Swindle was allowed to rejoin his fellow Mini-cons for the joint battle against Unicron. He took part in the ceremony at the Loop which badly damaged the chaos bringer.
When we saw Starscream 10 years, later Swindle was not with him. His fate remains unknown.
A gifted con-man and manipulator, Swindle lacks the strength of character to be a good guy, but suffers too many pangs of conscience to be a bad guy, try as he might. Starscream is wary of Swindle's ability to sway others to his way of thinking.
Toys
Swindle uses the same mold as Zapmaster, and is the basis for the mold used by Mirage and Top Gear.
A tiny PVC micro-figurine of Swindle was released with the MSCF version of Armada Starscream.
For the Hasbro Built To Rule building block system, Starscream came with a small, building-block-based version of Swindle.
External Links
Built To Rule Swindle at TFU.info
