Red Five

Red Five is an Autobot from the Cyberverse continuity family.

You're all clear, kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!

A friendly and eager chap, Red Five is standing by.

Fiction

Cyberverse cartoon

Voice actor: Marc Thompson (English), Yōji Ueda (Japanese)

After the Autobots had seized the AllSpark, they immediately intended to leave Earth so the artifact could heal Cybertron. Aware that the Nemesis would overwhelm and cripple the Ark as it travelled to the orbiting space bridge, Hot Rod enacted a plan to draw away the enemy warship with remotely piloted Autobot shuttles. Eagerly, Red Five guided a shuttle into orbit before he detected the arriving Nemesis which summarily deployed Decepticon scout ships to engage the snubfighters.

Throwing himself into battle, Red Five shot down one of the enemy ships but in his boasting left himself open for his ship to be shot down by another. Soon enough, all five shuttles had been destroyed but the ruse had bought Hot Rod the time he needed to get the Ark spaceworthy. Escape From Earth

Following the Autobots' return to Cybertron and subsequent bailing of the Ark, Red Five was among the Autobot soldiers who participated in the climatic battle with the Decepticons. Battle For Cybertron II

Apparently Red Five told an Autobot generic that the shields were meant to protect the planet from Starscream's ghost. [[The Perfect Decepticon |The Perfect Decepticon ]]

Notes

• Yes, his name refers to the callsign used by Luke Skywalker during the run on the Death Star.
• In the Japanese dub, "Red Generic" was recharacterized as a homage to Amuro Ray from Mobile Suit Gundam.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Red Generic (レッドジェネリック Reddo Jenerikku), Red Five (レッドファイブ Reddo Faibu)