Ariel

This article is about the motorcycle councilor. For the car/jet team leader, see Elita One (G1).

Ariel is an Autobot from the Earth Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Renowned Autobot elder Ariel preaches pacifism, seeing combat as the path to chaos.

“	Cease and desist — now! By order of The High Council!	”
—Ariel, "Point of No Return"

Games

Transformers: Earth Wars

With Sky Reign duking it out against Galvatronus, Dire Judgement Ariel arrived to reinforce fellow elder Windstrike at The Vault, to the dismay of Elita One, who griped about Ariel's refusal to fight in the early stages of the Great War in the face of Decepticons razing Cybertron's cities en masse. Point of No Return

Toys

Legacy

• War Dawn 2-Pack (Multi-pack, 2023)
  • Accessories: front tire/weapon, Energon blaster, ponytail

• Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Koki Yamada (TakaraTomy), Mark Maher and Hisashi Yuki (original tooling), John Warden (initial concept), Marcelo Matere and Emiliano Santalucia (concept artists)

The Legacy Erial toy was repurposed as an independent character in the Earth Wars mobile game.

Released as part of the "War Dawn 2-Pack" in the Legacy toyline, "Cybertronian Erial" is a retool of Deluxe Class Prime Universe Arcee, based on Ariel, Elita-1's previous identity in the episode "War Dawn". While the name change is a pretty transparent case of trademark issues, Hasbro marketer Ben MacCrae offered the tongue-in-cheek explanation that the new spelling aligns "Erial" more closely with Elita One à la Orion Pax and Optimus Prime.

Erial comes in a 2-Pack with Dion. The figure includes a removable ponytail (presumably to hedge bets on transformation clearances with the new head sculpt) as well as an all-new energon blaster, which designer Evan Brooks intimated was based on a blaster Elita One wielded in a later episode of the cartoon and could be passed on to a grown-up Elita for improved cartoon accuracy.

The War Dawn 2-Pack was spotted at general retail in Taiwan a few weeks ahead of its official unveiling by Hasbro on the April 4, 2023 "Transformers Tuesday" livestream at Hasbro Pulse.

This figure was also used to make Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Road Rocket and Shattered Glass Collection Decepticon Flamewar.

Notes

• The character of "Ariel" first appeared in the 1985 cartoon episode "War Dawn", as the young form of Elita One. The Earth Wars mobile game makes Ariel and Elita One separate individuals, even having them meet upon Ariel's 2023 debut event in the game... though in a fun piece of trivia, "War Dawn" writer David Wise never intended Ariel to be a young Elita One, with that particular connection being added to the episode by the show's story editors.