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:''Reporter Bot is an [[automaton]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]] | :''Reporter Bot is an [[automaton]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]] | ||
Whenever there is news to report, ''' | Whenever there is news to report, '''News Bot''' is there! Whenever there is a scoop to be found, Reporter Bot is there! Whenever the writers need to [[Waspinator|inflict comic violence against an unsuspecting putz]] and [[Tutor Bot]] isn't available, News Bot is there! Ever vigilant, ever hunting for the truth of the matter, and ever ready to be crushed under a taxi. | ||
He also has a sweet hat. | He also has a sweet hat. | ||
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===Transformers Animated=== | ===Transformers Animated=== | ||
News Bot's first break into the media world came when he interviewed the Autobot [[Bulkhead]], in what was presumably a means of improving the compassionate but clumsy bot's standing with the people. Reporter Bot quickly shifted into an interrogatory mode however and asked if Bulkhead (as the largest and most potentially destructive Autobot) ever feared for the damage he might do to [[Detroit]] and it's people. Bulkhead's attempts to clear his good name quickly resulted in the dismemberment of the News Bot's boom-mike-arm, and was followed up by "utter destruction" and "horrific carnage" as Bulkhead's attempts to save the city from a rogue missile did equal damage to the environment as the stray projectile would have. News Bot reported this all very thoroughly and only missed out a despairing plea of "Oh the Humanity!" before being accidentally crushed under a car. The sight of his head protruding from the wreckage mildly traumatised a nearby human child which Bulkhead then worsened by decapitating him. Kid's gonna need some serious therapy to suppress these memories. | |||
Suitably patched up within a few hours, the | Suitably patched up within a few hours, the News Bot later reported on an attack at the Detroit Solar Fusion Power Plant. Though it was Headmaster enacting the carnage in Bulkhead's hijacked body, Reporter Bot assumed Bulkhead was the party responsible, suggesting a chip on his shoulder, which is fair enough given their history together.{{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}} | ||
Several episodes later | Several episodes later News Bot later provided coverage for a news-conference hosted by [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] which quickly turned sour when Sentinel began condescending humanity. Rightly deducing that Sentinel was little more than a poser with little of value to say, News Bot then attempted to grill Optimus on human-cyborg...er...human-Autobot-relations, which earned him the wrath of Sentinel.{{storylink|Return of the Headmaster}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
News Bot's design has many touchstones with media equipment and newscasting in general. He's mounted on three wheeled legs, much like a camera tripod. Besides his two conventional arms, which are forever scribbling in a notebook, he also has a microphone and still-images-camera mounted on extra limbs. If he can also record footage through his optics, then this little bot can write a newspaper and broadcast both radio and TV news segments ''at the same time''. | |||
[[Category:Animated characters]] | [[Category:Animated characters]] | ||
[[Category:Technology]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | [[Category:Technology]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | ||
Revision as of 13:19, 22 April 2008
- Reporter Bot is an automaton from the Transformers Animated continuity family
Whenever there is news to report, News Bot is there! Whenever there is a scoop to be found, Reporter Bot is there! Whenever the writers need to inflict comic violence against an unsuspecting putz and Tutor Bot isn't available, News Bot is there! Ever vigilant, ever hunting for the truth of the matter, and ever ready to be crushed under a taxi.
He also has a sweet hat.
Fiction
Transformers Animated
News Bot's first break into the media world came when he interviewed the Autobot Bulkhead, in what was presumably a means of improving the compassionate but clumsy bot's standing with the people. Reporter Bot quickly shifted into an interrogatory mode however and asked if Bulkhead (as the largest and most potentially destructive Autobot) ever feared for the damage he might do to Detroit and it's people. Bulkhead's attempts to clear his good name quickly resulted in the dismemberment of the News Bot's boom-mike-arm, and was followed up by "utter destruction" and "horrific carnage" as Bulkhead's attempts to save the city from a rogue missile did equal damage to the environment as the stray projectile would have. News Bot reported this all very thoroughly and only missed out a despairing plea of "Oh the Humanity!" before being accidentally crushed under a car. The sight of his head protruding from the wreckage mildly traumatised a nearby human child which Bulkhead then worsened by decapitating him. Kid's gonna need some serious therapy to suppress these memories.
Suitably patched up within a few hours, the News Bot later reported on an attack at the Detroit Solar Fusion Power Plant. Though it was Headmaster enacting the carnage in Bulkhead's hijacked body, Reporter Bot assumed Bulkhead was the party responsible, suggesting a chip on his shoulder, which is fair enough given their history together.Headmaster
Several episodes later News Bot later provided coverage for a news-conference hosted by Sentinel Prime and Optimus Prime which quickly turned sour when Sentinel began condescending humanity. Rightly deducing that Sentinel was little more than a poser with little of value to say, News Bot then attempted to grill Optimus on human-cyborg...er...human-Autobot-relations, which earned him the wrath of Sentinel.Return of the Headmaster
Notes
News Bot's design has many touchstones with media equipment and newscasting in general. He's mounted on three wheeled legs, much like a camera tripod. Besides his two conventional arms, which are forever scribbling in a notebook, he also has a microphone and still-images-camera mounted on extra limbs. If he can also record footage through his optics, then this little bot can write a newspaper and broadcast both radio and TV news segments at the same time.
