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:''"Number 2" is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
:''"Number 2" is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:A Cliffjumper(s) Tale Number 2.jpg|300px|thumb|Sure, Number 2 can stay, but [[Cliffjumper (Yolopark)#Notes|Ladybug]] is a bridge too far.]]
[[File:A Cliffjumper(s) Tale Number 2.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Evil toxic Harley Quinn redeco was such an open goal and they still whiffed it.  ...And that's not the only whiff around  here.]]


When [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] is running things, he works with a '''"Number 2"'''.
When [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] is running things, he works with a '''"Number 2"'''.
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==Notes==
==Notes==
*Number 2 is a fan character created for unofficial merchandise sold at [[BotCon]] 2024. As part of an extended ''{{w|Suicide Squad}}'' riff, her color scheme, devised by [[Josh Perez]], borrows heavily from {{w|Harley Quinn}}, with her name and [[body-type]] making clear that she's a toxic [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] counterpart to Toxitron's [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]]. According to writer [[Jesse Wittenrich]], the name "Number 2", which is [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/number_two a euphemism for poo], was chosen by [[Sentinel Prime (SG Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] as an insult, and she's since risen above it so that the scat joke is actually only a minor part of her character.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=One [TFWiki] entry I wouldn't mind an edit to, but it's not SG. The Animated Number-2 entry focuses ALOT on a poop joke. In story, it was a cruel nickname that Sentinel Prime gave her. She rose above it to become a hero. That was my intent when I named her so I just thought I'd mention it|link=https://x.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1967962363338043703|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2025|month=09|day=16}}</ref> Presumably, he'd prefer people focused on some other aspect of her rich characterisation: maybe her role as "the bomb dropper",<ref>[https://www.botcon.com/transformers-animated-returns-june-27-30-at-botcon-24/ Transformers Animated returns June 27-30 at BotCon ‘24!]</ref> her iconic toilet brush weapon, her membership in the "Sewer-Side Squad",<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.facebook.com/BotConOfficial/posts/the-botcon-24-script-reading-w-our-talented-guests-introduced-fans-to-the-sewer-/884375063714573/|name=BotCon|quote=The BotCon '24 Script Reading w/ our talented guests introduced fans to The Sewer-Side Squad!|site=Facebook|year=2024|month=07|day=19}}</ref> and her beloved appearances in social media posts from BotCon about shitting yourself.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=human Bulkhead tries not to shit himself (2009)|link=https://x.com/TF_Moments/status/1684247290939326464|name=crazy ass moments in Transformers history|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=07|day=26}}<br>{{citesocial|link=https://x.com/BotCon/status/1778516631628415217|name=BotCon|quote=Nothing a good Number 2 won’t fix!|site=Twitter|year=2024|month=04|day=11}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.facebook.com/BotConOfficial/posts/pfbid02Ur2LFdotc9PiuPZPmSM5wMesJt53GT4Poh7U7dESiGZvVwAvcfouDVw5vUEUVvJWl|name=BotCon|quote=Every leader needs... a good Number 2!|site=Facebook|year=2024|month=04|day=10}}</ref> Stay classy, BotCon.
*Number 2 is a fan character created for unofficial merchandise sold at [[BotCon]] 2024. As part of an extended ''{{w|Suicide Squad}}'' riff, her color scheme, devised by [[Josh Perez]], borrows heavily from {{w|Harley Quinn}}, with her name and [[body-type]] making clear that she's a toxic [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] counterpart to Toxitron's [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]]. According to writer [[Jesse Wittenrich]], the name "Number 2", which is [[wikt:number two#Noun|a euphemism for poo]], was chosen by [[Sentinel Prime (SG Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] as an insult, and she's since risen above it so that the scat joke is actually only a minor part of her character.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=One [TFWiki] entry I wouldn't mind an edit to, but it's not SG. The Animated Number-2 entry focuses ALOT on a poop joke. In story, it was a cruel nickname that Sentinel Prime gave her. She rose above it to become a hero. That was my intent when I named her so I just thought I'd mention it|link=https://x.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1967962363338043703|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2025|month=09|day=16}}</ref> Presumably, he'd prefer people focused on some other aspect of her rich characterisation: maybe her role as "the bomb dropper",<ref>[https://www.botcon.com/transformers-animated-returns-june-27-30-at-botcon-24/ Transformers Animated returns June 27-30 at BotCon ‘24!]</ref> her iconic toilet brush weapon, her membership in the "Sewer-Side Squad",<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.facebook.com/BotConOfficial/posts/the-botcon-24-script-reading-w-our-talented-guests-introduced-fans-to-the-sewer-/884375063714573/|name=BotCon|quote=The BotCon '24 Script Reading w/ our talented guests introduced fans to The Sewer-Side Squad!|site=Facebook|year=2024|month=07|day=19}}</ref> and her beloved appearances in social media posts from BotCon about shitting yourself.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=human Bulkhead tries not to shit himself (2009)|link=https://x.com/TF_Moments/status/1684247290939326464|name=crazy ass moments in Transformers history|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=07|day=26}}<br>{{citesocial|link=https://x.com/BotCon/status/1778516631628415217|name=BotCon|quote=Nothing a good Number 2 won’t fix!|site=Twitter|year=2024|month=04|day=11}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.facebook.com/BotConOfficial/posts/pfbid02Ur2LFdotc9PiuPZPmSM5wMesJt53GT4Poh7U7dESiGZvVwAvcfouDVw5vUEUVvJWl|name=BotCon|quote=Every leader needs... a good Number 2!|site=Facebook|year=2024|month=04|day=10}}</ref> Stay classy, BotCon.


==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:48, 11 May 2026

Who am I? Who AM I? *sob*

This article is about a character or concept whose name has never been officially confirmed.
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"Number 2" is a Transformer from the Animated continuity family.
Evil toxic Harley Quinn redeco was such an open goal and they still whiffed it. ...And that's not the only whiff around here.

When Toxitron is running things, he works with a "Number 2".

Fiction

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Yolopark comics

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Toxitron and Number 2 tried to recruit Cliffjumper into a scheme, but the Cliffjumper they spoke to said no. A Cliffjumper(s) Tale

Notes

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References

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