Stoker

Stoker is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/IDW" class="mw-redirect" title="IDW">IDW</a> portion of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1">Generation 1</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.

<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Machination" title="Machination"><img alt="" src="Stoker_files/30px-Symbol_machination.png" border="0" height="30" width="45"></a></div></div> [[Image:|right|200px|thumb|Infiltration0 Stoker targeted.jpg]] Stoker, alias Finklerock, is an agent of the mysterious <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Machination" title="Machination">Machination</a>. He's good at his job - which bodes ill for him, as his job entails messing with big angry robots.

<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Stoker&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="IDW_comics_continuity"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Stoker&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: IDW comics continuity">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">IDW comics continuity</span></h3> [[Image:|left|200px|thumb|Infiltration2 verydead.jpg]] Apparently operating out of a trailer in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Tucson&action=edit" class="new" title="Tucson">Tucson</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Arizona&action=edit" class="new" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> under the name "Finklerock", Stoker infiltrated a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> bunker in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a> and took pictures of the interior, storing them on his <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/SM-40" title="SM-40">SM-40</a> computer. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_3" title="Infiltration issue 3">Infiltration issue 3</a></span> Stoker boarded a bus in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Phoenix" title="Phoenix">Phoenix</a>, and had his SM-40 stolen by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Verity_Carlo" title="Verity Carlo">Verity Carlo</a> while he napped. Before he could discover the theft, he was killed by Decepticon agents <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Runamuck_%28G1%29" title="Runamuck (G1)">Runamuck</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Runabout" title="Runabout">Runabout</a>. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_0" title="Infiltration issue 0">Infiltration issue 0</a></span> His body was somehow removed from the bus and dumped in the desert, where it was discovered by the police (among them a Machination agent, who reported his demise to his employers). <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_2" title="Infiltration issue 2">Infiltration issue 2</a></span> Stoker's trailer was subsequently destroyed by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Blitzwing_%28G1%29" title="Blitzwing (G1)">Blitzwing</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skywarp_%28G1%29" title="Skywarp (G1)">Skywarp</a> <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_3" title="Infiltration issue 3">Infiltration issue 3</a></span>, and his SM-40 eventually fell into <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> hands, leading his Machination comrades (via a homing device in the computer) to their base. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_4" title="Infiltration issue 4">Infiltration issue 4</a></span>

While investigating the SM-40, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightbeat_%28G1%29" title="Nightbeat (G1)">Nightbeat</a> designated Stoker "Rogue-1." <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devastation_issue_1" title="Devastation issue 1">Devastation issue 1</a></span>

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• While he first appears in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Infiltration_issue_0" title="Infiltration issue 0">Infiltration issue #0</a>, Stoker isn't named until issue #4, several issues after his death.
• Stoker's alias of "Finklerock" is likely derived from the names of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Donny_Finkleberg" title="Donny Finkleberg">Donny Finkleberg</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/G.B._Blackrock" title="G.B. Blackrock">G.B. Blackrock</a>, human supporting characters from <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel" class="mw-redirect" title="Marvel">Marvel</a>'s original <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers_%28Marvel_Comics%29" title="The Transformers (Marvel Comics)">Transformers comics</a>.