Moonracer (G1)

Moonracer is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Look at those chubby-wubby cheeks!

Amongst her colleagues, Moonracer is the joy and the laughter. The bubbly little sister, Moonracer is full of naïve optimism and, to the dismay of her partners-in-guerilla warfare, pratfalls. She worries that others, either friends or enemies, don't take her seriously and dismiss her as simply being cute. But she'll show them. She'll show them she too can be hardcore.

According to Powerglide, Moonracer is the best sharpshooter in the galaxy.

Fiction

Animated continuity

• Voice actor: Morgan Lofting (US), Run Sasaki (Japan)

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Moonracer was part of a team of Female Autobots on Cybertron, long believed to be extinct. While stealing energon from a Decepticon stockpile with her teammates Firestar and Chromia, Moonracer tried to take more than they needed and, in the process, tripped an alarm.

Shockwave learned that the Female Autobots still existed and sent a team of Decepticons to follow them back to their base. Rumble used his piledrivers to cause a cave-in inside the Female Autobots' underground base, trapping them inside. It was Moonracer's idea to detonate the energon they stole in order to blast their way out. They succeeded, but were soon under attack by the Decepticons. The Female Autobots were joined shortly by Autobots from Earth, including Moonracer's friend Powerglide. However, the tide was not turned until the arrival of Optimus Prime and the Female Autobots' leader Elita One.

With the Decepticons defeated and their underground headquarters destroyed, Alpha Trion relocated the Female Autobots to a new base of operations. The Search for Alpha Trion

MC Axis resin kit mini-comics

Moonracer, Firestar, and Arcee were strolling around on Cybertron after a battle, when they were attacked from behind by a Decepticon. Only Arcee was quick enough to respond in time, blasting the attacker before her friends came to harm. She then chided her teammates, noting that "War seems to be too tough particularly for females" [sic].

Later, Moonracer, Firestar, Chromia, and Elita One celebrated their victory over an absolutely gargantuan Decepticon warrior. Well, Elita brooded, but the others celebrated. MC Axis (pack-in comic)

Dreamwave comics continuity

Moonracer and the other female Autobots were an elite squad of warriors under the command of the Quintessons.

Dreamwave filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing Transformers books right as the female Autobots story arc was beginning.

Trivia

• Moonracer was originally going to be part of the BotCon 2005 convention exclusive "Descent Into Evil" set, but Hasbro was unable to secure the trademark to her name, discovering this well into the toy's production. Fun Publications changed the toy's character to to Chromia, the first name on their list of alternates that did clear, even though it was their "third or fourth choice".