Chromia (ROTF)

The name or term "Chromia" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Chromia (disambiguation).

Chromia is an Autobot from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

Chromia is a tough bot, optics always scanning for the next fight. Naturally that means she and Ironhide agree on a lot of things. This combined with the countless battles they fought together in made for a friendship that has lasted centuries. When the conflict on Earth escalated, both seasoned warriors were pleased to be working together again.

Fiction

Live-action film continuity

Though Chromia's toy gets its own name and personality, in the film itself, all three motorcycles are simply components of Arcee. For information on Arcee's exploits, check out her article.

Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

Deluxe Class Toys

But have you seen her juggling act?

• Chromia (2009)
  • Japanese ID number: RA-11
  • Accessories: Missile, display stand

Chromia converts from a Suzuki B-King to... a unicycle. Her vehicle mode weapon can attach as a display stand for either mode, ironically making a unicyclebot one of the most stable robot-modes. In robot mode, there is a spring-loaded missile between the tailpipes on Chromia's left hand in addition to the aforementioned non-firing blaster-stand. There is also a piece on the bottom of the vehicle mode (or back of the robot mode) that folds out, but there is no indication in the instructions as to what this piece is for. It appears to be part of an unmentioned combiner gimmick for the Arcee triplets, as it locks together with a similar piece on Arcee, with room for a third robot to connect.

While the instructions depict the motorcycle seat remaining flat so that it ends up covering the bottom wheel, the robot mode more closely resembles the movie design if the seat is folded in and locked into a slot on the motorcycle's bottom, as shown on the back of the packaging. The packaging photo also shows Chromia's front wheel resting behind the robot's shoulders, while the instructions leave it above her head. Furthermore, while it is not mentioned either in the instructions or shown on the box, the stand can be attached backwards and rotated with the guns facing up so that it acts as a prop for the toy, allowing the wheel to actually touch the ground, and letting the toy look from the front like it is unsupported. In addition, the stand can also be attached to right arm as an inordinately large handgun by sliding the two pegs inside the gun into two slots on the inside of the arm.

The stand has sculpted tank threads on the botom, most likely to make it look that she's still mobile while using it.

Though the instructions do not explain it, the back of the blister card mentions she has a Mech Alive gimmick in her left arm. While it isn't quite the "spinning gears" the card refers to, swinging her left forearm towards and away from her body makes a blue piston slide back and forth inside the large gun.

• More information on Chromia at TFU.info

Human Alliance

• Mudflap / Chromia / Seymour Simmons (Human Alliance, 2010)
  • Accessories:

Merchandise

Revenge of the Fallen

Whatevs, all chicks are the same, mirite???

• Chromia vs Megatron (2009)

Part of the third wave of Robot Heroes two-packs for Revenge of the Fallen, Chromia comes packaged versus Megatron. Her robot mode design is actually Elita-1's, since Hasbro can't tell their bike chicks apart.

Notes

A face only Ironhide could love.

• Whether or not Chromia is a unique individual or just an extension of Arcee is a matter of debate.
• The three bike girls were originally going to combine into a larger robot-form, but this was cut from the final movie. At Botcon 2009, Hasbro reported that the toys are still capable of this combination, but that it will not be mentioned in the instructions for the figures.
• The Arcee toy that comes with Human Alliance Skids and Mikaela has Chromia's robot design but transforms into Arcee's bike mode, while the Chromia toy that comes with Human Alliance Mudflap and Simmons has Arcee's robot mode but transforms into Chromia's bike mode.
• Meanwhile, Chromia's Robot Heroes figure is actually Elita-1's design. Man, what is going on, peeps?
• In pre-production artwork, the non-pink components of the proposed combined Arcee were variously shown to be gold, green or silver. Which portions of these monstrosities may have originally been Chromia is anyone's guess, but the inclusion of a blue bike amongst the group was apparently decided upon by the time the film's animatics were created.