Scorch (G1)

Scorch is an Autobot Turbomaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The dreaded Rear Guardbot.

Scorch is the Turbomasters' rear guard and has proven himself one of Optimus Prime's most trusted soldiers. An old soul, he's a loyal and self-sacrificing sort; brave to the point of recklessness, but tough enough to take the resulting knocks. He's not terribly familiar with Earth, and begrudges having to depend on the planet's relatively younger Transformers to help him acclimate.

Fiction

Toy catalogue comic

"Alright, now add more explosions and we got us an AWESOME movie!"

Scorch defended the Autobot Turbomaster base when it was attacked by the Predators.

Dreamwave comics continuity

After the conquest of Cybertron by Megatron and the Aerospace Extermination Squadron, Scorch and the rest of the Turbomasters evaded capture and participated in the Autobot underground resistance. Perceptor assigned the Turbomasters to monitor the Think Tank, a project designed to locate the missing Optimus Prime. When Perceptor left them alone, however, the Turbomasters partook in a game of tear'n'chase. Flash evaded his pursuing team-mates, but accidentally drove into the Think Tank, sending him somewhere very far from home... The Age of Wrath issue 3

Due to Dreamwave's plunge into bankruptcy, this story was never finished.

Timelines: Wings of Honor continuity

Generation 2: Redux

Toys

Generation 1

• Scorch (Small Turbomaster, 1992)
  • Accessories: Engine/missile launcher, 3 missiles

Scorch transforms into a yellow Cybertronian pickup truck with a large jet engine mounted on the back. As with the other other carded Turbomasters, this engine becomes a powerful spring-loaded missile launcher, capable of firing one of three included small yellow missiles quite far.

This figure was also released in Japan as the character Fire Road.

• More information on Scorch at TFU.info

Timelines

He's gotta hop universes just to use his accessory!

• Double Punch and Turbomaster (BotCon 2010 souvenir set)
  • Accessories: Non-firing missile launcher

"Turbomaster" is a redeco of Universe Hound, available exclusively at BotCon 2010 with Double Punch and Shattered Glass Ravage. His vehicle mode resembles a Jeep Hurricane concept car, with a modified front section that avoids the trademark Jeep look with round headlights and vertical grille vents. He includes a (non-firing) rocket launcher that can be wielded in both vehicle and robot modes. Ravage can fit (in tape form) on the back of Turbomaster's vehicle mode. Other Mini-Cassette Transformers can fit there too, though not as well as the Ravage.

His flames point backwards. All right.