Ironhide (Animated)

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

Ironhide is an Autobot from the Transformers Animated continuity family.

Less crusty, but still Southern.

Even though he's now a ranking Autobot security officer, Ironhide is just a country boy at heart. Though his ability to encase his superstructure in a near-indestructible alloy meant he rose through the ranks in the military service quickly, he never quite lost the "awe-shucks" demeanor he picked up as a protoform in a rural prefecture of Cybertron. Now going to strange places, meeting strange mechanoids, and getting shot at by them, he still finds himself wide-eyed at some of the stranger things in the galaxy. He's got a mischievous streak, though his pranks often seem a bit crude to more cultured bots.

Japanese name: Armorhide (アーマーハイド)

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Voice actor: Corey Burton (English), Atsushi Imaruoka (Japanese), Kaspar Eichel (German)

Ironhide's young and Ratchet's old? Animated so crazy!

Ironhide fell in with Wasp from day one of boot camp, the both of them having high hopes for the Cybertron Elite Guard. The big, strong, tall, and young tough Autobot cadet was an early favorite of Sentinel Minor, who was duly impressed by his retractable armor. When resident screwup Bumblebee kept getting the unit more chores and exercises as punishment, he and Wasp took it upon themselves to let the little yellow Autobot know of their displeasure frequently and in no uncertain terms. Autoboot Camp

Years later, Ironhide was stationed at the Autobot colonies on the galactic rim, under Rodimus Prime's command. TransWarped

He contacted Ultra Magnus and revealed the Decepticons had begun an uprising, destroying a space bridge in the process. Before he could reveal all the details however, his transmission was cut short by the attack. Mission Accomplished

A later attack saw him go up against Strika's squad; while his armour held off her firepower, Oil Slick and Cyclonus eventually took him down. TransWarped

When news reached Cybertron that Longarm Prime was really the traitor and not Wasp, Security Officer Ironhide searched the planet to apprehend him. All he found was Ultra Magnus, badly injured, mangled, and missing his hammer, uttering the name of who had defeated him: "Sh-Shockwave." Where Is Thy Sting?

Toys

Animated

• Cybertronian Ironhide (Deluxe, 2010)
  • Accessories: Two hammer hands

A redeco and retool of the Cybertron Mode Ratchet toy, which was released in fall of 2010 exclusively at Toys"R"Us. It features a new head to more closely match the character. Ironhide's vehicle mode is a futuristic man-sized Cybertronian minibus. He comes with two "hammer hand" accessories which peg over his fists, and his right fist punches forward when a tab on his elbow is pushed. These "hammer hands" plug into the rear of his vehicle mode. At BotCon, Hasbro explained 'Either Ironhide got a new head, or Wasp did.' They went with the former. Good choice.

The only difference between Cybertronian Ironhide's instructions and Cybertron Mode Ratchet's instructions is that the former are labeled "Cybertronian Ironhide". That's right - in all other respects they are the same, down to the line drawings and stock photo at the top of the sheet.

Notes

• According to Derrick J. Wyatt at BotCon 2008, Ironhide's voice and manner are based on Huell Howser, host of several California TV travelogue shows.
• A Cartoon Network online game had mistakenly labeled Ironhide as a Decepticon. This had led to speculation that he was the traitor in "Autoboot Camp". However, it was revealed that Ironhide was not the traitor after all. Whoops. Take that, spoilers!
• In the fourth season, Ironhide, along with Jazz would join Optimus Prime's team, replacing Bulkhead and the dead Prowl. In doing so, he would gain a vehicle mode that would have been a mix of Ironhide's various incarnations; he'd have the cannons and the pick-up truck altmode of his Movieverse counterpart and the coloration and windshield-faceguard of his G1 incarnation.