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* Rick is one of only a small number of | * Rick is one of only a small number of ''Shattered Glass'' characters who are not based on [[Generation 1 ''(franchise)|Generation 1]]'' characters. | ||
* Rick was more-or-less named after professional wrestler [[wikipedia:Fred Ottman|Fred Ottman]], best known as "Tugboat" and "Typhoon" in the late 80s. | * Rick was more-or-less named after professional wrestler [[wikipedia:Fred Ottman|Fred Ottman]], best known as "Tugboat" and "Typhoon" in the late 80s. | ||
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| This article is about the Decepticon-allied science intern. For his Autobot-allied counterpart, see Fred (Armada). For a list of other meanings, see Rick (disambiguation). |
- Rick Ottman is a human from the "Shattered Glass" continuity family.
Frederick "Rick" Ottman is one of Professor Arkeville's three interns. He and his best friend, Will, get into all sorts of trouble together—though when they signed up to be Professor Arkeville's interns for college prep purposes[1], they probably weren't counting on said trouble involving giant robots.
He thinks Sephie is cute, but won't admit it except under threat of death.
Fiction
Shattered Glass
Rick Ottman and his co-interns joined Professor Arkeville on a trek into the desert to find a meteorite, which had descended to Earth right in the middle of a massive electromagnetic event. Despite the potential criminal consequences of trying to beat the military to the find, Rick kidded around with his friends about Will's bottomless appetite and Sephie's obsession with machines. Things turned strange when a pair of driverless and...gesturing vehicles pulled into the area, and downright ridiculous when a blindingly white mechanical cat introduced himself from a nearby rock, looking to "has humanz".
After the initial panic subsided, Rick and Will realized that Ravage (and his friends Frenzy, Soundwave and Heatwave) were actually friendly. (Maybe a little too friendly in Ravage's case.) They made their way to the crashed wreckage of the Nemesis and met the acting leader of the Decepticons, Starscream. After being fully briefed on the Cybertronian War, Rick and his friends agreed to help the Decepticons locate the fallen Autobot ship, and make sure their enemies were off-line.
As it turned out, they weren't. Rodimus Prime and the evil Autobots captured the GODS orbital weapon at Burpleson Air Force Base, and tried to hold the world hostage. Rick and Will helped Soundwave infiltrate the base, posing as a food delivery van. Once inside, they went with Frenzy to secure the GODS control room. A quick blast of fire extinguisher foam and sonic-juiced Frenzy helped clear Goldbug and Rodimus away from the controls, letting Heatwave tele-mechanically access the GODS system and trigger a self-destruct. Eye in the Sky
When the Decepticons were incapacitated by some serious comm static, Rick and his friends volunteered to look after the base while Soundwave went out to deal with the problem. Sephie's romance with technology gave her a rather defeatist attitude about the chances four "mere humans" stood if the Autobots happened to show up, and Rick did his best to defend humanity's ingenuity to her. He got a chance to prove it when the insane Beachcomber arrived looking for trouble. Rick and Will kept Beachcomber busy with defense cannons, flaring energy cells, and even a sparkling clean decon bath. Their antics occupied him until the comms were cleared up, and Beachcomber fled rather than facing the entire Decepticon army. Blitzwing Bop
Notes
- Rick is one of only a small number of Shattered Glass characters who are not based on Generation 1 characters.
- Rick was more-or-less named after professional wrestler Fred Ottman, best known as "Tugboat" and "Typhoon" in the late 80s.
