Holepunch (G1)

This article is about the heroic Autobot-aligned Targetmaster. For his evil mirror-universe counterpart, see Holepunch (SG).

Holepunch is a Nebulan from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Five citations, and you're looking at a violation. Four of those, and you'll receive a verbal warning. Keep it up, and you're looking at a written warning. Two of those, that'll land you in a world of hurt in the form of a disciplinary review, written up by me and placed on the desk of my immediate superior.

Holepunch is a bureaucrat from hell. He compensates for his complete lack of people skills or formal managerial training with the natural gifts of a bossy attitude and inflated sense of his own importance.

As an office manager for a water purification company on Nebulos, Holepunch had only his subordinates to terrorize. When the Decepticons invaded, Holepunch (doubtless encouraged by his co-workers) concluded the Autobots were in need of his special touch. Sadly, he is unable to suppress his managerial instincts, and as a result drains the productivity and damages the morale of any unit to which he's assigned. Perhaps that's why he ended up with Scoop, whose unwavering resolve and ability to brighten even the worst situations counters Holepunch's jackholishness.

Holepunch turns into a dual compression cannon capable of shattering steel. As a "double" Targetmaster, Holepunch is able to combine with Tracer to increase the power of his own weapon or boost the power of Tracer's ion blaster.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Scoop wielded Holepunch and Tracer in "double weapon" mode during a series of fuel raids on Cybertron alongside the recently revived Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee.Yesterday's Heroes! When Hook, Line, and Sinker attacked some months later, Flintlock, Silencer and the other Nebulan "double" Targetmasters appeared absent. Surrender!

Condor Verlag Transformers Comic-Magazin

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime put the entire burden of discovering their whereabouts on the shoulders of the Double Targetmasters. Scoop and his robotic guns discovered the Decepticon hideout. Scoop lured Dreadwind and Darkwing away, while Tracer and Holepunch investigated further before getting scared off by the Firecons. The little robot guns reported the events of the mission personally to Optimus Prime. Megatron's Ultimatum

Cartoon continuity

Blasted time-travel experiments.

Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities. Apparently among those robots were the Autobots Landfill, Quickmix, and Scoop, as well as their Targetmaster partners (including Holepunch), who transformed from their vehicle modes and shot at some unknown attackers. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1

Footage from the commercial featuring the Autobot "Double Targetmaster" trio was spliced into the Generation 2 version of the episode by way of the Cybernet Space Cube. Outside of this, they never actually appeared in the cartoon.

Toys

Generation 1

I believe you have my stapler.

• Scoop with Holepunch and Tracer (Targetmaster, 1988)

Holepunch, like all the "double" Targetmaster Nebulans, is one of the smallest and least complicated Transformers. Fold the barrel away, and stand him up. He can also combine with Tracer (or any other Targetmaster) to form a super-rifle thanks to a 5mm socket on his back (which also makes him compatible with Mini-Con Powerlinx plugs). He was only available with his larger partner Scoop and fellow Nebulan Tracer.

No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.

• More information on Holepunch (via Scoop) at TFU.info

External links

• Scoop's Transformers Universe profile on NTFA