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[[Image:Richardbranson.jpg|right|282px|thumb|Yes, [[wikipedia:Richard_Branson|that]] Richard Branson.]] | [[Image:Richardbranson.jpg|right|282px|thumb|Yes, [[wikipedia:Richard_Branson|that]] Richard Branson.]] | ||
'''Richard Branson''' runs a large company called | '''Richard Branson''' runs a large company called [[Virgin]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. Their activities involve clean-up operations, which he oversees personally. His intentions are genuine, but he doesn't object to a little publicity along the way, either. | ||
He's smart enough to know that you don't get sharks in the Thames, though [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] disagreed. | He's smart enough to know that you don't get sharks in the Thames, though [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] disagreed. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Marvel | ===Marvel UK Generation 1 comics=== | ||
Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the Thames, Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from [[London]]'s main waterway, [[The weather in London|come rain or shine]]. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]<ref>Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-as-Megatron at this point.</ref> above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. | Following the discovery of [[Transformer]] bodies in the [[Thames]], Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from [[London]]'s main waterway, [[The weather in London|come rain or shine]]. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]<ref>Of course, Centurion isn't actually a Transformer, and Megatron wasn't really Megatron but [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-as-Megatron at this point.</ref> above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. | ||
Branson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) {{storylink|Salvage!|Salvage!}} | Branson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) {{storylink|Salvage!|Salvage!}} | ||
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Revision as of 08:37, 1 April 2011
Richard Branson runs a large company called Virgin from the United Kingdom. Their activities involve clean-up operations, which he oversees personally. His intentions are genuine, but he doesn't object to a little publicity along the way, either.
He's smart enough to know that you don't get sharks in the Thames, though Jawbreaker disagreed.
Fiction
Marvel UK Generation 1 comics
Following the discovery of Transformer bodies in the Thames, Richard Branson led a crew from Virgin to remove them environmental hazards from London's main waterway, come rain or shine. No sooner had they hauled the bodies of Centurion and Megatron[1] above the water than a team of Decepticons showed up to steal them and fly them back to Shockwave.
Branson appeared cross at the Decepticons as they took the bodies away. In which case he may have had more in mind than simply disposing of them. (Or he just didn't like being put out of a headline.) Salvage!
Notes
- Originally, this story would have featured a character who was merely Bransonesque, but Lee Sullivan had a bit of fun drawing a full-on Branson likeness. When his bosses saw it, they decided to try for permission to actually use Branson as the character. They were successful, with Branson's appearance being tied into his ongoing environmental "Clean Up Britain" campaign, leading to it even making some UK papers. One such article was reprinted in the Titan trade paperback Space Pirates, though it wasn't very complimentary about either Branson or Transformers.
