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| The name or term "Armorhide" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Armorhide (disambiguation). |
- Armorhide is an Autobot from the 2007 movie franchise portion of the live-action film continuity family.
Armorhide figures that the only way to beat the Decepticons is to beat them at their own game. So he's extremely nasty, underhanded, and ruthless to the point of being murderous in combat. This puts him at odds with his teammates and earns him reprimands from Optimus Prime, but frankly Prime can stuff it in his reactor linkage as far as Armorhide is concerned. At least when he's paired up with Bumblebee, the mute Autobot can't raise a fuss.
Fiction
Titan Magazines Movie comics
Armorhide was part of the Autobot reinforcements. He was quite gung-ho about it, pointing out how the planet was doomed "unless we [did] something about it!" to Arcee - even though she already bloody knew this. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1 When Starscream attacked, Armorhide declared he'd draw the Decepticon's fire, as he could take more punishment than the others - shockingly, this didn't work against a foe that can fly really fast. Armorhide joined his comrades in heading for Earth to make a last-ditch stand. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3
His half of the team landed in Savannah, and assisted Ratchet and Ironhide in a doomed battle. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4 Mid-battle, he decided to try being coloured white with blue bits, and then covered Ratchet as the medic made a last-ditch attempt to destroy the corrupted All Spark. The mission done, they withdrew. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5 He later decided to go back to black.
He hated sentry duty, and was also rubbish at it. Aftermath Part 1
In one engagement to protect human infrastructure, he worked with Bumblebee and Arcee to protect an Alaskan oil pipeline from Payloads. Bumblebee gave the orders and that order was to hold position, so naturally Armorhide transformed into truck mode and rammed the drone forces. Dark Spark
With the two of them, he was placed under Ironhide's command on a mission to Cybertron. He also found the time to paint himself green. Return to Cybertron: Part 1 He then changed his mind and decided to be blue-and-white again. More worrying than fashion, however, were a Decepticon force powered by Nucleon; even he knew it would be stupid to have a straight fight, and said as much. Instead, he and Arcee provided a distraction by making a tactical withdrawal. Return to Cybertron: Part 2
The chaos of Unicron's arrival ended the battle with the Decepticons, though Armorhide was annoyed to hear Stockade thought planet-warping death-gods were more important than killing him. He also found the time to go back to black. Return to Cybertron: Part 3 When Optimus Prime arrived and united both sides to drain the Nucleon from Unicron's new body, Armorhide was dispatched to work with Bumblebee in doing the actual draining. Return to Cybertron: Part 4
On the way back, he was one of the gunnery men on the Straxus. Hard Target
IDW Transformers Movie comics
Many years ago, Armorhide was a civilian during the reign of Protector Megatron and science division leader Optimus. This peaceful existence ended when a mysterious relic was discovered outside the temple of Simfur, and Megatron changed the military's mission of defending Cybertron to open conquest, Armorhide joined with Optimus Prime's new faction, the Autobots. He was hiding out at an Autobot facility when Ironhide arrived to offer his allegiance to Optimus. During the subsequent civil war, He was present when Optimus Prime revealed his plan to capture the All Spark, and due to the lack of space on the Ark, some Autobots would have to stay behind. Armorhide was among those who volunteered to stay. Defiance issue 4
Thousands of years later and shortly after the destruction of Megatron and the Cube on Earth, Armorhide part of a group of Autobots awaiting the order to move out and rescue fellow Autobots who had been captured by the Decepticons to build Starscream's new All Spark cube. With the return of Arcee, they moved out. The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Four
When Dreadwing's forces betrayed Starscream at Simfur, Armorhide, Crosshairs. Clocker and Arcee created havoc by destroying the new All Spark cube and fighting the rebel Decepticon forces. Armorhide was pinned by Ramjet, and would have been killed if Crosshairs hadn't lopped the Decepticon's head off. He managed to escape with the other Autobots when Dreadwing's starship came crashing down to Trypticon, destroying the once-magnificent Decepticon city. The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Five
Through unknown means, he turned up on Earth and was captured and brainwashed by the Initiative into being one of their soldiers. His colours were bleached out and he was thrown at an Autobot/NEST team in the Initiative's final battle. Nefarious issue 5 He was taken in alive, and magically changed bodies mid-battle! Nefarious issue 6
Along with the other brainwashed Autobots, he was eager to return to battle but Optimus told them they still needed to recuperate after the mental trauma they'd suffered. Armorhide tried to refute this but accidentally proved Optimus wrong when he kept forgetting he was no longer on Cybertron and not talking to Sentinel Prime. Rising Storm issue 1
Revenge of the Fallen toy bios
Armorhide's boredom was relieved by the discovery of Dirge trying (and failing) to hide amongst the jets of NEST. Teamed with Bumblebee to go after him, Armorhide finally has the opportunity to use his brutal combat stylings without complaint... assuming Dirge ever lands. Armorhide bio
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Armorhide (Scout, 2007)
- Accessories: Crane-cannon, Key
- Part of the third wave of Target-exclusive Scouts, Armorhide is a redeco of the Cybertron series Armorhide toy, transforming into a debadged first-generation Volvo FH Globetrotter semi tractor-trailer cab with hook-crane attachment. Plugging a Cyber Planet Key into the back of his cab flips his grill down, exposing a rack of eight (non-firing) missiles. This feature is also available in his robot mode. Unlike most Cybertron-mold toys, Armorhide can store a Cyber Planet Key using tabs on his hook-crane/rifle. He came with a black-bordered Planet X-mold Key with the Sector Seven insignia stamped on it.
- This mold was also used to make Timelines Huffer, and Armorhide's toy itself was repurposed as Shattered Glass Huffer.
Revenge of the Fallen
- Armorhide (Deluxe, 2009)
- Accessories: Gun
- Revenge of the Fallen Armorhide is a redeco of Landmine from the first movie, transforming into an assault buggy. He features two Automorph gimmicks: a spring-loaded front end, retracting his front wheels into his chest during transformation, and sliding panels on each of his shins that retract when the tail light/knee caps are moved into place.
- In robot mode, Armorhide's gun can be back-mounted to make an over-shoulder cannon, or held in his hand. He also has wheels on the soles of his feet, which let him roll in robot mode... in theory, at least, since his heel-wheels rub against his legs, keeping them from spinning freely.
Notes
- Though the bio on his 2007 Scout class figure brands him as an Autobot, his "faction" marking is that of Sector Seven. It is possible that he is hiding out in the Sector Seven motor pool, maybe even as the cab for the Mobile Command Unit.
- Even more interesting, his Cyber Key has a Decepticon symbol on its backside. So Armorhide is even more than meets the eye...spooky.
- Armorhide's 2007 Scout class figure cardback claims his wrecker-arm-cannon has a spring-loaded projectile. It don't. Whoops.
- Twice, he's been coloured like the Cybertron Armorhide in the Titan comics. He was also once coloured green.
