Exosuit

This article is about the suits worn by humans in the Generation 1 cartoon. For the Action Master UK vehicles, see Action Master Exo-suit.

Exosuits are technology from the Generation 1 continuity family.

An exosuit is form of powered armor used by humans and other humanoids. They are typically used to protect the wearer from hostile environments such as the vacuum of space, deep underwater, or the middle of a battle between warring factions of giant robots. Many models possess arm blasters, thrusters and the ability to transform into a vehicle mode, giving the user a leg up when dealing with Decepticons.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

The first depiction of the exosuit was as worn by Spike Witwicky while on Moon Base Two with Bumblebee. Later, a similar suit was provided for Daniel Witwicky, which proved able to transform into an all-terrain vehicle. He used this suit to escape Shrapnel and Scavenger on planet Junkion, and later was able to save his father along with Bumblebee, Jazz, and Cliffjumper from Unicron. The Transformers: The Movie

A similar suit was worn by Jessica Morgan when she accompanied Optimus Prime and the Autobots to planet Chaar to retrieve special experimental metal from Galvatron. Despite the suits being equipped to allow humans to survive in space, it was not able to keep Jessica from being infected with the Hate Plague The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2

Later on the planet Nebulos, both the Decepticons and Autobots converted their heads and weapons into new types of exosuits for the Nebulan Hivemembers, and resistance fighters respectively, binary bonding to the Transformers to become Headmasters and Targetmasters. Although all the Nebulan suits were considered exosuits, only Daniel's, which bonded with Arcee, resembled the classical model seen earlier. The Rebirth, Part 1 The Rebirth, Part 2 The Rebirth, Part 3

The Great Transformer War

Spike used an exosuit when he had to enter the battlefield to clean Cohesive Control Liquid off of Computron. The Great Transformer War #2

The Headmasters cartoon

He's Exo Squad's biggest fanboy.

Daniel put on an exosuit when he was going to Cybertron, because it was under Decepticon attack at the time. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Exosuits were also in use by the Beastformers—Hedgehog and Rabbit Kid were found drifting in space in Exosuits by Battleship Maximus. Rebellion on Planet Beast

When preparing to sabotage Metamorphose, the Decepticon meteorite-turned-weapon, Daniel was forced to wear an older, non-metallic, model of spacesuit for the mission. He asked for an exosuit, but was told that it would be destroyed by Metamorphose's metal-warping field. Approach of the Demon Meteorite

The exosuits were used by Daniel and Spike when they walked on Mars for a survey mission. The Autobot symbol on Daniel's exosuit was used to alert his father of his location in a Decepticon cell. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger

Daniel again donned an exosuit when he accompanied Highbrow to a derelict ship in space. His exosuit sported a holster for his Challenge Blaster, which he made good use of during the mission. Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship

The Headmasters comic

When the Headmasters faced a robot squid beneath the ocean, Daniel put on his exosuit so he could help them fight it. The Headmasters #3 He used it again in a fight with Sixshot, only to be inadvertently carried on the Decepticon's back to an alien planet. Whups! The Headmasters #4

Dreamwave Generation 1 comics

The production of exosuits was the goal of Earth Defense Command's "Project Centurion". The Route of All Evil

IDW Generation 1 comics

Verity Carlo wore an exosuit. Last Stand of the Wreckers #1 Last Stand of the Wreckers #2

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Excelsuits (エクセルスーツ Ekuserusūtsu)