Fizzle

Fizzle is an Autobot Sparkabot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

"But WHY is the cheap energon gone?"

If words really could win the war, Fizzle would have ended it centuries ago by sheer volume. He's actually not too bad a strategist... he's just nowhere near as good as he claims to be. He's constantly coming up with elaborate fantasy-world scenarios of his greatness, and absolutely refuses to accept any blame for his failure to reach them.

He can sometimes be found drowning his sorrows in cheap energon. During these moments of over-energizing, he really gets bad at the bragging and blaming others. Once it's out of his system, he apologizes... but then he's right back at it again later.

Fiction

Marvel Generation 1 comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Look, at least Sizzle's UK colors make sense. I transform from an entirely red robot into an entirely blue car.

Fizzle and his fellow Sparkler Mini-Bots were sent to Earth on an observation mission to be on the lookout for Galvatron's possible return. Once he did return, though, they could do little more than follow him to Florida, and radio desperately to the Wrecker for back-up after Galvatron took a swim in the ocean. While waiting for a reply, they were caught off-guard by the Firecons. Forced into battle, Fizzle demonstrated the quick-thinking and determination that earned him the function of "Strategist": he got set on fire, screamed like a Femmebot on a bad paint day, passed out in the water, and had to be rescued and returned to his peers by a bemused and mocking Galvatron. Enemy Action!

Seeking competent aid, the Sparklers broke Ultra Magnus free from the hardened magma that had trapped him in a volcano since his last bout with Galvatron. Luckily for them, Magnus was too out of it to ask why they didn't do this earlier. Once Ultra Magnus crumbled at the sight of Galvatron in their next encounter, Fizzle once again came up with a brilliant strategy to, quote: "give this everything we've got." Unfortunately Galvatron's strategy — to pick up Fizzle by the arm and use him to bludgeon the other Sparklers into submission — seemed to be far superior until Magnus snapped out of it and got in a few lucky, rage-filled punches. Salvage!

Returning to Cybertron for assistance, the Sparklers and Ultra Magnus got caught up in several misadventures, and ended up not returning to Earth with the Wreckers for the next battle with Galvatron.

The Sparkabots were next seen in Decepticon custody on Cybertron, but Fizzle, Sizzle and the Triggerbot Backstreet were suspiciously set free and sent to Earth by the space bridge. It seems Zarak of Earth had set up a sham foundation to hire human bounty hunters to hunt down Autobots for him. He had Fizzle and the others released from Cybertron as bait for a controlled test of these human Roadjammers, and their mode-lock jammer technology. After his two friends were jammered and taken into Roadjammer custody, Fizzle attempted to use his gift for strategy to avoid the same fate. This earned him a shotgun blast through the windshield...and being taken into Roadjammer custody. Fizzle and the others only escaped due to the Roadjammers' overconfidence in attempting to take down three Decepticons and Scorponok himself in addition to their chosen targets. Ca$h and Car-nage!

Transformers Comic-Magazin

Template:TransformersComicMagazin Fizzle was among the Autobots monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in New York City. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of Snaptrap that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Optimus Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. Fizzle, Scoop, Quickmix and the other Sparkabots managed to bring down Piranacon. Transformers in Action: The Troy Principle

Fizzle investigated an abandoned Decepticon base at an airfield before spotting Needlenose, Dreadwind and Darkwing who then flew off. Later the Decepticons attacked an oil tanker, and he helped in the rescue effort. Transformers in the Battle for Peace: A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime

Wings Universe

Fizzle was stationed at Autobot City on Earth in 2010. He joined a squad of Autobots under Jazz's leadership to back-up Pyro and Rapido in Switzerland against Clench's Decepticon Syndicate. After being exposed to forestonite, Fizzle got all glowy n'stuff. Generation 2: Redux

IDW Generation 1 comics

After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of the D-Void's attack, Fizzle joined Rodimus's mission to use the map within the Matrix of Leadership to find the Knights of Cybertron at Cyberutopia. The mission's departure in the Lost Light was interrupted by an explosion in the ship sending it into premature quantum jump. The resulting hull breach sucked Fizzle out of the ship and he fell to a nearby planet, burning up in the atmosphere. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It Fortunately, he was found alive and apparently repaired, along with most of the other Transformers who had been sucked out of the ship. Hangers On

Toys

Generation 1

Fo' schizzle!

• Fizzle (Sparkabot, 1988)

Fizzle transforms into a Baja buggy. As a Sparkabot, in this mode he has a friction-motor gimmick that not only propels his vehicle mode forward when "revved" up by pushing him forward on his rubber gear-wheel, but causes "cold" sparks to shoot from his back end.

This mold was also used to make Blaze and Wildspark.

• More information on Fizzle at TFU.info

Notes

• Fizzle and Sizzle's robot-mode colors were switched throughout the original Marvel UK comics, resulting in a red-and-brown Fizzle and a shades-of-blue Sizzle... who turned into a blue buggy and a brown funny car, respectively.
• The letters page in the third issue of Fleetway's Generation 2 comic declared that Blaze was Fizzle after adopting a new name. Okay then.

Foreign names

• French: Pétille (Canada)