Sureshot (G1)

The name or term "Sureshot" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sureshot (disambiguation).

Sureshot is an Autobot Targetmaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Dammit, Weirdwolf! Stop peeing on my lawn!!

Sureshot is an ego that holds a gun.

He's too skillful for his chestplate, too skillful for his chestplate.
His shooting is great.
And he's too much for Iacon and even Cybertron,
Femax and Nebulon.

And he's too skillful to take orders
Or work with stupid stubbies.
The big red guy can stuff it.

He's a marksman—you know what that means—
And he shoots his laser gun on the front lines...
On the front lines, on the front lines, yeah.
He shoots his laser gun on the front lines.

And he's too skillful for this song...

Sureshot would probably be pleased if a toy company produced a replica of his marvelous self, but extremely annoyed if said replica were a redeco of an Optimus Prime toy.

Sureshot's Targetmaster partner Spoilsport is just as good at marksmanship as him, and he hates that.

Fiction

Marvel Generation 1 comics

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

Sureshot was one of many Autobots living in an unnamed city on Cybertron. The city was eventually incinerated by Scorponok's Decepticons; Sureshot was among the numerous Autobots captured and marched off toward the smelting pools. Only a timely attack by Fortress Maximus's band saved them, driving off their Decepticon captors.

Sureshot apparently joined Fortress Maximus's group at this point; he was part of the group of Autobots who abandoned the war under the leadership of Fortress Maximus, attempting to give peace a chance on the new world of Nebulos. Their efforts at peaceful coexistence with the natives were destabilized by mistrust and treachery, however, prompting Fortress Maximus to make a desperate bid for peace. Sureshot was one of nearly a dozen Autobots who gave up their personal weapons to the Nebulans as a sign of cooperation—a major sacrifice for Sureshot, to be sure. Ring of Hate!

The arrival of the Decepticons was almost beneficial for the Autobots, as it compelled the Autobots and Nebulans to work together by binary bonding into integrated Headmaster pairings. After Scorponok and his army made a deal with the unscrupulous Lord Zarak and became Headmasters themselves, though, they were able to use Zarak's connections and Mindwipe's hypnotic power to turn public Nebulan sentiment against the Autobots. Sureshot and many of his fellow warriors were still weaponless, and now leaderless after Fortress Maximus and the Headmasters were captured by Zarak's crew. Luckily, some Nebulans still believed in Max's partner, Peer Galen, and had themselves bio-mechanically engineered to transform into weapons that would replace those the Autobots lost. In defending the Nursery botanical gardens, Sureshot first combined with his Nebulan partner Spoilsport as an Autobot Targetmaster. Shortly thereafter, the Autobots chose to abandon Nebulos rather than allow the war to continue raging over an innocent new world. Brothers in Armor!!

I DO look good in pink!

At some point before they left Nebulos Sureshot, Crosshairs and Pointblank were captured by Scorponok's Decepticons, ostensibly because they were having trouble perfecting the Targetmaster process. However, when the Autobot Headmasters pursued the fleeing Decepticons back to their Fortress of Despair they found that the Targetmasters were merely bait and that it was the Headmasters that Scorponok wanted to study. After Hardhead released their bonds the Autobot Targetmasters freed Peacemaker, Pinpointer and Spoilsport and joined the fray. Although they pretty much won the battle, Scorponok was able to escape with a captive Highbrow. Worlds Apart!

In the UK-produced "Worlds Apart", Crosshairs and Sureshot's colours are switched.

Sureshot and the other Autobots made their way to Earth and eventually came under the command of Optimus Prime. Sureshot didn't see any major action under Prime's command and was actually taken down inside the Ark's hallways when a crazed Megatron/Ratchet fusion...thingy went rampaging through the ship. The Pri¢e of Life! He was repaired in short order by Fixit and was up and active by the time Primus summoned all the Transformers of Earth back to Cybertron to do battle with Unicron. The Void! A destroyed vehicle resembling Sureshot was seen in the aftermath of the battle with the Planet-Eater. Still Life!

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Steve Bulen (English), Ken Narita (Japanese)

Sureshot will fight left-handed; otherwise, it's over too quickly.

Sureshot was first seen hanging around with Hot Rod, Blurr, Brainstorm and several others on Cybertron when Optimus Prime radioed in to warn them that the Decepticons were coming for an assault. How many Decepticons, you ask? ALL of them. It seemed Galvatron had learned of the Plasma Energy Chamber, the foundry in which the original Autobot bodies were forged, and had a plan to take the Chamber's key, open it, and turn the massive energies within to his advantage. Sureshot and his allies managed to get the key back from Galvatron's lackey, Scourge, just before a blast of plasma energy sent their shuttle rocketing through space. They eventually crash-landed on the planet Nebulos and were captured by machine-hating rebels who mistook the Autobots for creations of their enemies, the Hive.

When the Decepticons arrived, Spike Witwicky was able to convince the Nebulan leader Gort to release the Autobots to fight for them. Mere moments after the energy bonds were undone, though, Sureshot was disabled by the Decepticons' opening volley of laser fire. The 'Cons disengaged after a short battle, taking the fallen Autobots with them as leverage and to torture them for the location of the key. After applying Brainstorm's ideas for bio-mechanical engineering to themselves and the Nebulans to become Headmasters, the free Autobots assaulted the Decepticons and managed to reclaim Sureshot and the rest of their comrades.

Cyclonus, Scourge and the other Decepticons then made a devil's bargain with Zarak and the Hive, creating Decepticon Headmasters and a new variant in binary bonding: Targetmasters. Their enhancements proved effective, and they managed to steal back the key from the Autobots. On the other hand, Brainstorm's exo-scanner captured a full bodyscan of a Targetmaster warrior, allowing him to recreate the process and turn Sureshot and several others into Autobot Targetmasters, binary bonded to six Nebulan sharpshooters. Having created two giant transforming starships as well, Scorponok and later Fortress Maximus, the Transformers carried the battle back to Cybertron, where the power of the Plasma Energy Chamber was ultimately reversed back into the planet's core, revitalizing Cybertron back to what it was in the Golden Age. Sureshot and the -Master warriors were last seen returning to Nebulos to cleanse the planet of the Hive's evil machines. The Rebirth

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Masaharu Satō (Japanese), Rik Thomas (English, Omni Productions dub)

Sureshot was part of an elite trio of Autobots, along with Pointblank and Crosshairs. Contrary to what SOME 'bots may have said, he was no friend of Wheelie's. He and his comrades came to Fortress's aid shortly after the deaths of Ultra Magnus and Galvatron changed the course of the war. They became involved in a mission to dispose of deadly plasma energy bombs when everything became complicated by the arrival of a Decepticon space squad and a ship of refugees trying to flee from the planet Master. The bombs ended up going off during the battle, and several Autobots and Decepticons were bathed with plasma energy. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)

The Headmasters recovered the unconscious Sureshot and his friends from space. Miraculously, the three Autobots had not only survived the explosion, each of them had also been fused to one of the Master refugees in a kind of symbiotic combination. The smaller Master robot known as Spoil could now transform into a powerful weapon and affix himself to Crosshairs' hand, creating a Targetmaster. Pointblank and his men seemed cocky before, but their newfound power made them almost unbearable. Sureshot and Crosshairs had to get between Pointblank and the Headmasters when their leader simply would not shut up about how awesome he was. After the Autobots arrived on Master, Apeface and Snapdragon were triple-teamed by the new Targetmasters. Perhaps not considering the Horrorcons worthy of their new powers, Sureshot and the Targetmasters spent the whole battle unarmed and in vehicle mode, and still royally smacked the chips out of the two Decepticons. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)

Sureshot continued to serve on Master with Pointblank and Fortress. He and his fellow Targetmasters were involved in the battle for data on the Master Sword. The Master Sword Is in Danger!! While in orbit around Master in the Battleship Maximus, the Targetmasters spot Ratbat spying on them, and chase him and Soundblaster back to the planet's surface. Their pursuit was interrupted by the arrival of the Decepticon Targetmasters, who tried to eliminate the Autobots by blasting open a natural reservoir, washing Sureshot and his friends away in a massive wave. The Targetmasters survived, however, and located the Decepticons' secret cavern base. They sent out their small partners to covertly investigate the base, but the loud and bolsterous arrival of Chromedome and the Headmasters made stealth impossible, and so a battle was joined. The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide

Sureshot and the Targetmasters continued working with Fortress's army against Scorponok and were involved in the final Head Formation that destroyed Mega Zarak at the North Pole. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

Transformers in 3-D

Following the destruction of Cybertron's energon supply by Galvatron, Sureshot was on Optimus Prime's team for a mission to destroy the Nullification Cannon. After they broke into the Decepticon's hidden base, Optimus went on alone, and succeeded in destroying the Cannon. Blurr and Sureshot helped him limp away from the destruction. The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3

3H comics

Sureshot, Crosshairs, and Hot Spot, were part of a rescue team sent to Japan to retrieve Doctor Fujiyama, Arcee, Wheelie, and Daniel Witwicky from an all-out assault of an army of Nightbirds. Sureshot had the task of suppressing Fujiyama's latest blunder. Departure

IDW Generation 1 comics

Sureshot was a crewman aboard the Ark-27 under the command of Optimus Prime. He was seated next to the navigator station, so he could have been in charge of anything from sensor operations to communications to helm control. With his pride in his shooting, though, weapons seems a good bet. Stormbringer #2

Sureshot was present when Cyclonus and the Sweeps invaded Kimia. He survived the massacre and got away aboard an escape pod piloted by Chromedome and Brainstorm. They were soon rescued by Arcee. Chaos Part Three: Kings She told the survivors about Galvatron's misguided plans to save the universe (which would actually destroy it), then brought them to Cybertron to put a stop to it. Chaos Part Four: Genesis

After Cybertron was reborn in the wake of the D-Void's attack, Sureshot 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 Sureshot out of the ship. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It He was soon rescued by Rodimus and Ultra Magnus, who had come to retrieve him and the others. Hangers On

Toys

Generation 1

• Sureshot (Targetmaster, 1987)
  • Japanese ID number: C-105
  • Accessories: "Spoilsport"/"Spoil" Targetmaster partner

Sureshot transforms into a Cybertronic buggy somewhat resembling a Baja buggy. As a Targetmaster, he can hold in his hand or mount on his vehicle-mode roof any Targetmaster gun (or any weapon that uses a 5mm peg). He came with his partner, Spoilsport/Spoil.

• More information on Sureshot at TFU.info

Notes

• Sureshot's character model (to be precise, his Japanese one from The Headmasters rather than his Western one) was recolored and used in Armada to make the "arrogant Autobot officer".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Sureshot (サーショット Sāshotto)
• French: Tirexact (Canada)
• Italian: Dragster
• Mandarin: Sasha (Taiwan Omni Productions dub, 沙夏 Shā Hsìa)
• Russian: Sniper (Снайпер, Snaĭper)

External links

• Sureshot's Universe profile at NFTA.net