Side Burn (G1)

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

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Side Burn is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Side Burn, our eyes are up here.

It's hard to believe that Side Burn and Prowl are from the same production run. A glitch in the production run caused Side Burn to roll off the assembly line vastly different in appearance from the others, and especially different in personality from Prowl in specific. Side Burn is prone to distraction, uninterested in rules, interested in speed, and super interested in females. These traits combined get Side Burn into all sorts of trouble, and Prowl feels it falls to him to keep his friend on the straight and narrow. This task may, however, be a fool's errand.

Side Burn wields a plasma rifle, and his rear-mounted thruster engine can support him in battle either as a weapon or as a jetpack. When the occasion calls for it, he can reveal the Sonic Buzz Saw in his left arm. There are probably other things he can reveal when other occasions call for it, but let's not talk about that, please.

A Femicon... with a sword... Hot!Side Burn getting distracted, Battle Lines, Part 3

Fiction

Wings Universe

He's whatever war hero you want him to be, baby.

At the dawn of the Great War, Side Burn was a young Autobot who had joined the resistance movement against the growing Decepticon threat.

In order to get sympathy from some sexy fembots, Side Burn posed as the survivor of the Combaticons' raid on the Elite Guard. It seemed to be working until Prowl showed up and called Side Burn by name. Since the real survivor's name was Dion, the ladies became less interested. Reminding Side Burn that it was a felony offence to impersonate an Elite Guardsman, Prowl dragged Side Burn away to his real duties elsewhere at the Autobot High Council Citadel. Side Burn was among the Autobot warriors present when Optimus Prime accepted his appointment as commander of the new Autobot military. Battle Lines, Part 1

If Ultra Magnus had to name ONE thing in the universe that he can't deal with...

Side Burn was absent from Optimus Prime's mission briefing. When asked about his absence, Prowl believed he knew where he was. It turned out, he was shadowing Magnum and the Elite Guard as they searched for Deathsaurus. Battle Lines, Part 2 Side Burn interrupted their search, claiming to know where their target's newest base was located. Though Side Burn didn't really know, he was loud enough that the Decepticons homed in on them first. The Autobots were suddenly surrounded by an immense Decepticon army led by Deathsaurus' new lieutenant, Starscream. Side Burn joined the Autobots in desperately fighting off their attackers, including grabbing Blast Off. But at a crucial moment, he was distracted by a hot femicon with a sword. Blast Off took advantage of this by shooting Side Burn, lecturing the Autobot on the importance of paying attention. Battle Lines, Part 3

Thankfully, Side Burn and the others were backed up by reinforcements composed of several of the Elite Guard previously thought dead. In the confusion, Side Burn was able to turn the tables on Blast Off by securing him with power bonds and sitting on him. Still, Side Burn remained distracted by Lyzack, especially when she started laying into Magnum with her sword, but his painting-her-red fantasies were cut off when Thunderclash belted her. At that point he realized he was standing right next to Starscream, and blasted the Decepticon. The Decepticons retreated and Side Burn returned with the other Autobots to their headquarters. Battle Lines, Part 4

One week later, Side Burn was in Iacon with Magnum and Optimus Prime when the pair were interrupted by another Decepticon attack. As they rushed to the walls, they saw them being broken through by the newly-created Devastator. Battle Lines, Part 5 The ensuing battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons was won in the Autobots' favor, but not without Autobot death. An initiative to gather energy had an Autobot crew formed for the Ark. Side Burn was to be part of it, but a Decepticon attack blocked Side Burn and others from reaching the Ark. Thus forced to wait on Cybertron, Side Burn, with the other Autobots remaining on the planet, went into stasis hibernation pods, to preserve the little energy they had left till new sources were found. Battle Lines, Part 6

In 2012, Runamuck and Runabout stumbled on Side Burn's pod and it opened, waking the Autobot. A Flash Forward, Part 2 As he turned out to be amnesiac, they took him to meet Jhiaxus. A Flash Forward, Part 3

Toys

Timelines

When he hits on Hot Rod, it's super creepy!

• Side Burn (Deluxe, 2011)
  • Accessories: Thruster/missile launcher, "flame" missile

Timelines Side Burn is a blue and white redeco of Classics Rodimus, transforming into a heavily-altered Dome Zero. Side Burn's rear-mounted thruster engine becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode, launching a spring-loaded missile, or can remain attached to his back to act as a jetpack. His left arm hides a flip-out (non-spinning) buzzsaw.

Side Burn is the 2011 Transformers Collectors' Club free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in by March 16, 2011. Due to customs delays, he was ultimately shipped to members in late July/early August. The remaining stock was put on sale at the Club store on August 17, and sold out in under three hours. Due to insufficient packaging, many Side Burns arrived with their spoiler tips bent. Like many later versions of the Rodimus toy, Side Burn sadly suffers from a loose left arm and an unstable backpack.

A noticeable percentage of Side Burns sent to international club members took an exceptionally long time to arrive, but most (or all) did eventually turn up, a full month or more after the advertised latest possible delivery date. Fun Publications won itself no praise by selling the excess stock of the figure through their store half a month before the actual delivery deadline was even up.

This mold was also used to make "Shattered Glass" Rodimus and Gentei! Gentei! Wildrider.

Notes

• Megatron shows off the Side Burn toy in "Mega Spice -- The Transformer Your Fan Could Be Like".
• Side Burn's profile card is full of fragment sentence errors, plus it uses "can't" when it wants to use "can," rendering its opening sentence nonsensical.
• On top of that, even though the toy was advertised as "Side Burn" (two words) on the Collectors' Club website, the profile card prominently features his name as "Sideburn" (one word) with a "registered trademark" ® after it. Whoops. The profile text itself refers to him as "Side Burn" twice.