Sixshot (G1)

This article is about the Generation 1 Decepticon. For the Energon Decepticon, see Six Shot.

Sixshot is a Decepticon Six Changer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Determined to make bad where his Autobot son went good, Sixshot joins the Decepticons!

Few Decepticons are as feared as Sixshot, either by the Autobots or by their own comrades. As the first Transformer Six Changer, able to assume six different modes, he is officially designated as a "Solo Transformer Assault Group" (or "S.T.A.G."), but is more colloquially known among those who know and fear him as a "one-robot army". Sixshot's destructive ability is the stuff of legend, a gleeful murderousness that is matched only in ferocity by the intensity with which he sets to the bloody tasks given him. He is not to be mistaken for a mindless weapon, however—he is fiercely intelligent, and not without honor of a warped sort. He grants due respect to any opponent he deems worthy, and always speaks well of them after he has inevitably dispatched them to, as he puts it, "the great junkyard in the sky". These attitudes are reflective of Sixshot's understanding of the inevitable end that waits for a warrior such as he, and the hope that when his own end eventually arrives he will be remembered in the same way. But that end will be long in coming, for although Sixshot believes that life is only worth living for as long as there are opponents who can challenge him, his mantra does not preclude his own allegiance changing in order to make new enemies and challenges where none existed before.

“	He kills. He destroys. He eradicates. He doesn't negotiate!	”
—Megatron sums up Sixshot, Devastation #5

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Neil Ross (English), Eiji Yanagisawa (Japanese), Bernd Simon (German)

Sixshot was among the Decepticons who stormed Cybertron in order to seize control of the Plasma Energy Chamber. When the Aerialbots barred the villains' way, Galvatron called upon Sixshot to take them on, and he proceeded to effortlessly use each of his five alternate modes to down the five individual members of the team. In order, he shot down Air Raid while in tank mode, transformed to beast mode and flew up to destroy Fireflight, landed and transformed to armored car mode to shoot down Slingshot, transformed to jet mode to shoot Skydive and finally transformed into his gun mode which Cyclonus used to shoot down Silverbolt. Converting back to robot mode to survey his handiwork, Sixshot mirthfully dismissed the brief battle as being "like shooting cyber-ducks in a barrel." The Rebirth, Part 1

Japanese cartoon continuity

The Battle of the Star Gate

Just like a ninja, popping up where you don't expect him!

Sixshot was part of Megatron's forces when he confronted two treacherous Starscreams on the Trigger. When the Autobots arrived, the Decepticons battled them, till the Starscream of the future interrupted the battle by merging with the Trigger. In the ensuing conflict, the Trigger was destroyed and the Transformers were sent falling to the Earth, becoming lost. The Battle of the Star Gate

The Great Transformer War

In the year 2011, Galvatron made plans for an all-out assault on the planet Cybertron. These plans, however, required that the Decepticon Headmasters successfully escape from planet Master and reach Chaar. With the Decepticon Headmasters being tailed by the Autobot Headmasters, Galvatron dispatched Sixshot to ensure that his newest recruits escape their pursuers. Arriving just in time, Sixshot easily defeated the Autobot Headmasters, then angrily ordered the Decepticon Headmasters to head for Chaar so they could participate in the assault on Cybertron. His mission successful, Sixshot left the defeated Autobots to lick their wounds. The Great Transformer War #3

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Michihiro Ikemizu (Japanese)

Sixshot, a member of the Six Clan, had a long, bloody history of being a scoundrel and a killer. Millions of years prior to his becoming Decepticon City Commander, Sixshot traveled to the planet Master and tried to rip off a mining operation. One of the miners, Abel, stood up to him and Sixshot brutally murdered him. Abel happened to be a good friend of Chromedome's, however, this was before he underwent the Headmaster process and he was too weak to stop Sixshot. Terror! The Six Shadows

He debuted in 2011 with the function of "Decepticon City Ninja Commander". In this respect, he was something of an arch-enemy to Ultra Magnus. They had their first encounter when Sixshot led Soundwave and the Triple Changers against the Autobots on Earth, trying to prevent reinforcements from reaching Cybertron. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Sixshot was immensely powerful and soon usurped Cyclonus and Scourge as Galvatron's bestest fwend. Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime He personally guided Trypticon into battle on Earth in order to test Galvatron's Madmachine on Metroplex. The Great Cassette Operation

Sixshot and Galvatron came up with a plan to steal energy from the six major nations on Earth. Using his until-then hidden ability to assume six different modes, combined with his ninja shadow powers, Sixshot would pose as a group of robots extorting energy from Earth, throwing the Autobots off-balance as he would not appear to be associated with the Decepticons. In his various modes, Sixshot made several terrorist strikes on the countries he was blackmailing. He made two vital mistakes, though: one, by not telling Scourge and Cyclonus about the plan, they recruited Trypticon to keep this "mystery robot" from muscling in on Decepticon turf. And two, he attacked Japan. Nobody attacks Japan on the Trainbots' watch. Sixshot was swarmed with enemies in Japan, first the combiner Raiden, then the misguided Decepticons leading Trypticon into the fray, and finally Chromedome and the Headmasters, who had finally recognized him as the evil ninja from Master millions of years before. All the ninja tricks in the world couldn't get Sixshot out of THAT ruckus unscathed. Terror! The Six Shadows

Later, when Galvatron stormed Cybertron to capture the super-metal known as Cybertonuron, Sixshot happened to let it slip to Scorponok that Galvatron said he wouldn't need the Headmaster anymore once the Cybertonuron was his. Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1 Coincidentally enough, Galvatron vanished in a huge explosion just hours later, and Scorponok assumed command of the Decepticons. He declared his new position before Sixshot, Soundblaster and the others, and began hatching evil schemes of his own. As Scorponok sent the Headmasters and Triple Changers to capture the energy-absorbing satellite Sol 1, Sixshot occupied the Autobots on Earth so that they couldn't interfere. The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok Sixshot also coordinated Scorponok's scheme to distract the Autobots with a volcanic eruption in Peru. The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts

In order to keep the Autobots from interfering with Scorponok's plans on Mars, Sixshot and Trypticon intercepted them as they left Autobot City. Sixshot used his six modes to keep the Technobots distracted and off-balance. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger Later, he left for Chaar to attend the debut ceremony of MegaZarak, Scorponok's massive new Transtector. Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears When a mysterious UFO appeared on Earth, Sixshot was swallowed up inside its luminescent form right before Soundblaster's optics. He reappeared with the UFO on the moon in the midst of a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, when it was revealed that the UFO was a starcruiser piloted by the returning Decepticon emperor, Galvatron. Return of the Immortal Emperor

After learning the Autobots were going to stockpile large quantities of energon and send it to the needy planet Sandra, Galvatron had Sixshot coordinate a raid on the relief mission. Sixshot and his leader joined the Terrorcons and Constructicons (and Brawl) for an attack on the Trainbots before they could take off with the energon. The battle between the two forces stalemated, as the Decepticons failed to capture the energon, but also prevented the Trainbots from successfully fleeing with it. After shooting down the trains, Sixshot fought their Light-Speed Commander, Shōki. The stalemate eventually ended when the Autobots pulled back and sent the energon from their second base on Athenia instead. SOS from Planet Sandra

You were right about one thing, Motormaster. The negotiators were short.

Sixshot was next seen using his ninja powers to disguise himself as Galvatron for a meeting with Spike Witwicky. While "Galvatron" pretended to entertain the notion of a joint energy generating project with the Autobots, the real Galvatron gathered his forces to strike out at energy sources elsewhere in the universe. The Autobot double agent Counterpunch reported on the ruse to his superiors, and Sixshot was revealed. As he led the Decepticons on Earth in a retreat, Sixshot blew up the Space Bridge ring as they were departing, preventing Autobot pursuit. Furthermore, because the Space Bridge nexus was already destabilized after the destruction of Mars, the Space Bridges on Athenia and Cybertron were also destroyed thanks to Sixshot's attack. Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!

As the Decepticons flew out into deep space to raid new sources of energy, Sixshot clearly distinguished himself as Galvatron's right-hand man. On Hive, Galvatron only took Sixshot and the Horrorcons with him to force the entire planet to surrender to the Decepticon cause. They fought their way to the palace and its energy stockpile, but were blocked at the five yard line by Chromedome and the Headmasters. Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!! On their next stop, the Decepticons attacked Sperity, the more developed of the Twin Star planets. Galvatron sent Sixshot and Soundblaster to uncover as much energon as they could, but the supply was drastically short. They could barely scrape together enough cubes to fill a room. The Decepticons learned too late that all of Sperity's people and energon had been diverted to the sister planet, Toruin. Battle for Defense of the False Planet When the Decepticons came to Daros to stock up on "goodwill" energon from their ally, the corrupt governor, Galvatron sent out Sixshot and the Horrorcons to stall Fortress's men so that their refueling could be completed. Sixshot successfully kept the Autobot Headmasters occupied long enough for Scorponok to fill up. Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!! Next, on Paradise, Sixshot was sent to occupy the Autobots alone while the other Decepticons gathered energy. He waged a solo Transformer assault (group) on the Battleship Maximus, challenging Fortress's massive vessel. Its weapon systems were inoperative at the time, but hey, it looked impressive. Head Formation of Friendship The Decepticon mission continued at full pace, and they succeeded in accumulating energon on roughly half of the thirteen worlds they visited. Finally, on the Pirate Planet, Sixshot welcomed their new allies, the Decepticon Clones. The Clones and Sixshot aided Galvatron in the search for hidden proton energy on the planet before finally starting their return journey back to Chaar. Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship

I've got nothing to lose and I've got nothing to prove, so I'll be dancing with myself.

Back in our galaxy, Sixshot aided Galvatron in carrying forward his ultimate plan. Sixshot cautioned his leader that Scorponok would not sit idly by while Galvatron made himself all-powerful, but Galvatron dismissed the threat of Scorponok as ultimately insignificant. As the final prepations were being made, Sixshot led an army of Horrorcons, Combaticons and Terrorcons in an assault on Earth. Once the Autobot energy facility in Miami was under siege, Sixshot returned to Autobot City with Trypticon to attack Ultra Magnus while his troops were scattered dealing with other threats. Sixshot and Ultra Magnus fought in personal combat, as Sixshot made full use of his Six-Changer and ninja multiplication powers. After a tireless barrage, Sixshot unveiled his hidden seventh mode, the Wingwolf, possesssing the power of all his separate modes combined. The Wingwolf's assault was too much for Ultra Magnus, and he succumbed to his wounds. The enraged Autobot Headmasters arrived just in time to witness his fall, and they turned their anger on Sixshot, driving him from the murder scene. Ultra Magnus Dies!!

Flush with victory, Sixshot continued the war on Earth, unleashing Menasor, Bruticus, Abominus and the Horrorcons to attack five different locations at once, stretching the Autobot forces to the breaking point. He also uncovered the secret location of Scorponok, who had gone AWOL earlier during the siege of Earth. Reporting back to his commander on Chaar, Sixshot informed Galvatron of his findings. During this meeting, Galvatron unveiled his full plan for the stockpiled energon—he wanted to become another Unicron, incorporating Earth itself into his body to become the planet-sized Grand Galvatron. To do so, he would require..."donations" from the finest of Transformer warriors, using them as spare parts to assemble his massive new frame with the best transforming parts available. Galvatron informed Sixshot that his own impressive transforming powers would mark him as the first warrior Galvatron would honor by disassembling.

Less than thrilled with the idea of being scrapped for Galvatron's insane ambitions, Sixshot reported to Scorponok and forged an alliance with the Headmaster leader in order to hold off his grisly fate. When Galvatron came upon them, Sixshot and Scorponok faked a scuffle until the Autobots arrived on the scene as well. Sixshot was caught up in battle with Metroplex, who was seeking revenge for the death of Ultra Magnus. Fortunately for Sixshot, the Autobot Headmasters united against Galvatron and left him buried deep beneath the icefields of Alaska. Although Sixshot and Scorponok were forced to flee, Sixshot no longer had to worry about being incorporated into the "Grand Galvatron". The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg

Sixshot devoted himself to the new leader, Scorponok, and continued his efforts to upset the Autobot activity on Earth. He and Trypticon staged another attack on Autobot City, injuring Spike Witwicky in the process. I Risk My Life for Earth Scorponok was soon driven off Earth after the Autobots discovered the weak point on his MegaZarak Transtector, and so the Decepticons' new target was the planet Master. When six robots escaped Master in an attempt to warn the Autobots, Sixshot pursued them along with Slugslinger, Misfire and Triggerhappy. They came across the Battleship Maximus in space, and Sixshot engaged the Autobot Headmasters in warfare, using his multiplication power to confuse them. Chromedome and his allies managed to hold their own, however, and the fighting continued until a massive explosion of plasma energy rocked the area. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)

In the aftermath, Sixshot found Slugslinger and his men had been fused to the Master refugees in the plasma explosion. He brought them back to Master to recuperate, and these new Targetmasters joined Scorponok's forces for the invasion. The Decepticons were forced to modify their plans once the Battleship Maximus arrived in defense of Master. At Scorponok's command, Sixshot used his ninja powers to cast an illusion disguising him as Chromedome. He used his disguise to get close to Chromedome's friend Jack and kidnap him so that the Decepticons could learn about the Master Sword and the Headmasters' weaknesses. Sixshot tortured the poor scientist vigorously, but even Mindwipe's hypnotic powers could not compel Jack to reveal what he didn't know. With his usefulness at an end, Sixshot concocted a cruel plan for using their prisoner against the Autobots. Jack was turned into a suicide bomber, implanted with a powerful explosive and hypnotically compelled to return to the Battleship Maximus and detonate. Chromedome was forced to shoot down his own friend in order to protect the others. Enraged over the deaths of Jack, Abel, and Ultra Magnus, Chromedome launched a furious assault on Sixshot with his fellow Headmasters. Sixshot's arms were blasted completely off his body in the fight, and he was forced to flee before the vengeful Autobot finished him off. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)

In order to uncover the secret of the Master Sword, Sixshot had the young Autobot named Wheelie kidnapped and dangled above a pit of acid. He demanded that Fortress reveal the secrets within three hours or else Wheelie would die. Chromedome and Danny Witwicky managed to rescue Wheelie from the Decepticons, but Sixshot and his allies were able to steal the data they wanted from Fortress anyway. The Master Sword Is in Danger!! As Scorponok continued construction on his new super weapon, Sixshot led a group of Decepticons to distract Fortress Maximus, keeping him busy elsewhere while the final stages were being completed. The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide Eventually, the Zarak Shield was completed, and the Decepticons rose up from beneath the city center in a massive battle. Sixshot fought against Fortress's warriors and the junior soldiers Chromedome had been training. Operation: Destroy the Decepticons

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As the Decepticons made their way back towards Earth, Scorponok recklessly carried the scorpion through an asteroid field against Sixshot's warnings, causing damage to the ship. After Sixshot pointed out his lord's error, Scorponok ordered him out of the ship to attack the pursuing Battleship Maximus alone. During the battle, one of the Autobots' main cannons was jettisoned, and both it and Sixshot were swept up in a space vortex, depositing them on the planet Daira far from the battle. After reviving, Sixshot discovered Danny Witwicky had been inside the turret when it was launched. Although the boy was initially frightened, Sixshot assured Danny it was beneath him to make war on small children. As the two began to separate, a group of rock-creatures rose from the ground to attack. Sixshot defended both himself and Danny, and the two formed a cautious alliance. "Uncle" Sixshot kept Danny alive on Daira until the Autobot Headmasters arrived to rescue him. Chromedome was spoiling for a fight, but Danny insisted they leave Sixhsot alone. My Friend Sixshot!

Despite being abandoned on the field of battle, Sixshot returned to the Decepticons and presented himself before Lord Scorponok once again for service. Scorponok's ship was still in need of repairs, and so Sixshot prepared a distraction—he challenged Chromedome to single combat on Juno. He hoped that destroying Chromedome would cripple the Headmasters' effectiveness and keep all of the Autobots busy until the scorpion could be repaired. Hours later, the duel began, and both combatants fought furiously until Danny arrived, throwing himself between them. While Sixshot denied Danny's pleas to their friendship, he also could not bring himself to shoot the boy in order to get to Chromedome. The stalemate ended abruptly with a massive explosion: Scorponok had laid a series of bombs around Juno in the hopes of eliminated both Sixshot and the Autobots. With Danny in danger, Sixshot declared the duel over. He charged Chromedome with getting the boy to safety, and saved Danny from falling into a ravine just before seemingly being consumed by a blast of lava himself. Duel on the Asteroid

Sixshot survived the blast, and made his way to Earth by clinging to the outside of the Battleship Maximus as it returned. By this point, Sixshot had deemed Scorponok his enemy, and was searching for a way to even their score. With his falling out with Scorponok not common knowledge, he made contact with Bruticus and the Decepticon Clones to gather information about Scorponok's current plans, and their upcoming rendez-vous at the North Pole. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1) After a battle with the Autobots in Egypt, Sixshot secretly followed Scorponok back to the underwater entrance to Lemuria. Seeing Sixshot, Scorponok once again tried to pretend he was overjoyed by the Ninja Commander's return. Sixshot played along long enough to learn about Scorponok's plans for the crysmagnetal, and then attempted to depart. A suspicious Scorponok refused to allow him to leave and fired upon Sixshot, but only succeeded in hitting one of the ninja's holographic doubles. While at the North Pole, Sixshot intervened twice in the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, saving Danny from Battletrap and Menasor. In the end, he swore not to return to the Decepticons, and bade Danny farewell. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

The Headmasters comic

For the sake of proving how insanely evil he was, Sixshot one day just decided to up and steal a capsule of emergency food rations from a spaceship. The Autobot Headmasters and Daniel attempted to stop him, but they were no match for the ninja, who vanished in a cloud of smoke.

Applauding himself as the "Devil King of Space", Sixshot then swooped down to a nearby planet to relax. Basking in the beauty of nature, Sixshot decided to share his pic-a-nic basket with all the cute and cuddly forest creatures romping and playing on and around him. Suddenly, Daniel popped up behind him, noting that he was nothing more than a big ol' softy. As it turned out, Daniel had latched onto Sixshot as he was making his escape from the Headmasters. Daniel asked Sixshot to join the Autobots since he was actually just a total poser, but Sixshot explained that he owed a ninja debt of ninja loyalty to Galvatron and could do no such thing.

Then Daniel got shot in the arm. As the boy recovered, Sixshot recognized the group of gun-toting rednecks as Space Hunters. Not about to let them kill all the cute animals (and Daniel), Sixshot transformed to all six of his modes, defeating the Hunters, and then to his Wingwolf mode just for the sake of overkill. With the Space Hunters fleeing, Sixshot saw to dressing Daniel's wound and then, with a speech about power, honor and loyalty (and after sending an SOS to Athenia to get Daniel a ride home), he zoomed off into space. The Headmasters #4

After the defeat of MegaZarak, when all the other Decepticons were driven from the planet, Sixshot chose to blaze a new path in his life. Sixshot's next goal was to travel the galaxy and become the greatest warrior in the Universe, learning new transformations from various creatures. His first task was to stay on Earth and learn how to transform into a human being. The Headmasters #8

Super-God Masterforce Master File

Sixshot alerted the Autobots on Athenia about the existence of Devil Z. Master File No, 1

Marvel Comics continuity

No slag, Sherlock.

Sixshot was one of the Decepticons who followed Scorponok to the planet Nebulos. He acted as an air transport to an unidentifiable Decepticon. Upon greeting Lord Zarak's faction of Nebulans, he noted, "Strange creatures await us." Maybe they were too strange because he was never seen again. Broken Glass!

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While Galvatron was off looking for some new Energon source, Sixshot gathered volunteers for an unspecified mission to make Hot Rod's life interesting. He managed to rustle up Pounce, Wingspan, and Flywheels. The Test

Sixshot took part in an attack on Tau-Ursa, allowing Galvatron to pick up the last component needed for his Nullification Cannon. As a result of the attack, the Decepticons leveled the entire city. They then headed for Cybertron, where Sixshot led a group in creating a diversion. He took great delight in baiting Hot Rod, promising that he would reveal his other three alternate modes to the Autobot someday. When Optimus Prime realised that the diversion was to cover Galvatron's attack on the Energon plant, Sixshot's team retreated, their job done. The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3

Dreamwave comics continuity

"Strange heads await us."

Once the Triple Changers turned out to be a success, Shockwave sought to create an even more impressive warrior that could transform into an unprecedented six modes. Shortly after finishing with the being he named Sixshot, Shockwave berated Blitzwing for acting out of rank, in response to which Astrotrain later suggested that Blitzwing (the first triple Changer) no longer was Shockwave's favourite. Lost and Found Shockwave's short rule was ended by Megatron before his project could be unveiled, and so apparently passed under Megatron's radar. While Megatron had moved his attentions to Earth, Sixshot was seen examining the remains of Blitzwing at the deserted site of Shockwave's former base. The Route of All Evil

Dreamwave went out of business before Sixshot could be properly revealed. Earlier in the series, Octane is shown piloting a land vehicle that is clearly Sixshot's tank mode, which is later jacked by the Dinobots. This vehicle never transforms or shows any signs of sentience, so whether or not it is actually Sixshot is debatable. James McDonough later noted in an interview that it was not some random easter egg, and that its inclusion was deliberate foreshadowing of the future of Shockwave's experiments in multiple transformations.

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After Serpent O.R. took control of the Decepticons, Sixshot led Astrotrain, Blitzwing and Buzzsaw in an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony. The Art of War #3 Sixshot targeted Optimus Prime, only for the Autobot to jump onto his plane mode and steer him into crashing into Piranacon's face. The Art of War #4

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Sixshot, pre-angst.

Before the war, Sixshot attended a rally held by Megatron as the Decepticon movement was gathering speed. Megatron Origin #3 When the planet subsequently plunged into all-out warfare, Sixshot distinguished himself as one of the single-most powerful Decepticons, with armature composed of metals drawn from core of a black hole and a power core comprising a "self-regenerating dark matter fission cell" making him an untiring, unrelenting force of utter destruction. Devastation #4 At some point, he underwent the same ununtrium coating process already applied to Black Shadow and Heretech, and thus became one of the Warriors Elite. Remembrance Day Starscream spoke out in fear of the power Sixshot commanded, but Megatron was not foolish, having had the six-changer fitted with a secret "off switch" that could shut him down if need be. Devastation #5 Sixshot once commanded a Worldsweeper during the war. Rules of Disengagement

Sixshot is so powerful, he defies all laws of perspective.

As the war moved from Cybertron to other worlds, Megatron developed a multi-phase infiltration protocol for invading and conquering other worlds. Selected to be one of three "phase sixers" deployed in the final stage of the protocol to bring utter devastation to any chosen worlds, Sixshot was informed of this fact in a teleconference with Megatron and his other two choices, Black Shadow and Overlord, the latter proving far less enthusiastic than Sixshot and Black Shadow about their appointment. Last Stand of the Wreckers #2

Over time, Sixshot's lethal nature and the sheer horror of his job resulted in his being ostracized by his fellow Decepticons, leaving only the Terrorcons—a troops of Decepticon warriors who looked up to Sixshot and aspired to be a powerful as he—as the closest he could consider to friends. Although not the most social of warriors, Sixshot did miss the camaraderie of battle, and eventually became tired of his role, losing the glee he used to have and becoming bored with it all.

Trying to warn his boss that setting off this chain of events will only lead to All Hail Megatron.

When the Terrorcons disappeared during a mission to the planet Mumu-Obscura, Sixshot set out to rescue his "friends". Discovering that they were in the clutches of a group of destructive aliens known as the Reapers, who had razed Mumu-Obscura of all life, Sixshot was offered a proposition by their leader Deathbringer: defeat the Reapers in battle, and the Terrorcons would live. Sixshot fought valiantly, but the Reapers proved to just be toying with him, and the battle concluded when Deathbringer revealed that the entire fight had been a test of Sixshot's power—the Reapers wanted the Decepticon to join them. Although tempted by the offer of a cause to fight for instead of the degrading, dull destruction of his job, Sixshot found that he could not pass Deathbringer's final test—to kill the Terrorcons himself—and Deathbringer allowed the Decepticons to all leave alive in the hope that when they crossed paths with Sixshot again, he would be ready. Spotlight: Sixshot

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Sixshot was soon summoned to the planet Earth by Megatron after the Decepticon leader was bested in battle there by Optimus Prime. Escalation #6 As Earth was presently only in phase two of infiltration protocol, Sixshot was as confused by his early deployment as the other Decepticons were worried by it, but chose not to press the issue with the furious Megatron. Devastation #1 Ordered to hunt down and destroy Optimus Prime's unit, Sixshot followed location co-ordinates relayed by Ratbat and intercepted the Autobots' Ark-19, blowing it out of the sky with a single shot. Devastation #2 The craft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, and believing all aboard destroyed, Sixshot then turned his attention to Ratchet, Verity Carlo, and Jimmy Pink, who had ejected in an escape pod as the ship went down. Ratchet and his human allies got a head start when Sixshot was briefly distracted by some human fighter jets that he effortlessly destroyed, but the Decepticon soon tracked them to an ambulance pool in Pensacola. Unhindered by the local rules of engagement, Sixshot began destroying all the ambulances (in the process making himself the first Transformer witnessed by humanity at large), forcing Ratchet to reveal himself rather than cause human casualties.

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The chase continued with Sixshot in wolf mode, pursing Ratchet out of town and to the Gulf of Mexico's edge, where he was prevented from killing him by the emergence of the still-living crew of the Ark-19 from the water Devastation #3 Shrugging off their attacks, Sixshot took on the seven-strong team of Autobots single-handedly, badly wounding Bumblebee and Jazz and forcing all save Optimus Prime to escape via orbital jump. Sixshot found that the Autobot leader gave him a considerable run for his money, but he was forced to break off the fight when he was summoned back to Decepticon headquarters to deal with a more urgent threat: the Reapers had arrived on Earth! Devastation #4

Speedlines accompany Sixshot wherever he goes.

Engaging the Reapers in battle in Oregon, Sixshot was again offered a place in the group by Deathbringer, this time with the promise that he would die if he refused: if not at the Reapers' hands, then at the hands of his own maddening isolation. Sixshot's struggle was suddenly resolved by the appearance of Starscream from the Decepticon base, challenging Sixshot to a duel to the death. His decision made for him, Sixshot changed sides, at which point Starscream activated Sixshot's "off switch", a verbal command of "Reset: pi-orion-actual-orbit. Enable." Sixshot immediately shut down and crashed. Devastation #5

Sixshot's body was recovered by Galvatron Devastation #6 and brought to the Dead Universe scientist Jhiaxus, who repaired him but implanted a device in his brain which placed him under Jhiaxus's control. Operational again, Sixshot was deployed to the fourth moon of Bhul, there to guard one of the Nega-Cores the Dead Universe Transformers required for their Expansion. Any attempt to get to the Nega-Core would've involved a vicious battle that an attacking force would lose, Spotlight: Doubledealer so the Autobots snuck in through the back instead. Spotlight: Sideswipe

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Freed of Jhiaxus's control following the defeat of the Dead Universe crew, Sixshot traded the scientist's technology to Megatron in exchange for his freedom. At last unencumbered by the weight of his duty as a phase sixer and able to enthusiastically enjoy himself in his work again, Sixshot went on a snatch-and-grab mission to recover secret Autobot scientific research, sneaking into Orvus Base and killing most of the crew before they knew what hit them. The Throttlebots were stationed there, however, and were able to escape with the data to the planet Orvus Base orbited, Salvvatan VIII. Sixshot pursued the small Autobots to a mysterious deserted city on the planet, where their fight triggered some unusual alarms, prompting a giant arm to emerge from the city and crush Sixshot. This failed to incapacitate the Decepticon, so the city—in actuality, Metroplex—completed its transformation and stomped on Sixshot, successfully putting him out of commission, if only temporarily. Spotlight: Metroplex

United

Sometimes I'm a Phase Sixer, and sometimes I'm just this guy, y'know?

A nano-virus that afflicted most Autobots save the Targetmasters and the Headmasters required Ricochet to lead a team to Nebulos for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their Nebulan partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Sixshot and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Sixshot and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos

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• Sixshot swooped into battle in jet mode, sending the Autobots scattering as Galvatron assured Cyclonus that the six-changer was a one-robot army and could stop all their opponents. As Galvatron listed his modes and Cyclonus counted them off, Sixshot careened into Kup, Blurr and Wheelie with his car mode, opened fire in his tank mode, mauled Rodimus Prime in wolf mode and allowed Galvatron to fire him at the Autobot leader in gun mode before transforming into his robot form and declaring himself to all and sundry.
• Sixshot's son Quickswitch would later join the Autobots, determined not to go down the same evil path his father had.

Games

Transformers: The Headmasters

When the Decepticons captured some of the Autobots' greatest warriors, Sixshot and Trypticon attacked the planet Earth. They were defeated and all the prisoners were rescued by Chromedome and the other freed Autobots. Transformers: The Headmasters

The Transformers (PS2)

Voice actor: Mark Laity

Autobot Story

Sixshot was among the large Decepticon force who engaged the Autobots on the planet Zel Samine while both sides were searching for the fabled Zel Quartz. The six-changer ambushed a team of Autobots led by Optimus Prime in the Atalstan gem mine, attempting to spook them by professing to have magical talents, and claiming that his body held more than one soul, before using his ninja powers to "verify" his claims by creating three duplicates of himself. Prime dismissed the display as an illusion, but despite his disbelief the clones were still able to join their robot-mode other self in battle in tank and wolf modes. Despite all his fancy tricks, Sixshot was defeated and fled in his car mode, swearing revenge. The Transformers

Toys

Generation 1

"No, I don't have a trigger between my legs. Now will you buy me?"

• Sixshot (1987, 2002)
  • Japanese ID number: D-98
  • Accessories: 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

Unprecedented in his time, Sixshot transforms into six distinct modes: robot, tank, spaceship, laser gun, off-road vehicle, and winged wolf. Each mode features its own dedicated parts, including a springing trigger for his gun mode, though Sixshot is a complete brick, with articulation only in his shoulders. Evidently not thinking that six was enough, the production staff of the Headmasters animated series even created an absurd seventh mode—called "Wingwolf"— by fiddling around with the toy, placing it in a mid-transformation form that combines various portions of its different modes in one.

Highlighting his landmark number of modes, Sixshot's instructions were sealed by a sticker, challenging the owner to figure out all the toy's modes without help. While not too hard with the packaging photos to help, the photos on the back of the box and the instructions themselves actually managed to get the car mode wrong, neglecting to include the additional rotation of the arms necessary to complete it. There is also a pair of extra holes inside Sixshot's legs into which his hypersonic concussion blasters can fit—presumably, this was the intended location for the weapons in gun mode, but the instructions and photos place them on the outside of the legs, in the same position as tank mode, which in turn was how the gun mode appeared in Sixshot's character models for his fictional appearances.

Sixshot was not released in the UK, although Quickswitch would see a release the following year. The toy was later reissued in Japan in 2002 without changes, in a reproduction of his original packaging.

This mold was retooled to make Greatshot, which was later used as the basis for the non-Transformers series character Shadowmaru (see Notes).

• More information on Sixshot at TFU.info

• Sixshot Stealth Mode (Lucky Draw figure, 2002)
  • Accessories: 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

When Sixshot was reissued, this special clear-colorless-plastic version of the toy, representing the character while invisible, as he was wont to be throughout The Headmasters, was the prize in a contest held in the April 2002 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine in Japan. Only 10 clear Sixshot Stealth Modes were awarded, making it one of the rarest Transformers toys in existence.

• More information on Sixshot Stealth Mode at LuckyDrawTransformers.com

• Sixshot Shadow Mode (Lucky Draw figure, 2002)
  • Accessories: 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

A second Lucky Draw version of Sixshot, this all-black version of the toy represents the ninja in his entirely black "shadow" mode from the Headmasters episode "Terror! The Six Shadows". Ten Shadow Mode Sixshots were first offered as contest prizes in the June 2002 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine, with a further ten being awarded through a second contest held in Figure King magazine later that summer.

• More information on Sixshot Shadow Mode at LuckyDrawTransformers.com

• Sixshot (reissue, 2012)
  • Accessories: 2 "Hypersonic Concussion Blasters"

Initially promoted—incorrectly, by all appearances—as part of TakaraTomy's Transformers Encore series of reissues, this edition of Sixshot was eventually released not as part of that line, but through Hasbro Asia as a high-end Asian-market exclusive first available at the "Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong" convention in July 2012. Coming in grandiose embossed leather "book-box" packaging, this version of the figure comes with all his stickers now pre-applied, and features a chromed teal chest, metallic red paint on his robot and wolf mode eyes, metallic silver paint on his tank treads, and silver chrome on his weapons as well as on... er... those nipple-things on his chest. He also includes a metallic collector's coin, contained in a card wallet illustrated with a silhouetted version of a piece of stylized Sixshot art created by fan artist Blitz-Wing and used without the artist's permission. Oo-er.

Merchandise

Transformers Caramel

• Sixshot (1987)

A soft-rubber figurine of Sixshot was available as part of Kabaya's Transformers Milk Caramel line of "candy toys" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the Headmasters assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Sixshot's face and name on its underside.

Transformers Gum

• Sixshot (1987)
  • Accessories: 2 Hypersonic Concussion Blasters

A snap-together model kit of Sixshot was released as part of the seventh wave of Kabaya's Transformers Gum line of candy toys. Retaining the ability to transform into all six of his modes and even his "Wingwolf" form with only minimal simplification and omissions from his larger toy (for instance, the removal of his tank mode cockpit) despite standing at only 3.5" tall, Sixshot was composed of blue, grey and white plastic. Lacking in paint applications, he came with stickers for detail, and a stick of chewing gum.

• More information on Transformers Gum Sixshot at TFW2005

Super Collection Figure

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Sixshort

• Sixshot (2001)
  • Accessories: Display base

Sixshot was released as part of the Headmasters-centric third act of Takara's Super Collection Figure line of PVC figurines. Like all pieces in the wave, he was available both in standard full-color and all-clear, colorless versions, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve blindpacked figures. Additionally, in two out of every case cases, the colored version of Sixshot came packaged with the right leg of the wave's collectable Fortress Maximus "build-a-figure."

• More information on Super Collection Figure Sixshot at TFU.info

Notes

Go ninjas, go ninjas, go! Shadowmaru is on the left.

• Sixshot's appearance in "The Rebirth" is an extreme case of marketing influencing the fiction, as he shows off his six modes and how cool and badass he is in the space of approximately forty seconds. Sadly, he was not seen again in any of the three parts, not even in the background, and only had one spoken line.
• According to a profile published in Comic Bom Bom, Sixshot owns the Matrix of Evil in Japanese Generation 1 continuity. What that is or what it does, we couldn't tell you, as this is the only place it's ever mentioned.
• The Sixshot (or, more accurately, Greatshot) mold was later retooled to make the heroic "Ninja Detective" Shadowmaru for Takara's Brave Police J-Decker toyline. Amusingly, while the other 5 forms are of standard size for the series (assuming 5 meters in robot mode), his size for gun mode was increased to the point that, in Transformers terms, Omega Supreme could use him for an oversized rifle. Shadowmaru also had a prototype "brother", Kagerō, who could only change into three forms. He was not produced as a toy. More on Shadowmaru at TF Baka-Ichidai.
• Sixshot changes sizes often in IDW's Devastation mini-series. Sometimes he is shown being the size of a normal Transformer, but other times he is depicted as being about the size of a gestalt.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Sixshot (シックスショット Sikkusu Shotto)
• French: Hexabot (Canada)
• Hungarian: Hatlövet
• Italian: Iperbot, Hyperbot
• Mandarin: Shot (Taiwan, 夏特 Hsià Tè), Sisha (Taiwan, 西夏 Hsī Hsià), Liu Mian Shou (China, 六面獸, "Six-faced beast")
• Russian: Shestizarjadnik (cartoon, Шестизарядник, "Sixcharge")
• Ukrainian: Shestystril (Шестистріл, "Sixshooter") (ICTV)

External links

• Page 1 and 2 of Sixshot's MTMTE profile at Transformers-universe.com