Slamdance (G1)

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

Slamdance is an Autobot Mini-Cassette combiner from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Thanks to combiner technology, Slamdance can be both fair and balanced.

Slamdance is not a great warrior, but he is a brilliant journalist. The combined form of Grand Slam and Raindance, he combines the former's gravitas and vanity with the latter's mastery in data gathering. He can be a bit stuffy, but his dedication to presenting an accurate and unbiased account of current events is welcomed in his war-tossed times. He keeps the Autobots honest.

Fiction

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Merged as Slamdance, Raindance and Grand Slam served as a correspondent overseeing the Pax Cybertronia between the Autobots, Decepticons, and Ultracons. Engineered by Ultra Magnus and accepted by Shockwave and Ratbat as a means for pooling their dwindling energy resources, the Pax was to be an ending of the Dark Ages. Unfortunately, a bombing run followed by an all-out assault by Starscream and his Predacons ended all hopes of an easy truce, and the dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned Aerospace Extermination Squadron ended any ideas of truce at all. The Age of Wrath Slamdance avoided the termination sweeps only by falling deep underground. The Age of Wrath Pt.3 He eventually linked up with the resistance movement organized by Blaster and Perceptor. The Age of Wrath Pt.2

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Slamdance took it upon himself to start setting up his own broadcast in the middle of a competing network anchorperson's shot. When confronted about the matter, he mentioned that nobody was watching the other channel anyway, and, oh yeah, they'd been scooped on knowing about the Combaticons' capture. Oops, maybe he should have kept that a secret... Around Cybertron #11

IDW Generation 1 continuity

As a reporter for the Iaconian Newsfeed Service, Slamdance reported Nominus Prime's death before the war. Post Hoc While reporting on a newly emerged and controversial recording of Pious Maximus, he was interrupted by the news of a police chase taking place in the Translucentica Heights. Patternism A short time later, he reported that the registration period for Decepticons had been closed. An Intimate Beheading

Slamdance was stationed at the Kimia Facility and was present when it was attacked by Cyclonus and an army of Sweeps. He managed to escape in a cramped escape pod piloted by Chromedome and Brainstorm. He and the others drifted in the pod for some time until they were rescued by Arcee. Kings From her and Hardhead they learned about Galvatron misguided plan to save the universe (which would in actuality let the Dead Universe into it), prompting them to fly the ship to Cybertron and help defeat him. Genesis

Toys

Generation 1

Not pictured: his artsy brother, Sundance

• Grand Slam / Raindance (Mini-Cassette, 1988)

Slamdance combines the two Mini-Cassettes Grand Slam and Raindance into a humanoid robot mode (which the individuals lack). In this combined mode he can make use of all of his components' chromed add-on weapons. Since the two individuals were only ever sold as a combined set, that was the only way to get Slamdance.

• More information on Slamdance at TFU.info

Notes

• Slamdance plays guitar as part of a band that includes Legout and Decibel on the retailer incentive cover to "Spotlight: Blaster".
• In IDW Generation 1 continuity, Slamdance, like his Decepticon counterpart Squawkbox, is his own individual rather than a combiner, thanks to the technology being an unstable rarity in that universe.