Quillfire (RID)

Quillfire is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

I'll get to the point, I'm a bit of a prick.

Quillfire is a Decepticon anarchist who took Megatron's call for social upheaval and ran with it. As a result, he's willing to lash out at anyone and anything he considers "authority", no matter how minor their control may be. Not terribly bright, he's loud, brash, and theatrical, often inscribing his personal insignia on institutions that he's "liberated". He's full of bravado up until it looks like things are getting hairy, at which point he's ready to turn and run.

Which is when he's the most dangerous, actually. His primary weapon is a spray of quills fired from his back, usually as he's hoofing it away from the authorties. Aside from being sharp enough to pierce most armor, these quills contain a toxin that affects the neurological systems of the bot they puncture, which alters their personality with unpredictable results. The effects are temporary, as the bot will revert to normal once the toxin's run its course, but this can last up to a few days.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Andy Milder (English), Daisuke Kishio (Japanese), Gabriele Marchingiglio (Italian)

Looks like he scanned his vehicle mode from the same dealership as Bulkhead.

Quillfire was among the Decepticons imprisoned aboard the prison ship Alchemor, and was freed when the ship crashed on Earth. The Autobots eventually detected his signal and made a bid to recapture him, however he led them on a chase through a carpark into a warehouse area, and succeeded in escaping after he nailed Bumblebee with a quill. He found his way to a carnival where he spotted a number of captive elephants and set about liberating them from their oppressors. When the Autobots again turned up, Quillfire used one of his signatures to lure Strongarm and Grimlock onto a carnival ride, trapping them on it. He then sought a hiding place and entered a tent, only to find the floor was covered in bouncy material. Bumblebee, regressed to an immature state by his toxin, began causing him to bounce, and when Quillfire attempted to hit Bumblebee with more quills, the bouncing instead resulted in him being hit himself. Quillfire passed out and was subsequently captured. Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!

Quillfire was accidentally freed when Jetstorm's escape pod crash-landed in the Autobot's scrapyard and damaged his stasis pod. Intending to spark a jailbreak and overthrow the Autobot oppressors, Quillfire managed to reactivate Springload, who immediately re-embarked on his quixotic quest for Doradus. Quillfire won over the other Decepticon by pretending to be in touch with the "spirits", and persuaded Springload to come along with him. The duo managed to break into a human military base and commandeer an experimental tank; Quillfire assured his increasingly skeptical partner that the human contraption would carry them to Doradus. When the Autobots intervened, Quillfire and Springload were forced to fight against the far more agile Jetstorm and Slipstream. Springload wound up accidentally kicking Quillfire, who accused his partner of harming the leader of the revolution. Springload finally snapped and attacked him, and the two Decepticons began fighting, destroying the tank. Both of them tried to escape and were summarily recaptured. One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing

After Steeljaw and his gang broke into the scrapyard, Quillfire's stasis pod was deactivated. He was quickly re-frozen by the Autobots before he could escape. Lockout

Merchandise

Tiny Titans

• Quillfire (Tiny Titans, 2015)
  • Series: 2
  • Number: 8/12

Notes

• Quillfire's vehicle mode bears a resemblance to Bulkhead's from Transfomers Prime.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Quillfire (クイルファイヤー Kuirufaiyā)
• Mandarin: Huǒ Yǔ (火羽, "Fire Feather")