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Gregarious would be a good word to describe Swerve. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll probably get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good bartender.
He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's so easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and minor. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.
Now if only Prime could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...
| “ | People don't like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference. | ” |
—Swerve, "Cybertronian Homesick Blues" | ||
vThis Day in History: May 31
- 1954 — Bernard Métraux (French voice of Beast Wars Cheetor and Dark of the Moon Soundwave) is born.
- 1958 — Director of photography Mitchell Amundsen is born.
- 1962 — Gustavo López (Mexican voice of Lockdown) is born.
- 1964 — Pascal Sellem (French voice of Cosmos in EarthSpark) is born.
- 1970 — Cláudio Galvan (Brazilian voice of Wheeljack and Mudflap) is born.
- 1971 — Bill Millsap (voice of the Narrator in Transformers: Galactic Trials) is born.
- 1980 — Giuliana Atepi (Italian voice of Cruelty) is born.
- 1982 — Writer Ian Flynn is born.
- 1986 — Hiroko Ushida (Japanese voice of Alice) is born.
- 1988 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers" premieres in Japan.
- 1990 — Víctor Díaz (Latin-American Spanish voice of Carlos Lopez) is born.
- 1998 — Beast Wars: Transformers for the PC is released.
- 2000 — The Car Robots episode "Counter Arrow's Betrayal?!" premieres in Japan.
- 2006 — G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War #3 is released by Devil's Due Press. Infiltration #5 is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2007 — Transformers: The Ark is released by IDW Publishing. Transformers Mix & Match and Transformers Prime Time are released by Reader's Digest. Transformers: Identification and Price Guide is released by Krause Publications. Transformers: The Movie Storybook, Meet the Autobots, Meet the Decepticons and Transformers: The Junior Novel are released by HarperCollins Publishers. The Transformers novelization is released by Del Rey Books. Whew!
- 2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy" premieres in Canada.
- 2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "A Fistful of Energon" premieres in the United States.
- 2008 — The Transformers Animated episode "Total Meltdown" premieres in Germany.
- 2008 — Heitor Fragas (Brazilian voice of Robby Malto) is born.
- 2009 — The fourth and final day of BotCon 2009.
- 2013 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Plus One" premieres on The Hub.
- 2013 — Transformers Prime — Vol. 20 and Transformers Prime — Vol. 21 are released to home media in Japan by Avex Trax.
- 2014 — The Rescue Bots episode "Buddy System" premieres on Hub Network.
- 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!" premieres in Japan.
- 2016 — The Rescue Bots episode "Enemy of My Enemy" premieres on Pop in the UK.
- 2016 — The second teaser trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight is released.
- 2017 — Till All Are One #10 and Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #2 are released by IDW Publishing.
- 2017 — Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 50: Heart of Darkness is released by Hachette Partworks.
- 2019 — TakaraTomy releases Siege SG-20 Pteraxadon, SG-21 Red Heat and Stakeout, SG-22 Chromia, SG-23 Prowl, and SG-24 Soundwave.
- 2019 — The Transformers Classics Vol.4 is published by Hero-X.
- 2019 — Xebec becomes defunct.
- 2020 — The Cyberverse episodes "Rack 'n' Ruin 'n' Ratchet" and "Dweller In The Depths" premieres in the U.S.
- 2021 — Villagebooks to release volume 4 of The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye.
- 2022 — It's a Transformers Tuesday and Hasbro Pulse officially reveals and puts up pre-orders for Shattered Glass Collection Blaster & Rewind.
- 2023 — Hasbro Pulse reveals and puts preorders up for TakaraTomy's Rise of the Beasts Optimus Primal.
- 2023 — Transformers Go! Go! #34 is published.
- 2024 — TakaraTomy officially reveals the 5th and final deluxe wave of Earthspark.
- 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "The Last Hope, Part 2" premieres on YTV in Canada.
- 2025 — TakaraTomy releases the Studio Series SS-143 Double Punch, SS-144 Decepticon Hatchet, SS-145 Galvatron, SS-146 Apelinq, SS GE-10 Skywarp, Synergenex Transformers × Godzilla Optimus Prime Type MFS-3 Kiryu and Megatron Type Godzilla.
- 2025 — The EarthSpark episode "Togetherness" premieres in Cantonese.
- 2026 — Final day of the Transformers Meet Japan pop up event at the Miraiya Books Tsudanuma Store in Miyagi, Japan.
vSchedule
- May 20 — G.I. Joe #22 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 27 — Void Rivals #30 and Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 30 — TakaraTomy releases Age of the Primes AOTP-32 Maximal Big Convoy, AOTP-33 Razorclaw, Studio Series TS-19 Bumblebee, TS-20 Orion Pax, TS-21 Wheeljack (Que), and TS-22 Alpha Trion.
- Jun 3 — Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #1 and G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 10 — M.A.S.K. #1 and Transformers #33 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 17 — G.I. Joe #23 and Transformers: Worst Bot Ever — Bot Swap! are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 24 — Void Rivals #31 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 1 — M.A.S.K. #2 and Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #2 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 8 — Transformers #34 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 15 — G.I. Joe #24 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 22 — Void Rivals #32 and Void Rivals Volume 5: Quintesson War TPB are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 12 — Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Edition HC is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 19 — G.I. Joe #25 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Sep 30 — G.I. Joe Volume 4: The Hunt for Energon TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Nov 11 — The Transformers UK Compendium Volume 2 TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Dec 9 — Transformers Volume 6: Decepticons Attack! TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
vHoly Grails
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- Information on the Transformers presentation at Vancouver's Expo '86
- Optimus vs. Malignus cardart
- Kiss Players radio drama episodes #38-51
- Photos of the Hot Rod Go-Cart prize from the 1986 "Decipher the Decepticon" contest
- Japanese Transformers Telephone audio adventures
- The art for "The Love Bug"
- The clip shows added in Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- The identity of the unknown Generation 1 animation studios
- Whoever made Invasion Galactica
- Recordings or summaries of the Primeval Dawn II motion comic, screened at Wizard World Chicago in July 2002 and never again
- Any of the other lost media
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