Drift (G1)
<DIV id=title-factionicons style="DISPLAY: none; FLOAT: right"> <DIV style="POSITION: relative"><A title=Autobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot"><IMG height=30 alt="" src="Drift_(G1)_fichiers/30px-Symbol_autobot_reg.png" width=30 border=0></A></DIV></DIV> <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.5em; BORDER-TOP: #aaa thin solid; DISPLAY: block; PADDING-LEFT: 0.5em; BACKGROUND: #f7f8ff; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.5em; MARGIN: 0px 1em 0px 2em; BORDER-LEFT: #aaa thin solid; PADDING-TOP: 0.5em; BORDER-BOTTOM: #aaa thin solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><I>This article is about the Generation 1 character. For the </I>Armada<I> episode, see <A title="Drift (episode)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(episode)"><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> (episode)</A>.</I> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
- <I><B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> is an <A
title=Autobot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot">Autobot</A> in the <A title="IDW continuity" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/IDW_continuity">IDW</A> portion of the <A class=mw-redirect title="Generation 1" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1">Generation 1</A> <A title="Continuity family" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family">continuity family</A>.</I>
<DIV class="thumb tright"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title='"Oh Drift-chan, you smell awesome, and not at all like feet!"' href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AHM_06_CoverA.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=304 alt='"Oh Drift-chan, you smell awesome, and not at all like feet!"' src="Drift_(G1)_fichiers/200px-AHM_06_CoverA.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:AHM_06_CoverA.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Drift_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>"Oh <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B>-chan, you smell awesome, and not at all like feet!"</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> (ドリフト Dorifuto) is totally sugoi! He's a member of a ragtag team of rebels under the command of <A class=mw-redirect title=Kup href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kup">Kup</A>, working alongside many members of the <A title=Wrecker href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wrecker">Wreckers</A>. Just how he rose from total obscurity to this level of distinction is just part of his mysterious past. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> isn't very talkative, letting his sword and his smirk speak for him.
<TABLE class=toc id=toc summary=Contents> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <DIV id=toctitle> <H2>Contents</H2></DIV>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#Fiction"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Fiction</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#IDW_comics"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>IDW comics</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#Notes"><SPAN class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Notes</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#References"><SPAN class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>References</SPAN></A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <A name=Fiction></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Fiction" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Drift_%28G1%29&action=edit§ion=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Fiction</SPAN></H2><A name=IDW_comics></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: IDW comics" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Drift_%28G1%29&action=edit§ion=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>IDW comics</SPAN></H3> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=center border=0> <TBODY> <TR bgColor=#ececec> <TD><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">This section covers fiction that is ongoing. It will be added to as the story progresses. If it isn't current, you can help by <SPAN class=plainlinks><A class="external text" title=http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Drift_%28G1%29&action=edit href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Drift_%28G1%29&action=edit" rel=nofollow>updating it</A></SPAN>.</SPAN> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV class="thumb tleft"> <DIV class=thumbinner style="WIDTH: 202px"><A class=image title="Seriously, you made this guy up when you were eight." href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Allhailmegatron6-omgdriftomg.jpg"><IMG class=thumbimage height=164 alt="Seriously, you made this guy up when you were eight." src="Drift_(G1)_fichiers/200px-Allhailmegatron6-omgdriftomg.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <DIV class=thumbcaption> <DIV class=magnify><A class=internal title=Enlarge href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Allhailmegatron6-omgdriftomg.jpg"><IMG height=11 alt="" src="Drift_(G1)_fichiers/magnify-clip.png" width=15></A></DIV>Seriously, you made this guy up when you were eight.</DIV></DIV></DIV> <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> was among the crew of the spacecraft <I><A title=Trion href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Trion">Trion</A></I> when it was baited into a <A title=Decepticon href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon">Decepticon</A> ambush over <A title="Cybertron (planet)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_(planet)">Cybertron</A>. Its command codes were hacked due to their being sold to the Decepticons by an Autobot traitor, and left defenseless it was forced to crash-land on the desolate landscape of the planet. Eventually the crew were found by <A title="Optimus Prime (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_(G1)">Optimus Prime</A>'s unit, who unfortunately proved to also be stranded. When <A title="Mirage (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mirage_(G1)">Mirage</A> was revealed by <A title="Jazz (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(G1)">Jazz</A> to have been standing invisibly among them, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> was the only one who didn't appear surprised. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 5" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_5">All Hail Megatron
- 5</A></SPAN>
When an advance scout of the <A title="Insecticon swarm" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insecticon_swarm">Insecticon swarm</A> discovered the Autobots' base-camp, <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> was dispatched to take care of it. <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> stood stock-still as the creature walked up to him, greeting it with a simple "hello" and smirking as the monstrous beast snarled in his face. Finally he beheaded the beast with a single wave of his sword. A second creature tried to attack <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> from behind, but the smirking Autobot merely tilted his head slightly, allowing <A title="Perceptor (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Perceptor_(G1)">Perceptor</A> to kill the beast with some precision sniping. <A title="Cliffjumper (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cliffjumper_(G1)">Cliffjumper</A> thought the incident was the coolest thing ever. <SPAN class=tt1_nowrap style="BORDER-RIGHT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #cccccc 0px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #cccccc 0px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec"><A title="All Hail Megatron issue 6" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/All_Hail_Megatron_issue_6">All Hail Megatron
- 6</A></SPAN>
<A name=Notes></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Notes" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Drift_%28G1%29&action=edit§ion=3">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Notes</SPAN></H2>
- Commenting on what inspired him to create <B
style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B>, writer/creator <A title="Shane McCarthy" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Shane_McCarthy">Shane McCarthy</A> said that "I wanted a character in AHM that had a particular element to him that <A title="Star Saber (G1)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_(G1)">I didn’t see readily available elsewhere</A> and secondly because, frankly, I thought it would be a great idea for Hasbro to have an <A title=Lightfoot href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lightfoot">Autobot <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> racer</A>."<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-0><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_note-0">[1]</A></SUP>
- According McCarthy, Drift's Japanese overtones are meant to be a tip of
the hat "to the country that gave birth to [Transformers]."<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-1><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_note-1">[2]</A></SUP> It is possible he meant <I><A title=Diaclone href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Diaclone">Diaclone</A></I> and <I><A title="Micro Change" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Micro_Change">Micro Change</A></I>, as the <I><A title="Transformers brand" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_brand">Transformers</A></I> franchise was developed between <A title=Hasbro href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro">Hasbro</A> and <A title="Marvel Comics" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Marvel_Comics">Marvel Entertainment</A>, two American companies.
- <A title="IDW Publishing" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/IDW_Publishing">IDW
Publishing</A> claimed that <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> had been solicited by <A title=Hasbro href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro">Hasbro</A> to receive a toy in the <I><A title="Universe (2008 franchise)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Universe_(2008_franchise)">Universe</A></I> line. After months of no word whatsoever on the subject from Hasbro or a single hint that such a thing would happen from the usual sources (read: leaks and stolen toys), Hasbro's Australian branch eventually answered the claim with a rather unequivocal "no, he isn't" in an online Q&A session.<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-2><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_note-2">[3]</A></SUP> IDW editor <A title="Chris Ryall" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chris_Ryall">Chris Ryall</A> maintained at New York Comic-Con 2009 that <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B> is still on track to receive a toy, but no release date has been set.
- Drift's name is derived from the Japanese driving technique of "<A
class=extiw title=wikipedia:Drifting_(motorsport) href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drifting_(motorsport)">drifting</A>", rendered in Japanese as ドリフト走行 (dorifuto sōkō). This is also the source of the Japanese Katakana writing on his car mode doors and in Chris Ryall's announcement;<SUP class=reference id=cite_ref-3><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_note-3">[4]</A></SUP> it is a transliteration of his English name and is not from Japanese fiction.
- Drift's vehicle mode design is similar to the <A class="external text"
title=http://www.zapfcreation.pl/megabloks/mega-bloks-magnaformers-magscinder-28451-p-318.html href="http://www.zapfcreation.pl/megabloks/mega-bloks-magnaformers-magscinder-28451-p-318.html" rel=nofollow>Mega-Bloks Magna Former</A> <A class="external text" title=http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1789 href="http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1789" rel=nofollow>Magscinder</A>, from the drifting body kit, to the rising sun deco right down to having "<B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">DRIFT</B>" written in katakana on its car doors. <A name=References></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: References" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Drift_%28G1%29&action=edit§ion=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>References</SPAN></H2> <OL class=references> <LI id=cite_note-0><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_ref-0">↑</A> <A class="external text" title=http://www.smactalk.com.au/?p=101 href="http://www.smactalk.com.au/?p=101" rel=nofollow>Shane McCarthy blogs about Spotlight: <B style="COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff66">Drift</B>.</A> <LI id=cite_note-1><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_ref-1">↑</A> <A class="external text" title=http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18585 href="http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18585" rel=nofollow>Comic Book Resources October 27th, 2008 interview with Shane McCarthy</A> <LI id=cite_note-2><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_ref-2">↑</A> <A class="external text" title=http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=3438 href="http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=3438" rel=nofollow>Ozformers Q&A with Hasbro Australia</A> <LI id=cite_note-3><A title="" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Drift_(G1)#cite_ref-3">↑</A> <A class="external text" title=http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html href="http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html"
