Oil Slick (Animated)

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<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon"><img alt="" src="Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29_files/28px-Symbol_decept_reg.jpg" border="0" width="28" height="30"></a></div></div><div style="border: thin solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 0pt 1em 0pt 2em; padding: 0.5em; background: rgb(247, 248, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The name or term Oil Slick refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Oil_Slick_%28disambiguation%29" title="Oil Slick (disambiguation)">Oil Slick (disambiguation)</a>.</div>

Oil Slick is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Animated" class="mw-redirect" title="Transformers Animated">Transformers Animated</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.

[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|"I say we stomp 'im!""YEAH!""Then we tattoo 'im!""YEAH!!""Then we hang 'im!""YEAH!!!""And then we kill 'im!""YEAH!!!""I say we let him go!""NOOOO!!!"]] Oil Slick's fighting style is based on vehicular combat—meaning he tries to destroy the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> while they're still in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alternate_mode" title="Alternate mode">vehicle mode</a>, knowing that if they're smashed up on the outside, they're smashed up on the inside. Beyond this, Oil Slick is a talented chemist specializing in weaponized compounds. He is, in his own words, "slagging good" though at times too eager in trying out new concoctions. Among his arsenal are a dizzying array of chemical weapons that will weaken his opponents both physically and mentally—magnifying his prey's personal fears to dissolve their will while his acids dissolve their bodies—at which point Oil Slick is ready to trash them. His robot mode features a retractable dome to protect his pretty face from what he unleashes.

In addition to his vehicular combat abilities, Oil Slick is skilled in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Circuit-Su" title="Circuit-Su">Circuit-Su</a>, having trained with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Prowl_%28Animated%29" title="Prowl (Animated)">Prowl</a>.


<table style="border-style: none; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote" align="center"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 9px 10px 0pt; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20"> “ </td><td style="padding: 4px 10px 5px; font-family: 'lucida console',arial,sans-serif;" valign="top"> ...We Decepticons know the means always justify the ends. Even if that means sacrificing a few expendable troops to my cyber-oxidant in order to achieve victory! </td><td style="padding: 10px 10px 0px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20"> ” </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0pt;"> <p style="font-size: smaller; line-height: 1em; text-align: right;"><cite style="font-style: normal;">—Oil Slick on Decepticon philosophy, "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Arrival_issue_3" title="The Arrival issue 3">The Arrival issue 3</a>"</cite>

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<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="Animated_cartoon_continuity"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Animated cartoon continuity">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Animated cartoon continuity</span></h3>

Voice actor: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Phil_LaMarr" title="Phil LaMarr">Phil LaMarr</a> (English)

<div style="border: 2px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0pt auto 0.2em; padding: 2px; width: 90%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); text-align: left;">Note: Events from <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/IDW_Publishing" title="IDW Publishing">IDW Publishing</a> comics are in italics</div> <i>During the Great Wars, Oil Slick led an assault on the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Hydrax_Plateau&action=edit" class="new" title="Hydrax Plateau">Hydrax Plateau</a>, using his new "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmic_Rust_%28disease%29" title="Cosmic Rust (disease)">Cosmic Rust</a>" cyber-oxidant chemical weapon on Autobot and Decepticon alike. However, he hadn't adjusted for wind shifts, and ended up getting a dose of it himself.</i>

<i>Severely weakened, he was found by the Autobot medic <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_%28Animated%29" title="Ratchet (Animated)">Ratchet</a>, who was looking for survivors of the attack. Ratchet's conscience wouldn't let him leave a life that could be saved, even that of a Decepticon. After trading some verbal barbs with Ratchet and appealing to his scientific nature, Oil Slick convinced the Autobot to use his repair tools with the chemicals Slick had stored away to create a batch of antidote. Under Oil Slick's instructions, Ratchet successfully created a batch of the cure... and as soon as it was applied, Oil Slick immediately hit Ratchet with a dose of Cosmic Rust and stole the remaining antidote. Gloating, Oil Slick revealed that the chemical weapon was his doing all along, and that the lives of the Decepticons who also fell to it were meaningless to him.</i>

<i>His overconfidence got the better of him, though, as he failed to notice that Ratchet had used his magnetism ability to steal the antidote </i>back<i> as Oil Slick drove away... enough to cure Ratchet and still have some left over for the Autobot scientists to analyze and replicate, nullifying the threat of Cosmic Rust.</i> <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Arrival_issue_3#.27Bots_of_Science" title="The Arrival issue 3">'Bots of Science</a></span>

Following Megatron's disappearance, Oil Slick made the foolish mistake of sharing the idea that perhaps Megatron was dead to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lugnut" title="Lugnut">Lugnut</a>... and was given a proper throttling for it. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Arrival_issue_4#A_Few_Loose_Strands" title="The Arrival issue 4">A Few Loose Strands</a></span>


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</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </center>[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|He's so certain Cosmic Rust will work, he's giving away samples for free!]] Countless years later, after the war had been decided in the Autobots' favor, Oil Slick was part of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Strika_%28Animated%29" title="Strika (Animated)"> Strika</a>'s <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Team_Chaar" title="Team Chaar">band of Decepticons</a>. Called out of hiding by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28Animated%29" title="Megatron (Animated)">Megatron</a> to storm a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Bridge">Space Bridge</a> node, his group of Decepticons battled a team of Autobots led by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodimus_Prime_%28Animated%29" title="Rodimus Prime (Animated)">Rodimus Prime</a>. Oil Slick stopped Ironhide and Brawn in their tracks with actual oil slicks before encountering Rodimus himself. Dismissing Rodimus Prime's skills and throwing down a container of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cosmic_Rust_%28disease%29" title="Cosmic Rust (disease)"> Cosmic Rust</a>, Oil Slick quickly disposed of him. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/TransWarped_%28Part_One%29" title="TransWarped (Part One)">TransWarped (Part One)</a></span> Team Chaar was still near the hub when the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Elite_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Elite Guard">Elite Guard</a>'s ship approached, but Oil Slick and the others were ordered elsewhere. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/TransWarped_%28Part_Three%29" title="TransWarped (Part Three)">TransWarped (Part Three)</a></span>



<a name="Toys"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Toys">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Toys</span></h2> <a name="Animated"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Animated">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Animated</span></h3> [[Image:|right|300px|thumb|The secret shame of Mr. Freeze and Cy-Kill.]]

  • Oil Slick (Deluxe, 2008)
  • Accessories: Chain-weapon canister, storage canister


Oil Slick transforms into a low-riding motorcycle. A motorcycle with a friggin' goat skull.

How Metal. One of the barrels strapped to his cycle mode splits open to become a hand-held flail weapon using a short, white plastic chain, as opposed to the longer, real metal one seen in the promotional photos. How wannabe Metal. The ends of the barrel which anchor the chain can pop off the ends of the body for other swing-at-enemies options. However, this barrel does not click together when closed, and so can fall open at every opportunity. The other barrel is actually a canister with a flip-open top that can contain <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Water" title="Water">rare chemical liquids</a>. He has a third "Vehicle Attack Mode" which basically consists of him doing a push-up on his wheels.

According to designer <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Eric_Siebenaler" title="Eric Siebenaler">Eric Siebenaler</a>,

one of the original ideas for Oil Slick was for his bubble dome and his chemical canister to contain a sort of green slime. This idea was dropped over concerns that it would leak during transportation, and when <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a> investigated just having plain water in his dome, they decided against this due to the fact that the quality and safety of water used in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> could not be guaranteed. <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>




<a name="Trivia"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Trivia">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Trivia</span></h2>

it was revealed that Oil Slick was an original Eric Siebenaler design that was never intended to be in the show, but upon finding out about it, the Animated cartoon crew said they would have worked him in had they been told about it. As such, Oil Slick was given a highlight story in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Arrival_issue_3" title="The Arrival issue 3">The Arrival #3</a>. He has also had an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Character_model" title="Character model">animation model</a> made by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Irineo_Maramba" title="Irineo Maramba">Irineo Maramba</a> and was made a member of Strika's team for the cartoon. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup>

  • Oil Slick's odd four-wheeled cycle design is borrowed from the Dodge Tomahawk concept motorcycle. This implies that he goes really damn fast.
  • Unlike other Decepticons in Animated, Oil Slick's sigil is black (on his toy) and violet (on his character art) not gold. Maybe he's too humble to use gold.
  • Due to the sculpt of his fingers and the rubbery materials

used, he is the first and only Transformer who can intertwine his fingers... in a menacing way, of course.

is responsible for the current state of Ratchet's broken forehead chevron, Oil Slick actually did it first, courtesy of a wicked roundhouse kick. Apparently Ratchet gave up after repairing it once.

<a name="References"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Oil_Slick_%28Animated%29&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">References</span></h2> <div class="references-small"> <ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0">[#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=2667 Eric Siebenaler meets Australian fans in Sydney] <li id="cite_note-1">[#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2008/12/marty-isenberg-interview.html#c5901666316822122243 Animated Lead Character Designer Derrick J. Wyatt commenting on his own blog.]</ol></div>

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