Wraith
- The Wraith is a human from the Transformers Animated continuity family.
Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot, but there are so many of them in Detroit, that a young man decided the city needed a champion. He is vengeance! He is the night! He is...the WRAITH!
Well, sort of. He does most of his crimefighting from the safety of his van, where he projects spooky holograms of himself at supervillains. He's not above using knock-out gas grenades or Denver boots when he has to get his hands dirty, though.
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Fiction
Animated continuity
While attending the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a young man began fighting crime as the wrathful Wraith. He eventually became Detroit's favorite superhero, and, in addition to fighting crime, he made an annual appearance at halftime at Michigan's homecoming game. When the Autobots arrived in town, the Wraith's luck began to change. While battling the Angry Archer at Motor City Motors and Mechanoids, he was upstaged by Bumblebee and Prowl, who, to add insult to injury, unwittingly exposed his holographic trickery. With his secret now revealed, he was nearly killed by Colossus Rhodes before being rescued by Bumblebee. When Michigan replaced him with Bumblebee in their homecoming halftime show, the Wraith could take no more.
Tricking Bumblebee with a phony hover-billboard hijacking plot, the Wraith trapped him in place with a pair of Denver boots and hijacked the hover-billboard himself. From there, he used his holographic technology to project an illusory Bumblebee attacking the crowd. Just as a projection of the Wraith "defeated" the Autobot, the real Bumblebee showed up, exposing the Wraith's deception. Enraged, the Wraith tried to ram the hover-billboard into Bumblebee, but was stopped by Bulkhead and Ratchet. The crazed Wraith tried to flee, but was captured by Optimus Prime and committed to an asylum. Attention Surplus Disorder
