First Aid (G1)
| This article is about the Scramble City ambulance from Generation 1. For the Micromaster ambulance from Universe, see First Aid (Universe). |
- First Aid is an Autobot and a Protectobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
First Aid is often portrayed as being a pacifist who is unwilling to fight for any reason. He is a member of the subgroup Protectobots and forms the left arm of the combiner robot Defensor.
- French-Canadian name: Ambulo
- Italian name: Sirena
Fiction
Marvel comics continuity
- (Note: Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)
First Aid and the other Protectobots were created on Earth by Wheeljack and the Autobots after they stole a recording of Devastator's combiner transformation sequence and modified it (and after Optimus Prime and Buster Witwicky shared a Matrix-induced vision of the future with the Special Teams in it).
Having learned of a Decepticon plot to acquire the human-made hydrothermocline, Optimus Prime brought the Protectobots with him to Energy Futures Industries in order to guard the device. After Megatron and the Combaticons arrived ready for a fight, the Transformers allowed themselves to be convinced of a better solution by Ethan Zachary, an employee of EFI. Zachary would upload their minds into a video simulation program known as Multi-World, allowing the Transformers to do battle without damaging the hydrothermocline or the surrounding area. Inside the game world, First Aid and Streetwise were exploring Vineland when their path was blocked by a web of thick vines. First Aid wanted to blast through, but Streetwise thought better of it and merely lifted the vines out of their way. They were caught off-guard by the Combaticons, Brawl and Swindle, but were then miraculously saved by the living vines they had refrained from destroyed moments ago. First Aid then used his decrystallizer cannon on the Decepticons, making them brittle enough for Streetwise to shatter with a burst from his compressed air cannon.
Apparently First Aid's pacifism doesn't extend to virtual combat. Afterdeath!
First Aid later attempted console a despondent Ratchet after the death of Optimus Prime. Funeral for a Friend!
Animated continuity
- Voice actor: Michael Bell (US), Kenyu Horiuchi (Japan)
When Swindle was able to steal Metroplex's transformation cog because First Aid refused to fight back, he threw a fit over his pacifism and quit. After helping some old junker robot repair some refrigerators, Hot Spot got him to come back. The Ultimate Weapon
Later he restored Jessica Morgan's ability to walk. This had some negative consequences because some people are jerks. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1
Dreamwave continuity
First Aid was on Cybertron with the other Protectbots when they decided to counter the threat of Devastator joining the Ultracon faction. Escalation (Dreamwave issue)
Toys
Generation 1
- First Aid (Protectobot, 1986, 1991)
- Team ID number: P4
- Japanese ID number: C-75
- Accessories: Gun, double cannon with attachment piece
- First Aid transforms into a Toyota Town Ace/Lite Ace ambulance. Due to the requirements of transformation, there are some significant compromises in the appearance of the vehicle, such as the rather visible hinge joints for the front end, and the big gap missing fron the back of the ambulance to facilitate his knee joint. There is a 5mm peg hole at the back to attach his large black double cannon to this mode.
- As a Scramble City robot, First Aid can form the limb of any super robot combination, though his nominal place is as the left arm of Defensor.
- During the initial 1986 run, there were two variants, one with a die-cast metal chest and one with a plastic chest. When the toy was reissued in the European-exclusive Classics line (not to be confused by the 2006 Classics toyline), the rubsign was removed, but the rubsign indent remained.
- This mold was also used to make Safety from the Guard City giftset in the Operation Combination toyline.
Generation 2
- First Aid (Unreleased)
- Team ID number: P2
