U-Haul Robot
- The U-Haul Robot is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
The U-Haul Robot was originally a slave of the Quintessons forced to participate in gladiatorial games. He looked kind of like Wheelie's deadbeat dad.
Later, he was holder of the Matrix, and presumably leader of the Autobots.
Later still, Megatron killed him.
Bummer.
(Note: This robot was never named in fiction. The designation "U-Haul Robot" comes from the dialogue script for Five Faces of Darkness, part 4.)
Fiction
Animated continuity
Voice Actor: Jack Angel (US), ??? (Japan)
The U-Haul Robot was an ancient Autobot on Cybertron more than 10 million years ago, prior to the rebellion against the Quintessons. The U-Haul Robot was forced to participate in gladiatorial games for the Quintessons' amusement, and wielded a spiked ball-and-chain weapon and a tire-shaped shield during this time. He was once defeated in battle by the "Powerful Robot" - who attacked their Quintesson masters when their match was over, only to be destroyed himself.
The U-Haul Robot rose to prominence as the Autobot-Decepticon conflict escalated, becoming Matrix-bearer at some point. When the Autobots invented the stealthy art of transforming, he was among the first to become a "Transformer," and afterwards participated in various conflicts against Decepticons. During these battles, he is known to have bumped a green robot off an elevated point with his vehicle mode and punched a pink robot in the ventral plating.
Some time after the Decepticons had acquired the secrets to transformation, the U-Haul Robot was killed by Megatron. As he died, he passed the Matrix to Alpha Trion, who would later give it to Optimus Prime.
In the year 2006, the U-Haul Robot served as a spirit guide to Rodimus Prime as he journeyed into the Matrix. FFoD4
