Firebot (Armada)
| The name or term "Firebot" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Firebot (disambiguation). |
- Firebot is a Mini-Con from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Firebot leads the Emergency Mini-Con Team and does so with unmatched zeal. His enthusiasm is infectious, pushing his already hardworking teammates to even greater levels. He doesn't stop until his job is done, and he pushes others to put in that same one-hundred-percent-plus—and they do.
He's a friend to his subordinates when he needs to be, a hard-nosed boss to them when he needs to be...even a brawler when he needs to be, and even sometimes when he doesn't really need to be. A fair few Decepticons have learned not to underestimate the little rescue worker.
Fiction
Armada cartoon
Firebot's Mini-Con storage panel landed in a rather out-of-the-way location: on Mars. Jetfire and Starscream were dispatched to retrieve him, and eventually found his panel embedded on an asteroid in orbit around the red planet. After Starscream activated Firebot, he convinced the Mini-Con to join forces with the Autobots rather than serve as a slave of the Decepticons. Firebot blasted Tidal Wave for the Autobots, and accompanied them back to Earth where he was welcomed by the other Mini-Cons under their care. Mars
Dreamwave Armada comic
Firebot is one of the many Mini-Cons who gathered on Earth in preparation for the trip back to Cybertron and the battle with the chaos-bringer Unicron. Presumably, he joined Over-Run at the Loop, where the Mini-Cons channeled their energies through the Matrix and dealt the fatal blow to Unicron. The End
Universe comic
A Firebot hailed from Aurex 606.0 Kappa. The Emergency Mini-Con Team had just aided Red Alert, Longarm, Smokescreen, and Jolt in a battle against the Decepticons Landslide, Drench, and Wind Sheer when Unicron abducted Red Alert. Unicron would have also gotten Longarm if Firebot hadn't shoved Longarm out of the way and taken his place. Red Alert and Firebot were subsequently held prisoner in the Cauldron arena. The quick thinking of Trailbreaker and Silverbolt released them, and they participated in the great escape led by Optimus Primal. Escape However, Red Alert and Firebot's home reality had seemingly ceased to exist, and thus they ended up in Aurex 204.0 Kappa with another Smokescreen who had also been in the Cauldron. This Smokescreen helped them adapt to their new home.
Toys
Armada
- Emergency Mini-Con Team (Basic, 2003)
- Japanese ID number: MM-20
- Firebot transforms into an aircraft-crash-response truck. He has a third "weapon mode" transformation, becoming a (non-firing) missile pod. He was only available with his teammates Makeshift and Prowl.
- This mold was also used to make Quench, Energon Cluster, and Cybertron Anti-Blaze, and slightly retooled into Cybertron Graviton.
- Emergency Micron X-Dimensions (Basic, 2003)
- Japanese ID number: MM-21
- A low-run regular-retail "X-Dimensions" redeco of the Emergency Team was made available in Japan, featuring a midnight blue and orange "Draft". This was the final set of X-Dimensions Microns released.
- This toy was later repurposed as Shattered Glass Pinpointer.
- Emergency Mini-Con Team (Basic, 2003)
- Late in the Armada series, the Emergency Team was given a redeco (without a new team name as previous redecoed teams had). Firebot was decoed as a tribute to Generation 1 Hot Spot, in a mainly light blue scheme
Universe (2003)
- Fireflight with Firebot and Thunderwing (Deluxe, 2004)
- Firebot was redecoed for the Universe series in a scheme similar to Quench's, but using a lighter yellow and maroon rather than red. He was only available as part of a Deluxe-sized multi-pack along with Fireflight and Thunderwing.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Draft (ドラフト Dorafuto)
