Joyride (G1)
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- Joyride is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Combining Repugnus's lust for violence with Swerve's driving ability, Joyride is not well liked among Autobot high command. Unlike the absent-minded metallurgist, Joyride just doesn't care enough to pay attention to his actions. His driving has proven hazardous to himself, his fellow Autobots, and even innocent humans at times. The fact that he seems to be a member of the Autobots simply for the thrill of it hasn't earned him many supporters, either.
His Powermaster partner is Hotwire.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
At some point, Joyride was responsible for repairing a space bridge, a task in which he was assisted by Optimus Prime and Tommy Kennedy, although the human was presumably incapable of manipulating the two-ton screwdrivers required for the job. Season 5: TF:TM, Day One
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Joyride was part of Fortress Maximus's crew on board the Steelhaven, and was part of a skeleton crew left aboard the ship when everyone else disembarked to watch Grimlock and Blaster battle for leadership on the surface of the Moon. Their presence helped prevent Steelhaven from being destroyed in a Decepticon attack. On Fortress Maximus's orders, he and his crewmates left the battle and took the ship back to Nebulos, on a mission to revive the fallen Optimus Prime. Totaled! While there, they were forced to deal with not only a set of supercharged Decepticon bandits, but the planetwide poisoning of the fuel supply which put them at risk of terminal systems shutdown. In order to save themselves and properly reanimate Optimus Prime, Joyride and his fellows underwent the Powermaster Process to binary-bond with a group of Nebulan scientists, enabling them to properly intake fuel and considerably boosting their fighting ability. Joyride was binary-bonded to Hotwire, a former "chronic unlicensed private vehicle procurer", i.e. car-thief. The new Autobot Powermasters defeated the Decepticons and returned to Earth with their new partners. People Power!
While pursuing the Decepticon known as Quake, Joyride inadvertently caused a human convertible to crash over a cliff, critically injuring the driver. He would've been dead for sure if not for Nebulan medical instruments Hi-Q was able to cobble together, but before the necessary power cell could be attached to the technology, it was stolen by Darkwing and Dreadwind. After the Aerialbots inadvertently caused Dreadwing to crash into the sea while trying to recover the cell, Joyride joined his fellow Powermasters on an undersea mission to retrieve the cell from the Decepticons. They were eventually successful, and the human presumably lived. Dreadwing Down!
Joyride was a member of Rec Team Two on Earth, along with Cloudburst. They were attacked by Deathbringer and by the time Optimus Prime arrived with a rescue party Joyride was the only Autobot left standing running away. He was later assisted by Getaway. Deathbringer
With Optimus Prime and the vast majority of the Autobots on Earth to investigate a disturbance at MacDill Air Force Base, Joyride was one of the few left behind to man the Ark while in orbit. But Prime's absence was orchestrated by Megatron, and Joyride and the other Autobots on board were defeated by the Micromaster Blackjack, who intended to blow up the Ark with explosives. The Resurrection Gambit! All the Familiar Faces!
When Thunderwing infiltrated the Ark, Joyride was one of the first Autobots to confront the Decepticon and his Matrix-enhanced might. He was blasted back with little effort, but lived to tell the tale. ...All Fall Down! After the Autobots lost the Creation Matrix during Thunderwing's destruction, Joyride and his fellow Powermasters were part of a team that retrieved the Classic Pretenders from VsQs. Thereafter, the Autobots pursued recreational exploits to get their minds off the imminent threat of Unicron. During this period, Joyride reclined while Getaway and Slapdash played a game of Fullstasis. Eye of the Storm He was not as fortunate, however, in battle with Unicron—an assault on the Chaos-Bringer's caused some minor damage, but Unicron's retaliation sent Joyride and Waverider on their way to the scrapheap. On the Edge of Extinction!
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Transformers Comic-Magazin
Template:TransformersComicMagazin Joyride was among the Autobots monitoring the Decepticons from a distance when Megatron made peaceful gestures to Humanity in New York City. The Autobots returned to the Ark and discovered that a statue of Snaptrap that the Decepticons had gifted to New York was actually Snaptrap in disguise. Snaptrap went on a rampage and the Decepticons used this distraction to attack various other targets. Optimus Prime led the Autobots to narrowly defeat this menace. The Troy Principle Those events were recorded on a videotape that was later found and watched by Autobots on Cybertron after a nuclear disaster in Kalis. In Memory of Earth
In 1973, Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero Joyride attended a meeting in which Optimus Prime lectured the Autobots on the basics of their mission and existence, and applauded Slapdash's call for a one-world Autobot government. Joyride wondered loudly what the point of being the good guys was if they got defeated. Later, the Decepticons attacked an oil tanker, and he helped in the rescue effort. A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime Those events would later be observed via log recording by Autobots in the year 2008. Powermaster Optimus Prime - A Robot, a Hero
The characteristics of Joyride and the other Powermaster Autobots were reviewed by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in a simulation watched by Goldbug.Memories of Bumblebee
Marvel Generation 2 comic
Joyride miraculously returned to functionality just in time to be blown up again. Total War!
Regeneration One
Template:Noterg1 Joyride was captured and summarily executed by Jhiaxus as a threat to Rodimus Prime in order to force him to stop the Wreckers from blowing up the Hub Network. The War to End All Wars, Part 4
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
Joyride worked with a squad under Nightbeat and Getaway during the Age of Internment, in hopes of capturing and studying one of Megatron's cloned warriors, the Aerospace Extermination Squadron. The Age of Wrath Pt.2 Unfortunately, the drone was far more than they bargained for, defeating much of Nightbeat's unit. Siren and Joyride rammed the drone into a spike to little effect, as it blew both Autobots away with a grenade. Fortunately, Getaway managed to attach the inhibitor claw onto the drone, shutting it down. The Age of Wrath Pt.3
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Joyride was among the patrons of Maccadam's Old Oil House when it reopened after the end of the war. Night and the City He joined the crew of the Lost Light after its return to Cybertron, and attempted to eavesdrop on Megatron's therapy session with Rung alongside several other crew members. Towards Peace He later visited Swerve's and bumped arms with Ten cheerfully. Words Hang in the Air
Games
Transformers Legends
During a battle eons ago, Getaway, Slapdash and Joyride were defeated and almost killed by Dreadwind and Darkwing. They were only saved from certain doom when Optimus Prime arrived and drove both of the Decepticons off. Many years later on Earth, the three Autobots encountered Dreadwind and Darkwing again, and this time they weren't so lucky. End of the Road
Transformers: Battle Tactics
Joyride participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! Transformers: Battle Tactics
Toys
Generation 1
- Joyride (Autobot Powermaster, 1988)
- Accessories: Double-barreled rifle, "Hotwire" Powermaster engine
- Joyride transforms into a teal and crimson Baja buggy. Joyride's white rifle plugs into a peg hole on the roof. As a Powermaster, one needs to plug his pack-in partner Hotwire (or any other Powermaster/Godmaster engine) into the panel bay at the front of the vehicle to unlock the transformation sequence to robot.
- This toy was redecoed in Japan as the transtector for Ranger, and later released there as a mail-away as "Ranger Joy Ride".
Notes
- Between the creation of Joyride's animation model and his introduction into the Marvel comics themselves, Joyride's face grew some goggles over his normal eyes. His helmet is already nothing like his toy's, but that's a situation shared by his Powermaster pals Getaway and Slapdash.
Foreign names
- French: Voyageur (Canada)
