Crosswise (Cybertron)
- Crosswise is an Autobot from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
Crosswise is a monster hunter, and shares the following attributes of all the better practitioners of his craft:
- Lots of weaponry for every occasion,
- A tough, no-nonsense attitude,
- A propensity to dress in kewl black, and
- A super-cool, generic Central European accent.
He sometimes calls himself Smokescreen, for some reason only a SUPER COOL MONSTER HUNTER could ever understand. Out of his way, peasants!
- Japanese name: Autovolt
Fiction
Animated continuity
Cybertron
Eons ago, reportedly Crosswise captured and imprisoned lots of Decepticon "monsters" in a crazy egg-cave-place on Earth. He did this becaues he's a MONSTER HUNTER!
He was subsequently entombed in ice himself, till some humans freed him.
Crosswise' first thought on being de-iced was frantic concern over his imprisoned "monsters", and so he rushed to the prison site to check on them. It turned out that the hundreds of Decepticons had stayed put quite nicely... until Starscream found the prison by following the oblivious Crosswise, and promptly liberated all the prisoners to serve as his personal army.
Nice goin', Crosswise.
Toys
Cybertron
- Crosswise (Deluxe Class, 2006)
- Crosswise transforms into a Bugatti Veyron sports car (a fast, costly millionaires' compensation device). His rear spoiler detaches, and can launch a big plastic-flamin' missile, and the spoiler helps it go faster. Stick a Cyber Planet Key in his tailgate and a pair of missile racks pop up, astonishing! This feature also functions in his robot mode, and is great for parties. Two more guns are molded into his inner running boards, and can be deployed beside his hips, or just left to drag behind and get dirt-fouled.
- Crosswise was later redecoed into Smokescreen.
