Misfire (G1)
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- Misfire is a Decepticon Targetmaster (presumably under a very wide definition of "master") from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Misfire is the kind of guy you want on the Decepticons' side—if you're an Autobot, that is. He couldn't hit the broad side of Broadside. He holds the record for enrolling and failing the Decepticon Military College, only graduating because the Autobots blew it up. He claims his aim is getting better. What was it like before?!
Together with his Targetmaster partner Aimless, he's a danger to himself and others. Mostly others.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Stan Jones (English), Hiroshi Naka (Japanese)
Misfire was one of several Decepticon jets serving under Scourge and Cyclonus when they attacked Autobot City as part of a division while the Decepticon Clones stole the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber. After Scourge successfully activated the chamber on Cybertron (and inadvertently sent a shuttle full of Autobots and the key halfway across the galaxy), Misfire, Triggerhappy, and Slugslinger were among the Decepticon unit sent to retrieve the key. Following the Autobots to Nebulos, Misfire, alongside Cyclonus and Scourge, blasted both Sureshot and Crosshairs. The Rebirth, Part 1
After being soundly trounced by the new Autobot Headmasters, the Decepticons made a deal with the Hive to donate their heads and weapons for the binary bonding process. Misfire liked his partners to have short, memorable names. Armed with this new skill, Misfire and his Targetmaster companions successfully helped reacquire the Chamber's key... though Misfire himself and Aimless didn't really do very much that was helpful. To anyone. The Rebirth, Part 2
Misfire did very little afterwards. The Rebirth, Part 3
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese)
Misfire was a Decepticon aerial warrior partnered with Slugslinger and Triggerhappy. Their campaigns typically took place far away from recognizable worlds such as Cybertron, Earth and Chaar, battling against Pointblank and other Autobots on deep space missions. In 2011, Misfire and his partners allied themselves with Scorponok just before his siege of the planet Master began. When a group of six refugees fled the planet seeking aid, Slugslinger, Misfire and Triggerhappy joined Sixshot in pursuing them. They crossed paths with the Battleship Maximus and their old foes Pointblank, Sureshot and Crosshairs out in space. As the fighting raged outside, the refugees befriended Fortress and volunteered to dispose of the plasma energy bombs aboard the battleship. As the refugees flew out in their starship to take the bombs to a safe distance, Misfire and the Decepticons moved to intercept them, but they were blocked by Pointblank's forces. The bombs exploded early, washing over all the Transformers present. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)
Sixshot retrieved Misfire and his partners after the explosion, bringing them back to Master. The plasma energy had somehow binary-bonded each of the Decepticons to one of the refugees. A permanent link now existed between Misfire and Aimless, who could transformed into a powerful weapon for his new Decepticon master. Misfire and his Targetmaster partners rejoined the battle for Master at Scorponok's side. Their Targetmasters weapons were the equal of Pointblank and his men, who had also become Targetmasters in the plasma explosion. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2) As the Decepticon Targetmasters mingled with the Headmasters, they demonstrated...poor interpersonal skills around the energon water-cooler. Their braggadocio quickly got on the nerves of Weirdwolf, leader of the Headmaster regiment. The Master Sword Is in Danger!!
Misfire and his partners got into another fight with Pointblank's trio, and believed the Autobots were dead after triggering a flash flood that washed them out of sight. Their obnoxious self-congratulation rankled Weirdwolf even more, especially after his fellow Headmasters started gushing over the Targetmasters' skill. Luckily for Weirdwolf's ego, the Autobot Targetmasters later turned up alive and well. The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide With the Zarak Shield fully reforged out of G-Metal, the Decepticons began making preparations to leave Master for Earth. Caliburst alerted Slugslinger that the Autobot Targetmasters had uncovered their location, and Misfire flew out with Sixshot and the Targetmasters to confront Pointblank's crew. They also unleashed massive devastation on a Master city when MegaZarak emerged from beneath it. Operation: Destroy the Decepticons
As Scorponok's ship touched down on Pallas for repairs, Misfire and the Targetmasters defended it against Autobot attack. Duel on the Asteroid At the North Pole, they were involved in the final battle against the Autobots, fighting their Targetmaster counterparts. After Fortress Maximus was tricked onto the platform of crysmagnetal, Misfire and the other Decepticons fled out into space. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)
The Headmasters manga
Misfire and the Decepticon Targetmasters attempted to disrupt the Autobots' efforts to put out a blazing fire on Earth. The Autobots' split focus left them vulnerable, until the Battleship Maximus extinguished the entire fire in one sweep. Ricochet and Artfire then turned their full attention on Misfire and his allies, driving them from the scene. The Headmasters #7
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Initially serving as part of Scorponok's crew on Cybertron, Misfire travelled with them to Nebulos in pursuit of Fortress Maximus's Autobots. Ring of Hate! For some reason, when was choosing troops who might benefit from being re-engineered as a Targetmaster with greater shooting ability, he thought of Misfire. Brothers in Armor!!
Misfire and the other Decepticon Targetmasters lay in ambush for the Autobot Headmasters at the Fortress of Despair where they had the Autobot Targetmasters held captive. However, once Scorponok had abducted Highbrow to study the Headmaster process further the remaining Headmasters were able to free their Targetmaster comrades and turn the tables on the Decepticons. Misfire was taken out in hand-to-hand combat by Sureshot. Worlds Apart!
Once the Autobots left Nebulos, the Decepticons followed them to Earth. Brothers in Armor!!
After the Autobot Highbrow stole Scorponok's head, Misfire led a group of Decepticons to recover their leader. Almost immediately after getting Zarak and Scorponok reattached, Misfire and his companions were cast into Limbo to make room for the time traveling Soundwave and Terrorcons from 2009. Time Wars
Following Starscream's resurrection as a Pretender, Misfire was part of a mutinous crew that confronted Sporponok at the New Jersey base over the treacherous Seeker's re-admittance back into the ranks of the Decepticons. The Primal Scream His mood was somewhat improved when he took Kup into custody after Optimus Prime's surrender. Surrender! He survived Shockwave and Starscream's attack on the base, taking orders from Soundwave to aid Scorponok against the usurpers. ...All This and Civil War 2. Misfire was then transported to Cybertron along with all the other Earthbound Transformers to fight against the chaos-bringer Unicron. Out of Time!
Misfire was damaged to an unknown extent when a surface-to-air cannon manned by Finback overloaded and exploded. Seeing as they were fighting Unicron, and Misfire was never seen again after that point... well, fill in the blanks. On the Edge of Extinction!
Regeneration One
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Misfire served as part of Soundwave's "Neo-Decepticons" on Cybertron until Scorponok returned with his plan to convert Autobots into Decepticons using his Gene Key. When Misfire protested that they already had a leader, Scorponok executed him on the spot as an example to the others. Natural Selection, Part Three
Transformers in 3-D
While Galvatron used his Nullification Cannon on Cybertron's energon suppliy, Misfire was part of a team lead by Sixshot that carried out a diversionary attack. The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3
Ladybird Books continuity
Misfire was among the Decepticons who traveled to Nebulos in search of energy. He was basically responsible for babysitting Aimless while the latter came up with construction plans. Unfortunately he was no good at stopping the Autobots from destroying the device they built to collect cosmic energy at the planet's pole. Decepticons at the Pole
When the Decepticons suspected that the Autobots were up to something, Misfire and Slugslinger joined Cyclonus on a reconnaissance flight, successfully locating an oil pipeline the Autobots had built. After sabotaging the pipeline, they made an attempt to ambush Kup and Highbrow who came to fix it, but the two Autobots got away when the Decepticons slipped over on the spilled oil. Autobots Strike Oil
United
A nano-virus that afflicted most Autobots save the Targetmasters and the Headmasters required Ricochet to lead a team to Nebulos for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their Nebulan partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Misfire and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Misfire and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Misfire was forged. Arm the Lonely After the war, Misfire became part of a ragtag Decepticon crew composed of Krok, Flywheels, Spinister, and Crankcase aboard the Weak Anthropic Principle, currently located on the planet Clemency. Misfire's job was to extract Energon from corpses but his crazed personality often got in the way, in part due to sampling Energon whose former owners had overdosed on circuit speeders. He was about to extract fuel from Fulcrum's seemingly lifeless body when he suddenly came back online and kicked him away. Misfire then gave Fulcrum a tour and presented him to the other members of the bunch in a...most peculiar manner.
He later attended the campfire that night, and found a P-6 Worldsweeper ship while "chasing" what he thought was the Necrobot. During the crew's exploration of the ship, Misfire found a ceiling covered entirely in brain modules and decided it was probably better to "run away screaming". When the Decepticon Justice Division contacted them, Misfire naturally panicked. Rules of Disengagement The Scavengers decided to stay behind and battle the D.J.D. by putting Grimlock, who had been inside the ship in stasis-lock, out in the open and releasing him from his pod when the D.J.D. got close. At the last moment, the D.J.D. revealed they were actually after Fulcrum but before the Decepticon could explain, the D.J.D. arrived. Krok released Grimlock anyways and the fight began. Misfire attempted to escape but found himself run into Helex. However, Spinister and Crankcase soon handled the D.J.D. member and Misfire attempted to save Krok from getting tortured by Vos and Kaon but only succeeded in shooting Krok instead of the two members. Before he could shoot another time, The Pet jumped onto Misfire and started mauling him. After a failed explosion made by Fulcrum, the D.J.D. left for another target. Fulcrum then explained to them that the reason why the D.J.D. had been after him was for committing an act of cowardice during the war and Crankcase recovered Krok, who had his face destroyed by Vos but was still functioning. The group decided to fix Krok, set off for Cybertron, and use Grimlock, who was revealed to be almost brain-dead, as a bargaining chip when they got there. Before they left, they looted Flywheels, who had been killed during the fight. Who's Afraid of the DJD?
Somehow Misfire ended up captured by the Galactic Council and was sitting on death row on the planet Constancy. Fulcrum led a mission to spring him, which quickly went awry when Misfire needed to stop for munchies. They were left in a precarious situation when the Weak Anthropic Principle didn't arrive to pick them up on time — as unbeknownst to them Tyrest's universal killswitch had incapacitated the rest of the team. Arm the Lonely
Commercial appearances
- When the Transformers' war resumed its course on Nebulon, Misfire could be seen fighting alongside his fellow Decepticon Targetmasters against their Autobot counterparts, while Fortress Maximus and Scorponok grappled in the distance. Headmaster comic book commercial
- Misfire and Triggerhappy battled Sureshot and Crosshairs in the middle of a mechanical city. Misfire strafed Crosshairs from above until the Autobot transformed into robot mode. Misfire and Aimless also transformed, and tackled down Crosshairs and Pinpointer respectively. Targetmasters commercial
Games
The Transformers (PS2)
Transformers Legends
At some point Misfire teamed up with Cyclonus and Wheeljack to combat Overlord and his allies. Fan Favorite Later, Misfire was part of a group of Decepticon scavengers holed up on the planet Clemency. He was killed when the DJD arrived to deal with Black Shadow, who had recently joined the scavengers while on the run from the Decepticon Justice Division. Rules of Disengagement
Toys
Generation 1
- Misfire (Targetmaster, 1987)
- Japanese ID number: D-89
- Accessories: "Aimless" Targetmaster partner/double-barrelled ion particle blaster
- Misfire transforms into a pink Cybertronian car-jet thing that goes real fast. Hopefully he can steer better than he can aim. Funnily enough, unlike Triggerhappy and Slugslinger, Misfire is totally unarmed in vehicle mode unless Aimless is attached to him. Just as well, really. In robot mode, Misfire is one of the best articulated Targetmasters due to his clearly defined legs with hip and (however awkward) knee articulation coupled with good arm articulation, making him one of the small number of Generation 1 toys of this era that isn't a brick.
- Like the other Targetmasters, his Japanese release lacks a rubsign.
Notes
- Misfire's design was used as a "generic" Decepticon in "Linkage" Part 5, in a flashback showing Redline and Flat-Out's former Decepticon masters. This fits in with the general theme of using Generation 1 character models as unnamed extras in the Armada cartoon, in which generic Misfires ALSO appeared. Of course, his actual appearance fits in with artist Hirofumi Ichikawa's general theme of using the toys as a visual reference rather than the character models used in animation; that is so not Misfire's Headmasters design.
- In IDW continuity, Misfire is so called because of "a very short story involving a machine gun, a misunderstanding and a dozen dead Decepticons".
Foreign names
- Japanese: Misfire (ミスファイヤー Misufaiyā)
- French: Longfeu (Canada, "Fizzled")
- Italian: Aletto
- Mandarin: Huǒtàn (China, 火炭, "Charcoal"), Diào suǒ (China, 吊索, "Hanging Cable")
