Prowl (G1)
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- Prowl is an Autobot and later Maximal from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Prowl is the Autobot military strategist. As such, Autobot Commander Optimus Prime keeps Prowl near at hand for his indispensable expertise. Prowl is quiet, competent, loyal, and possessed of almost endless patience.
Prowl's dedication to logic and reason make him an excellent strategist, but not much of a socialite. He really doesn't tend to get along well with his fellow Autobots, many of whom find his strict adherence to military protocol stifling, and his uptight personality sure doesn't help matters. He does not react well to the unexpected, to the point that it can literally scramble his cerebral circuits. The Dinobot commander Grimlock, who is disorder made manifest, especially honks Prowl off, and Grimlock feels pretty much the same way in return, only with more swear words. He's very fond of his acid pellets, though.
In some universes, he can combine with the Constructicons to form Devastator, or combine with other Autobots into Optimus Maximus.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
[[File:Prowlg1exodus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]Prowl had yet to develop his table flipping skills.]
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Michael Bell (English), Toshio Ishii (Japanese), Keiichi Nanba (Japanese, "Autobot Spike"), Juan Carralero (American Spanish), Ulf Jürgen Söhmisch (German), Thomas Albus (German, Generation 2 Season 1), Christoph Jablonka (German, Generation 2, "Triple Takeover", "The Revenge of Bruticus", and "Transport to Oblivion"), Willy Schäfer (German, Generation 2, "Roll For It"), Dario de Castro (Brazilian Portuguese)
Prowl was part of the crew of the Ark, the Autobot starship that left Cybertron looking for alternate sources of energy. While enroute he monitored the Viewtrex and detected the Decepticons pursuing them. The Decepticons boarded and the ensuing conflict caused the Ark to crashland on Earth. Four million years later, the Transformers were reawakened by the eruption of the volcano the Ark had crashed in and reformatted by Teletraan I. Prowl was reformatted as a Datsun 280Z police car. When the Autobots first fought the Decepticons on Earth, aboard an oceanic oil refinery, Prowl teamed with Jazz in shooting up the Decepticons' supply of energon cubes. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1
The two Autobots worked together again when Soundwave invaded the Ark for information. The crafty Decepticon got away, but Prowl and Jazz managed to capture his pet, Ravage, in a solid energy net. Prowl joined the Autobots for their subsequent battles at Sherman Dam and the ruby crystal mines of Burma. More than Meets the Eye, Part 2 During the final fight at the Decepticon space cruiser, Prowl ran over Starscream's null-ray before he could "activate" it. More than Meets the Eye, Part 3
Prowl and the Autobots next battled the Decepticons at a solar power station. Prowl and Ratchet attempted to stop Starscream and Skywarp from escaping with the energon cubes, but Starscream started launching concussive blasts, knocking aside their lasers and driving them back. Later that day, Prowl zapped Megatron during a cave fight, but was then clubbed from behind by Skywarp. That's snow fair. Transport to Oblivion
While Prowl and his twin brother Bluestreak battled the Decepticons, Prowl's battle computer was knocked offline by a particularly fierce blow. Crippled, Prowl extended his antenna to seek out an online computer that he could patch into. He found Chip Chase's desktop terminal, and the young human ally momentarily took control of Prowl, animating the Autobot warrior with his computer. Chip and Prowl handily defeated the Decepticons, and the Autobot remarked that Chip was a human after his own central processor. Roll for It After Optimus Prime suffered some brief but severe injuries, Prowl was present with the other Autobots in defending the Ark, as the Decepticons attempted to press their advantage. Divide and Conquer
Prowl was also among the Autobots who took an unpleasant number of hits trying to calm down the rampaging Dinobots. S.O.S. Dinobots He held no grudges, though, and participated in the construction of two new Dinobots a few months later, using laser bursts to cut up raw materials for the design. Still, he showed a bit more caution than his fellow Autobots during the "play fighting" tests of Snarl and Swoop. While Ironhide, Bluestreak and Sideswipe went in for close quarters combat with the Dinos (and subsequently got bashed around quite a bit), Prowl stuck to long-range laser fire, and managed to avoid getting his head handed to him. War of the Dinobots
After Sparkplug Witwicky was kidnapped, Prowl was shown acting as a strategist for once, constructing battle-plans using Hound's holographic maps for reference. He coordinated a two-pronged rescue mission on the Decepticon's sunken space cruiser, from above and below. While he and the main Autobot force dropped in on the Decepticons from above and drew their fire, Cliffjumper, Brawn, and Windcharger used their special abilities to tunnel right underneath the base, breaking in and freeing Sparkplug before the Decepticons got wind of it. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 He remained active with the Autobot forces as they dealt with Cybertron's newfound proximity to Earth. The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 Prowl later surfed into battle against the Decepticons, but the resulting tidal wave allowed Megatron to escape before the fight even started. A small contingent of Autobots eventually tracked the Decepticon energon shuttle to a tropical coast, and engaged them in battle. The fully charged Decepticons soon began to overpower the Autobots, however, driving them back to the safety of some convenient trenches. Prowl attempted to suggest a strategic regrouping, but Prime wouldn't hear of it. Luckily, Skyfire arrived with reinforcements from Cybertron to even the odds. As Megatron retreated, the Autobots were left to deal with a tidal wave large enough to wipe out all life on Earth. Prowl calculated they would need an explosion equivalent to 10 billion astro-liters of energy to knock Cybertron out of Earth's orbit and reverse the tidal wave. At Spike's suggestion, the Autobots took aim at Megatron's fleeing starship, igniting the energon cubes inside to expel Cybertron from orbit and save the Earth. The Ultimate Doom, Part 3 After the devastation, Prowl was seen helping repair human civilization, and hunting down the loose ends left by the Decepticons' schemes. Countdown to Extinction Prowl also bore witness to the gladiatorial combat between Megatron and Optimus Prime. Heavy Metal War
After Sparkplug Witwicky created a metallic Frankenstein called Autobot X, to the abject surprise of no one it suddenly ran amok. Prowl, Ironhide and Trailbreaker stood up to the crazed creation, and Prowl used his acid pellets to incapacitate Autobot X. Later that day, Spike Witwicky was injured during a battle with the Decepticons at a rocket base. Prowl provided a "police escort" for Ratchet to get Spike to a hospital as quickly as possible. Autobot Spike As the Decepticons staged a daring raid at the Ark's front door, Prowl drove out to meet them in combat. He had to dodge and transform in mid-air to avoid Thundercracker's missiles, and ended up being divebombed by Laserbeak anyhow. Prowl got back at the tinfoil turkey by strapping a wire-guided bola onto his rifle, and lassoing the Decepticon bird as he swooped by for another pass. Despite the laser blasts hurled his way, Prowl held tight to his catch until Laserbeak severed the rope and fled. When he went back to recharge at headquarters, a ploy by Megatron altered his personality components and he went on an angry red-eyed rampage with the rest of the altered Autobots until their circumstances were overturned. Attack of the Autobots
Prowl overheard Cliffjumper's infamous accusations about Mirage's loyalty, but neglected to participate in the retrieval of the missing electro-cells. Traitor He also played a minor role in recovering the Immobilizer, The Immobilizer and joined his fellow Autobots in a race for charity, which Spike and Chip had arranged for them. The Autobot Run Prowl was part of the Autobot strike unit dispatched to Washington, D.C. when it came under attack by the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans. He, Hound and Brawn engaged the Decepticons near the Washington Monument, until King Nergill zapped them with his paralyzing ray. Prowl remained inactive until the Dinobots joined the party, and Grimlock destroyed the ray, freeing the incapacitated Autobots. Atlantis, Arise!
Next, the Autobots responded to an SOS when the super-computer called TORQ III ran amok. Unfortunately, they discovered TORQ was capable of controlling other simple machines in the area, and so Prowl and the others found themselves facing a horde of angry droids. Prowl was nearly swallowed whole by a mechanical scoop, until he fired an acid pellet down its gullet and corroded its inner workings. Day of the Machines Prowl was among the Autobots who failed to prevent the Decepticons from stealing the female ninja robot called Nightbird. While discussing the Decepticons' possible plans for Nightbird with Spike, Prowl was unaware the ninja herself was right above them on the Ark's elevator. Enter the Nightbird
Prowl charged the Decepticon flank when the Transformers were fighting over korlonium crystals. A Prime Problem Prowl and Sunstreaker were part of a group of Autobots patrolling a riverbed...until they discovered the riverbed wasn't there anymore. Tracing the diverted water, they came across the Constructicons and a Decepticon scheme to drill down to Earth's core. Megatron sicced Devastator on Prowl's team, forcing them to retreat for reinforcements. Back at the Ark, the Autobots cooked up a plot to use dominator discs and gain control over the Constructicons whenever they formed Devastator. As part of a commando raiding party, Prowl and the others lured the Constructicons out into the open. Under the cover of night, Prowl slipped a disk on Scrapper, and soon all the Constructicons had disks planted on them. Although the Autobots temporarily gained control of Devastator, Megatron soon negated their control and retrieved his giant warrior. The Core
Prowl was present in the Ark during yet another display of the Dinobots' talent for chaos. Dinobot Island, Part 1 After the Dinobots moved to a mysterious prehistoric island, time portals began opening all over North America. Prowl led Red Alert, Inferno and Jazz to deal with a portal from the wild west. Prowl defeated the cattle rustlers by melting their guns with his acid pellets. Dinobot Island, Part 2 Like all the Autobots, Prowl was temporarily banished into space by the citizens of Central City, thanks to Megatron's carefully orchestrated smear campaign. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 He eventually returned with the others for an all-out assault on the Decepticons and re-established the Autobots' good name. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 Prowl was also subject to cybertonium depletion, although he was ultimately revived when Spike and Carly brought a fresh supply back from Cybertron. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2
When Megatron used the Voltronic Galaxer to scramble Earth's communications, the humans were left in a state of confusion. Prowl took a team of Autobots on the road to help motorists who missed the message about an incoming blizzard. Unfortunately, Thundercracker and Ramjet got involved and nearly turned the rescue mission into a catastrophe. Prowl and the Autobots were buried in snow for a time until they could dig themselves and the humans out. Blaster Blues He was among the Autobots temporarily rendered invulnerable by electrum, and fought the Decepticons for control of the golden lagoon. The Golden Lagoon He also helped stop Megatron from taking over New York City with an army of robot car drones. Make Tracks Prowl was on hand as Perceptor analyzed the robotic plantlife Bumblebee and Cosmos brought back to Earth. They determined the plants were Morphobots, and extremely hazardous to all robot lifeforms. Quest for Survival
When the Triple Changers overthrew Megatron and began vying for Decepticon command themselves, Blitzwing took over a football stadium and began launching "long bombs" into the city beyond. Optimus Prime sent Prowl to investigate, alongside Bluestreak, Skids and Tracks, but they were stymied by Blitzwing's "zone defense". At his command, the Constructicons had created an elaborate and confusing maze of passages outside the stadium, leaving the Autobots racing around blindly inside its tight corridors. Using his flight and tank modes for maneuverability and power, Blitzwing easily overwhelmed the Autobot invaders. Prowl and Skids plowed into each other on a blind junction, and were then mowed over by the Decepticon's massive treads. The crazed Scrapper had them rebuilt into a throne for him inside the zone, until Smokescreen and Hoist rescued their comrades. Triple Takeover Although he did absolutely nothing to save the missing Autobots or stop Lord Chumley's antics, Prowl was allowed a heroic drive into the sunset along with Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. Prime Target
After the government concocted a new super-fuel, they decided to offer it to the Autobots for testing. Fearing a Decepticon attack, Prowl arranged a series of security measures to protect the cargo, and keep the Decepticons from learning about the fuel. Unfortunately, those measures failed, and Megatron attacked the tanker convoy with his Seekers. Despite the breach, the Autobots' superior driving abilities enabled them to outmaneuver the Decepticons. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1
Prowl stood gawking mutely when Prime explained his plan to infiltrate the Decepticons disguised as Motormaster and the Stunticons. It's possible he didn't think the plan was strategically sound. Masquerade Prowl was also seen applying Corrostop to the Statue of Liberty, and later helped rescue Perceptor from Fox Creek Canyon. Cosmic Rust
When Jazz and Cliffjumper were kidnapped by Starscream's Combaticons, Prowl traveled to the Amalgamated Water & Power Plant with the other Autobots to rescue them. Wisely, the Autobots completely avoided the war between the Decepticons and Combaticons taking place immediately to their left — they just grabbed their pals and split. Starscream's Brigade Prowl, Tracks, and Sideswipe went with Optimus Prime to clear the Insecticons out of a human settlement. They were aided in evacuating the neighborhood by the Protectobots, leaving the Autobots clear to fire at will at the Insecticon clones. This relatively routine mission turned sour, however, when Spike and Perceptor reported that Earth's orbit had been altered, sending it towards the sun. Learning the effect originated from Cybertron, Prowl and the others attempted to hijack the space bridge, but Shrapnel stole the bridge's control panel before they could board the transporter. The Autobots searched the area for signs of the control panel with sensor beams from their chests, but all Prowl managed to turn up was an old wrecked television. The panel was later recovered and repaired, and Prowl joined both Autobots and Decepticons alike in traveling to Cybertron to stop the Combaticons' plot. The Revenge of Bruticus Prowl also helped defend the Ark when it was later attacked by Bruticus and the Decepticons. B.O.T.
In the year 2005, Prowl was piloting a shuttle run to Earth, to collect and bring fresh energon and supplies to Moonbase One from Autobot City, in preparation for a planned assault to retake Cybertron. The Autobot shuttle was hijacked en route by Megatron, Starscream and the Constructicons, who sought to use the vessel to sneak the Decepticon armada past Autobot City's early warning systems. After Brawn was struck down, Prowl fired back at his attackers, very nearly shooting Starscream's head off in the process, but was felled by a single blast from Scavenger, which penetrated his armor, burned his innards horribly, and left him belching fiery smoke as he fell to the floor. The Transformers: The Movie
Prowl's body was evidently recovered for interment, as his grave was housed in the interstellar Autobot Mausoleum. Along with the mausoleum itself, Prowl's remains were later plunged into a red sun as a side-effect of a Quintesson plot. Dark Awakening
Japanese cartoon continuity
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga
When the Stunticons and Combaticons tried to besmirch the Autobots' good names by wearing their insignia while committing acts of evil, Prowl was among the Autobots who mobilized to stop them. Prowl carried Eject and Rewind into the battle in car mode, opening his doors to let the two cassette-bots loose on Rumble and Frenzy. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages
Prowl was a participant in a battle in New York City, early in the Autobot/Decepticon war taking place on Earth. The Autobots were victorious that day. Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
Full Throttle Scramble Power!
Prowl was among the Autobots seen reacting with panic to the news that Hound and their human allies Toru and Jenny had been captured by the Decepticons while investigating their deadly new Omega Whip cannon. He joined Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots in going to their rescue, and the battle was won when Metroplex arrived to join the fight with the rest of the Autobot army. Full Throttle Scramble Power!
The Battle of the Star Gate
Prowl was among the Autobots who accompanied Optimus into Earth orbit to stop Megatron’s take-over of the Trigger. They were able to repel the Decepticons from the space station in short order. First Contact
Story of Binaltech
In 2003, a plague of Cosmic Rust unleashed upon the Autobots by the Decepticons necessitated that the infected warriors upgrade to new "Binaltech" bodies created through co-operation with the Earth Defense Command. Story of Binaltech, Chapter 1 Prowl was lucky enough to avoid infection, and so refrained from upgrade. Regardless, the combined might of the new Binaltech Autobots was enough to force the Decepticons off of Earth, and into hiding in the far reaches of the Solar System. Arise! Evil Binaltechs
Granted a vision of the future by the time-tossed Decepticon Ravage, Wheeljack saw Prowl's looming death in the year 2005, and resolved to save his life. Project Bodyshop Prowl was equipped with the Genetronic Translink System, which would allow him to relocate his spark to subspace, and from there, control multiple Binaltech bodies; therefore, the vision Wheeljack saw of his friend's dead body could still come to pass, while his spark would live on. Before the first of his secondary bodies were completed, however, Prowl was sent on a mission to investigate some potential Decepticon activity in the vicinity of Saturn, and came under heavy attack from the villains. He contacted Wheeljack on Earth, who was in the process of transferring memory data into Prowl's secondary Binaltech body, and Wheeljack prepared the GT System for a risky manoeuvre—the transplantation of Prowl's spark from his body, through subspace, into the Binaltech unit in Wheeljack's workshop. The transfer was initiated, but unfortunately, the unstable link collapsed mid-way through the process, and Prowl's spark was lost to the depths of subspace. Believing that the world still required the skills of Prowl, Prowl's longtime friend Chip Chase transferred his life essence into the Binaltech body, merging with the memory data already installed in it to become "Prowl II". Prowl & Chase
A few years later, Prowl's spark found its way through the infinite vastness of subspace and materialized in a different universe: the original timeline from which the Binaltech world had branched off. Prowl's spark was found by the Autobots of that world, but unfortunately, it was soon discovered that even in another universe, he was not beyond the reach of his home dimension's Decepticons. Doctor Arkeville and Swindle used a neuro-net frame combined with a subspace node to locate his spark across the multiverse, and drain energy from it to power a giant monster they had made from synthetic electrum. Unfinished Business, Part 2 Prowl's spark began to destabilize as a consequence, and so the Bluestreak from the original timeline voyaged across the dimensions to the Binaltech world to alert Prowl's fellow Autobots to his dire situation. Unfinished Business, Part 1 With Bluestreak's aid, the Autobots tracked down the Decepticon operation and destroyed the monster, severing its connection to Prowl's spark. Though stable now, Prowl's spark was still too weak to make an interdimensional journey unguarded, requiring a body for protection. Chip Chase separated his consciousness from the "Prowl II" body so that it could be taken back to Bluestreak's timeline to finally serve as the body of the Autobot for whom it was always intended. Unfinished Business, Part 2
Alternity
Controverse
Prowl and Wheeljack traveled from BT World to OG World to witness the trial of Primacron. They transferred their sparks into new, non-Binaltech bodies, Controverse leaving the old bodies in storage. Ask Vector Prime, 10/9/2015
The Headmasters cartoon
Prowl was stationed at Autobot City on Earth in 2011 when he and many other troops were summoned to Cybertron to help repel a Decepticon invasion. On the way to the space bridge, the Autobots were attacked by a Decepticon attack force led by Sixshot, but the arrival of the Trainbots allowed them to break away and continue their progress. The Decepticons pursued them, and Prowl joined with Sideswipe in lending Ultra Magnus supporting fire until the Decepticon offensive broke. Prowl commented that they had showed their foes, and the team headed on to Cybertron. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky
Later, Prowl attended a briefing at Metroplex, where Ultra Magnus assigned several Autobot units to run interference with the Decepticons for Hot Rod, as the young Autobot searched for the missing Matrix of Leadership. Prowl accompanied Ultra Magnus's unit, but did not appear again. Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime
15 Go! Go!
Cloud
Unite Warriors
Sometime beyond the year 2035, Prowl acquired a new body capable of combining with Optimus Prime and other Autobots into Optimus Maximus. When the combiner team went to Hawaii for "special surfing training", he turned out to be less than proficient at the sport and was sent flying off his board by a wave. Crossing the Pacific Ocean!?
Wings Universe
Prowl was friends with Side Burn and even vouched for his membership in the new Autobot military. Battle Lines, Part 2 He found Side Burn in a seedy bar, trying to pick up fembots with a sob story of how he was the last remaining Elite Guardsman. After a stern lecture, Prowl took Side Burn to the Autobot High Council Citadel for the ceremony in which Optimus Prime accepted leadership of the new military. Battle Lines, Part 1 When Side Burn went missing after the ceremony, the other Autobots all looked at Prowl, who protested that he wasn't Side Burn's keeper, but he did have an idea where Side Burn might be... Battle Lines, Part 2 A week later, he was part of the Autobot forces at Iacon's city walls as the Decepticons broke through with Devastator. Battle Lines, Part 5 Though the battle wasn't without casualties, the Autobots eventually saw off Megatron's forces. As the war continued and Cybertron's energy levels dropped dangerously low, Prowl asked Optimus when they were going to start the search for more energy. Battle Lines, Part 6
Circa 2013, Cybertronian leader Jhiaxus cloned Prowl to create a clone commander and clone drones of him. Termination
Mars Attacks: The Transformers
Prowl took part in a battle which resulted in the Decepticons being defeated and captured. When the city was attacked by Martians, he and the other Autobots were forced to make a temporary alliance with the Decepticons. Prowl found himself saving Astrotrain from a Martian war robot. The alliance lasted roughly as long as it took to repel the Martians. Mars Attacks: The Transformers
Ask Vector Prime
In a Primax reality which was synchronized with a Gargent reality on the eve of events of cosmic significance, Prowl was killed by Twin Spin, and his compatriots killed or captured by other Renegades while piloting a Command Center to Earth. Echoes and Fragments
Deviations
In an alternate timeline where Optimus Prime survived the Battle of Autobot City, Prowl's body was lined up with other victims of the battle to be honored. Deviations
Deadly Paradise
When Sideswipe was deactivated after being accused and convicted of destroying the Nova Suspension Bridge, straining human/Autobot relations in the process, Prowl became suspicious. He approached Optimus, and explained that it made little sense for Sideswipe to have attacked the bridge in broad daylight before several eye-witnesses. Agreeing that this had the Decepticons' stink all over it, Optimus allowed Prowl to investigate Carob Island, the one place on Earth where a rare alloy discovered at the scene of the crime could be found. Prowl took with him Bumblebee, Hound, Ratchet, Windcharger and Brawn and traveled to the remote Pacific island. After searching through the dense jungle on the island, Prowl heard some sort of activity originating from a cave. He, Brawn, Ratchet and Windcharger headed inside the cave while Bumblebee and Hound stood guard. Inside the cave, the four Autobots found Decepticon gopher machines drilling and extracting the same ore they had found at the crime scene. The Autobots battled the Decepticon machines, and exited the cave only to discover that Bumblebee and Hound had gone missing. Prowl's squad then met with Madame Cee and her army of robotic pigs. When Prowl questioned her as to what happened to his companions, Madame Cee escorted the Autobots to her home, all the while claiming the Autobots were in good hands. At Cee's house, Prowl was taken on a tour while Cee explained that she remodeled machines and had recently acquired a new beneficiary. Upon seeing a scale-drawing of Optimus Prime in her workshop, Prowl demanded an explanation, only to be attacked by Ravage.
Ravage revealed that Madame Cee was indeed under the employ of the Decepticons. Prowl managed to lock Ravage in a room, then forced Madame Cee to take him to Hound and Bumblebee. Prowl found them deactivated, but not tampered with. Madame Cee explained that Megatron was forcing her to help him build duplicate Autobots when all she wanted to do was build more pig-robots. Prowl learned from her the location of the Decepticon base, reactivated his friends, and took his whole squadron to confront the Decepticons.
Finding Megatron's temporary headquarters on the island, Prowl and the others soon found themselves travelling deeper and deeper inside an enormous underground maze. They finally happened upon an open area, only to be captured by the Decepticons with force cages. Prowl appealed to Megatron's ego to have the Decepticon let him out of his cage and have a look at what Megatron's plan was. Megatron presented Prowl with a duplicate of himself, and explained that a duplicate Optimus Prime was nearing completion as well. Now knowing the full extent of the Decepticons' ploy, Prowl was led back to his cage by two Decepticon guards, only for him to notice that Rumble was in charge of the force cages. Prowl began taunting Rumble on his diminutive size, something that both of his escorts joined in on, prompting Rumble to create an earthquake in rebuttal. Taking advantage of his escorts being thrown off-balance, Prowl then destroyed the controls for the force cages and defeated Rumble. While his newly freed comrades dealt with the Decepticons that rushed to the scene, Prowl backtracked to Megatron's laboratory. There, he snuck up on Megatron and tricked him into shooting the duplicate Prowl before managing a couple of hits on the Decepticon leader. Megatron escaped through a secret passage, taunting Prowl that he and his friends would never escape the megamaze that surrounded the facility. The situation seemed dire, until Prowl discovered that Ratchet's lubricant holder had become damaged earlier in the day during their fight with the Decepticons' drilling machines. As it had been leaking all day, Prowl and his squad were able to follow the trail it left behind out of the megamaze. Prowl then returned to Autobot headquarters with enough proof to clear Sideswipe's name, who was presumably re-activated afterwards. Deadly Paradise
Sticker Adventures books
In the aftermath of a battle with the Decepticons, the Autobots found that Decepticon activities had seemingly stopped altogether. Taking advantage of the situation, Optimus went on a trip to fetch fuel and parts for the Autobots’ ship. Prowl saw his leader off, and reminded him to check the air pressure in his tires before leaving. After Optimus had left, the Autobots discovered to their horror that the Decepticons had stolen their entire fuel supply. Hound and the other Autobots nonetheless attempted to fend off the Decepticons when they attacked once more. Thankfully, Optimus returned just in time with a new shipment of fuel.Re-energized, the Autobots forced the Decepticons to flee once again. Revenge of the Decepticons
As they were repairing a ship, Optimus Prime asked Prowl if he was sure they would be able to reach Cybertron with it. Prowl admitted that he could only be so certain about the fact, as Earth was not on any Cybertronian map. Then, the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobots’ construction site. Optimus was rendered unconscious during the course of the fight, but the Autobots nonetheless managed to fend off the Decepticons. Upon Prime's reawakening, Prowl was standing at his side in the Autobots’ medi-bay. He expressed relief over Optimus’s safe recovery. Return to Cybertron
Marvel Storybooks continuity
Prowl was among the crew of the Ark who crashed on Earth and was rebuilt as a terrestrial vehicle. When the Autobots invaded the Decepticon fortress, it was Prowl who studied Megatron's war room map and deduced his plot for Global buildings. All that logic apparently caused him to channel Red Alert for a moment, as he momentarily seized up and started blaring an alarm. Battle for Earth
Marvel coloring books
Prowl was one of the many Autobots who prevented the Decepticons from harming Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky. Though he was badly damaged in the fight, Prowl was fixed right up by Sparkplug. He then helped the Autobots protect the Hoover Dam. The Deadly Fuel Shortage
Prowl was part of the Autobot convoy that followed Optimus Prime into battle when it was discovered that the Decepticons were stealing fuel from all around the globe through the use of a molecular transfer device. When Bumblebee won the day by turning the Decepticons' machine against them, Prowl and Jazz hoisted the little Autobot on their shoulders and cheered for him. Summertime Coloring Book
Prowl was part of a small strike team of Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help the Dinobots, who were currently engaged in battle against the Decepticons, just outside of Autobot City. After they defeated the Decepticons, Prowl and the others were cheered on by the nearby oil rig workers as they drove back to Autobot City. Battle at Oil Valley
Big Looker storybooks continuity
When the Cybertronian civil war had yet to leave the planet, Optimus asked his Autobots to join him in leaving their home world behind and travel out into space. When Bumblebee volunteered to join Optimus, Prowl and the rest of the Autobots jumped in as well. After crash-landing on Earth and being offline for about 65 millions years, Prowl and the rest of the Autobots met Sparkplug and his son Spike. With the Decepticons still not in the know of what forms the Autobots had taken, Prowl was one of the troops that Optimus led into the desert in order to ambush their enemies. Though they successfully took by surprise a squadron of Decepticons, the Autobots had not anticipated a second group flying in from the opposite direction. Thanks to a warning from Spike and Sparkplug, the Autobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and came to accept Earth as their new home. Battle for Cybertron
Thanks to Shooting Star, Optimus discovered that Blitzwing was planning to steal oil from a nearby oil truck. Optimus took Prowl and a team of Autobots to stop the theft. Upon arriving on-scene and seeing the Decepticons sneaking up on the oil truck’s operators, Prime consulted Prowl for his strategic expertise. Thanks to Swoop’s help, the Autobots managed to thwart the Decepticons’ heist. Decepticon Hijack
Prowl was present when Beachcomber came rushing back to base after being attacked by the mind-controlled Grapple. He and Windcharger later helped free Grapple from Bombshell's insidious cerebro-shell. Insecticon Attack!
Kid Stuff Talking Story Books
- Voice actor: ? (English)
Prowl is Optimus Prime's over-acting right-hand man.
Prowl helped Optimus Prime investigate a series of human disappearances in the Kalahari Desert. Skyfire discovered one of the humans lying on the desert floor unconscious, and radioed Autobot headquarters with his findings. Prowl deployed the Autobots' sensor drone to patch into the human's residual brain wave patterns to make sense of what was going on. He and Optimus learned that the humans were being kept as slaves to gather enormous amounts of coal, but beyond that, the Autobots were still in the dark as to what the Decepticons were planning. Until, that is, Bumblebee reported back to them and filled them in; the Decepticons were planning to strap the giant diamond lens they created out of the charcoal to focus sunbeams down on the Earth’s surface. The lens would beam down destruction from a Decepticon satellite in Earth’s orbit. With its power, they would melt the Rockies, and use the oil that would gush forth to power themselves, kill the Autobots and conquer the galaxy. When Skyfire failed in preventing the satellite from launching, Optimus and Prowl could do nothing but watch on in horror as the Decepticons’ plan began to unfold.
Prowl overlooked Ratchet attaching external fuel tanks onto Skyfire to allow the Autobot superjet to reach the Decepticon satellite in orbit. Satellite of Doom
When the Prodhoe Bay oil company sent out an emergency signal, Prowl caught wind of it on his monitoring station. Though at first, he could not pinpoint the exact location from where the Decepticons were syphoning oil from the company, his search area was narrowed by a signal sound out by Hound. The Autobots sent out Skyfire, who managed to bring down the Decepticons’ transport, but Megatron and Soundwave escaped into the frozen wastelands of the north. Prowl continued to monitor the area for the next several days, hoping to find the Decepticons once more. But the Decepticons managed to once more empty underground oil reservoirs, which caused a chain of events threatening the future of the Earth and human civilization. In order to combat this, Prowl and Optimus concocted a plan together to return the crude oil to its proper resting place, and fill the Decepticons’ transport’s tanks with razon gas. When Continents Collide
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Prowl and Optimus were travelled to the island of Sumatra, where they discovered that hundreds of square miles of lush jungle had been eradicated. The Decepticons were once again causing death and destruction in their quest for more oil. Back at Autobot headquarters, Prowl resumed his post and scanned for Decepticon activity. When the computer did finally detect the Decepticons on the move, Prowl deployed Bumblebee to their coordinates to deal with their destruction of the south american jungles. Storms of Destruction
Prowl monitored the Dinobots as they made their way from their own recovery base to the Autobots' headquarters. After the Dinobots were ambushed by the Decepticons and Slag was badly damaged, Prowl relayed Optimus’s command that they were to return to their own base. He later informed Optimus that the Decepticons had attempted to discover the location of the Dinobots’ base, but that Ratchet had managed to plant a Memory Scrambler Mine on their Thermo-borer, clearing the machine’s memory banks. Nonetheless, the Decepticons managed to find their way back to the Dinobots’ base, this time piloting the Crusher. After updating Optimus Prime on the situation, Prowl dispatched the Autobots’ superjets to deal with the Decepticons. Jaws of Terror
Prowl expressed his puzzlement over a series of hit-and-run Decepticon attacks in the skies over the Pacific. He relayed Optimus’s orders that Skyfire should not pursue the enemy, as it was deemed a waste of fuel. Later, he reported to Optimus that Bumblebee, who had been sent out on a scouting mission in the southwestern pacific, was days overdue for checking in. Prowl and Optimus decided to head to the island of Buru personally to investigate what was going on. Upon arrival, Prowl immediately sensed the Decepticons’ presence on the island. Prowl and Optimus soon found themselves losing a battle to Insecticon troops. Thankfully, Optimus had had the forethought to have the Dinobots meet them on the island. The Dinobots quickly turned the tide of the battle, freeing Prowl and Optimus to search for Megatron. Before they found him, however, Megatron had already escaped off the island. Slaves of the Insecticons
Later, Prowl monitored a Decepticon attack on an oil storage dump in the Arabian peninsula. As he coordinated the Autobot troops to rescue the humans at that location, he also kept tabs on a series of attacks on oil tankers off the coast of Africa. Despite the Decepticons' jamming devices, he had been able to listen in on Megatron and Soundwave's conversation as they drained all super tankers that came into their area of their precious cargo. Prowl devised a plan to stop Megatron's latest ploy; the Autobots would contaminate the crude being transported by the Colossus super tanker, scheduled to make a delivery to the area next. The powerful corrosive within the oil would destroy the Decepticons' submersible from within, allowing the Autobots to sweep in and take out Megatron. Though the plan went as planned for the most part, Megatron and Soundwave managed to escape. Afterwards, per Optimus's orders, he erased the memories of all humans who had witnessed the battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Attack of the Decepticons
The Battle for Planet Earth
- Voice actor: Peter Marinker (English)
As Bumblebee spied on the Decepticon base, he wished Optimus Prime or Prowl were with him. Bumblebee to the Rescue When some the Decepticons left the base to head for Stanley Lake, Optimus consulted Prowl who suggested following them. After the Autobots reached the lake, Optimus asked Prowl for a rundown of the situation, and Prowl came up with the idea of drawing the Decepticons out of the control room to avoid possible human casualties. Menace at the Dam Prowl didn't trust Starscream when the Decepticon wanted to defect, and pointed out to the others that Starscream's hatred of the Autobots was well known. He suspected Starscream was there to spy on them, and he and Optimus indeed subsequently tricked Starscream into sending the rest of the Decepticons on a wild goose chase. Espionage!!!!!
Ask Vector Prime
The Autobots subsequently returned to Cybertron aboard a refueled and repaired Ark with the defeated Decepticons, taking the Decepticons on Cybertron unawares and quickly securing control of Cybertron. Peace reigned for a time until a series of natural disasters began, the source of which was determined to be the planet Moebius in a parallel universe, designated the 22nd Strata. The Autobots assembled a team to travel to this alternate universe and stop the threat at its source; Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, Hoist, Jazz, Prowl, and Silverstreak comprised the team; they dubbed themselves Spy Changers because they aimed to achieve their goal with stealth and diplomacy. The team modified their bodies to match the 22nd Strata's native cyborgs using data acquired from the Sky Spy and traveled to the 22nd Strata but were soon attacked by the local Guardians, who mistakenly presumed them to be Renegades. The Spy Changers were then rescued by the real Renegades, who presumed them to be potential allies and took them back to their flagship, the Rogue Star. Renegade leader Cy-Kill attempted to court the Spy Changers as allies, but Optimus saw through Cy-Kill's deception. Optimus sent Jazz to discover the truth of the situation, and the Renegade alliance with Gog of Moebius came to light. OPtimus then sent Prowl to make contact with Guardian leader Leader-1, and a secret Autobot-Guardian alliance was formed. Wheeljack then discovered the cause of Cybertron's troubles: Renegade bases on Moebius were draining the planet's energy. The planet's geometry had turned it into a crude Dimensional Interfacer, and Moebius was tapping into Cybertron to sustain itself. Hoist was able to end the crisis by triggering the bases' remote detonation sequence. Cy-Kill was furious, but in the ensuing battle, the Autobot-Guardian alliance triumphed over the Renegades. Optimus Prime and Leader-1 shook hands as a symbol of the transdimensional friendship, and the Spy Changers returned to their home reality, secure in the knowledge that they had allies in places as distant as alternate realities. Ask Vector Prime, 30/9/2015
Highway Clash
Prowl and Optimus secretly guarded a shipment of microchips that could be used to imbue sentience onto robots. Posing as the police escort guiding the precious cargo accross the Yorkshire Dales, he was attacked by Megatron and Rumble who sought the microchips to create an army of Decepticons. With your help, Prowl may or may not have been successful in keeping the microchips out of the Decepticons' hands. Highway Clash
Find Your Fate Junior
Dinobots Strike Back
Prowl was present in the Ark's war room as Swoop reported that Bombshell was controlling the other Dinobots with cerebro-shells, and advised that an immediate attack might be necessary to prevent human casualties. If Optimus Prime agreed, the ensuing battle dislodged all four cerebro-shells through a little blunt trauma.
If Optimus decided instead to consult the Ark's computer, producing a plan to have Windcharger remove the shells with his magnetic field, Prowl warned everyone that time was of the essence, with the Dinobots approaching Bandit's Bluff, near a human city. This gave Mirage an alternative idea to lure them over the edge of the bluff and into the ocean with a hologram of Optimus Prime, which would work despite Prowl's doubts. If Optimus chose to stick with the computer's plan, Prowl was part of the convoy accompanying Windcharger to Bandit's Bluff. Windcharger was, however, unsure how far away to cast his magnetic field from. If he stood 40 feet away, the Dinobots' repetitive motions told Prowl that the force was too strong, but his warning came too late for Windcharger to stop. Once the four Dinobots were torn to bits, Prowl somberly collected the cerebro-shells for study.
If Windcharger stood further back and safely removed the shells, one path led to a Skids returning from scouting the following day with news of Bumblebee's disappearance inside Mount Lomas, where a secret Decepticon base was producing enough superfuel to make their enemies unstoppable. Though Windcharger advocated an immediate assault, Prowl thought a mountain fortress would be too hard to storm. He suggested having the Dinobots infiltrate the base by pretending the cerebro-shells were still controlling them, then backstabbing the Decepticons just before the other Autobots attacked. Either plan would produce a victory, but Topspin fared better if you chose Prowl's. Dinobots Strike Back
Battle Drive
When Optimus began to worry that Bumblebee failed to report in a timely manner after being sent out on patrol, he dispatched Prowl alongside Hound and Swoop to check up on the little Autobot. When they met up with Bumblebee, who informed them of the Decepticon's ploy to destroy acres of farmland in order to starve humanity into submission, Prowl suggested they attempt to take on the Decepticons on their own, while Hound advocated heading back to base. Doing the later led them straight into a violent storm, stranding them in the middle of nowhere and ending their adventure.
Alternatively, if the small group of Autobots decided to try and stop the Decepticon plot on their own, they were surprised to find Buster Witwicky on the road. The boy informed them that his father had discovered a fatal flaw in Decepticon circuitry, from whom Sparkplug was now on the run from. If the Autobots decided not to postpone their current mission for Sparkplug's sake, they were ambushed and destroyed by the Decepticons.
If they decided to rescue Buster's father, Prowl and the Autobots drove into the mountains, where they quickly discovered Sparkplug holed up in a cave surrounded by Decepticons. While Swoop flew ahead to distract the Decepticons, Prowl and the rest of the earthbound Autobots met up with Sparkplug in his cave, and decided whether or not to make a stand against the Decepticons. Depending on the choices he and other bots made, Prowl's battle to defend the cave alongside Bumblebee and Hound was more or less difficult.
In one version of the following events, Hound, Prowl, Bumblebee and the Witwickys fell to their deaths in an attempt to find an alternate route out of the cave.
In another version of the subsequent events, Prowl, Hound and Bumblebee successfully held out against the Decepticons until Autobots reinforcements arrived to turn the tide of battle.
In yet another version of the events, Prowl made a mad dash back to Autobot headquarters with Sparkplug. Although he managed to evade his pursuers by zig-zagging between trees, the adventure came to an abrupt halt when it all turned out to be one of your dreams.
In a completely different sequence of events, Prowl was chosen along with Jazz, Hound, Wheeljack, and Swoop by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticon plot, when Bumblebee made it back to the Autobots' headquarters on his own. The group, joined by Bumblebee, were ambushed as soon as they arrived in the open countryside of the farmland. If you attempted to interfere, the Autobots were doomed. However, when the Autobots were left to their own devices, Prowl and the rest of the group realized on their own that they had stumbled into a Decepticon trap. Whether or not the group made it back to their base depended on the decisions Optimus Prime made.Battle Drive
Decepticon Poison
After the Autobots’ latest batch of fuel had been poisoned by Ramjet, leaving a number of Autobots unable to assume their robot forms, Prowl suggested the Autobots send out a task force of healthy Autobots to uncover the Decepticons’ plot. Though Perceptor suggested they instead stay on the defensive while he worked out an antidote, Prowl dismissed this plan, pointing out that there was no guarantee that Perceptor would conjure up an antidote before the Decepticons decided to strike.
If Optimus decided to go with Perceptor’s plan, and the antidote cured the Autobots, Perceptor’s concoction would leave them with a battle fever. Though the recently cured Autobots all rallied for a direct attack against the Decepticons, the more level-head Prowl suggested a more conniving approach, where the Autobots would ambush their assailants.
If Optimus allowed the cured Autobots to charge headlong into battle, Prowl was ordered to stay behind as back-up, as he was still running low on fuel. Prowl made his displeasure about the situation known. When the first charge of Autobots were quickly overpowered by the arrival of Megatron, Prowl sprung into battle, following Optimus’s lead. The Autobots were still running low on fuel however, and though they were able to retrieve their injured throughout the ensuing battle, they were quickly forced to retreat. Thankfully, the Autobots had cause enough damage to the Decepticon ranks that the evil robots retreated as well, granting the Autobots a reprieve.
If Optimus instead followed Prowl’s plan, the Autobots were instructed to transform into vehicle mode and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots’ ruse, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.
In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Prowl and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons.
In a completely different scenario, Optimus agreed to Prowl’s plan to go on the offensive and try and discover the full extent of the Decepticons’ plans. Optimus nominated Prowl, Bumblebee and Mirage to go along with him on the mission. The group refuelled with the gas that Sparkplug brought back from the Autobots’ secret storage area, and took off. The group soon happened upon the Decepticons’ lab in the middle of a barren, polluted wasteland.
If all four Autobots ventured together into the Decepticons’ lab, they first encountered Laserbeak, only to quickly dispatch him. Venturing further into the lab, the group soon spotted the antidote they were after, and sent Mirage to fetch it. Mirage returned with the beaker and news; he had heard Ramjet and Starscream talking about using a new poison to turn humans into mindless slaves. Prowl opted to try and take down the Decepticons immediately in light of this turn of events.
If Optimus ordered his squad to instead return to Autobot headquarters immediately, his squad returned to find their comrades nearly dead from the poison. But with Ratchet’s help, the antidote was quickly distributed, and the Autobots sprung back to life.
The Autobots decide to stop the Decepticons from poisoning the humans next.
If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Prowl was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Happening upon the Decepticons hauling barrels of poison out of their lab, the Autobots devised a couple of plans to stop them.
If the Autobots went along with a plan thought up by Windcharger, Windcharger would use his magnetic abilities to levitate the barrels of poison over the Decepticons. Prowl then quickly shot the barrels full of holes, allowing the barrels’ contents from flowing down onto the evil robots. With Jazz igniting the barrels’ content and Warpath finishing the Decepticons’ lab off, the Autobots drove back to base victoriously that day.
Alternatively, if Optimus decided to end his troops to the water reservoir instead of the lab, Prowl was amongst the group of Autobots that found the reservoir swarmed by Decepticons upon their arrival.
If however Optimus ordered his troops to deal with the Decepticons before returning to base with the antidote, Prowl suggested that he use his incendiary missiles to destroy the poison first, before dealing with Ramjet and Starscream.
If the Autobots went along with Prowl’s strategy, the resulting heat from the explosion caused the Autobots’ circuits to overheat, rendering them unconscious. Upon reawakening, the Autobots found themselves captives of Megatron, who informed them that their fellow Autobots would soon perish, and that the humans would be conquered by the Decepticons shortly after. Ashamed of his failure, Prowl covered his face in shame.
If Optimus instead decided to deal with Ramjet and Starscream first, his troop easily overpowered the pair, Prowl and Mirage working together to wrestle down Starscream. After having destroyed the lab, the Autobots returned to their headquarters with the antidote.
If instead of all heading into the lab together, the Autobots had sent in Bumblebee alone, and Bumblebee subsequently managed to escape with the antidote to the Decepticons’ poison, the Autobots escaped from the Valley of Poison and returned to Autobot headquarters. Once the other Autobots were cured, they all drank a toast to Bumblebee, to celebrate his part in the mission. Decepticon Poison
Autobot Alert!
Prowl was in Metroplex city when an Autobot Alert sounded.
In one possible scenario, Jazz was selected alongside Mirage, Swoop, Powerglide and Jazz, to join Ultra Magnus on an orbital mission to both rescue Cosmos and halt a Decepticon plot to take over Earth’s broadcast satellites. After donning special space gear for solar protection, the team took off and headed towards Cosmos’s last coordinates. Though they soon found Cosmos, so did they spot Galvatron’s ship, Cyclonus, looming nearby. After they had retrieved Cosmos, Ultra Magnus called out to his troops to return to the shuttle’s control deck. Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to train all of their weapons on Cyclonus for a full-frontal assault.
If the Autobots went ahead with Ultra Magnus’s plan, Prowl was ordered to program the engines for fast-forward thrust. He and the rest of the Autobots were horrorstruck when Galvatron himself emerged from Cyclonus, followed by an army of multiwing jet fighters. Prowl and the others were left drifting helplessly into space as the Decepticons tore their shuttle apart.
If instead Powerglide and Swoop went about their own way of defeating the Decepticons, Cyclonus’s transmission device was successfully destroyed and the entire crew of the Autobot shuttle presumably returned to base safely. Autobot Alert!
The Invisibility Factor
In one possible scenario, the Autobots were informed by Kup and Hot Rod that the Decepticons had taken possession of an Invisibility Device, created by the human Sarah Sanders, and taken it into space to study it. Ultra Magnus put together a team of Autobots and took off in one of their shuttles to pursue them. Prowl was amongst the Autobots chosen. Once in space, however, the Autobots had difficulty pinpointing the Decepticons’ location. The ship’s crew had to decided where to look next for the Decepticons. Prowl suggested looking in the Asteroid Belt beyond Mars, noting it would be a great place to hide.
If the Autobots decided to investigate the dark side of the moon, they found themselves unable to see anything on the satellite’s shadowy surface. Prowl waited silently as Ultra Magnus, Jazz and Hot Rod discussed possible plans of action.
If Ultra Magnus decided to go through with Hot Rod’s plan of shooting down to trick the Decepticons into revealing themselves, the Autobots succeeded only in making themselves an easy target for their enemies. The Decepticons blasted their shuttle to bits. Prowl and his friends were reduced to space junk.
If Ultra Magnus listened to Jazz’s plan, he ordered his Autobots to remain silent, and to shut off all of the shuttle’s lights and mechanisms. Launching a probe as a decoy, the Autobots successfully tricked the Decepticons into revealing their position when they mistook the probe as their shuttle and opened fire upon it. Firing back, the Autobots began crippling the Decepticons’ ship, until a lucky shot rocked their own shuttle. Though the Decepticons attempted to escape while the Autobots were off-balance, the Autobots were able to deliver the finishing blow, ending the Decepticons’ menace as the evil robots' ship exploded.
In an alternate scenario wherein the Autobots listened to Prowl’s suggested and searched the Asteroid Belt beyond Mars, they soon found themselves struggling to get through the maze of floating rocks.
If the Autobots pushed on their search in the Asteroid Belt, they soon found themselves on a collision course with two enormous asteroids. If they only managed to blast one of asteroids, the Autobots were forced to retreat back to Earth after their shuttle took substantial damage. If the Autobots managed to blast neither of the Asteroids, they were all crushed between the giant pieces of space debris.
If they managed to blast away both asteroids, they reached a vast, empty expanse of space within the asteroid belt. Prowl was happy to report that they had only sustained minor damages to their shuttle while navigating through the Asteroid belt. There were bad news to follow shortly, however, as blasts coming out of seemingly nowhere revealed that the Decepticons had figured out the workings of the Invisibility Device, and were now attacking the Autobots. The Autobots considered retreating, but Kup reminded them that Sarah Sanders had not perfected her device yet, and the Decepticons’ invisibility may yet wear off.
If the Autobots attempted to flee from the Decepticons’ attack, they found themselves at too much of a disadvantage to successfully make it out of the Asteroid Belt. They were blown into space junk before they could reach Earth.
If the Autobots held their ground, they were instructed by Ultra Magnus not to open fire upon the Decepticons until ordered to do so. Though things were tense as the Autobots were hit over and over again by their invisible opponents, soon the enemy ship came into view, just as Kup had predicted. The Autobots opened fire on the flimsier vessel, blowing it and the Decepticons within to smithereens.
If the Autobots did retreat out of the Asteroid Belt, they convinced one another that the Decepticons most likely perished within it. Then, a few days later, when the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Prowl and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.
In a completely different scenario, wherein Hot Rod and Kup returned to Autobot headquarters for reinforcements after seeing the spaceship land, the two of them reported to Ultra Magnus directly, who agreed the situation necessitated further investigation. Hot Rod and Kup returned to the ship’s landing site accompanied by Jazz, Sunstreaker, Prowl and Springer. When they arrived, the ship in question was nowhere to be found, prompting Jazz and Springer to second-guess the veracity of Hot Rod and Kup’s story.
If Jazz and Springer convinced Hot Rod and Kup to return to Metroplex city to make sure they didn’t have a few wires loose, Ratchet found nothing wrong with the pair, but the incident was forgotten nonetheless. That is, until Galvatron returned with a fleet of identical ships, and destroyed both Metroplex and all of its inhabitants.
If Hot Rod and Kup convinced the other Autobots to keep on looking, Hot Rod eventually found trail marks, indicating that a heavy object the size of their spacecraft had indeed landed and had been dragged away. Prowl and the others followed the trail to a more rocky terrain, where tracking the ship would become more difficult. The trail seemingly lost, the Autobots then heard someone incoming, and took cover. From their hiding places, they saw the Decepticons Scavenger, a human captive within the grasp of his steam-shovel.
If the Autobots decided to rescue Sarah immediately, Scavenger dropped the woman, and cried for help while attempting to flee.
If the Autobots pursued Scavenger, they found him rejoining a whole squadron of Decepticons. Fighting the Decepticons immediately would cost them their lives. Otherwise, if the Autobots decided on a retreat when faced by the whole squadron of Decepticons, they managed to do so by blinding their enemies by their high beams and then splitting off into different direction. They later regrouped and found Sarah Sanders wandering in the desert.
If the Autobots asked Sarah to build them their own Invisibility Device, Sarah refused, stating she would not build weapons for war. Running away from the group Sarah was almost killed when Dirge passed overhead and dropped a missile on her position. After rescuing her from the Decepticon attack, Prowl and the others brought Sarah to safety within Metroplex. Grateful for the rescue, Sarah showed the Autobots how to create an Invisibility Scrambler to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came.
If instead of asking Sarah to build them an Invisibility Device, Prowl and the others attempted once more to retrieve her ship, the whole group snuck over to where the Decepticons were stationed. Once there, Hot Rod and Prowl argued over which plan of action would be the smartest to undertake next.
If the Autobots agreed with Hot Rod to try and take the Decepticons by surprise with a head-on attack, the Autobots manage to stun the Decepticons by dazzling them with their headlights. Prowl provided Hot Rod some cover fire while the young Autobot raced down and snatched the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons. The Autobots then successfully peeled back, congratulating one another on a job well done.
If the Autobots agreed with Prowl to take a moment to come up with a more detailed plan, Prowl instructed Hot Rod to taunt the Decepticons into following him. The plan worked, and the bulk of the Decepticons took off after the young Autobot. With only Scavenger, Shockwave and Galvatron left behind, Prowl and the others easily defeated the Decepticons still guarding the spaceship, and forced Galvatron to retreat. In one possible scenario that followed, Prowl helped destroy a hidden Decepticon base that Hot Rod found while the Decepticons gave him chase. In another, Prowl watched on as Sarah left in her spaceship in order to destroy it, vowing it would never be used to bring destruction.
In an alternate scenario where the Autobots silently trailed Scavenger while the Decepticon held Sarah Sanders captive, Prowl and the others followed him all the way to the Decepticons’ secret desert base. Inside, they spied upon Galvatron telling Sarah Sanders that the Decepticons would use Cerebro-Shells to control her mind, so that she would reveal to them to secret of invisibility. At this point, the Autobots decided to step in. A direct attack would only end in the Autobots’ defeat.
In order to rescue Sarah, the Autobots would need to employ trickery. Using Jazz’s special abilities, the Autobots could do just that. In this scenario, the Autobots grabbed Sarah while the Decepticons were too dazzled by the illusions that Jazz projected. Sarah directed the Autobots towards where the Decepticons had stored her ship. Upon following her directions, Prowl and the others came upon two doors, unable to tell behind which one they would find their means of escape.
If the Autobots happened upon Sarah’s ship as they were, they would be destroyed by the droids guarding it. However, if the Autobots first opened the door which lead to a closet filled with Decepticon spare parts, they found a pile of spare Decepticon emblems. Prowl instructed the others to don them. Prowl and the rest of his team were able to fool the Decepticon Droids guarding Sarah’s ship. Escaping in the ship, despite the Decepticons best efforts to stop them, and a malfunctioning engine that Prowl had to fix under pressure, the Autobots returned to Metroplex. Sarah then gave the Autobots the secret to her Invisibility Device, ensuring the Autobots their victory in their war against the Decepticons. The Invisibility Factor
The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual
Beast Wars cartoon continuity
Beast Wars cartoon
Prowl was part of the crew of the Ark, and was present on the ship's bridge when it was attacked by the Decepticons in the Nemesis. The vessel crashed on prehistoric Earth, where Prowl and the rest of the crew were sent into stasis lock, and were thus was unable to stop Predacon leader Megatron from attempting to alter history by travelling back in time and killing Optimus Prime. Fortunately, the villain's efforts were thwarted by Optimus Primal's Maximals. The Agenda (Part III)
3H comics
Prowl's inert form could still be seen in the Ark when the Vok removed the Matrix of Leadership from an unconscious Optimus Prime and gave it to their creation, Primal Prime. Primeval Dawn Part 1
IDW Beast Wars comics
Prowl was a member of the Maximal counterpart to the Tripredacus Council, the Maximal Imperium, alongside former Autobot teammates Ironhide and Silverbolt. The trio sent Ikard to request a report from Big Convoy, but he refused, citing his need to investigate the Angolmois-fueled murders. The Ascending #2
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
Prowl was an Autobot from Praxus. After the death of Sentinel Prime, Grimlock called him, Jazz, and others to the ruins of Praxus, where he declared that if the new Prime was insufficient, they would take control of the Autobot military. Prowl was present at the ceremony when Optronix became Optimus Prime, and was restrained by Grimlock when Prime was attacked. The War Within #1 Prowl became Optimus Prime's immediate subordinate and adviser. When Optimus ordered a planetary evacuation, Prowl told Prime that there were many voices raised in opposition against it. When Prime asked if Prowl's own voice was raised in opposition, Prowl looked away but did not reply. The planetary turbines were activated by Megatron, and Prime left to investigate. The War Within #2 As Shockwave led an assault on Iacon, Prowl and Jazz led the defense, and Prowl sent out an order to all Autobots outside Iacon to regroup and dig in elsewhere, The War Within #3 while those with him made a final stand. The War Within #5 After Iacon was devastated by the mecha-forming process, Prime aborted the evacuation. The War Within #6
After Prime and Megatron disappeared in a space bridge test, the Autobots fractured, leading to the Lightning Strike Coalition and Wreckers leaving the main Autobot army. Prowl took over leadership of the Autobots. Fragmentation He worked with Shockwave, who had assumed command of the Decepticons, to prevent The Fallen's plans from coming to fruition. He and Shockwave agreed to let the Well of All Sparks remain sealed "'Til all are one," as Shockwave put it. Prowl thought the line was catchy. Conflagration Eventually, however, Ultra Magnus took command of the Autobots, and reunited the three factions. That is, until Megatron returned to Cybertron and enslaved the Autobot population, including Prowl. The Age of Wrath The Age of Wrath Pt.2
While those left on Cybertron endured the Great Shutdown, a group of Autobots under Optimus Prime's command left on board the Ark in search of new energy sources. Unfortunately, Megatron led an attack on the Autobot flagship from the Nemesis, and both ships crash-landed on a planet called Earth. Millions of years later in the Earth year of 1984, the Autobots and Decepticons awoke and resumed the Great War. The Decepticons were eventually defeated by the Autobots and their human allies, and the Transformers were set to return home on the Ark II, but it was sabotaged by General Robert Hallo and rogue government engineer-turned-arms dealer Adam Rook.
[[File:DWPrimeDirective2 Prowl kills.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|DULL MIND CONTROL! Wait... that actually kinda makes sense...]] In the year 2002, Prowl was one of many Transformers under the control of Rook. He, along with several Autobots and Decepticons, attacked the Smitco Oil Refinery Arctic facility during Rook's sales demonstration to several terrorist organizations. Unfortunately, the invasive program that controlled Prowl killed a helpless human refinery worker escaping from the destruction. Prime Directive #2 After Megatron reactivated himself and freed the other Decepticons from Rook's slavery, he used Prowl and the Autobots as power sources for his metallic cyberforming virus. Prime Directive #3 Prime Directive #4
Sometime after the destruction of the cyberforming virus and the defeat of the Decepticons in San Francisco, the Autobots were lured to the Alaskan coast by a distress beacon from an Autobot escape pod, and walked right into a Decepticon ambush. The fighting stopped when a mysterious Decepticon appeared from the pod and declared that hostilities must cease, as Cybertron had been unified under one ruler, but before he could finish this sentence, Shockwave appeared and blasted him. Stating that he was the leader of Cybertron, he ordered all combatants to lay down their arms and surrender themselves to his forces. Megatron, refusing to believed this attacked, giving the Autobots the distraction they needed to recover their wounded and retreat. Once safely away, Optimus Prime ordered Prowl to escort Ratchet and the wounded back to base, but unexpectedly, his strategist refused, citing the need for to gather intelligence on the new situation and to keep Prime and his essential leadership out of potential harms way. Unfortunately for Prowl, Ultra Magnus found Mirage first, convincing the homesick Autobot to help his Cybertronian forces round up Prowl's team so they can all go home. New World Order
After Magnus convinced Optimus Prime and some of his Autobots in Oregon to turn themselves over, Prowl reported on the situation and Magnus' claims that they need the Autobots back home to repair the damage done to Cybertron, but stopped short of advocating blind trust in Magnus or Shockwave. Instead, he suggested they keep an open mind, believing Magnus was still an Autobot at his core. Brothers' Burden Unbeknownst to them, Shockwave had ordered the deactivation of Optimus Prime and his Autobots, an order that outraged the "former" Autobots under his command. While Sandstorm took Prime through the Old Slave Trails to see Hot Rod's rebel team, those under Prowl were taken by Broadside to meet with the Autobots rebels Smokescreen was aligned with. Unfortunately, just as they arrived, Shockwave unleashed the Omega Sentinels on the Dinobots in Iacon, brushing aside rushing aside the trappings of peaceful coexistence and instituting marital law. Passive Aggression However, with Optimus Prime returned, the various sub-factions of Autobot rebels were unified under his inspirational command and launched an all-out attack on Iacon. Prowl was in Kup's team, and watched as the light from the Autobot Matrix of Leadership was unleashed from Shockwave's tower. Countdown to Extinction
Ultimately, the Autobots won the day and retook Cybertron from Shockwave and his Decepticons, and Prowl was placed in command of security of the planet. He and Ironhide watched as Autobot recruits were trounced again by training drones at the Autobase. Prowl knew these recruits were trying their best, but with the situation more volatile than ever, the Autobots needed more troops and had no choice but to accept whomever enlisted. However, he understood Ironhide's concerns that if these new Autobots didn't get themselves into gear, then they might as well not have an army at all. While checking in on Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, Prowl was alerted by the Protectobots that something may have trashed one of Shockwave's labs before blasting off. Black Sunshine Though the obviously more trustworthy Autobots were now in control, the population was still reluctant to support them. Prowl attempted to address their concerns in a public forum at Central Hall, expecting a structured, supportive crowd, but was overwhelmed by the barrage of questions from concerned citizens, much to Ironhide's amusement. Fortunately, Ultra Magnus managed to salvage the embarrassing situation by stepping in to answer the questions posed to Prowl. Later, at New Iacon's Alpha Preserve, Ironhide, Prowl and Kup knocked back Kremzeek-brand refreshment, reflecting on the changes in politics on Cybertron, and pondering if old relics like themselves were needed anymore. Skyfire
To take his mind off post-war politics, Prowl attempted to dig into the mystery of the energy signature detected at the Decepticon laboratory the Protectobots had investigated. He tried to understand why Shockwave was harvesting clones of both Autobots and Decepticons, why energy similar to Vector Sigma was detected there, and where Shockwave had uploaded the compressed contents of the supercomputer to. Just when the exhausted Prowl was on the cusp of realizing that this all led back to the missing clone, Ultra Magnus contacted him, reporting that he had notified the other Autobots for the meeting the next cycle, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, preparations for the Autobots to return to Earth would begin shortly. The Omega Effect The next cycle, as Prowl made his way to the meeting, Perceptor reported that the upload from Vector Sigma was intended to be downloaded into Shockwave's secret lab, but the network there was overloaded, and so it was downloaded into one of the clones in his lab, which would be far too much for any mortal Transformer. Prowl theorised for the being to remain relatively sane, it must have simplified the information it received, and that Shockwave became interested in Earth only after he began to decode data from Vector Sigma. Still, neither Prowl nor Perceptor had any idea what this all meant. Entering the meeting, Prowl reported that they had a problem and it was heading for Earth. Original Sin
Prowl reported his and Perceptor's findings on the clone and announced a return to Earth, to the agreement of Bluestreak, Hound and Trailbreaker, but to the anger of Gears, Mirage and Huffer. Prowl understood the reluctance to leave Cybertron so soon after returning for the first time in millions of years, but said that Cybertron was not currently in danger, but they had an obligation to their second home, Earth, and to their human friends. He asked for volunteers over Huffer's protests, but Ironhide commented that for all their complaints, the detractors knew Prowl was right. Atonement True to his word, Mirage, Huffer and Gears joined the Autobots going to Earth, though with obvious difficulty. Prowl comforted Huffer, expressing his appreciation in his fellow Autobot for joining him and bringing his invaluable skills on this mission. But at the last, Prowl too agreed that he would miss Cybertron. Lost and Found
Arriving on Earth, Prowl's team began building a new Autobot facility, far away from settlements so as to not endanger humanity should the Decepticons attack. Prowl welcomed Jazz's team to the future site of Autobot City. The Route of All Evil
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Among many of his fellow Autobots (and several Decepticons), Prowl was found dormant on the crashed Ark by the human terrorist organization Cobra and reprogrammed to serve them. He and Bluestreak were rebuilt to transform into Cobra Firebat jets in the process. When the Transformers were eventually freed from the humans' control, Prowl joined a team of Autobots that hunted down Cobra Commander, but failed to capture him as they were distracted by his S.N.A.K.E. guards. After taking out most of the mechs, the team witnessed Trailbreaker get decapitated by Storm Shadow, and descended upon the ninja in a fit of rage. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5 Prowl and Bluestreak were later seen fighting two Seekers in the sky when the SPS Satellite went out of control and sent energy beams raining down on Cobra Island. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6
A few years later, having returned to Cybertron, Prowl was part of a team of Autobots waiting for a chance to charge in and free Optimus Prime from Serpent O.R.'s clutches. The Art of War #4 With the Decepticon army defeated, Prowl was sent back to Earth as part of a team that worked to prevent Cybertronian technology from falling into the wrong hands. After a failed attempt to capture Destro while he was illegally selling S.N.A.K.E.s in Cuba, Prowl returned to the team's headquarters at the Arc II and discussed Optimus Prime's recent mission to Tibet with Firewall. The base then came under attack by the Pretender Monsters, and Prowl fought them alongside Eject. Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2 He was heavily injured during the battle, but soon received medical attention at the Pit and was set for a full recovery. Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2
Transformers/G.I. Joe
Prowl, along with several other Autobots, lay dormant on the Fera Islands for a long time until 1939, when G.I. Joe stumbled upon them whilst battling Cobra. Soon after awakening and being reformatted into a new form, Prowl told Optimus Prime not to trust the humans, as they had just opened fire on Iron Hide [sic] without provocation. In contrast, the other Autobots were happy to offer G.I. Joe help, though Prowl insisted that they needed more information before throwing themselves headlong into the humans' war. Transformed After the Autobots teamed up with the Joes anyway, Prowl mocked Duke for thinking a rope would be enough to pull Grimlock up from a crumbling cliff. Wolves
As the Autobots and Joes got closer to the Cobra Terrordrome, Optimus Prime started to regret interfering with the humans and their war, and contemplated withdrawing. Prowl agreed, pointing out that G.I. Joe could very well be the bad guys in the scenario, but Hound told him to shut up. Trenches Optimus Prime soon changed his mind, and Prowl participated in the attack on the Terrordrome. Along with all the other Transformers, he was killed when the life-giving Matrix of Leadership was destroyed. The Iron Fist
Transformers Legends anthology
When Optimus Prime accidentally killed a fellow Autobot, Prowl—who never liked the dead guy anyway—covered it up so the rest of the team wouldn't lose faith in their leader. He swore that if the accidental killing was ever discovered, he would take the blame. Parts
The Beast Within
After a brutal battle during which The Beast, a monstrous gestalt of unimaginable power, was released, Prowl’s butchered form lay smoldering in a mass grave of both Autobot and Decepticon corpses. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Prowl learned to appreciate rules and discipline during his formative years in Petrex, a strictly functionist town where saying anything bad about your alternate mode could get you thrown in jail. He eventually made it into the Iaconian Mechaforensic Division, where he became the partner of Tumbler and became caught up in complex series of events centred around a plot by the Senate to lobotomise members of the Decepticon movement. After a time spent working in Kaon, he attempted to desert when war broke out in earnest, but his ship was shot down and he was forced to take a full part in it, generating a jealous hatred of neutral Transformers thereafter.
Millions of years later, he was the Autobot unit commander on Earth, still focused on the rules, and had only become more frustrated with the tendency of the Autobots in general and Optimus specifically to lionise and listen to charismatic warriors and mavericks as time passed. Having covertly aided in the recovery of Kup, he took the chance to make some "improvements" during his rebuilding, which would ensure that the iconic elder could be controlled and made to act as a proxy for him. Prowl didn't want attention or glory, he only wanted to do his job, and he had absolutely no ethical qualms about ensuring that "when [Kup] speaks, you won't even see my lips move"...
After the Decepticon Surge and the counter-offensive that finally drove them from Earth, Prowl was forced to remain there at the insistence of Optimus Prime. Optimus believed they could not leave in good conscience while human society was still in disarray from their war and rogue Decepticons still wandered the planet. A spell as a beat cop car made him reassess matters, but the betrayal of Spike Witwicky reversed that and more. On their return to Cybertron, and the return of thousands of neutrals, or "NAILs" as he contemptuously dubbed them, a misjudged attempt to blackmail Chromedome led to the mnemosurgeon erasing his memory of the blackmail knowledge, and left his mind open to Bombshell's cerebro-shell, making him a Decepticon puppet and even the head of Devastator until Arcee killed the puppet-master, after which he was driven from Iacon along with the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons who would not renounce their factions.
Hearts of Steel
Prowl and the other Autobots fought the Decepticons on prehistoric Earth until an incoming ice age threatened to destroy them all. Both sides went into hiding underground, powering down until the threat had passed. When they were eventually awoken thanks to humans in the mid-19th century, Prowl and Ratchet decided it was best not to wake up Optimus Prime and get involved with humanity just yet. Hearts of Steel #1 Bumblebee disagreed and met with some humans, and from them he learned that the Decepticons had been awakened as well. Prowl and Ratchet, who seemingly led the Autobots in Prime's absence, then saw the need to ally with the humans and defeat their long-time enemies. Hearts of Steel #2
The Autobots took on new Earth modes, forming a train to pursue the Decepticons' Astrotrain as it headed towards New York. Hearts of Steel #3 They were briefly held back when the Decepticons collapsed a tunnel entrance on them, forcing Prowl and the others to stop and dig the rest of the train and their human allies out of the rubble. Once the Astrotrain was stopped and the Decepticons were defeated, the Autobots went back underground to continue fighting another day. Hearts of Steel #4
TransTech
Prowl was a member of the Axiom Nexus Security Administration. He, Prowl, and Prowl were part of the group investigating the discovery of Comet's body. Withered Hope
Robot Heroes
Prowl was Optimus's best friend for life! Both of them, along with the rest of their friends, traveled to Earth in search of energon. When the Decepticons turned up to start trouble, Prowl tackled Shockwave. The evil robots were defeated, though the Autobots decided to keep vigil over the Earth in case they ever returned. I Am Optimus Prime
Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga
Prowl was waiting on a roadside when a yellow car zoomed past. Prowl instantly pursued it and ordered the car to a halt. The car proved itself to be none other than Sunstreaker, who was protecting a boy from the Seekers that the child had spray painted. Prowl then bolted into action and drove off the Decepticon planes. Prowl warned the child about the Decepticons but Sunstreaker congratulated him for his work. Prowl was not amused. Henkei! Henkei! #5
Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-
BeCool shorts
- Voice actor: Takanori Yagi (Japanese)
Patrol Car (パトカー Patokā) was an energetic and new policeman in the city. The Self-Introduction Chapter Patrol Car was caught in a traffic jam with others, but it was resolved when Trailer made them transform into robot mode so they could walk past it. The Story of the Surprising and Big Traffic Jam! Footage of Patrol Car was used for questions in the Quiz! BeCool show. The Story of the BeCool Quiz!
Patrol Car worked with American Patrol Car in protecting the peace of the city. When Yellow Sports Car ran a red light, Patrol Car warned everybody to obey traffic laws, unaware that it was an accident caused by an errant banana peel left by Garbage Truck. The Story of Protecting the Signal! He was later witness to the filming of a movie that was interrupted by the local fire brigade, who thought it was a real emergency. The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!
Beast Wars: Uprising
Eject lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including Prowl, were long gone by the time Cybertron was controlled by the Builder Assembly. Broken Windshields
Q-Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Gō Inoue (Japanese)
Games
Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' Minicar troops from the Decepticons, Prowl could come to Optimus Prime's aid, offering alternate paths through the Decepticons' maze-like base. Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game
The Transformers (PS2)
Transformers G1: Awakening
Prowl was among the Autobots who left Cybertron aboard the Ark, and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly damaged Autobots, Prowl was stored in Metroplex until the Autobots could gather enough energon to revive him. He was eventually revived in time to take part in the final assault on the Decepticons' Cybertron fortress to free the many enslaved Autobots. Transformers G1: Awakening
Bot Shots Battle Game!
Prowl participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! Bot Shots Battle Game!
Transformers Legends
When the Decepticons seemed to be having a run of luck, Prowl and Blaster found this pattern so suspicious that they teamed up with Nightbeat to investigate. They eventually uncovered Soundwave's infiltration and sent the Decepticon and his tapes packing. Covert Operations Prowl later teamed up with Red Alert and Tracks to track down the Stunticons, who were committing crimes in the back alleys of human cities. The Thin Blue Line He was among the Autobots affected by Megatron's sabotage of the Autobot recharging chamber, and went on the Decpticon leader's orders to attack Rutter Military Base. He and the other Autobots were returned to normal by Sparkplug's attitude exchanger. Attack of the Autobots Prowl was talked into taking part in a charity race, during which the Constructicons fused everyone in their vehicle modes using the Transfixatron. The Autobots managed to keep the Decepticons at bay, even trapped as cars, until the process could be reversed. Autobot Run Prowl took part in the defense of Autobot City during the Decepticon assault. The Battle for Autobot City
Transformers: Battle Tactics
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Prowl (CW) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who appeared in the "Optimus Maximus Awakes!" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics
Transformers: Frontiers
Commercial appearances
Prowl has appeared in several television commercials. Those with original footage of Prowl include the following:
- He was featured in the very first Transformers animation, a commercial for issue #1 of Marvel's The Transformers comic book. He was seen hanging around with Jazz and Sideswipe on Cybertron, where all three transformed to robot mode and flew away into the air. Later on Earth, the same three bots drove out from a power plant to defend it from a Decepticon attack. The Transformers #1 commercial
- Prowl also appeared in a commercial advertising his own toy, alongside those of Sideswipe, Jazz, Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp. The three Autobots came under attack in the middle of a desert, and briefly scuffled with the three Seekers. Decepticon jets & Autobot cars commercial
- Footage from the previous two commercials was spliced in with new footage of Jazz, Sideswipe and Prowl charging into battle alongside Optimus Prime in a commercial advertising toys for both Optimus and Megatron. Optimus Prime and Megatron commercial
- Prowl, Jazz and Sideswipe were once more seen together, this time storming the Decepticon base. Unknown to them, the nearby inconspicuous micro-cassette recorder was the Decepticon communications officer, Soundwave! As soon as the Autobots stepped past him, Soundwave transformed and sic'ed Laserbeak on them. Soundwave commercial
- Prowl, Hound and Sunstreaker fled from a Decepticon attack, and hid behind a mountain concealing the Autobots' newest warrior, Jetfire! Jetfire and Shockwave commercial
- Much later, Prowl was with a band of Autobots who agreed to join Optimus Prime as he gave up transformation powers to become "more alive". Action Masters commercial
- Action Master-form Prowl battled Starscream aboard his Turbo Cycle on Cybertron. Action Master vehicles commercial
He also appeared on promotional videos online:
- Prowl planned on attending BotCon 2009 alongside his fellow Autobots. BotCon 2009!
- Prowl was standing idle inside the Autobots' base when Punch reported back to Optimus on what he had recently found out about the Decepticons. BotCon 2010 Promo
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Merchandise
Notes
- The Autobot faction symbol seems to be loosely based on Prowl's head.
- The Bluestreak/Prowl head design was used as the basis for the head of Natron, the Autobot Tyco Electric Racing Set car.
- Instead of having a normal gunshot death in The Transformers: The Movie, Prowl is shown having orange smoke coming from his mouth as he dies. Hardcore.
- A very Prowlish computer model was used for one of the generic Transformers in Beast Machines. It is seen as a corpse in a Vehicon factory in the episode "Revelations Part I: Discovery". A similar thing happens with Soundwave, too.
- Prowl is generally a stuffed shirt, but IDW let Nick Roche start to turn him into a methodically, ruthlessly practical planner who'd be engaged in... questionable things for the "greater good". This turned out to be a very popular take, and when IDW had Prowl become a more conventional Autobot later on, a large number of fans protested and wanted him to stay morally dodgy.[1] In an editorial boo-boo, Prowl would still be scheming at the same time he had explicitly turned nice. By the time of Infestation, Prowl's personality had returned to the amoral schemer, not only in the miniseries, but in the ongoing itself.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Prowl (プロール Purōru)
- Cantonese: Tsim Hang Shou (潛行獸)
- French: Cervo, Rôdeur (Canada Action Master, "Prowler")
- Hungarian: Portyázó ("Prowler")
- Italian: Pantera ("Panther")
- Mandarin: Phái-húai (Taiwan, 徘徊, "Prowl"), Jǐng Chē (China, 警車, "Police Car")
- Portuguese: Batedor (Portugal comic), Espreitador (Brazil comic)
- Russian: Syshchik (Сыщик, "Detective")
References
- Pages with image sizes containing extra px
- Character stubs missing fiction
- Character stubs missing video games
- Action Masters
- Alternators Autobots
- Autobot leaders
- Beast Wars Autobots
- Beast Wars Maximals
- Beast Wars: Uprising characters
- Classics Autobots
- Combiners
- Dimension hoppers
- Generation 1 Autobots
- Generation 2 Autobots
- Hall of Fame characters
- Henkei! Henkei! Autobots
- Law enforcement
- Maximal leaders
- Regeneration One Autobots
- Security officers
- Strategists
- The Headmasters Autobots
- TransTech Autobots
- Wings Universe Autobots
