Overload (RID)
| The name or term "Overload" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Overload (disambiguation). |
- Overload is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Raise the curtain and let Overload take center stage—the most daring, dashing Decepticon saboteur and spy Cybertron has ever known. No mere bit player is he; this roguish thespian combines his natural strength and impenetrable armor plating with the quick wit and charisma befitting a lead player. If Overload has any weakness, it's perhaps that his own vanity overrides his better tactical judgment, particularly when it comes to that utter plebeian Optimus Prime.
Fiction
2015 Robots in Disguise shorts
Once, Overload shot a Cyclone at a young Slipstream, which stole his first ball bearing, causing him to go live a life a crime. The Tragedy of Slipstream When the Alchemor crashed on Earth, his stasis pod was lost. The Power of Dibs
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
- Voice actor: Dave Fennoy (English), Giorgio Bonino (Italian)
During the war on Cybertron, Overload was the top spy for the Decepticons and his work resulted in the destruction of a number of Autobot installations. Eventually, Optimus Prime found Overload out and stopped him. He was placed in stasis and eventually stored aboard the Alchemor. Overloaded, Part 1
While Optimus Prime was training in the Realm of the Primes, Micronus created an illusionary Decepticon resembling Overload to test him. The robot, physically identical to Overload save for his lack of a head, deployed his Mini-Cons to terminate a group of humans who had made their way into the Realm of the Primes. The robot spent most of his time just standing around while his Mini-Cons did most of the dirty work. Overload and the Mini-Cons were ultimately defeated when Optimus climbed a hill to activate his Prime Decepticon Hunter and it turned out the Decepticons and humans were mere illusions. Out of Focus
After reviving from stasis, Overload sensed Optimus Prime and went looking for his old foe. Arriving in the scrapyard, he found only Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock. He dealt with them and opted to head for Crown City, reasoning he could draw out Prime by threatening humans, and on the way teamed up with the Cyclone Mini-Cons. Overloaded, Part 1 Overload found a human vehicle which he began smashing as a warm up to the main show, until Bumblebee found him. Though Overload proved more than a match for the Autobot, Bumblebee managed to turn the two Mini-Cons on him, and render him unconscious with a punch. Overload was carted back to the scrapyard to get stored away. Overloaded, Part 2
After Steeljaw broke into the scrapyard, he deactivated Overload's stasis pod, alongside several others, as part of a bid to bolster Glowstrike's forces. When Thunderhoof brought up Steeljaw's past failures at leadership, Steeljaw informed the Decepticons of his alliance with Glowstrike, and gave them coordinates to follow while he remained at the scrapyard. The escapees later reconvened at Steeljaw's coordinates, where they were inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "elite warriors". Misdirection
Overload gathered with Steeljaw's other remaining followers on the roof of the Island, where Steeljaw updated them on his plans to overthrow Glowstike, until she and Saberhorn arrived to talk with Steeljaw alone. Portals
 Plot details for Decepticon Island (Part 1) follow. |
Overload was present after the Autobots staged a raid on the Decepticon base. Decepticon Island (Part 1)
Plot details for Decepticon Island (Part 2) follow. |
Overload was guarding a captured Windblade (Much to his chagrin as he wanted to fight Optimus or at least Bumblebee), when Ratchet and Drift came to rescue her. He was able to subdue them, but Slipstream and Jetstorm manage to free Windblade and they took him down together. Overload was presumably re-frozen after the Autobots detonated a stasis bomb in the ship's ventilation system, along with the other Decepticons. Decepticon Island (Part 2)
Games
Transformers: Robots in Disguise mobile game
Toys
Robots in Disguise (2015)
- Overload & Backtrack (Deployer, 2016)
- Japanese ID Number: TAV46
- Part of the second assortment of Deployers, Overload transforms into a Cybertronian tank. In this mode, the front clamp between his treads can be loaded with any Cyclone-style Mini-Con —such as his pack-in partner Backtrack— and launched by pushing the trigger on Overoad's gunbarrel. (You can wedge (ha) Torpedo-style Mini-Cons into this launcher, but they don't hold very well.) This launcher will not work if the small "safety" on his tank mode underside is not pushed in, either by setting him on a flat surface or by doing so manually. This launcher is also inoperable in robot mode, though at least you can still store a Cyclone in it. His tank barrel has tabs to mount Backtrack's blaster accessories.
- His shoulders have an undocumented feature, small tabs that allow you to attach Mini-Cons to then via the armor-sprue attachment points. Obviously Cyclones fit best, but Torpedos can attach as well, albeit slightly awkwardly. Buzzsaws have ridges that prevent them from attaching securely, however.
- Overload also has a battle mask, which is both intended to cover his face in vehicle mode and also homage the rectangle-eye of the illusionary Decepticon warrior from "Out of Focus".
- His Robots in Disguise mobile game scan-badge is located on his right forearm, impossible to scan while still in-box.
Notes
- Overload's appearance in "The Power of Dibs" depicts him as having the same headless design as the illusionary Decepticon in "Out of Focus", which is ironic considering his love for his own face. It also seems to suggest he shared the same stasis pod with the Cyclone Mini-Cons, despite them apparently meeting each other for the first time later in the cartoon.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Overload (オーバーロード Ōbārōdo)
