Quillfire (RID)
- Quillfire is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Quillfire is a Decepticon anarchist who took Megatron's call for social upheaval and ran with it. Considering himself the leader of his self-styled "revolution", Quillfire lashes out at anyone and anything he considers "authority", no matter how minor their control may be. Not terribly bright, he's loud, brash, and theatrical, inscribing his personal insignia on institutions that he's "liberated". He's full of bravado up until it looks like things are getting hairy, at which point he's ready to turn and run.
Which is when he's the most dangerous, actually. His primary weapon is a spray of quills fired from his back, usually as he's hoofing it away from the authorties. Aside from being sharp enough to pierce a Cybertronian's armor, his quills contain a toxin that has an unpredictable effect on his victim's nervous system. The effects are temporary, as the bot will revert to normal once the toxin's run its course, but this can last up to a few days.
Fiction
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
- Voice actor: Andy Milder (English), Daisuke Kishio (Japanese), Gabriele Marchingiglio (Italian)
Quillfire was among the Decepticons imprisoned aboard the prison ship Alchemor, and was freed when the ship crashed on Earth. The Autobots eventually detected his signal and made a bid to recapture him, however he led them on a chase through a carpark into a warehouse area, and succeeded in escaping after he nailed Bumblebee with a quill. He found his way to a carnival where he spotted a number of captive elephants and set about liberating them from their oppressors. When the Autobots again turned up, Quillfire used one of his signatures to lure Strongarm and Grimlock onto a carnival ride, trapping them on it. He then sought a hiding place and entered a tent, only to find the floor was covered in bouncy material. Bumblebee, regressed to an immature state by his toxin, began causing him to bounce, and when Quillfire attempted to hit Bumblebee with more quills, the bouncing instead resulted in him being hit himself. Quillfire passed out and was subsequently captured. Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!
Quillfire was accidentally freed when Jetstorm's escape pod crash-landed in the Autobot's scrapyard and damaged his stasis pod. Intending to spark a jailbreak and overthrow the Autobot oppressors, Quillfire managed to reactivate Springload, who immediately re-embarked on his quixotic quest for Doradus. Quillfire won over the other Decepticon by pretending to be in touch with the "spirits", and persuaded Springload to come along with him. The duo managed to break into a human military base and commandeer an experimental tank; Quillfire assured his increasingly skeptical partner that the human contraption would carry them to Doradus. When the Autobots intervened, Quillfire and Springload were forced to fight against the far more agile Jetstorm and Slipstream. Springload wound up accidentally kicking Quillfire, who accused his partner of harming the leader of the revolution. Springload finally snapped and attacked him, and the two Decepticons began fighting, destroying the tank. Both of them tried to escape and were summarily recaptured. One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing
After Steeljaw and his gang broke into the scrapyard, Quillfire's stasis pod was deactivated. He was quickly re-frozen by the Autobots before he could escape. Lockout
When Steeljaw broke into the scrapyard a second time, he successfully deactivated Quillfire'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 was inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "elite warriors". Misdirection
Teamed with the Mini-Cons Back and Forth, Quillfire was sent to Crown City to obtain supplies and proceeded to leave his insignia everywhere. Bumblebee and Strongarm found him raiding an auto parts store, but after a brief chase, he was able to take them out with his quills, knocking them unconscious and trapping them in their vehicle modes. He continued raiding stores, only to be found by Grimlock disguised as a crane, only for the Dinobot to promptly fall over. He was forced to withdraw when the other Autobots arrived, but headed for a nearby truck stop to continue his scavenging. The Autobots caught up with him and though he was able to evade Bumblebee and Strongarm, Grimlock's crane hook snagged him and he was later carted back to the scrapyard on Strongarm's trailer. Impounded
Games
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Robots in Disguise (mobile game)
Toys
Robots in Disguise
(Hasbro version pictured)
- Quillfire (One-Step Changer, 2015)
- Part of the eighth wave of Robots in Disguise One-Step Changers, Quillfire transforms from robot to humvee with feet sticking out of the trunk. His transformation entails folding his undercarriage. He features articulation at his shoulders and is constantly looking downward.
- Quillfire (Warrior Class, 2016)
- Part of the sixth wave of Warrior Class figures, Quillfire transforms into a type of Off-Road vehicle. He includes a small non-firing blaster weapon which has his personal insignia molded into it, as well as a single quill which he can either hold in his hand or plug into his back with a solid-molded array of quills.
- His scannable Deceptcion insignia is centered on his chestplate. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package. His secondary stock photos erroneously depicts him having an Autobot scan badge.
- The TakaraTomy version of the figure features a more show-accurate color scheme and numerous more paint applications—including a tampograph of his personal insignia on his hood. However, despite having a show-accurate paint scheme, Takara's Quillfire had gold eyebrows/jawline and the brown thighs/arms, as opposed to his cartoon counterpart's gray.
- This mold was also used to make Scatterspike.
Merchandise
Tiny Titans
- Quillfire (Tiny Titans, 2015)
- Series: 2
- Number: 8/12
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Quillfire (クイルファイヤー Kuirufaiyā)
- Mandarin: Huǒ Yǔ (火羽, "Fire Feather")
