Puzzler
- Puzzler is a Renegade combiner from the GoBots continuity family.
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Puzzler is the combined form of the GoBots:
- Zig Zag, the blue Nissan 300ZX
- Crossword, the orange Porsche 930T
- Pocket, the yellow Lamborghini Countach
- Rube, the black Mercedes 300SL
- Jigsaw, the Toyota Celica XX police car
- Tic Tac, the red Chevrolet Corvette
Fiction
Renegade Rhetoric
Puzzler was formed in response to the Guardians' use of the combiner, Courageous. Cy-Kill commandeered Earth vehicles—stylish Earth vehicles!—and modified them to be able to combine. They did well in battle until their control unit shorted out. Cy-Kill decided to use living machines next time. Renegade Rhetoric, 16/10/2015
Utilizing stolen sparks positronic energy matrices obtained in Axiom Nexus, Cy-Kill revived the Puzzler project with living machines. Puzzler menaced the Guardians several times, but was ultimately defeated each time by Guardian ingenuity. Renegade Rhetoric, 17/10/2015 Notably, Rube went rogue and teamed up with a human in a get-rich-quick scheme that predictably backfired. Renegade Rhetoric, 25/1/2016 Puzzler was ultimately defeated by the Guardians on Quartex. Renegade Rhetoric, 5/2/2016
Interest in the missing six sparks in Axiom Nexus, stoked by the ambitious Directorate-General Starscream to distract the population from other concerns, prompted the creation of the #savethesix movement. Rook vowed to discover their true identities. Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 3/3/2016
Ask Vector Prime
Vector Prime noted Puzzler to be a sparkless drone in Gargent 984.08 Alpha.
To be part of his Thirteen Great Demon Generals, Bio Ranger Iga collected Puzzler's components from Gargent 1184.10 Gamma and permanently fused them into Puzzler. While the individual components didn't take kindly to the process, Puzzler swore loyalty to Iga for his continued and unbroken existence. Ask Vector Prime, 27/6/2015
After Zero dumped the body of Megatron out of Astrotrain and declared himself leader of the combined Renegade / Decepticon forces, Tic Tac put forward Puzzler as an alternative candidate. Their combined form was neutralized by Dr. Go's shrink ray. They got over their dissappointment well enough to play horns at Zero's coronation. Later, Pocket and Jigsaw menaced Nick and A.J., but were thwarted by the ability of the humans' exosuits to transform. Echoes and Fragments
Timelines
Road Ranger confused Tracks for Tic-Tac (though he had trouble remembering the Renegade's name). High Noon
Notes
- Puzzler's story as recounted by Cy-Kill was originally told in the Challenge of the GoBots episode, "Auto-Madic".
