Scamper
- Scamper is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Scamper is part of the composite whole that is the Autobot city, Metroplex. Although autonomous in his own right, with an impulsive and sociable personality, Scamper is an extension of Metroplex, and commonly patrols the peripheries of the giant Autobot's city form in his sports car mode alongside Slammer.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Voice actor: Dan Gilvezan (US), Masahi Ebara (Japan)
Scamper would occasionally be seen when Metroplex was viewed from afar, in a wildly out-of-scale car mode berthed in the garage on the left-hand side of the city. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5Ghost in the Machine. He made his first prominent appearance while helping Six-Gun interrogate Autobots with dinosaur alternate modes over the theft of famous monuments worldwide. Thief in the Night
When the Decepticons attacked Metroplex with a sonic weapon from the planet Eurythma, Scamper, in his only robot-mode appearance, sounded the alarm and eagerly returned fire on the villains, but was struck down by the devastating harmonics along with Metroplex. Carnage in C-Minor
In his final appearance, Scamper and Slammer discovered Swindle stealing Metroplex's transformation cog, and reacted with disbelief at the possibility of an invader. Demanding identification and an explanation from the Combaticon, Scamper found himself sent sprawling when Swindle blew up the ramp he was traveling on and made good his escape. The Ultimate Weapon
(Note: Some additional animation of Scamper and Slammer driving through Metroplex can be seen in the "historical trailer" for the Autobot city at the conclusion of The Quintesson Journal. This animation is unique amongst that used in these trailers as it does not appear anywhere else in the series.)
Trivia
- In the Marvel UK comics Letters Page, Grimlock noted that he didn't consider robots like Scamper, Slammer and Six-Gun (who are extensions of Metroplex's personality) to 'count' as separate beings. Bear in mind: Grimlock is an insensitive asshole.
Toys
Generation 1
- Metroplex (1986)
- Available only with Metroplex, Scamper transforms from a six-wheeled Cybertronic sports car to robot; he is entirely black, with absolutely no paint applications in either mode, and only an Autobot sticker on his chest for color. The two electro-blaster guns mounted on his roof are removed for transformation and inserted into his shoulders to form his arms, and the robot has its own, small particle beam pistol weapon. Scamper interacts with Metroplex in the same way as other Mini Vehicles, fitting into his various parking spots, although ironically not the one that the cartoon showed him sitting in. Usually, the figure is kept in the garage in the larger robot's chest, from which he can be deployed and sent rolling down a ramp to ground level with the push of a lever.
- The same mold was used for Metrodash.
