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Gregarious would be a good word to describe Swerve. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll probably get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good bartender.
He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's so easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and minor. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.
Now if only Prime could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...
| “ | People don't like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference. | ” |
—Swerve, "Cybertronian Homesick Blues" | ||
vThis Day in History: September 1
- 1952 — Rodolfo Bianchi (Italian voice of Age of Extinction Lockdown) is born.
- 1954 — Musician Ric Formosa is born.
- 1960 — Akio Kato (Japanese voice of Bumblebee) is born.
- 1961 — Heikki Kujanpää (Finnish voice of Starscream) is born.
- 1962 — Writer Scott Ciencin is born.
- 1965 — Viktor Pavel (German voice of Optimus Prime and Thrash in Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition) is born
- 1967 — Daniel Abundis (Mexican voice of Beast Machines Rattrap) is born.
- 1968 — Atsuko Yuya (Japanese voice of Arcee in The Rebirth) is born.
- 1969 — Patrick Giese (German voice of Ironhide in Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
- 1970 — Akimitsu Takase (Japanese voice of Hot Rod and more) is born.
- 1971 — Dave Wittenberg (voice of Mirage in Dark of the Moon: The Game and Wildbreak in Robots in Disguise) is born.
- 1975 — Kunihiro Kawamoto (voice of Robotmasters Starscream and Japanese voice of Ron) is born.
- 1981 — Michael Adamthwaite (voice of Lugnutz) is born.
- 1983 — Japanese channel TV Aichi begins its first broadcast.
- 1988 — Canadian channel YTV begins its first broadcast.
- 1990 — Art director Luca Centofanti is born.
- 1991 — The Victory episode "Battle on the Planet Miclot" premieres in Malaysia.
- 1993 — Teppei Uenishi (voice of Lightlong) is born.
- 1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "Unicron's Ambition" premieres in Japan.
- 1999 — Humber Mirabal (Venezuelan voice of all the male characters in Transformers One: New Adventures) is born.
- 2003 — Transformers: Armada Official Guidebook is published in the US by Reader's Digest.
- 2003 — The Transformers Armada Annual 2004 is published in the UK by Pedigree Books.
- 2004 — The "Black Rodimus Convoy" exclusive mail-away offer begins through TV Magazine in Japan.
- 2004 — Transformers Energon #27 is released by Dreamwave Productions.
- 2007 — Takara releases Masterpiece MP-6 Skywarp.
- 2008 — Transformers Animated Annual 2009 is published in the UK by HarperCollins.
- 2008 — Manfred Schmidt (German voice of Sky Lynx, Metroplex and others) dies.
- 2008 — The Animated episode "Transform and Roll Out Part 3" premieres in France.
- 2009 — The Transformers—More than Meets the Eye is released on DVD in the US by Shout! Factory.
- 2010 — The Last Stand of the Wreckers TPB is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2010 — Gino Donato (Italian voice of Megatron) dies at age 83.
- 2011 — The Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012 is released in the UK by HarperCollins
- 2012 — The Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime episode "Forbidden Transformation!? Ratchet's Strongest Legend?" premieres in Japan.
- 2014 — Antônio Patiño (Brazilian voice of Jazz, Cyclonus, Autobot X and more) passes away at age 84.
- 2015 — The Robots in Disguise book Drift's Samurai Showdown hits bookstores.
- 2015 — Transformers: Robots in Disguise Volume 1 Collect 'em All is released on DVD in Australia by Beyond Home Entertainment. Beyond also releases Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Complete Season One on DVD in Australia as an exclusive to home electronics retailer JB HiFi.
- 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Out of Focus" premieres in Brazil.
- 2018 — Transformers: Cyberverse makes its television premiere on Cartoon Network with the episode "Fractured".
- 2019 — The Siege Refraktor Reconnaissance Team 3-Pack ships from Hasbro Pulse.
- 2019 — The Cyberverse episodes "Parley" and "Starscream's Children" premiere in Australia and New Zealand.
- 2021 — Transformers #34 and King Grimlock #2 are released by IDW Publishing.
- 2022 — Transformers Beyond Reality is released for PlayStation VR.
- 2023 — The Transformers: EarthSpark episode "Bear Necessities" premieres in Canada on YTV.
- 2024 — The EarthSpark episode "Gather! Autobots!" premieres in Japan.
vSchedule
- May 20 — G.I. Joe #22 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 27 — Void Rivals #30 and Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 30 — TakaraTomy releases Age of the Primes AOTP-32 Maximal Big Convoy, AOTP-33 Razorclaw, Studio Series TS-19 Bumblebee, TS-20 Orion Pax, TS-21 Wheeljack (Que), and TS-22 Alpha Trion.
- Jun 3 — Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #1 and G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 10 — M.A.S.K. #1 and Transformers #33 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 17 — G.I. Joe #23 and Transformers: Worst Bot Ever — Bot Swap! are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 24 — Void Rivals #31 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 1 — M.A.S.K. #2 and Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #2 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 8 — Transformers #34 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 15 — G.I. Joe #24 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 22 — Void Rivals #32 and Void Rivals Volume 5: Quintesson War TPB are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 12 — Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Edition HC is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 19 — G.I. Joe #25 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Sep 30 — G.I. Joe Volume 4: The Hunt for Energon TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Nov 11 — The Transformers UK Compendium Volume 2 TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Dec 9 — Transformers Volume 6: Decepticons Attack! TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
vHoly Grails
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- Information on the Transformers presentation at Vancouver's Expo '86
- Optimus vs. Malignus cardart
- Kiss Players radio drama episodes #38-51
- Photos of the Hot Rod Go-Cart prize from the 1986 "Decipher the Decepticon" contest
- Japanese Transformers Telephone audio adventures
- The art for "The Love Bug"
- The clip shows added in Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- The identity of the unknown Generation 1 animation studios
- Whoever made Invasion Galactica
- Recordings or summaries of the Primeval Dawn II motion comic, screened at Wizard World Chicago in July 2002 and never again
- Any of the other lost media
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