Renegade
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- The Renegades are a faction from the GoBots continuity family.
A terrorist organization on the then-organic world of Gobotron, the Renegades thwarted the peacekeeping efforts of the Guardians, the primary law enforcement on the planet. Under the machinations of the Master Renegade, these insurgent cells eventually committed the act of sabotage that resulted in a meteor rendering Gobotron uninhabitable to organic life.
Long after the population had been converted into cyborg chassis called GoBots to protect their organic brains, and after the original conflict and organic origins of Gobotron had passed into myth, the Guardian Cy-Kill would seek to rule Gobotron. Defecting from the Guardians to lead a reconstituted force of Renegades, war swept over the world once again.
Members
| Name | Alternate mode | Profile | Other notes | External links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cy-Kill | Motorcycle | Exceptionally theatrical leader of the Renegades. He was formerly a Guardian who rebelled and took leadership of the scattered Renegade terrorist faction when his comrade Leader-1 was promoted over him. After being stranded in Axiom Nexus, he briefly served as a guest host to replace Vector Prime when he was absent; his column, "Renegade Rhetoric", proved very popular with audiences in the Quadwal cluster, and when he returned to his home dimension to continue his war against the Guardians, he continued to provide summaries of his plans for his interdimensional audience. | Cy-Kill has inspired a legion of imitators, almost all of whom have a habit of immediately dying horribly. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Crasher | Porsche 959 | One of Cy-Kill's most trusted lieutenants, a cackling Renegade madwoman able to send energy crackling through the ground with her powerful seismic stomps, and is rivals with the Guardian speedster Turbo, but Cy-Kill thinks her obsession with him borders on the unhealthy. After Cy-Kill returned from Axiom Nexus, she and Cop-Tur hacked its airwaves to publicly reveal the final members of the Convoy. | Crasher was the inspiration for Fracture. Vector Prime believed that at some point, a version of Crasher from a GoBots reality was displaced to a Tyran stream and actually became Fracture. It was also implied that she wound up in the Animated universe. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Cop-Tur | Helicopter | Cy-Kill's top hench-thug, not known for his smarts. After Cy-Kill returned from Axiom Nexus, he and Crasher hacked its airwaves to publicly reveal the final members of the Convoy. | Cop-Tur was the inspiration for the Timelines character of the same name. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Fitor | GoBotic space fighter | Cy-Kill's loyal second-in-command, who defected from the Guardians at the same time as he did. One of the best aerial fighters among the GoBots. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| A-10 Thunderbolt | A cocky, sarcastic thug with a penchant for violence, the young Bad Boy is purportedly one of Cy-Kill's most loyal Renegades — that is, until something better comes his way. He occasionally acts as a saboteur and spy, and was one of a team of GoBots sent across the dimensions to investigate the origins of a mysterious Cataclysm that threatened to destroy their universe. | One the "G1 GoBots" released by TakaraTomy. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Blades | Mil Mi-24 'Hind' helicopter gunship | A stoic, fatalistic Renegade. He once cosplayed as Inuyasha to help Cy-Kill infiltrate a science fiction convention. | Toy was released under the name "Night Fright." "Renegade Rhetoric" retroactively justified this discontinuity by having Cy-Kill note that Blades would have to change his name after Bladez joined the Renegades. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Block Head | Cement Mixer | About as bright as his name suggests. His unquestioning willingness to follow orders and his ability to take a hit make him valuable to Cy-Kill. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Breez | Twin-blade helicopter | Anger management issues. Member of the Instigation Mini-Con Team, a trio of Aurex Cluster Mini-Cons encountered by Cy-Kill during his time in Axiom Nexus. Tired of being treated like second-class citizens by the larger Transformers, they decided to become Renegades and returned to Cy-Kill's home dimension with him when he departed. | Originally a fast-food promotional toy available at Wendy's. He did not appear in the GoBots cartoon, and his new origin was created for "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy review |
| Bug Bite | Volkswagen Beetle | Bug Bite was once a member of a "lost" group of GoBots that dwelled beneath Gobotron's surface, but joined up with Cy-Kill when his leader Gunnyr was deposed. The brilliant but amoral Bug Bite was one of a team of GoBots sent across the dimensions to investigate the origins of a mysterious Cataclysm that threatened to destroy their universe, but once free of his faction leader's supervision, he made a power play and tried mind-controlling Decepticons to overthrow the local Megatron. | One the "G1 GoBots" released by TakaraTomy. Later had a BotCon exclusive figure. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| BuggyMan | Dune buggy | Cy-Kill considers him a competent officer with good judgement and an appropriate level of initiative. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Chaos | Grumman X-29 experimental aircraft and launching platform | One of the Dread Launchers, able to split into two alternate forms simultaneously. They infiltrated the Guardian Academy to capture Zeemon, but were found out by their Guardian opposite numbers, the Secret Riders. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Crain Brain | Unic K-200B crane | Often partnered with Vain Train, because of course he is. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Decker Decker | Mitsubishi Fuso Aero King double-decker bus | Part of a Guardian expedition that left Gobotron in the distant past, Decker Decker resented his ship's captain Hi-Way. Upon their return to Gobotron in the present day, Cy-Kill used mind-control to exacerbate Hi-Way's worst qualities, thereby convincing Decker Decker to join the Renegades. | Decker Decker is an original character created for "Renegade Rhetoric", based on a Machine Robo toy that never made it into the GoBots toyline. | Toy review |
| Destroyer | Leopard 2A4 tank | An unimaginative but persistent and dependable Renegade. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Doctor Go | Porsche 928S | The Renegades' resident mad scientist. Also known as "Herr Fiend." | "Herr Fiend" was the name of his toy; "Doctor Go" was the name he was given in the GoBots cartoon. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| The Evil One | Unknown | An ancient GoBot who once nearly destroyed Gobotron with the Dark Heart. Wound up trapped beneath the Nazca Lines on Earth. | An original character created for the GoBots cartoon. "Ask Vector Prime" retconned him into being a Gargent Cluster incarnation of The Fallen. | |
| Fly Trap | Garbage truck | A smelly Rengade who Cy-Kill considers a good example of how varied GoBot alternate modes are in comparison to Transformers. While controlling a Power Suit, he forms part of the Renegade Combiner Grungy. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Geeper Creeper | Jeep | He's got an awesome name! | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Gunnyr | MiG-21 "Fishbed" fighter | Once "Lord High GoBot" of Level 17, an area deep within Gobotron. Imprisoned after being overthrown by the Guardians, he was recruited by Cy-Kill to replace the traitorous Zero, along with his underling Bug Bite. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Gong | Watch | A time-and-space travelling Renegade who is arch-rivals with the Guardian Tic Toc and has battled Vector Prime multiple times. His power to transcend dimensions allowed him to rescue Cy-Kill from his exile in Axiom Nexus. He and Sideways once had some fun by mashing the events of The Transformers: The Movie with the GoBots. | Though he had a toy, Gong did not appear in the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon. He appears only in stories from "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy |
| Loco | JNR D-51 train | One of the short-term turncoats who join with the Master Renegade to form Grungy. Fond of Westerns. Once battle the Guardians for control of the Fountain of Youth. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Pow-Wow | Camper | Utterly fearless member of the Instigation Mini-Con Team, a trio of Aurex Cluster Mini-Cons encountered by Cy-Kill during his time in Axiom Nexus. Tired of being treated like second-class citizens by the larger Transformers, they decided to become Renegades and returned to Cy-Kill's home dimension with him when he departed. | Originally a fast-food promotional toy available at Wendy's. He did not appear in the GoBots cartoon, and his new origin was created for "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy review |
| Psycho | GoBotic "Psychoroid" car | Given his name, it's no surprise this GoBot wound up a Renegade. Quite technically talented, and not a bad actor either. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Puzzler | n/a | A combiner formed by the merging of the lifeless drones 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, and Tic Tac the red Chevrolet Corvette. | In the alternate reality of Gargent 1184.10 Gamma, his components were living GoBots who were fused together permanently by Bio Ranger Iga so Puzzler could serve as one of his Thirteen Great Demon Generals. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Re-Volt | Mechanical hawk and launching platform | One of the Dread Launchers, able to split into two alternate forms simultaneously. They infiltrated the Guardian Academy to capture Zeemon, but were found out by their Guardian opposite numbers, the Secret Riders. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Screw Head | GoBotic drill tank | One of the traitors who helped the Master Renegade form Grungy. Once uncovered an underground race of mole people while drilling. As you do. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Slicks | Renault RE30 F1 car | Opportunist | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Sky-Jack | F-15 Tomcat jet fighter | Also called "Spike" in the GoBots cartoon. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Snoop | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird | Super-sneaky Renegade who once operated undercover within the Guardian ranks. She is so quiet that she can convert from one mode to another without making a sound. | Snoop appeared in the GoBots cartoon despite her toy not being released in the United States. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Spoiler | Lamborghini Countach 500LPS | Boundlessly enthusiastic. He and Stallion raced alongside Crasher in the Alienapolis Five Million, and he was one of four Renegades who temporarily turned against Cy-Kill to form the combiner Grungry with the Master Renegade. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Spoons | Forklift truck | Another of Cy-Kill's shining examples of the fact that GoBots have more variance of alternate mode than Transformers. | Spoons was the inspiration for Deadlift. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Stallion | Ford Mustang | Has a fiercely independent streak, even by Renegade standardsm. Often partnered with Stinger by Cy-Kill, due to the healthy rivalry between the two. He raced alongside Crasher and Spoiler in the Alienapolis Five Million. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Steamer | Steam roller | A Renegade who abandoned the cause due to what Cy-Kill termed a "weakness of spirit". | Steamer was a rare example of an original GoBot character created for the GoBots cartoon, who didn't have a toy. | Cartoon profile |
| Stretch | TUX model mega-limo/Rolls-Royce Phantom VI | Originally a Decepticon from the Malgus cluster, Stretch was a TUX model mega-limo belonging to Porter C. Powell who was brought to life by an AllSpark fragment. Vain and status-obsessed, Stretch nearly bankrupted Powell until his former owner called upon rival Isaac Sumdac to use a space bridge to banish him across the dimensions. Arriving in the Gargent cluster, Stretch was recruited to the Renegades by Loco. | "Tux" was the name his toy was released under; he was named "Stretch" in the GoBots cartoon. Animated featured a limousine based on his toy, which was brought to life in The AllSpark Almanac and sent into the GoBots dimension to actually become the GoBots character. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Stinger | Chevrolet Stingray | A thug oftn partnered with Stallion due to the healthy rivalry between the pair. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Tank | GoBotic Pulverizer Mark VII tank | Slow, but with almost impenetrable armor and incredible firepower. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Traitor | Mechanical fly and launching platform | One of the Dread Launchers, able to split into two alternate forms simultaneously. They Infiltrated the Guardian Academy to capture Zeemon, but were found out by their Guardian opposite numbers, the Secret Riders. | Cartoon profile | |
| Twin Spin | Boeing CH-46 Sea Knight tandem rotor helicopter. | Cartoon profile Toy review | ||
| Vain Train | 200 Series Shinkansen | Vain Train was part of a Guardian expedition that left Gobotron in the distant past. When they returned to Gobotron in the present day, Cy-Kill mind-controlled Vain Train's brother Bullet and aggravated Vain Train enough that he abandoned the Guardians and sided with the Renegades. | Like Decker Decker, Vain Train is an original character created for "Renegade Rhetoric", based on a Machine Robo toy that never made it into the GoBots toyline. | Toy review |
| Warpath | AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship | Belligerent former Decepticon encountered by Cy-Kill during his time in Axiom Nexus, who he recruited to the Renegade side and brought with him when he returned to his home dimension. | Though he had a toy on shelves while the show was on air, Warpath did not appear in the GoBots cartoon. His new origin was created for "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy review |
| Water Walk | Cessna sea plane | Cartoon profile Toy review | ||
| Zero | Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen | A powerful Renegade who clashed with Cy-Kill back when the murderous motorcycle was still a Guardian. Years later, when Cy-Kill had taken leadership of the Renegades, Zero, jealous of his authority, staged an attempted coup with the help of a few other disgruntled Renegades. The coup failed, and while his followers returned to Cy-Kill's side, Zero was forced into hiding. He later ran into the Master Renegade and the pair teamed up to conquer Gobotron with a matter-eating super-algae. Fighting between the pair led the Master Renegade to betray Zero, and his schemes were undone. | Zero's treachery was the subject of only one episode of the GoBots cartoon, but it was a memorable enough tale that it set the tone for his return appearances in "Renegade Rhetoric." An Animated incarnation of Zero also exists who may or may not be the GoBot, displaced from his home reality. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
The Monster GoBots are (mostly) creations of the Master Renegade. They are loosely aligned with the Renegades and often come from Antares III. In an Amalgam reality, most took the place of Quintesson minions. Many of them seem to have found their way to the Beast Wars: Uprising universe. Trust them at your peril.
| Name | Alternate mode | Profile | Other notes | External links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bladez | Winged crab-vehicle | An agent provocateur who infiltrated the Guardian Council and nearly caused the downfall of both the Guardians and Renegades. | Bladez was a GoBots toy that was released too late to appear in the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon. He appears only in stories from "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy review |
| Bugsie | Monstrous wheeled vehicle | Active during the early conflict between the Guardians and Renegades but abandoned the war after Cy-Kill took command, and set out to find their lost creator. | Appeared only briefly in the GoBots cartoon and film. "Renegade Rhetoric" created a retroactive explanation for the cartoon's erroneous depiction of him as an early Renegade. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Creepy | Monstrous crab-vehicle | Creepy was created by the Master Renegade to guard his hideout on Antares III. Eventually fled his home reality for Primax 209.0 Gamma when the Cataclysm threatened its destruction.| | Only appeared in one episode of the GoBots cartoon; implied to be the same Creepy as the one who appeared in Beast Wars: Uprising. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Hornet | Monstrous "flying tank" | Active during the early conflict between the Guardians and Renegades but abandoned the war after Cy-Kill took command, and set out to find their lost creator. | Appeared only briefly in the GoBots cartoon and film. "Renegade Rhetoric" created a retroactive explanation for the cartoon's erroneous depiction of him as an early Renegade. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Klaws | Monstrous hovercraft | Active during the early conflict between the Guardians and Renegades but abandoned the war after Cy-Kill took command, and set out to find their lost creator. | Appeared only briefly in the GoBots cartoon and film. "Renegade Rhetoric" created a retroactive explanation for the cartoon's erroneous depiction of him as an early Renegade. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
| Monsterous | n/a | A combiner formed from Fangs, Gore Jaw, Heart Attack, South Claw, Weird Wing, and leader Fright Face, who all have monstrous create alternate modes. Originally a team of Uniend Cluster Predacons who became stranded in Axiom Nexus, they made a name for themselves as ruffians in the lawless Heap. Encountering Cy-Kill, Clutch, and Warpath, they briefly did battle, until Cy-Kill proposed an alternative: he would battle their leader, and the winner would submit themselves to the loser. Cy-Kill triumphed, and the gang all joined him as Renegades, proving such faithful adherents that Cy-Kill gave them the ability to combine into Monsterous, and they returned with him to his home reality. In the Amalgam reality, Hot Rod rescued Kup from his grasp under the ammonia seas of Antares III. | Monsterous's toy released too late to appear in the GoBots cartoon. His new origin was created for "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy review |
| Odd Ball | Monster jet | Unpredictable member of the Instigation Mini-Con Team, a trio of Aurex Cluster Mini-Cons encountered by Cy-Kill during his time in Axiom Nexus. Tired of being treated like second-class citizens by the larger Transformers, they decided to become Renegades and returned to Cy-Kill's home dimension with him when he departed. Has fallen in with the Monster GoBots due to his alt mode. In the Amalgam reality, he menaced Hot Rod under the ammonia seas of Antares III. | Originally a fast-food promotional toy available at Wendy's. He did not appear in the GoBots cartoon, and his new origin was created for "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy review |
| Pincher | Monstrous flying vehicle | Created by Doctor Go to serve as an ambassador who would bring Scorp and Vamp over to the Renegade side. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Scorp | Scorpion-tank | Created by the Master Renegade to guard his resting place on Antares III alongside Vamp. | Cartoon profile Toy review | |
| Vamp | Monstrous car | Created by the Master Renegade to guard his resting place on Antares III alongside Scorp. | Implied to be the same Vamp as the one who appeared in Beast Wars: Uprising. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
Other Renegades and their Gear
| Name | Alternate mode | Profile | Other notes | External links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dactyl | n/a | Mass-produced animalistic pteranodon-like mecha. When Gong and Sideways briefly mashed the worlds of the Transformers and GoBots together, the Dactyls took the place of the Sharkticons in the events of The Transformers: The Movie. | The Dactyl was an unreleased non-transforming motorized GoBots toy. | |
| Grungy | n/a | A combiner created by the Master Renegade by duplicating the Guardian combiner Courageous. Grungy is not a living GoBot himself, but rather the combined form of a central ship and four Power Suits, piloted by the Master Renegade and four Renegades who briefly turned against Cy-Kill, Loco, Fly Trap, Screw Head, and Spoiler. | Grungy was a GoBots toy that was released too late to appear in the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon. It appears only in stories from "Renegade Rhetoric." | Toy review |
| Nemesis | n/a | A combiner created by Doctor Go, reverse-engineering Grungy. Like its template, Nemesis is not a living GoBot himself, but rather the combined form of a central tank and four Power Suits. Unveiled in the Combiner Wars on Quartex | Grungy was an unreleased GoBots toy. It appears only in stories from "Renegade Rhetoric." | |
| Scales | F-1 race car | A savage, animal-like Renegade. An early prototype created during the development of Zod. | Cartoon profile | |
| Zod | n/a | A bestial, high-invulnerable creature that only Cy-Kill can control, Zod is considered by the Renegade leader to be more than a match for the Decepticons' Trypticon. In one of his earliest attempts to conquer Gobotron, Cy-Kill used the hypnotised populace of Earth to mass-produce a fleet of Zods to attack the planet. Once became temporarily super-intelligent and tried to overthrow Cy-Kill as leader of the Renegades before being returned to normal. | Galvatron commanded an army of Zods in universal stream Primax 185.0 Beta. | Cartoon profile Toy review |
Allies
- Master Renegade
The ancient leader of the Renegades, who founded the faction to overthrow the Guardians. He almost succeeded when he arranged for an asteroid to collide with the planet, but the Guardians' Last Engineer saved the population by creating the GoBot form, allowing GoBeings to survive the devastation by becoming cyborgs. The Master Renegade went into hiding on Antares III, entering suspended animation. He was revived in the present day, and has allied with Cy-Kill almost as many times as he has worked against and double-crossed him in their various attempts to conquer Gobotron.
- Zebediah Braxis
A human scientist who formerly worked for UNECOM, he allied himself with Cy-Kill when the Renegades originally arrived on Earth. Brilliant but unstable, Braxis fluctuates between being cooly sinister and scheming and a gibbering, genuflecting coward who has put his skills to work aiding Cy-Kill in numerous schemes, though his keenly-honed sense of self-preservation sometimes leads these alliances to break down.
Notes
- The Axiom Nexus crew are all GoBots toys that never made it to the show. The "Mini-Cons" (who Cy-Kill says come from "Aurex something something I think") are small Wendy's exclusives, the "Decepticons" are large Super GoBots toys, and the Predacons who form Monsterous are a combiner pack.
