Landfill (G1)
| The name or term "Landfill" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Landfill (disambiguation). |
- Landfill is an Autobot Targetmaster in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Why doesn't anybody like Landfill? Why do they step (very far) to the side when he passes by? He can't understand it. He's a really nice guy. He's always happy. He's good at his job, and he always does what he is told. Why, then, do his friends avoid him? This makes him very sad.
His comrades know the answer very well, but how do you tell a bot that he should clean his bodywork every once in a while, without upsetting him and making him think he's being insulted? It wouldn't help, anyway... he'd not see the need to clean up even if directly ordered to do so. It's a shame Landfill can't just realize on his own that if one is not to be selective about which cargoes he hauls, then one must be willing to use a little surfactant and solvent on occasion.
- (Note: Though the above may imply the contrary, Landfill is a robot and has probably never been to BotCon. You probably, ahem, detected somebody else).
- French-Canadian name: Décharge
Fiction
Marvel comics
- (Note: Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)
Landfill was a soldier under Emirate Xaaron's command on Cybertron, first seen during the brief period where the Classic Pretenders rallied the resistance movement with several successful assaults on Lord Thunderwing's territory. When Galvatron and the heralds of Unicron assaulted Xaaron's camp, Landfill stayed behind to cover his leader's escape. He suffered some injuries battling Hook, but managed to survive thanks to Unicron calling off his dogs to hunt the errant Galvatron instead.
In an alternate 1991, Landfill was working for Hot Rod when Scorponok manipulated them into protecting him from harm during the Decepticon Civil War. While the Autobot Code compelled them to drive off his assassins, Scorponok made good his escape from all his enemies.
Animated continuity
Landfill and his fellow Double Targetmasters were the first Transformers ever depicted in the cartoon...at least, according to the Cybernet Space Cube. Outside of Generation 2, they never actually appeared in the cartoon.
Toys
Generation 1
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