Holepunch (G1)
| This article is about the Generation 1 Autobot. For the Shattered Glass Autobot, see Holepunch (SG). |
- Holepunch is an Autobot-allied Nebulan Targetmaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Holepunch is a bureaucrat from hell. He compensates for his complete lack of people skills or formal managerial training with the natural gifts of a bossy attitude and inflated sense of his own importance.
As an office manager for a water purification company on Nebulos, Holepunch had only his subordinates to terrorize. When the Decepticons invaded, Holepunch (doubtless encouraged by his co-workers) concluded the Autobots were in need of his special touch. Sadly, he is unable to suppress his managerial instincts, and as a result drains the productivity and damages the morale of any unit to which he's assigned. Perhaps that's why he ended up with Scoop, whose unwavering resolve and ability to brighten even the worst situations counters Holepunch's jackholishness.
Holepunch turns into a dual compression cannon capable of shattering steel. As a "double" Targetmaster, Holepunch is able to combine with Tracer to increase the power of his own weapon or boost the power of Tracer's ion blaster.
Holepunch's nature varies. In some universes he's an organic Nebulan; in others he's a robotic Cybertronian.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Scoop wielded two weapons resembling Holepunch and Tracer during a series of fuel raids on Cybertron alongside the recently revived Grimlock, Jazz, and Bumblebee. Yesterday's Heroes!
When Hook, Line, and Sinker attacked some months later, Holepunch, Tracer, and the other Nebulan "double" Targetmasters appeared absent. Surrender!
On one rather confusing adventure, Scoop was seen holding Holepunch during a conflict. Trigger-Happy!
Transformers Comic-Magazin
When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime put the entire burden of discovering their whereabouts on the shoulders of the Double Targetmasters. Scoop and his robotic guns discovered the Decepticon hideout. Scoop lured Dreadwind and Darkwing away, while Tracer and Holepunch investigated further before getting scared off by the Firecons. The little robot guns reported the events of the mission personally to Optimus Prime. Megatron's Ultimatum
Classics
Holepunch and Tracer, partnered to Scoop, was under the command of Metalhawk at the Autobots' base Ironworks when the evil Ultra Magnus attacked. Scoop and his Nebulans were ignored by Ultra Magnus during the evil Autobot's demonstration of power. Moments later, the heroic Decepticons arrived and forced Ultra Magnus to retreat, the heroic Autobots only being able to watch, and then listened to Treadshot's story of how they came to arrive. Treadshot requested that one of Metalhawk's Autobots join the heroic Decepticon Octopunch in tracking down the evil Wheeljack. Scoop and his Nebulans accompanied Octopunch underneath the Ironworks base where they met up with the evil Decepticons Skullgrin and Octopunch. While the two Octopunches fought each other, Scoop fought against Skullgrin. Being a Targetmaster, Scoop's firepower easily defeated Skullgrin. The heroic Octopunch asked Scoop to shut down Wheeljack's device which Scoop delegated to his Nebulans. Tracer complained but the three partners had no luck in doing so. Even Octopunch couldn't do anything so they left. After the battle with the evil Autobots, Scoop was visibly upset as Cybertron, Nebulos, and other planets exploded due to the energy backlash. Invasion
Later, Scoop wielded Holepunch against the evil Wheeljack in a battle against the evil Magnus's forces on the dimensionally-displaced Classicsverse Earth. Distant Fissures
The Transformers cartoon
Many millions of years ago, on the planet Cybertron, life existed. But not life as we know it today. Intelligent robots that could think and feel inhabited the cities. Apparently among those robots were the Autobots Landfill, Quickmix, and Scoop, as well as their Targetmaster partners (including Holepunch), who transformed from their vehicle modes and shot at some unknown attackers. G2: MTMTE, Part 1
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Holepunch and Tracer stood among a crowd of angry and desperate NAILs who pleaded for Starscream to protect them from the suddenly-unleashed Necrotitan who stood just outside of their city. Winners & Losers
Commercial appearances
Holepunch was among a group of Autobot-allied Nebulans being chased down by Needlenose and Spinister. Once their Autobot partners showed up, Holepunch and the others transformed to their weapon modes to be wielded against the Decepticons. Scoop then allowed Holepunch and Tracer to combine into a "superweapon" to better blast their opponents. Double Targetmasters commercial
Toys
Generation 1
- Scoop (Targetmaster, 1988)
- Holepunch, like all the "double" Targetmaster Nebulans, is one of the smallest and least complicated Transformers. Fold the barrel away, and stand him up. He can also combine with Tracer (or any other Targetmaster) to form a super-rifle thanks to a 5mm socket on his back (which also makes him compatible with Mini-Con Powerlinx plugs). He was only available with his larger partner Scoop and fellow Nebulan Tracer.
- No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.
Generations
- Autobot Scoop (Deluxe, 2014)
- Series / Number: 02 / #014
- Generations: Thrilling 30 Deluxe Class Scoop comes with Holepunch! He converts into a gun or combines with "Caliburst" to form a bigger gun. In either weapon mode, he can peg into any of Scoop's 5mm pegholes. (In theory -- Holepunch is irregularly shaped and many of them don't have much clearance.)
- Holepunch was redecoed into Timelines Cline and Hairsplitter.
Notes
- In "Megatron's Ultimatum", Tracer and Holepunch are explicitly referred to as robots.
