Rev (G1)
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- Rev is a Nebulan from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Rev is a scientist working in the field of telecommunications.
He is Getaway's Powermaster partner.
Sometimes he is known as Throttle.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
After the first group of Transformer visitors left Nebulos, Hi-Q (working at the request of the Council of Peers) radiated the planet's fuel supply so that it was poisonous to robots.
Later, Rev was working in the com-room of the Hi-Q Industrial Research Complex when Goldbug, Getaway, Joyride, and Slapdash arrived to ask Hi-Q for help rebuilding Optimus Prime. The Autobots were warned that if they used Nebulon fuel they would freeze up and eventually die. Early on, Hi-Q had the opinion that the Transformers were merely machines, but Rev believed otherwise and tried to convince Hi-Q that their visitors were just as alive as they were. Eventually Optimus Prime was rebuilt and Hi-Q came to agree with Rev's point of view. He decided to become Prime's Powermaster partner in order to save his life and to defend Nebulos against Darkwing and Dreadwind (who were already Powermasters). Following his example, Rev quickly volunteered to be partnered to Getaway.
The new Autobot Powermasters defeated Darkwing and Dreadwind. Hi-Test and Throttle were banished from Nebulos, so they took off with their partners.
The Powermaster process altered the circuitry of the Autobots to the point where they could not be separated from their partners. They had to stick together, but, for the sake of Nebulon peace, the Autobots could not remain there. So they all left on the Steelhaven to meet up with the other Autobots, leaving their friend Kari behind. People Power!
In transit to the Moon Optimus Prime filled the Nebulons in on the Autobot/Decepticon war. The history lesson was interrupted by a transmission advertising the "Cosmic Carnival." Optimus and Goldbug investigated the show upon learning that their fellow Autobot Sky Lynx was part of the line-up, though the rest of the crew did not join them; the Cosmic Carnival had a very steep entrance fee, and they didn't have the currency to spare. The Cosmic Carnival Shortly after the Powermasters had reached Earth, they learned that the town of Border Flats had been destroyed due to the presence of some giant robots. Though Slapdash was hesitant to head out into a blizzard to investigate, Rev assured him that the Nebulans would keep their larger partners warm while in their engine modes. The group easily found the mysterious Transformers responsible for the "attack," only to learn that they were in fact Autobots! The whole incident had been a misunderstanding, brought about when Sandstorm, Inferno, and Broadside had attempted to join in a Christmas celebration. Cold Comfort and Joy!
Commercial appearances
Rev accompanied Getaway as the Autobot Powermasters went out for a drive. They were shocked to encounter the Decepticon Powermasters, and Rev assumed his engine mode to allow Getaway to transform and fight back against their aggressors. Powermasters commercial
Toys
Generation 1
- Getaway (Powermaster, 1988)
- Available only with his larger partner Getaway, Rev transforms from an armored humanoid to an engine. Plugging engine-mode Rev into any Powermaster socket unlocks the larger toy's ability to transform to robot mode.
- This mold was sold in Japan without changes as Lightfoot in his human form. It was also redecoed to make Zetca.
Notes
- Rev is inexplicably on the cover of the 1990 Family Home Entertainment VHS release of the "Five Faces of Darkness" mini-series... a cartoon produced about two years before Getaway/Rev was released. And Getaway himself is nowhere to be seen, making it even more odd.
