Rewind (G1)

This article is a featured article, and considered to be one of the most informative on this wiki.

This article is about the heroic Autobot Mini-Cassette know-it-all. For information on his evil counterpart, if you didn't know he had one, see Rewind (SG). For a list of other meanings, see Rewind (disambiguation).

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Did you know that Rewind is an Autobot Mini-Cassette from the Generation 1 continuity family?

"Did you know that the names 'Rewind' and 'Eject' come from ACTUAL BUTTONS on a tape player? It's true, it's true!"

Did You Know that Rewind...

• Is the undisputed Autobot trivia master?
• Can store more data than even a floppy disk, whether in robot mode or mighty microcassette mode?
• Isn't terribly selective with the data he stores, gathering up every tidbit of information he can find until it gives him a splitting electronic headache?
• Can unleash the light from his internal data storage matrix to become a blinding beacon?
• Would never lose on Jeopardy!, but isn't always able to remember the useful things he knows until it's too late?
• Can tell you useful facts about New Jersey (both of them)?

(The Transformers Universe bio. New York: Marvel Comics, 1986.)

This all looks familiar! It's in my databanks someplace, but I can't quite...Rewind, "Forever Is a Long Time Coming"

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

"Hey, did you know that my toy has a red eye visor but Eject has an orange visor? Let me tell you more."

Did You Know that Rewind in the Transformers Cartoon...

• Was voiced by Townsend Coleman in the English language and Yoku Shioya in the Japanese language dub?
• Became one of Blaster's cassettes sometime between 1986 and 2005?
• Helped Blaster and Perceptor defend the communications tower during the Battle of Autobot City?
• Successfully shot Ravage several times while doing so?

(Ron Friedman. The Transformers: The Movie. New York: Sunbow Productions, 1986.)

Rewind’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “Transformers: The Animated Movie.”

• Accompanied Blaster on a mission to investigate chronal energy signals emanating from an asteroid that had existed for 1,000,200,043 years and seven months?
• Travelled back in time to the First Great Cybertronian War?
• Successfully fought against both Sharkticons and Dark Guardians?
• Used his knowledge (after an initial false start) to recognize both the Guardians and the Quintessons attempt to change history by stopping the Autobot slave rebellion?
• Spoke 17 lines of dialogue with 154 words during the accounting of these events?

(Gerry Conway and Carla Conway. "Forever Is a Long Time Coming". New York: Sunbow Productions, 1986.)

• Helped Steeljaw track down a missing Daniel Witwicky by identifying what Steeljaw found to Ultra Magnus?
• Can translate ancient Quintesson inscriptions?
• Identified that a long-hidden chamber near the capital central of Cybertron was used for banishing criminals to a variety of alternate dimensions as punishment for their crimes?
• Successfully determined that Daniel was banished to Menonia?
• Participated in a Menonian battle against Mara-Al-Utha, a Quintesson exiled for practicing magic?

(Craig Rand. "Madman's Paradise". New York: Sunbow Productions, 1986.)

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga

Did You Know that Rewind in the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga...

• Rode alongside Eject inside Prowl to help expose Decepticons posing as Autobots?
• Fired his blaster at a pair of hooded-and-robed figures, who were revealed as the Decepticons Frenzy and Rumble?
• Then beat the ever-loving snot out of the two small Decepticons with Eject's help?

(Masumi Kaneda. "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7". Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd., 1986.)

Controverse

Did You Know that Rewind in the "Controverse" guidebook manga...

• Remembered how to use the Quintessons' dimensional banishment portal?
• Assisted Hubcap in its use?
• Oversaw the Autobots when they dispatched Primacron to another universe using the portal?

(Hirofumi Ichikawa. "Controverse". Tokyo: Milton Publishing, 2014.)

The Headmasters cartoon

Did You Know that Rewind in the Headmasters Cartoon...

"Did you know my weight is easily within the load bearing capacity of a cybercat? I just found out myself!"

• Was voiced by Ken Yamaguchi in the Japanese language?
• Helped find Soundwave and his cassettes while they were spying on Autobot forces in Autobot City?
• Joined the hunt to find the hidden Matrix of Leadership?

(Toyohiro Ando. "The Mystery of Planet Master". Tokyo: Toei Animation Co., Ltd., 1987.)

• Refused to go on missions because he was mourning Blaster's death?
• Was overjoyed when Blaster was resurrected as Twincast?
• Rode on Steeljaw as Twincast led them on a mission to stop the Madmachine?

(Toyohiro Ando. "The Great Cassette Operation". Tokyo: Toei, 1987.)

• Spied on the Decepticons as they planned to attack Cybertron?

(Yoshihisa Araki. "Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1". Tokyo: Toei, 1987.)

• Sneaked into the Decepticon base and spied on a conversation between Soundblaster and Sixshot about a meeting on Chaar?
• Accompanied Twincast to Chaar and took part in a fight with Soundblaster when they were spotted?

(Toyohiro Ando. "Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears". Tokyo: Toei, 1987.)

• Scouted planet Paradise with the rest of Twincast's cassettes?

(Yoshihisa Araki. "Head Formation of Friendship". Tokyo: Toei, 1987.)

• Helped comb Earth for information on the Decepticons' plans?

(Yoshihisa Araki. "The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg". Tokyo: Toei, 1987.)

• Patrolled Earth with the other cassettes after the Decepticons abandoned the planet?

(Yoshihisa Araki. "Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)". Tokyo: Toei, 1987.)

• Saved Chromedome and Hardhead from Mindwipe along with his fellow cassettes during the final battle to save Earth?
• Joined in the "Final Formation" to give Fortress Maximus enough power to destroy the Decepticons' Death Towers?

(Yoshihisa Araki. "The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)". Tokyo: Toei, 1988.)

Alternity

Did You Know that Rewind in Alternity...

• Became a member of the Protectors?
• Explained why Alternity Auto-avatars were based on early 21st century vehicles?

(Hirofumi Ichikawa. "Alternation". Tokyo: Tomy Co., Ltd., 2010.)

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

Did You Know that Rewind, at the dawn of the Machine Wars...

• Relayed news to Override and Hoist that Optimus Prime had been attacked?
• Was relieved to find that Optimus wasn't dead (again), but rather in deep stasis?
• Informed his fellow Autobots that Obsidian had taken command of Cybertron's military?

(Jesse Wittenrich. "Termination". Fort Worth, Texas: Fun Publications, 2013.)

Ask Vector Prime

Did You Know that Rewind, as recounted by Vector Prime...

• Had his home universe destabilized by Sideways and Gong?
• Battled Re-Volt, Chaos, and Traitor when the Renegades tried to breach Autobot City?

(Jim Sorenson. "Echoes and Fragments." "Ask Vector Prime." Facebook, 10 February 2016.)

Marvel The Transformers comics

Marvel UK future timelines

"Did you know that due to Marvel's practice of using blue to represent black, I can be easily confused with Eject?"

Did You Know that Rewind in the Marvel Generation 1 Comics...

• Was released from Blaster's chest along with his fellow cassettes by Hot Rod and Arcee to help even the odds after the other Autobots in Autobot City (including Blaster) were deactivated and crucified during a Quintesson attack on the city in 2008?

(Simon Furman. "Space Pirates!". London: Marvel Entertainment International Ltd., 1988.)

The Transformers 3-D

Did You Know that Rewind in the Transformers 3-D Comic...

• Was the historian of the Autobots?
• Was consulted by Optimus Prime after Blurr and Hot Rod retrieved a Logicon message tape that contained information on the Destructons?
• Considered both the Destructons and the Logicons to be myths from a primitive past?
• Was subsequently asked by Optimus Prime to work out the coordinates to planet Metascan Alpha, the apparent home of the Logicons?
• Noticed a spy in their midst and shot at him—but became confused by the spy seemingly being in two places at once? (It's because the Autobots were really facing Pounce and Wingspan!)

(Williams, Fuget, Haxo, "Noodles" and Stephenson. "The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3". El Cajon, California: Blackthorne Publishing, 1988.)

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Did You Know that Rewind in the Dreamwave Generation 1 Comics...

• Was a frequent partner of Blaster throughout the millennia, serving under him and Perceptor during the Age of Internment?
• Listened to Slamdance's tale of how the latter narrowly escaped death at Starscream's hand?

Was meant to follow Blaster into Cybertron's underground to liberate enslaved Autobots, only for this story to go unpublished?

(Simon Furman. The War Within: The Age of Wrath. Markham, Ontario: Dreamwave Productions, 2004.)

• Was a part of Hot Rod and Kup's resistance movement when the Unified Cybertronian Government was corrupted from within by Shockwave?

(Brad Mick. "Countdown to Extinction". Markham, Ontario: Dreamwave Productions, 2003.)

IDW Generation 1 continuity

"Did you know I am old, tiny, and looking for my mustachioed ex-husband?"

Did You Know that Rewind in the IDW Generation 1 Comics...

• Was too prominent a character to continue summarizing his story simply as trivia factoids?

(James Roberts. The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye. San Diego, California: Idea and Design Works, LLC, 2012.)

Titans Return marketing material

Did You Know that Rewind in "The Power of the Titan Masters" comic...

• Worked alongside Blaster and Stripes on the planet Caminus?
• Chased Skullsmasher, Grax, and Rot-Gut after the Decepticons stole some codes?
• Was forced to retreat when Skullsmasher deployed a cloud of armor-eating rust?

(Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters)

Games

Transformers G1: Awakening

Did You Know that Rewind in Transformers G1: Awakening...

• Was among the Autobots who left Cybertron aboard the Ark, and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons?
• Was forced to remain inside Blaster until enough energy could be gathered to repair Blaster sufficiently for them to return to combat?
• Eventually was able to return to combat, shortly before the Autobots returned to Cybertron to assault the Decepticon fortress in an attempt to free the enslaved Autobots there?

("Transformers G1: Awakening". San Francisco: Glu Mobile, 2010.)

Transformers Legends

Did You Know that Rewind in Transformers Legends...

• Occasionally got headaches from data overload?
• Had Sunder attempt to help relieve his headaches by playing loud music?

(Rewind's bio, Transformers Legends. San Francisco, Mobage, 2013.)

• Joined Blaster in infiltrating a human science facility to try to safeguard the technology there from the Decepticons?
• Found that Soundwave had already wormed his way into the base?

("Espionage", Transformers Legends. San Francisco, Mobage, 2013.)

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Did you know that I was one of the strongest Autobots in the game?

Did you know that Rewind:

• Participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons?
• Sometimes encountered other copies of himself?
• Was a Super Rare character?
• Could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 Rewind Cores?

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Angry Birds Transformers

Rewind appears as a wearable accessory in the game.

Angry Birds Transformers

Toys

Generation 1

"Did you know that the cassette-formers are at 1:1 scale for micro-cassettes? True fact."

• Rewind & Steeljaw (Cassette 2-pack, 1986/1987)
  • Did You Know that the Cassette 2-Pack Rewind Toy...
    • Has 2 "Adhesion Rifles" for accessories?
    • Was released in Hasbro's Generation 1 toyline?
    • Transforms from a humanoid robot to a micro-cassette and vice-versa?
    • Is designed to fit in Blaster's chest compartment (though he rattles around a little bit...)?
    • Has two notable variants, one with gold-chromed weapons, and the other, more common version with silver-chromed weapons?
    • Has foil decals that give his "cassette side" its detailing (and cover the screws holding it together) in some versions, while other versions use tampographs?
    • May or may not have any correlation between the guns and detailing variations?
    • Was redecoed to make Eject, Flip Sides, Rosanna, and Solarbot, as well as Shattered Glass Rewind?
    • Has 19 moving parts, including shoulder pads that are adjustable?
    • Cannot hold his weapons in his fists, but has them mounted to the tape wheels inside his arms instead?
    • Is held together with 6 screws, 2 metal bolts, and 11 plastic rivets?
    • Came packaged with Steeljaw?

• Rewind (Cassettebot, 1986/1987)
  • Did You Know that the 1986 Japanese Rewind Toy...
    • Has the Japanese ID numbers C-67 and C-118?
    • Also has 2 "Adhesion Rifles" for accessories?
    • Was released in Takara's markets as part of their Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 line?
    • Is identical to the 2-pack version?
    • Was only sold individually, with silver guns and sticker detailing?

Encore

"Did you know that this new Autobot symbol on my torso also helps differentiate me from my original toy, in addition to being spiffy?"

• Great Cassette Operation (2009)
  • Did You Know that this re-release of the Japanese Rewind Toy...
    • Has the Japanese ID number 15?
    • Also has 2 "Adhesion Rifles" for accessories?
    • Was only available in TakaraTomy's Transformers Encore line of reissues in March 28 of 2009?
    • Also came packaged with Eject, Ravage, and Buzzsaw?
    • Featured an Autobot symbol tampograph on his torso, which is new for this release?

Timelines

"Did you know that I've been working out?"

• Rewind (Scout, 2014)
  • Did You Know that this release of the Transformers Collectors' Club Subscription Service 2.0 toy...
    • Has two rifles/cannons as accessories?
    • Was released in the Transformers Timelines toyline via the Transformers Collectors' Club?
    • Is a redeco of United Frenzy/Rumble, which wasn't released in America?
    • Probably shouldn't have his wiki entry be written in this style since he has a newly-retooled head based on Nick Roche's design as seen in IDW's More Than Meets The Eye ongoing series, where he wasn't so much a trivia nut?
    • Transforms from a humanoid robot to a "super space tank", just as Rewind joked about not transforming into in "Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It"?
    • Is able to mount his rifles/cannons on his tank turret or his robot mode forearms via C joint clips and bars?
    • Has arms that can transform into spring-loaded pile-driver weapons?
    • Was the fourth toy revealed for 2014's Transformers Figure Subscription Service series, and on Nick Roche's birthday (September 5th)?
    • Was redecoed into Timelines Eject?

• Did you know that you can find more information on Timelines Rewind at TFU.info?

Transformers (2010) mold: Rumble
Hasbro: Reveal the Shield Demolition Rumble (canceled) Fun Publications: Timelines Rewind Eject TakaraTomy: United UN-20 Rumble UN-20 Frenzy Adventure TAV32 Rumble TAV32 Frenzy

Generations

File:TitansReturn-Rewind.jpg

"Did you know you suddenly don't really care for my Timelines toy anymore? It's true!"

• Autobot Rewind (Legends Class, 2016)
  • Did You Know that this first wave Titans Return toy...
    • Has a 5mm rifle accessory?
    • Transforms into three things: a robot based on Nick Roche's More than Meets the Eye design, another super space tank, and a "spy tablet" that fits inside Leader Class Blaster?
    • Has a Mini-Cassette background on his tablet-mode screen, referencing his original design?
    • Has pegs on top of his tank mode that allow up to two Titan Master class figures to stand on him?
    • Has a headphone jack that accommodates real headphones like all the other "spy tablet" bots?
    • Has a slot in his side in tablet mode that allows him to store his rifle?
    • Was first revealed at New York Comic Con 2015?
    • Has instructions on how to place the stickers forming the tablet mode's screen that are completely unneeded since the aforemented stickers are factory-applied?
    • Has his leg stickers easily prone to damage after some posing & transforming?
    • Was retooled into Rumble?

Legends

• Rewind & Nightbeat (2016-09-24)
  • Did You Know that this Transformers Legends Rewind toy...
    • Has the ID number LG28?
    • Is a redeco of the Legends Class toy above?
    • Is decoed to match his appearances in the cartoon, complete with separate eyes painted on his visor area?
    • Is bundled with Nightbeat, who is redecoed from his Titans Return toy but does not include his jet/drill-tank vehicle?

Notes

• Did You Know that...
  • For the original draft of The Transformers: The Movie and several revisions, there was going to be only one humanoid Autobot Mini-Cassette, who was going to be called Bolts?
  • Between the original draft and actual product, Bolts's role was split in two? Bolts was supposed to fight Ravage, which Rewind ended up doing in the movie (Blaster dealt the described kick though). Bolts's attitude and tussle with Frenzy went to Eject. During their initial ejection from Blaster however, both Rewind and Eject swap color schemes multiple times for the duration of the scene.

Foreign names

• Did You Know that...
  • Rewind's Japanese name is Rewind, which is written in katakana as リワインド, which in turn is transliterated into the Latin alphabet as Riwaindo?
  • Rewind's French name in Canada is Mémorax?
  • Rewind's Mandarin name in Taiwan is Tào-tài (倒帶), which means "Rewind"?
  • Rewind's Mandarin name in China is Fātiáo​ (发条), which means "Clockwork"?
  • Rewind's Russian name is Reverse, which is written in Cyrillic as Реверс, which is transliterated into the Latin alphabet as Revers?

References

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External links

Did You Know that you can find out more about Rewind...

• From his page at TFU.info?