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Gregarious would be a good word to describe Swerve. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll probably get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good bartender.
He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's so easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and minor. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.
Now if only Prime could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...
| “ | People don't like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference. | ” |
—Swerve, "Cybertronian Homesick Blues" | ||
vThis Day in History: May 28
- 1921 — Ronaldo Magalhães (Portuguese voice of various characters in the original cartoon and The Transformers: The Movie) is born.
- 1940 — Composer Kyōhei Tsutsumi is born.
- 1954 — Townsend Coleman (voice of Rewind and Animated Sentinel Prime) is born. SPOOOOOON!
- 1956 — Patrick Béthune (European French voice of Jetfire in Revenge of the Fallen and Harold Attinger in Age of Extinction) is born.
- 1967 — Singer Mickey-T is born.
- 1976 — Comic colorist Thomas Deer is born.
- 1976 — Liam O'Brien (voice of Air Raid and Cyclonus in the various War for Cybertron games and Kickback and Underbite in Robots in Disguise) is born.
- 1985 — Agnieszka Wajs (Polish voice of Sari Sumdac and others) is born.
- 1999 — Beast Wars II—ACT. 14 is released on VHS in Japan by Pioneer LDC.
- 2003 — Legends of the Microns—Volume 2 is released on DVD in Japan by Columbia Music Entertainment, coming with the "Linkage Part 2" mini-comic and exclusive Top Gear toy.
- 2005 — The Galaxy Force episode "Fight! Liger Jack" premieres in Japan.
- 2009 — BotCon 2009 begins.
- 2009 — Web of Deception and Time-Quake are published in the UK by HarperCollins Publishers.
- 2009 — Revenge of the Fallen #2 is released in the US by IDW Publishing.
- 2009 — Autobot Stronghold is released by Soap Creative and LG Electronics
- 2012 — TakaraTomy releases Prime AM-10 Bulkhead and AM-11 Arcee.
- 2012 — e-HOBBY reveals the first part of their collaboration with the Transformers Collectors' Club: 150 BotCon 2012 boxed sets are made available to Japanese customers. The sets sell out in 30 minutes.
- 2013 — Michael Bay reveals the vehicle modes for two new Autobots in Age of Extinction: a C7 Corvette Stingray and a Bugatti Grand Sport Vitesse on michaelbay.com.
- 2013 — Principal Photography for Age of Extinction begins.
- 2013 — Fun Publications publishes Blaster VS Soundwave 2013 on their YouTube channel to promote BotCon 2013.
- 2014 — Robots in Disguise #29 is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2015 — Splatoon is released in Japan.
- 2015 — Transformers Prime — La Seconda Stagione Completa is released to home media in Italy by Primal Screen.
- 2016 — The Rescue Bots episode "Ghost in the Machine" premieres on Discovery Family.
- 2016 — TakaraTomy releases Legends LG-20 Skids and Adventure TAV 44 Sideswipe and Bumblebee Supreme Armor Set, TAV 45 Optimus Prime and Grimlock Supreme Armor Set, TAV 46 Overload, TAV 47 Crazybolt, TAV 48 EZ Collection Team Bumblebee vs. Thunderhoof Set and TAV 49 EZ Collection Autobots vs. Clampdown Set.
- 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "King of the Hill (Part 2)" premieres in Hungary.
- 2022 — TakaraTomy releases Studio Series SS-78 Ravage, SS-79 Shockwave, SS-80 Autobot Ratchet, SS-81 Soundwave and Collaborative Tyrannocon Rex / Autobot JP93.
- 2023 — The Beast Wars Again episode "Spider Woman's Kick (Part 1)" airs on TV Tokyo.
- 2025 — G.I. Joe #7, Void Rivals #19, The Transformers Compendium Volume 1 TPB, and Void Rivals Volume 3: The Key to Vector Theta TPB are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
vSchedule
- May 20 — G.I. Joe #22 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 27 — Void Rivals #30 and Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 30 — TakaraTomy releases Age of the Primes AOTP-32 Maximal Big Convoy, AOTP-33 Razorclaw, Studio Series TS-19 Bumblebee, TS-20 Orion Pax, TS-21 Wheeljack (Que), and TS-22 Alpha Trion.
- Jun 3 — Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #1 and G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 10 — M.A.S.K. #1 and Transformers #33 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 17 — G.I. Joe #23 and Transformers: Worst Bot Ever — Bot Swap! are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 24 — Void Rivals #31 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 1 — M.A.S.K. #2 and Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #2 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 8 — Transformers #34 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 15 — G.I. Joe #24 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 22 — Void Rivals #32 and Void Rivals Volume 5: Quintesson War TPB are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 12 — Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Edition HC is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 19 — G.I. Joe #25 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Sep 30 — G.I. Joe Volume 4: The Hunt for Energon TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Nov 11 — The Transformers UK Compendium Volume 2 TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Dec 9 — Transformers Volume 6: Decepticons Attack! TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
vHoly Grails
Do you have any of these rare items?
- Information on the Transformers presentation at Vancouver's Expo '86
- Optimus vs. Malignus cardart
- Kiss Players radio drama episodes #38-51
- Photos of the Hot Rod Go-Cart prize from the 1986 "Decipher the Decepticon" contest
- Japanese Transformers Telephone audio adventures
- The art for "The Love Bug"
- The clip shows added in Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- The identity of the unknown Generation 1 animation studios
- Whoever made Invasion Galactica
- Recordings or summaries of the Primeval Dawn II motion comic, screened at Wizard World Chicago in July 2002 and never again
- Any of the other lost media
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