Misfire (G1)
- Misfire is a Decepticon Targetmaster (presumably under a very wide definition of "master") in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Misfire is the kind of guy you want on the Decepticons' side--if you're an Autobot, that is. He couldn't hit the broad side of Broadside. He claims his aim is getting better. What was it like before?!
Together with his Targetmaster partner Aimless, he's a danger to himself and others. Mostly others.
- French-Canadian name: Longfeu
- Italian name: Elektro
Fiction
Animated continuity
"The Rebirth" (North America)
- Voice actor: Stan Jones
Misfire likes his partners to have short, memorable names.
Headmasters (Japan)
- Voice actor: Tomomichi Nishimura
Marvel Comics continuity
For some reason, when Scorponok was choosing troops who might benefit from being re-engineered as a Targetmaster with greater shooting ability, he thought of Misfire. Brothers in Armor!
After the Autobot Highbrow stole Scorponok's head, Misfire led a group of Decepticons to recover their leader. Almost immediately after getting Zarak and Scorponok reattached, Misfire and his companions were cast into limbo to make room for the time-travelling Soundwave and Terrorcons from 2009. Time Wars
Misfire was damaged to a unknown extent when a surface-to-air cannon manned by Finback overloaded and exploded. Seeing as they were fighting Unicron, and Misfire was never seen again after that point...well, fill in the blanks. On the Edge of Extinction!
Toys
Generation 1
- Misfire with Aimless (Targetmaster, 1987)
- Japanese ID number: D-89
Misfire transforms into a Cybertronian car-jet thing that goes real fast. Hopefully he can steer better than he can aim.
Trivia
- Misfire's design was used as a "generic" Decepticon in the Linkage mini-comics, in a flashback showing Redline and Flat-Out's former Decepticon masters. This fits in with the general theme of using Generation 1 character models as unnamed extras in the Armada cartoon. Of course, his actual appearance fits in with artist Hirofumi Ichikawa's general theme of using the toys as a visual reference rather than the character models used in animation; that is so not Misfire's Headmasters design. Linkage Part 5
