Meltdown (G1)

The name or term "Meltdown" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Meltdown (disambiguation).

Meltdown is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Fondon't!

Meltdown is always angry, all the time. A barely-controlled ball of sheer rage, Meltdown only knows one strategy: to charge in, ram his opponents, then transform into robot mode to bludgeon them to death. His angled armor helps him to deflect enemy projectiles as he storms into battle to get up close and personal with the next Autobot he intends to eviscerate. He regards his violent behavior as a perfectly sensible approach to anger management.

Unfortunately for Meltdown, his combiner partner is Half-Track, whose job it is to shoot down Autobot aircraft from afar. Meltdown rarely sticks to the plan, and his reckless berserker charges frustrate his commander Direct-Hit to no end. On the other hand, Meltdown usually emerges from his oil-soaked melees triumphant - whereas following his commander's terrible plans rarely ends well for anyone. Sometimes all the pent-up frustrations of life just get to him, to the point where he'll literally blow a gasket and pop one of his cerebro-circuits, taking him out of action until he can be repaired.

Fiction

Regeneration One

Meltdown was a member of Soundwave's group of Neo-Decepticons at Fort Scyk in Polyhex. Counterpoint

Beast Wars: Uprising

Meltdown was stationed at a trans-hyperwave caster station in Proximax. When the Antares Eight stormed the tower, Vamp strafed Meltdown's position in vehicle mode, taking down the Micromaster guard. Cultural Appropriation

Toys

Generation 1

• Battle Squad (Microsoft Combiner Squad, 1990)

Meltdown transforms into an armored truck, which is intended to be the front half of a blue anti-aircraft half-track that he forms with his combiner partner Half-Track. He can, of course, be connected to any other Micromaster Combiner.

Meltdown was only available in a six-pack with his squad mates Half-Track, Direct-Hit, Fireshot, Power Punch, and Vanquish.

This toy was sold in Japan without changes as the Autobot Meltdown.

• More information on Meltdown at TFU.info

Notes

• Meltdown and Half-Track are unique among the Micromaster Combiner molds in that as individuals, they actually transform into fully-functional separate vehicles rather than half of a vehicle.
• Meltdown's alt mode looks really similar to that of Cybertron Reverb.

Foreign names

• French: Fondue (Canada)
• Italian: Lampo