Prowl (G1)
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Prowl is an Autobot character in the Generation 1 continuity.
Prowl is the Autobot military strategist. As such, Autobot Commander Optimus Prime will keep Prowl near at hand for his indispensible expertise. He does not react well to the unsuspected and despises disorder. He believes his dedication to logic and rational thought puts him next in line for Optimus Prime's job and dreams of making grand speeches -- even though in reality he's stoic and uncharismatic.
He really doesn't tend to get along well with his fellow Autobots, many of whom find his strict adherance to military protocol stifling, and his uptight personality sure doesn't help matters. The Dinobot commander Grimlock especially honks Prowl off, and Grimlock feels pretty much the same way in return, only with more swear words.
Spanish name: Cervo
Fiction
Generation 1 Cartoon
Voice actor: Michael Bell (US), Toshirō Ishii (Japan)
Prowl was part of the crew of the Ark, the Autobot starship that left Cyberton looking for alternate sources of energy only to crashland on Earth. Four million years later, the Transformers were reawakened and reformatted by Teletraan-1. Despite being situated in the United States, Prowl was reformatted as a Japanese police car. No one seemed to notice.
On Earth, Prowl continued to serve as Optimus Prime's right hand man, filling the role of military advisor and strategist. His precision thinking and by-the-books planning served as a valuable counterpoint to Jazz's more improvizational style, and it was up to Optimus Prime to weigh their views and come to a decision.
Marvel Comics
Kid Stuff Talking Story Books
Voice actor: Michael Bell
- "OUR MISSILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Dreamwave Comics
IDW Comics
Prowl is the leader of a detachment of Autobots that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, attempting to foil a Decepticon insurgency. He almost throws Ratchet in the brig for breaking cover to rescue three humans from the Decepticon covert unit and subsequently refuses to contact Optimus Prime until further evidence of the Decepticons' current activities is uncovered.
Toys
Generation 1
- Prowl
Prowl was part of the first series of Autobots released in 1984, reusing a mold originally developed for a Diaclone Datsun Fairlady Z (280 ZX) police car. The Diaclone version had decals that identified him as a Japanese police car, which in turn were translated into "Highway Patrol" for the North American Transformers release. The original instructions booklet, though, features a visible Japanese label sheet complete with the chrysanthemum emblem found on Japanese police cars. Prowl uses the same mold as Bluestreak, though with some specific tooling on his backplate / car roof to depict his police lights.
- Japanese ID number: 09
- Action Master Prowl
- Transformers Collection Prowl
- Japanese ID number: TFC-02
Machine Wars
- Prowl
- This toy is a redeco of Machine Wars Mirage
Alternators
- Prowl
- Japanese ID number: BT-15
- Alternators Prowl was different from Binaltech Prowl, who had a diffrent vehicle mode deco, a different spoiler, and gray plastic instead of baby blue plastic. The US version was released as a Satellite Patrol special edition.
- Blue Binaltech Prowl
- Civilian colors
