Cy-gar
A cy-gar is a device used to deliver a dose of its contents to a Cybertronian through the mouth. Millions of cycles ago, they were used to deliver a poison willingly consumed by the user because of some perceived benefit.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
To suppress Kup's flashbacks of slagging everyone on Tsiehshi, Kup was given a cy-gar that fed him a synthetic version of the planet's Ore-8 energy. Perceptor, who helped develop the special cy-gar, was assigned to Kup's unit with a supply of cy-gars to provide to Kup when needed. Everything in Its Right Place
When Commander Daniel Witwicky asked him what was with his "cigar", he inquired as to what a cigar was. All Hail Megatron #12
After his recovery from the Dead Universe and Gorlam Prime, Kup was supposidely cured of his condition, and no longer required the cy-gars to maintain his sanity.
Recordicons
Police commissioner Garboil used a cy-gar. Recordicons #5
Wings Universe
Tap-Out used a cy-garette as a part of a disguise for an undercover mission. A Team Effort
Animated cartoon
Kup was often seen with a cy-gar, as is Erector, The AllSpark Almanac II along with his clone Skipjack. The Complete AllSpark Almanac
Age of Extinction film
Hound was seldom seen without a cy-gar. At one point, angered by Joshua Joyce's disparaging comment about him, Hound flicks Joshua in the head with his cy-gar. During the final battle in Hong Kong, Hound is able to use it as a small gun to kill a KSI drone. However, it proves to be a one shot weapon and Hound can't reuse it against the drones. Hound's cy-gar is his last weapon before he runs out of ammo. Age of Extinction
The Last Knight Film
Hound still used the cy-gar. As Cade Yeager called his daughter, he knocked Sharp-T off of the roof. The Last Knight
Masterpiece toy bios
Exhaust developed a cy-garette chain smoking habit. Masterpice Exhaust toy bio
Ask Vector Prime
The Spacewarp of Aurex 006.0 Kappa enjoyed chomping on a cy-gar. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/17
Swindle, Swindle and Swindle had cy-gars from the Zull of the Xobitor Cluster for sale. Swindle's Spiel 2015/10/04
Beast Wars: Uprising
MaxCop Wolfang had a cy-garette habit. Trigger Warnings
Notes
- The Cy-gar is an obvious Cybertronian equivalent to a human-made Cigar. Springer notes Kup's use of a Cy-gar as "retrograde poison", plausably equalling the use of a Cy-gar by a Cybertronian to a human using a Cigar to smoke Tobacco. It's unknown what sort of substance would typically be used in a Cy-gar as opposed to the synthetic radiation exhibited thus far, though it feels plausable to assume it is used for something similar to Narcotic-based sensations.
- When Casey Coller was reading Shane McCarthy's script for "Spotlight: Blurr", the artist visualized Kup taking after the wartime comic book hero Sgt. Rock.[1] Because this was awesome, Kup was introduced in All Hail Megatron chomping on a cigar-like object. An in-fiction explanation was later retconned for it by Nick Roche in the All Hail Megatron Coda story, "Everything in its Right Place".
Foreign names
- Japanese: cy-gar (シーガー shīgā)
