Big Shot

This article is about the American Micromaster. For his Japanese counterpart, see Gunlift.

Big Shot is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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And the people that you knew at Elaine's

Big Shot (also Topshot) is the leader of the Battle Patrol, and he likes to think inside the box. A dutiful soldier, he will follow every order to the letter, and makes sure his patrol gives their all for the cause. Beyond that, however, he refuses to carry any operation a step further than he was authorized to by a commanding officer. This makes him efficient and reliable, but since it seems like every other Micromaster is a hothead who doesn't play by the rules, it also makes him a bit of an outsider. Luckily, he comes equipped with a gun as long as his entire superstructure. Takes the edge off.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Big Shot appeared exclusively in the UK portion of the Marvel Comics continuity.

On Cybertron, Emirate Xaaron's resistance cell received word that the Decepticons were experimenting with a new "secret weapon". He sent in Big Shot and the Battle Patrol, part of their new Micromaster warriors, to investigate. Little did the Autobots realize the "secret weapon" was a ruse; the Decepticons needed to lure some Micromasters to them in order to duplicate the technology. Facing certain capture, Big Shot prepared to follow orders and activate the suicide button built into his team, destroying them before the Decepticons could loot their circuitry for the secrets of the Micromaster process. He couldn't do it, however, and chose to go down fighting as an Autobot warrior should. Thunderwing easily bested the lot of them unfortunately, and began reverse engineering the technology housed within their bodies via vivisection.

When Roadhandler and his crew of Micromasters were sent after the Battle Patrol to eliminate any chance of the Decepticons building their own Micromasters, they too chose to defy orders and rescued Big Shot and the others before making their escape. A Small War!

Marvel UK future timelines

In 2009, Big Shot and the Battle Patrol were among the hundreds of Autobots fleeing Cybertron after Galvatron assumed command of their homeworld. The Void!

Transformers Comic-Magazin

Big Shot and the Battle Patrol were part of a struggle between the Autobots and Decepticons in New York. New York — A City Sinking in Terror Later, they were involved in a Decepticon plan to capture an oil tanker. Headmaster of the Dimensions

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Big Shot and his friends in the Battle Patrol were among the first and most eager to sign up with the Autobots full-time. He was overheard on the radio with Stakeout when the Hot Rod Patrol returned to Autobot base. Recipe for Hate Big Shot was also seen prepping for a major offensive against the Decepticons right alongside Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers. Victims of the Revolution

IDW Generation 1 continuity

And the story of your latest success kept them so entertained

Big Shot was one of the legions of Dead Universe Micromasters who pursued Hardhead and Nightbeat on Gorlam Prime. Spotlight: Hardhead

Beast Wars: Uprising

Big Shot was a member of the Temple Guard at the High Pavilion of Iacon. At the end of the Grand Uprising, he fought to hold back the army of the Resistance from seizing the Builder Assembly. One of the last eight out of 400 Micromasters to survive, Big Shot died defending the Builders' siege bunker. Derailment

Commercial appearances

When Zarak Maximus attempted to stomp Micropolis, Big Shot was among innumerable Autobot and Decepticon Micromasters that swarmed and toppled the colossus. Micromaster transports commercial

Toys

The Transformers

You had the Dom Perignon in your hand And the spoon up your nose

• Battle Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)

Big Shot transforms into a brown and beige Denel G-6 self-propelled gun. While the front and rear wheels of the vehicle roll, the middle set are merely sculpted and do not roll (being his shoulder joints). The turret rotates 360 degrees and the cannon can pivot up and down. In robot mode, his cannon can act as a sort of tripod for additional stability.

He was only available as part of a complete breakfa—uh, part of the Battle Patrol, along with his teammates Flak, Sidetrack, and Sunrunner. Big Shot is gang-molded with Sidetrack, thus the two toys share the same plastic colors.

Big Shot was redecoed into Gunlift in Japan.

• More information on Big Shot at TFU.info

Generations

War for Cybertron: Siege

And when you wake up in the morning with your head on fire and your eyes too bloody to see

• Autobot Topshot & Flak (Micromaster, 2019)
  • ID number: TBA
  • Japanese ID number: SG-10
  • Japanese release date: TBA

War for Cybertron: Siege "Topshot" (probably trademark reasons) transforms from a robot into a Cybertronic-ish self-propelled gun, albeit with a much shorter gun barrel than his original toy. He can also combine with his packmate Flak to form a mega-blaster weapon mode, which can be wielded by other figures in the line.

When initially revealed at SDCC 2018, this figure was labeled "Bigshot", but the final packaging goes with "Topshot".

Topshot was retooled to make Red Heat.

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Topshot (トップショット Toppushotto)
• French: Grobonnet (Canada, "Big Shot")
• Italian: Titano ("Titan")