Drench (SG)

This article is about the evil Autobot Seeker. For his heroic counterpart who is not a Seeker, see Drench (G2). For a list of other meanings, see Drench (disambiguation).

Drench is an evil Autobot Seeker from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

I'm Drench and I'm dead now.

As leader of the elite Seeker unit, Drench sought to temper the Autobots' repressive rule with a modicum of compassion. Optimus Prime could not abide such weakness in one of his officers, and had Drench killed. When Drench's friend and fellow Seeker Sideswipe turned against the Autobots. Inspired in part by Drench's murder, Sideswipe took on Drench's colors as a tribute to his fallen friend.

Fiction

Shattered Glass

Drench's corpse was one of several reanimated by the Omega Terminus to fight a party of Autobots and Decepticons. The undead Drench nearly killed Sideswipe, but was destroyed by Cliffjumper's clever use of scraplets. Dungeons & Dinobots

Notes

NOT Shattered Glass Drench. This is Universe Drench. Who doesn't really exist at all. There is no picture here, and we never had this conversation.

• Drench's inclusion in the Shattered Glass storyline can be traced back to an unreleased Battle in a Box set which pit an Autobot-turned-Decepticon character named Drench against the Autobot Smokescreen. Drench would have been a redeco of the Armada Wheeljack toy in Generation 2 Drench-like coloration, whereas Smokescreen was based on Generation 1 Smokescreen. Drench would have come with a Mini-Con partner using the gang-molded Wind Sheer mold, likely also called "Wind Sheer" if the previous Battle in a Box Mini-Cons are any indication. The toys appeared on eBay in 2004 along with several other unreleased Universe toys, among which Drench emerged as a lasting wish of online Transformers fans.
• At BotCon 2008, the concept behind that toy was modified to become Shattered Glass Sideswipe. A Shattered Glass Drench was included in Sideswipe's backstory both as a nod to the toy's roots and as an explanation for his obviously Drench-inspired deco. As the Shattered Glass Seekers use different molds with similar color schemes (a reversal of the usual Decepticon Seeker pattern), the implication was Drench would have been a totally different mold than Sideswipe.
• When Drench finally did make an appearance, he was shown to be basically identical to Generation 2 Drench. However, his red eyes have more in common with the European Aquaspeeder Deluge.

External links

• Gallery of Drench vs. Smokescreen test-shots