Prowl (Cyberverse)
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- Prowl is an Autobot from the Cyberverse continuity family.
Patient, loyal, and highly intelligent, the high-ranking Prowl definitely needs to loosen up a bit. He's serious-minded, detests anything that's unorderly and is always following protocol. Because of this, Bumblebee wants to show him the meaning of the word "fun". Just don't sneak up on him. He has a VERY tenuous trigger-finger.
Fiction
Cyberverse cartoon
- Voice actor: Dick Terhune (English), Tetsu Inada (Japanese), Olivier Cuvellier (French)
While retreating from an overwhelming force of Seekers, Prowl was almost overwhelmed when he fell behind Bumblebee and Wheeljack. He was saved by Optimus Prime, although Prowl insisted Prime should have left him behind. Matrix of Leadership
After it was determined that Optimus had made a mistake in launching the AllSpark, the Ark was launched to retrieve it, Prowl amongst its crew. As the ship sailed through the void, however, its energon stores dipped, forcing the crew into stasis pods. Teletraan-1 eventually tracked the AllSpark to Earth, only for the Ark to suffer a hull breach and crash-land in Mount St. Hilary. Some 66 million years later, Prowl, along with the rest of the crew, was reawakened by Bumblebee and Teletraan-X in time to see the Decepticon fleet invade Earth. Eruption
The Cybertronians eventually became known to humankind, with Prowl being caught on a news channel that mistook his pursuit of Shadow Striker for a police chase until Prowl and Shadow Striker transformed into their robot modes. He later attempted to reach the cons' Planet Smasher with Hot Rod, before Shadow Striker knocked them off the trail. He later saw Wheeljack's invention disable the forcefield. Sea of Tranquility Prowl joined Wheeljack and Hot Rod in reversing polarity on the booster s the cons installed on the moon. He succeeded and joined the other bots for Prime's speech. Bad Moon Rising
Prowl denied seeing a creature on the moon while he was polishing a blaster. A rampaging Grimlock soon sent him hiding, as his own weapon was now firing at any random target, including him. The Visitor The bots and cons weren't exactly getting along during a peace conference, with Prowl taking a particular dislike to Shadow Striker. They eventually got along enough for Shadow Striker to share some weapon techniques, which he quickly turned on the con once the peace talks went downhill. Parley
Cheetor's attempt to ask Prowl if he needed assistance was quickly flushed thanks to the decorated bot's trigger finger. He sent Cheetor back to Ratchet, sending the newbie into depression until Bee took him for scout training. Prowl soon found he was short one blaster cartridge, and watched Wheeljack haul off his new specimen. Spotted
Prowl joined Rack'N'Ruin in guarding Starscream before taking part in a shuttle diversion. The plan failed to fool Sky-Byte, who stalled the ship long enough for the Nemesis to deliver the heavy fire. The cons detonated the bridge even after the Ark was repaired with AllSpark power, forcing them to take the long way home. Escape From Earth
After chatting and racing with Hot Rod during a celebration party, it went downhill when Wheeljack's AllSpark badges overloaded their circuits. Prime soon set things right. Party Down Prowl later celebrated as the Autobots returned to Cybertron. The Crossroads
As the Ark entered Cybertron's atmosphere, Prowl eagerly awaited to return home. Battle For Cybertron I However, along with the rest of the crew, he bailed out of the ship when Optimus suspected a Decepticon trap. He took part in the fight with the amassed Decepticon forces. However, when Shadow Striker attempted to shoot a distracted Optimus, Prowl threw himself between the two and took the blast, ultimately perishing from his injuries. Battle For Cybertron II
Toys
Cyberverse
- Prowl (1-Step Changer, 2019)
- Cyberverse One-Step Changer Prowl is a brand-new mold that transforms from a robot into a police car and back. He features an Action Attack gimmick, "Jetblast" which extends a pair of cannons over his head when the spoiler on his back is slid into position. This then allows you to manually flip out the blue blast effects built into the end of each "barrel".
- Prowl was retooled into Jazz.
- Prowl (Warrior Class, 2019)
- Action Attack: "Jetblast"
- Cyberverse Warrior Class Prowl is a deluxe-sized mold that shares a similar transformation from Bumblebee. Like all Cyberverse Warrior Class toys, Prowl features an attack gimmick, a "Jetblast", which pops out a pair of cannons from his back when his chest is pushed down.
- Prowl (Ultra Class, 2019)
- Action Attack: "Siren Blast"
- Cyberverse Ultra Class Prowl is a voyager-sized mold that transforms from a robot into a police car and back, while sharing Bumblebee's transformation scheme. Like all Cyberverse Ultra Class toys, Prowl features an attack gimmick, a "Siren Blast", which pops out a pair of cannons from the center of his roof when the center of his lightbar is pushed down.
- Unlike the stock render, Prowl's robot mode eyes are not painted.
- Prowl saw a very limited release in the United States. Essentially he, was only ever stocked by Amazon, since the wave he was supposed to be ship in was never available at retail, and wasn't even solicited by action figure online retailers such as BigBadToyStore either. In fact, it was even omitted from the wave numbering at Entertainment Earth entirely! Despite that, the wave did see a retail release in Canada, Russia and Germany.
- Prowl (Battle Class, 2019)
- Cyberverse Battle Class Prowl is a downsized figure, roughly the size of previous Scout/Legends/Basic class figures but larger than contemporary Cyberverse Scout Class figures. He comes with the "Cosmic Patrol" fighter jet, which seems to be based on the alternate mode of Decepticon Triggerhappy. It splits apart into his battle armor that includes shoulder-mounted guns similar to the original Prowl toy.
- Quintesson Invasion (2019/2020)
- A re-release of the Battle Class Prowl toy without the Spark Armor comes with an equally unchanged and Spark Armor-less Shockwave and a new Quintesson figure. Prowl also comes with something that looks like a mind-control helmet to wear on. Ironically, Prowl himself died before encountering the Quintessons.
- This item is first sighted at Target in late December without any prior announcement from Hasbro.
- Prowl (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
- Series: 1, 2
- Bag code: L
- Part of the first Series of Cyberverse Tiny Turbo Changers, Prowl is a soft-plastic robot who transforms into a tiny police car. He has tiny cannons molded over his shoulders.
- Prowl was released without changes in the second Series as well.
Notes
- The Japanese dub of Cyberverse has Prowl generally end his sentences with "de arimasu" (であります), a talking style often assigned to military-related characters. In anime shorthand, this suggests a character is a by-the-book sort.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Prowl (プロール Purōru)
