Hound (G1)
| The name or term "Hound" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Hound (disambiguation). |
- Hound is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Hound wishes he were human. The dark, barren metalscapes of Cybertron no longer interest him. Now that Hound has been shipwrecked on Earth, he considers this planet his home. He sees humankind as beautiful and wishes he could interact with their ecosphere the same way they do, to feel what they feel and to see what they see.
He treasures his job as an Autobot scout, making good use of his ability to project holograms for added disguise. He uses this opportunity to explore the breathtaking caverns and mountainous expanses that Earth provides. He's a meek, benevolent soul, even compared to his fellow Autobots. He gets along with the more blood-thirsty of their ranks but not the most blood-thirsty of their ranks.
His nicknames are Sarge, Nose, and Sniffer.[1]
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
In the early years of the Great War on Cybertron, Hound was serving alongside Tempest and Pulsar under Optimus Prime shortly before he was made overall Autobot leader by the High Council. And There Shall Come...a Leader! Hound was a part of the crew on board the Ark when it crashed into Earth four million years ago while clearing an asteroid field in the path of Cybertron. Upon reviving in 1984, Hound marveled at this world's strange and diverse lifeforms, and couldn't wait to explore its surface—not for business, but for pleasure. However, Optimus Prime cautioned him, reminding Hound that their primary purpose was to spare Earth's inhabitants from the onslaught of the Decepticons. Hound was chosen as part of the first field expedition into the world under Prowl's command, and his new surroundings overwhelmed him. His sensors alerted them to a drive-in movie theatre, a serene scene that quickly turned into a battle when the Decepticons arrived. Hound was able to divert Ravage, though Hound worried more about Bumblebee's whereabouts, as the small scout had gone missing. The Transformers
"Uh, the guy that Jazz keeps getting colored as, I think?"
Fortunately, Bumblebee was later able to radio his location to Hound, who informed the other Autobots. Better still, he had located a human who could convert Earth fuel into a substance they could use! Hound and the others traveled to the home (and auto repair shop) of Sparkplug Witwicky, where they were, of course, attacked again by the Decepticons! Sideswipe apologized for leaping in front of Hound to get closer to their enemies, but Hound was fine with it so long as Decepticons were destroyed one way or the other. Unfortunately, the Decepticons left the battle with their prize, Sparkplug Witwicky, in the hopes that the human could convert fuel for them instead! Power Play!
The battle left Hound and Sideswipe low on fuel, so Optimus Prime offered to carry the two home inside his trailer. After Hound had been attended to, he and the other Autobots met with the amazing Spider-Man, who offered to help them rescue Sparkplug from the Decepticons' cliffside headquarters. Hound drove Spider-Man past the Earth military blockade himself with Spider-Man posing as his driver, but Hound stayed behind to help draw the Decepticons' fire while Spider-Man and Gears slipped into the headquarters. Prisoner of War!
Following this, he was present when the Autobots countered the Decepticons when the latter attacked the Sherman Dam, hoping to steal its energy. At Prime's order, Hound submerged into the water to locate the source of the dam's problems and found Rumble. After a fight between the two, Hound was blasted out of the water by Rumble's piledrivers. The sight of this distracted Optimus Prime during his fight with Megatron atop the dam, and Megatron was able to use this distraction to knock Prime from the dam. Decepticon Dam-Busters! Back at the Ark, Hound alerted Optimus Prime to an imminent Decepticon attack. Raiders of the Last Ark
When Hound was next seen, he was hanging from the ceiling of the Ark with the other Autobots, the work of the evil Decepticon Shockwave, who had returned and taken leadership of the Decepticons for himself. Buster Witwicky was shocked to discover this terrible development, and the human returned to tell Ratchet, the sole Autobot survivor. The New Order Ratchet was eventually able to restore the Ark to the Autobots after outwitting Megatron, and Hound and the others were repaired. However, Optimus Prime's head was still in the hands of the Decepticons. DIS-Integrated Circuits!
Hound's next mission involved stopping Soundwave from sending a message to the Decepticons back on Cybertron, but matters were complicated when they faced the newly created Constructicons. Their merging into the mighty Devastator did not help things, either, but thanks to help from Bomber Bill, a human trucker, the communications array was destroyed before the entire message could be sent. The Next Best Thing to Being There!
The conversations of Shockwave's Decepticons, stationed at Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One, were being listened in on by Hound and the other Autobots, and so they overheard Shockwave's plans to dispose of Prime's head now that he was no longer useful to them. Hound led a long Autobot convoy out to rescue their leader, Brainstorm! and headed to the swamp where Shockwave planned to dump Prime's head. They were able to form a human-chain to rescue the head from sinking to the bottom of it, but when the head was placed on Optimus Prime's body, it attacked them. This was not the real head of Optimus Prime, but an imposter head controlled by Shockwave! A group of Decepticons led by Soundwave joined the imposter Optimus Prime in destroying them, but during the course of battle the real head was restored and the Decepticons defeated. Hound was one of the few Autobots left standing. Prime Time!
Now that Prime and the Creation Matrix had been returned to them, Hound was one of the Autobots who opposed using the Matrix to create super-warriors. Soon after, he assisted Mirage in capturing Ravage, who had been spying on the Autobots' debate. But Ravage's capture was part of the Decepticon's plan; once Ravage learned what he wanted to know, he escaped. Hound learned of the spy's departure when Optimus demanded to know why he was still in the base instead of chasing Ravage down; Bumblebee had been tasked with telling Hound of their prisoner's escape, but had opted to try and recapture Ravage himself! The Autobots learned that Bumblebee in turn had gotten himself captured, and Optimus was the one who ultimately retrieved him. His sense of self rejuvenated by the experience, Prime announced before Hound and the others that he had settled on not creating super-warriors, and that the debate was closed. Crisis of Command! When the rogue Swoop, under the control of the human Professor Morris, attacked the Ark, it fell to Hound and Huffer to give him the "old Autobot one-two". It worked, though upon recovering his mind, Swoop flew away. Following him to a Roxxon Oil facility, Hound and the other Autobots found the Dinobot lucid—for all of about two seconds before his primary cybo-dendrons, damaged after four million years in a tar pit, finally burned out and he attacked them again. With the assistance of Morris and his neural relay link, they were able to subdue Swoop and return him to the Ark for treatment. The Icarus Theory
Hound was next seen being reconstructed, along with a handful of other Autobots. Rock and Roll-Out!
Hound watched Megatron and Shockwave battling in a coal mine on a monitor at the Ark. When he asked if Optimus had seen it, Prime replied that it was in hand and that Bumblebee was keeping an eye on the situation. Second Generation!
When Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge made their time-jump to 1986, Optimus Prime, Ratchet and Prowl were lost in Limbo. Suspecting Decepticon involvement, Hound and Jazz were sent to spy on their foes. Cyclonus discovered the spying Autobots and attacked, taking out Jazz and beating Hound within an inch of his life while expositing about his past self. Only the arrival of Ultra Magnus saved Hound.
After getting a lift back to the Ark from Magnus, Hound tried several times to get Ultra Magnus to assist the Autobots against Galvatron; he also defended their strategy of allying with Megatron. Hound was part of the raiding party which captured Scourge, though he took a critical view of Jetfire's tactics, especially as the Autobots were beaten again and again. Target: 2006
In the wake of Galvatron's trip from the future, Optimus Prime faked his death to teach the Autobots how to survive without him. Hound was one of the Autobots who attended his funeral, moments before Optimus Prime reappeared. Resurrection!
When Blaster and Grimlock fought on Earth's moon for leadership of the Autobots, Hound was among the dozens who disembarked from the Ark to be spectators. Totaled!
Some time after, he and the other Autobots answered a distress call from Buster Witwicky, but when they arrived to rescue him, they were attacked by both Earth-based Decepticon armies. Hound was pounced upon by Weirdwolf.
The battle was discovered to be a ruse by Starscream to cover his efforts to claim the powers of the Underbase. Hound was subsequently part of a team sent to confront Starscream in New York City. Unfortunately, Hound and several of his peers ended up slaughtered by Starscream on the Brooklyn Bridge. Dark Star
Later, Ratchet was seen tinkering with Hound's decapitated head. Back from the Dead
Earthforce
When Optimus Prime visited the Earthbase he brought with him a number of deactivated Autobots from the Ark, including Hound and Tracks, to be revived in Wheeljack's Body Shop. However while Tracks was eventually revived (despite a series of unexplained "accidents") Hound was not seen to be repaired. Makin' Tracks!
Marvel Generation 2 comic
Later revived through unknown means, Hound joined Grimlock's unit in leaving Cybertron to find new conflicts and fought against the technoforming fleets of the Cybertronian Empire. He hesitated to gun down what appeared to be a surrendering enemy, only for Blades to do the work for him. He afterwards expressed his disgust over the bloodlust shown by his comrade. Blades, in turn, berated Hound for being a liability and revealed that the Cybertronian had a gun concealed behind his back. War Without End! Following this, he was the only Autobot not infected by the psychic parasites of the K'tord Nebula, due to a blow to the head that knocked him off-line. After Prime and Jhiaxus managed to temporarily cease fighting long enough to deal with the parasites, Hound scanned the Transformers for any remnants in their systems. Primal Fear!
As one of the more level-headed Autobots, Hound did not participate in Grimlock's ill-advised strike on the Liege Centuro and his fleet. Instead, he helped Optimus free Grimlock and his strike team after they had been taken prisoners by the enemy.Devices and Desires! Still, Hound knew good sense when he heard it, even from Grimlock, and when Prime thought it was a good idea for him to go meet the Decepticons alone, Hound arrived with Grimlock and a rescue battalion just in time to keep Megatron from destroying his old nemesis. The Gathering Darkness The Autobots set up an Earthbase as Prime recuperated. Hound was on guard when Megatron forced his way into the camp, fresh from his own conflict with the Cybertronian Empire. Tales of Earth, Part Four
Later, Hound also got involved in protecting the planet Ethos from genocide. Escalation!
Regeneration One
By 2012, Hound was alive again. When Optimus Prime was alerted to Megatron's devastation of Earth, Hound was among the detachment of Autobots he took to confront the tyrant. Loose Ends, Part 4 In the ensuing battle against Megatron's zombie army, Hound took down Blot. Loose Ends, Part 5 Returning to Cybertron aboard the Valiant, Hound and the other Autobots were unwittingly targeted by surface-to-air missiles as the Civil Defense Hub had been overtaken by the Decepticon Clones Pounce and Wingspan, under the command of Scorponok. Natural Selection, Part Four Though the missiles were called off at the last moment, the Autobots aboard the Valiant were now alerted to the threat and prepared for immediate deployment. Natural Selection, Part Five
Though the threat of Scorponok had been neutralised, it wasn't long before Cybertron was invaded by Bludgeon's Blitz Engines. Hound found himself fighting on the front lines along with Siren, Huffer, Chromedome, Mirage and a host of generic Autobots, most of whom were slaughtered in the first action. Destiny, Part Four Having survived that battle, Hound formed part of Rodimus Prime's forces in an attack on the Hub Network. Landing alongside Ultra Magnus, Kup, Bumblebee and Nightbeat at area 59, subdivision 17.4, branch 5: Z-9-#J-4 with a plan to take down the entire Hub in one fell swoop. However, Jhiaxus had anticipated their strategy, and the Autobots soon found themselves fighting for their lives. Swarmed by Cybertronian fliers, Hound managed to get some good shots in but was hit in return, set on fire, careered off the edge of a ledge and exploded when he hit the bottom. Ouch. The War to End All Wars, Part 3
Transformers '84
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Hound was part of Optimus Prime's crew aboard the Ark, and thus was present for many battles between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth. Hound often accompanied the Autobots' human friend Spike Witwicky. He continued serving up through 2005, where he was stationed on Earth during the Battle of Autobot City.
In a splinter timeline, he had other adventures, including exclusive membership in the Four-Wheel Drive Corps. Hound briefly gained a Binaltech body, but time-travelling put a stop to that. He served on the planet Athenia by the year 2011, and when Cybertron was destroyed that same year, he joined the Disaster Relief Team to search the remains of the planet for survivors.
Sticker Adventures books
Hound helped fend off a Decepticon attack. He and the other Autobots then enjoyed an unusual lull in Decepticon activities for the next several days, only to find out they had been lulled into a false sense of security; the Decepticons had stolen the Autobots’ entire supply of fuel during this quiet time. Even as Windcharger headed out to fetch more fuel, Hound informed him it was too late; his radar detected that the Decepticons were already on their way. Hound and the other Autobots nonetheless attempted to fend off the Decepticons once more. Thankfully, Optimus returned just in time with a new shipment of fuel. Re-energized, the Autobots forced the Decepticons to flee once again. Revenge of the Decepticons
Marvel Storybooks continuity
Hound was among the Autobots who vowed to stop Decepticon activity on Earth. He and the other Autobots cheered so loudly at Optimus's proclamation that "Freedom was the right of all sentient beings" that they nearly caused a volcano to erupt. Later, Hound was involved in the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that was a result of Megatron taking millions of humans hostage in a bid to get the Earth to surrender to the Decepticons. Hound participated both in the invasion of the Decepticons' base and the subsequent fight against The Devastator. The Autobots were eventually victorious, and Hound drove away with the rest of his comrades after Optimus declared the war between Autobots and Decepticons to be over. Battle for Earth
Marvel coloring books
After Bumblebee alerted the Autobots to Megatron's latest plan, they took to the seas in a boat Wheeljack built. When Spike Witwicky pointed out a strangely-behaving iceberg to Hound, the ship was boarded by Ravage, who promptly fell for one of Hound's holographic tricks. The Autobots later defeated the Decepticons and confiscated the treasure they'd found. Search for Treasure Under the Sea When the Decepticons came up with a new plan to steal Earth's fuel, Hound and Bumblebee volunteered as scouts to locate their enemy. Hound found the Decepticons at Hoover Dam and after alerting the other Autobots, took part in the battle to save it. The Deadly Fuel Shortage
The Decepticons developed a molecular transfer device to steal Earth's fuel, and Hound joined in on a raid on the Decepticon stronghold, though he accidentally set off the alarm as they entered. Summertime Coloring Book
While the Autobots were relaxing in the woods one day, Hound stumbled on Megatron and his goons trashing the place. He reported to Optimus, who was feeding a bunny and the Autobots set about defending the forest from the Decepticons. Hound created Butch and Sparkplug Witwicky holograms so Megatron came up empty-handed when he made a grab for them. Forest Rescue Mission
When the Decepticons attacked Oil Valley, Hound was part of a convoy of Autobots that turned up to fight them. Battle at Oil Valley Kup told Hound and some other Autobots about a stash of energon cubes hidden somewhere on Earth, and they decided to try to find it. They headed to Mount St. Hilary, only to find the Decepticons were already there searching. Naturally another battle ensued, which ended when Starscream ate all the energon cubes. The Lost Treasure of Cybertron
Big Looker Story Books
Hound was among the Autobots who volunteered to go on a mission to save Cybertron and ended up on Earth. After Bumblebee got the help of Sparkplug Witwicky in repairing Hound and the other Autobots, Hound gave Sparkplug and his son Spike home to Kimball, only to find the Decepticons were already there raiding the city. Hound raced back to base and fetched the rest of the Autobots so they could chase the Decepticons off. Battle for Cybertron Hoping to win a year's oil, the Autobots entered the Big Car Rally. Hound drove the mountain leg, helped by Huffer who repaired a bridge Rumble had taken out. When he reached Cliffjumper's stage, Hound saved his comrade by jumping in front of Thundercracker's blast, at the cost of needing some repairs from Ratchet. The Great Car Rally Optimus, Bumblebee and Hound lazed around under a tree outside Autobot HQ one sunny day. They later had to go rescue Grapple from the Decepticons. Insecticon Attack!
Kid Stuff Talking Story Books
When a human working at Prodhoe Bay had made a deal with the Decepticons, promising to turn a blind eye to the disappearance of several gallons of crude oil in exchange of a new jeep, Hound infiltrated the Decepticon operation and posed as the jeep to be delivered. He then signalled Autobot headquarters, who were able to send Skyfire to deal with the Decepticons. When Continents Collide
After Megatron caved in a section of Brazil, Hound took part in an aerial attack, flying over the Decepticons in his jeep mode and raining down lasers. Storms of Destruction
Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity
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When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were abducting humans to ransom for fuel, Hound took part in a raid on the warehouse where the hostages were being kept, using his sensors to track the approach of Starscream's squad as they came to investigate what was up. Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)
Deadly Paradise
Sideswipe was convicted of destroying the Nova Suspension Bridge and deactivated, despite his pleas of innoncence, in order to ease the strain on human/Autobot relations. Prowl became suspicious of the Decepticons being somehow involved, and discovered evidence that lead to the remote Carob Island. Hound accompanied Prowl, Windcharger, Brawn, Bumblebee and Ratchet and headed to said island. Upon landfall, Prowl discovered a cave from where suspicious sounds were coming from. Leaving Bumblebee and Hound behind to guard the entrance, Prowl, Windcharger, Brawn and Ratchet went inside. While they were standing guard, Bumblebee and Hound were somehow captured and deactivated by Madame Cee and her army of pig-robots. They were eventually reactivated inside Madame Cee's workshop, where they learned that the Decepticons were forcing her to help build Autobot duplicates. After learning of the location of Megatron's temporary base on the island, Hound and the rest of the group entered it, finding themselves wandering in a vast, underground labyrinth. They finally came upon an open area, only to be captured in force cages by the Decepticons. Prowl managed to free the rest of the group, and Hound helped them defeat Starscream and Skywarp while Prowl dealt with Megatron. In the process of fighting the Decepticons, Hound damaged his leg. Ratchet prepared to repair it, only to find that his lubricant container was empty. The Autobots managed to escape Megatron's megamaze when they realized that Ratchet's lubricant container had been leaking all day, thus leaving them a trail that led out of Megatron's megamaze that surrounded the facility. Using his keen sensors, Hound was able to follow the trail, even in the dark. The Autobots returned to their headquarters where they were able to clear Sideswipes name, and presumably reactivated him. Deadly Paradise
Ladybird Books continuity
After a lightning storm, Hound marveled at how a strike had changed a nearby mountain. Huffer built a lightning rod to harness the power of Earth's storms, which Hound thought he detected the Decepticons snooping around but didn't bother telling anyone. It later turned out he was right, though the Decepticons had mistaken the rod for a radio mast, and they retreated after being shocked by it. Autobots' Lightning Strike When Ironhide detected the Decepticons, Hound used his radar and infrared to determine that their foe was headed for the desert. They subsequently caught the Decepticons raiding an experimental solar energy plant. Megatron's Fight for Power
When Bumblebee discovered that the Decepticons were planning to build an ion drive to power their ship, Optimus Prime sent Hound to keep a listening watch for Decepticon radio signals. Hound soon recorded a lot of Decepticon radio activity, and reported back to Optimus with his findings. Thanks to the information gathered by Hound, the Autobots were able to pinpoint to location of the Decepticons’ construction site. Autobots Fight Back
Hound eavesdropped on Laserbeak's attempts to scout out human life forms. After Laserbeak's transmission was cut off, Hound and Spike went to investigate what the Decepticon was doing and found a windmill. When they found the Decepticons were involved, they called in the rest of the Autobots, and unfortunately the windmill was destroyed in the ensuing battle. Laserbeak's Fury When Cosmos picked up radio signals from a cloaked Decepticon space station, Hound decoded the signals. He later impersonated Soundwave and gave the three cloaked space stations instructions that caused them to crash into each other. Galvatron's Air Attack Following the triggering of Metroplex's Decepticon alarms, Hound reported that they'd merely detected a Decepticon recovery crew. Decepticon Hideout
The Battle for Planet Earth
While Optimus Prime led an Autobot team to South America to hunt for energy, Hound and the rest of the Autobots stayed in the Ark. They were briefly spied on by Ravage who reported their status to Megatron. Terror of Mount Sheelah
Find Your Fate Junior
Dinobots Strike Back
Near the beginning of most branches in one micro-continuity-nexus, Hound reported back to the Ark that four of the Dinobots had inexplicably ditched lookout duty in Hidden Valley to go on a rampage through farm country. Dinobots Strike Back
Battle Drive
When Optimus began to worry that Bumblebee failed to report in a timely manner while out on patrol, he dispatched Hound alongside Prowl and Swoop to check up on the little Autobot. When they met up with Bumblebee, who informed them of the Decepticon's ploy to destroy acres of farmland in order to starve humanity into submission, Hound suggested they headed back to Autobot headquarters immediately, in order to report back to Optimus. Doing so, however, led them straight into a violent storm, stranding them in the middle of nowhere and ending their adventure.
Alternatively, if the small group of Autobots decided to try and stop the Decepticon plot on their own, they were surprised to find Buster Witwicky on the road. The boy informed them that his father had discovered a fatal flaw in Decepticon circuitry, from whom Sparkplug was now on the run from. If the Autobots decided not to postpone their current mission for Sparkplug's sake, they were ambushed and destroyed by the Decepticons.
If they decided to rescue Buster's father, Hound and the Autobots drove into the mountains, they quickly discovered Sparkplug holed up in a cave surrounded by Decepticons. While Swoop flew ahead to distract the Decepticons, Hound and the rest of the earthbound Autobots met up with Sparkplug in his cave, and decided whether or not to make a stand against the Decepticons. Depending on some choices other bots made, Hound's battle to defend the cave alongside Bumblebee and Prowl was more or less difficult.
In one version of the following events, Hound, Prowl, Bumblebee and the Witwickys fell to their deaths in an attempt to find an alternate route out of the cave.
In another version of the subsequent events, Hound, Prowl and Bumblebee successfully held out against the Decepticons until Autobot reinforcements arrived to turn the tide of battle.
In yet another version of these events, Hound successfully used his hologram gun to create a diversion, and allowed Prowl to make a mad dash back to Autobot headquarters with Sparkplug.
In a completely different sequence of events, Hound was chosen along with Jazz, Prowl, Wheeljack, and Swoop by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticon plot, when Bumblebee made it back to the Autobots' headquarters on his own. The group, joined by Bumblebee, was ambushed as soon as they arrived in the open countryside of the farmland. If you attempted to interfere, the Autobots were doomed. However, when the Autobots were left to their own devices, Hound and the rest of the group realized on their own that they had stumbled into a Decepticon trap. Whether or not the group made it back to their base depended on the decisions Optimus Prime made.Battle Drive
Desert Flight
Hound was part of a group of the Autobots’ best scouts, led by Optimus on a fuel-finding mission. When the convoy heard a large explosion in the distance, Optimus sent Cosmos to investigate the noise.
If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus's convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. En route, the Autobots passed near a human town, but began floating in mid-air before being able to reach it. Evidently, the phenomenon was caused by a Decepticon anti-gravity weapon.
If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn't put the humans anywhere where they wouldn't float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.
If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, they soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam's influence. They were then attacked by a small fleet of Decepticons. The Decepticons were quickly forced to break off their attack and retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The Autobots then headed for the Decepticon base, with their stowaway. Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.
If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.
Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion. In actuality, Hound and the rest of the Autobots were hidden away inside Optimus's trailer. The Autobots then led a surprise attack on their unsuspecting foes.
In the event that Buddy tampered with the gravity gun in the ensuing battle, the Autobots would emerge victorious.
In the event that Buddy instead entered a space-time anomaly created throughout the course of the battle, the Autobots would lose their fight against the Decepticons, and Hound wound up either injured or dead.
If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. Desert Flight
Decepticon Poison
In one possible scenario, Hound was amongst the troops that Optimus brought to the Decepticons’ poison lab, in order to foil the Decepticons’ plan of poisoning the humans’ nearby water supply.
If the Autobots decided to launch a full-frontal assault, as suggested by Ironhide, Hound was one of the Autobots Optimus called forth to gun down the laboratory. The laboratory then caved in on itself, signalling an Autobot victory.
Alternatively, if Optimus decided to send his troops to the water reservoir instead of the lab, Hound was amongst the group of Autobots that found the reservoir swarmed by Decepticons upon their arrival. In one possible sequence of events, Hound was killed by Megatron in the battle that ensued. Decepticon Poison
Autobot Alert!
Hound was present at the Autobot city of Metroplex when an Autobot Alert sounded.
He and the other Autobots learned of two Decepticon plots simultaneously occurring. One of which was the theft of a coded message meant for Ultra Magnus's eyes only. If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize theft of the coded message, Hound was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Hound took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.
If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Hound was sent ahead to scout out the best route to the California coast. Catching up with Hound, Ultra Magnus's troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so. Whether the Autobots failed or succeeded from this point forward depended on the actions of other Autobots. Autobot Alert!
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When the Decepticons attacked Boulder Dam, Hound was alongside Slag as they both rumbled in for the final crisis! The Decepticons were successfully driven away by the Autobots. Battle in the Desert Valley
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
After the death of Sentinel Prime and the fall of Altihex, Hound was one of several Autobots called upon by Grimlock to meet with him in the ruins of Praxus. Here, Grimlock announced his plans to take command of the Autobots himself, by force if need be, should the next appointed Prime not prove to be capable of leading them in combat. The group attended the inauguration of Optronix into Optimus Prime, and when an enemy attempt was made against the new Prime, Hound helped fend off the assassins. He and Kup gunned down Backbite, causing him to explode spectacularly. Optimus then took care of the other assassins, winning several Autobots over... only to then announce that he planned a planet-wide evacuation. Hound was visibly shocked over this decision. The War Within #1 Though hw helped in loading up the Autobots' shuttles needed for this exodus, Hound bemoaned the oath of allegiance he had long ago taken to the Autobots all the while, and talked with Ironhide over how... wrong the evacuation felt. Grimlock chimed in as well, reiterating his doubts over Prime's ability to head the Autobots. Though Grimlock stormed off, Hound and the rest of his team remained to continue at their task. The War Within #2 Shortly after this transpired, Megatron and Optimus were fed visions of the future through the Matrix of Leadership. In one of these visions, they witnessed Hound help defend a hydro-electric dam from a Decepticon attack on Earth. The War Within #5
During the Great War, when Prime disappeared and the Autobots fractioned into several smaller armies, Hound remained with the primary Autobot faction under Prowl's leadership. He reported the bad news that the Decepticons' new assault base was almost operational. Fragmentation This information proved slightly out of date; Trypticon was not only already operational, but battle-ready. When the giant Decepticon proved too much for Prowl's team to handle, Hound rustled up some reinforcements and lent a hand. Everything the Autobots threw at their enemy still wasn't enough to even slow it down however, and the Autobots only managed to survive the encounter because Trypticon was called away mid-battle. Revelation Hound's group returned to base for repairs, only to come under attack by The Fallen. The ancient Transformer broke into the Autobots' holding cells, reappropriated Blitzwing from one of them, and then took off. Confrontation It was Shockwave's Decepticons who wound up tracking down The Fallen to his base of operations, information that was conveyed back to Hound and the Autobots by Swoop. Though the opposing factions joined forces to put an end to The Fallen's machinations, Hound was not among the soldiers who arrived on the battlefield in time to see any action. Conflagration
Afterwards, Ultra Magnus managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. This eventually forced the Ultracons and Shockwave's Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Hound was in attendance at the ceremony, which was interrupted by a bombing engineered by Starscream and his Predacons. This attack only served to strengthen the alliance between the factions, and they struck back as a united front against the aggressors. However, the dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned Aerospace Extermination Squadron ended any ideas of truce whatsoever. The Age of Wrath Megatron quickly took over the planet, and enslaved the majority of Autobots. Hound was among the many unfortunates captured, and put to work in Internment Camp Pi. The Age of Wrath Pt.2
Optimus returned to Cybertron, and the Autobots were freed from slavery. The Age of Wrath Pt.6
Later still (and four million years ago), Hound was part of the crew of the Ark spaceship, and crashlanded on the planet Earth after a conflict with the Decepticons. The Autobots and Decepticons on board remained in stasis lock, buried at the base of Mount St. Hilary in Oregon, until the volcano exploded in 1984, freeing them. Hound and the other Autobots under Prime's command waged war against the Decepticons on Earth, until finally capturing them all. Roughly a decade after they arrived, the Autobots planned to return to Cybertron with their prisoners aboard the Ark II. Tragically, however, sabotage led to the spaceship exploding on its maiden voyage, and all aboard were believed dead.
Not so. In fact, a human mercenary named Lazarus had recovered a great number of the Transformers that had been on board, including Hound. He went to work on these deactivated robots, installing programming directives that would turn the Cybertronians into mindless drones for his own purposes. In 2002, Hound was repurposed as Lazarus' transport jeep when he entertained the "freedom fighter" Bishop, and stood guard against anybody following them. Prime Directive #1 Lazarus was prepared to unleash his robot soldiers on the world, only to fail at the starting gate when Megatron reasserted control over his own programming and resumed the war. Prime Directive #2 Hound, along with the other Autobots Lazarus had salvaged, were used to power Megatron's latest doomsday weapon: a metallic virus that would cyber-form the planet into a new Cybertron. Prime Directive #3 The Decepticons soon after left to attack San Francisco, allowing Hound's allies to extract him from the machinery powering the virus. As he looked him over, Sideswipe reported that Hound was alive, although he had been left in a barely functional state. Prime Directive #4
Not long thereafter, Hound and the Autobots were entrenched against the Decepticons in Alaska when they were confronted with an envoy from Cybertron, which had apparently ended the war sometime ago, creating a Unified Cybertronian government. Shockwave, leader of this new regime, demanded the Autobots surrender themselves as war criminals. The Autobots escaped from his troops' clutches, and Hound was sent out as part of a scouting party to gather more information on the newcomers. While out on their patrol, they were ambushed and approached by a team headed by Ultra Magnus. New World Order Allegedly in order to prevent the warlike Transformers of Earth from igniting old passions, Hound and many of his fellow Autobots were captured by this group. Brothers' Burden Brought back to Cybertron aboard Sky Lynx, Hound and the Autobots were removed from their prison cells by the Triple Changer named Broadside, and brought into contact with a resistance cell led by Smokescreen. It seemed Shockwave actually had a hidden agenda (of course), and many Autobots had begun taking up arms again to fight back against his regime. Passive Aggression Hound joined in the insurrection at Iacon, and the resistance ultimately pushed Shockwave out of command, retaking Cybertron for the Autobots. War and Peace
As Ultra Magnus began re-establishing Autobot control over the planet, Prowl decided that Hound and the rest of the Ark's crew would be best served by returning to Earth and establishing a permanent base of operations there. Original Sin Being the Earth-lover that he was, Hound was all for the idea. Several others objected, unwilling to leave Cybertron after returning to it for such a brief period of time, but Hound reminded them that they had responsibilities towards their human friends. Atonement As the Autobots blasted off from Cybertron, Hound looked over a display of Earth on their ship's bridge. Lost and Found
Hound was last seen at the site of the future Autobot City, using his holograms to help Grapple visualize his plans for the city. The Route of All Evil
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers
Hound was present during the chaotic battle on Cobra Island between the Autobots, Decepticons, G.I. Joe and Cobra. He was blasted in half by Devastator, sending Bumblebee and Wheeljack into a fit of rage. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5
Transformers/G.I. Joe
Hound lay dormant and buried on the Fera Islands for a long time, until he and his comrades were awakened in 1939 thanks to the battle between G.I. Joe and Cobra. After he was reformatted into a military jeep and had the situation explained to him by Duke, Hound was eager to help the Joes with their mission. Transformed As the battle began in earnest, he proved ignorant as to the existence of paratroopers. Trial by Fire
During a run-in with Rumble, Hound sat around in vehicle mode and got dented by the Decepticon's earthquakes, but was otherwise unharmed. Wolves As the Autobots advanced towards the Terrordrome, Hound's scanners detected Cobra soldiers forcing slaves to act as human shields, so he suggested that they clear out a nearby trench to hide the slaves in. Trenches When a few of the slaves fell in the ocean, Hound and Wheeljack helped G.I. Joe pull them up. Unfortunately, both Autobots were killed in battle shortly afterwards. The Iron Fist
Shell Game
In Viron 704.31 Epsilon, Hound was one of Optimus Prime's loyal Autobots. On the eve of a vital confrontation with Megazarak, however, several of Hound's Autobot comrades disappeared (as a result of Unicron abducting them to fight in the Universe War), and though they tried their best, Optimus, Hound, Sky Lynx, and X-Brawn fell to Megazarak's onslaught. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30
Megazarak ripped Hound's head off his torso, and Hound's corpse littered the ground with the bodies of the other Autobots. Shell Game
Transformers Legends anthology
While Hound was out driving with Bumblebee and Spike, the trio happened on a badly-injured Starscream, whom Hound's sensors told him had fallen down the side of a nearby mountain. Hound initially feared it was a trap, but Bumblebee persuaded him to carry the Decepticon back to the Ark. Redemption Center
The Beast Within
After a brutal battle during which The Beast, a monstrous gestalt of unimaginable power, was released, Hound's butchered form lay smoldering in a mass grave of both Autobot and Decepticon corpses. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences
Q-Robo Transformer
2005 IDW continuity
Hound was a veteran Autobot soldier who served in the Primal Vanguard and Sentinel Prime's Kaon Security Services before joining up with Orion Pax. In the later stages of the Great War he commanded a combat unit guarding Thunderhead Pass before joining the Autobot forces on Earth. Once the war ended, Hound joined the crew of the Lost Light on a quest to find the Knights of Cybertron.
Lil Formers
Hound claimed that upcoming Lil Formers strips would contain "62% more funny." Lil Formers
Hearts of Steel
Hound later formed a train with Ratchet and Trailblazer to get Tesla and Tobias to the dormant body of their leader, Optimus Prime, to help them fight a new threat, the Elder Gods. Infestation 2: The Transformers #1 Hound, Ratchet, and Trailblazer realized an electrical charge was necessary to reawaken Optimus Prime and they gave their energy to a balloon to set a charge. When Optimus Prime awakened, he gave the trio energy from his energon reserves. They left for Port Cenotaph to fight the Elder God possessed Ironhide. Infestation 2: The Transformers #2
Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga
Hound was chasing Ravage after the sneaky Mini-Cassette snatched a sack full of energon cubes. He lost the cat for a while, and caught up just in time to see Cheetor overpower Ravage and Starscream while re-enacting the Circle of Life. They made friends, and Hound promised to return to the safari park and visit soon. Henkei! Henkei! #8
Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga
Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-
Kre-O online manga
Hound was among the Autobots terrorized by the Decepticons' Alligaticon. Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?
TransTech
Sergeant Hound, who hailed from Primax 096.0 Beta, Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06 was a scout for General Optimus Prime throughout the third Cybertronian war. BotCon 2015 Sgt. Hound profile card In the Battle of Sherman Dam, he kept Starscream from interfering in the fight between the General and ATB Megatron. Things seemed dire until the Dinobots showed up. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06
Later, the Sarge and special operations officer Jazz provided valuable intelligence that allowed Prime's reconstituted Firestormer Squadron to strike at Megatron's Decepticon Star Empire in the latter stages of the war. During the final battle on Mirtonia, the Autobots emerged victorious when the Decepticons accidentally blew up an experimental energon refinery and themselves with it, though this explosion also blew the General and Hound out of their own universe and into Nexus 208.0 Epsilon.
Though the war in his own universe was over, Sergeant Hound only knew his years of military service, and when the General joined the Convoy, Hound joined the Offworlder Zone Security Administration to serve under his commanding officer once more. BotCon 2015 Sgt. Hound profile card
Sergeant Hound was one of the policebots who pursued the criminal C-81 and his band of miscreants after one of their botched raids. With the assistance of fellow officers Strongarm, Prowl, Prowl, and Ransack, Sergeant Hound managed to corner the group of Cybertron's most wanted in Seeker-Shinai. During the arrest, Hound noted that a nearby Seeker recognized that C-81 was a "Megatron". Hound was skeptical of this claim, but nonetheless reported the comment to his superiors after bringing the criminals to the Offworlder maximum security prison.
Later the same day, the TransTechs ceased functioning on a planet-wide scale. Sergeant Hound and General Optimus Prime had to deal with the ensuing chaos. Thankfully, the prison was still (mostly) secured, and Sergeant Hound was content to allow the prisoners fight it out amongst themselves to tucker them out. The Sergeant and the General went off to investigate the source of the shutdown. They soon discovered the source of the problem: a nest of Waruder invaders deep within Axiom Nexus's underground network.
Arriving at the nest, Hound and Optimus found a battle already in progress between the Waruders and the group of escaped criminals led by C-81. The Cybertronians were soon joined by Lift-Ticket and Burn Out, the latter of which impressed Hound thoroughly with her heavy armament and precision aim. Despite these reinforcements, Hound and company found themselves on the losing side of the battle. Thankfully, C-81 managed to grab a hold of the Waruders' leader and forced him into peaceful negotiations. The discussion ended with an agreement that the Waruders would be allowed safe passage to a deserted Cybertron. As the invaders migrated via C-81's interuniversal gate, the Sergeant conversed with Burn Out's pilot, Dia, and explained to her the circumstances that led to the Waruders building such an evolved and dangerous hive. Sergeant Hound and General Optimus Prime then allowed C-81's band to "slip away" as a way of thanking them for their part in thwarting the Waruder invasion. Cybertron's Most Wanted
A few months later, Hound was part of Cheetor's OZSA team which tried to arrest Cy-Kill at the Axiom Nexus News offices. Unfortunately, Cy-Kill had his troops on the scene as backup, and they managed to escape. Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/21
Q-Transformers cartoon
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Win If You Dare
Mazinger Z versus Transformers
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Transformers issue #10
Hound was a Colonial Security officer aboard Sentinel Prime's Titan during his tour of the colonies. Typically level-headed, Hound made an exception for the Thraal, whom he could never forgive for their sterilization of the A'ovan homeworld. Nautica: Home
The colonial tour was cut short when two Cybertronian were murdered back home, an unprecedented action since the days of the Threefold Spark. Sentinel Prime brought Hound and his entourage back to the homeworld to address the situation. The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four
Hound and Novastar began integrating Colonial Security forces with the homeguard Security Operations at Sentinel Prime's command. Chromia would remain in command of Investigations, but Enforcement now fell to them. The Change In Your Nature Part Three Hound began assembling a team for heavy work, while Novastar constructed a recon and rapid response unit. All Fall Down Making his way to A'ovan habitat, Hound surveyed the damage with Pra'tyne before Sideswipe approached him to request a transfer to Hound's new counterterroism unit only for Hound to reject the youth based on his lack of experience and overall immaturity. Swindle's
War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon
- Voice actor: JW Stafford (English)
Commercial appearances
Hound, Prowl, and Sunstreaker fled from a Decepticon attack, and hid behind a mountain concealing the Autobots' newest warrior, Jetfire! Jetfire and Shockwave commercial
Games
Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' Minicar troops from the Decepticons, Hound could come to Optimus Prime's aid, offering different routes through the Decepticons' maze-like base. Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game
The Transformers (1985)
Hound was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. The Transformers
The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth
Along with his fellow Autobots, Hound protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of Rodimus Prime. The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth
The Transformers (PS2)
- Voice actor: Peter von Gomm (English)
Hound was one of the Autobots present on Zel Samine during the Decepticon attacks. He joined up with Optimus Prime's party after they secured the geothermal power plant from the Decepticons. The Transformers (PS2)
Transformers Legends
A (probably time-displaced) Hound was present on Cybertron during Nova Prime's peaceful reign. Prime Evil
Hound participated in a battle against the Insecticons. Harvest of the Insecticons
When the Military Patrol was unleashed on New York, Hound joined Jetfire and Warpath in driving the Decepticon team out of the city. Full Assault An Autobot team led by Hound arrived on a battlefield and joined in the ongoing battle. By Land, Sea, or Air Hound was among the Autobots affected when Megatron sabotaged the recharging chamber, turning them evil. He attacked Rutter Military Base. He and the other Autobots were returned to normal by Sparkplug's attitude exchanger. Attack of the Autobots
Angry Birds Transformers
Hound appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Terence. Angry Birds Transformers
Transformers: Frontiers
Transformers: Earth Wars
Hound came to Earth and was out exploring when he stumbled upon a race track, and saw Drag Strip on the track! The Decepticon forces Hound and his fellow Autobots into a deadly race, threatening to endanger nearby humans if the they don't partake. And the Autobots apparently won the race. Raceday Mayhem event
Afterwards, he returned to base, and Cliffjumper was surprised to see him. Then he sets off to explore and map this new world with Cliff and Ironhide.
- Class: Gunner
- Lowest Star Rating: 2 star
- Weapons: Hound uses a standard issue Grenade Launcher.
- Ability: Release the Hounds! - sends out 5 holo bombs that deal damage to main target and 4 random targets around it. Deals double damage to resource buildings!
- Cost: 7 ability points. +2 for reuses.
Hound at Tranformers: Earth Wars Wiki
Toys
Merchandise
Notes
- The Hound toy was originally a Diaclone "J59 Jeep", coming with a blue-and-white pilot figure and several IP-infringing decals.
- Ken Sansom's voice for Hound sounds not unlike famous actor Jimmy Stewart.
- Due to the animation model of the character being based on package art as much as the actual toy, Hound's holographic rifle was misinterpreted as a small pistol thanks to the foreshortening used. The Alternators toy uses the "pistol", which led people more familiar with the original figure's gigantic rifle to quip that his new weapon was "far too small".
- Hound's head design has several elements that alternate frequently between two different interpretations among the various toys and art renditions: On the original toy, the center of his helmet sports a raised ridge that's only slightly indented compared to the sides of the helmet on the front end. The animation model, based on the toy's package art that depicts the section in question in a way that's open to misinterpretation, changes that to an entirely indented middle section of the helmet without a ridge. Since then, comic book artists have mostly followed the animation model, with the exception of Don Figueroa (The War Within volume 1 and IDW's ongoing title, the latter drawn in his new "live action movie"-inspired style) and Andrew Wildman (The War Within volume 2). The toys (Alternators, Universe Legends Class, and Robot Heroes figures) have mostly remained faithful to the original toy, with the exception of the Universe Deluxe Class toy. In addition, the usually raised "earmuff" sections on the sides of the helmet, which were indented on the original toy, alternate heavily between "round" and "squared", sometimes even between different comics drawn by the same artist (notably E. J. Su and Guido Guidi).
- Like those of many Generation 1 characters, Hound's animation model has appeared as an unnamed cameo in the Armada cartoon. He is visible both reacting to the Mini-Con beacon alongside Braver and Road King in "First Encounter" (seen at right), and in a flashback in "Prehistory".
Foreign names
- Japanese: Hound (ハウンド Haundo)
- Czech: Vtipálek
- Danish: Spejder (Danish cartoon dub, "Scout")
- French: Dépisteur (Canada, "Tracker")
- Hebrew: Kélev Tsáyid (כלב ציד, "Hound")
- Hungarian: Vadászeb ("Hound")
- Italian: Canguro ("Kangaroo")
- Mandarin: Lièquǎn (Taiwan, 獵犬, "Hound"), Tànzhǎng (China, 探长, "Chief Detective")
- Portuguese: Caçador (Portugal comics, "Hunter"), Rastreador (Brazil comics, "Tracker")
- Russian: Ohotnik (Охотник, "Hunter")
References
- Pages with image sizes containing extra px
- Character stubs missing fiction
- Character stubs missing video games
- Combiners
- Dreamwave Generation 1 Autobots
- Generation 1 Autobots
- Generation 2 Autobots
- Henkei! Henkei! Autobots
- IDW (2019) Transformers
- Kreons
- Kre-O Autobots
- Law enforcement
- Primal Vanguard
- Q-Transformers characters
- Regeneration One Autobots
- Robots in Disguise (2001) Autobots
- Scouts
- Trackers
- TransTech Autobots
- Universe Autobots
