Fireball cannon
Fireball cannons are powerful ranged weapons carried by the Protectobot Hot Spot and also used by the Protectobots' combined form Defensor.
Fiction
Marvel The Transformers comics
Hot Spot used a fireball cannon, which could fire 2000 degrees Fahrenheit blue flame over a distance of 1.5 miles. Hot Spot's Universe profile Defensor also used the same weapon. Defensor's Universe profile
In the "Slimepit" area of the human video game Multi-World, Onslaught ambushed Hot Spot by blasting him with his sonic stun-gun but Hot Spot retaliated, fusing Onslaught with a fireball. Afterdeath! During a subsequent battle in a rail yard in northern California, Defensor shot Bruticus several times with his fireball cannon. Child's Play
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
In both modes, Hot Spot was armed with two fireball cannons which fired 2000 degrees Fahrenheit blue fireballs a distance of 1.5 miles. Hot Spot's More than Meets the Eye profile Defensor also used Hot Spot's fireball cannons. Defensor's More than Meets the Eye profile
Toys
The Transformers
- Hot Spot (Protectobot, 1986)
- Accessories: 2 fireball cannons, 2 mechanical arms, left & right blast shields, Defensor hip shield, left & right Defensor fists, left & right Defensor footplates
- The Transformers Hot Spot came with two black guns, identified as fireball cannons in his instructions and packaging bio.
- This toy was also available in a Defensor giftset and was released as part of the European/Australian Classics line in 1991. This mold was also used to make Fire Chief.
