Hardtop (ES)

The name or term "Hardtop" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Hardtop (disambiguation).

Hardtop is a Decepticon from the EarthSpark continuity family.

It took me 20 years, but it feels so good to finally be on TV!

Hardtop and his brother Swindle are professional mischief makers. In their criminal duo, Hardtop is the muscle, being excellent at tracking and shooting...though he lacks the lugnuts to attack his former leader on his own accord, unlike how he does to pretty much any Autobot or Human. Unlike most criminal duos, Hardtop and Swindle do care for each other, Hardtop even got captured by G.H.O.S.T trying to save Swindle from a falling shipping crate...and Swindle is trying to break him out. Aww.

Fiction

EarthSpark cartoon

Voice actor: Nolan North (English)

Trivia

• This is the first appearance of any character named Hardtop on screen, his predecessors only appearing in toys and comics.
• Hardtop seems to share similar traits to his Cybertron counterpart, being an excellent sniper with relatively ill luck, in addition to being Swindle's brother.