Hashtag (ES)

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

Hashtag is a Terran from the EarthSpark continuity family.

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Father, I cannot click the book.

We're going to be talking about Hashtag today, so make sure to Like, Comment, and Subscribe to our feeds! And now without any further ado, let's dive in. Some people might get on Hashtag's case for compulsively surfing the web and sometimes caring more about it than RL, but you can't deny the level of excitement and engagement she brings to every new method of online communication she finds. The young Terran finds herself granted with not just innate internet-savviness but also borderline technopathy thanks to her G.H.O.S.T. surveillance van alternate mode. While perhaps not having the best social tact or attention span, she's nevertheless eager to put her skills and abilities to use when it comes to helping her fellow Terran siblings, even if it come off as a little self-aggrandizing at times.

Fiction

EarthSpark cartoon

Voice actor: Stephanie Lemelin (English), Gabriela Ortiz (Latin American Spanish), Jade Jonot (French), Karina Fonseca (Brazilian Portuguese)

They were just roommates

Hashtag was first brought to life, at the same as her other siblings Jawbreaker and Nightshade, by the Malto siblings of Mo and Robby via the Emberstone in the same cave where her other Terran siblings, Twitch and Thrash were first created. The otherwise happy moment however being interrupted by a cave-in caused by a battle on the outside of the cave between Optimus Prime and Bumblebee against the Decepticon Seekers, Skywarp and Nova Storm. Age of Evolution, Part 1 Despite being only a few seconds old, Hashtag and the other new Terrans instinctually came to their new family's safety by shielding them from the collapsing cave rubble.

Emerging from the collapsed cave, she was warmly greeted by legendary Optimus who inquired about her and her siblings names. Stuck at a loss, Robby used his Cyber-sleeve connection to the new Terrans to inform everyone her name was "Hashtag" leading her to gasp that he was correct as she didn't have the word to describe what it was. Sensing the pain the other Maltos and Terrans felt about learning their mother was held captive by someone called Mandroid, Hashtag eagerly volunteered to help them. Infiltrating Mandroid's base with Jawbreaker and Nightshade posing as Decepticons who captured Optimus, Hashtag put on an over-the-top Australian accent claiming to be a Decepticon called "Sparkleplug" who used to be Skywarp's roommate in "Bad Guy School". Seeing through their disguise, a battle soon erupted that saw Mandroid's base turn into a walking Mech that took the combined efforts of Malto family and their allies to takedown. Following the battle, Hashtag was formally introduced to Dot and welcomed into her family. Age of Evolution, Part 2

Having moved into the Malto farmstead, Hashtag quickly developed more of an interest in using her phone to watch videos on the internet than she was in learning on how to be a Transformer. Twitch, eager to be a mentor to her younger sister, brought Hashtag into Witwicky to help her find an alt-mode but found Hashtag was still more concerned with getting a good Wi-Fi signal than on how to get an alt-mode. Bartering with Hashtag that if she got an alt-mode they could go back home where there was Wi-Fi, Hashtag scanned the first thing she saw which in this case turned to out to be a G.H.O.S.T. surveillance van. As a result, Hashtag found herself inadvertently abducted by three G.H.O.S.T. agents who mistook her for their actual van. Taken to their secret mountainside base, Hashtag soon learned her alt-mode granted her the ability to connect to any Wi-Fi point on the planet. With the help of Twitch and Bumblebee, she was able to use these new found abilities to escape G.H.O.S.T.'s base. Back at the Malto family home, she covered for her sister Twitch when asked if the two and Bumblebee had gotten in any trouble. Nightshade soon arrived and introduced everyone to the new base they had been working on that would serve as a new living space for the Terrans. Hashtag, for her part, eagerly saying she could provide the Wi-Fi. Hashtag: Oops

When Jawbreaker was attempting to video interview others asking about how to get an alt-mode, Hashtag eagerly volunteered her services to aide her brother. While well-intentioned, Hashtag's efforts soon became more about trying to turn Jawbreaker's personal quest into an attempt at her "directorial debut". When she brought Jawbreaker to have a spark-to-spark conversation with Megatron and Elita-1 about alt-modes, Jawbreaker finally called her out on her being more concerned with making a movie than his feelings. Following chasing down a rogue Arachnamech that tried to scurry away with their camera containing highly-sensitive Transformer information, Hashtag apologized to Jawbreaker. Later that night, Jawbreaker surprised Hashtag with a home movie cobbled together from the remains of her footage, as well promising her when he finally decided on an alt-mode she'd be the first to know about it. Outtakes Hashtag later, more indirectly, aided in another of her siblings personal quests when she provided Nightshade with the last known address of famed author D.E. O'Neil. which led to Nightshade encountering the Decepticon, Tarantulas. Missed Connection

Notes

• Hashtag was designed by Nick Roche.