Curl

Curl is an alien from the Headmasters cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Curl (カール Kāru) is an inhabitant of Daros, one of many who suffered under the opulence of the ruling class. He has curly hair!

Fiction

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Shingo Hiromori (Japanese){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}

Curl was one of many poor Daros citizens forced into labor at a penal colony in the northern hemisphere for trying to overthrow the powerful elite. When the Autobots arrived in response to a SOS signal, Curl and two other prisoners were the only ones still alive after the Decepticons massacred the prisoners. Chromedome asked Curl if he was the one who sent the SOS signal; Curl responded that it was actually a Beastformer. The Trainbots then transported the three to Battleship Maximus, where they were greeted by Fortress and brought to a room to rest.

Daniel and Wheelie, eager to see the new visitors, accidentally woke up the prisoners. Curl nevertheless greeted the two, and brought in Daniel with the promise to be friends. However, he had sinister intentions and held Daniel hostage with a knife, threatening to cut the boy if Fortress did not turn over the ship to the prisoners. Curl had planned to use Battleship Maximus to kill the ruling class of Daros. Fortress brought some time by claiming that the Headmasters who rescued the prisoners were the pilots of the ship and requested that Curl wait for them to return. Frustrated, Curl told Fortress to call them back. Daniel was able to escape by biting on Curl's arm and using his Challenge Blaster toy to blind the prisoners, allowing Fortress the opportunity to use the ship's defense systems to paralyze the prisoners.

Once unfrozen, Curl explained his motivations: to overthrow the ruling class that monopolized all of the wealth that the resources of the southern hemisphere afforded them. Their greed left most of the people of Daros in poverty, and many tried to oppose this, only to be thrown into the penal colony, where they did hard labor. Moved by his story, Fortress agreed to help Curl.

Unsurprisingly, the ruling class were aided by the Decepticons, who took much of the planet's energy in exchange. Curl pleaded with Fortress to allow the prisoners to fight, but Fortress refused and had the Trainbots transport them off Battleship Maximus.

Once the Decepticons were pushed off the planet the Daros elite tried to bribe the Autobots with energy in exchange for protection, but were very sternly refused. As far as they were concerned, the reign of the ruling class had ended, with Curl as the new leader of Daros. Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!

Notes

• Curl is never referred to by name in any official subtitles.

Foreign names

• English: Lander (Omni Productions dub)