Plasma sphere shooter

"Ouch! Those electric balls really hurt!"

Headstrong's plasma sphere shooter shoots explosive balls of plasma. Goodness gracious.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

In robot mode, Headstrong used a plasma sphere shooter, which could emit a stream of glowing balls of energy that exploded on contact. Headstrong's Universe profile

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

In robot mode Headstrong could wield two plasma sphere shooter rifles that fired bursts of explosive energy. Headstrong's More than Meets the Eye profile

Toys

The Transformers

• Headstrong (Predacon, 1986)
  • Accessories: plasma-sphere shooter, diffraction sword, Predaking foot/back cannon

The Transformers Headstrong came with a black plasma-sphere shooter that he could hold in robot mode. This toy was also available in a Predaking giftset that was reissued in 2004 and redecoed for further releases in 2010 and 2017.

Notes

• This is a particularly egregious example of the Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye writers' predilection for adding the word "rifle" to the end of an existing weapon's name.