Voxpop

Voxpop is a Transformer from the Generation 1 continuity family. Pop.

POP POP!

An outspoken critic (critics?) of the government, Voxpop has been present for several major historical events, though often with a different takeaway from other people. Okay, his (their?) point of view might just be what some guy in the bar said, or it might not even be remotely true at all, just some random conspiracy nonsense he (they?) made up on the spot. But can you say it didn't happen anyway? Think about it! Pop.

“	He's an energon-sink who's always angry but doesn't know why or what to do about it!	”
—Prowl, "We Have Deceived You"

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Shortly after the end of the Great War, Voxpop returned to a newly-reformatted Cybertron with many other Autobots, Decepticons, and NAILs. The Autonomy Lesson Voxpop later attended Bumblebee's memorial for the crew of the Lost Light. Pop. The World & Everything in It

2019 IDW continuity

Your move, Beast Wars: Uprising.

Voxpop was a frequent commentator on Andromeda's news program, representing the views of the common Cybertronian. Prisoners One evening, Voxpop attended Swindle's, where he bet on an illegal skitter race, but ran for the door after Prowl's unit raided the building. Pop. Swindle's

Following Quake's arrest, Andromeda interviewed Voxpop on the streets of Iacon. Voxpop opined that Quake deserved the death penalty for killing a freshly-forged Cybertronian and that Sentinel Prime lacked the conviction and political skills to handle the burgeoning Ascenticon crisis. Prisoners Andromeda interviewed Voxpop for a second time when Sentinel Prime made the controversial decision to convene Senate without the Ascenticons, but Voxpop only got so far as suggesting that the Thraal had secretly organized the destruction of the Tether before Prowl hustled him offscreen. Pop. We Have Deceived You

Notes

• Voxpop originally debuted in 2012 in Robots in Disguise as one of many unnamed recurring NAILs who populated crowd scenes during the earliest issues of the comic. He, or they, or whatever, later reappeared in the 2019 IDW continuity, where after first making a cameo in Transformers #20, Voxpop finally received a name and speaking role in Transformers #22. Pop.
• Robots in Disguise artist Andrew Griffith envisioned Voxpop as a pair of twins sharing a body. Their hovercar alt-mode would have double cockpits that could function separately, similarly to the Cobra Mamba from G.I. Joe. Pop.
• Voxpop's name derives from the term "vox populi", Latin for "voice of the people". In journalism, "vox pop" can refer to "man on the street"-style interviews, which is what Andromeda's using him for in Transformers #22. Pop.