Blank

Blanks are a type of protoform in many different continuities.

A Blank is a protoform which lacks a spark. A blank represents 2 parts of the 3-part protoform system, lacking only a motivating life-force. Blanks are used to provide replacement bodies when a Transformer is so badly damaged they cannot be repaired, a complete transplant of the injured's spark core will bring a Blank to life, shaping it in accordance to their hard-coded design schematics.

Blanks appear to be a by-product of the protoform-creation process, as they are also identified as "duds." (see trivia)

Trivia

• Rhinox easily identifies the Stasis pod as a blank because it's labeled as such; the Cybertronian lettering reads "DUD" in Maximal.
• The script for the Beast Wars episode "Coming of the Fuzors", where blanks first appeared identified them using the Cybertronian terms "Roc-shaan." This was a reference to Transfan Raksha, who was not a fan of the Beast Wars series. The reference didn't make it into the finished episode, possibly because producers realized that calling your main critic "a soulless thing" was perhaps a bit tacky.

Related topics

• Protoform
• stasis pod