Flareup (G1)
- Flareup is an Autobot from a Timelines addition to the Generation 1 continuity family.
Flareup loves her job, and does it with a cheerfulness and zeal matched by few of her Autobot comrades. Unfortunately, her job is to blow things up, and thus her disposition is often considered by her comrades to be a little off-putting. More seriously, she tends to enjoy herself so much that she gets careless, and more than once, her colleague Chromia has had to pull her, quite literally, out of the fire.
Flareup originally trained in search and rescue under Firestar, but after it became clear she was better suited to more offense-oriented tasks, Firestar placed her in the care of her friend Chromia.
Fiction
Timelines: Descent Into Evil comic
Flareup was part of an Autobot strike force sent to Ceti Alpha Seven to destroy a cloning installation set up by the Decepticon general Deathsaurus. She and Chromia had previously beaten Buzzclaw, one of Deathsaurus' warriors, on Regulon Four, so she expected an easy fight. Unfortunately for the Autobots, the first batch of Deathsaurus' Virulent Clones was already finished, and the team came under heavy attack. Flareup put up a good fight, destroying several clones personally, but was defeated and captured when Deathsaurus himself entered the fray. She and the others were rescued by the timely arrival of Ironhide and Ratchet.
Toys
Timelines
- Autobot Ratchet & Flareup (Multi-pack, 2005)
- Flareup is a new-head retooling of the Energon Arcee mold, transforming into a Cybetronic motorcycle. She has multilple clear-plastic parts that combine to form a crossbow with spring-firing missile.
- Flareup was only available in a BotCon 2005 convention-exclusive set with Ratchet. This poly-bagged set could only be purchased if you had already purchased the main 7-toy box set from that year's show.
- The same mold is used by Chromia and Flamewar.
Trivia
- Flareup was originally concieved as a new body for Firestar, but Hasbro was unable to secure the trademark on the name (most likely due to a certain amazing friend of a certain wall-crawler), so she became a new-character protege.
