Big Daddy (SG)
| This article is about the evil Autobot who is not a Micromaster. For his heroic Micromaster counterpart, see Big Daddy (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Big Daddy (disambiguation). |
- Big Daddy is an evil Autobot from the "Shattered Glass" continuity family.
This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.
Big Daddy is an old evil Autobot who lives up to his name by being a calm and pleasantly paternal figure to his teammates. He likes to watch over the younger mechs and make sure they're obedient, in good spirits, and living up to the Autobot "ideals" (read: theft, extortion, in-fighting, and various other "good old-fashioned Autobot faction values"), though his advice and platitudes aren't always appreciated.
Fiction
Shattered Glass
Big Daddy was onboard the Ark when it traveled to Earth and crashed into the ocean off the United States' west coast. He later was part of the group of Autobots that met up with Rodimus when he (being the only one who had reached an escape pod before the crash) finally arrived at the Ark's crash site. Rodimus tried to talk Big Daddy and the others out of shooting him for desertion by saying he had found three human allies who were "quintespecially Autobot" [sic] because they tried to steal him. Big Daddy decided that the "lad" had a point, noting that theft was indeed a classic Autobot value.
When a fight between Rodimus and Goldbug broke out over who would be the leader of the Earth-bound Autobots, Big Daddy seemed laid-back and unconcerned about the outcome. He answered Buster's question about whether they typically solved arguments this way by explaining some Autobot philosophy to him.
Later, Big Daddy was part of the assault force to hijack the Burpleson Air Force Base and gain access to the Global Defense Orbital Satellites. After they succeeded in gaining control of the base, he took up guard duty outside the base with Side Burn. He spent the time trying to chat with and instruct the younger 'bot, much to Side Burn's irritation. When Soundwave and the Decepticons' human allies showed up to try to get into the base with a cover story, he talked down Side Burn's suspicions with more finger-waggling and wisdom-dispensing and let the humans pass, much to the other Autobot's even greater irritation. That turned out to be a bad move, as it helped the Decepticons successfully destroy the base. Eye in the Sky
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Big Daddy (Deluxe, 2008)
- Accessories: Two launchers (left & right), two missiles, Autobot Cybertron-type Cyber Planet Key
- Part of a wave of Walmart exclusive deluxes, Big Daddy is a orange and black redeco of Cybertron Downshift, and an homage to the Generation 1 Micromaster of the same name. Big Daddy transforms into a car with styling heavily influenced by the Chrysler pony cars from 1970 through 1974.
- Inserting his Cyber Planet Key into a flip-up slot in his rear window activates a claw from the car's grill. This feature is also available in robot mode. He comes with two large spring-loaded missile launchers, which can be mounted on his side-panels in car mode, or be used in robot mode as hand-held blasters or mounted on his shoulders.
- This toy was later repurposed as "Shattered Glass" Big Daddy.
Trivia
- Big Daddy's pattern of speech is based on Bing Crosby's. That's right, he's an evil Sugar Bear.
