Swerve (Movie)
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| The name or term "Swerve" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Swerve (disambiguation). |
- Swerve is an Autobot from the in the live-action film continuity family.
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Swerve is a metallurgist and fabricator who goes swerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrve! But to his defense, he's actually remarkably intelligent. And when you've handled as many toxic chemicals as he has over the years, your circuits would be pretty frazzled too. Even though he's apparently not a good shot, he can still deliver a good, old-fashion haymaker.
He may or may not have a rocket launcher.
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Legends Class toys
- Straightaway Shootout (Legends multi-pack, 2009)
- Legends Class Swerve is a red redeco of Legends Sideswipe. He will only be available in the Target-exclusive "Straightaway Shootout" 5-pack together with Mudflap, Ironhide, Runamuck and Sparkcrusher.
Deluxe Class toys
- Swerve (Deluxe, 2009)
- Swerve is a red redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe-class Sideswipe, retooled with a new head. Swerve transforms into a Corvette Stingray concept car, though in this mode, he sits so low that it's difficult to roll him without scraping his undercarriage, unless you perform some careful shaping after transforming him (a trait shared by some other live-action movie Deluxe cars, such as Bumblebee and Sideways). His Mech Alive gimmick is in his knees—bending his legs causes the armor plates on his knees to extend.
- The torso connection problem that plagued Sideswipe has now been fixed.
Merchandise
3D Battle Card Game
- Swerve (2007)
- Card number: 13
- Swerve is a 23-point "Common" piece in the 3D Battle-Card Game. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly-packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his car mode (model undetermined), or into a rather stumpy robot mode. His twin blaster-weapons can be mounted on his arms (their nominal placement) or on his shoulders.
- He uses the same construction as the Barricade, Earth-mode Bumblebee, and Mirage cards. This style is similar to the one used by Cliffjumper, Jazz and Smokescreen.
Trivia
- Amusingly enough, the Battle-Card dubbed "Cliffjumper" is designed after Alternators Swerve. It's exceedingly likely the names for the Swerve and Cliffjumper cards got mixed up, as this Swerve bears more than a passing resemblance to Bumblebee, and every other iteration of movieverse Cliffjumper is a red Bumblebee.
- Swerve's role as a metallurgist and his spotty driving are an homage to Generation 1 Swerve. However whereas G1 Swerve is a pickup who's a lousy driver simply because he doesn't pay attention where he's going, Movie Swerve is a sleek concept car who's a lousy driver because he had to huff paint fumes one too many times.
- Despite having his brain cooked by poisonous chemicals, and his bio flat-out saying his aim is terrible, Swerve somehow has a Skill of 9 according to his tech specs...Yeah...
