Streetwise (G1)
| The name or term "Streetwise" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Streetwise (disambiguation). |
- Streetwise is an Autobot Protectobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Who's the black-and-white Protectobot
That knows every street and parking lot?
STREETWISE!
Ya damn right!
And who is the bot that would risk his spark
For his brother bots?
STREETWISE!
Can you dig it?
What interceptor won't back down
'Til his target's run to ground?
STREETWISE!
Right on!
They say this cop car is a bad mother—
SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
I'm just talking about Streetwise!
We can dig it!
He's a combination bot,
But no one gets to use him but Defensor!
STREETWISE!
- French-Canadian name: Aviso
- Italian name: Phantom
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
- Voice actor: Peter Cullen (English), Yoku Shioya (Japanese)
When the Insecticons attacked an inhabited city on Earth, Optimus Prime called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Streetwise was carrying civilians when he discovered an injured man and called First Aid over to help him. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the Sun by the Combaticons, Streetwise and Groove commandeered a meat locker to keep the overheated humans cool. Streetwise assured Groove that given the constantly rising temperatures outside, the humans would not freeze to death. The Revenge of Bruticus
Streetwise, as part of Defensor, totally blew up Bruticus. Afterward, he was with the Protectobots when they saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, catching the humans when Blades blew them off their platform. Later still, Streetwise and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend Autobot Headquarters from a Decepticon attack. They merged into Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. B.O.T.
In the year 2006, the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors by crashing a trash can into them, the Protectobots came under attack from the Decepticons. Streetwise expressed concern that the Decepticons didn't care how many innocent humans they killed so long as they destroyed the Protectobots. Later, it turned out the battle was only a diversion to allow Swindle to steal Metroplex's transformation cog, First Aid left the Autobots when he failed to stop the theft. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging Trypticon. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor, and they successfully saved a train full of civilians, even without First Aid. The Ultimate Weapon
Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the Technobots and Terrorcons at Mark Morgan's laboratory. They transported the injured Jessica Morgan to County General Hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. This had negative consequences. What a jerkface. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1
Japanese cartoon continuity
Marvel Comics continuity
Generation 1
Streetwise and the other Protectobots were created on Earth by Wheeljack and the Autobots after they stole a recording of Devastator's combiner transformation sequence and modified it (and after Optimus Prime and Buster Witwicky shared a Matrix-induced vision of the future with the Special Teams in it). Second Generation!
On their first mission, the Protectobots joined Optimus Prime in protecting Energy Futures Industries and the hydrothermocline from Megatron and the Combaticons. After agreeing to battle for the prize in a virtual reality so that neither the hydrothermocline nor innocent bystanders would be harmed, Optimus and the Protectobots entered the bizarre landscape of Multi-World. Searching for the Combaticons, Streetwise and First Aid entered Vineland. On a hunch, Streetwise chose to lift a falling web of vines out of their path instead of blasting through it. This left them open to attack by Brawl and Swindle, but it also earned the respect of the living vines populating Vineland, who entangled the Combaticons long enough for the Protectobots to beat their opponents. Afterdeath!
Later, Streetwise helped a young boy teach Starscream the meaning of Christmas. Okay, so actually he was trying to shoot Starscream. And sure, Starscream didn't actually learn the meaning of Christmas so much as deliberately fake it in order to piss off Streetwise because the humans liked him better than the Autobot. But still... holiday spirit and all that. Stargazing
Generation 2
When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the Cybertronian Empire, they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Streetwise. And, when Grimlock chose to disobey Prime's directives and make a tactical first strike against Jhiaxus's ships, Streetwise went with him. They were quickly found out and captured, though, leaving it to Optimus to bail them out of trouble. Devices and Desires!
Dreamwave comics continuity
During the so-called Dark Ages, when Optimus Prime and Megatron vanished in a space bridge accident, Streetwise stuck with his Protectobot team after the signing of the Crisis Intervention Accord. Whilst in their base at Iacon, Streetwise reported the rumour of the Ultracon Devastator having been unleashed in the Tagan Heights against Springer's Wreckers. Deciding that they could not afford to ignore this or let the combiner arms race begin once again, the Proctectobots rolled out to assist the Wreckers. Arriving in Tagan Heights, they formed the mighty Defensor and the battle of the titans was on. Escalation Unfortunately, they could not control Defensor's dim-witted battle lust, and were forced to separate and find a less destructive means of taking down Devastator. While Devastator manhandled Springer, the Protectobots hooked him up to a nearby power generator. With the Ultracon was distracted, Streetwise threw the switch, overloading the enemy combiner and forcing him to separate into the individual Constructicons. Devastation
Whilst the Protectobots were trying to figure out what went wrong during the battle in their combined form, the Chaos Trinity, minions of the mysterious being known as The Fallen, attacked. As Streetwise drew a bead on Bludgeon, he was hypnotized into blasting First Aid by Mindwipe. Confrontation
Toys
Generation 1
- Streetwise (Protectobot, 1986)
- Team ID number: P1
- Japanese ID number: C-73
- Streetwise transforms into a Nissan 300ZX Turbo police car. In car mode, he has a large, rear-mounted, double-barreled cannon accessory. He can also form a limb of any Scramble City-style combiner, but his usual place is as Defensor's left leg. He was available both on an individual card or as part of the Defensor gift set.
- This mold was also used to make Streetstar.
Generation 2
- Streetwise (Unreleased)
- Team ID number: P4
- Streetwise and the other Protectobots were slated to be redecoed and re-released as part of the Generation 2 toyline. However, they and the redecoed Stunticons were canceled, with less than a half-dozen production samples of each mold known to exist (save the BotCon 1994 Breakdown, of course). The reason for the cancellation is unclear; it's possible they were considered redundant product due to the Aerialbot and Combaticon re-releases, especially since Hasbro was putting out entirely new-mold Transformers then, and would most likely have wanted those to have as much shelf space in toy aisles as possible.
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Trivia
- Streetwise's animation model appears in the Armada cartoon as a "generic" Cybertron at (presumably) Autobot HQ, alongside Wide Load, Landmine/Lander and Sixknight. He is only seen from the back and pretty heavily miscolored, making him hard to identify. First Encounter
- The toy of Streetwise is unique amongst Scramble City-style combiner limbs in that he has a "normal" robot head that does not also function as a connector peg — instead he features a fold-out connector peg to attach him to Hot Spot.
