The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas
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| "The Night the Transformers™ Saved Christmas" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Woman's Day magazine | ||||||||||||
| First published | December 26, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | uncredited | ||||||||||||
| Penciler | Herb Trimpe (uncredited) | ||||||||||||
| Inker | uncredited | ||||||||||||
| Colorist | Nelson Yomtov (uncredited) | ||||||||||||
| Letterer | uncredited | ||||||||||||
| Editor | uncredited | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | (probably) Marvel Comics continuity | ||||||||||||
Bumblebee and the Autobots learn the true meaning of Christmas: electricity!
Synopsis
Soundwave and Laserbeak were drawing the power away from Midville town square by using an energy siphon at an electrical substation. Bumblebee had previously spotted the Decepticons while on a scouting mission, so a team of Autobots arrived to chase them away. While retreating, Laserbeak knocked a tree across the road to block the Autobots' pursuit. The tree fell on the Perrys' automobile. Bumblebee stopped to help them, while the rest of the Autobots tried to fix the substation.
Little Megan told Bumblebee that they were on their way to town to deliver Christmas presents to the needy under Midville's Christmas tree. She said that the best part was when the tree's lights were turned on. Unfortunately, due to the Decepticons' actions, power was out!
After the other Autobots finished attempting repairs, they followed Bumblebee's tracks to Midville where he was supplying power to the town Christmas tree.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Errors
- None yet identified
Items of note
- This 4-page story was published in Woman's Day magazine as a "Kids' Comic Special." However, it is obviously a Marvel Comics production.
- If presumed to take place in the Marvel Comics continuity, due to the characters featured, the story could only take place on Christmas 1986. The previous Christmas was before "Rock and Roll-Out!," which debuted Tracks and Hoist. By the following Christmas, Bumblebee would have become Goldbug.
- There's a neat bit where Laserbeak transports Soundwave in his cassette player mode—Soundwave transforms and Laserbeak picks him up in his beak.
- Bumblebee thought the Perrys' car was unconscious. Dude, it's December 1985, you should know better by now.
- Like a real VW Beetle, Bumblebee's battery is in his trunk.
- Hoist gives up repairing the substation stating that the human engineers could fix the substation better than he could. He should really come up with more believable excuses.
