Ricochet (G1)
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Ricochet is a Nebulan "double" Targetmaster partnered with Boomer and the Autobot Quickmix
His friends call Ricochet mercurial- to his face. Under their breath they might mutter manic depressive. Ricochet shifts without notice between a furious passion for combat, and sulking angsty depression, needign to be coerced and cajooled onto the battlefield. His fellow Nebulan Boomer takes it on himself to cheer Ricochet up when this happnes, fortunately he's good at this.
On Nebulos, Ricochet was a renowned environmental sculpture (think landscaping as a fine art,) who witnessed the destruction of several of his famous sculptures by the Decepticons. Stung by the percieved insult, he signed up to join the Autobots.
Ricochet was bio-engineered to turn into an automatic sub-machine gun that fires titanium-tipped armor-piercing explosive rounds. As a Nebulan Targetmaster partner, Ricochet is able to combine with Boomer to increase the power of his own weapon, or boost the power of Boomer's sonic pulse cannon.
Ricochet responds poorly to criticism.
Quickmix always holds Ricochet in his right hand.
Fiction
Marvel Comics Continuity
The Headmasters
Though Ricochet does not appear in the comic, the Terrorcons (and specifically Blot) are shown destroying several elaborately designed trees in the Nebulan city of Splendora. This could be the vandalism which caused Ricochet to join the Autobots.
Ricochet and Boomer were paired with Quickmix on Cybertron during a series of fuel raids with the recently revived Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee. When Galvatron attacked some months later, Ricochet, Boomer and the other Nebulan "double" Targetmasters were absent during their Autobot partners' fight with Galvatron.
Toys
Ricochet, like all the "double" Targetmaster Nebulans, is one of the smallest and least complicated Transformers. Fold the barrel away, and stand him up. He was released with the Autobot Quickmix in 1988. No version of this character or mold was released in Japan.
