Flatline (ROTF)

Flatline is a Decepticon in the live-action film series continuity.

Now get me down to Earth so I can scan a hearse!

A master surgeon, Flatline might be a little too eager about his work. Tasked by his commander Thundercracker with creating the next generation of Decepticon warriors, he has wasted many viable protoforms in unsuccessful experiments. He's on the verge of a breakthrough, though! Any cycle now...

Flatline was originally going to make his appearance in the Reign of Starscream story's first draft. Basically, he would operate on the monstrosity that was Devastator (who was made with the fused bodies of some construction bots like Mixmaster, Huffer, etc.), turning him into the first gestalt. Since that idea was not approved, he had to wait.

Fiction

trivia

while writers were kicking around ideas and trying to figure out a way to get into the G1 universe with a story. Ben Templesmith was asked to sketch up a rough of what Flatline might look like. Ben has a wicked sense of a humor and a taste for the macabre that the G1 version is Based on a 1960's model Hearse, Flatline is ready for some battlefield resurrection.
The transformation of the G1 sketch bot-mode is simular to G1 jazz.