Red Alert (G1)
| The name or term "Red Alert" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Red Alert (disambiguation). |
- Red Alert is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Red Alert is paranoid, which is not a bad trait in a security officer if it's kept in check by reason, logic, and common sense. Red Alert is...not always so good with those other traits. The other Autobots appreciate his good intentions and eye for detail, but his ratio of false alarms to real emergencies is not always the greatest, and it makes them less likely to take him seriously when a threat is real. Inferno does his best to keep his good buddy Red out of trouble.
Japanese name: Alert
Fiction
Animated continuity
- Voice actor: Michael Chain (US), Yoku Shioya (Japan)
Red Alert suffered a blow to the head at one point and became even more paranoid than usual, fleeing the other Autobots in fear that they would take him apart and use him for spare parts. He later teamed up with Starscream to steal the Negavator, but was eventually rescued by Inferno. Auto Berserk
(Note: The original storyboards for The Transformers: The Movie depict a death scene for Red Alert which was not included in the finished film. Red meets his end as he is shot in the back by Scavenger after helping Ultra Magnus, Tracks and Sideswipe attack Devastator.)
Marvel Comics continuity
Generation 1
Generation 2
Grimlock planned a raid on Jhiaxus' ship Twilight against Optimus Prime's orders. Unfortunately, Jhiaxus was expecting this move and had Grimlock's troops surrounded. Against type, Red Alert attacked Jhiaxus anyhow, and Red Alert was blown to pieces. Red Alert's death hinted to Grimlock that this may have been a bad idea.
Dreamwave comics continuity
Toys
Generation 1
- Red Alert (Autobot Car, 1985, 2001/2002/2003)
- Japanese ID number: 05
- Transforming into a Lamborghini Countach Fire Chief's car, Red Alert's toy is a redeco of the Diaclone "New Countach LP500S Police Car", which was a remold that added roof lights to the original Diaclone "New Countach LP500S", which was the mold used to make Sideswipe. Red Alert's alt mode is a perfect disguise, since many Fire Departments have Lamborghinis as auxiliary vehicles.
- Red Alert saw the first of many reissues in early 2001. As part of Takara's "Collector's Edition" series of reissues that saw several pairs of "mold-mates" released together in limited numbers, Alert and Lambor were available as "Set A" at World Character Convention 12[1] For 2002, Alert was again released with Lambor, this time as "New Year Special" editions available through Takara's e-Hobby online shop. Hasbro reissued Red by himself as part of Commemorative Series IV, available at US Toys "R" Us stores in 2003.
- Red Alert's mold was also used to make Clamp Down, who was an homage to the mold's original police deco. Sans roof lights, the Lamborghini mold was also used for Deep Cover, Tigertrack, and Generation 2 Sideswipe.
Smallest Transforming Transformers
- Alert (2004)
- Japanese ID number: GTF 10
- Once again a remold of a Sideswipe, Smallest Transformers Alert was part of the second wave of the line. Like all of the Smallest Transformers, Alert was a tiny, simplified version of his original appearance, with limited articulation and non-rolling wheels.
Binaltech Asterisk
- Alert Meets Ai (Autobot, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: BTA-01
- The first release in the Asterisk sub-line of Binaltech, Alert is a retool of the Binaltech Streak mold as a Subaru WRX STi Japanese Police vehicle, a scheme that many fans expected for a Binaltech/Alternators Prowl. Although not a Fire Department vehicle this time, the toy's robot mode did feature many red highlights, including a red head, but as the headsculpt was unchanged, he still looked like Streak. BTA Alert was packaged with the PVC human figurine Ai Kuruma, a poilcewoman based on Robots in Disguise T-AI.
- It should be noted that Alert's release had problems with parts-fitting in vehicle mode, possibly a sign that the Subaru WRX tooling was showing its age. The later release of this mold as Ricochet does not have these problems.
Trivia
- Control art for Binaltech Prowl and other information, such as a listing for "Alternators Red Alert" that appeared on Hasbro's web site with an image of Alternators Prowl, seem to indicate that the Acura RSX mold was originally planned to be Red Alert.
- Voice actor Michael Chain has stated that he based his characterization of Red Alert on former U.S. President Richard Nixon, a man so incredibly paranoid that he kept secret audio recordings of himself.
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