Beachcomber (G1)
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- Beachcomber is an Autobot from Generation 1 continuity family.
Beachcomber has a hard time reconciling his love of peace and freedom for all creatures with the need to combat those who threaten it. Furthermore, however just the cause for which it was fought, the gruesome and destructive aftermath of any battle sickens him to the spark.
Sometimes, when the internal struggle gets too heavy, he simply has to wander into the wilderness and cleanse his soul. Even there, far from civilization, he sometimes finds strange substances to aid the Autobot cause, for Beachcomber is a skilled naturalist, and geology is his specialty, man. He often tries to preserve or even to hide these discoveries, but he has seen too much evil done by the ruthless Decepticons to conceal any possible source of aid completely from his allies.
Beachcomber's geology tools include a wide array of sensors (magnetic, seismic, sonic, infared) and a 'sonic pick' which can cut through rock. Beachcomber can use his mangetic sensors to navigate like a compass, but local magnetic disturbances can cause this to lead him astray. His sonic probes posess only limited range.
Beachcomber is neither very fast nor very strong, and his antiwar sentiments gain him little respect from the more martial of the Autobots, yet he is agile and skilled in a fight, and his courage is beyond all reproach.
Greek name: Agelioforos (Αγγελιοφόρος)
French-Canadian name: Déferlo
Fiction
Generation 1 Cartoon
Beachcomber is one of the Aubots who showed up out of nowhere in Season 2.
Beachcomber first appeared in the television series episode 29, The Insecticon Syndrome.
In Episode 41, The Golden Lagoon he inadvertently brought fighting to a hidden lagoon full of electrum, which had an invulnerability property discovered when the Decepticon Thrust coated himself in the golden liquid. This sparked a battle for control over the Lagoon that left the secret forested area a charred wasteland. Beachcomber, who showed his sensitivity for this once peaceful oasis was crest-fallen by the destruction that now laid out in front of him. As his Autobot comrades celebrated another victory over the Decepticons, he closed the episode, sadly looking over the destruction they helped to cause, saying to himself, "We won ...".
In The Transformers: The Movie, there is a scene where Daniel Witwicky is trying to save his dad Spike from the acid pool.A robot is appearently dropped into the acid just before Spike, and, although it is too far away to tell definitively, it appears as though it could be Beachcomber. Since he made an appearance later in the series, he must have survived, but it's worth noting that he may have had a brief cameo in the movie. However, it is much more likely that a generic robot who shared Beachcomber's color scheme was used in the movie, as opposed to a conscious decision by the producers and animators to include Beachcomber in the film.
His last US television appearance was in episode 70, The Five Faces of Darkness Part 5.
Marvel Generation 1 Comics
Beachcomber was a member of Perceptor's resistance cell on Cybertron, and with several comrades was accidentally transported to Earth after the raid on Darkmount.
Marvel Generation 2 Comics
Dreamwave Comics
Find Your Fate Junior
AOTI Beachcomer had to find a path to the surface fromt he cave system the Autobots were trapped in. He explored the system of udnerground lakes, marveling at the many strange and things that lived there. While recharging the Sun-Pak on the surface, he was attacked by Kickback, and had to be saved by Sparkplug. How humiliating.
In the 'unsucessful' ending to this multipath adventure, Beachcomber became lost when his magnetic sensors erroneously led him directly to Megatron. He did not regret this error for long.
Earthquake Beachcomber discovered Rumble practicing his earthquakes near a concealed base, and leatned of a Decepticon plan to destroy nearbye Central City.
Optimus Prime decides that such grave news requires a pinpoint response with utmost secrecy. ...so he sends the recklessly impulsive Windcharger, the bombasyic Powerglide, and Beachcomber to babysit the other two.
Toys
Generation 1
- Beachcomber (Mini Vehicle, 1985)
- Japanese ID number: C-63
Generation 2
- Beachcomber (Mini Vehicle, 1993)
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