Swerve (G1)
| The name or term "Swerve" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Swerve (disambiguation). |
- Swerve is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Swerve is a menace to anyone driving nearby. He's easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analyzing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a scientific problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand, and just as accident prone a driver as ever. Swerve and "traffic accident" just go hand in hand. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.
- French-Canadian name: Embardo
- Japanese name: Weave (wee-bu, ウェーブ)
Fiction
Generation 1 Cartoon
Voice actors: Minoru Inaba (Japan)
Swerve participated in the defense of the Ark in 2006, but was trod upon by Trypticon.
Generations 1 Manga
Dreamwave Generation 1 Comic
Swerve was among the group of new recruits seen failing to take on the Auto-Combatant training drones on Cybertron after Shockwave's rule was toppled.
IDW Generation 1 Comics
Swerve's metallurgical skills prompted Thunderwing to contact him along with several other Transformer scientists with his discovery about Cybertron's dwindling energy reserves. Stormbringer, Part 1
Toys
Generation 1
- Swerve (Mini-Vehicle, 1986)
- Japanese ID number: C-58
- Swerve is a retool of the Microchange toy originally used to make Gears, and therefore has a similar pickup truck vehicle mode. He is largely maroon and white, with squarer legs and a more elaborate face than Gears.
Alternators
- Swerve (Alternator, 2004)
- Alternator ID number: 15
- Swerve is a retool of Alternators Tracks as a red 2005 Corvette Z06. Only the robot head and the colors distinguish it from Tracks. He came with a flame hood decal reminiscent of the flames on Tracks' original toy, which was originally available with Tracks' Binaltech release.
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