Flareup (G1)
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- Flareup is an Autobot from a Timelines addition to the Generation 1 continuity family.
Flareup loves her job, and does it with a cheerfulness and zeal matched by few of her Autobot comrades. Unfortunately, her job is to blow things up, and thus her disposition is often considered by her comrades to be a little off-putting. More seriously, she tends to enjoy herself so much that she gets careless, and more than once, her colleague Chromia has had to pull her, quite literally, out of the fire.
Flareup originally trained in search and rescue under Firestar, but after it became clear she was better suited to more offense-oriented tasks, Firestar placed her in the care of her friend Chromia.
Fiction
Descent into Evil
Flareup was part of an Autobot strike force sent to Ceti Alpha Seven to destroy a cloning installation set up by the Decepticon general Deathsaurus. She and Chromia had previously beaten Buzzclaw, one of Deathsaurus' warriors, on Regulon Four, so she expected an easy fight. Unfortunately for the Autobots, the first batch of Deathsaurus' Virulent Clones was already finished, and the team came under heavy attack. Flareup put up a good fight, destroying several clones personally, but was defeated and captured when Deathsaurus himself entered the fray. She and the others were rescued by the timely arrival of Ironhide and Ratchet. Descent into Evil
TransTech
- Voice actor: Anastasia Matejka (English)
At some point in time through some means, Flareup ended up at Axiom Nexus. She soon favoured the peaceful TransTech dimension over her war-torn own and chose to stay, finding a purpose there as police officer. She was on the job when she spotted a group of three Malgus visitors shortly after their arrival. Upon asking for their identities and finding out one of them was an Optimus, she exasperatedly pointed them at the big sign that stated Primes were strictly forbidden in the city and contacted the authorities. After identifying the yellow kid-appeal character as a Bumblebee and not caring who the human sidekick was, she announced to the three visitors she was going to take them to Processing and subsequently had to explain them where they were, what was going on. She also indulged in some grumbling over who in their right mind would design a robot with high heels.
When Shockwave later came to arrest Sari and Optimus, Flareup, having expected them to get away with just a fine, felt responsible and told Bumblebee they had to rescue his friends. At a drive-thru, they met with a Transformer named "Joe", who offered them help. Bumblebee came up with a plan of his own involving a trained chimp marching band, which ended with a triple trip to the car wash, but then "Joe" made a suggestion: To get past Shockwave's security system, he and Bumblebee would pretend to be illegal Primes who were being guarded by Flareup during a prisoner transfer.
The plan worked, and Flareup teamed up with Bumblebee to distract Shockwave, allowing "Joe" to take him out from behind. However, with Shockwave out, "Joe" seized Sari's AllSpark Key and revealed his true identity as Megatron. Flareup was exasperated once more that nobody read the sign and joined in an all-out attack on the offender. Megatron powered up by the AllSpark Key proved too much for them, and Flareup could only stare in worry as Megatron brought Shockwave's laboratory equipment to life to function as his army. Thanks to some quick thinking by the kid-appeal character and human sidekick, the Malgus visitors manipulated the newly formed army into turning against their creator. With the situation back under control, Shockwave agreed to let the Malgus visitors go and agreed with Flareup never to speak of these events again. Bee in the City
Toys
Timelines
- Autobot Ratchet & Flareup (Multi-pack, 2005)
- Accessories: Missile launcher, scope, 2 tailpipes, missile, Autobot energon chip
- Flareup is a new-head retooling of the Energon Arcee mold, transforming into a Cybertronic motorcycle. She has multiple clear-plastic parts that combine to form a crossbow with spring-firing missile.
- Flareup was only available in a BotCon 2005 convention-exclusive souvenir set with Ratchet. This poly-bagged set could only be purchased separately from the main seven-toy box set from that year's show.
- The same mold is used by Timelines Chromia and Flamewar, and live-action-movie-verse Arcee and Elita-One.
Notes
- Flareup was originally conceived as a new body for Firestar, but Hasbro was unable to secure the trademark on the name, so she became a new-character protege.[1]
