Strongarm (Energon)
| The name or term "Strongarm" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Strongarm (disambiguation). |
- Strongarm is an Autobot Omnicon from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Strongarm vastly prefers to work than to fight. He spends his time in the energon mines, converting raw energon into energon chips and weaponry.
Sometimes there are lots of him.
- Japanese name: Blast Arm
- Hungarian name: Bicepsz
Fiction
Energon cartoon continuity
- Voice actor: Scott McNeil (English), Makoto Aoki (Japanese), Johan Hedenberg (Swedish)
Strongarm was working alongside Skyblast in the mines below Ocean City on Earth when he struck a huge deposit of energon, to the excitement of the Autobots and their human allies. Soon afterwards, Strongarm and Skyblast units on asteroid mines in Earth's solar system were under siege by mysterious beast form Transformers, despite Tidal Wave's best efforts to defend the mines. During the subsequent attack on Ocean City, Strongarm and Skyblast ignored the destruction occurring outside their lab so they could single-mindedly focus on the refining the energon they had discovered earlier. Cybertron City
Strongarm wondered if the Omnicons were going to be evacuated with the humans from Ocean City. Skyblast told him to stop worrying and that they have work to do. Before the Autobot team went to battle the Terrorcons, Strongarm brought newly processed energon stars to help boost their power. Energon Stars Before the next mission, Strongarm once again gave the Autobots some energon stars, but some new energon melee weapons. Another Strongarm in Desert City brought a load of raw energon to be refined while the battle took place overhead. When Ironhide and Kicker stormed in, Strongarm said for them to be patient since they were making an energon star to revitalize Hot Shot. Afterward he evacuated with the others, letting two human scientists ride him. Scorponok
A number of Strongarms exited a space bridge near Cybertron City. They powered up the Autobots before their battle with the Terrocons. Megatron's Sword When Kicker thought he found energon by a mountain range, Strongarm inquired about whether Kicker had found anything yet. With nothing to show yet, he went off and skulked. Later when Kicker was lost in a snowstorm, Strongarm stayed at base camp in case he returned while the rest of the team was out searching. When Kicker was located in a ravine, Strongarm was sent to rescue him while the rest of the team fought off the Terrorcons. Afterward Strongarm related the position of the found energon deposit. The New Cybertron City
Strongarm was apparantly working on the artillery bays when the Terrorcons attacked Plains City. Later when Kicker lured a Battle Ravage unit into the energon mine stie, Strongarm knocked the Terrorcon unconscious and took the energon it just found. Megatron Resurrected When Starscream first infiltrated the Autobot base, Strongarm was moving some energon around. Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary
Some Strongarms were mining in Asteroid City when Terrorcons came to steal the energon. Most Strongarms evacuated while one stayed behind with a Skyblast and was able to defeat the oncoming Battle Ravages. Battle of the Asteroid Belt During another attack on Ocean City during the construction of the energon tower (building)s, Strongarm powered up the Autobots with energon stars. Energon Tower More joined to madke last minute finishes to the docking bay for the energon tower to be installed while another Strongarm followed Kicker's search for energon in the mines. Eventually when Kicker found some deposits, Strongarm and Skyblast immediately took to drilling. After a few moments, Strongarm hit the motherload The Legend of Rodimus
During the attack on Jungle City, Strongarms needed to secure the mine. In preparation, one Strongarm and Skyblast powered up the Autobots with energon stars. Others were still in the mine and refused to evacuate. Once convinced by Kicker and Ironhide, they were on their way out when they were chased down by Battle Ravages. Another one stayed in the base and monitored their enemies' progress through the mines. He later relayed to Optimus that the energon tower had been destroyed. He then evacuated with the rest of the Autobots before the rest of the base followed suit. Crisis in Jungle City
On the Moon, Strongarm serached for Energon with Kicker. Later a bunch of Strongarm survivors of Lunar City raised the base and began an all out assault on the Decepticons. Kicker Beware! A Strongarm watched as Jetfire gave Kicker a lift to Desert City, so he threw them an energon sar. Upon seeing this, Ironhide asked for one as well. Strongarm obliged. Energon Grid
A Strongarm attended Dr. Jones' presentation of the new Miranda II starship. He was also chose as part of Optimus's crew for the next mission. Later when the space bridge was damaged, he and Skyblast went to go repair it under cover from the rest of the Autobots. He was hit by a blast from Snow Cat and then thrown off the structure until caught by Ironide. Kicker had to finish the repairs in his stead. Go for Unicron!
Dreamwave Energon comic continuity
Toys
Energon
- Strongarm (Omnicon, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SC-06
- Accessories: Crane boom/rifle, spare tire halves, Autobot-type energon star
- Part of the first wave of toys released in the Energon series, Strongarm transforms into a Cybertronic off-road jeep. He has a clear-plastic "energon" crane-boom/rifle and spare tire which can combine to form his Energy Axe. The Japanese Super Link release of Strongarm uses slightly different colors and a slightly-different head mold. Early official product photography (including this picture) showed the toy with a "blob" logo, with all the areas of the Autobot face painted red. All Strongarms released to retail had the eyes, face, and other areas appropriately masked out.
- This mold was used to make Fallback, the live-action movie incarnation of Strongarm, and Crosshairs.
- The energon axe mold was separated and used for multiple Takara promotional energon weapons during Super Link, as well as being released in reddish-orange with the Japanese "Wild" redeco of Energon Ironhide.
- Energon Strongarm (Omnicon, 2004)
- Accessories: Crane boom/rifle, spare tire halves, Autobot-type energon star
- The new head-mold version was used for the Hasbro Energon Strongarm redeco that appeared in the second half of the Energon line, which was made available in Japan as a "USA Edition" exclusive from stores that had purchased a "TF Station" affiliation from Takara.
- The Hasbro stock photo of this toy shows his windshield assembled differently from the original release. The actual released version of the toy retains the original's assembly. Funky.
Universe (2003)
- Omnicon Strong Arm (Basic, 2005)
- Accessories: Crane boom/rifle, spare tire halves, Autobot-type energon star
- The "Energon" redeco of Strongarm was repackaged on a Universe-themed card and sold through discount chains in the US like Big Lots!. The toy has no notable differences from the Energon release. His name was parsed as "Strong Arm" on the packaging, as opposed to the other releases' "Strongarm".
Attacktix
- Strongarm (Booster, 2007)
| ID number: | TF10 |
| Rarity: | |
| Faction: | Autobot |
| Class: | Warrior |
| Special: | "Strikeback" |
| Point Cost: | 30 |
| Base Speed: | 12 |
| Attack Type: | Melee |
- Part of the planned second assortment of Attacktix Boosters, this "Super Rare" piece uses a horizontal axe-swing to attack. Though it was pictured in the first-wave instruction manuals, it was held back for the second wave of Boosters... which never saw release as the line was put on indefinite hiatus.
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