Oceanglide

Oceanglide is a Mini-Con from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Oceanglide leads the Sea Mini-Con Team, being their smartest member. Not only is he an expert commander and fighter, but he also has a highly artistic side, most often displayed in bouts of poetry and verse. The seascape inspires him greatly...sometimes to the point of incomprehensibility.

This is seemingly in contrast with Oceanglide's personality in battle, where he is a ruthless and highly effective opponent. He has the ability to gather energy—both solar and weapon-based—in his solar panels either to power his body or to redirect as a heat beam. Some wonder why someone like Oceanglide tends to ally himself with the Decepticons, but he believes that he has a better chance of controlling his own destiny as a member of that side.

Japanese name: Sail

Fiction

Armada cartoon continuity

Oceanglide and the Sea Mini-Con Team were captured at an unknown point by the Decepticons on Earth. They briefly accompanied Tidal Wave into battle with the Autobots as part of Thrust's plot to lure the heroes into using the Requiem Blaster. After the Decepticons determined the Blaster wasn't present, however, Tidal Wave and the Sea Team quickly pulled out from the battlefield. Sacrifice

On the moon, Oceanglide and the other Mini-Cons were put to work by Megatron constructing a new space cruiser. When the Autobots lay siege to the Decepticon base, Perceptor sought out the Mini-Cons and tried to get them to accompany him to freedom. Their servility programming was too strong to overcome at first. After Oceanglide and the others saw Perceptor valiantly risking his life against Megatron, however, the Mini-Cons shrugged off the chains of their oppression, and fled to the warp gate chamber where the Autobots transported them to safety on Earth. Rescue

Oceanglide and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the Axalon, fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. Depart

Toys

Armada

• Sea Mini-Con Team (Basic, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MM-15
  • Accessories: Missile

Oceanglide transforms into a "solar sail" boat with rear turbines. In both modes, he has a pressure-launch missile. He was available only as part of the Sea Mini-Con Team 3-pack with his teammates Stormcloud and Waterlog.

The Japanese release of this team has a different color scheme. The maroon is replaced with a much more vibrant red, plus the lavender is replaced with yellow.

A redeco of the Team was released as part of the final Armada Mini-Con assortment in the US. This version is largely blue with "French gray", plus some red flame pinstriping.

This mold was also used to make Solar and Sunburn.

• More information on Oceanglide at TFU.info
• More information on blue redeco Oceanglide at TFU.info

• Sea Microns X-Dimension (Basic, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MM-18
  • Accessories: Missile

A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) redeco of the Sea Team was released in Japan as part of the X-Dimension Mini-Cons. The entire team was given a purple and medium-gray deco, matching up quite nicely with the Japanese version of Tidal Wave.

• More information on X-Dimension Sail at TFU.info

Energon

• Adventure Mini-Con Team & Sea Mini-Con Team

An unaltered version of the original Sea Team was released as part of an Energon-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the Adventure Mini-Con Team.

Notes

• According to Aaron Archer during his ORSON days, Oceanglide's "solar sail" boat mode is based specifically on the same such boat that appears briefly in Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface.