Juan (thief)
- Juan is a human from the Generation 1 continuity family.
As the right-hand man of the Mechanic, Juan is a car thief living and operating in Portland. He is not as ambitious as his boss, but he has a good grip on reality and is both reliable and capable. Moreso, because of his severe fear of cops, the Mechanic needs Juan to get him out of trouble whenever the police get on their case.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
At a wreck yard, Juan tried to haggle with a potential customer for a better price on their cars. The customer wouldn't consider it unless he'd get to talk with the boss, at which point the Mechanic came out of the shadows despite Juan's protests. He should have listened; the customer turned out to work for the police and revealed that they were surrounded. The Mechanic fell prey to his fear of cops, leaving it up to Juan to get them out of the mess. As fate would have it, Juan spotted an ambulance with its motor still running and urged the Mechanic to get in. Speeding off, Juan shouted some sense back in the Mechanic, telling him to find a way to hinder their pursuers.
Before the Mechanic could act, Ratchet took care of the cops to protect his cover, hoping the humans were too busy to notice. Juan was, but the Mechanic was not. As Juan drove the ambulance to their hideout, the Mechanic removed several of Ratchet's tools, which he used to freeze Ratchet once the Transformer revealed his true nature. Juan wished to run before the robot melted, but he was stopped by his boss, who wanted even more weapons. The two then took a van, drove outside, waited for the robot to dry and followed it to its base. Juan was told to wait in the car, which he did until his boss came running back, screaming it was another police trap. Juan noted that the police never would go to all this trouble just to catch a car thief, but drove off anyway. Funeral for a Friend! Mechanical Difficulties!
