Inferno (G1)
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- Inferno is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Inferno is one gung-ho robot, ready and willing to roll out into the thick of any action at the drop of a hat. If the mission is search and rescue he's one of the best bots to have around, but he's even happier when called on to fight. Nothing gets Inferno's circuits going like a one-on-one with a few Decepticon trouble makers. During his down time he can generally be found hanging out with Red Alert and trying his best to keep Red out of trouble.
Fiction
Animated continuity
- Voice actor: Walker Edmiston (US), Takurō Kitagawa (Japan)
Inferno appeared without explanation one day as Optimus Prime explained their mission to stop the Insecticons from attacking the Nova Power Planet. He was the first to roll out on Prime's orders. During the battle at the power plant, the gun-slinging fire fighter stood by Jazz and shot down Laserbeak before they rushed off to to rescue the human pilots of a downed helicopter. After the super-powered Insecticons crushed Wheeljack and electrocuted Ironhide, Inferno sprayed fire-retardant foam on Wheeljack and loaded him into Prime's trailer as the Autobots retreated. Inferno later participated in the Autobot counter attack at Iron Mountain where he and the other Autobots were buried under tons of rock. Hound was heard to complain about Inferno ending up on his head whilst they were trapped. The Insecticon Syndrome
On one mission, Inferno did his part to preserve the sanctity of the timestream by spraying cowboys with fire retardant foam. Eh...you had to be there. Dinobot Island, Part 2
Later, Inferno was ordered to guard over Red Alert as the Autobots repelled an attack by the Decepticons on the Negavator super weapon's bunker. Inferno, itching for a fight, abandoned Red Alert despite his paranoid friend's repeated requests for him to stay. Inferno rescued Red Alert when his friend was buried under rubble which had the unfortunate side-effect of damaging Red Alert's logic circuits to the point of overload. Inferno later proved his friendship to Red when he saved Red Alert from himself when the latter, in a state of paranoia, allied himself with Starscream and the Decepticons. Auto Berserk
Inferno was reunited with his old gal Firestar when he, Ironhide and Powerglide went to help Optimus Prime rescue Elita One. The Search for Alpha Trion
Marvel Comics continuity
Generation 1
- (Note: Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)
Inferno joined Sandstorm and Broadside as part of a monitoring unit stationed on Earth to keep watch for the threat of super-Decepticon, Galvatron. Shortly after they arrived, the unit chased off the unrelated threat of a Furnacian Firebug, who had arrived on Earth and begun starting fires in human settlements. They exiled it to Mercury in a message pod. Firebug!
When Galvatron later resurfaced, the reconnaissance team sent a message to Cybertron and joined up with the Wreckers and Decepticon Mayhem Attack Squad in confronting the time traveler. Unfortunately Galvatron had help (as if he needed it) in the form of Megatron. The Wreckers and Mayhems were torn to shreds, suffering greater than 50% losses. Time Wars Inferno was one of the few survivors who limped away from the final battle, cut off from any support from Cybertron. The remaining members of the Wreckers and Mayhems pooled resources as the Survivors, living on Earth separately from the planet's active Cybertronian armies. Survivors! After a new squad of Mayhems came to Earth to execute their treacherous former members, however, the Survivors hooked up with Grimlock's Earthforce as an adjunct team. Where Wolf?
Inferno was present when Prowl and Grimlock were loading up their shuttles to go chase after Bludgeon and his gang of less-than-merry men. A Savage Circle! He was later killed on the planet Klo and then reactivated by the power of the Last Autobot. End of the Road
Note: Inferno's US and UK timelines are more difficult to reconcile than most characters, primarily because of how the Survivors story blends from the main UK continuity (Time Wars) straight into the splinter continuity (Earthforce). He shows up totally unannounced on Cybertron after the war with Unicron, and never speaks.
Generation 2
Inferno was working with a squad of Autobots trying to stop Jhiaxus's Cybertronians from committing genocide on planet Ethos. Most of his team took heavy fire and apparently died, though, and Inferno himself was crushed under a collapsing building the enemy brought down on top of him. Escalation
Dreamwave Comics continuity
Inferno and his good buddy Smokescreen joined up with Grimlock's Lightning Strike Coalition during the time of the Dark Ages. Some millennia later, after the Great Shutdown, Inferno was one of the first Autobots reactivated and brought around to the idea of a unified Cybertronian populace by Ultra Magnus and Shockwave. Joining Red Alert, Hoist, Grapple, Skids, and Perceptor, he became a charter member of the Autobot High Council, ruling alongside Shockwave in administrative matters while Ultra Magnus focused on more militant concerns. However, the lack of leadership experience by Inferno and most of his fellow council-beings led to them ceding more and more power to Shockwave over the years. They eventually came to their senses and joined in the insurrection against Shockwave led by Optimus Prime and the Ark's crew. Revelation
IDW Comics continuity
Inferno was attending to the fire damage and chaos caused by Megatron's opening assault on Kaon when a pleasure cruiser fell out of the sky on top of him. It is unknown if he survived. Megatron Origin
Toys
Generation 1
- Inferno (Autobot, 1985)
- Japanese ID number: C-10
- Inferno transforms into a Mitsubishi Fuso firetruck. Each of his forearms contains a spring-loaded missile launcher, so he can fire his own fists or silver missiles. He is usually depicted in media has having a missile in place of a hand on his right arm. He is also armed with a small black rifle.
- In 2002, Inferno was re-released as part of Takara's Transformers Collection series. This time he featured tampo-graphed Autobot symbol and blue eyes instead of yellow. These changes carried over to the Comemorative Series Inferno, Commemorative Series Grapple, and Load Hauler.
- In 2003, he was released by Hasbro in the Toys "R" Us exclusive "Commemorative Series" line.
- This mold was redecoed and partially retooled to make the Targetmaster Artfire, and Grapple.
- Inferno with Hydro-Pack (Action Master, 1990)
- A non-transforming action figure with a simplified design, Inferno came with a Hydro-Pack that could be attached to his back or transformed into a large hand held Laser weapon. He is compatible with all other Action Master weapons and vehicles.
Generation 2
- Inferno (Autobot Hero, 1993)
- For Generation 2, Inferno's original toy was re-used with virtually no deco changes, adding only the "Autobot" tampograph. His forearms were retooled to remove the spring-loaded launcher mechanism (the chromed missiles from the original releases were also dropped), but he came with a large red water-shooting cannon that clipped to his ladder.
Trivia
- Inferno's original toy, slightly modified, was knocked off and used as the titular giant robot in the Korean animated film Phoenix King (피닉스킹). Phoenix King was dubbed (horribly) and released in America by Digiview Entertainment as Defenders of Space, generally selling for the bargain price of $1.00. Scenes of "Inferno" from this movie were also incorporated into another bargain film distributed by Digiview Entertainment, Space Thunder Kids.
- In the late 1990s, a knockoff of Generation 2 Inferno with some yellow parts was sold in discount stores on a card reading "Transformers: Generation 3."
- The earliest pictured version of Action Master Inferno is largely different from the final version, but only upon close examination. The early version errs on the side of the original toy in color and design, while the final more closely follows the design of the animation model. Strangely, the early version has a nearly solid black block of a head (possibly to echo the ladder base in which the original's head was contained), as well as generally wider and chunky proportions.
Inferno was one of many Transformers to be cut out of The Transformers: The Movie. His scene was cut but the credit for the character remained.
