Stakeout (G1)

This article is about the Autobot Micromaster. For the Power Core Combiner Commander, see Stakeout (PCC).

Stakeout is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Frag the Miranda rights.

Stakeout used to be the leader of the Rescue Patrol. His overzealous attitude and willingness to break the rules he's supposed to enforce began to get the entire Patrol in trouble with Autobot command. It didn't help that he was contemptuous of non-combat units. However, it was his discussions with his non-combat teammate Fixit that opened Stakeout's optics to his faults as a commander. He soon ceded leadership of the Patrol to Fixit, much to the medic's surprise. Now a much more reasonable officer, Stakeout works hard to support the Patrol's current leader.

Fiction

Marvel comics continuity

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Stakeout and his partners were some of the earliest Micromasters—tough go-getters who got things done. That pencil-pusher Emirate Xaaron wanted them to destroy the captured Battle Patrol so the Decepticons couldn't gain Micromaster technology, but Stakeout and his crew disobeyed those orders. A Small War!

The Rescue Patrol were later sent to clean up Earth alongside the Classic Pretenders, but by accident they ended up inside Cybertron staring at the face of Primus. They fought those Mayhem Attack Squad punks but were unable to stop Primus being woken up (noise pollution - three month sentence!) & Unicron heading towards the planet. Primal Scream

Stakeout later led a catch-team to get that murdering creep Whisper—no Christmas peace & goodwill for crime!—and took on those Air Strike Patrol punks. But City Hall got their panties in a bunch over the damage being caused and called Stakeout back to base. The Greatest Gift of All!

Earthforce

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

Stakeout was among the "new age" Autobots who attended Optimus Prime's meeting with Grimlock and the Dinobots about their more brutal methods. When Grimlock threatened to quit the Autobots, Prime seemed all too willing to let him, and the two of them actually came to blows. After beating some sense into each other, however, Optimus Prime agreed to allow Grimlock his autonomy, to lead "Earthforce" while he and the Ark's crew took off for space. Break-Away!

Dreamwave comics continuity

Stakeout was watching security monitors at Autobase when he noticed that the Battle Patrol wouldn't let the Hot Rod Patrol enter and report crimes taking place in Little Iacon. He took the Hot Rods' side on the matter, and while he couldn't convince the Autobots to let them in, he could at least support them by providing them with weaponry. Recipe for Hate

Toys

Half machine. Other half machine. All cop.

Generation 1

• Rescue Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1989)

Stakeout transforms into a black Ford Taurus police car. He was only available as part of the Rescue Patrol, along with his teammates Fixit, Red Hot, and Seawatch.

This toy was sold in Japan without changes as Holi.

• More information on Stakeout at TFU.info

Notes

• Stakeout's vehicle mode appears to be inspired by the Detroit police department's Ford Taurus patrol cars as depicted in the movie RoboCop.
• Stakeout is gang molded with his teammate Seawatch, sharing the same plastic colors.

Foreign names

• French: Embûche (Canada)
• Italian: Beta