Slap Dash (ROTF)
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- Slap Dash is an Autobot from the Revenge of the Fallen portion of the live-action continuity family.
Slap Dash's prodigious speed allows him to do everything quickly—which he likes, because anything else would require effort. He's content to just breeze carelessly through life, but an encounter with the brutal bike-bot Trenchmouth may make him wish he'd taken the time to plan ahead...
Fiction
Titan Magazines
Slap Dash and Hubcap were summoned to Earth by Optimus Prime himself to join a new, covert unit (not even admitting its function to NEST) led by Bumblebee. As open battles were turning humans against the Transformers, Prime wanted to them to monitor the Decepticons, wait for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, and then hit hard and fast.
Both agreed to this, but when Crankstart, Brimstone, and Trenchmouth ran amok in Salt Lake City, they had second thoughts: Slap Dash agreed with Hubcap that they should take action, feeling it was like they were running scared and voicing concerns that humans would start dying if they didn't intervene. Bumblebee had him stick to the plan though, and the unit hit the Decepticons in an isolated stretch of road, tearing through them. Shadow War
Bumblebee's team were a key part of the strike on Bludgeon's command hub in Russia. However, they were betrayed by one of their own and the Autobots ended up driving into an ambush. Slapdash, panicked, cried out they'd been set up... and Bludgeon emerged from the shadows, stated they'd been betrayed, and slaughtered him. Divided Loyalties
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
- Windy City Chase (Scout 2-pack, 2010)
- Slap Dash is a redeco of the Scout Class Dead End, transforming into a modified orange and grey Peugeot 9009 concept car. In addition to his otherwise fairly normal articulation, his jaw can open to reveal rows of jagged teeth.
- A Walmart exclusive, Slap Dash comes packaged versus Trenchmouth. This package is included in the N.E.S.T. Global Alliance promotion.
- This mold was also used to make Revenge of the Fallen Nightbeat.
Notes
- In Titan's strips, Slap Dash's nemesis Trenchmouth is actually knocked out by Hubcap.
- Despite Jon Davis-Hunt's art being toy-based, Slap Dash isn't given his toy's monstrous teeth but a friendlier, Afterburn-ish mouth instead. Hey, he's a goodie robot!
