Crosscut (G1)

This article is about the Autobot ambassador. For the doomed Decepticon soldier, see Crosscut (Decepticon).

Crosscut is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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The Autobot ambassador to many worlds, Crosscut (クロスカット Kurosukatto) and his partner/bodyguard Road Rage were sent to Earth on secret orders to work with the human governments on establishing Autobot City there. He is fluent in over 230 Earth languages and 6300 alien languages. Though he carries a lot of weaponry, it is all defensive in nature, meant to incapacitate rather than kill. In dire emergencies, he can transfer all his data and memories to his scooter-drone Clutch so his knowledge won't be lost even if he falls to the Decepticons.

Fiction

3H comics

Lives to die.

Crosscut was the navigator of Sojourner's Passage, one of several starships sent out by Rodimus Prime in 2005 to explore the universe and establish recon points. He was especially interested in establishing first contact with undiscovered alien civilizations.

Weeks later, their ship was hit by an energy pulse fired from the planet Archa Nine, and Crosscut was killed when the ship subsequently crashed. Betrayal

Wings of Honor

Crosscut was a member of the Elite Guard's Recon Team, working with Rest-Q, Delta Seeker, and their field leader Roadfire. A former ambassador for Cybertron to other planets, he used his translating skills to compensate for Rest-Q's hopelessly-incomprehensible dialogues.

After the Stealth Team was exposed to Nucleon, Crosscut interpreted for Rest-Q as he examined the radiation's effect on their super-structures. His upbeat delivery did little to cover the fact that Rest-Q had no idea when they would regain the ability to transform. A Team Effort

Crosscut was among the Elite Guardsmen seen defending their base from the traitorous Combaticons. The Coming Storm: Part 5 His corpse was hurled through a section of the Elite Guard headquarters by Bruticus just as the Strike Team arrived on the scene. The Coming Storm: Part 6

Toys

Generation 1

Crosscuts die like Mudflaps shelfwarm.

• Crosscut (Autobot, 2002)
  • Japanese ID number: 95
  • Accessories: "Clutch" drone, "Electromagnetic pulse emitter" rifle, "twin vertigo gun" double-blaster, "stun grenade" launcher, 3 "stun grenades"

Crosscut is a retool of Skids, transforming into a Honda City R hatchback with a different head and hood. He also comes with a "scooter" accessory named "Clutch" that fits in his hatchback. As he was a Japanese release, his spring-loaded missile launcher is fully functional. Crosscut was an exclusive to e-Hobby, sold only in a set with Road Rage.

This toy was redecoed to make the Transformers Generations 2009 exclusive Screech.

• More info on Crosscut at TFU.info

Notes

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• Crosscut and Road Rage are notable for being the first additions to the Generation 1-era cast of characters after the original line ended since the short-lived Machine Wars series. This also started the general trend toward e-Hobby releases being new characters rather than old characters in new colors.
• Crosscut's "new" head and coloration are based on one of the original pre-Transformers Diaclone versions of the "Honda City R" mold. The original version was only available in a "double set" with a blue version of the "4WD Hi-Lux Wrecker" (pre-Hoist) that was also only available in that set.
• There is evidence that this version of the mold was the one originally intended to be released in the original Transformers line rather than the "Honda City Turbo" model that would become Skids. The original Skids' instructions have the Crosscut mold's line-art, and in the Marvel UK comic, artists Dan Reed and John Stokes drew Skids with Crosscut's head in several panels. It's possible the Turbo model was chosen because its face was more human-looking (to go along with the generally more humanized faces the characters were given in the cartoon), but this is merely speculation.