Minerva (Animated)

This article is about the Animated character. For the Super-God Masterforce character, see Minerva (Masterforce).

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Minerva is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.

Having been trained as a medic on Cybertron by Fixit, Minerva was dispatched to Earth for some actual experience in the field under the tutelage of Ratchet. While en route to the Autobot's base in Detroit, however, she went off course and crash-landed in Quebec, Canada. Scanning a Japanese car for an alternate mode, she made contact with its female teenage driver, and learned that despite what was being said on Cybertron, organics weren't so bad after all! This first human friendship has led her to become just as comfortable hanging around human girls as her fellow Earth-bound Autobots are.

Fiction

Voice actor: Abby Collins

Events in italics occurred exclusively in BotCon 2011's "The Stunti-Con Job" script reading.

Sshhh! Don't tell her that Ratchet's sitting somewhere behind her!

Warpath accompanied Minerva as she stalked Optimus Prime, Cybertron's newest hero. Unlike everyone else, however, she wasn't interested in Optimus himself, but in getting in with his associate, Ratchet. She was determined to be his protege at any stalkery cost.

She appeared in the audience for The Motor Master's Stunt Convoy show. The Stunti-Con Job

Toys

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• Minerva (Deluxe, BotCon 2011 customization class)
  • Accessories: Two swords

Minerva is a redeco of Animated Arcee, available only in the customization class at BotCon 2011. During the class, the toy was assembled, painted and stickered by participants. She continues the trend begun with Sideswipe the previous year of actually being cast in new colors of plastic (in this case, red, white and grey instead of magenta, off-white and black), and even comes with two unique new pieces sculpted from resin: a set of ear-antennae matching those in Derrick J. Wyatt's character model for Minerva, and an optional second set that replicate the appearance of the original Minerva's antennae, designed by Jesse Wittenrich. The toy also comes with a Tech Specs-style bio that was written by class organizer Shawn D. Tessmann and Wyatt.

Notes

• Minerva's landing in Quebec is a nod to the original Minerva's half-French heritage, while the Japanese car she scans pays homage to the character's Japanese roots. Of course, the girl involved in the whole process harkens back to the original Minerva actually being a human girl.
• Tessmann considers Minerva to be "more official" than previous years' customization class toys due to Wyatt's involvement.
• Abby Collins voiced Minerva with a Canadian accent, which makes sense, dontcha know.