Tailgate (Prime)
| This article is about the sniper from Transformers: Prime. For the mini-vehicle from Generation 1, see Tailgate (G1). |
- Tailgate is an Autobot from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Tailgate once worked alongside Arcee. Now he's dead. Apparently, this isn't especially uncommon.
Fiction
Prime cartoon
- Voice actor: Josh Keaton (English)
Tailgate was a member of Delta Team during an unnamed battle. He failed to take out a sniper, forcing Arcee to enter hand-to-hand combat. As the two discussed where to rendezvous, Arcee was captured by Airachnid. Later, Tailgate was also captured and brought before the two of them. Airachnid threatened to kill Tailgate if she was not told the co-ordinates of an impending attack. After Arcee claimed she did not know them, Airachnid made good on that threat.
When Airachnid and Arcee later encountered each other on Earth, Airachnid tormented her foe by bringing up what happened to Tailgate. Predatory
 Plot details for Partners follow. |
Arcee was still trying to avenge Tailgate much later. Starscream who was Arcees prisoner let it slip that he killed Cliffjumper. At first she thought he ment Tailgate but after cliamed to not know who he was Arcee figured out that it was Cliffjumper he was talking about. After they began to fight, Starscream taunted her by saying Tailgate was propably was weak as Cliffjumper. Partners
Notes
- Tailgate was the same model as Cliffjumper.
