Nightbeat (G1)

The name or term "Nightbeat" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nightbeat (disambiguation).

Nightbeat is an Autobot in the Generation One continuity family.

As soon as I finish this jaunty Irish jig, you're under arrest.

Nightbeat, a self-declared detective, loves mystery, suspense, and conspiracy. When Nightbeat is on the trail for clues, nothing else matters. This blindsidedness has famously gotten him into trouble over his head more times than he can count. Yet in the face of adversity, he remains cool, confident, and even irreverent. He has insulted creatures many times his size and commited huge faux pas to uncover the truth. It is not so much that Nightbeat is brave, but more that the thrill of the hunt has him -- and he will not be denied.

Nightbeat has a Headmaster partner, Muzzle, who he gets along amazingly well with. The two seem to have been of one mind even before they were binary bonded.

French-Canadian name: Veillure

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Television commercials

Feel the beat of the rhythm of the Nightbeat.

While being driven by Muzzle on the surface of an unidentified planet (with Siren and Hosehead at his sides), Nightbeat transformed into robot mode. Shortly thereafter, three Decepticon Headmasters burst through a wall, and Nightbeat engaged Horri-Bull in battle.

Dreamwave comics continuity

IDW comics continuity

Nightbeat, passing the time by trying to answer the mystery of the first Ark, was lured into an apparent trap on Gorlan Prime. He found a strange dimensional portal deep beneath the world, but got captured by a unknown villain before he could tell anyone. They put something in his head, erased his memory, and then sent him back out into space. Shortly thereafter he was contacted by Optimus Prime and ordered to head for Earth. His monitors make Optimus Prime look funny.

Toys

Generation 1

Nightbeat w/ Muzzle (Headmaster, 1988)

Nightbeat transforms into a blue Porsche. He shares a mold with the Japanese Headmaster Junior Minerva.

Trivia

In the Marvel comics, Nightbeat and Siren's head designs were inexplicably switched, which explains Nightbeat's goggles and Siren's lack of goggles in their appearances.