Crosshairs (G1)
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- Crosshairs is an Autobot Targetmaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
As the Autobot weapons supervisor, Crosshairs oversees the procurement and maintenance of a dizzying arsenal of implements of death for his fellow Autobots. Long association with such machinery has made him meticulous and careful, possibly to a fault. Crosshairs will often refuse to fire his own weapon unless he's certain it won't miss.
Crosshairs enjoys a good relationship with his equally methodical Targetmaster partner Pinpointer, who is content to let Crosshairs call the shots.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Crosshairs was Weapons Supervisor in his hometown on Cybertron; he had a long career of acquiring and maintaining his comrades' arsenal of boom sticks. He found the role disturbing, however, as he saw more and more casualties as a result of his work. Crosshairs's Universe profile Eventually, Scorponok's Decepticons came along and blew the place up and took everybody captive. Crosshairs was being shuffled off toward a messy end in the smelting pools when an attack by Fortress Maximus and company saved him.
Crosshairs quickly joined Maximus's band, and he was among the first to agree when Maximus decided to quit the war and seek peace on Nebulos.
However, when stuff exploded on Nebulos, Fortress Maximus was all "Waah, I'm on fire, where did our guns go?" and Crosshairs was pressed back into service as the Autobots' armorer. Ring of Hate!
When the Autobots' Nebulan allies feared that the Decepticons were planning to attack The Nursery, Crosshairs didn't care: he had already given away his gun to make peace with the Nebulans, so it's not like he could do anything about it. Instead, he suggested leaving Nebulos and traveling to Earth, but was voted down and forced to go save The Nursery with the other Targetmasters. Unfortunately, the ensuing battle just ended up destroying the place, so the Autobots retreated. Brothers in Armor!!
Crosshairs eventually ended up on Earth like he wanted, where he participated in a failed attack on the Decepticons' island headquarters. The Desert Island of Space! He later watched Blaster and Grimlock fight it out over Autobot leadership on the moon, but the duel was interrupted by a full-scale Decepticon assault on everyone present. Totaled!
When Thunderwing took control of the Creation Matrix, he blasted Crosshairs. Hot Rod later mentioned that three Autobots were deactivated by Thunderwing, and since Crosshairs was never seen again, it's possible he was one of the casualties. All Fall Down
Earthforce
Crosshairs was among the "new age" Autobots who attended Optimus Prime's meeting with Grimlock and the Dinobots about their more brutal methods. When Grimlock threatened to quit the Autobots, Prime seemed all too willing to let him, and the two of them actually came to blows. After beating some sense into each other, however, Optimus Prime agreed to allow Grimlock his autonomy, to lead "Earthforce" while he and the Ark's crew took off for space. Break-Away!
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Neil Ross (English), Jin Horikawa (Japanese)
Crosshairs does quite the Ronald Reagan impression. Or maybe Jack Nicholson. He is very concerned with "the hubbub".
Crosshairs was among the group that pursued Scourge into Cybertron's depths and into the Plasma Energy Chamber. The group's shuttle was subsequently blasted across the cosmos, crash-landing on Nebulos. They were captured by the natives, and only released when the Decepticons attacked. While several of his teammates were knocked out and captured in the subsequent battle, the completely undamaged Crosshairs just stood there while Mindwipe grabbed him and flew off with him.
Seriously, he didn't even try to get away. The Rebirth, Part 1
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese)
Crosshairs was one of the top two lieutenants of Pointblank, a famed Autobot sub-commander of fantastic skill. They arrived on Earth shortly after the final defeat of Galvatron to join forces with Fortress and his men. Fortress was in the midst of dealing with some planetary-level explosives left behind by the Decepticons, and so Crosshairs and his comrades went with Fortress aboard the Battleship Maximus to dispose of the bombs. Out in space, they had just reached a safe distance from Earth when they passed a refugee ship being attacked by the Decepticons. Crosshairs, Pointblank and Sureshot went out onto the surface of the battleship to engage the enemy long enough for the refugees to get inside. The battle continued to rage outside until the refugees attempted to return the kind favor by removing the bombs to a safe distance themselves. The Decepticon sub-commander Slugslinger flew out after them, and Crosshairs joined his comrades in pursuing them, right up until the plasma bombs exploded, bathing Autobot and Decepticon alike with tremendous energies. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)
The Headmasters recovered the unconscious Crosshairs and his friends from space. Miraculously, the three Autobots had not only survived the explosion, each of them had also been fused to one of the Master refugees in a kind of symbiotic combination. The smaller Master robot known as Pinpointer could now transform into a powerful weapon and affix himself to Crosshairs' hand, creating a Targetmaster. Pointblank and his men seemed cocky before, but their newfound power made them almost unbearable. Crosshairs and Sureshot had to get between Pointblank and the Headmasters when their leader simply would not shut up about how awesome he was. After the Autobots arrived on Master, Apeface and Snapdragon were triple-teamed by the new Targetmasters. Perhaps not considering the Horrorcons worthy of their new powers, Crosshairs and the Targetmasters spent the whole battle unarmed and in vehicle mode, and still royally smacked the chips out of the two Decepticons. Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)
Crosshairs continued to serve on Master with Pointblank and Fortress. He and his fellow Targetmasters were involved in the battle for data on the Master Sword. The Master Sword Is in Danger!! While in orbit around Master in the Battleship Maximus, the Targetmasters spot Ratbat spying on them, and chase him and Soundblaster back to the planet's surface. Their pursuit was interrupted by the arrival of the Decepticon Targetmasters, who tried to eliminate the Autobots by blasting open a natural reservoir, washing Crosshairs and his friends away in a massive wave. The Targetmasters survived, however, and located the Decepticons' secret cavern base. They sent out their small partners to covertly investigate the base, but the loud and bolsterous arrival of Chromedome and the Headmasters made stealth impossible, and so a battle was joined. The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide
3H comics
He was part of a crew of Autobot reinforcements led by Hot Spot with the unenviable task of rescuing Arcee, Daniel Witwicky, Wheelie and Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist from Fujiyama's latest blunder. There were a lot of Nightbirds to kill off. Departure
IDW comics continuity
During the early years of the war, Optimus Prime wanted to see a lineup and rollcall of all his newest warriors. Ironhide thought this was stupid, but Crosshairs and a few other newbies showed up for this anyway. All Hail Megatron issue 13
In the modern day, Crosshairs was stationed out of the Autobot Orbital Command Hub and was seen acting as navigator for the crew of the Ark-27. They transported Optimus Prime into battle with Thunderwing on Cybertron Stormbringer #2 and later brought him to Earth to follow up a lead on the Decepticons' resurrection and to investigate the why the Decepticon Infiltration unit there had assumed Siege Mode. Stormbringer #4
Later, Crosshairs was with the rest of the Ark 27's crew as they worked to recover the heavily-damaged Omega Supreme after his battle with Monstructor. Spotlight: Optimus Prime He was present on the Orbital Command Hub when Blaster announced his return to the airwaves, and was one of the trusted Autobots Silverbolt chose to help him apprehend the mind-controlled Beachcomber, who was programmed by Soundwave to kill Blaster. Spotlight: Blaster
Crosshairs also spent time as a weapons designer at the Kimia Facility. Whereas engineers like Brainstorm specialized in the absurd and unbelievable, Crosshairs focused more on developing new guns and conventional weapons. Ten months before Operation: Retrieval, he discovered Ironfist on the floor of his workshop, a victim of his own cerebro-sensitive bullet. Bullets
Alongside the rest of the Autobots at Kimia, Crosshairs was killed when Cyclonus and the Sweeps invaded the facility. Chaos Part One: Lamentations
Toys
Generation 1
- Crosshairs (Targetmaster, 1987)
- Japanese ID number: C-107
- Accessories: "Pinpointer" Targetmaster partner
- Crosshairs transforms into a Cybertronic van-buggy-sorta-kinda-thing. As a Targetmaster, he can hold in his hand or mount on his vehicle-mode roof any Targetmaster gun (or any weapon that uses a 5mm post). He was released with his partner, Pinpointer.
Notes
- Along with many other Generation 1 characters, Crosshairs' animation model appeared as a generic Autobot in the Transformers Armada cartoon. Specifically, it's his Japanese model from The Headmasters cartoon.
- Crosshairs' voice in the American cartoon seems to be an impersonation of Ronald Reagan.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Crosshairs (クロスヘアーズ Kurosuheāzu)
- French: Échevelé (Canada)
- Italian: Cross
