Tailgate (Classified)

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

Tailgate is an Autobot from the live-action film continuity family.

You can't see me!

_{This character has no official visual representation in any Transformers product or media... yet, at least.}

Tailgate is a friend of Gears. He is bright orange.

Fiction

Classified novels

Plot details for Transformers Classified: Switching Gears follow. Spoilers have expired, you may remove this tag

Ten years ago, Tailgate was killed by Reverb.

When fighting Reverb at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Kevin Bowman got Gears to project a hologram of Tailgate. Kevin used the hologram to distract Reverb from attacking Optimus Prime. Reverb, shocked at seeing someone whom he'd killed, was lured into the cave where Gears attacked him, destroying the personal forcefield generator he was using. Switching Gears