Over-Run (G1)
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- Over-Run is a Autobot Action Master from the Generation 1 continuity family.
A fiercely individual perfectionist, domineering and arrogant (even downright tyrannical), Over-Run acts like the air war with the Decepticons is his own personal responsibility, and he'll yell angry instructions or abuse at anyone of any rank he sees as getting in the way of his winning it. Needless to say, this makes him pretty unpopular with the other airborne Autobots. If he wasn't a very effective warrior in an arena where they are traditionally outmatched, it's unlikely Over-Run would be anywhere but in the brig by now. He is dedicated to the Autobot cause, though; he just sees beating the Decepticons as far more important than rudeness and the feelings of his inferior comrades. He'll apologize after the war ends. Maybe.
He rules the skies in his Attack Copter.
Fiction
IDW comics continuity
Over-Run was one of several Autobots under the command of Fortress Maximus on the Garrus-9 penal colony. He and the other soldiers failed to stop a Decepticon attack force from liberating the facility's newest inmates. Spotlight: Arcee
Wings Universe
Some time after the creation of the Elite Guard, Over-Run was inducted into its ranks under the command of Metalhawk. During one of their battles, his squad found themselves facing a horde of Virulent Clones along with Thunder Clash's squad. After Ironfist riled up the Clones by trying to blow them sky-high, only to find out they already were sky-high, Metalhawk called to Over-Run to provide them with some aerial support.
Landshark hoped to see the two "upgrades" show off their new flying abilities, but Over-Run instead gave "Sharkie" a demonstration of his personal remotely-controlled helicopter. The helicopter blasted the Clones into bits with a barrage of firepower, then Over-Run landed it and gave it an inspection while the two squads relaxed.
Soon afterwards, his squad was ordered to ferry Thunder Clash's squad to Space Port Bravo. Over-Run was nice enough to load Landshark his helicopter for the next mission, but put his foot down on letting him pilot the Hawk's Claw... until Landshark talked him into it anyway.
After bidding their goodbyes at the spaceport, Over-Run wondered out loud where they'd end up next. When Dion commented that he was eager to beat up some Decepticons, Over-Run asked if Dion had ever seen a Decepticon up close before, and was puzzled by Dion stalking off angrily in response.
A jaunt to Elite Guard HQ later, Metalhawk's squad soon found out that their next assignment was somehow going to involve Magnum's newest special ops group. The Coming Storm: Part 2
Over-Run was dismayed to learn their new mission was essentially a baby-sitting gig. Some "historians" had somehow failed to notice there was a war on, and were engaged in a purely scientific archeological dig in Median. They apparently needed extra help unearthing their finds, and Magnum was assigning the Elite Guard to the job in the hopes of smoothing over relations with the Autobot Civilian Council. As thrilling as it all sounded, Over-Run was more bemused than ever when he learned the entire research team were... girls! Well, Female Autobots, as Dion corrected him, but still... robots with a predilection towards organic gender roles? Preposterous!
Events became a little more interesting once the Elite Guard teams arrived at Median, and learned the real reason they were requested was because the dig site was under threat of Decepticon attack. Theorizing amongst themselves why the Decepticons would be interested in such an out of the way place, the Combaticon Swindle delighted in the idea that ancient weapons might be buried there. Over-Run was quick to shoot down the enterprising munitions expert's dreams of corraling the finds for himself.
As the Autobots prepared Median's fortifications for attack by Rage's Stormtroopers, Over-Run was forced to deal with Swindle since his regular attack drone was still having Virulent Clone goo being cleaned out of it. After Swindle bartered with Over-Run for the drone, he was tooling it up when he discovered a prize of alien technology inside. Over-Run claimed it as his own, mostly just to annoy the little Combaticon. He basically shrugged it off when Swindle took off with the device "for safe keeping", as the battle was about to begin.
Broken into two groups, Over-Run and Metalhawk's group confronted the second wave of Decepticons, the Stormtroopers following behind their "hitter", Roadgrabber. The Elite Guard were unprepared for Hydradread's pump-action stasis chemical rifles, though, and Metalhawk was taken out of the fight quickly. Over-Run tried to menace the Stormtroopers into surrendering with his motorized blades and attack drone, but Rage's cronies just drove around him and penetrated deeper into the city. Over-Run took command and had his men hold their position in order to stop the Decepticons from fleeing, but the massive twins Terror-Tread and Cement-Head intervened, scattering the Elite Guard long enough for the Stormtroopers to escape. Almost as an afterthought, one of the twins also stepped on Over-Run's drone as they retreated, crushing it to bits.
Over-Run was distraught at the loss of his drone (inappropriately so, considering the death of the historian Glyph during the raid), but it was a blessing in disguise. The drone's signal beacon still functioned, and the Elite Guard tracked the Stormtroopers by it back to their mobile base, the Metrotitan. The Autobots managed to infiltrate the base and fought through Rage's defenses. There were some tense moments, but ultimately the mission was successful. Magnum was so impressed with their performance, he asked the Strike Team and Combaticons to continue working together on a regular basis. Flames of Yesterday
Several weeks later, Over-Run's team and the Combaticons successfully eliminated a Decepticon faction leader known as Shadowcaster. As the Combaticons remained in the field, Over-Run returned to Elite Guard headquarters with Metalhawk and his comrades. The Coming Storm: Part 3
Metalhawk led his team to the battle where Over-Run shouted a warning as Crosscut was thrown through the roof. Ironfist rammed Bruticus, knocking him down, but the giant reached for him. Over-Run used his drone to distract Bruticus to allow Ironfist to escape. Bruticus instead grabbed the drone out of the air, and threw it at Over-Run, killing him. The Coming Storm: Part 6
Commercial appearances
Over-Run stood with various other Autobots as Optimus Prime proposed that they become Action Masters. Action Master commercial
Later, aboard his Attack Copter, he battled Starscream on Cybertron. Action Master vehicles commercial
Toys
Generation 1
- Over-Run (Action Master Action Blaster Vehicle, 1990)
- Accessories: Rotary Photon Pulse Laser Cannon, 2 x Side Concussion Cannons (left and right), 2 x Magnetic Missiles, engine cover, rotor
- Over-Run is unusual for an Action Master due to his rather monochromatic color scheme, as he is made primarily out of a single shade of red plastic. All of his other colors are paint applications. Over-Run's sculpt suggests that before becoming an Action Master, he once transformed into a Cybertronic helicopter, due to the canopy and rotor shaft details on his torso. Appropriately, his Action Master vehicle is a small attack helicopter, and when not using the helicopter as his ride, Over-Run wields the vehicle's rotary photon pulse laser cannon and engine cover as weapon and shield, respectively.
- Over-Run can ride inside the cockpit of the attack helicopter, which can also transform into a small cannon emplacement/base, with the rotors being stored underneath and extra armor flipping forward from the rear fuselage.
Notes
- Over-Run's Attack Copter-mountable handheld laser gun is, fittingly, a remold of one of Vortex's side-mounted cannons.
- In his "Wings of Honor" incarnation, Over-Run can transform and seems to be based on Energon Bulkhead's body with a retooled head. However, he also still has his Action Master vehicle.
- Of all the original characters introduced in the Action Masters line, Over-Run is the only Autobot who has ever been shown transformed. The others (WoH Banzai-Tron, RiD Axer, and Botcon Slicer) are all Decepticons.
Foreign names
- French: Zélé
