Overcharge (G1)

Overcharges are Quintesson creations from the Generation 1 continuity.

Second-most unfortunately-named exclusive ever... and there's a chance it was intentional.

The Overcharges are the latest model of Quintesson mass-produced warrior-drone, using technologies gleaned from the Decepticons. Produced in countless numbers and sold to whatever buyers can cough up the credits, Overcharges are strong, fast, powerful, and in the wrong hands, can overrun worlds.

Toys

Generation 1

• Overcharge (Triple Changer Terrorbot, 2005)

Japanese ID number: 72

An e-Hobby exclusive redeco of the Blitzwing mold, Overcharge transforms from robot mode to a Type 74 tank or a MiG-25 fighter jet. It came with an extra decal sheet with multiple faction logos (including several totally new ones) so it could be assigned to different armies: Autobot, Decepticon, Quintesson/Terrorbot, "Ancient", EDC, and "Unicron Herald" (using the Blentron sigil).

Trivia

• While the toy's color scheme is based on the mold's original pre-Transformers Diaclone colors, the "character" appears to be based on the mass of off-color Blitzwing-model tanks seen in the opening to the third season of the Generation 1 cartoon.
• Overcharges, it is noted, are based on technology from the Decepticons, since the Quintessons' original robots did not transform, only developing the skill after freeing themselves from slavery. The use of the Blitzwing mould for this Quintesson creation seems to harken back to the animated series episode Five Faces of Darkness, in which Blitzwing is the only Transformer to recognise the Quintessons, albeit in a vague, uncertain way. This seems to suggest a connection - for example, perhaps, the Quintessons captured, studied and duplicated him to create the Overcharges, and wiped his mind afterwards, only for vague memories to creep through? This is, of course, all idle speculation, but hey... who knows?

External links

• Overcharge at TFU.info
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.