Tailgate (Prime)

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 Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Tailgate once worked alongside Arcee. They really didn't get along at first, but their fighting skills were pretty evenly matched, and the two became a powerful, nigh-unstoppable team.

And then they went and got caught, and Tailgate went and got dead. Arcee didn't take that very well.

Fiction

Prime cartoon

Arcee should stay away from Mini Vehicles.

Voice actor: Josh Keaton (English), Yuichi Ishigami (Japanese), Jan Kurbjuweit (German), Óscar Flores (Latin American Spanish)

Tailgate was a member of Delta Team during an unnamed battle. He failed to take out a sniper, forcing Arcee to enter hand-to-hand combat. As the two discussed where to rendezvous, Arcee was captured by Airachnid. Later, Tailgate was also captured and brought before the two of them. Airachnid threatened to kill Tailgate unless she was told the co-ordinates of an impending attack. After Arcee claimed she did not know them, Airachnid made good on that threat. Arcee escaped the same fate, but Tailgate's death hit her hard. Predatory

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Later, Arcee found herself captive yet again, this time alongside Cliffjumper, and left to the mercies of Starscream. After escaping the Decepticon, Cliffjumper reminded her that he knew about Tailgate (after all, he was part of the rescue party that freed her from Airachnid's clutches), so he understood why she was being such a loner. Out of the Past

When Airachnid and Arcee later encountered each other on Earth, Airachnid would often torment her foe by bringing up what happened to Tailgate. Predatory Metal Attraction Partners While fighting with Arcee, Starscream taunted her by asking if Tailgate was "weak like Cliffjumper." Partners

Arcee would remind her teammates of how Airachnid was not the only 'Con to have taken a partner away from her. Crossfire

Toys

Prime

For the first time in years, he really went old school.

• Tailgate (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
  • Series/Number: 2 / 014
  • Accessories: "Dual Ion Blaster"

Part of the fourth wave of Prime Cyberverse Legion-class toys, Tailgate is a redeco of Cliffjumper, transforming into a white and blue muscle car resembling a Dodge Challenger. He has 3mm holes in his roof, doors and fists for mounting Cyberverse-scale weapons. The gun he comes with is the same as Cyberverse Bumblebee's, being modeled after the dual-blasters present in Bumblebee's character model.

Notes

• Tailgate shares his voice actor with Arcee's current partner, Jack Darby.
• They should really stop partnering bots who look like that with Arcee.