Arc

Arc is a Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.

Colored so as to not make the stains too obvious.

Arc (アルク Aruku, meant to be pronounced as a French "Aruc") is Arcee's Arms Micron partner. She can't really abide lazy robots.

Fiction

Prime cartoon

Arc only appears as an actual character in the Arms Micron Theater segments of the Japanese broadcast of Prime. Technically, she appears in the main cartoon any time Arcee uses her arm-blade(s), but we're not going to bother with that and just focus on her individual exploits.

Voice actor: Shizuka Itō (Japanese)

At some point, R.A. and B.2 got infected with Dark Energon... which mostly just made them lazy. Arc joked about their sloth, which annoyed them both. Infiltration Transformation! Battleship Nemesis When B.H. was being chased by Scraplets, Arc rather unhelpfully suggested that the running would do him some good so he could lose weight. Eventually she and C.L. decided to combine ino a combo weapon to help B.H., but she ended up blade-end into C.L.'s gunbarrel, forming nothing of any use whatsoever. Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons Once free of the Scraplets, B.H. wanted to get stronger, so he, Arc and C.L. combined to form the Galaxy Launcher Super Combo Weapon. In their excitement, they accidentally blew a hole in the studio. Secret Sword Transformation! Introducing Wheeljack

Arc put on a pair of silly heart-shaped sunglasses as part of the Microns' tenth-episode celebrations. All-Out Assault Transformation! The Pair of Assassins When Zamu and Gra entered the studio, O.P. kinda got jerkass on them, ranting and turning black as if infected with Dark Energon. Arc wondered out loud just what was in his drink. Acceleration Transformation! Speed Match! She joined R.A. and B.2 in preparing for a big announcement... when the studio walls fell away and revealed the towering Gari Robo-kun, which terrified them all because ye gods is that thing scary. Mystery Insect Transformation! Forest of the Spider Woman!

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Toys

Prime

• Arcee (Deluxe, 4-28-2012)
  • Set ID number: AM-11
  • Micron ID number: M-11
  • Energon Crystal: SP Fast

Available only with the Japanese release of Arcee, Arc transforms from a humanoid robot into an over-sized version of Arcee's in-show blades. She has numerous 5mm posts and holes that allow her to combine with other Arms Microns to form any number of "Combo Weapons" and "Super Combo Weapons".

Arc comes out of the package as a bunch of unpainted parts on runners, like a model kit. Extra deco is supplied by customer-applied foil stickers on a sheet she shares with Arcee.

• Arms Micron Arcee and Arc at Alfes's toy blog

• Arc S (AMW Micron, 9-29-2012)
  • ID number: AMW-12
  • Energon Crystal: SP Fast

Arc S(ilver) is a silver version of Arc, part of the fourth (and seemingly final) wave of single-packed "AMW" Arms Micron kits. She comes in an individual sealed bag.

Notes

• Arc's name is pronounced as it would be in French, with a guttural R, and not as the English word "arc" (written in Japanese as アーク āku).
• In her first Arms Micron Theater appearance, her eyes were uncolored. By the second appearance, she got the Autobot-blue eyes the other CG models got.

Arc Combinations

Named combination weapons including Arc:

• Break Sword
• Galaxy Launcher
• Nebula Scythe
• Slash Cannon α