Nightstick (G1)
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- Nightstick is a Nebulan and a Targetmaster partner from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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Back on Nebulos, Nightstick was a master criminal. For some reason, he gave that up to undergo binary-bonding to Cyclonus. The loyal and honorable Decepticon warrior often finds himself at odds with the very dishonorable Nightstick and generally considers him an irritating pest.
Nightstick transforms into a black beam gun that fires a corrosive beam of blinding darkness (and no, that doesn't make a lot of sense).
The Autobot Ricochet's Targetmaster partner is also named "Nightstick"... and looks identical. This seems a monumental coincidence, but whether there is an actual connection - or if they're perhaps the same individual - is unknown.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
- (Note: Events from the UK comic are in italics.)
Nightstick remained in Cyclonus' service even after he and Scourge left Scorponok's crew. When Megatron attacked and killed Cyclonus at Shockwave's behest, he grabbed and squeezed the gun-mode Nightstick, quite likely killing him.
During this time, he was shown to be more clear-headed than his Decepticon partner.
Animated continuity
- Voice Actor: Peter Cullen
A member of the Hive, Nightstick intitially suggested to Lord Zarak that the alien robots who had arrived on Nebulos should be "rubbed out" for "muscling in on our turf." Zarak had other ideas, however, and when a bargain was struck between the Hive and the Decepticons, Nightstick became the Targetmaster partner of Cyclonus.
During a subsequent battle with the Autobots, Nightstick was briefly captured by Brainstorm, who took a detailed scan of his exo-suit. The information obtained was then used to create the Autobot Targetmasters. The Rebirth, Part 2
Toys
Generation 1
- Cyclonus with Nightstick (Targetmaster, 1987)
- Nightstick is a figure of an armored humanoid in black armor with gray legs. He folds in half to turn into a "black-beam gun" that can be held by any Targetmaster (or any toy that uses 5mm pegs for accessory holding/mounting).
- Nightstick was released in Japan, but not with Cyclonus. Instead, he was partnered with the Autobot Stepper. Scourge's gun-partner likewise went to the Autobot Artfire. However, their names were switched: Fracas was called "Nightstick," and Nightstick was called "Nebulon" (which is how Fracas was referred to in Scourge's on-package bio). This could have been the extent of the confusion, but 16 years later, the North American Commemorative Series release of Stepper (as "Ricochet") gave his partner the "proper" name of Nightstick. Nguh.
Trivia
- Nightstick and Fracas' character models apparently got swapped around in pre-production, so Nightstick's fictional appearances in both cartoon and comic are based on Fracas' toy, and vice-versa. It's unknown if this has anything to do with the similar switch in their Japanese toy-identities.
- As such, Krunix is technically a giant Fracas, not a giant Nightstick.
