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Gregarious would be a good word to describe Swerve. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll probably get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good bartender.
He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's so easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and minor. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.
Now if only Prime could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...
| “ | People don't like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference. | ” |
—Swerve, "Cybertronian Homesick Blues" | ||
vThis Day in History: June 2
- ???? — Takahiro Hirai (Japanese voice of Conway) is born.
- 1924 — Wally Burr (voice director for the original Transformers cartoon and voice of Nergill and Kremzeek) is born.
- 1926 — Frank Langford (illustrator for the back of box Classics artwork) is born.
- 1928 — Jomeri Pozzoli (Brazilian voice of John Keller, Carl Andrews, Haley and more) is born.
- 1946 — Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese voices of Silverbolt, Superion, Runamuck and several other Transformers) is born.
- 1952 — Miguel Ángel Jenner (Castilian Spanish voice of Megatron in the live-action film series) is born.
- 1965 — Ricardo Rossatto (Brazilian voice of Cyclonus, General Whalen, Darkwing and War for Cybertron Trilogy Unicron) is born.
- 1980 — Fan Churong (Chinese voice of Arcee) is born.
- 1989 — The Transformers episode "Roll for It" premieres in Germany.
- 1990 — Mateusz Weber (Polish voice of Simacore) is born.
- 1991 — The Victory episode "Merge, Landcross" premieres in Malaysia.
- 1994 — Natsumi Fujiwara (Japanese voice of Otis Watson) is born.
- 1997 — Nycolle González (Mexican voice of Hank and Izzy) is born.
- 1999 — The Beast Wars Neo episode "Charge! Randy" premieres in Japan.
- 2003 — The Transformers: The Movie is released on DVD in the UK by Prism Leisure.
- 2007 — Street date for the Transformers live-action movie toys' retail release.
- 2007 — Target stores release "Interlude", the movie prequel comic by IDW Publishing, plus the Target website begins accepting Robo-Vision codes to unlock bonus content.
- 2007 — Wizards of the Coast releases "The Transformers: 3D Battle-Card Game".
- 2008 — Filming begins at Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
- 2010 — The Transformers: Ironhide #2 and Best of Optimus Prime are released outside the US by IDW Publishing.
- 2010 — Federico Romano (Mexican voice of Dinobot and Ravage) dies at age 77.
- 2011 — First day of BotCon 2011 in Pasadena, California.
- 2012 — Transformers: Dark of the Moon makes its Latin American television broadcast debut on moviecity premieres.
- 2012 — The Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Prime episode "Reckless Transformation! Protect the Dingus!" premieres in Japan.
- 2012 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Operation: Breakdown" premieres in Spain.
- 2014 — How to Ride Your Dinobot chapters 1 - 3 is uploaded to YouTube.
- 2015 — The Robots in Disguise episodes "Even Robots Have Nightmares", "Some Body, Any Body", "One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing", "Deep Trouble", "The Champ" and "The Trouble with Fixit" are first released on the Australian iTunes.
- 2016 — The Rescue Bots episodes "Part-Time Heroes" and "The More Things Change..." premiere on Pop in the UK.
- 2016 — The mobile game Transformers: Earth Wars is released on Android and iOS.
- 2020 — The Rescue Bots Academy episodes "Bot Blog" and "The Icebot Cometh" premieres in the United Kingdom.
- 2022 — José Luccioni (European French voice of The Fallen in Revenge of the Fallen) passes away, aged 72.
- 2023 — First day of the Rise of the Beasts Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal and Mirage World Tour in New York City, New York.
- 2024 — The Transformers: EarthSpark episode "Family Bonds" premieres in Japan.
vSchedule
- May 20 — G.I. Joe #22 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 27 — Void Rivals #30 and Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 30 — TakaraTomy releases Age of the Primes AOTP-32 Maximal Big Convoy, AOTP-33 Razorclaw, Studio Series TS-19 Bumblebee, TS-20 Orion Pax, TS-21 Wheeljack (Que), and TS-22 Alpha Trion.
- Jun 3 — Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #1 and G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 10 — M.A.S.K. #1 and Transformers #33 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 17 — G.I. Joe #23 and Transformers: Worst Bot Ever — Bot Swap! are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 24 — Void Rivals #31 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 1 — M.A.S.K. #2 and Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #2 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 8 — Transformers #34 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 15 — G.I. Joe #24 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 22 — Void Rivals #32 and Void Rivals Volume 5: Quintesson War TPB are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 12 — Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Edition HC is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 19 — G.I. Joe #25 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Sep 30 — G.I. Joe Volume 4: The Hunt for Energon TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Nov 11 — The Transformers UK Compendium Volume 2 TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Dec 9 — Transformers Volume 6: Decepticons Attack! TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
vHoly Grails
Do you have any of these rare items?
- Information on the Transformers presentation at Vancouver's Expo '86
- Optimus vs. Malignus cardart
- Kiss Players radio drama episodes #38-51
- Photos of the Hot Rod Go-Cart prize from the 1986 "Decipher the Decepticon" contest
- Japanese Transformers Telephone audio adventures
- The art for "The Love Bug"
- The clip shows added in Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- The identity of the unknown Generation 1 animation studios
- Whoever made Invasion Galactica
- Recordings or summaries of the Primeval Dawn II motion comic, screened at Wizard World Chicago in July 2002 and never again
- Any of the other lost media
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