Riptide (G1)
| This article is about the Autobot Hydrobot from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family. For Autobot truck from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family, see Riptide (Armada). |
- Riptide is an Autobot Hydrobot from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Riptide is one of the Hydrobot members of the Lost Light's crew.
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
 Spoiler warning: Plot details for Twenty Plus One follow. |
Riptide was Cold Constructed as a Made to Order Soldier in response to the Simanzi Massacre, he was constructed as a Hydrobot to combat the Forced Flood.
Riptide was present when Drift and Pipes purchased the Lost Light of the original NAIL owners. Suspicious of the original owners, Riptide offered to go back to get a receipt of sale but found the NAILs laughing on how they had sold a ship that contained a Sparkeater, in response Riptide attacked them but was instead knocked out for two days- preventing him from joining the original Lost Light crew. Twenty Plus One
Some time later, as the ship prepared to get back to its mission, a disinterested Riptide was roped into helping Swerve and Crosscut with his fake new crewmember interviews. Towards Peace
Reading the Lost Light Insider at Swerve's, Riptide managed to convince Trailcutter to break into the Medbay and steal Megatron's "super fuel", when communications with the Forcefield Specialist broke down, Riptide brushed off Skids' concerns. Words Hang in the Air
Notes
- Riptide's robot and vehicle modes were revealed by Alex Milne on Twitter on March 29th 2014.
- Milne notes that he partially based Riptide's color scheme on the Water Tribe from television series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
