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This article is about the outlier from the IDW comics. For Rollout's Action Master partner, see Glitch (Action Master).

Glitch is a Transformer from the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Glitch is the one with the claws.

The outlier known as "Glitch" has the ability to render non-sentient machinery inoperative by touching it, but with one drawback: the power hurts him every time he uses it.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Before the war, Glitch attended the Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology where they possibly attempted to analyze his brain-wave patterns. Patternism When Orion Pax devised a plan to steal a bomb disguised as the Matrix from Nominus Prime's corpse his Senator friend recruited Glitch, Windcharger and Skids from the Academy to participate in the heist. Glitch's part in the plan was to deactivate the deflector beams above the Primal Basilica and despite a slight hitch when Glitch accidentally jammed Skids's grappling hook by touching his arm, the plan succeeded. An Intimate Beheading

Notes

• It's heavily implied that Glitch is not his real name.
• Alongside Whirl and Shockwave, Glitch is an obvious victim of Empurata.