Scattorshot (Cybertron)
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- Scattorshot is an Autobot from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
A former computer-game programmer, Scattorshot quickly became Optimus Prime's go-to bot for computer work. But the nervy robot not only doesn't think he's cut out for battle, but believes the mere fact that he's done as well as he has in battle is just a big setup. He's convinced his good luck will run out on him, and run out at the worst possible moment.
As such, Scattorshot has developed a thing about guns. He likes altmodes with a lot of them. Maybe with enough firepower, he can prolong that whole karma thing. His companions find him to be a bit pessimistic, but far from hopeless... he may make a great soldier someday if he can just get over that nervousness.
Since gaining a new body and joining the Cybertron Defense Team, Scattorshot has gained more confidence and lost some of his pessimism, now that he has two brothers in arms watching his back. That, and the fact his new body has enough weaponry for him to make his own 'luck'.
Fiction
Cybertron cartoon
- Voice actor: Richard Ian Cox (English), Tarusuke Shingaki (Japanese)
When Megatron appeared inside the Autobot base, Scattorshot charged him but was quickly knocked away. Later he attempted to attack Megatron from behind but hit Optimus Prime instead. With the Autobot defeat he accompanied Optimus Prime to Earth. Fallen
When Optimus Prime and Scattorshot arrived on Earth, the latter scanned his vehicle mode off of a billboard advertising a war movie. To Prime's surprise, it was a conspicuous military half-track, and Prime berated him for his choice of a disguise. Scattorshot sassed back that Prime's own vehicle mode of a gigantic fire truck armed with huge cannons sure is a good disguise. Then he pretended that Prime had disappeared for the moment, as he was so good at blending in. He finally laid out the advantages of a half-track, such as off-road, all-terrain capability, relatively high speed in difficult conditions and that nobody would ever think to give him a parking ticket. Prime merely replied "Well... a fire truck is bigger." Scattorshot responded "Wanna race?" before quickly driving off. Inferno
Once on Earth, Scattorshot showed the Autobots a hologram of their new base, but then changed it due to human criticism. During the building of the base, he noticed the Decepticons approaching. He then organized the Autobots and humans in the process of hiding the base. Haven From Earth he witnessed Red Alert's attempt to close the black hole near Cybertron. He then picked up an Air Force communication locating Thundercracker. Optimus went out to investigate first but when Megatron also showed up Scattorshot arrived as backup. Hidden In the search for the Omega Lock, Scattorshot believed they needed to gather information. During another Decepticon attack, he used Cyber Key Power to attack Starscream.
Scattorshot told Bud that he couldn't travel into space, but was eventually convinced by Jolt. He then took Bud on the Space bridge up into the sky. Afterward he continued the tour by floating in space inside a giant bubble. A blast then knocked both him and Bud further into space. They were then hit by a satellite and knocked back into Earth's atmosphere. Beginning to burn up, they luckily entered a warp gate created by Vector Prime and ended up back at the base. Space During another encounter with the Decepticons, Scattorshot warned the Autobots that humans were approaching. Speed When an earthquake struck, Scattorshot got a fix on its epicenter under a nearby mountain. He then followed Optimus Prime to help the humans while keeping a tab on the collapsing mountain remotely. When the Autobots decided to collapse the mountain safely, he blew open the mine shaft. After Optimus sucked up the underground water preventing collapse, he shot the interior of the mountain to finally collapse it. Collapse
Scattorshot wasn't enthused about the idea of needing to find the Omega Lock so he stayed at the base. He then received Jolt's message for help in the Sahara Desert. Time He continued to receive transmissions at base and got Red Alert's from Velocitron. When Thundercracker attacked, Scattorshot was one of the first to deploy against him, using Cyber Key power to fire grenades at the Decepticon. Thundercracker later returned and Scattorshot then used Optimus Prime's cannons to scare him off again. Afterward, Scattorshot received a transmission from an Autobot refugee that claimed to have found the lost seal of Atlantis. Search He located the signal as coming from the Bermuda Triangle. Once arriving at a nearby coast, he was afraid to go into the ocean, but once Optimus dived in he wasted no time following. Along with Optimus Prime and Landmine, he found he had trouble in the water until being taught how to swim by Bud. Once on the ocean floor he assisted Optimus in clearing away debris from the symbol. Once Megatron arrived he charged at the Decepticon leader but was easily knocked away. When Atlantis exited the water, he was carried by Optimus Prime into the air. Deep Atlantis disappeared, amazing Scattorshot and the others. He came to the conclusion that Atlantis was a Cybertronian ship and helped the Autobots search around Earth for it. Once Optimus deduced that it was behind the moon, the Autobots went to meet the Decepticons and fought them in space. Ship
Scattorshot watched Hot Shot's race from headquarters. He though he needed an oil change after Hot Shot and Prime's combined jumping stunt. Race He then watched the second race Detour and continued to monitor the Autobot teams on Velocitron and Jungle Planet. Savage After the victorious Autobots returned from Velocitron, Scattorshot was present when Override added the Cyber Planet Key to the Omega Lock. He then processed the data that began emanating from it, leading to a set of coordinates on Earth. Champion He then went out with the team toward the coordinates up by the north pole. He stated that he felt cold even before heading out. When the Decepticons arrived he slid across the ice and confronted Starscream Mudflap. He transformed and drove directly into Mudflap's chest before getting hit by Starscream's water ball and freezing up. Mudflap then pummeled him while he was frozen until the other Autobots arrived. After thawing out he was welcomed to planet Earth by Lucy Suzuki. Ice
After leaving the arctic for some reason, he conversed with the Autobots about Jungle Planet. He agreed with Jetfire that that kids should not be able to travel there. Honor When the situation on Jungle Planet heated up, Scattorshot appeared out of Optimus Prime's newly created space bridge and helped surround Megatron. Trust Back on Earth, Scattorshot readied the equipment for the entry of the next Cyber Planet Key. He received energy readings going off the chart and was first to notice the Mini-Cons as they were being used as a medium for Primus. He then kept contact with the team of Autobots who went again to the north pole. Trap After Starscream unleashed his Decepticon army, Scattorshot watched as they flew over Earth from the base. He questioned Vector Prime's idea of starting a battle with such a large enemy force, but eventually took off to join the battle. Invasion
Scattorshot was at the Autobot base when he found out that there were many suspicious people on the internet. He later traveled via the space bridge away from Earth. While on the bridge, he shot at Starscream, but was defeated. Retreat Scattorshot was one of the initial Autobots to meet Colonel Franklin. Later, when Jetfire encountered Thunderblast, Scattorshot locked onto her until she disappeared behind camouflage. When the Autobot base's lights went out, he was the main worker to get them back on. Afterward he noticed Megatron opening a new warp gate on Earth. When the Decepticons invaded, he triple teamed Megatron with Hot Shot and Red Alert, but was critically damaged by Megatron's new Cyber Key weapon. Revelation Scattorshot laid heavily damaged, but remained conscious while Vector Prime pulled him away from the battle. He kept thinking it was all over until he was transferred to a nearby military base. There the base personnel attempted to fix him with Coby's help. When the kids said they would never give up, the power of Primus came down from the sky and healed all three of the injured Autobots as well as powering them up. Scattorshot then took a new alternate mode and joined up with the rest of the Autobots who were still battling the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attacked Megatron, he decided to attack Scourge instead. Critical
Scattorshot assured the kids and the Mini-Cons that they would be able to hold down the fort at the Autobot base. He then continued battling Megatron and his forces. After Megatron retreated, he followed to aid Optimus Prime at the volcanic island. He focused his attacks on Scourge with the rest of the Cybertron Defense Team. Afterward he was sent to Cybertron as part of a team to slow down the black hole. He had Coby create a space bridge from the volcanic island to Cybertron for the journey. Assault On the way to Cybertron, the team encountered a meteor shower. Scattorshot blasted his way through, stating he would have the most points due to shooting the most obstacles. Upon returning to Cybertron and finding it swarming with Scrapmetal, he attacked them, but was quickly dogpiled upon with Red Alert. Starscream He continued fighting off Scrapmetal, United until the rest of the Autobots arrived as backup. Scattorshot watched as Optimus Prime presented the Omega Lock then kept track of the status of Cybertron as it appeared to be falling apart. He drove via a spacebridge to the moon to finish watching Cybertron's transformation into Primus. Cybertron Afterward he set up a connection to talk to Primus. Later, when Red Alert was analyzing Jolt's mind, Scattorshot was the first to notice Starscream approaching. He directed a volley toward the Decepticon and then fought against the Decepticon onslaught. Balance
Scattorshot joined Vector Prime to help track down the missing kids and Mini-Cons. He wondered why Coby was not using the communicator that had been provided to him. Darkness He continued to use the Autobot base computers to scan for some trace of their missing allies. Once they finally picked up a signal, Scattorshot followed in a warp gate created by Vector Prime. They appeared in space near the Atlantis only to see it warp away. Escape
Scattorshot broke the news to the other Autobots that Override had returned to Cybertron with a nice surprise: a spaceship they could travel to Gigantion in. Warp On board he ran a tracking program to find Bud, but the trail went cold. Instead, he found Gigantion. Upon landing, he deduced the air was breathable for the kids. Splitting up into groups, Scattorshot found himself transmitting from the ship and noticed sound emanating from underground. Later in a skirmish with the Decepticons, he battled Thunderblast. Giant Scattorshot was easily defeated by Galvatron, but recovered. He piloted the Autobot ship and found the Atlantis hiding in a crevasse. Fury
Scattorshot watched as Optimus battled Sideways, then followed Hot Shot to go find Bud. He realized that Starscream was powering up the Atlantis's guns to unleash it on the city. Later he admitted to helping Coby build his robot suit out of a Scrapmetal. When the Autobots split up into search teams, he and the rest of the Cybertron Defense Force formed team three. City
They ran into Sideways and Soundwave while searching for the Cyber Planet Key. He listened to Soundwave's story of Planet X and was then surrounded by Laserbeak's smoke. The enigmatic marauders immediately capitalized on their foes' limited visibility, leading to Scattorshot being hit by Hot Shot, who thought he was Sideways. The confused Autobot then had the dilemma of seeing two Hot Shot arms emerge from the smoke, each encouraging him to take their hand and decrying the other as a fake.
To figure out who to trust, Scattorshot got sneaky. He asked the closest Hot Shot a question about what Jetfire did before they travelled through space. The Hot Shot answered wrong and Scattorshot fired into that part of the smoke, bringing down Laserbeak and dispersing the bird-drone's fog. With the smoke clearing, he fired upon Soundwave and kicked Sideways down (after tricking his way past the villain's cloning ruse). He then powered up using his Cyber Key and helped the rest of the squad blast a pillar upon Soundwave and Sideways. Challenge
Scattorshot and his team looked for a downward passage when they ran into Galvatron and Menasor. After a brief skirmish, they used the triangle attack to take Menasor down. Then they battled Galvatron at full strength, but were once again beaten down. Scourge He slowly got to his feet, and after recovering made his way down to the inner part of Gigantion to jion the rest of the Autobots in shooting Galvatron. Optimus
He watched as Vector Prime inserted the final Cyber Planet Key into the Omega Lock. Afterward he updated the team on the status of the black hole. When Galvatron arrived, Scattorshot was defeated with the rest of the Autobots. While Optimus Prime and the other flying Autobots were intercepted by Soundwave and Sideways, Scattorshot opened fire from the ground. Showdown
He later thought it hopeless to build a space bridge without the Omega Lock, until he realized that they had three starships at their disposal. When feral denizens from Planet X came through the bridge, he unsuccessfully tried to shut it down. Later while in space he timed Vector Prime's reversal of time so they knew when to enter the warp gate. After clearing the tunnel he resynchronized with the normal timestream. Guardian As the Autobots returned to Primus, Scattorshot noticed he was low on energy. Homecoming In the battle he made fun of Thundercracker, sending the oversized Decepticon into a fit. End
Scattorshot came up with an idea on how to move Jungle Planet back into its orbit, then kept a status on the movement of the planet. In doing so he noticed the damage to one the of the rockets when Galvatron attacked it. When Galvatron and Optimus Prime began their battle, Scattorshot ran to help repair the rocket. He took control in the command center with Red Alert surveying the whole situation. When the repair failed, he joined the rest of the Autobots in manually changing the planet's trajectory. After the planet was saved, he joined the rest of the Autobots to assist Optimus Prime. Unfinished While the first Intergalactic Peace Conference was going on, Scattorshot met with Wing Saber right before he left. Later he shared a heartfelt moment as the Cybertron Defense team was splitting up, with him and Red Alert joining Optimus Prime on his mission to the stars. Beginning
Cyber Key Code content
Scattorshot didn't just program video games on Cybertron, he also played them. A LOT. Unlike most gamers, his polygon addiction actually came in handy as he used his knowledge of strategy games to help Optimus make plans for fighting the Decepticons.
TransTech
Scattorshot served as an Axiom Nexus tour guide for Jackpot and Hubcap. Gone Too Far
Toys
Cybertron
- Scattorshot (Scout, 2004/2005)
- Japanese ID number: GC-06
- Accessories: 2 missiles, double-barreled gun, Earth Cyber Key
- Cybertron Scattorshot transforms into an anti-aircraft half-track of made-up model. In either mode, he can fire two pressure-launched missiles. When a Cyber Key is inserted in either mode, a (non-firing) missile rack opens up on his primary weapons turret. He also comes with a secondary double-barreled blaster accessory.
- He also comes with an Earth-style Cyber Key; the Hasbro version has the Key Code "s67k" on the back.
- Cybertron Defense Scattorshot (Voyager, 2005/2006)
- Japanese ID number: GC-20
- Accessories: 2 missiles, rifle, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key
- Cybertron Defense Scattorshot transforms into a multiple-launch rocket system which kinda resembles a TOS-1 Buratino (but not enough to be one). The halves of the (non-firing) launcher end up on his arms in robot mode. In either mode, inserting a Cyber Key in each half reveals a new weapon: the right side has a slide-out double spring-loaded missile launcher which ends up on his left robot arm, while the left has a flip-out non-firing blaster barrel which ends up on his right robot arm. Both key-activated weapons feature fake handles which end up being "held" by his hands in robot mode, although the missile launcher on his right arm needs to be slid forward for him to be able to reach the deployed blaster's handle. He also comes with an extra long blue hand-held rifle that can be mounted in tank mode thanks to his Mini-Con-compatible Powerlinx plugs. Thanks to some clever engineering, the launcher turret is capable of full 360 degree rotation despite splitting in half.
- Takara's Galaxy Force "Backgild" release has slightly different/additional paint operations on his robot mode chest, the top, sides and front of the launcher and on the handle of the (non-opening) hatch door in vehicle mode. The barrel of the flip-out launcher cannon is painted in ocher whereas the Hasbro version's barrel retains its gray base plastic color (both versions have the tip of the barrel molded in ocher plastic), the Takara version's treads are painted in glossy instead of flat black, with the front half of the treads painted from both sides (the Hasbro version has the ocher base color show on the inside), and the Cybertron Defense/Vanguard Team symbol tampograph is smaller and in a different position on the launcher.
- He comes with a clear, colorless, teal-bordered Cybertron Cyber Key; the Hasbro version has the Key Code "v4kt" on the back.
Universe (2003)
- Scattorshot (Scout, 2007)
- The original Scattorshot toy was one of several Cybertron Scout-class toys also made available on Universe cardbacks, and sold through discount chains like Kay-Bee Toy Works. This version is unchanged from the Cybertron release.
Universe (2008)
- Warriors From Three Worlds 3-pack (Multi-pack, 2009)
- This pack of three Scout Class figures contains Ransack GTS, Repugnus and Scattorshot figures. These figures are almost identical to their original releases, except for a small size-class code tampograph. This three-pack has been sighted at Family Dollar and Walgreens stores in the United States, in Sainsburys stores in the United Kingdom and in Canadian Tire stores in (where else?) Canada for the 2009 holiday period. In late 2010 it reappeared in the United States at Toys"R"Us stores.
Notes
- "Scattorshot" was a name Hasbro had apparently been intending to use for quite some time: Early information from the official Transformers website featured it as a working name for both Blight and Six Shot at different points.
- According to Aaron Archer at BotCon 2006, the reason both versions of Scattorshot came with extra blue guns was because both versions had a little more left on the "per item" budget than the normal plans called for, so they added the guns for a little more value.
- In the opening-credit roll call of the Cybertron cartoon series, Scattorshot's name is spelled "Scattershot". This is also the spelling used on his Cyber Planet Key content.
- According to Cybertron Defense Scattorshot's color guide, he was originally supposed to sport a blue head, like the Scout Class version. However, there was no room left on the sprue for the blue parts, hence the head was moved to the sprue for the ocher parts instead. And since the budget for paint operations had already been used up, it couldn't be painted over in blue either.
- The stock footage transformation sequence for Scattorshot's Cybertron Defense body is one of the few in the show to not perfectly match the toy. The animation model includes shutters (not present on the toy) that slide up to reveal his back and thighs. Similarly, in robot mode, the toy has a large gap on its back (where his head and shoulders are in vehicle mode), that is filled in on the animation model.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Backpack (バックパック Bakkupakku), Backgild (Vanguard Team, バックギルド Bakkugirudo)
- Hungarian: Sörét ("Lead Shot")
- Russian: Pulemjot (Пулемёт, "Machine Gun")
