Sweep (IDW)

This article is about the janitor from an alternate timeline in the IDW comics. For the Unicron-created clones of Scourge from the Movie, see Sweep (G1).

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

Sweep is a member of the janitorial class, working aboard The Cog.

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

The Functionist Universe

Plot details for Elegant Chaos Part 3: Predestination: An Expert's Guide follow. Spoilers have expired, you may remove this tag

For two million years the Council had kept Rung, the so-called "Useless One", at The Cog, where One-of-Twelve tortured him every day while the scientist Quark tried to solve the mystery of what his alternate mode actually was. However it was Sweep who ultimately worked it out while cleaning Rung's cell, and One-of-Twelve declared him alt mode exalted as a reward. Subsequently, Sweep was ordered back to work, though he would be "appropriately venerated" from now on. Predestination: An Expert's Guide