Windsweeper
- Windsweeper is a
neatfreakDecepticon Triggercon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Neatness is an admirable quality in any creature. Windsweeper admires it very much. Head of Cybertronic sanitation, he dislikes being called a fancy garbage bot, but he loves to keep the world clean and pure, free of litter and stains. Litter and stains and slimy drippy oil spots and grubby rusty things, ugh. They make him feel itchy and dirty all over. Itchy and dirty. He hates the lazy litterbots who leave them behind. He hates them worst when they throw garbage at him and he has to scrub, scrub, scrub himself until he feels clean again.
As bad as Cybertron would be if he didn't constantly lock up oil-drippers and litterbugs in deep and dark (but clean) dungeons, other planets are far worse, covered in dirt, with the clean, blank sky full of disgusting clouds and birds and flying kites, and everything simply alive with creepy, crawly bugs. They give him the shakes, so he has to burn them and kill them dead, dead, dead with fire, pure, clean fire.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Windsweeper and his fellow Triggercons were active on Cybertron during the early days of the war, when Optimus Prime and Megatron were just beginning their feud. While tracking the Autobot leader and the Triggerbots, Megatron and the Triggercons executed the keepers of Boltax and attempted to steal the power of the Underbase. They failed once Optimus Prime launched the Underbase into space to keep it out of Megatron's hands. The Flames of Boltax!
Millions of years later, Windsweeper and the Triggercons were toiling under the hedonistic decadence of the Triumverate. This trio had brought down the Decepticon army, reducing their interests to a series of gladiatorial games. Once "Megatron" returned and offered the Decepticons a return to the old ways, the Triggercons eagerly agreed and shot their current leaders in the back. The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire.
Afterwards, Windsweeper began working for the Decepticon High Council, who sent him back to Earth alongside Crankcase, Ruckus, Quake and Flamefeather to retrieve their candidate for Decepticon leadership, Thunderwing. Unfortunately, Thunderwing didn't take kindly to being retrieved and beat them up before comandeering them for an assault on the Ark itself. Rage! Although this was ultimately unsuccessful, Windsweeper and his comrades were able to return Thunderwing to the the High Council, who named him Decepticon leader for attempting the assault in the first place. Assault on the Ark!
After three Decepticons were killed, Windsweeper, Ruckus, Sparkstalker, and Cindersaur went looking to take revenge against the Autobots, unaware that the real culprits were Demons, recently released from beneath the surface of Cybertron. Chancing across Jazz, Grimlock and Bumblebee, they attacked before the Autobots could explain. Demons! Making their presence known, the Demons reduced the cocksure Cindersaur to a pile of rubble and then advanced on the Autobots while Windsweeper and Ruckus debated whether to help them or not. They joined the battle against the Demons only to find that their weaponsfire only made the creatures stronger, but were saved by the arrival of Emirate Xaaron and Red Hot who fed the Demons pure Energon, causing them to explode. Dawn of Darkness
Windsweeper and his Triggercon partner Ruckus were soon reassigned to Lord Thunderwing. They became involved in Thunderwing's obsessive quest to acquire the power of the Autobots' Creation Matrix for himself, piloting the Decepticon's ship to the planets Pz-Zazz, Bird of Prey! Cheyne, Kings of the Wild Frontier. Pequod Deadly Obsession and Cameron's third moon VsQs, however he stayed aboard their ship during the visit to Pequod. In the last battle with the Autobot "Matrix hunter" units, an idle Windsweeper was nearly killed by a Matrixspawn while his leader was focused on claiming his prize but was released when the Matrixspawn panics after being discovered. Dark Creation Thunderwing's willingness to allow Windsweeper be sacrificed caused further resentment from Needlenose over their leader's obsession. The Decepticons finally came to the Ark aboard Grimlock's shuttle to deceive Optimus Prime but once there they could only watch as their leader battled the Autobots. After Thunderwing's ultimate defeat, Windsweeper and the other Decepticons were taken into Autobot custody on the Ark without a fight. All Fall Down
Marvel UK future timelines
At some point, a three-way Decepticon Civil War broke out between Megatron, Scorponok and Shockwave on Earth. Windsweeper served as part of Megatron's forces and protected Crankcase and Ruckus as they escaped after stealing Scorponok's battle plans. Trigger-Happy!
In 2009, Windsweeper and his fellow Triggercons helped Galvatron disable Rodimus Prime's Autobot resistance movement on Cybertron. He was not as eager to combat the Autobots as his comrades were, preferring instead to stay out of the battle. Galvatron's plan to corrupt the Matrix within Rodimus failed, however, and the Autobots escaped. Aspects of Evil!
Transformers Comic-Magazin
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Regeneration One
Template:Noterg1 Some twenty-one years after the war between the Autobots and Decepticons ended, Windsweeper had signed up with Soundwave's "Neo-Decepticons" on Cybertron. While Soundwave was off-planet, Windsweeper was gathered with his comrades at Fort Scyk when the resurrected Scorponok returned to Cybertron with a Gene Key capable of turning Autobots into Decepticons. Given the choice to follow the former Headmaster or be executed on the spot, Windsweeper chose the former. Natural Selection, Part Three Under the command of the Gene Key-infected Highbrow, he joined in the search for the missing Dinobots Sludge, Snarl and Swoop across Iacon's surface stratum zero. Natural Selection, Part Four
After Scorponok's defeat and once again under Soundwave's command, Windsweeper attacked one of Cybertron's communications facilities alongside Needlenose, Ruckus and Battletrap to blind the Autobots to the approach of Bludgeon's Warworld. Destiny, Part Two
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Windsweeper belonged to the crew of the Thanatos, operating under Razorclaw and the Predacons. He was led into aerial combat by Divebomb during the battle with Thunderwing on Cybertron. Stormbringer #4
As one of the Decepticons on Starscream's asteroid base, Windsweeper witnessed Megatron return and punish Starscream for leading the Decepticon down the path of ruin. He considered interfering but was convinced otherwise by Skywarp. Spotlight: Megatron
Toys
Generation 1
- Windsweeper (Triggercon, 1988)
- Windsweeper transforms from robot to modified B-1B Lancer bomber. Activating his Triggercon gimmick causes a pair of spring-loaded guns to flip out from his wings and point forward.
Timelines
- Windsweeper (2016)
- Part of the Figure Subscription Service 4.0, Windsweeper is a redeco of Skydive from the Combiner Wars subline of Generations.
Notes
- It has been speculated that Windsweeper was originally supposed to be a Triggerbot, not a Triggercon. His chromed, spring-loaded guns line up with the two ground-based Triggerbots, while the Autobot flier Dogfight's unchromed, gear-turning guns would make him seem a more likely match with the Decepticons.
