Oil

Oil is a generic term for a slippery liquid that won't mix readily with water. Oils vary widely in composition but generally consist of mixed organic compounds.

Oils find frequent use as lubricants, fuels, and solvents. Transformers are among the users of oils in these capacities; however, they sometimes consume certain oily substances in larger quantities than strictly required, resulting in impairment of certain functions, disorientation, and temporary mental dysfunction. Though at first it may seem odd, some actively seek these seemingly-deleterious effects. What is odder yet is that humans seek out and consume varying solutions of a certain hydrocarbon with a single hydroxyl group and experience effects quite similar to those mentioned above. Further study is needed to explain this strange coincidence.

Oil is often extracted by oil rigs, and transported in oil tankers and pipelines. All of these are popular targets for Decepticon attacks.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

The Decepticons raided an offshore rig drilling for oil, converting the oil into energon cubes. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 The Autobots arrived to stop them, resulting in the destruction of the rig. While the Decepticons got the Energon cubes, the Autobots managed to save the crew, and started their long friendship with the Witwicky family. More than Meets the Eye, Part 2

Teaming up with the Insecticons in Bali, the Decepticons attacked an oil refinery. The Insecticons fed on oil from a tanker, resulting in an oil spill which Thundercracker later ignited in an attempt to off the Autobots who'd fallen into the sea. Luckily Ironhide was able to put the fire out. A Plague of Insecticons Another of Megatron's plans involved using TORQ III to control the world's oil tankers and force them to take their cargo to a huge oil platform. Day of the Machines The Decepticons faked an Autobot attack on an oil field in order to frame the Autobots and trick the humans into making them leave Earth. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1

Megatron came up with a plan to create an army of drone jets and a Giant Purple Griffin in order to conquer the Middle East's oil fields. Aerial Assault When Octane and Trypticon took up residence in Carbombya and began converting its high-quality oil into energon, the nation's dictator Abdul Fakkadi was outraged when he calculated that the conversion rate was 1,000 barrels of oil into a single energon cube. Thief in the Night

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Head on down to Maccadam's Old Oil House for a pint. Target: 2006 Out to Lunch!

The Worse of Two Evils! The Icarus Theory Dinobot Hunt! Rock and Roll-Out! Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive! Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom Monstercon from Mars! The Hunting Party (Marvel) Out to Lunch!

Earthforce

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

The Bad Guy's Ball!, Divide and Conquer!

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A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime New York — A City Sinking in Terror Megatron's Ultimatum Headmaster of the Dimensions He Who Laughs Last ... Memories of Bumblebee Powermaster Optimus Prime - a Robot, a Hero

Ladybird Books continuity

Autobots Strike Oil Decepticon Hideout

The Transformers Adventure Game Books

The robotic Nebulan miners relax by getting drunk on high-grade oil at the Wolf at the Door nightclub. Desert of Danger

Swamp of the Scorpion

Find Your Fate Junior

Autobots like to celebrate by drinking "fine-grade oil". Earthquake

Other Generation 1 storybooks

Battle Beneath the Ice Deadly Paradise Decepticon Hijack The Great Car Rally Attack of the Decepticons Jaws of Terror Satellite of Doom Slaves of the Insecticons Storms of Destruction When Continents Collide Battle at Oil Valley The Autobot Smasher!

Beast Era

Beast Wars cartoon

Rattrap referenced his own desire for "oil and cookies" as a snack he could go for.

Beast Wars II cartoon

Galvatron was a violent oil-oholic, constantly over-energizing and then rampaging. The Strongest Tag Team?

Mystery of the Ancient Ruins The Lake Trap The New Forces Arrive!

Beast Wars II manga

Tasmania Kid sometimes puts spicy sauce in Apache's oil. Recover the Bonds Lost!

Lio Convoy got drunk from drinking a bottle of oil called "Convoy Killer". Recover the Bonds Lost!

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Chase the Mysterious Capsule

2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Events relating only to Car Robots are shown in italics

The Predacons parked near an undersea ruin in order to tap an undersea oil pipeline. The Hunt for Black Pyramid

During a fight between Landfill and Ruination in an underground cavern, the cave became flooded with oil. Determined to end the Decepticons, Landfill opened fire, triggering an explosion. Though both teams survived, Landfill was left on fire and had to be put out by Optimus Prime. In the aftermath, the Autobots enjoyed an oil bath together. A Test of Metal Scourge and the Decepticons raided a Metro City's oil refinery. The Autobots arrived to stop them, but realized they couldn't open fire without risking an explosion. Ultra Magnus As Optimus hid out on an island so he could recuperate from a fight with Ultra Magnus, Side Burn enjoyed an oil bath in one of the island's oil deposits. Unfortunately when the Decepticons tracked Optimus down, they ignited the island's oil deposits, turning it into an inferno. Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

Animated cartoon

Bumblebee offered the phrase "Eat crankcase oil!" as an epithet, implying oil from a crankcase is considered less desirable or even unpalatable by Transformers. Home Is Where the Spark Is

Scrapper and Mixmaster enjoy oil from "pint glasses" (barrels) at the "bar" (some random tanker) after a hard day's work. Megatron, however, seems to have specially-made "goblets" for his own stash. The quality of oil could also be analogous to said human alcoholic drinks as Mixmaster says that the Autobots' oil "tastes like water" compared to Megatron's, who calls it his own "private blend". Rise of the Constructicons

Oil also appears to be the equivalent of blood, as a Starscream clone once said to Prowl:"Are you sure that you don't have some Decepticon oil in your tubes?" A Fistful of Energon Another such implication was made, when Bumblebee dressed up as 'Count Dracu-bot' for Halloween, said "I vant to drink your motor oil!" Along Came a Spider Bumblebee has been shown bleeding oil from his arm (as an oil leak), looking very similar to blood dripping from a human's hand. Mixmaster and Scrapper found it delicious. Sari, No One's Home The cannibalistic implications of it functioning as both blood and alcohol are slightly disturbing.

Don't bother heading on down to Maccadam's Old Oil House for a pint. Someone had it closed for "security reasons". This Is Why I Hate Machines

The Return of the Headmaster Velocity Autoboot Camp Three's a Crowd Human Error, Part I Human Error, Part II Decepticon Air Endgame, Part I

Titan Comics Animated comic

Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Before the Great War you could head on down to Maccadam's New Oil House for a pint Chaos Theory #1 or, for the classier Cybertronian, there was The Circle. Spotlight: Blurr

After the Great War ended, you could head on down to the reopened Maccadam's Old Oil House for a pint A Better Tomorrow Interference Patterns or aboard the Lost Light, Swerve's bar. Life After the Big Bang

Escalation issue 3 Little Victories Post Hoc Patternism The Fecund Moon House of Ambus

Live-action film series

The Veiled Threat

The Decepticons attacked Peru, intending to obtain its energy-rich oil and coal, but were driven off by a NEST force. Transformers: The Veiled Threat

Titan Magazines Movie comics

"Begging sometimes helps, but not often."

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The following events occur in a splinter timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.

Dark Spark

Shattered Glass

Blitzwing Bop Transhuman

TransTech

Gone Too Far

Universe cartoon

Fight for Energon

Prime cartoon

Bumblebee was able to dump oil to try to throw off the pursuing Knock Out during a street race. Speed Metal

Rescue Bots cartoon

Evan and Myles dumped oil while fleeing the law, resulting in Chase and Chief Burns almost taking a brief flight into the sea. One for the Ages Doc Greene and Graham Burns investigated whether it would be possible to reactivate Drilling Platform number 6, however the well cap was so corroded that a tremor resulted in it leaking oil. The oil was set alight by some exposed wires, resulting in a fire which destroyed the rig. Turning the Tide