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Gregarious would be a good word to describe Swerve. So would outgoing, enthusiastic, upbeat, joyfully irreverent, flippant, sarcastic, wise ass, troll, or "total pain in the aft", depending on which side of his weapons-grade mouth you happen to fall on and how long you've been listening to him use it. Swerve has a sense of fun and even whimsy that stands out from your run of the mill Autobots fairly dramatically, but this constant running commentary stems at least partially from Swerve's low self-esteem, a coping mechanism that helps to cover up some of his own insecurities. The little fellow may get on their nerves... he'll probably get on their nerves... but it'll always be with a smile, a laugh, and an epic level quip, making him a good bartender.
He is, however, also a menace to everyone within range of a gun in his hand—including himself—given his legendarily bad aim, as well as to anyone driving nearby because he's so easily distracted by just about anything that catches his attention. Despite this, he's quite intelligent and skilled as a metallurgist, analysing the properties of a material with unique sensors in his hands. When he gets caught up in a problem, he becomes almost laser-like in focus and intensity, going on quest after quest, both major and minor. Unfortunately, this generally leaves him just as distracted from any other tasks at hand and just as accident-prone as ever. He's almost always in need of some repairs, major or minor, because of it.
Now if only Prime could get him to not get easily distracted when receiving his orders too...
| “ | People don't like me—they just laugh at my jokes. There's a difference. | ” |
—Swerve, "Cybertronian Homesick Blues" | ||
vThis Day in History: September 11
- 1940 — Michael Schwarzmaier (German voice of Rad's Father) is born.
- 1963 — Masumi Tsuda (Japanese voice of Sally Watson) is born.
- 1967 — Marcelo Pissardini (Brazilian voice of both Animated and Prime Ultra Magnus, Springer and more) is born.
- 1975 — Dirk Meyer (German voice of Daniel Witwicky and Spike Witwicky in Generation 2) is born.
- 1985 — Voice recording for The Transformers: The Movie ends.
- 1987 — The Headmasters episode "Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2" premieres in Japan.
- 1989 — Rie Hikisaka (Japanese voice of Rosato) is born.
- 1992 — GONZO (animation studio of Cybertron) is founded.
- 1992 — Harim Song (Korean voice of Robby Malto) is born.
- 1993 — The Usenet newsgroup alt.toys.transformers is formed, more-or-less the Fertile Crescent of the modern online fandom.
- 2001 — Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon resulted in the pre-emption of regular television programming for several days, including the Robots in Disguise cartoon. Many episodes are subsequently edited for content. Three episodes are pulled from rotation and never air in the U.S. The Robots in Disguise episode "Bullet Train to the Rescue" premieres in the U.S. in areas where cartoons were aired earlier than 9 AM EST.
- 2002 — Generation 1: Prime Directive #5 is released by Dreamwave Productions.
- 2003 — Takara releases Legends of the Microns MC-12 Ratchet Super Mode, MC-13 Hot Rod Super Mode, MD-08 Megatron Super Mode, MD-09 Starscream Super Mode, MM-18 Sea Micron Exdimensions, MM-19 Adventure Micron Exdimensions, and MM-20 Emergency Micron.
- 2006 — The 24th show in the Kiss Players radio drama series airs in Japan on the "Lyrian Moe-tchao" program.
- 2006 — The Cybertron episode "Titans" premieres in the U.S.
- 2009 — Last day of pre-orders for Masterpiece King Grimlock.
- 2010 — The Animated episode "Heart of the Spider Woman" premieres in Japan.
- 2011 — The Prime episode "Darkness Rising, Part 1" premieres in Italy.
- 2012 — "Quest for Energon, Part 1" is uploaded to the Transformers YouTube page.
- 2012 — The Dinobot Destructor Pack DLC is available for download for Fall of Cybertron.
- 2012 — The Prime episode "Scrapheap" premieres in Indonesia.
- 2013 — Monstrosity #4 is released by IDW Publishing.
- 2013 — The Prime episode "Thirst" premieres in Hungary.
- 2015 — Stuntman Alan Purwin dies at age 54.
- 2016 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Portals" premieres in Japan.
- 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Guilty As Charged" premieres in France.
- 2019 — The Cyberverse episode "Bad Moon Rising" premieres in Germany.
- 2020 — Roger Carel (European French voice of Beachcomber and Inferno in "The Insecticon Syndrome" episode of the original cartoon) passes away at age 93.
- 2023 — Transformers Hall of Fame voting for 2023 ends.
- 2024 — Transformers #12 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- 2024 — Squad Busters x Transformers Collaboration is annouced.
- 2024 — Nankatsu FC/Captain Tsubasa x Transformers Collaboration is also annouced.
- 2024 — Transformers One is theatrically released in Indonesia.
vSchedule
- May 20 — G.I. Joe #22 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 27 — Void Rivals #30 and Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- May 30 — TakaraTomy releases Age of the Primes AOTP-32 Maximal Big Convoy, AOTP-33 Razorclaw, Studio Series TS-19 Bumblebee, TS-20 Orion Pax, TS-21 Wheeljack (Que), and TS-22 Alpha Trion.
- Jun 3 — Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #1 and G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 10 — M.A.S.K. #1 and Transformers #33 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 17 — G.I. Joe #23 and Transformers: Worst Bot Ever — Bot Swap! are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jun 24 — Void Rivals #31 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 1 — M.A.S.K. #2 and Transformers: The Movie 40th Anniversary Edition #2 are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 8 — Transformers #34 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 15 — G.I. Joe #24 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Jul 22 — Void Rivals #32 and Void Rivals Volume 5: Quintesson War TPB are released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 12 — Transformers: The Movie Deluxe Edition HC is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Aug 19 — G.I. Joe #25 is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Sep 30 — G.I. Joe Volume 4: The Hunt for Energon TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Nov 11 — The Transformers UK Compendium Volume 2 TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
- Dec 9 — Transformers Volume 6: Decepticons Attack! TPB is released by Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment.
vHoly Grails
Do you have any of these rare items?
- Information on the Transformers presentation at Vancouver's Expo '86
- Optimus vs. Malignus cardart
- Kiss Players radio drama episodes #38-51
- Photos of the Hot Rod Go-Cart prize from the 1986 "Decipher the Decepticon" contest
- Japanese Transformers Telephone audio adventures
- The art for "The Love Bug"
- The clip shows added in Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- The identity of the unknown Generation 1 animation studios
- Whoever made Invasion Galactica
- Recordings or summaries of the Primeval Dawn II motion comic, screened at Wizard World Chicago in July 2002 and never again
- Any of the other lost media
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