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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: July 15
- 1935 — Transformers pitchman Alex Karras is born, and punches out a horse.
- 1935 — Campbell Lane (English voice of Beast Wars Rampage) is born.
- 1935 — Víctor Mares (Latin American voice of Scourge, Sky Lynx, Deathsaurus and more) is born. Busy day, eh?
- 1960 — Enrique Mederos (Latin American Spanish voice of Nightscream) is born.
- 1962 — Martin Roach (English voice of Ol' Tic Toc, Vomit Comet and more) is born.
- 1963 — The world plunges into darkness when Noriko Uemura (Japanese voice of Hostage child and one time voice of Clump) is born.
- 1965 — Rintarō Nishi (Japanese voice of Mike Franklin and Scavenger) is born.
- 1974 — Enrique Cervantes (Mexican voice of Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee, Bruce Brazos, Predaking, Dropforge and Megatron) is born.
- 1976 — Jim Sorenson, co-author of the Ark compendiums and the AllSpark Almanacs, is born.
- 1981 — Tomasz Błasiak (Polish voice of Charlie Burns and Jack Burns) is born.
- 1983 — Gauthier de Fauconval (French voice of Scatterspike, Buzzstrike, Brother Gunter and Blurr) is born.
- 1990 — The Super-God Masterforce episode "Preservation of the Wild Animals" premieres in Malaysia.
- 1994 — The Headmasters episode "Head On!! Fortress Maximus" premieres in Russia.
- 1995 — The newly-created Arcee is unveiled to counter claims of sexism from human feminists. Prime's Rib!
- 1998 — The Beast Wars II episode "A Fearsome Combination Plan?" premieres in Japan.
- 2001 — Final day of BotCon 2001 in Durham, North Carolina.
- 2004 — Takara releases Super Link SC-18 Overdrive and SC-19 Wheeljack, plus the first wave of Robot Masters toys (too many to list here).
- 2005 — The Galaxy Force chapter "Galaxy Force Mission.7" is released in Comic BunBun.
- 2007 — The Transformers novelization and its prequel Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday are published in Japan by Hayakawa Publishing Corp.
- 2008 — The Animated episode "The Elite Guard" premieres in Germany.
- 2009 — The Henkei! Henkei! Transformers manga chapter "Revenge" is serialized in Japan in Comic BunBun's August 2009 issue.
- 2010 — First day of the Tokyo Toy Show 2010: the event-exclusive Animated Deluxe "Prowl Elite Guard Ver." toy is made available to buy.
- 2013 — Registrations close for the Transformers 4 Chinese Actors Talent Search Reality Show.
- 2013 — The Transformers: Prime episode "Alpha/Omega" premieres in Brazil.
- 2014 — Transformers Prime — Saison 2 Vol. 1: Orion Pax and Transformers Prime — Saison 2 Vol. 2: Nemesis Prime are released to home media in France by Primal Screen.
- 2015 — Toys"R"Us Japan gives away the promotional Adventure Micron Ink to customers who purchased more than 3,000 yen worth of Adventure toys.
- 2016 — Stranger Things first premieres on Netflix
- 2017 — The Robots in Disguise episode "Guilty As Charged" premieres on Cartoon Network in the UK and also on Teletoon in Canada.
- 2017 — The Rescue Bots episodes "What Rises Above", "Space Bots", "The Island of Misfit Tech", "The Vigilant Town" and "Buddy System" premiere in Italy.
- 2017 — The final day of the Valvoline's The Last Knight "Valvotron" promotion: purchasing a "full synthetic oil change" would net you the figure. An Autobot-branded lunchbox could also be one with no purchase necessary.
- 2019 — HasLab's War for Cybertron Trilogy Unicron project is officially announced.
- 2020 — Secrets & Lies #1 is released by IDW Publishing. Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 96: G.I. Joe vs. Transformers, Part 2 is released by Hachette.
- 2021 — Transformers: Heavy Metal's beta is released in the Philippines.
- 2022 — Transformers Go! Go! #13 is published.
- 2023 — TakaraTomy Mall ships out Ultimate Optimus Primal, BP-01 Beast Power Bumblebee, or BP-01 Beast Power Optimus Prime, each of which come with the "Burning Cheetor" campaign item if pre-ordered.
- 2023 — Transformers Go! Go! #26 is published.
- 2024 — Studio Series 86 Optimus Prime is revealed by several different Amazon websites.
- 2024 — Transformers Go! Go! #40 is published.
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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