User:Mathewignash/Splashdown (Transformers)
Splashdown is a fictional character in the various Transformers universes.
Transformers: Generation 1
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Transformers character | |
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In-universe information | |
Affiliation | Autobot |
Sub-group | Pretender |
Function | Naval Commander |
Rank | 8 |
Motto | "Outflank your enemy and you won't have to outgun him." |
Alternate modes | Boat |
Splashdown is a Pretender Autobot who turns into a boat. He is described as a hard-living war-torn veteran sailor. [1]
Marvel Comics
[edit]Although not seen or mentioned directly, Splashdown was among the Autobots who joined Fortress Maximus in leaving Cybertron for the planet Nebulos (Transformers: Headmasters #1). Unfortunately, they were followed to Nebulos by the Decepticons under Scorponok, leading war to break out once more. Fortress Maximus's band left Nebulos for the planet Earth, with the Decepticons in close pursuit. (Transformers: Headmasters #4).
When Brainstorm needed subjects to duplicate a Decepticon Pretender experiment, Splashdown and five other Autobots volunteered and became the Autobot Pretenders. They fought the Decepticon Pretenders with the help of Optimus Prime and Goldbug [2]. They soundly defeated their Decepticon Pretender rivals, who thought they were simply giant humans.
Slashdown was seen in the background when Optimus Prime sent Landmine and Cloudburst on their mission to obtain computer chips to repair fellow Autobots in issue #52, "Guess Who The Mechannibals Are Having For Dinner?" [3]
The Decepticon Pretenders Bomb-Burst, Iguanus and Skullgrin were sent to steal from an oil rig in the "Gulf of New Mexico" in the 1989 U.K. Annual story "The Chain Gang." They were opposed and captured by the Autobot Pretenders Cloudburst, Landmine and Splashdown.
Dreamwave Productions
[edit]Splashdown had a biography printed in the More Than Meets The Eye series by Dreamwave Productions.
Toys
[edit]- Generation 1 Pretender Splashdown (1988)
- A new mold.
References
[edit]- ^ Splashdown (1988) - Autobot Naval Commander - www.tfu.info
- ^ Transformers #40 (1988)
- ^ Seibertron link