Atari Hitotonari

Atari Hitotonari is a human from the Kiss Players portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Atari Hitotonari (人隣 当梨 Hitotonari Atari) is submissive, passive, immature even for her young age, and quite weak both in terms of physical strength and constitution, being prone to fits of motion sickness. As you can see, she's not off to a good start as far as defining characteristics go...so what's she good for? Well, she is fairly bright (she's second in her class), and she hates to see others suffer, an emotion mostly borne from the fact that she is so terrified of being hurt herself that she doesn't want to see anyone else feel pain either. In fact, she so deplores hurting other beings that she is a strict vegetarian, though she does like to gorge herself on doughnuts and other sweet desserts.

Atari's most important feature is that she is a hugely powerful Kiss Player. It was this ability that led her to join the Earth Defense Command and take part in its effort to eliminate the threat that Transformers pose to all on Earth.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Kiss Players

Voice actor: Satomi Akesaka (Japanese)

When the Decepticon leader Galvatron crash-landed on Earth in the year 2005, his impact utterly obliterated the city of Tokyo and shattered Transformer-human relations. The Earth Defense Command reverse-engineered Galvatron's corpse to create man-made Transformers named "Autoroopers", and forced all Transformers off of Earth, keeping them from returning to the planet by surrounding it with an anti-electron field. Kiss Players #1 Galvatron's cells scattered from the crash, and created what came to be known Kiss Players, humans with the power to fuse with Transformers, by infecting them. Atari was one of those humans and came to possess the highest potential of a Kiss Player.

In 2006, EDC Commander Hitoshizuku Amaō, who sought to resurrect her daughter who had died in the impact, through a fusion between a powerful Kiss Player with an Autorooper, found out about Atari's Kiss Player's abilities. She asked Atari's parents to hand her over and, when they refused, had them killed. I, You, and the Spinning Earth The murder was covered up as a Transformer-related accident, leaving the young girl alone, despondent, and resentful toward the giant robots. While alone one day, her mind consumed with the tragedy that had recently destroyed her life, she tumbled from the narrow wall on which she was walking. This proved to be as much as she could take, and she cried aloud that she wished to die, so she could be with her parents in the next world. But Atari did not expect that someone would answer her, when a voice emanated from a nearby car that inquired if that was what she truly wished. As the terrified Atari watched, the car transformed into a robot form: It was, in actuality, a Legion, one of many monstrous creatures created when Galvatron's cells were dispersed into the atmosphere upon his impact and bonded with other animals and machines.

Faced with the very real possibility of death, Atari realized that she truly wished to live, and in answer to her prayers, an E.D.C. Autorooper appeared, barrelling into the Legion and smashing it aside. Before it could finish the creature off, however, the Autorooper dropped to its knees and disgorged E.D.C. member Shaoshao Li, one of the organizations' "Kiss Player" operatives (humans who had been infused with Galvatron's cells and given the power to bond with other organisms containing them), right on top of her. As the Legion righted itself to continue its attack, the Autorooper instructed Atari to kiss it or she would die, but Atari hesitated, and the Legion tore the Autorooper's arm off. Realizing that inaction would only cause others pain in addition to herself, Atari kissed the Autorooper and discovered that she too was a Kiss Player as she merged with the robot, repairing its injuries and allowing it to decapitate their mutual enemy messily. Shocked by what she had done, Atari vomited and passed out.

Having observed the battle, E.D.C. commander Hitoshizuku Amaō took custody of the girl and brought her to E.D.C. headquarters. She awoke in an unfamiliar room, where she was greeted by Ringo Chikuma of the Ne Squad, who proceeded to unveil her sociopathic tendencies by biting Atari in order to "taste" her abilities. Kiss Players #1

Atari subsequently formally joined the E.D.C. and was partnered with Shaoshao's Autorooper Ne-04, which left her cursed to live in the absent Shaoshao's impressive shadow. She bemoaned the fact that she had wound up partnered with a robot with a car mode when she was prone to car sickness, but she resolved to do her best to protect the Earth from Transformers. Kiss Players #3 She was disappointed that a robot had been the recipient of her first kiss and was thoroughly embarrassed by the whole kiss-fusion process, Kiss Players #6 but she had great respect for her Ne Squad teammates Kiss Players #15 and fought Legions alongside them. Kiss Players #12

Atari had a particularly unlucky experience when she ate an omelet that contained a minuscule Legion creature. The tiny monster immediately began causing havoc in her stomach, so Atari kissed her Autorooper, inexplicably causing it to shrink so that it could enter her body and fend the Legion off. Atari was not exactly in favor of the plan, but in typical fashion, acquiesced after only the weakest of protestations. As the battle played out in her guts, she grew even more embarrassed when the Autorooper discovered the remains of various desserts she had snuck out to eat the night before. The Autorooper eventually destroyed the Legion by hurling it into her digestive fluid, and then talked Atari into sticking her finger down her throat and vomiting him up. She wasn't happy. Atari-chan's Critical Moment?! Atari wondered about the surprising shrinkage of her Autorooper, and read in a book that some Transformers simply possessed that power. Atari was later horrified when the shrunken Autorooper crawled inside her shirt while she was daydreaming about desserts. Kiss Players #21

While visiting the bathroom one day, Atari suddenly found herself possessed by the ghost of the Decepticon Air Commander Starscream, who had learned of the power of Kiss Players from the memories of Teletraan 15. Starscream burst from the bathroom in control of Atari's body and immediately began threatening the other Kiss Players, but found that none of them were taking him seriously...because he'd forgotten to pull up Atari's underwear. Starscream? Volume 3 Starscream kept his hold on Atari, and through her, tracked down his old ally Doctor Arkeville, who converted a jet fighter into a new body for him. Atari kissed the jet and transferred Starscream's ghost and herself into it, but it was almost immediately destroyed by the E.D.C.'s forces. Kiss Players #27

When the E.D.C. were put in charge of transporting the dead body of Autobot leader Optimus Prime into Tokyo, Atari was among the troops providing an escort. Soon, a commando unit led by Marissa Faireborn attempted to reclaim Prime's body, and Atari was rendered helpless when Marissa sliced her clothes off with a knife, fused with the resurrected Prime and ran away. Kiss Players #2

Life within the E.D.C. progressively proved harder and harder for Atari, as Ringo continued to subject her to repeated acts of whim-driven cruelty, Kiss Players #30 and the mysterious disappearance of Shaoshao weighed heavily on her mind. Kiss Players #18 In civilian life, she found a friend in Marissa Faireborn, but this only lasted until the two girls each discovered who the other truly was and sadly accepted that their positions made them enemies. Kiss Players #13 Nevertheless, Marissa and Optimus Prime proceeded to save Atari from Legion threats several times, but this only made Atari worry that Marissa must be a better kisser that her, if her robot partner was stronger. Kiss Players #9

Depressed over the fact that she had yet to achieve a second successful fusion with her Autorooper since that first fateful day, Atari was moping around E.D.C. headquarters when her Autorooper surprised her by silently raising its palm and offering her a flower. Angry and miserable, Atari smacked the flower from the robot's hand and ran away. Atari's fellow E.D.C. Kiss Player, Kayu Michikusa, observed the clash and followed Atari out of the base, catching up to her on a hill overlooking the city and presenting her with a flower chain made using the bloom the Autorooper had picked. Having experienced an all-too-rare act of genuine friendship, Atari's spirits began to rise. Sadly, it didn't last long, as she returned to base still wearing the flower chain and immediately caught Ringo's sadistic eye. The deranged girl began eating the flowers and tried to share them with Atari by kissing them into her mouth. Atari was literally saved by the bell as an alarm went off, signalling a Legion attack, and Ringo scampered away to respond.

Her status quo of perpetual misery restored, Atari composed herself and followed, discovering the source of the crisis: Optimus Prime and Marissa were leading an army of Legions down on E.D.C. headquarters! Before the Ne Squad could attack, a further surprise occurred: the Autobot Hot Rod arrived on the scene, now Kiss Player partners with the missing Shaoshao! The E.D.C.'s Kiss Players fused with their Autoroopers, save for Atari, and plunged into the middle of the battle, but were sent flying by a swing of Prime's sword. Fearing for the safety of her friends, Atari made an impassioned plea to her Autorooper to help her save them, and at last, the robot responded to her and transformed to robot mode, kneeling so it could be kissed. Atari did so, and finally, the pair fused together once again and sprang into action, turning back the Autobots and Legions. Kiss Players #3 Realizing that she felt a sense of humanity within her Autorooper, Atari no longer believed that it was just a machine. Rather, she fully believed that both she and her Autorooper had become true partners. Kiss Players #24

Her friendship with Kayu growing, Atari made plans to go on a trip with the girl. But as one relationship improved, another deteriorated, as Ringo's torture sessions grew worse and worse. Atari's pleas to Kayu for help fell on deaf ears, and so Atari spitefully broke off the trip. The next day, however, Atari discovered that Kayu had been transferred to another squad, Kiss Players #33 and she soon realized that Kayu had previously been subject to Ringo's "attentions" before Atari came along. This discussion was cut short by a sudden emergency: Kayu's Autorooper was running amok. Atari believed that she could hear Kayu's voice coming from within the robot, but Ringo sprang into action and mercilessly gunned it down despite Atari's pleas. Overcome with emotion, Atari blacked out...and when she awoke, she could hear Ringo screaming...and her Autorooper's hands were stained with blood. In losing control of herself and her Autorooper, it appeared, Atari had taken revenge for herself and her friend. Kiss Players #36

When Optimus Prime staged another attack on E.D.C. headquarters, backed by a phalanx of Legion, Atari fused with her Autorooper to join the fight. When her fusion time expired, she discovered Marissa and Shaoshao in the middle of the battlefield, having just finally set aside the differences that had caused them to fight up until now. Together, the three girls vowed to uncover the mysteries lying at the heart of the E.D.C. Kiss Players #37 Venturing into the Genital System facility beneath the E.D.C. building, the girls and their robot partners discovered the remains of Galvatron, before a door came slamming down, separating Atari from the rest of the group. Commander Amaō appeared before her and explained the full extent of her plans regarding the resurrection of her daughter, and had originally selected Shaoshao for the process. Amaō began her plan, but Atari fought against the fusion process, remembering her friendless childhood and how far she had come. Fusing with her Autorooper, she seized Galvatron's body and blasted off into the air, causing the complex to collapse and kill Amaō. All of Galvatron's cells from the girls, their partners, the Legions and the Autoroopers were absorbed back into Galvatron's body, and Atari flung the reconstituted Decepticon leader into space. Before her own powers faded, she looked down upon the Earth, and smiled in happiness. I, You, and the Spinning Earth

On the Kiss Players' side of the reality barrier, that's probably one heck of a light show.

Following the deactivation of the anti-electron field, the Autobots returned to Earth in early 2007, but Transformer-human relations were still in tatters. Ultra Magnus came up with the idea of a Transformer-human singing group to try and repair relations and spread goodwill between the two races, and to that end, Atari joined with Marissa, Shaoshao, and cassette Transformers Glit, Sundor, and Rosanna to form this group, the "Kiss Players".

Oh, that reminds me to ask; Why universe hate Atari?

While on their world goodwill tour, the Kiss Players arrived in North America to perform at Brave Maximus, but just before the concert began, three mysterious glowing orbs appeared before the band and telepathically spoke to them. Introducing themselves as the Sparkbots Star Dust, Angela, and Zangetsu, they instructed the three girls to kiss them. When they did so, the girls and Brave Maximus were suddenly whisked off through time, rematerializing at Sherman Dam in the year 1985, where they witnessed Optimus Prime's historic battle with Megatron atop the structure. Kiss Players #39 The Sparkbots explained to the Kiss Players that the "Allspark" had been scattered throughout space and time, and that their mission was to recover its fragments by kissing Autobot leaders from different time periods, starting with Optimus Prime. Kiss Players #40

The Kiss Players adventures through the timestream soon led them to the year 2011, where they fell into the clutches of the Quintessons. Even the power of moe, despite transforming Atari into a hamster-girl in a swimsuit who called the judge "big brother" and asked his permission to use the potty, was not enough to spare them from the Quintesson judge's verdict of "not guilty." Fortunately, Optimus Prime and Goldbug came to their accidental rescue, and the Kiss Players' voyage continued. Kiss Players Picture Story Show

Following this hair-raising experience, Atari was sent on her first solo mission to recover an AllSpark fragment, alongside Star Dust. Appearing in the vicinity of Mars later in the year 2011, Atari watched as the planet exploded, then kissed the Autobot leader of the era, Fortress Maximus, as he emerged from the conflagration. Kiss Players #42 Sparkbots Volume 1

Atari delighted in her next mission, when she was taken into the past and found herself surrounded by animals. She never expected that one of the animals was a Transformer: Optimus Primal! Atari and Star Dust proceeded to hop through time to see Optimus Primal's various forms to his body in the war against the Vehicons, although she was initially hesitant to do so until Star Dust explained that this was not the Optimus Prime with whom she was familiar. When the task was done, however, he Allspark fragment recovered was suddenly seized by an invisible force and stolen away. Kiss Players #45 Sparkbots Volume 2 These thefts continued as the Kiss Players tried to gather more fragments, forcing the girls to give chase across the timestream, only for Brave Maximus to crash into the "Wall of Time", scattering the team across the multiverse. Kiss Players #47 Sparkbots Volume 3

Atari found herself in the parallel reality of the MD World, on Cybertron's moon at the height of the Transformers' war for the Mini-Cons. Encountering native Mini-Con Blackout, Atari found she could understand the little robot's beeping and booping, and she learned that he had become separated from his partner. As the moon trembled beneath Atari's feet, they realized that they were standing on the body of Unicron, but before they could do anything to help Blackout, the invisible force returned to bring Atari back to her home universe. Kiss Players #48 The "force", it transpired, was Primus, god of the Transformers, who had gathered the other Kiss Players. Primus explained that he had been responsible for stealing the Allspark fragments away—because they were actually portions of Unicron's shattered lifeforce, and the Sparkbots were his servants, trying to resurrect him! Sparkbots Volume 4 Thankfully, Primus was able to trap Unicron's lifeforce within the Earth, but he would not answer the Kiss Players' questions about their own future. As his last act before he transformed into a golden sphere, Primus returned the Kiss Players to the present day of 2007, mere moments after they had left on their adventure. Realizing that their future was not defined by Primus or any god, Shaoshao and Marissa made vows for the future, while Atari remained unsure of what she would do next, but realized at last the importance of truly living. Kiss Players #51 Sparkbots Volume 5

Train Wars

Atari eventually ended up being a student of Doctor Fujiyama, and assisted him in creating two sets of Trainbots. When one, Mach, asked her what purpose he had in life, Atari simply told him to think about it and decide on his choices for himself. After three finalized Trainbots were activated, their facility was invaded by the escaped Nightbird, but Mach was able to save his human creators, noting to Atari that he had made his choice. Once Nightbird's actions were foiled, Atari congratulated Mach on his choice of saving his comrades. The Train Wars: The Origin

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Legends comic

Atari was one of the many women brought to the Legends Universe by Tigatron using the ultra-drill in an attempt to get women who liked him better than Springer. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. Bonus Edition Vol. 19

By 2039, Atari had become involved in robotics, working alongside Chip Chase as part of Project Gaia that also involved the discovery and use of Angolmois Energy. With the help of technology from the Transformers, Atari developed a series of androids, the latest of which was Artemis, and also the leporine Moon. Atari was alarmed when, at their unveiling, Artemis immediately set to bonking Moon with her hammer. Despite the android's frequent bursts of cartoon violence, Atari continued working on the two. Epiloge

Generations Selects Special Comic

By 2050, Professor Hitotonari had helped in the manufacture of the Selectors, a new breed of Transformer created to serve humanity. However, she grew uneasy with the use of Angolmois Energy after some robots had negative reactions to it and relayed her misgivings to Optimus Prime when he visited Neo Scramble City. Volcanicus comic 1

Atari, Shaoshao and Marissa were shocked that the Technobots were siding with the Selectors as they rebelled outside. Volcanicus comic 2

Kre-O online comic

Atari and Shaoshao were among the humans who witnessed Megatron's demand for all the blocks of Earth. Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!

Toys

Kiss Players

• Atari × Autorooper (2006)

• Known designers: Yuki Ohshima (concept artist)

Like all the Kiss Players girls, Atari's figures were pre-posed PVC figurines, unlike Marissa and Shaoshao, she got two figures, and in different sizes. Her first figure, sculpted by series designer Yuki Ohshima, was the unusual one, much larger than a standard Kiss Players figure and depicting Atari apparently recoiling from something. It came packaged with a tiny transforming Autorooper figure, representing the character after he had been shrunk, and a CD containing episodes 6-10 of the Kiss Players radio drama, as well as the exclusive audio adventure, "Atari-chan's Critical Moment!?"

I, You, and the Spinning... spinning... spinning... uuurk!

• Autorooper × Atari (2006)

Accessories: Interchangeable arms

• Known designers: Yuki Ohshima (concept artist)

Atari's second figure was at the standard size for Kiss Players figurines and came packaged with the larger, 1:24 scale transforming Autorooper figure. She can sit in either the Autorooper's driver's seat or on his shoulder, but not a lot else, although she does come with a pair of alternate arms clutching a barf bag. She even has (what we hope is) a little bit of barf sculpted on her chin. Released on the week that followed the broadcast of the cliffhanger ending to the first year of the Kiss Players radio drama, the set included a CD containing episodes 21-30 of the series and the exclusive chapter that concluded the year's storyline, "I, You, and the Spinning Earth".

• Atariscream (2007)

A redeco of the first Atari PVC figurine, "Atariscream" (あたりスクリーム) places Atari in a black uniform with a Decepticon insignia on her armband instead of the E.D.C.'s logo. Only available as an online-order exclusive from Dengeki Hobby magazine, the figure represents Atari while she was possessed by Starscream's ghost.

Notes

• According to series writer Yuki Ohshima, Atari was originally going to be an elementary school student (ages 6 to 11). However, Takara objected, pointing out that an elementary school student would not be legally eligible for a driver's license.^[1] Yes, you read that correctly.

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