Gobots
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| The name or term "GoBots" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see GoBots (disambiguation). |
- Gobots is an Autobot Color Changer from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Gobots is a tough fighter who doesn't believe in leaving a job half-done, or even nine-tenths done. He's not satisfied with anything less than 100%. Part of the Autobots' rear guard, he goes through the toughest, most hellacious battlefield conditions simply to make sure there's not a single Decepticon left standing to bring potential ruin to an Autobot victory.
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Fiction
Wings Universe
Gobots was one of many "second generation" Transformers created on Earth at the dawn of the 21st century who chose to join the Autobots and defend the Earth. He was part of the team that fought Clench and the Decepticon Syndicate at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. While on a mission to rescue the hostages with Aquafend, he was exposed to forestonite gas and presumably developed super-powers. Generation 2: Redux
He was watering some trees in Autobot City when the alien ambassadors started arriving. A Flash Forward, Part 2
2005 IDW continuity
Gobots was part of an Autobot squad led by Sunstreaker when they were attacked by Deadlock and his troops. He was shot in the back and killed while attempting to retreat. Drift #1
Legends comic
When the Cybertron Alliance fell apart due to the humans murdering Megatron's friend, Gobots answered Optimus Prime's call to defend against the Decepticons and was soon embroiled in a battle around Metroplex. Bonus Edition Vol. EX
Gobots, with other Autobots, oversaw an attempt to wipe the Combatrons' Destronger programming. However, before they could be reprogrammed, Unicron interrupted the process and whisked away the Combatrons. Ruination Chapter, Part One
Toys
Generation 2
- Gobots (Color Change, 1993)
- Accessories Spoiler-headlamp assembly/water cannon
- Known designers: Andy Couzens (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)
- A redeco of the European-market Aquaspeeder Jetstorm, Generation 2 Gobots transforms into a Peugeot 405 T16 rally car. His hood section is coated in heat-sensitive paint, turning pale on contact with cold water... but with the amount of stickers on him, that's maybe not a good idea (though heat can make it change color, too, but that's also not a very good idea.)
- He has a long, water-squirting rifle that becomes his front light rack and rear spoiler in car mode. There is a variation of this accessory that uses different-sized plastic bellows.
Notes
- Like all the Color Changers, American Generation 2 Gobots is a hodgepodge of various elements of two different European-market Aquaspeeders: His toy is redecoed from European Aquaspeeder Jetstorm, and his bio and motto both come from European Aquaspeeder Deluge. Of all the Color Changers, he is the only one who isn't assigned a pre-existing name (such as that of another European Aquaspeeder, or that of one of the European-market Stormtroopers). Rather, he is assigned the name of the GoBots franchise, the former competitor of Hasbro's Transformers brand, the trademark for which Hasbro had acquired two years prior when they bought former rival Tonka in 1991.
- The name "Go-Bots" (or "Gobots" without a hyphen on multilingual European packaging) was later used again in the Generation 2 toyline, this time for an entire subgroup.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Gobots (ゴボッツ Gobottsu)
