Miko Nakadai
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| This article is about the Prime exchange student. For the Generation 1 character she inspired, see Miko Tezuka. |
- Miko Nakadai is an Autobot-allied human from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Miko Nakadai (仲代ミコ Nakadai Miko) is a 15-year old girl from Japan with a strong love of American pop culture... as long as it's loud pop culture! Speed metal and wild punk outfits are her thing, and she's always searching for thrills, causing trouble for her mates Jack Darby and Raf Esquivel. She's started to hang out with the Autobot Bulkhead too, helping him get over his fear of hurting his tiny partner and encouraging him to get in trouble with her. However, when the chips are down, she'll look out for her pals and Bulky has her back.
The reckless Miko we know is actually a cover for a vulnerable girl with a slight inferiority complex. She wants to prove herself by leaping into danger head-on, is what it really boils down to. Bulkhead may have been assigned to be her guardian, but Miko has taken to the role for him as much as he has for her. What she lacks in size and power, she makes up for in fierce loyalty and protectiveness for her friends and Bulkhead. She's even got the gall to threaten and take on some of the baddest of the Decepticons. Even Wheeljack has been impressed by the guts this girl has. Now if she could just work on when to actually let loose all that energy...
"Why?"Jack forgets to whom he is talking, "Tunnel Vision"
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Prime cartoon
- Voice actor: Tania Gunadi (English), Nozomi Furuki (Japanese), Li Ye (Chinese), Pilar Puebla (Spain-Spanish), So-yeong Lee (Korean), Gea Riva (Italian), Lydia Morgenstern (German), Karla Falcon (Latin American Spanish), Andressa Andreatto (Brazilian Portuguese), Amy Burgess (Finnish), Delphine Chauvier (French)
When living in Tokyo, Miko had two loving parents and two purebreed cats, Chi Chi and Ding Dong. She went to the best school and took piano lessons from the age of three, but she found it all so boring that she jumped at the chance to transfer to Jasper, Nevada. Once there, she quickly realized the brochure had lied about it being "the entertainment capital of the world", and soon piano lessons seemed pretty good in comparison. Darkness Rising, Part 4
Miko was sitting outside her high school sketching Arcee, who was parked in motorcycle mode. She received a phone call from her host parents, but decided to ignore it. When Jack rode off on Arcee, she decided to follow the motorcycle because it was the coolest ever. She caught up to Jack in an alley in time to overhear Arcee, who had transformed to robot mode, asking Jack to go back with her to Autobot headquarters for his own safety. When Jack hesitated, Miko encouraged him to go.
Since Miko now also knew about the Autobots, Arcee took both of the humans back to headquarters. When Ratchet was surprised to see three humans, Arcee wryly explained that the youngsters had multiplied. Miko introduced herself to Bulkhead and promptly asked a barrage of questions, leaving the Autobot at a loss for words. Optimus Prime arrived and explained about "autonomous robotic organisms" and the Transformers' civil war. Darkness Rising, Part 1
Ratchet picked up Cliffjumper's signal, but believed it was a computer system error, since Cliffjumper had previously gone offline. Prime went to investigate anyway. Miko offered to help, but Prime told the humans to remain with Ratchet, to both Miko and Ratchet's dismay. When the humans had to return home, Prime assigned Bulkhead to watch over Miko. Darkness Rising, Part 2
Bulkhead didn't need much encouragement to take Miko on an offroad jaunt on their way back to base. When they eventually reached their destination, they were deserted by pretty much all of the other Autobots, leaving them at the base with Jack and Raf. Miko decided to make the best of things by organizing those remaining into a band, and she kicked off with a solo on her electric guitar. Fortunately for the others, Agent Fowler picked this moment to make a return visit to complain about the energon mine explosion. The kids hid behind Bulkhead, but Miko's guitar gave them away. It was only Bulkhead's intervention that stopped Fowler from taking them into custody then and there. After the agent left, the base equipment picked up a distress call from his helicopter, suggesting he'd been captured by the Decepticons. When Bulkhead used the ground bridge to mount a rescue mission, Miko tagged along, unseen until it was too late. Bulkhead noticed her when she spoke up, but so did one of the Decepticon sentries, leading Miko to witness Bulkhead disemboweling the 'con. (He'd warned her not to look, but she thought it was awesome anyway.) They were joined a short time later by Jack and Raf, who accidentally attracted the attention of more sentries on the Decepticon ship. Darkness Rising, Part 3
Miko rode in Bulkhead's back seat as he swooped in and picked up the two other kids...and then stayed in there as he drove under the ship, transformed, scaled a nearby cliff, and fought some Decepticons. After spewing on his floor mats, she knocked, and he let her out. She then discovered that the middle of a fight between Bulkhead and some Decepticons was no place for a young human to be. Once they moved into the ship, he was forced to slide her along the floor to keep her safe. They quickly ran into Arcee and Bumblebee with the two boys and, after some more fighting, the Autobots cleared a room for the kids to hide in. Miko and Jack began arguing, which upset Raf, and the pair had to console him. They then noticed a computer screen displaying important info, but before they could make a copy, a Decepticon appeared. Jack yelled to Miko to get a photo with her cell phone, but only after she snapped a picture of the 'con did he clarify that he meant the readout. They were subsequently rescued once again by the Autobots, and Miko observed on the way back to base that they'd succeeded in rescuing Fowler.
Miko was exuberant over their experiences as she handed over the picture, but Jack was furious that they'd all almost gotten killed. After he opted to return to his normal life, Miko paid him a visit and unsuccessfully attempted to convince him that the exciting life they had with the Autobots was much better. Darkness Rising, Part 4
When they discovered that the Decepticons were using the Giant Sized Array radio telescope in Texas for their space bridge, Miko accompanied Jack and Raf there to do some on-site hacking. It wasn't long before Soundwave spotted them and sent a tentacle to attack them, knocking Miko and Jack aside. Miko tried to strike at the appendage with an axe, only to miss and have the tentacle snatch up the weapon. They chased it into the next room, where Soundwave had severed the computer system's hard line. Miko took a picture of the Decepticon as he flew away, and he responded by snapping a picture of the three of them. Defeated, the kids returned to base, where they monitored the Autobots' progress in destroying the space bridge. After the Autobots returned, Miko wondered if Optimus would now ask them to go home and forget everything that happened. (The answer, apparently, was no.) Darkness Rising, Part 5
Tasked with creating a science project for school, Miko decided on a model of the solar system. Bulkhead helped her by holding it up so she could paint it, but Ratchet somehow took over all of the kids' projects, leading her to observe he was a bit of a control freak. He produced a scale model of Cybertron for her which was not well received at school, and Miko presumably did not achieve a high grade on it. Masters & Students
The kids arrived at base one Saturday just as Optimus and Arcee were heading out on a mission. She challenged Jack to a video game, but soon found herself on the losing end, at least until a random power fluctuation stopped the game. The reason for the malfunctions was revealed when Raf returned to the control room with a small metal critter the Autobots called a Scraplet. The day proceeded to be a series of surprises for Miko. First, Raf killed the Scraplet he'd found with a crowbar after it attacked Bumblebee, and second, when she was Scraplet-hunting with Bulkhead, she discovered that the large Autobot screamed like a little girl. After they returned to the control room, she helped Jack and Raf fight the Scraplets off their Autobot friends. A plan was formulated to rid the base of Scraplets using the ground bridge, which meant the three kids had to repair an energon fuel line rupture. After the successful expulsion of the invaders, they helped repair Bulkhead and Bumblebee, but Miko was scared off by an itsy bitsy spider. Scrapheap
Miko was excited by the news that a new Autobot, Wheeljack, was coming to Earth, but figured if he was going to stick around, he'd have to find his own human. She hit it off with Wheeljack right away, and when the Autobots decided to celebrate, brought out her electric guitar. The kids listened to Bulkhead's tales of the old days on Cybertron, and then Wheeljack asked Miko to show him around the base. She answered all of his questions about where the base was and the contents of the armory, but after they returned to the control room, Bulkhead unmasked Wheeljack as a Decepticon impostor. The impostor took Miko hostage, threatening to squish her. After the ground bridge was activated, the real Wheeljack came through and hit the impostor, knocking Miko out of his grip and into Bulkhead's waiting hand. Once the impostor was disposed of, they again partied and Miko played her guitar some more. The three kids turned out to see Wheeljack off as he left for space, and Miko snapped off a picture of him and Bulkhead on her cell phone. Con Job
When the Autobots helped Fowler move a hi-tech device, the kids observed their progress from base with Ratchet. The Dynamic Nuclear Generation System was in danger of being captured by MECH, and Miko had the bright idea that Ratchet could ground bridge them onto the speeding train that was transporting the object. With some help from Raf, Ratchet got Jack and Miko on the train, and Miko grabbed a fire ax to try and defend the device with. The MECH goons ended up retreating after seeing Optimus. Silas blew up the track ahead of the train, and for a few moments, Jack and Miko thought they were doomed—Miko even asked Raf to make sure Bulkhead got her beloved electric guitar—but Optimus managed to stop the train in time. Convoy
Miko skipped out of detention one day when Bulkhead arrived outside the school, earning herself a lecture. Bulkhead took her on a mission to Greece, with the theory that she could use the time to work on her history report, but instead they found an ancient fresco showing an Energon Harvester. Breakdown arrived and used Bulkhead to break the fresco, but luckily, Miko had already snapped a picture of it with her phone. When Raf located the actual Harvester in a museum, Miko volunteered the services of the three kids to go in and retrieve it. After some deft work disabling a security camera with her phone, she, Jack and Raf were able to swipe the Harvester, but while making their escape, Miko was caught by a security guard. While they waited for the police, Miko bored him with every bit of knowledge she could remember about Greek history. Eventually, Fowler arrived to bail her out, and she happily told Bulkhead that she was going to write her history project on how the Autobots interacted with ancient races. Deus ex Machina
At school, Miko and Raf heard all about Jack's race with Vince, the local bully, and they congratulated him when he reached the Autobot base. He swore them both to secrecy. After Vince challenged Jack to another race but Arcee refused to take part, Miko helped Jack convince Raf to let him take Bumblebee instead. Miko and Raf subsequently failed to cover for Jack and Bumblebee's absence, first with Arcee, and then with Optimus. Speed Metal
After Optimus was struck down with a Cybonic plague and Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrated the Decepticon ship, the three kids watched Ratchet monitor the pair's progress as Arcee patched Bumblebee into the comatose Megatron's mind to find the cure. Sick Mind Miko later acted as referee for a basketball game between Bulkhead and Bumblebee. Out of His Head
When the Autobots detected a Dark Energon signal, Miko cheered Bulkhead on, but her seeming not to want to go alone made Jack and Raf suspicious. Sure enough, she made a break for the GroundBridge, and though Jack tried to stop her, she and the two boys ended up on the battlefield. The Autobots finally noticed them when she realized that she'd lost her cellphone and yelled at Jack. The kids were promptly sent back through the bridge, but interference from a Decepticon GroundBridge caused a disruption which deposited the trio in a shadowzone dimension. Unable to be seen or heard by the Autobots, they were pursued by Skyquake who had been resurrected as a zombie by Starscream. After Raf dropped his glasses, Miko risked her life to retrieve them. The kids managed to send a text to Miko's phone back at base to alert the Autobots, and attempted to use Starscream's severed arm against the rampaging Skyquake but only succeeded in dislodging his arm, which promptly began chasing them as well. The three kids returned to reality through a special GroundBridge portal engineered by Ratchet and, much to Jack's surprise, Miko took responsibility for the entire mess. Optimus said she'd suffered enough though. Shadowzone
After Bulkhead was knocked out during a fight with Breakdown, Miko eventually managed to reach him on the comms, and he requested a GroundBridge back to base. She was disappointed to learn that Bulkhead hadn't manage to trash his foe, who had instead been snatched by MECH. She was even more dismayed when Bulkhead refused to go on the mission to rescue his arch-enemy, insisting that he should be the one to do it so that he could have a rematch. Even Dinolizard vs. Five-Headed Ape wasn't enough to distract her, and she eventually talked Bulkhead into going to Russia on his own to try to rescue Breakdown. Operation: Breakdown
Miko was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought Jack's mom in to introduce her to everyone. Crisscross Unfortunately Jack's killjoy mom started making a habit of hanging out at the base, so things weren't as fun as they had been before. When Miko wanted to go on a mission with Bulkhead, he felt obliged to tell her to stay put because it wouldn't be safe. Miko managed to sneak along anyway, and persuaded Arcee not to make her go back to base. Though Arcee made them turn the rock music off, Miko got to hang out with Bulkhead, at least until they found Breakdown and Airachnid. From the cover of rocks, Miko attempted to snap a picture of the fight, only to have her phone snatched from her hand. The Decepticons' polarity gauntlet stuck Arcee and Bulkhead together, and as the further pursuit would be dangerous, Arcee insisted on Miko returning to base, causing the girl to complain loudly that Arcee was as bad as Jack's mom. After the mission, Miko took a picture of Bulkhead's new battle scars. Metal Attraction
Miko was looking forward to a Slash Monkey concert when she was roped into going to an old energon mine with Jack, Bulkhead and Arcee. After complaining a lot, she slipped inside to test the mine's acoustics, only for a cave-in to occur, trapping her and Bulkhead. While Bulkhead supported the roof so it didn't crush them both, Miko attempted to clear some of the rocks but eventually became exhausted. They were eventually found, but not by Arcee as they'd hoped, but by Starscream. After the Decepticon chased her around a bit, Jack arrived on a mining drill. Tearfully, she left Bulkhead behind and the two kids made a break for the surface. After Arcee rescued Bulkhead, they joined the two kids and escaped from the mine. Rock Bottom
Bulkhead and Miko sneaked into a monster truck rally and Miko recorded parts of it on her phone. A week later, they were reviewing the footage when Bulkhead was called into the field to help retrieve Cybertronian data cylinder. Unimpressed at being told to clean the place by Ratchet, Miko followed Bulkhead and attempted to move the cylinder, but only succeeded in making it eject its contents into Bulkhead's cranium. Though Bulkhead seemed fine at first, he started painting formula at a mad rate, and when Miko realized he was beginning to forget things, she had it confirmed by Ratchet that the data from the cylinder was slowly destroying Bulkhead's mind. In an attempt to try and jog Bulkhead's memory, she took him to the monster truck track, only to be found by Knock Out and Breakdown. Miko attempted to conceal Bulkhead and contact the other Autobots, but when the searching Decepticons found Bulkhead, she tried to stop them removing his head. She again triggered the cylinder energy, which left Bulkhead and fired off into space. She believed that the energy had taken Bulkhead's mind with it, and was near inconsolable until something Ratchet said prompted her to get out her guitar, and the sound from it caused the comatose Bulkhead to wake up. T.M.I.
Miko lent her voice to "Mars Cat", which Raf used to cover up evidence of the Autobots which had found its way on to conspiracy websites. After Raf was gravely injured in an attack, Miko watched Ratchet and Mrs. Darby work to save his life, and gave him a hug when they succeeded. One Shall Fall
When June attempted to take the children with her when she left the base, Miko refused to go, asserting that neither June nor Bulkhead were her mother. As the Autobots discussed the ramifications of Unicron being at the center of the Earth, Miko wondered if Unicron would stretch and make the Earth explode. Optimus wasn't sure. One Shall Rise, Part 1
The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. Miko was alarmed at the thought that Unicron would remain in the Earth's core after his defeat, but Raf and Ratchet explained that Unicron was the Earth's core and removing him would not be possible. To Miko's annoyance, the humans were instructed to hide when Megatron arrived. After Raf ran out to confront the Decepticon leader, Miko got her chance to holler that she would make sure Megatron would regret double-crossing any of her friends, and had to be dragged away by Fowler. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. One Shall Rise, Part 2
Ratchet told the kids about Optimus back when he was Orion Pax, and how he got the Matrix. Miko and Raf were both concerned when they lost the Autobots' signals. The kids all took shelter underneath Ratchet when the ground started shaking, but were overjoyed when it turned out Prime's team had succeeded. They welcomed the Autobots back, but were shocked by the loss of Optimus, who had become amnesiac. One Shall Rise, Part 3
When it was determined they would need to reach Cybertron to deal with the problem, Miko suggested using the GroundBridge, adding that Ratchet could turbo-charge it when Raf pointed out that it could barely reach orbit. She was present at base when the Autobots failed to stop the Decepticons from stealing a power source for a new space bridge, and thought Jack's plan to commandeer the Decepticon bridge was a good idea. Orion Pax, Part 1 Miko turned out to see Jack off as he left for Cybertron, though she seemed more concerned with how Jack was going to use the toilet in the spacesuit Fowler had supplied. Orion Pax, Part 2 Miko and the others monitored Jack's mission on Cybertron until he returned with the Autobots and a restored Optimus Prime. Orion Pax, Part 3
After Bumblebee's T-cog was taken, Miko suggested that Ratchet make another one, only to be told it wasn't possible. She and Raf tried to cheer Bumblebee up, but all of their entertainment seemed to revolve around cars, which just made things worse. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1 She and the other kids hung around for an attempted transplant, and subsequently covered for Bumblebee when he went to get his cog back. Operation Bumblebee, Part 2 The kids were racing toy cars when Fowler reported being attacked by Optimus. They stuck around as Optimus returned and it turned out he was being impersonated by a MECH creation which Miko dubbed "Nemesis Prime". Nemesis Prime
After the Nemesis became sentient, the kids GroundBridged aboard with Fowler to try and download the Iacon database. When they learned the ship was heading for New York City and Fowler was rendered unconscious, they headed for the power core. Miko and Raf ended up playing hide and seek with one of the ship's manipulator arms while Jack worked on reversing the energon flow. After succeeding, they high-tailed it back to the GroundBridge. Flying Mind Jack and Miko volunteered to go to Manhattan with Arcee and Bumblebee in search of one of the relics. Tunnel Vision Toxicity The two kids encountered Vogel, a sweeper train driver whom they took into their confidence. With his help, they used the sweeper train to hit Knock Out, but this resulted in the train barreling out of control. With a little assistance from Arcee, they stopped the train by running it into Knock Out, and subsequently got Fowler to draft Vogel to ensure his silence. Tunnel Vision
Miko's triumph at their victory was ended when they returned to base to find that Bulkhead was near death after encountering Hardshell. Upset and seeking revenge, she stowed away on the Jackhammer and persuaded Wheeljack to let her join him on his revenge. The pair attacked an energon mine with Miko acting recon, but once they drew Hardshell out, Wheeljack left her on board the ship. As the Autobot's fight against Hardshell ended in a loss, Miko used the ship's missiles to blast Hardshell, killing the Insecticon. The revenge didn't make Miko feel any better however, and she returned to base to be with the now-stabilized Bulkhead. Hurt
As Bulkhead worked to recover, Miko attempted to loudly encourage him to work harder at it. She was upset by his slow progress, but Arcee told her the story an adventure with Cliffjumper, during which Arcee and Cliffjumper encountered Shockwave and ended up on Earth. Out of the Past She continued to try to help Bulkhead, and when new Autobot Smokescreen arrived, tried to reassure him that he wasn't being replaced, despite herself being excited to see a new Autobot. New Recruit
Bulkhead remained discouraged, despite Miko's ongoing support. She, Jack and Fowler were sent via GroundBridge to Raf's house when the Decepticons got control of a Project Damocles satellite, and assisted him in destroying the satellite. The Human Factor
When the kids learned that the Autobots were going to return to Cybertron, Miko immediately made plans to move there with Bulkhead. The Autobots continued to keep the trio out of the loop, and they were kidnapped by Starscream, Soundwave and Knock Out, and taken to Cybertron for use as hostages. Regeneration Bulkhead handed over an Omega Key in exchange for Miko, and they later returned to Earth after the destruction of the Omega Lock. With the Autobot base under threat from the Decepticons, Bulkhead and Miko left through the GroundBridge together for elsewhere in the United States. Darkest Hour
Bulkhead and Miko headed for a Wrecker meeting spot, though she had to put up with him complaining about her phone usage. Darkmount, NV After waiting at the meeting spot for a while, they were eventually rewarded by the arrival of Wheeljack, and watched him lay a trap for some pursuing Decepticons. Scattered The trio set about blowing up an energon mine, though they were attacked by a giant metal dragon before they could detonate it. Miko mostly hid behind rocks during the ensuing battle, and the three Wreckers were soon picked up by the newly-arrived Ultra Magnus. They were reunited with most of the rest of the team shortly after. Prey Miko took part in the diversionary tactics used by the Autobots to thin out the Decepticon ranks prior to their attack on Darkmount. She was bridged to the east coast and ordered a pizza to alert Soundwave of her location, then bridged back. She cheered when Optimus returned to the battlefield, then gushed over his new upgrade after the battle had been won. Rebellion
While the Autobots moved into their new base, Miko was almost hit by a lobbing ball tossed by Wheeljack. The kids were surprised to learn that the creatures of myth were actually Predacons sent to Earth by the Decepticons. Project Predacon Miko stowed away in Wheeljack's chest for a trip to Scotland, much to Ultra Magnus's dismay. When the Wrecker team was trapped in a cavern by the Predacon, Miko climbed out to use the radio in Magnus's ship to contact base, only to encounter Starscream. Though he prevented her from reaching the ship, she managed to get hold of the Apex Armor, and while she had limited success against the Predacon, she managed to bash around Starscream and two Vehicons until the Decepticons were forced into a retreat. Much to her disappointment, Wheeljack left Team Prime having chafed under Magnus's command. Chain of Command Worried about Wheeljack, Miko rang Jack only to find the Wrecker had already gone out on another mission with Arcee. Once Magnus's ship got back to the military base, Miko teased Jack about losing his partner to Wheeljack, but it turned out Arcee had merely talked Wheeljack into not giving up his place on the team. Plus One
While Raf, Miko and Jack watched Ratchet repair Ultra Magnus's hand, the topic of Bumblebee's voice box came up. Raf explained to Miko that Bumblebee still missed the sound of his own, original voice, and longed for it to be restored. Later, all three children watched the Autobots interrogate Soundwave from a distance, and were deafened by the captured Decepticon's sonic assault. Thankfully, they were out of harm's way by the time Laserbeak broke in to free its master. Minus One
After Ratchet was captured by the Decepticons, Miko attempted to help Raf and Wheeljack build an aerial drone, but only succeeded in making Raf surly. Persuasion Though the plan to find the warship didn't pan out, Ratchet was able to contact them and provide them with coordinates. The kids watched the Autobots head through the GroundBridge to storm the Nemesis. Synthesis As part of a plan concocted by Jack, Miko again donned the Apex Armor and bridged onto the Nemesis. She tossed around the few Vehicons she encountered and acted as bait for Soundwave, until Raf could engineer a GroundBridge interaction that trapped the Decepticon in the shadowzone. Following the capture of the ship, the three kids accompanied the Autobots to Cybertron where they used the Omega Lock to restore the planet. Back on Earth, the kids received the news that they were going to be part of Unit:E, and Miko and Bulkhead had a tearful farewell before the Autobots departed for their home world. Deadlock
Eaglemoss Prime comic
Titan Prime comic
Mika [sic] was impressed with the size of the Safe that Ratchet had built. Following the discovery of a nuclear bomb, when Jack pointed out there were enemy blips on the monitor, Mika suggested it was just a console game. She badgered Raf to hurry up while he was trying to defuse the nuke, much to his annoyance. He finally succeeded, to cheers from Mika and Jack. The Safe and the Failsafe
When the Autobots took the kids on a trip to Valley of Fire State Park, Miko Nakaki [sic] persuaded Optimus to tell them a story from the war. Optimus told them about one time when Megatron acted in a compassionate manner, and Miko was disappointed that it ended in Optimus letting Megatron go. War Story
Miko watched while Bulkhead tried to decorate a Christmas tree, though she didn't defend him when Arcee and Jack started with the mocking. After the kids were left at the base with Arcee and Bulkhead, Raf suggested the two Autobots try to find something they had in common. They didn't get very far until Miko suggested they think of something Winter related. This resulted in them turning the base into an ice rink, though Miko proved a less-than-stellar skater. Ice Breaker
When Raf became hypnotised and let a bunch of Vehicons into the base, Miko looked at the box for the game he'd been playing and noticed the Decepticon insignia on the side. Jack reasoned that the game was controlling their friend, so Miko ripped the game console from the TV and threw it aside, successfully waking up Raf. After Raf used a loopback to violently suck all the Decepticons he'd let in back through the GroundBridge, Miko asked if they could do it again. Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!
After hearing that a series of attacks had left several schools in Jasper County destroyed, Miko was disappointed that their school wasn't among them. She cheered up when Optimus announced he was taking the three of them out of school out of concern though. School Is... Out!
Miko watched Bulkhead and Arcee head out to Zhejiang Province, China to find Optimus after contact with the Autobot leader was lost. The Mind Trap! She was still at the base when Bulkhead and Bumblebee brought the neuron refractor back from China. MECH Agent Novo who had been hiding in the machine revealed himself, taking Miko prisoner and forcing the Autobots to bridge him with his captive to China. From there, Miko was taken to MECH HQ and locked in an interrogation cell. Some time later she was broken out by Novo, now in a robot body thanks to MECH's experiment, and returned to the Autobots. Despite her pleading, Novo himself would not return to base with them. The Novo Incident
Miko was on-hand to help Jack demonstrate how to bob for apples. Mad Dogs & Autobots When Bulkhead went missing, Miko's phone proved instrumental in locating him on the Decepticon warship. Miko, Jack and Raf accompanied the Autobots to the ship, and Miko found a quick way to locate Bulkhead by hollering his name. Once the boys had dealt with the Ultra Prison trapping her Autobot friend, everyone returned to base where Miko suggested Bulkhead thank her with some monster truck rally. The Battle for Bulkhead
The kids were present during a battle in The Wave. When they later returned to base, Miko found that Raf had set off The Big Banger from her Party Kit in her absence, but luckily he had a good reason. The Evil Shred
Following a mission where the Autobots rescued some hostages from the Decepticons, who had taken over the studio for the game show Down and Out, Miko, Jack and Raf enjoyed watching footage of Optimus and Bulkhead's bumbling attempts to stop Knock Out and Breakdown. It's a Knock-Out
Miko accompanied Jack, Raf and Bumblebee to Devil's Cove on the hunt for a Decepticon "sea monster". When Piranacon attacked the kids' boat, they found themselves in an underwater cave, with wreckages of numerous boats and the Seacon leader Snaptrap. Eventually, the three found a pile of unexploded World War II-era mines and used them to blow a hole in the side of the cave, freeing them and having the unexpected side-effect of killing Piranacon. Having been saved by Bumblebee, Miko notes that perhaps they should plan a staycation next time. Fury from the Deep
Kre-O comic
After the Autobots built a jail cell for Mega-Megatron, Miko and Jack thanked Optimus Prime. However, they were treated to a nasty sight as the jail cell collapsed, sending Optimus Prime tumbling to the ground in a crash. Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!
Legends comic
Miko was one of the many women brought to the Legends World 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
Commercial appearances
- Miko was weirded out by Bulkhead, Megatron, ponies, and an underage baker singing Christmas carols. The Hub Carolers
Games
Transformers: Prime - The Game
- Voice actor: Tania Gunadi (English), Geneviève Doang (French), Pilar Puebla (Castilian Spanish)
When the Autobots go missing after a battle on a falling Dark Energon asteroid, Miko, Jack, and Raf use the GroundBridge to make contact with their scattered partners. Miko finds Bulkhead in an underground temple, but Starscream finds them too. Following a lengthy battle, Bulkhead overpowers Starscream, but Miko is taken hostage by one of the Air Commander's Vehicons. Raf was also captured, and the two kids were used as bargaining chips by Megatron to force the Autobot medic Ratchet into rebuilding Thunderwing.
Although he was forced into doing most of the work, Ratchet eventually escaped and got Miko and Raf to safety as well. Miko's compulsive picture taking proved to be an asset, as she was able to show the Autobots a weak spot on Thunderwing's armor that they then used to bring down the titan. Transformers: Prime - The Game
Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense
When the Decepticons constructed an Energon Drain in an asteroid field, Jack, Raf, Miko and the Autobots countered it by building a Pulsar Dish from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bulkhead and Miko could help out by beating up Decepticons. Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense
Toys
Prime
- Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn (Entertainment Pack, 2011)
- Accessories: Stand
- Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)
- A PVC figurine of Miko was part of a retail-release "Entertainment Pack". She has a single point of articulation at the neck, plus she can be removed from her stand.
- This set also included figurines of Jack Darby and Raf Esquivel, as well as Deluxe-Class toys of Optimus Prime and Megatron, plus a DVD of the Prime cartoon episode "Masters & Students".
- Initial distribution of this set was... spotty at best, with most of the stock going to Canada. However, Toys"R"Us USA eventually picked up this set, along with most of the "First Edition" line, as part of a huge block of US market exclusives for holiday season 2012.
Notes
- During the Transformers: Prime presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2010, Miko was given the surname Tezuka, likely an early name for the character.[1] With the surname change, the franchise was sadly robbed of having a priestess of Astro Boy. (The name was later used for a new Generation 1 character.)
- According to the producers, Miko is Polygon Pictures' favourite character, so they add more expressive motions to even her simplest actions in the script.[2]
- Miko's name has caused some problems with some of Hasbro's licensees. Titan spelled her first name "Mika" in their comic during her first appearance, and "Miko Nakaki" in their Team Prime feature the following issue. A newspaper clipping in their episode guide entry for "Deus ex Machina" meanwhile gave her the last name "Nasaraki", but we're pegging this as intentional. Bantam Children's book Optimus Under Threat meanwhile spelled her last name "Makadi".
- The writers considered having Miko return to Tokyo and introducing her parents during Beast Hunters, but time constraints prevented this.[3]
References
- ↑ "*PowerPoint presentation of key visual art with "Miko Tezuka"*"—Ted Biaselli, Youtube, "San Diego Comic-Con 2010 - TF Prime panel 02", 2010/07/22
- ↑ ToonZone season 1 interview
- ↑ Tformers.com: SDCC 2013 - Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Hasbro Panel
