Auto-combatant
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Some Autobot starships are equipped with auto-combatants to help the Autobots keep in practice while on long voyages.
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Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Frank Welker (English), Masashi Ebara (Japanese), László Ujréti (Hungarian, first dub), Attila Bartucz (Hungarian, second dub)
The Autobots had to flee Autobot City on Earth after an attack by Galvatron's forces. During the voyage, Hot Rod activated the ship's auto-combatant for a little practice melee combat. Hot Rod used an Energon sword and a shield while the auto-combatant went weaponless. The auto-combatant paused for a moment to allow Hot Rod to speak with the rest of the crew, but then sucker-punched him in the back when he figured the conversation was ended. The shuttle then came under attack and Hot Rod ended his training session. The Transformers: The Movie
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
As training, Hubcap, Swerve, Red Alert, Tailgate, and Pipes were pitted against some auto-combatants. They got their afts handed to them. Black Sunshine
Shattered Glass
The auto-combatants were solid holograms that could be generated by a computer in specifically designed rooms. Optimus Prime sometimes sparred with them while listening to reports from his inferiors. Shattered Glass
2005 IDW continuity
Metroplex's sparring arena was equipped with auto-combatants that Optimus Prime would often train with. Dai Atlas destroyed a bunch of them to prove to Prime that he wasn't as weak or pacifistic as he seemed. Faces of Darkness
Notes
- Unnamed in the finished film, this droid's name comes from the movie's original script, and was used in the Ladybird adaptation of the movie.
- The original film storyboards (and thus the auto-combant's portrayal in the Marvel Comics adaption of the film) depicted its lower body as being attached to a pedestal. It is not actually possible to tell what the lower half of the auto-combatant looks like in the film itself, leading to later portrayals erroneously giving it a pair of legs.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Combat robo (コンバット・ロボ konbatto robo)
