Elite Guard

This article is about the Autobot military team. For the Transformers: Animated episode featuring them, see The Elite Guard.

This article is about the Autobot guard. For the Decepticon guard, see Cybertron Guard.

The Cybertron Elite Guard is a distinguished team of Autobots originally from the Animated continuity family. It is also known as the Autobot Elite Guard, and in one timeline has also been a Decepticon organization.

The Cybertron Elite Guard is the pinnacle of the Autobot military force, reserved for only the most distinguished graduates of the Autobot Academy. Its members are specialists, masters in their fields, and the unit is only called upon in the most dire of situations. It reports directly to the Supreme Commander of the Autobots. It also engages in some pretty shady business from time to time, from experimenting on other Autobots, to creating weapons of mass destruction, all the way to hiring unscrupulous bounty hunters.

Members

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Autobot members

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Hyperdrive (deceased)
Thunderclash (leader)
Kup

Decepticon members

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Thunderwing

2001 Robots in Disguise continuity

Fiction

Animated continuity

Animated cartoon

The Mighty Thor, Black Panther, and the Tick pretending to be Captain America.

Events from IDW Publishing or Fun Publications books are in italics.

The Elite Guard served under the direct command of Ultra Magnus, the Magnus of Cybertron and Supreme Commander of the Autobot military. During the Great War, Dai Atlas was the general of the Elite Guard on Magnus' behalf. The AllSpark Almanac II

Bumblebee and Bulkhead also registered to join the Guard. After Bumblebee and Bulkhead accidentally destroyed part of a simulated battle zone and injured their drill sergeant, Sentinel Minor, they were both given the boot and reassigned to space bridge repair duty. Autoboot Camp

After seeing Optimus Prime save them from an incident on the asteroid where they were working, Bumblebee commented that with moves like that, Optimus should have gone into the Cybertron Elite Guard. Gee, way to rub salt in the wound, there, Bumblebee... Transform and Roll Out

Shortly after the battle with Megatron, the Elite Guard arrived to retrieve the AllSpark. (Great timing, guys.) Upon learning that the AllSpark had been dispersed, Ultra Magnus confined Optimus Prime's crew to the Elite Guard's ship while he, Sentinel Prime, and Optimus went to investigate Optimus's vessel, where the battle had taken place. When trouble at a Sumdac Systems manufacturing plant was detected, the Autobots and Elite Guard managed to hold off the malfunctioning police drones being made there long enough to allow Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz to get Sari Sumdac to the assembly line and shut it down. The Elite Guard

After an extended period with no evidence of a Decepticon presence on Earth, Magnus was prepared to gather up the Autobots and ship out back to Cybertron. He urged Optimus to testify as to his experiences on Earth to calm the general fears of Megatron still being alive. When Optimus protested that Megatron was still alive and that such testimony would be falsifying evidence, Sentinel angrily stated that nobody was asking him to lie, just to agree with Sentinel's scans (quite excellent ones, in his humble opinion) showing there were no Decepticons on Earth. Besides, Sentinel cajoled, if he smoothed things over with Cybertron Command, Optimus might just be able to be reinstated into the Elite Guard. Mission Accomplished

Blurr was left on Earth to try and find the Decepticon base and keep an eye on Optimus's crew. However, Master Disaster, with the help of an AllSpark-powered remote control, forced Blurr to do his bidding until Sari stole the remote from him. A Bridge Too Close, Part II Velocity

The Elite Guard oversaw the extraction of flight technology from Starscream to create Jetfire and Jetstorm, who managed to join the ranks of the Elite Guard in record time. First (and Second) in Flight

Animated toy bios

Elite Guard Bumblebee wants to be a member of the Elite Guard, so he gave himself an Elite Guard paint job in what he hopes is a first step in becoming one. Elite Guard Bumblebee toy bio

Optimus Prime fits in here... somehow...^[3]

Prowl does as well, though how exactly boggles the mind...^[4]

Titans Animated comics

When he first appeared, Afterburn successfully led everyone to believe he was a member of the Elite Guard's "Special Ops" team when he arrived on Earth. He was later revealed to be an impersonator created by the Decepticons.

Wings Universe

The Elite Guard was founded by and is under the direct orders of Magnum, a member of the Autobot High Command, as a special strike force within the Autobot Guard.

After Thunder Clash and his squad proved their skill and valor by keeping a vitally important piece of cargo safe from the Decepticons, they were appointed as the first members of the newly created Elite Guard. Wings of Honor Other Autobots were eventually inducted into the Guard after completing rigorous testing, forming their own squads within the organization.

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The Elite Guard once almost went twenty missions in a row without a single casualty. Around Cybertron #11

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Then Bruticus killed almost all of them. The Coming Storm: Part 6 After this, the Guard eventually dispersed, with little left of its presence except the occasional disused cargo box bearing its symbol. The Coming Storm: Part 1

Shattered Glass

Thunderwing was a Decepticon member of the Cybertron Elite Guard, which in pre-war times was a law enforcement group. He operated as a duly appointed agent for millennia, often spending extended periods of time away from Cybertron. In fact, his missions kept him away from Cybertron so much that he had little to no knowledge or interest in the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. Blitzwing Bop

In modern times, the Elite Guard was an Autobot organization serving at the whim of ~~a madman~~ Optimus Prime. Previously led by Hyperdrive, the Guard was taken over by Thunderclash after he deemed his commander unfit for leadership and eliminated him. Thunderclash's toy bio

Live-action film series

Prospective allies of the Autobots must complete training in speed, strength, skill, and fireblast before they will be allowed to join the hunt for the Decepticons' leader Megatron. Completion of extended training above and beyond the norm qualifies the trainee as a member of the Elite Guard. It is unknown which Autobots, if any, are currently members of the group. Hunt for the Decepticons online game

Terrorcon leader Scourge possessed two insignias belonging from fallen Elite Guards he had slain that are knitted onto his body. Rise of the Beasts

Aligned continuity family

Aligned novels

The Elite Guard were the twenty-six bodyguards of the High Council. Sentinel was a member before he became a High Councilor and Prime. When Megatron assassinated Halogen in the High Council Chamber, Optimus Prime ordered them to stand down and spare him in an effort to maintain peace. Exodus

The Elite Guard's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic War for Cybertron.

Prime cartoon

Smokescreen was trained by the Elite Guard late in the war, though he described it as more like boot camp. He wore the Elite Guard insignia on his shoulders. New Recruit

Ultra Magnus was once part of the Elite Guard, but Optimus Prime explained that the strictly disciplined command style Magnus had learned there wouldn't be appropriate now that he was working outside the Guard. Evolution

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

After Groundpounder was accused of cheating, the Elite Guard were called in to help subdue and arrest the enraged gladiator. The Champ

2005 IDW continuity

The Elite Guard were Sentinel Prime's hand-picked bruisers and strike team. Among their missions was to secure the spark hot spot in Alyon and kill Orion Pax's team. Orion Pax's team repeatedly kicked the snot out of them, with Windcharger sneering that Sentinel didn't pick Guard members for their brains. All Our Parlous Yesterdays