As the room was swarmed by Legislators responding to Tyrest's distress call, Tailgate put his knowledge of the Autobot Code to good use, using Tyrest's computer to amend and repeal the law in its totality. [5], Despite his supposed death, Tailgate was one of the Autobots blacklisted by the High Council for associating with Optimus Prime. Our Steps Will Always Rhyme, At Thunderclash's pre-wake, Tailgate used the hoverboard to kill it on the dance floor! It didn't go very well. 20 ft However, seemingly miraculously, Tailgate remained even after the clinic's systems had completely died. How to Say Goodbye and Mean It A ticked off Cyclonus pointed out that all of those bad things turned out well, including that Tailgate himself didn't die of cybercrosis. Once the ship launched, Tailgate confessed to Kaput his reasons for staying behind, namely not wanting to hurt Cyclonus anymore and asked if Kaput could make him normal once again. Pipes and Outback eventually arrived as Tailgate surfaced and let them know of his fellow cadets' fate. Though he urged Rodimus to open fire, admitting his terminal condition, Tailgate was saved moments later by Minimus Ambus. "Noted", replied Tailgate. Bonecrusher- Decapitated by Optimus Prime. The Divided Self. The Sun in Flight. Fight! Battle Lines, Part 6. Asking Cyclonus to attend his Act of Affiliation, a step on the way to the full Rite of the Autobrand, he was seemingly ignored - although his fellow Ancient Cybertronian would secretly attend. This page was last modified on 16 February 2021, at 14:27. He was captured and killed by Airachnid, which led to Arcee's shellshocked trauma. Tailgate deactivated the weapon while Tyrest was distracted, only to be taken hostage by the Chief Justice. Recent Top. After the battle, Velocity found that Tailgate was an outlier: his spark was "uniquely susceptible to mutation as a result of the background radiation generated by quantum travel," and a stress-caused mutation had made him super-strong and super-durable. As with most of his fellows, he joined up with the Autobots. The Lopsided Triangle, This was all interrupted when the ship had to be abandoned on account of vanishing Predestination: A Beginner's Guide and Tailgate was stuck on a crowded Rodpod with twenty others. That's when time-scooped Decepticon Fangry, irritated that Autobots were celebrating Decepticon deaths, 'oops! Destiny, Part Five He survived, and travelled to the Hub Network with Rodimus Prime to battle Jhiaxus and survived that too. Interviewed by Rewind for a documentary movie about life on the ship not long thereafter, Tailgate continued making up accolades for himself, but openly admitted to never having been happier than he was on the ship, and looking to the future with glee. Tailgate went to Swerve's Bar to drink away his sorrows, oblivious to the massive portal that the Lost Light was about to travel through. Ultra Magnus told Tailgate that they could call it a day on the lecture, so long as Tailgate promised never to speak of what had just transpired. Before & After, Some time later, he went to the bars on Hedonia with his usual crowd (his psycho-reactive holomatter avatar taking the form of a human baby). slaughterhouse The Road Not Taken And then Getaway told him he thought he could be a Wrecker! An Intimate Beheading, Tailgate joined a mission to Temptoria to investigate the possibility that the Circle of Light were being held there. During the whole time travel chaos, it was Tailgate who suggested "why don't we use time travel to send the Lost Light a message from the post telling them not to do all this bad stuff?". When Jayce started having terrifying thoughts about Jamie and J.R. also started thinking the same a few weeks later, they realized they have to help all three of their friends. Status AutobotsDelta Team Placed in a situation with Autobots who don't know him from Primon, this sanitation 'Bot will spin a tall tale the height of a Metrotitan in an attempt to impress his fellows before it all comes crashing down. Silence filled the room and only his choking could be hurt. Cybertronian All Our Parlous Yesterdays They went further back to pre-war Rodion and Tailgate had to take control of Cyclonus's comms while the ancient stared into the distance. These obsessions can take hold suddenly, last days or years at times. He'd been left to die. Tailgate appeared to give him a lift home from school and attempted to cheer him up, reminding him that as an Honorary Autobot he had nothing to worry about. Tailgate's clock was down to one day and twelve hours by the time Getaway sprang the group from the cell, by which time he could no longer walk and had to be carried by Rodimus, though he played off his paralysis as seized-up servos. He embraced the silence, and lay ready to die. Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7, Tailgate later responded to a distress signal sent from Powerglide, who was fighting to rescue a puppy that was brimming with energy from the Combaticons. Tailgate was surprised by all that had gone on in his absence, including the new captain Megatron and Swerve's using one of the Legislators as a bouncer. When they started vanishing too, Tailgate (pumped up from false bravado from his recent praising) immediately aimed his guns at an amused Megatron—causing a standoff that, to Tailgate's horror, included Cyclonus too. 1. 1.1. Power of the Primes Tailgate packaging bio, At some point, Tailgate posed in a group photo with many Cybertronians, including Blast Off. Cold War Didn't seem to do the trick, though, as he was later seen training alongside several Autobot recruits against auto-combatants following Shockwave's defeat. Tailgate is an Autobot minibot scout and a minor character in the Transformers: Generation One franchise. Tailgate was devastated. Seal Tailgate in an isolation chamber for six months and flood him with neutronic radiation to try and get his Spark back to normal. All coming up Tailgate! 1. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Do Not Go Gentle, At daybreak, he showed off his super-strength by lifting Roller and boasted about his combat prowess to the time-scooped. When the boarding call came, Tailgate informed Cyclonus that he was staying behind even trying to return the innermost energon that Cyclonus had donated as the minibot no longer believed the two had a future together. Problem is, a search had found stasis pods of organics (Tailgate not believing it mattered why the Necrobot had had them) in the fortress and teleporting would abandon them. When that business as over, Tailgate was present to witness the return of Roller, Terminus, and several other Transformers who had vanished throughout history—in reality abducted by the time-travelling Necrobot and brought to the present day. Tailgate just loves humans. As none of the others knew he had less than three days to live, Tailgate's claims of impatience and panic at being in captivity were dismissed. Tarantulas then gets zapped by his own death ray and dies what the Transformers Wiki describes as “the most hardcore death in Beast Wars”. A Blaze of Glory. Cybertronian Homesick Blues He and Swerve went for a walk, during which he claimed that the damaged "Waste Disposal" decal on his arm actually read "Bomb Disposal", and that he had been part of the Primal Vanguard, though Swerve was more interested in seeing his alternate mode. Tailgate later re-convened with the other Autobots in the center of the fortress, where Whirl and Cyclonus revealed that the Necrobot's storm shield prevented them from firing the fortress's weapons. When a group of Cybertronian Mutants attacked and slaughtered his fellow cadets, Tailgate stood his ground. After the ceremony, Tailgate went to help Ratchet to care for the dying Ultra Magnus, but accidentally scanned himself with Ratchet's "death clock", which announced that Tailgate had only three days to live. Cyclonus revealed he had known from the start that Tailgate had been lying, and the little 'bot broke down and admitted to having falsified his past, and his grief over being a nobody. How Bright Their Frail Deeds He naively hoped that the 'fortress' they were in was stopping the Decepticons rushing in but it turned out to be a deliberate psyops tactic to let them stew. Ratchet soon discovered Tailgate's age when he studied his ancient systems, and called Swerve in to carbon-date him. Once back in the present day, Tailgate and the crew watched Back to the Future Part II and it was so awesome Predestination: An Expert's Guide that he went and got his own hoverboard and annoyed the crap out of the Lost Light crew by zooming about on it inside. Killer In the episode he debuted in, he seemed to be rust-colored, however his toy is blue and white, and shares the mold for Cliffjumper. Arcee was then rescued by Cliffjumper and Bumblebee, but she would never stop grieving for his death. Tailgate was Arcee's partner on Cybertron during the Great War. On one combat mission, Tailgate failed to take down a Decepticon sniper, forcing Acree to attack the Decepticons directly. First appearance After Rodimus and crew shut down the clinic's systems, Cyclonus declared his love for Tailgate. Even though he only had a few seconds of screen time, a Cyberverse toy based on him was made. Red (show)White (toy) He squeed about how awesome he was for trying to save infant sparks (and tried to get Cyclonus to agree) and then actually got to work with him! The Autobots charged forward to take down the Decepticons, although Tailgate found that his foes weren't willing to play along with his witty banter. The Chaos of Warm Things, Learning of Tailgate's aims, Ultra Magnus insisted that ship's captain Rodimus set the "confirmed Decepticon sympathizer" straight, so Rodimus recruited Rewind to beam a compressed visual history of the war directly into Tailgate's head. Alas, Tailgate was soon to discover this meant an excruciating slog through an intense analysis of ten thousand pages of text. Tailgate and the other Autobots on duty rolled out to defend the Ark with all the firepower at their disposal. This Calamitous Life During this time, he lived in an era of peace alongside the likes of Nova Prime and Omega Supreme. Tailgate was Arcee's partner on Cybertron during the Great War. Shortly after, it all changed: Tailgate and a dozen others were hit by a psychic attack eminating from an unknown location, with Tailgate hearing Cyclonus in pain and blaming him for what happened with Getaway. He insisted it was just for the experience, with the caveat that despite Luna 1's reputation as a "Miracle Moon", Tailgate must not hope for a cure. Tailgate was Arcee's partner on Cybertron during the Great War. I want to tell you about the Transformers! Fight! When Ratchet returned, he investigated Velocity's description of Tailgate's unusual mutation, raising the concern that several other Transformers exposed to this pulse had experienced devastating system crashes. Gender Fangry promptly cut the communication line and buried the entrance to the chamber with the grass and flowers covering Tailgate's resting point. Subject to availability. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter, Tailgate was present at the first "meeting" of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus nine million years ago. He chatted with Chromedome during the celebration, and noted how the three honored Autobots had head-related names. House of Ambus Things looked brighter once their co-prisoner Minimus Ambus revealed that he was really a healed Ultra Magnus; when Tailgate asked how he could have cheated his impending death, Minimus declared that the Chief Justice Tyrest, who has using the moon as a base, had doctors that could apparently work miracles. Tailgate chose to look back at Pipes and Drift, where he learned, with visible sadness, that Drift had introduced Pipes to him because the other minibot had been looking for a romantic partner. Cyclonus carried the half-transformed Tailgate there and quite rudely dumped him on the ground. While it's a mistake many other Cybertronians have made at first, typically they learn quickly and let it go. Cyclonus took pity on Tailgate and taught him how to sing an Old Cybertronian anthem. When Luna 1 was discovered to lie on the other side of the portal, an evidently distressed Cyclonus made up for his behavior by inviting Tailgate onto the team who would explore the moon. "Your going to pay for that!" The Reluctant Specialist, Ultimately, Tailgate passed his Autobot Code exam, though he professed it was not with "his best grades ever". Tertiary Color Predatory (flashback) The terrain collapsed out from under him, leaving him badly damaged and trapped underground, but he soon hit upon the plan of detonating the trailer-full of energon rations he had brought with him in hopes of blasting his way out. based off of . Nokia Bot - Electrocuted by Simmons. See a recent post on Tumblr from @sharktoonz about transformers-tailgate. And his timekeeping sucks. Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8, Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Tailgate at Transformerland.com, TFSquareOne article detailing the Mexican version of Tailgate, Designer Joe Kyde on "The Allspark" messageboard, Women Write About Comics: "James Roberts on IDW’s Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye" 18:00 - 18:08, https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tailgate_(G1)&oldid=1483991, Fan speculation about Tailgate's gender—always presented as male—broke out across Tumblr when a. Tailgate was left to ponder if he had caused the portal to open with his brain... for about six seconds, after which Ultra Magnus reappeared. Cyclonus did seem to have a change of heart after seeing Rewind's offerings, and helped Tailgate pick up the pieces of the shattered vial. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works Unfortunately, Tailgate lost his life in an attempt to rescue her from the Decepticon, Archinid. Sobered by what he saw and realizing that the Decepticons were the "bad guys", Tailgate fumed at Cyclonus for misleading him and impotently struck him, leading his icy roommate to reciprocate with a vicious backhand. 2. Tailgate's records begin six million years ago; born in Rivet's Field on Cybertron two weeks before the launch of the Ark-1, Tailgate was assigned to a low ranking sanitation role and given the job of cleaning the Ark-1's coolant tubes before take-off. See more ideas about transformers art, transformers prime, transformers. Suffering a panic attack and passing out when he saw his explosion had damaged Whirl, the unconscious Tailgate was brought aboard the Lost Light by the Autobots, since he'd mentioned "the launch" and they had no idea who he was. Despite the risks, Tailgate agreed yet no sooner had he entered the chamber did Fangry slay Kaput and reset the timer on the chamber as revenge for Tailgate humiliating him. He turned around to see Decepticons flooding in. Tailgate was the easiest person to groom. 8. Maximus informed Rodimus of the grim news who then informed Cyclonus. He failed to tak… Tailgate was a member of the Delta Team, along with Arcee, on Cybertron. [4], Arcee said to Smokescreen to keep on his guard because, she had already lost two partners, one being Tailgate and other Cliffjumper. Speak, Memory! Predestination: An Expert's Guide That message made it to the day the Lost Light launched, but too late to stop them. Megatron- Sam pushed the All Spark into his chest, extinguishing the Decepticon's life force. Arm the Lonely Tailgate's cybercrosis, however, had rendered him deaf to the frequency of the suggestion weapon. This Machine Kills Fascists, When Rodimus hit on the (somewhat disturbing) plan to supersize the corpse of the Decepticon Skip to create a large enough spacecraft to escape Necroworld, Tailgate got to work manually converting the now giant Decepticon into starship mode. Words Hang in the Air He'd learned from his experiences ahahahaha just kidding, one of the first things he did was talk up his actions on Luna 1 at the bar. Josh Keaton. Tailgate from The Transformers (2017 TV Series). Jazz- Torn in half by Megatron while attempting to distract him. After months of grooming, Getaway began to start the Conjunx Ritus and wow Tailgate, they could be Conjunx Endura and all it would take now is for him to do the "Act of Devotion", proving he really wanted it. Arcee only managed to escape a similar fate when Cliffjumper and Bumblebee came to her aid at the last possible moment. Production Details Instead of six months, Fangry buried Tailgate for another six million years. For the benefit of the mission he skipped to issue #43 (The Swerve disappears story) and discovered a 'story so far page' by the bartender that explained everything. Tailgate was captured and was brought Airachnid, who had already captured his partner, Arcee. and would later recall it as the happiest time of his life. Log in Sign up. He was a Common character that could be recruited for 16 units of Cybermetal. Little Victories, Tailgate and Cyclonus remained close after their experiences on Hedonia; Tailgate was in the ship's workshop crafting a new horn to replace Cyclonus's missing one when the 'bot in question angrily came storming in after learning that their quarters were to play host to "Movie Night". The same personality traits, color scheme, size, ECT. Observing the other Autobots leaving offerings of innermost energon for Rewind, Tailgate attempted to leave an offering for Cyclonus, only for it to be rebuked. Rung getting him a curly straw started a bar fight that got Megatron arrested, so it's important to know that Tailgate is responsible for the Great War.