PARTS - IRONHIDE

SEASON 2


'Leakin' lubricant!'


 

First Appearance: 

More Than Meets The Eye pt 1, Season 1

 

Character Description:

Y'know, it's funny. In the old days I was not a huge Ironhide fan. I always liked guys like Jazz (I was a kid, so sue me) and Optimus and Megatron and stuff. Nowadays I'm not so sure. After watching season 1 on DVD I realised just how bland most of the TFs were, especially the Autobots. Surprisingly one of the few standouts who wasn't characterised solely by their function (like Wheeljack or Ratchet) was Ironhide. I don't think I can give much of a better endorsement than that. --Jhiaxus.

 

 

WRIST GRAPPLING HOOK/CLIMBER

Aside from Beast Wars, there's an Ironhide in the Robots In Disguise line. He has a cowhide pattern, which makes him look not unlike a Gateway computer box. Robots In Disguise Ironhide shares the same truck mold as Generation 2 Go-Bot Ironhide. In Generation 2, Go-Bots were Hotwheels-scaled Transformers, unrelated to the GoBots of yesteryear. In Robots In Disguise, the Go-Bot molds are all in a ninja group called the Spychangers, marking Ironhide's first ever appearance as a ninja.

 

Episode/Episodes 

City of Steel

 

Part Description

In City of Steel, Megatron has taken over New York City and turned in into a sort-of-fortress called New Cybertron. It had battle taxicabs, and a defense weapon made out of Optimus Prime's arm and cannon. Trying to get Prime his arm back, Ironhide, Ratchet and friends scale the skyscraper it's stuck on top of to retrieve it.

 

 

 

WRIST GOO LAUNCHER

'You're too slow, rusty pants!' 'Aw, shut up and fight!' 'You know how that junk-punk Rumble likes to make earthquakes!'

 

Episode/Episodes 

The Immobilizer

 

Part Description

Wheeljack made this new invention called Wheeljack's Instant Immobilizer. It was able to freeze things in place. The Decepticons were about to make off with it, so Ironhide shot this goo out of his forearm to trip Starscream up.

 

 

 

BACK RETRO ROCKETS

In Europe, there was another Generation 2 toy released with Ironhide's name. It was a Humvee. This was a Powermaster. It had a pullback motor that you revved up, but it didn't do anything. When you stuck his gun on him, he drove off. These Powermasters are unrelated to the Generation 1 toys with the same name, who came with humanoid companions called Nebulans. It's not even certain if the Ironhide Powermaster is the same Ironhide as the first.

 

Episode/Episodes 

The Immobilizer

 

Part Description

Later in The Immobilizer, Ironhide was flying around in Skyfire when he spotted Bumblebee down below, so... uh, jumped out. Then he activated these back-mounted retro rockets to slow his descent, and landed safely.

 

 

 

WRIST BLASTERS

'Aw, wing nuts!' 'Tricky, aren't ya, ya Dino-dodo!' 'Stop talkin', tighten your shock absorbers, and get in! We're gonna make a new river!' 'Shut your trap NOW, or I'll reprogram some humility into ya with my FIST!'

 

Episode/Episodes 

The Autobot Run

 

Part Description

When Devastator attacked the Autobots after they got un-frozen from the Transfixatron, Ironhide shot at him. Notice how the blasts come from his wrists instead of his fists.

 

 

 

WRIST ICERS

Yo, VIP, let's kick it! Ice ice baby, ice ice baby All right stop, Collaborate and listen, Ice is back with my brand new invention

 

Episode/Episodes 

The Core

 

Part Description

Ah. Now, here, the Autobots use some strategy. The Decepticons built this giant drill to bore to the core of the earth. So to lure the Constructicons out in order to put Dominator Disks on them (another long story), Ironhide froze the waterfall that was providing coolant for the giant drill. Yay Ironhide!

 

 

 

WRIST MORTAR LAYER

Can we build it? Eh, who cares.

 

Episode/Episodes 

Desertion of the Dinobots, pt 1

 

Part Description

To help rebuild an area that got ... blown up or attacked by the Decepticons, something like that... Ironhide helped Grapple construct this building, made out of bricks. So Ironhide lays down the mortar (or a like substance) down, and Powerglide swoops in afterwards to drop down bricks onto the foundation.

 

 

 

FINGER LIQUID SPRAYERS

In the Beast Wars television show, the members of the Predacon combiner Tripredacus - Cicadacon, Ramhorn, and Seaclamp - became a high-ranking Predacon group called the Tripredacus Council. I wonder if this means that Beast Wars Ironhide was a high-ranking Maximal. Maybe even a Maximal Elder? Along with Silverbolt the eagle and Prowl the lion, Beast Wars Ironhide formed the giant robot Magnaboss. In Japan, the Beast Wars Ironhide toy was called Santon. Silverbolt became Skywarp and Prowl became LioJunior, respectively. Oddly, Magnaboss remained Magnaboss. Santon is the only Beast Warrior - American or Japanese - to be clearly labelled as a Medic on his Tech Spec. Santon and Skywarp acted as teachers to the young LioJunior.

The Japanese Magnaboss team was the first combiner team to be lead by a boy warrior, but not the last. This seems to be some kind of Japanese cultural theme, unless it's just something Takara likes to do. I honestly don't know. Really, any insight to this practice would be welcome. Transported from the Japanese Car Robots line, the Robots In Disguise group called the Build Team are lead by the pint-sized Wedge. Unlike LioJunior, however, Wedge does not act as a surrogate son to his faction leader.

 

Episode/Episodes 

Quest for Survival

 

Part Description

To defeat the Insecticons, the Autobots sent Cosmos, Bumblebee and Spike off-planet to fetch some Robotic Insecticide - however, they got more than they bargained for when some Morpobots latched on to Cosmos and started growing like weeds on Earth. With Cosmos stuck in a field of Morphobots, Ironhide tried to stop 'em with some unidentified liquid, only to watch as the Morphobots broke out of its solid coating.

 

 

 

FINGER ACID SPRAYERS

Until Robots In Disguise hit the airwaves, Transformers had never called out the names of their attacks. I'm ambivalent about that. On the one hand, it CAN be rather time-consuming. On the other, it has a kitschy charm. On the third hand, if ALL transformers did it, I'd have no reason to do these pages anymore.

 

Episode/Episodes 

The Search For Alpha Trion

 

Part Description

Inferno, Powerglide and Ironhide transported themselves to Cybertron via Space Bridge in order to get Optimus Prime out of trouble, being that he'd gone on his lonesome to free Elita-1. With the Decepticons claiming to have killed Optimus by dropping him in a vat of acid, Ironhide angerly turned his own acid sprayers on the Decepticons. Too bad he missed, yes?

 

 

 

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