Outback (Transformers)
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| Autobot | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Basic Vehicles, Mini-Bots, Deluxe Vehicles |
| Function | Gunner (G1 toy), Administrative Assistant (Fun Publications) |
| Rank | 4 |
| Partner | Chromia, Ironhide, Ricochet, Tailgate, Pipes, Bumblebee, and Swerve |
| Motto | "Rules are detours on the road of life" (G1 toy), "Where I'm going, I don't need rules. Just the open road." (Fun Publications) |
| Alternate modes | Land Rover, Hummer HX |
| Series |
Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Timelines Transformers: Reveal the Shield |
| English voice actor | Dan Gilvezan/Gregg Berger |
Outback is a fictional character in the Transformers universe. He's an Autobot who turns into a car. Due to trademark issues, newer toys of the character are named Fallback, although he's often still called Outback in the comics.
Outback's bio presented him as a risk-taker who was willing to bend the rules if need be. His toy is a retooling of Brawn with a different head sculpt and a tan/khaki paint scheme. In the animated series, he spoke with an Australian accent.
Outback was not featured in the US version of the comics, except as an unnamed sparring partner of Blaster in issue #47. However, he had a significant presence overseas in the "Prey" arc of the UK series. When Optimus Prime arrived on Cybertron due to a teleporting accident the Wreckers believed he was a spy and tried to kill him.
Outback, portrayed in the story as an oddball and a fatalist, was the only Autobot to recognise Optimus Prime as anything other than a replica. He rescued Optimus Prime and aided him thoroughout his time as a fugitive, but was eventually gravely wounded by a Guardian droid. Prime finally surrendered to the Wreckers on the condition that Outback receive medical treatment - this selfless act convinced Emirate Xaaron of Optimus Prime's true identity.
Outback survived his injuries. He was seen as a sparring partner battling Blaster in a training session and he later appeared in issue #245 as an Autobot cadet, where he was horrified to learn that his friends and fellow cadets Tailgate, Flattop and Subsea had ignored his warnings and entered the disused sewers of Cybertron (known as the Underworld) as part of an outdated Autobot initiation ritual. Outback and Pipes (also a cadet) rushed to rescue their friends, arriving in the sewers just in time to see Tailgate battle and destroy a band of sadistic mutant Transformers (who had already killed Subsea and Flattop). Outback, Pipes and Tailgate escaped to the surface together, with Pipes warning that they were lucky not to have encountered anything worse. However, unbeknown to them, Tailgate's battle had awakened horrific demons beneath Cybertron, who would emerge to battle other Autobots and Decepticons in the next two issues.
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