Sizzle (Transformers)

Sizzle

Generation 1 Sizzle toy
Autobot
Information
Sub-group	Sparkabots
Function	Interceptor
Rank	5
Motto	"Life in the fast lane is the only life worth living."
Alternate modes	Race Car
Series	Transformers: Generation 1

Sizzle/Fireball

Decepticon Sizzle
Decepticon
Information
Sub-group	Laser Rods
Function	Warfare Strategist
Rank	7
Motto	"If you’ re in front of me, you’ re in my way!"
Alternate modes	Hotrod
Series	Transformers: Generation 2'

Sizzle is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.

Sizzle is a member of the Autobot Sparkabots team.

Sizzle's role as interceptor effectively means that there are no rules, and no limits. He gets the job done, but its better if he gets a rush doing it. He gets bored easily if he's not having fun, and pushes himself further and further just to stave it off. He is a fierce warrior, but the combination of his overeagerness and Fizzle's overambitious plans usually spell disaster.

Although the Sparkabots were released after the US animated series had ended, the Sparkabots appeared in animated form briefly in a commercial for the toys.

In his Marvel Comics appearances he is portrayed as the group's leader.

The Sparkabots were regularly used in the Marvel comic after their debut, but this was mainly in the U.K. comic as followers of Ultra Magnus. In the U.S. comic, they rarely appeared and eventually forgotten about; possibly at a request from Marvel U.K. who were using the characters themselves. The Sparkabots usually appeared together as a trio. They were sometimes known as Sparkler Mini-Bots; possibly an early name for this sub-group.

They originally appeared in issues #152 and #153 of the U.K. comic, having been dispatched to Earth to keep an eye on the future Decepticon Galvatron. However, they ended up battling the Firecons, who had been sent by the Cybertron Decepticons to form an alliance with Galvatron. Their battle was interrupted by Galvatron himself, who laughed off the Firecon offer of an alliance, and swatted Sizzle through a tree when he tried to stop the Decepticon.

Later, they managed to free Galvatron's enemy Ultra Magnus, who had been trapped in a volcano with the future Decepticon, until a battle between the Throttlebots and Combaticons had shaken them loose. Magnus had developed a phobia of Galvatron, not helped when the future Decepticon himself arrived to stop them from halting Shockwave's plan to revive Megatron. With Magnus unwilling to fight, the Sparkabots took on Galvatron themselves, and lost badly. However, their courage allowed Magnus to get a second wind and defeat Galvatron, forcing him to flee.