Windcharger
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| Autobot | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Sub-group | Mini-Bots |
| Function | Warrior |
| Rank | 5 |
| Partner | Brawn |
| Motto | "Quick action equals quick victory." |
| Alternate modes | Cybertronian Car 1983 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 2001 Honda S2000 2010 Ford Mustang GT |
| Series |
Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Alternators Transformers: Reveal the Shield |
| English voice actor | John Stephenson |
| Japanese voice actor |
Keiichi Nanba (television series) Ken Shiroyama ("SOS Dinobots") Takurō Kitagawa ("Microbots", "Fire on the Mountain") |
Windcharger is a fictional character and was one of the original toys in the Transformers line when Hasbro started producing them in 1984.
In robot mode, Windcharger's arms act as the positive and negative poles of a magnet. He can cast powerful magnetic fields at distances up to 700 feet. He can levitate a 10-ton block of steel at that distance. He can attract objects that are affected by magnetism toward him or repel them. At closer distances he can rip them apart.
According to original tech spec notes written by Bob Budiansky the original name for Windcharger was Sprint.
Windcharger was featured on the cover of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine #37.
Windcharger appeared sparingly in the US Marvel Comic, but his magnetic powers were a recurrent theme in the early UK-only stories. When the Ark's computer, A.U.N.T.I.E., went out of control threatening all Transformers on Earth, Windcharger and Ravage combined their special abilities to disable A.U.N.T.I.E.
Ratchet later deployed Windcharger to stop a rampaging Guardian Unit patrolling the Ark, but on this occasion Windcharger was not able to destabilise Guardian's central data store.
Windcharger was then appointed by Prowl to lead the team bringing in Sludge during the Dinobot Hunt; unfortunately he unwittingly led Gears and Cliffjumper into an ambush set up by Soundwave.
Windcharger last appeared in the US Marvel comics issue #41.
Windcharger was among the original Autobot crew of the Ark when it crashed on Earth 4 million years ago. Despite his role as the fastest Autobot over short distances as well as one of their then-few warriors (Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, and Cliffjumper being the others), he saw few noteworthy appearances in the series.
In the episode "A Prime Problem", Optimus Prime was captured and cloned by the Decepticons. Both Primes returned to the Ark (the second secretly being controlled by Megatron), causing confusion among the Autobot ranks. Only after Windcharger and their human ally Spike Witwicky sneaked into the Decepticon base did the truth about the clone reveal itself.
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