Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity
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Of all the characters in your favorite cartoon growing up, Sideswipe was certainly one of them!
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- Voice actor: Michael Bell (English), Kōki Kataoka (Japanese), Yū Shimaka (Japanese, "More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3", "War of the Dinobots", "Make Tracks", "The Ultimate Doom, Part 1"), Kenyū Horiuchi (Japanese, "Divide and Conquer", "The Immobilizer", "The Revenge of Bruticus"), Ken Shiroyama (Japanese, "Masquerade"), Tōru Furusawa (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots", "Day of the Machines"), Yin Chaobin (Chinese), Juan Carralero (Latin American), Peter Musäus (German), Claus Brockmeyer (German, Generation 2), Thomas Albus (German, Generation 2, "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2"), Gerd Rigauer (German, Generation 2, "S.O.S. Dinobots"), Gerd Wiedenhofen (German, Generation 2, "Dinobot Island, Part 1"), Dick Eriksson (Swedish, Generation 2), Jacques Ferrière (European French), Francis Lax (European French, "S.O.S. Dinobots", "Autobot Spike" and "The Revenge of Bruticus"), Henry Djanik (European French, "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2" and "The Immobilizer), Albert Augier (European French, "City of Steel" and "Day of the Machines"), François Leccia (European French, "Dinobot Island, Part 2"), Jean Roche (European French, "Masquerade"), Unknown actors (European French, "Dinobot Island, Part 1", "Trans-Europe Express"), Carlos Seidl (Portuguese, most episodes), Júlio César (Portuguese, "A Plague of Insecticons", "Heavy Metal War", "Autobot Spike" & "Masquerade"), Henrique Ogalla (Portuguese, "City of Steel"), Dario de Castro (Portuguese, "The Immobilizer"), Sílvio Navas (Portuguese, "Dinobot Island, Part 2"), Orlando Drummond (Portuguese, "Trans-Europe Express"), Júlio Chaves (Portuguese, "The Revenge of Bruticus")
Sideswipe was part of the initial crew of Autobots aboard the Autobot ship when it crash-landed on Earth four million years ago. He awoke along with his fellow Transformers in 1984, with both he and his brother being reformatted into Lamborghini sports cars. He volunteered for an unsuccessful mission to foil a Decepticon attack on an oil rig. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 After Soundwave and Ravage were discovered snooping around headquarters, he was one of the Autobots who attempted to shoot Ravage before he could escape. He also took part in the rescue mission to Sherman Dam when the Decepticons attacked it.
He and Sunstreaker came to Trailbreaker's aid when the Autobot was attacked by Seekers, and he had to console Sunstreaker after his brother's paint job was damaged. Sideswipe was part of the Autobot team which went to the ruby crystal mines of Burma to foil yet another Decepticon attack, and he watched in horror as Optimus Prime was caught in an explosion. More than Meets the Eye, Part 2 He took part in the last-ditch effort to stop the Decepticons blasting off in their space cruiser. The Decepticons managed to blast off anyway, and Sideswipe loaned Optimus Prime the use of his rocket pack so that the Autobot leader could go after them. Though Prime failed, Mirage disabled the cruiser, causing it to plunge into the sea, and the Autobots celebrated. More than Meets the Eye, Part 3
Sideswipe was among the Autobots who were trapped in a cave after Megatron used Bumblebee to lead them there. Transport to Oblivion When antimatter-fueled Decepticons attacked the Autobots' headquarters on one occasion, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker took to the air to battle with the incoming Seeker jets in a rambunctious, if ultimately ineffective, display of "jet judo". Roll for It He also defended Autobot Headquarters against the Decepticons while Optimus Prime was out of action. Divide and Conquer
When investigating tremors that were shaking the Autobot base, Ironhide's scanner found some interesting objects inside a rock wall. Sideswipe, using his piston-like arms, helped Brawn remove the rock wall and found a cave full of dinosaur bones, the discovery of which would lead to the development of the Dinobots. Unfortunately, at their unveiling, the Dinobots ran wild, and the Autobots had to subdue them. During a subsequent battle at the Great Falls, Sideswipe and the other Autobots were taken prisoner by the Decepticons, and they were only saved from destruction by the reactivated Dinobots. S.O.S. Dinobots
Sideswipe helped Wheeljack by recovering their frozen comrade Skyfire and came with the rest of the group to Peru, where he assisted in shooting a rockslide into rubble. After Wheeljack capped the energy stream from a local temple with one of his new inventions, Sideswipe flashed his lights on with the other Autobots to celebrate. Fire on the Mountain Sideswipe was chosen by Wheeljack to test two new Dinobots. Though he smashed Swoop out of the air, Snarl was able to get in a counterattack and shoot Sideswipe down. War of the Dinobots
When Soundwave's cassettes infiltrated Autobot Headquarters, Sideswipe went to take a shot at Rumble, only to be attacked by Ravage. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 The presence of Cybertron in Earth's orbit caused the volcano in which Headquarters was located to become active, forcing Sideswipe and the rest of the Autobots to evacuate. The Ultimate Doom, Part 2 After Cybertron was blasted out of orbit, the Autobots tracked the Decepticons to Doctor Arkeville's secret laboratory, where they fought to prevent the Exponential Generator from destroying Earth. Countdown to Extinction
Heading to Bali to investigate reports of giant robotic insects, the Autobots found their way blocked by some sort of parade. Sideswipe led the other Autobots down a "short cut" which turned out to be a dead end. He totally meant to do that. He put his pistons and drills to work, and in no time at all, he and Sunstreaker were charging recklessly into battle against the Decepticons. Megatron picked him up and threw him at the rest of the Autobots. As they pursued the Decepticons across the island, Shrapnel used his override waves on Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, forcing them to try and ram their fellows. Trailbreaker disrupted the control signal, and the brothers were able to take part in the battle against the Decepticons and Insecticons at the oil refinery. A Plague of Insecticons
Sideswipe turned out to cheer on Optimus Prime during the Autobot leader's one-on-one fight against Megatron. To the shock of all of the Autobots, Prime lost, and they were legally obligated to vacate the planet. Once they returned to base, they discovered that Megatron had cheated, and they were legally allowed to blast the Decepticons into a crevasse filled with lava. Heavy Metal War
When the Autobots' human friend Spike was badly injured in a Decepticon attack and his mind was transferred into Autobot X, the stress affected his psyche and he ran rampant. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker attempted unsuccessfully to subdue him and were knocked aside. Though Spike was restrained by Optimus, he later fell in with the Decepticons, and a group of Autobots including Sideswipe went to try and talk some sense into him. Autobot Spike Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Bumblebee faced battle taxis and Constructicons in New York City during a Decepticon plan to recreate Cybertron on Earth. As the Seekers attacked Optimus, who was scaling the Decepticon tower, Sideswipe launched himself into the air, grabbed Starscream, and managed to wrestle the Decepticon air commander into crashing into the Hudson. City of Steel Sideswipe was later one of the Autobots affected by Megatron's personality destabilizer device, turning him evil. He got better. Attack of the Autobots
When Optimus Prime took the Autobots to test Wheeljack's latest invention, the Immobilizer, Sideswipe came with them. Decepticons attacked soon after, with Sideswipe leaping at Starscream in midflight and forcing the Decepticon to fire on his own comrades. When the Decepticons retreated, Sideswipe returned to Autobot headquarters with his comrades while Wheeljack recovered from his immobilization. Once Wheeljack was back to normal, Sideswipe was part of Optimus Prime's team to recover the Immobilizer. Rumble began immobilizing various Autobots, and Sideswipe decided that he was going to defeat Rumble shortly before being immobilized himself. When Spike's friend Carly was able to reroute the Immobilizer, Sideswipe and the other Autobots were freed. The Immobilizer
Sideswipe took part in a charity Autobot race which was hijacked by the Decepticons when they used a Transfixatron on the racers. The Autobots were taken to a ghost town to be destroyed, but were rescued by a small group who had escaped the ray's effects. Sideswipe joined the others in lining up to be fixed by Ratchet. The Autobot Run He rolled out to Quantum Laboratories to investigate a Decepticon incursion and found himself battling TORQ III-controlled machinery, at one point getting his gun shot out of his hand and being caught in a machine's robot arms. Having overcome that, Sideswipe took part in the attack on the oil refinery which the Decepticons had set up to steal the world's oil supplies. Day of the Machines
Sideswipe helped install detection panels for Wheeljack, but he did not come with the other Autobots to help Doctor Fujiyama, nor did he chase after Fujiyama's robot when it was reprogrammed by Bombshell. Enter the Nightbird Sideswipe was present when the Autobots were confronted by the fact that they had two Optimus Primes, but didn't offer any suggestions or solutions. A Prime Problem He took part in a mission to place dominator disks on the Constructicons. Though he didn't place any disks himself, he ended up battling Devastator until Chip Chase could activate the disks and bring the giant under control. He also took part in an attempt to destroy the drill which the Decepticons were using to reach Earth's core, and he was one of the first Autobots to be zapped by Devastator after Megatron counteracted the dominator disks. The Core
During yet another Dinobot rampage at Headquarters, Sideswipe was ready to fight them to the end, but Optimus persuaded Grimlock to get things under control, and the Dinobots were sent to Dinobot Island for more training. Dinobot Island, Part 1 Sideswipe took part in repair efforts, but was part of the team of Autobots who responded to strange time warp readings near the city library. After using his pistons to dig out Bumblebee and Spike, Sideswipe and the other Autobots found themselves tangling with barbarians on woolly mammoths. They took some rounding up, but soon the anachronisms were sent back through the time warp to their own time. Dinobot Island, Part 2
As a result of another of Megatron's plots, the Autobots were framed and forced to leave Earth in a rocket provided by Shawn Berger. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 Trickery on Megatron's part further put the ship on a collision course with the Sun. Utilising the abilities of Trailbreaker and Cosmos, and with the unwitting help of Thrust, the Autobots were able to make it back to Earth, where the Decepticons had already shown their true colors, and free the humans. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
Disabled by Cybertonium depletion, Sideswipe was as helpless as the other Autobots until Spike, Carly and the Dinobots managed to procure some more from Cybertron. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2 Sideswipe was part of the team that transformed to respond to a distress call when the Decepticons stole the Voltronic Galaxer, but didn't actually roll out, so it's a mystery where he actually went. Blaster Blues He also coated himself with Electrum, along with most of the other Autobots, in order to fight the Decepticons. The Golden Lagoon
When Tracks and Raoul were discovered spying on a Decepticon operation, Sideswipe came to their aid, grabbing Ravage mid-leap and slamming the cassette to the ground. He also took part in the battle against Decepticon drones in downtown New York and attacked the Decepticon base in the Pine Barrens. Make Tracks After the disappearance of a group of Autobots through the space bridge, Sideswipe watched Chip Chase unsuccessfully attempt to track them down using Teletraan I. Child's Play
Sideswipe was one of Kremzeek's casualties when the energy critter invaded Autobot Headquarters. Kremzeek! He and Sunstreaker took part in the Europa 2000 in order to protect Auggie Cahnay's car from possible Decepticon abduction. Sideswipe forced Sunstreaker to take a detour in Italy, and a short time later, they were ambushed by Stunticons, who boxed them in so Dead End could shoot them. Both brothers were knocked out of the race. Trans-Europe Express
Like every other Autobot, Sideswipe turned out to rescue Perceptor from the Decepticons and was subsequently infected by Cosmic Rust. Cosmic Rust After being cured, he and the others attempted to stop Megatron and the Insecticon army. When the Combaticons attempted to send Earth into the Sun, Sideswipe joined in the search for the Insecticons, who had stolen the space bridge control panel. They were eventually located, allowing a combined Autobot/Decepticon force, including Sideswipe, to travel to Cybertron and defeat the Combaticons. Sideswipe was able to reverse the damage done by the Combaticons and return Earth to its proper orbit. The Revenge of Bruticus
When the Stunticons stole a collection of components and were captured by the Autobots, Optimus Prime hatched a scheme to disguise some of the Autobots as the Stunticons in order to learn Megatron's latest plan. Sideswipe was sprayed with camouflage paint to make him look like Breakdown, though he sincerely hoped the paint would come off. He and the other four Autobots drove to the Stunticons' destination to discover that Megatron was building yet another cannon. Menasor arrived at the construction site, having escaped Autobot containment, and Optimus and the others were forced to improvise their own version of the combiner. Luckily, the rest of their comrades arrived before things could get too out of hand. Masquerade
Japanese cartoon continuity
Generations Selects Special Comic (1)
Four million years ago, Sideswipe was one of the Autobots on the bridge of the Ark before it was attacked by the Nemesis. Super Megatron comic 2
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages
Sideswipe was a participant in a battle in New York City, early in the Autobot/Decepticon war taking place on Earth. The Autobots were victorious that day. Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
Later, Sideswipe raced his fellow Autobots in a friendly competition, only for their race to be interrupted by Soundwave! Unable to fight back within the narrow confines of the rocky ravine they were in, Sideswipe was rescued by Hound and Jazz, who defeated both Soundwave and his minion Laserbeak. Anime Theater 2: Sic 'em, Hound!
Later, Sideswipe and Red Alert battled Thundercracker and Skywarp over a human space shuttle. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Part 3
Story of Binaltech
In the year 2004, Sideswipe was one of several Autobots stationed at Autobot City on Earth who were infected by Cosmic Rust when the deadly plague was unleashed upon them by Swindle. With a large portion of their army, including Optimus Prime himself, currently across the galaxy battling for control of Cybertron, the Autobots seemed doomed until their human allies, the Earth Defense Command, introduced the Binaltech Project, uniting many Earth automotive companies to build new super-powered bodies for the wounded warriors. Sideswipe's new body, a Dodge Viper, was the second Binaltech frame constructed, equipped with a TORQ 3000 processor and powered by electro-cells. He retains his piledrivers and his flight capabilities, the latter now enabled by way of anti-gravity panels in his legs and a booster on his back. Binaltech Is... Assembled under the command of Ultra Magnus alongside Smokescreen, Bluestreak, Hound, and Tracks, Sideswipe joined the fight to force the Decepticons off Earth. Binaltech Is...
Controverse
The Autobots oversaw the trial of Primacron by the Galactic Courts, paying close attention after a Quintesson was chosen as a judge. When it appeared the Quintesson was pulling a fast one, Optimus ordered Sideswipe to move in on the proceedings. Unfortunately, the Decepticons had the same idea. Sideswipe pitted piledriver against piledriver while fighting Rumble, and succeeded in beating the smaller brawler. Controverse
The Headmasters cartoon
Some time before the Transformers' war left Cybertron, Sideswipe engaged the Decepticons with his comrades. Later, on Earth, Sideswipe was present for a suspiciously similar battle with the Decepticons that resulted in the death of Optimus Prime. In 2011, Kup recalled the Cybertronian skirmish that Sideswipe took part in—or another one very much like it. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky
In 2011, when the Decepticons found a way to reactivate their old space bridge on Cybertron, the Autobots found themselves under siege from within. Sideswipe was at the Autobots' secondary headquarters on the planet Athenia at the time, and he was present when Spike Witwicky's message about the Decepticon assault reached the Autobots stationed there.
A short time later, Sideswipe was on Earth with Ultra Magnus, and he was one of the soldiers gathered to use the Autobot space bridge to reinforce their allies on Cybertron. On their way to the space bridge, however, Sideswipe and the others were attacked by a squadron of Decepticons under the command of the villains' new Earth commander, Sixshot. The Trainbots soon arrived to join the battle, freeing up Sideswipe's team to carry on their way to Autobot City, but the Decepticons flew ahead and were able to ambush the convoy, sending Sideswipe and Prowl careening. The two sides then began fighting again until Metroplex appeared out of the sky, driving the Decepticons off. Sideswipe then flew to the entrance of Autobot City with Ultra Magnus and Prowl and presumably traveled to Cybertron via the space bridge, though he was not actually seen fighting there. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky
e-HOBBY comics
Maturity tempered Sideswipe's rule-bending, thrill-seeking ways, and his heroic deeds steadily earned him a reputation as a respected warrior. His changed attitude was perhaps most reflected in the aid he gave Optimus Prime and the Battlestars in a battle on the planet Karn: although his help was of great significance in the fight, he acted entirely covertly, his involvement unknown until afterwards. Following the end of the Battlestars' conflict with Dark Nova, Sideswipe experimented with reinforcing his weapons systems, and then adopted a new Go-Bot body with increased speed, but eventually returned to his original form so he could continue to live down the legacy of his hot-headed younger years. e-HOBBY New Year Special Sideswipe bio
Some years after Optimus Prime forced Megatron and the Decepticons into exile, Sideswipe was dispatched to the bottom of the sea with Cliffjumper, Splashdown, Diver, and an Eldedroid to investigate possible Decepticon involvement in a rash of attacks by "sea monsters". Finding a Decepticon base beneath the waves, the Eldedroid tore through the Constructicons standing watch and ventured deeper into the structure while Sideswipe and the others interrogated the incapacitated guards to learn more about the genetically engineered monsters the Decepticons had created. MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.
Sideswipe accompanied Cliffjumper and Warpath on a rescue mission to retrieve an Elderdroid unit. There, they came face to face with the sea monster holding the Elderdroid captive. MP-3G Destron Air Commander / Starscream Ghost Ver.
Generations Selects Special Comic (2)
In 2050, Sideswipe and the Autobots supported the Selectors' revolution from the humans. The Dinobots remained loyal to their friend Carly and the Witwickys, and so Sideswipe was forced to fight them, using his partner Trenchfoot. Volcanicus comic 2
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic
Before the Transformers' war reached the planet Earth, Sideswipe participated in a battle in outer space, presumably one of many, where the Autobots and the Decepticons clashed. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Prologue
When Megatron sent Starscream, the Seekers and Menasor to raid Tokyo for energy, Sideswipe accompanied Optimus Prime and a unit of Autobot vehicles to defend the city. Sideswipe didn't perform very well, immediately getting slugged in the face by Menasor's humongous fist. Luckily, his pummelling made the perfect distraction for Optimus Prime, Wheeljack and Smokescreen, who drove up a ramp and slammed Menasor and the Seekers directly in their faces, sending them into retreat. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1
Later, during an attack on Autobot Headquarters in Arizona, Sideswipe yet again failed to perform very well in battle. Attempting to confront the Decepticons in the sky on his rocket pack, he wound up instead getting bombed by Blitzwing and damaged badly in the resulting explosion. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2
Maintaining his image as a punching bag, Sideswipe was once again trounced in battle, this time at Yokohama against Starscream, Blitzwing and the Super Megatron Gun (Megatron in gun mode but not shrunken down). Unable to stand up to the might of the Decepticon attack, Sideswipe was blasted many, many times before Ultra Magnus arrived to save the day. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4
Full Throttle Scramble Power!
When the Decepticons threatened the world with their new Omega Wave Cannon, Sideswipe was among the Autobots seen reacting with some degree of panic to the news that Hound and their human allies, Jenny and Tōru, had been captured while investigating the crisis. Soon after, he was also among those who objected to sending the wet-behind-the-ears Aerialbots out to deal with the marauding Stunticons, though his protests went unheeded. While the Aerialbots and Stunticons went at it, Sideswipe was part of the team assembled by Prime that headed to the Decepticons' headquarters to rescue their captive allies. A huge brawl erupted, concluding with an Autobot victory when Metroplex and a full Autobot battalion arrived to back up Sideswipe and company. Full Throttle Scramble Power!
Wings Universe
During the Battle of Autobot City in 2005, Sideswipe was part of a team which took down Devastator after the Decepticon breached Autobot City. They had to retreat when the Constructicons fought back. A Flash Forward
In 2010, he was called to fight against the Decepticon Syndicate at the site of the Large Hadron Collider. Sideswipe and many other Autobots were exposed to forestonite, mutating them. In Sideswipe's case, this resulted in a new color Generation 2: Redux and the ability to change his appearance. A Flash Forward, Part 4 At first, Sideswipe only used this ability to thicken his armor and grow spikes to make himself more effective on the battlefield. He soon learned that his morphing abilities allowed him to do much more, and came to master them to the extent that he could disguise himself as other robots. Sideswipe's profile in Club magazine #48
Two years later, Sideswipe was part of Pyro's team investigating a theft from Quantum Laboratories. Their mission took them to Nebulos where they discovered that the scientist Hi-Q had been abducted. A Flash Forward, Part 3 The search for Hi-Q took them to Qre where they were attacked on arrival by training guns. Sideswipe thought them easy to deal with, at least until he was shot in the back by one. A Flash Forward, Part 4
After the rest of the team were captured by Jhiaxus, Sideswipe disguised himself as a Sharkticon and snooped around. He found tubes containing clones, including a clone of himself. When Soundwave and Ironhide came to investigate the movement, Sideswipe posed as his own clone and sufficiently fooled Jhiaxus long enough to free Pyro and the rest of the team. A Flash Forward, Part 5 They went on to rescue Hi-Q, destroy the base and return to Earth. A Flash Forward, Part 6
Cloud
The Sideswipe of "OG001 Spacetime" was caught up in the tussle between the Optimus Prime and Megatron of Cloud World when they came to his spacetime. TFC-A01
Notes
- Sideswipe appears in "The Secret of Omega Supreme", but only in an animation error, standing next to Megatron while the Decepticon leader communicates with Hook.
- In storyboards for The Transformers: The Movie, during the Battle for Autobot City after Devastator had breached the Defenses for Autobot City, Sideswipe, along with Ultra Magnus, Tracks, and Red Alert, would have attacked Devastator using their Missile mounts, forcing the gestalt to transform back into the Constructicons. However, this didn't make it into the final film.
- In the Wings Universe story "A Flash Forward", Sideswipe's role is directly taken from unused storyboards for the 1986 movie.
