Getaway (Transformers)
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| Getaway | |
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| Affiliation | Autobot  |
| Sub-Group | Powermaster |
| Rank | 7 |
| Function | Warrior (Getaway) Adjutant (Lightfoot) |
| Partner | Rev |
| Motto | "Run hot, but always keep your cool." |
| Alternate Modes | Mazda RX-7 |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| Japanese voice actor | Tsutomu Kashiwakura |
Getaway is the name of a fictional character in the various Transformers universes.
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1
Getaway is nearly identical in appearance to the Takara Autobot Lightfoot, although they are protrayed as two very different characters.
Lightfoot's tech spec state he can travel at speeds of Mach 10 in racing car mode. He excels at high speed combat and is a first class strategist. He carries an electromagnetic rifle and his final attack is the "Round Waterfall", where he brings up water from the Earth and strikes it at his enemies like a waterfall.
[edit] Animated series
Lightfoot is the 17 year old son of the head of British Motors, a Canadian-based auto company (although his bio states he's from the United states). His father created a prototype car from metal he discovered in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. When Lightfoot became old enough to drive, his father gifted him the car. Lightfoot started to get dreams of a robot. He contacted Godmaster Ginrai when he heard about his television appearance, and the Autobots (Cybertrons) started to suspect his cars was a Transector. He was given a set of Master Bracers by Ginrai and became a Godmaster when they were attacked by the Decepticon (Destron) Pretenders. He is able to control the flow of water.
[edit] Marvel Comics
Although not seen or mentioned directly, Landmine was among the Autobots who joined Fortress Maximus in leaving Cybertron for the planet Nebulos (Transformers: Headmasters #1).
Followed to Nebulos by the Decepticons under Scorponok, Fortress Maximus's band left Nebulos for the planet Earth (Transformers: Headmasters #4).
As the Decepticon Powermasters ran roughshod over the planet Nebulos, the Autobot Goldbug arrived from Earth with Getaway, Joyride and Slapdash, hoping that Nebulan science could build a new body to house the mind of Optimus Prime. When the Autobots refused to leave the planet even after being warned about the poisoned fuel, Hi-Q agreed to constructed Prime's new body, while the Autobots drained their energy fending off an attack by the Decepticons. Prime's mind was placed within his new body, but he immediately began to die due to the Nebulan fuel that powered it. Realising the nobility and humanity of the Autobots, Hi-Q agreed to save Prime's life by merging with him as a Powermaster, while his assistants, Rev, Hotwire and Lube bonded to Getaway, Joyride and Slapdash to save them. Dreadwind and Darkwing were defeated by the new Powermasters and exiled from Nebulos, while the Autobots left to rejoin their fellows on Earth.
Getaway last appeared in issue 80 of the U.S. Marvel comic series.
[edit] Dreamwave Productions
Getaway and Rev's only appearance in their Powermaster form in Dreamwave's stories was his entry in their More Than Meets The Eye biography series.
Getaway did appear, pre-Powermaster, as a Cybertronian car form in Dreamwave's third War Within comic series as one of the rebel Autobots free during the Age in Interrment on Cybertron.
[edit] Toys
- Generation 1 Getaway (1988)
- Identical to Godmaster Lightfoot, Getaway was a 15 cm long Mazda RZ-7. With a a real Mazda of that model measuring 429 cm long, this toy would have a scale of about 1:29. Having a 15 cm tall robot mode as well, that would mean Lightfoot would stand about 429 cm tall as a real robot, or about 14 feet tall.
