Outback (Transformers)
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1 (1986)
| Transformers character | |
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| Outback | |
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| Affiliation | Autobot  |
| Sub-Group | Mini-Bots |
| Function | Gunner |
| Motto | "Rules are detours on the road of life" |
| Alternate Modes | Land Rover |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Timelines |
| Voiced by | Dan Gilvezan/Gregg Berger (English) |
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.
[edit] Animated series
Outback made his first appearance in Five Faces of Darkness Part 1. After Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike Witwicky were kidnapped, the Autobots assumed the recently defeated Decepticons were behind the plot. Rodimus Prime sent out Autobot patrols to seek out any remaining Decepticons. Outback (whose voice resembled that of an Australian) was on patrol with Blaster, when they were called in to investigate suspicious jets in the fictional nation of Carbombya. Using his "trusty Decepticon detector" he lured Dirge and Ramjet out into the open. He and Blaster disabled them and interrogated them as to the wherabouts of their new hideout, the planet Chaar.
In Part 4 of the same episode, Outback was among the Earth-based Autobots forced to defend The Ark from Trypticon. However, the Autobots were no match for the Decepticon monster and the Ark was completely destroyed.
Outback's next significant role came in The Quintesson Journal. Outback, Blaster, Sky Lynx and the Autobot cassettes were returning to Cybertron from an undisclosed mission. While en route, Perceptor intercepted a signal determined to be an old Quintesson frequency. He ordered Outback and Blaster to rendezvous to the coordinates from where the signal was originating. The Autobots, as well as the Predacons arrived on the planet and discovered the journal. Soon the Quintessons themselves arrived and attempted to reclaim their journal. This resulted in a three way frenzy to maintain control of the journal.
The Autobots eventually escaped with the journal and return to Cybertron. The contents of the journal revealed the operation by the Quintessons to supply weapons to two warring civilizations, Zetaxus and Lenarq. The sneaky Quintessons would fuel tensions between the two factions, by selling larger and more expensive weapons to each side without the other knowing it. Neither faction realized they had been conned by the Quintessons until the journal was revealed, leaving the Zetaxus and the Lenarq to agree to a cease fire. Outback did not make any major appearance in the series after this.
[edit] Marvel Comics
Outback was not featured in the U.S. 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 U.K. 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 rescued him, and was eventually gravely wounded by a group of Guardian droids. Prime then surrendered on the condition that Outback receive medical treatment - convincing Emirate Xaaron it was indeed him.
[edit] Dreamwave Productions
Outback had a brief cameo in Dreamwave's Generation One ongoing series, as a new recruit to the Autobots.
[edit] Transformers: Timelines
Outback appeared again in the 2005 BotCon comic Timelines: Descent into Evil, where he was renamed Fallback for copyright reasons. He appeared as part of Ironhide's squad, sent to investigate Deathsaurus' attempts to clone an army of Insecticons. He and the other members of the squad were captured, but were rescued when backup arrived.
