Overdrive (Transformers)

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Overdrive is the name of a single fictional character in the various Transformers universes.

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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1

Transformers character
Overdrive
Affiliation Autobot
Sub-Group Omnibots
Alternate Modes Ferrari 512 BB
Honda S2000
Series Transformers: Generation 1
Transformers: Alternators


Overdrive's bio described him as incredibly fast, both physically and mentally - which, unfortunately, had brought with it a severe case of arrogance. Even the other Omnibots have to suffer his continuing putdowns and superiority complex. Because of this other Autobots shun him, and hope he can get his ego under control before he is abandoned entirely.

[edit] Dreamwave Productions

Overdrive and the other Omnibots made a brief cameo appearance in the second G1 miniseries from Dreamwave Productions. Their bodies were seen as victims of Menasor's rampage.

[edit] Transformers: Binaltech

Overdrive transforms into a Honda S2000 but was characterised as Windcharger in Alternators as the Overdrive name was unavailable to Hasbro. The figure is surrounded in some controversy, as Takara's Overdrive version includes a long gun barrel that forms the car mode's driveshaft, while Hasbro's Windcharger version had the barrel deleted. Windcharger's gun was otherwise unchanged, and still includes the connecting point for the absent barrel.

Another source of confusion is the Head sculpt for the Decepticon retooled from the convertible S2000, Decepticharge. Decepticharge's head resembles the original (Generation 1) Windcharger's animated version, and is the source of rumors that the 2005 Ford Mustang GT robot used to create Grimlock and Wheeljack was intended to be Windcharger's body.

[edit] Trivia

Binaltech Overdrive is among the various characters to appear in a simple flash fighting game available on the Japanese Honda web site. [1]

[edit] Transformers: Super Link

Overdrive was the Takara name for the Autobot Cliffjumper.

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Japanese) Honda トイタウン｜トランスフォーマー国技館