TFtember: Gears

Gears 

If I had the skill, I'd include a photoshoped image of the Game Grumps, with Gears being the Not So Grump. 

Yeah, Gears is the grumpy Autobot, but he does this to mostly cheer up his fellows. His file card actually mentions he can launch himself in the air thanks to compressed air in his feet. I don't think I ever saw this on the show. 

The toy is a vague pickup. Like Brawn, Gears began life as a Mysterian before being bought out by Hasbro. There were a few international variants, with an orange version being released in Brazil and multiple color versions in Peru. As a mini-vehicle his transformation was pretty basic but a solid toy. 

Like many of the 84 series, Gears was there from the beginning in #1. He teamed up with Spider-Man but that would be it for a while until Buzzsaw shot him the face in #12. That would be his main characteristic, namely getting repairs then getting shot up (especially the UK comics) until #50 when he finally got blown up real good. His final appearance was in #52, when we see his head and most of his torso. 

Now the cartoon was where he really shined. Voiced by Don Messick, Gears tended to be a side character, but he was in most episodes and even had dialogue, plus one episode devoted entirely to him, which we'll get to. His last official appearance was in the episode B.O.T. but he was supposedly scheduled to die in the Movie.