Huffer
Now we take a look at the most depressed Autobot ever made.
Huffer was a big ball of laughs. Based on the Knickerbocker toy, Huffer was a kind of generic truck. His main specialty was construction and being cynical. Kind of surprised how few Transformer character matched their file card info in other media, but Huffer was a depressed fellow right from his first lines in the cartoon. The other main variation was the Venezulan release, which was red and yellow instead of orange and blue. As a mini-vehicle his transformation was pretty basic.
He was also described as homesick, which came up more in the comics than the cartoon, but kudos for that being expanded on.
As far as the comic goes, an odd case here. He was there from the beginning and even got a large focus in #10. He then gets shot in #12 and isn't seen again until his last appearance in #41. He had a lot more to do in the UK issues, but his characterization matched his file card perfectly.
Voiced by John Stephanson, Huffer was also much the same in the cartoon. He didn't do a whole lot but he was there. Even pulled Optimus' trailer, so that was cool. Sadly, he was part of the deck clearing operation in the movie and was bumped off. Off camera too, to further rub salt in the wound. His very last appearance in the show was his remains being blasted into a red sun. Typical.
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