Sunstreaker
The bot with the most 'tude.
The toy began as a Diaclone Lamborghini Countach LP500. Pretty much a redecoed version of Sideswipe, who is mentioned as his brother. Mentioned on his file card as extremely arrogant, but backs up his talk as a ruthless warrior.
That was pretty much it for the toys, although he did get a multipack in Japan and Europe saw a rerelease.
For the comics, the UK series gave him a proper origin, namely he was a gladiator who was nearly killed by Megatron. For the US he was pretty much just there with minimum dialogue and action. He was blown up by Shockwave to establish his credibility, but he got better before the series ended. Seriously, he keeps getting injured and put into stasis.
For the cartoon, he was voiced by Corey Burton. Much like his comic counterpart, he tended to just show up but at least he had more dialogue. The writers clearly read the filecard too, as Sunstreaker has some of the snarkiest lines in the show. He was last seen in the Movie, both manning a roadblock on Earth and piloting a shuttle to the moon at the same time.
Guess that justifies the attitude then.
Seriously, a good concept at least. Usualy the hero characters are always presented as being nice if bland. Not here; nope, Sunstreaker is the best and he won't hesitate to let you know it.
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