The Energon Pub

[Dr. Caelus]

So I was kicking around an idea for another HMW team a couple days ago (not one I'd use anytime soon, but it's what I do) - a team made entirely of Transformers who were celebrities before the war.

And that got me wondering: how many TFs have been identified as former celebrities in 'canon'?

Megatron, the former gladiator, sort of fits I suppose.

Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were playboys who, I imagine would be celebrities in some way. Same with Mirage. I wondered if Tracks's background was ever described?

But as far as real media figures, the only ones I could think of were Needlenose, Grandslam (investigative reporter), and Raindance (photojournalist). And of course, I'm not 100% sure on those three.

[Pyrostrata]

According to his spotlight, Blurr was pretty "famous"...So I guess I qualifies.

[Dr. Caelus]

According to his spotlight, Blurr was pretty "famous"...So I guess I qualifies.

Doh!

The comic was sitting right next to me. Heck, it's probably what gave me the idea, and I didn't even think about it!

[Crossfire56]

For the 'real media' group, you could also add Rook, that convention exclusive retool/repaint of Windcharger. He's a journalist, respected by both autobot and decepticon alike for getting close to the action and telling the truth. Going by his page on the transformers wiki, of course.

[Venomous Prime]

I just read Needlenose's bio on TF Wiki

Needlenose is a fly airplane-bot who used to design the most righteous fashion microchips in all Cybertron, until a bunch of bogus dorks said they were totally last year. Whatever! This supreme dissage led to supreme pissage, and the cheesed-off designer joined the uber-bad Decepticons for revenge.

A willing if clueless soldier, Needlenose always keeps it fresh and fly. When he found out about Nebulans, he was all over that, and snagged himself two: Sunbeam, a gnarly surfer dude, and Zigzag, a cool old geezer whose black armor goes with absolutely everything. These two dudes can even combine into a single weapon, which is not at all weird. Telling Needlenose that this weapon is smarter than him is totally not cool. He'd, like, deck you in the locknuts for that.

He's bad-aft, is Needlenose. Not. Straight up, he's a big tin dweeb who thinks he's the bomb. He even plays video games. LAME.

[Name_Violation]

I just read Needlenose's bio on TF Wiki

Needlenose is a fly airplane-bot who used to design the most righteous fashion microchips in all Cybertron, until a bunch of bogus dorks said they were totally last year. Whatever! This supreme dissage led to supreme pissage, and the cheesed-off designer joined the uber-bad Decepticons for revenge.

A willing if clueless soldier, Needlenose always keeps it fresh and fly. When he found out about Nebulans, he was all over that, and snagged himself two: Sunbeam, a gnarly surfer dude, and Zigzag, a cool old geezer whose black armor goes with absolutely everything. These two dudes can even combine into a single weapon, which is not at all weird. Telling Needlenose that this weapon is smarter than him is totally not cool. He'd, like, deck you in the locknuts for that.

He's bad-aft, is Needlenose. Not. Straight up, he's a big tin dweeb who thinks he's the bomb. He even plays video games. LAME.

doesn't he know mini-cons are all ther rage now. Nebulans are SOOO last decade...
lol Needlenose aka Loser McLame

[ponycorn]

Was Blaster (IDW) a celebrity before the war? He became the "voice" of the Autobot resistance, but were people tuning in to his tunes before then? Can't remember and my Spotlight Blaster is hard to dig up right now.