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Tailgate

Series: G1 1986, Transformers: 2010
Faction: Autobot
Subgroup: Mini-Bots

Tech Specs

He sometimes has his mind stuck in low gear, believes 55mph, speed limit is infringement on rights of cars. Garages are prisons to him... doesn't understand Earth machines are not alive. Goes 180mph, range 600 miles. Uses ferrocobalt magnet under hood to be pulled by and within a few feet of other vehicles, reducing his fuel use to near zero. Prone to overheating.

Total:	44
Strength:	5.0
Intelligence:	5.0
Speed:	6.0
Endurance:	6.0
Rank:	6.0
Courage:	7.0
Firepower:	2.0
Skill:	7.0

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Marvel's Transformers Universe Profile

Profile: In the words of Optimus Prime, "Tailgate sometimes has his mind stuck in low gear!" A lot of what Tailgate thinks is just plain screwy. Although he understands Earth traffic laws, he doesn't agree with many of them. For example, he believes the 55 mph speed limit is an infringement upon the personal rights of cars. In fact, all his views on Earth machines are warped. He likens cars locked in garages to imprisonment without a fair trial. He considers the buying and selling of household appliances to be slave trading. Efforts by his fellow Autobots to convince Tailgate that Earth machines are not alive, and therefore not entitled to the same rights as Transformers, have so far failed. "Only barbarians treat the lesser among them so cruelly," proclaims Tailgate. Unfortunately, the oppressed in this case can never appreciate the efforts of their would-be-savior. Tailgate is not a well robot.

Abilities: In car mode, Tailgate can go as fast as 180 mph under his own power with a range of 600 miles. But a powerful ferrocobalt magnet under his hood allows him to be pulled by and within a few feet of any vehicle he chooses to follow, reducing his own fuel expenditure to nearly zero. His range has virtually no limit when he travels like this.

Weaknesses: Tailgate is prone to overheating, particularly when he's all worked up over some imagined injustice done to a machine.

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Comic Book Appearances

Tailgate appeared in the following 28 comic books:

The Transformers #37 - "Toy Soldiers!"

Transformers (UK) #104 - "Resurrection (Part 2)"

Transformers (UK) #245 - "Underworld"

Transformers Universe #4 - "STE - WRE"

Transformers: War and Peace #3 - "Chapter 3: Cold War"

Transformers: Generation One #2 - "Black Sunshine"

More Than Meets The Eye: Transformers G1 #6 - "SIR - TAI"

More Than Meets The Eye: Transformers G1 #8 - "INDEX/GLOSSARY"

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #1 - "Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It"

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #2 - "Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On"

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #3 - "LIars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things"

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #4 - "Life After the Big Bang"

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #5 - "How Ratchet Got His Hands Back"

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #6 - "Interiors"

Lost Light #4 - "Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising"

Lost Light #6 - "Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists"

Lost Light #7 - "After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)"

Lost Light #11 - "The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks"

Lost Light #12 - "The Plotter's Club (Part 3): Journey's End"

Lost Light #16 - "The Everlasting Voices [1]: Metastasis"

Lost Light #17 - "The Everlasting Voices [2]: The God War"

Lost Light #18 - "The Everlasting Voices [3]: You Are Here"

Lost Light #19 - "Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying"

Lost Light #20 - "Crucible (Part 2): Lústráre"

Lost Light #21 - "Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness"

Lost Light #22 - "Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King"

Lost Light #23 - "Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering"

Lost Light #25 - "How To Say Goodbye and Mean It: Part 2"

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Cartoon Appearance

Tailgate appeared in the following 1 cartoon episodes:

G1 1986: Episode #70 - The Five Faces of Darkness (5)

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