
#DECEPTICON RUNABOUT SERIES#
Runabout's presence in the Transformers television series is limited to one episode - where he was among the Decepticon forces in the third season episode "Ghost in the Machine". Runabout also appeared as part of Galvatron's forces in a nightmare alternate universe where Unicron had destroyed Cybertron, and Galvatron and the Decepticons ruled Earth. comics divergent continuity Earthforce tales, as part of the Decepticon forces under Megatron and Shockwave. While Runabout was indeed not seen again, Runamuck does later reappear, fighting and dying among Megatron's forces in battle against Jhiaxus's second-generation Cybertronians.īoth also appeared in the U.K. A wreck that appears to be Runamuck in vehicle mode was shown among the casualties of the battle, while Runabout was killed soon after by a cannibalistic race of primitive mechanoids who emerged from under Cybertron's surface. They would not show up again until much later in the series, when they appeared as part of a group of rogue Decepticons recruited by Shockwave to fight Scorponok in the Decepticon Civil War, attacking the Decepticon base in New Jersey, before all involved were transported to Cybertron, where both later took part in the climactic battle with Unicron. They caught up with the Battlechargers as they defaced the Statue of Liberty and defeated them both, dropping their broken bodies into New York Harbor. Stripped of her command in RAAT, she turned to a group of Autobots she had captured led by Blaster, who agreed to let her combine them into a super-Autobot if she would let them go afterwards.

They would then encounter the Transformer hating Circuit Breaker, who attacked them and nearly killed the family the two Battlechargers had been following. Inspired by the youngster, they followed him and his family throughout America, graffiting Mount Rushmore and the Washington Monument on the way. Taking him up on this, the two Battlechargers caused random mayhem, until witnessing a young boy scrawling graffiti. Marvel Transformers comics in issue 23 where they responded to Megatron's request to announce a challenge to Optimus Prime in a dramatic fashion. Runabout and Runamuck first appeared in the U.S. He was created to be an intentional homage to the original character. He came packaged with the Autobot Longrack. In Transformers: Galaxy Force, Runabout is the Japanese name for the Decepticon called Runamuck in the U.S. That said, Runabout usually joins in with whatever mad ideas Runamuck comes up with, just to keep from being bored.

Runabout is not the brains of the Battlechargers, but he is much calmer and certainly more articulate than Runamuck, and his presence helps keep the latter's cross-wired mind on task. Over-Run (originally known as Runabout) formed one half of the Battlecharger duo with Runamuck. "A pretty car makes an even prettier wreck." (Generation 1), " Beauty is fleeting. Transformers: Generation 1 (Decepticon) Runabout/Over-Run 240px 1 Transformers: Generation 1 (Decepticon).
