Clutch (GoBots)
Clutch is a fictional character from the GoBots series. He is a Renegade GoBot introduced in 1986.
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GoBots
Clutch (Embrayage in France) is a Renegade GoBot who appeared later in the GoBots series. Fun Publications re-wrote his character as a Decepticon Transformer turned Renegade sympathizer.
Abilities
Clutch has numerous abilities because of his robotic body. He does not age, can survive in space and is super-humanly strong and tough. He can turn into a pickup truck. Thanks to GoBot upgrades given to him by Cy-Kill he can fly and has blasters in his hands.
Comics
Fun Publications
Clutch was mentioned and appeared in the 2015 Fun Publications Ask Vector Prime Facebook series when it was hosted by Cy-Kill. It is revealed Clutch and Warpath were dissatisfied and leaderless Decepticons in Axiom Nexus when Cy-Kill recruited them as part of his Renegade army. Clutch was upgraded with GoBot blasters and flight systems and sent to raid the laboratory of TransTech Shockwave.
Cy-Kill believes that Clutch would get along well with BuggyMan.
When the TransTech authorities attempted to arrest Cy-Kill he called his new Renegade troops into action. With the items Clutch stole from Shockwave, Cy-Kill ordered Gong transport the Renegades away. [1]
Telepictures Publications
Clutch appeared among the Renegade forces in "A Spy Among Us" by Telepictures Publications. In the story Cy-Kill had Night Fright attack Super Cooper and plant a bugging device on the Guardian. Cy-Kill used the device to overhear information about an incoming robot freighter filled with Zintrinium. As the Renegades continued to anticipate the Guardian's moves, Leader-1 reasoned they were bugged and was able to lead the Renegades into a trap in the freighter's hold by giving them false information. Once the Renegades were trapped inside Leader-1 had Scooter program the ship to fly to the Crab Nebula, giving the Renegades a nice little vacation.[2]
Toys
- GoBots Clutch (1986)
- Turns from robot to pickup truck.
References
- ↑ http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ask_Vector_Prime/Guest_column_src#Renegade_Rhetoric
- ↑ Paul Kirchner (w, a). "A Spy Among Us" GoBots Magazine (Winter 1987), Telepictures Publications
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- Fictional characters introduced in 1986
- Fictional characters who can fly
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- Fun Publications characters
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