Override (Transformers)
Override is the name of three fictional characters from the Transformers series.
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Transformers: Generation 1
The first Override was a member of the Autobot Triggerbots in the Generation 1 stories.
Fictional biography
A proud, loud, two-wheeled fighting machine. Enjoys tearing up roads and shooting up Decepticons. Doesn't know the meaning of the word "muffler". Roars into battle with his guns blazing. Equipped with armored, reinforced windshield that's able to withstand direct enemy bombardment. Also armed with twin, side-mounted, armor-piercing, particle beam cannons.
Transformers: Cybertron
The second Override is an Autobot leader from the planet Velocitron in the Unicron Trilogy stories.
Fictional biography
Long-time champion and leader of the Speed Planet, Override is always ready for a race. Acceleration is her only ideal, but she respects anyone with the guts to challenge her. She's faced and beaten thousands of upstart speedsters in her time. Though at first suspicious of the intentions Hot Shot and the Autobots have for her world's Cyber Planet Key, Override is only too glad to help once she realizes what's at stake.
Animated series
In the Transformers: Cybertron animated series Ransack and Crumplezone were dispatched to locate Velocitron's Cyber Planet Key. Eventually uncovering that it was the Planet Cup. The two entered the race, allying with Dirt Boss to win. Despite cheating their way through to the last race the two were beaten by Hot Shot and Override, forcing Megatron to personally intervene.
Mosaic
Override appeared in the Transformers: Mosaic story "The Thrill of Victory" by Master Fwifflo.[1]
Toys
- Cybertron Deluixe Override
- This figure was announced by Hasbro in February 2005. [2]
- The release of Override in Cybertron Deluxe wave 3.5 was packaged with a DVD containing the third episode of Transformers: Cybertron, called "Hidden". Oddly, she did not appear in that episode. Early concept art of Override shown at Botcon 2006 showed a different color scheme that was considered for the character. It was a mixture of blacks, silver, gold and dark red. [3]
- Like most toys sold in the Galaxy Force toy line by Takara, then later in the Cybertron toy line by Hasbro, there are small paint differences between the two versions of the toy. The Hasbro version has a code number on the back of his Cyber Key, while the Takara version has no number on his Force Chip. [4]
- Override was released by herself, as well as packaged with the Mini-Con Mirage and a Tiny Tin as a promotional item at Walmart stores.
- In 2006 a Target store exclusive 2 pack called the Drag Race Pack included Cybertron Hot Shot and Override.
- Galaxy Force Deluxe Dark Nitro Convoy
- A Japanese exclusive redeco of Nitro Convoy in a black, purple and teal color. [5]
- Cybertron Deluxe Override GTS (2006)
- In 2006 Hasbro released a repaint of Override called Override GTS. It was supposed to represent an upgrade to Override after the end of the television series. The tech spec numbers for Override GTS have higher speed, endurance and firepower stats than the regular version. [6]
- In 2006 a special edition of Override GTS was available in Walmart stores which contained a DVD with the episode "Cybertron" as a promotional item - despite the fact that she wasn't in that episode as Override GTS.
- Override channeled her frustration at being beaten by both Megatron and Hot Shot into the search for the Planet Keys. Tempered by a race for something greater than a mere trophy, she returns to the Speed Planet a new leader. She has upgraded her systems with components based on the technology of both Earth and Cybertron. With her body thus enhanced, she has come back to the Speed Planet to reclaim her place as leader so that she may rule with compassion and justice learned from the Autobots.
Transformers
The third Override is a Decepticon who turns into a car in the Transformers live action film stories.
References
- ↑ http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=mosaic+thrill+of+victory#/d14turg
- ↑ http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/hasbro-transformers-cybertron-press-release/4730/
- ↑ http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/walmart-to-get-pallet-of-cybertron-scouts-deluxes-/8106/
- ↑ http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/de_de/default.cfm?page=Products/Detail&product_id=16554
- ↑ http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act375/
- ↑ http://www.eyrie.org/~dvandom/BW/Cybertron/Deluxe6
