G1 Characters never in the cartoon?

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  1. ImAWalkingCorpse

    ImAWalkingCorpse Well-Known Member

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    I was looking through my G1 figures and having watched most episodes here recently, were Pipes, Swerve or Tailgate in any episodes?
     
  2. Severus

    Severus Curmudgeon TFW2005 Supporter

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    I can tell you at least that Swerve was in Five Faces of Darkness. I forget which part, but it was when he and the other minibots were trying to mess with Trypticon.
     
  3. Switchblade

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    I believe all three were in FFoD.
     
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    Pipes was also in FFOD. He's who lead the minibots (Warpath, Powerglide, Outback, etc.) when trying to defend Teletran-1 from Trypticon.
     
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    During which he tells Blurr to SHUT UP. Pipes FTW.
     
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    Pipes also appeared in Forever is a Long Time Coming.

    Off the top of my head, here's some characters that were never in the US show but had toys:

    Whirl
    Roadbuster
    Topspin
    Twin Twist
    the Omnibots
    the Powerdashers
    the Micromasters
    the Pretenders
    Junior Headmasters
    Junior Targetmasters
    the Duocons*
    Squawktalk
    Beastbox
    Grandslam
    Raindance
    Quickswitch
    ...quite a few more I believe, but it's early for me and my brain isn't working yet as I just got up.

    [* Duocon Flywheels did appear in the Season 4 intro.]
     
  7. Smokescreen1980

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    Hubcap was never in FFoD, or anywhere else in the G1 cartoon - but he may have (unintentionally) cropped up for a single frame in the movie - where a yellow Cliffjumper is shown in the acid cauldron scene. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubcap_%28Transformers%29)

    It's certainly a theory that I like.
     
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    You can toss the Deluxe Insecticons on that list as well!
     
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    Anything after 1987 didn't appear in the cartoon.
    Buzzsaw was not in the cartoon all that much, Skids was in one or two episodes,
     
  10. Aberration

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    Don't forget Jetfire!
     
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    Bigger question.

    Which toys were never featured in COMMERCIALS?
     
  12. ILoveDinobot

    ILoveDinobot You can, you up. No can, no BB.

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    Pipes was in alot of eps in season 3.
     
  13. ILoveDinobot

    ILoveDinobot You can, you up. No can, no BB.

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    what about Camshaft was he in any eps?
     
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    Heh, pipes :lol 
     
  15. Switchblade

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    No, none of the Omnibots were ever on the show.
     
  16. LigerPrime

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    Yeah, I was surprised to see Swerve in that epsiode too...and I believe we knew saw him again despite the cartoon showing that he was alive after Trypticon's attack. Somehow I got the impression that Pipes was the most popular minibot in Season 3.
     
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    He was, for sure... I bet he got more airtime than any other minibot (except for Outback and Wheelie).
     
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    He had an entire episode dedicated to him.
     
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    wasn't he called skyfire in the show?
     
  20. Valkysas

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    yeah, but its the same character.