Spasma


 * Spasma is a Nebulan Headmaster partnered with the Decepticon Apeface

The nervous and insecure Spasma was the son of a despised noble family on Nebulos, bullied and picked on his entire life while being crushed under the weight of a bankrupt family legacy. The arrival of the Transformers on his planet and creation of Headmasters gave him the prospect of power to escape his feeling of inadequacy, or so he thought...

Outwardly Spasma has had his wish fulfilled when he was binary bonded to Apeface, literally becoming the kind of bully who had previously tormented him. But all too frequently the pressure of combat will wear away at Spasma, until Apeface's actions trigger a torturous flashback from the Nebulan's past, reducing him to a whimpering crying wreck.

Marvel Comics continuity
(Events from the UK stories are in italics.)

Generation 1

 * Apeface with Spasma (Headmaster, 1987)
 * Like his partner, Spasma is a triple changer, transforming from an armored humanoid into Apeface's robot (formed from his legs facing forward) and ape alt-mode (his back facing forward) heads. Though he only came with his partner, in head mode Spasma is compatible with any other Headmaster body. On the larger Headmasters, he gives Apeface's tech spec stats in their display window, but the smaller ones still display their normal heads' stats due to their construction.