Broadside (G1)

Broadside is an Autobot from theGeneration 1 continuity.

Broadside is a huge loser. He's the forgotten Autobot Triple Changer who turns into an aircraft carrier and an impossibly large "jet". Broadside also happens to be terrified of heights. And water. His life must suuuuuuck.

Animated Continuity

 * He fell on Devastator in Carnage in C-Minor.
 * That one time where he showed up as a Quintesson/Decepticon carrier for NO REASON. Like in The Killing Jar or something.  Loser.

Trivia

 * Broadside has the distinction of having two animated character models, one based on a prototype toy that apparently went just short of production for some reason, and one based on the actual toy. The prototype design can be seen in the 1986 box mural as well as in Carnage in C-Minor and features a head with antennae and a red humanoid face which appears to mounted on a horizontal pivot of some kind within the section of the aircraft carrier that folds back.