A cy-gar is a device used to deliver a dose of its contents to a Cybertronian through the mouth. Millions of cycles ago, they were used to deliver a poison willingly consumed by the user because of some perceived benefit.
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Fiction[]
2005 IDW continuity[]
To suppress Kup's flashbacks of slagging everyone on Tsiehshi, Kup was given a cy-gar that fed him a synthetic version of the planet's Ore-8 energy. Perceptor, who helped develop the special cy-gar, was assigned to Kup's unit with a supply of cy-gars to provide to Kup when needed. Everything in Its Right Place
When Commander Daniel Witwicky asked him what was with his "cigar", he inquired as to what a cigar was. All Hail Megatron #12
After his recovery from the Dead Universe and Gorlam Prime, Kup was supposedly cured of his condition and no longer required the cy-gars to maintain his sanity.
Recordicons[]
Police commissioner Garboil used a cy-gar. Recordicons #5
Wings Universe[]
Tap-Out used a cy-garette as a part of a disguise for an undercover mission. They functioned by interfacing with nodes in the mouth to temporarily boost a Cybertronian's processing power, but were dangerous due to their addictive properties and the fact that many of them contained viruses. A Team Effort
Animated cartoon[]
Kup was often seen with a cy-gar, as was Erector, The AllSpark Almanac II along with his clone Skipjack. The Complete AllSpark Almanac
Live-action film series[]
Age of Extinction film[]
Hound was seldom seen without a cy-gar. Angered by Joshua Joyce's disparaging comment about him, Hound flicked the man in the head with his cy-gar. During the final battle in Hong Kong, Hound was able to use it as a small one-shot gun to kill a Two Head. However, it ended up being his last weapon before he ran out of ammo. Age of Extinction
The Last Knight film[]
As Cade Yeager called his daughter, Hound knocked Sharp-T off of the roof using his cy-gar. The Last Knight
Masterpiece toy bios[]
Exhaust developed a cy-garette chain-smoking habit. Masterpice Exhaust toy bio
Ask Vector Prime[]
The Spacewarp of Aurex 006.0 Kappa enjoyed chomping on a cy-gar. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/17
Swindle, Swindle and Swindle had cy-gars from the Zull of the Xobitor Cluster for sale. Swindle's Spiel 2015/10/04
Beast Wars: Uprising[]
MaxCop Wolfang had a cy-garette habit. He originally began using them to manage his overly-sensitive olfactory sensors, but eventually just became a regular addict, almost constantly using one. Trigger Warnings
Notes[]
- The Cy-gar is an obvious Cybertronian equivalent to a human-made Cigar. Springer notes Kup's use of a Cy-gar as "retrograde poison", plausibly equalling the use of a Cy-gar by a Cybertronian to a human using a Cigar to smoke Tobacco. It's unknown what sort of substance would typically be used in a Cy-gar as opposed to the synthetic radiation exhibited thus far, though it feels plausible to assume it is used for something similar to Narcotic-based sensations. Club-exclusive fiction would depict cy-garettes as stimulants with nasty side-effects as a more direct analogue.
- When Casey Coller was reading Shane McCarthy's script for "Spotlight: Blurr", the artist visualized Kup taking after the wartime comic book hero Sgt. Rock.Because this was awesome, Kup was introduced in All Hail Megatron chomping on a cigar-like object. An in-fiction explanation was later retconned for it by Nick Roche in the All Hail Megatron Coda story, "Everything in its Right Place".
Foreign names[]
- Japanese: cy-gar (シーガー shīgā)