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The Throttlebots are a team of six Autobots. Each Throttlebot features a pull-back motor that pushes them along smooth surfaces in both vehicle and robot modes.
The Throttlebots are...
- Chase - transformed into a Ferrari Testarosa
- Freeway - transformed into a Chevrolet Corvette C4
- Goldbug - transformed into a Volkswagon Beetle
- Rollbar - transformed into a Jeep CJ-7
- Searchlight - transformed into a Ford RS200
- Wide Load - transformed into a large dumper truck
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Note: While Bumblebee was rebuilt into the Throttlebot themed Goldbug first, this write-up focuses on the five primary members of the group.
The Throttlebot were among the numerous Autobot guerrilla units on Cybertron, and led a successful campaign of fuel raids against the ruling Decepticons. However, thanks to a Decepticon Titanium-class Destruction Drone, the Throttlebots were eventually captured and brought to the Chief Decepticon Fuel Auditor Ratbat. An outbreak of Scraplets had begun on Earth, and unwilling to waste Decepticon troops Ratbat captured them to travel there and destroy all of the infected -- or he would destroy the planet itself to prevent spread of the deadly disease. Given new Earth-style vehicle forms and canisters of corrosive acid, the Throttlebots arrive on Earth and soon find Goldbug in the death throes of a Scraplets infection. They attempted to destroy him, but during the skirmish, Goldbug's human friend Charley Fong discovered a cure for Scraplets, the "rare chemical" water. With this knowledge, they managed to destroy all the Scraplets with help from G.B. Blackrock. The Cure!
Joining Goldbug and Blaster on their travels, the group unfortunately attracted the attention of the Combaticon Vortex who Blaster is able to see off, but their attempts to refuel at a Blackrock gas station were blocked by a RAAT team, Rollbar being damaged during the battle. Running low on fuel and seeking a place to hide and regroup, the Throttlebots choose to stay at a used car lot. When the owner, "Big Steve" Ludwig, tries to have the damaged Rollbar towed, the Throttlebots reveal themselves to Big Steve to stop him. With a reward posted for information on group, Big Steve promptly reports the Throttlebots to the authorities, and fills the Throttlebots' fuel tanks with soda to immobilize them. Later that night Walter Barnett arrives with a RAAT strike force to pick up the immobile Throttlebots when the Combaticons and Protectobots both arrive to take the Throttlebots themselves. Even as he begins to realize that there may be two warring factions among the Transformers, Barnett ordered the Throttlebots to be towed away as the Autobots and Decepticons combiner teams attack each other. Used Autobots
Taken to Triple-I, the Throttlebots are dissected, rebuilt and constantly interrogated over an increasing volume of Decepticon raids. Unwilling to believe their repeated explanations about two factions, Triple-I makes a public declaration that if the raids continue they will execute their prisoners in retaliation. Eager to bump off some Autobots, the Decepticons do just that. Unable to stop his boss from carrying out the threat and realizing they speak the truth, Barnett transplants their brain modules into his young son's remote control cars, allowing the Autobots to survive and even control their new "bodies". Which was kind of handy after the Ratbat and the Predacons discovered their brain modules were missing from their trashed bodies and gave chase as Barnett sought out Buster Witwicky. Evading the Decepticons in a local mall, Barnett fled with the five original Throttlebots while Buster took Goldbug to the last known location of the Ark. Toy Soldiers!
When the US Navy and Triple-I blockaded the mysterious desert island where the Decepticons were keeping Buster hostage, Barnett arrived with the still remote control car housed Throttlebots. When an Autobot turbo-transport arrived to assault the island and rescue Buster, Rollbar piped up to stop the humans attacking it. The Desert Island of Space!
Recovered (off-camera) from Triple-I, Optimus Prime had the five Throttlebots' bodies rebuilt stronger than before. His hope that this would be strong enough to survive the Underbase powered Starscream was a vain one, as the rogue Decepticon dispatched them before they could even transform. Dark Star!
Generation 1 cartoon
Headmasters cartoon
They were really really stupid. Their hubris proved to be their undoing[1].
Toys
Generation 1
The Throttlebots were first released in 1987, effectively supplanting the Mini Vehicle assortment. Some versions also came with free Decoys; in fact, the Throttlebots are the only toys that could have the red Decepticon Decoys.
They were later re-released in European markets in the early Nineties as part of the "Classics" assortment. In this release, everyone but Wide Load was retooled to remove their rubsign indent, the heat-sensitive decal proper replaced with a glossy-paper faction sigil. Wide Load kept his indent, but like the others, had his rubsign replaced.
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