Tow-Line isn't the strongest Autobot, but what he lacks in muscle he makes up in cleverness. He can out-think and generally out-last most opponents, preferring to use his brains to prevent conflicts, skills that have made him one of Optimus Prime's most trusted team members.
Fiction[]
Dreamwave comics continuity[]
Towline was one of the many Autobots who went to earth to stop the Terrorcon Onslaught. Along with Cliffjumper and Jetfire they killed the endless wave, but were not a match. Luckily Towline was saved by a reborn Megatron. Had the series continued he would be able many of the Autobot soldiers to stop returning Unicron and a Quintesson invasion. Writer Simon Furman retrieved an unused comic page from the unreleased comic issue 31 where he was killed during the Quintesson Invasion in a future vision by Over Run.
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Timelines[]
After the evacuation of Cybertron due to the Unicron Singularity, Tow-Line served as a crew member on the Iron Hope. He installed transwarp jump coordinates on the computers of the six scout ships searching for the lost Autobot colonies. Force of Habit
Toys[]
Energon[]
- Tow-Line (Deluxe, 2004)
- Tow-Line transforms into a large utility van. In robot mode, his lower vehicle portion becomes a mobile battle/repair platform. He can fold his legs back and up over his shoulders (hello!) and re-attach to this platform for a "battle mode". In this... ahem, position, Tow-Line can also form the top half of a two-robot "Powerlinx combiner" with any Energon Deluxe Autobot, and any of them can also use his platform for their own combination.
- This mold was retooled to make BotCon 2005's versions of Generation One Ironhide and Ratchet.
Notes[]
- Tow-Line seems to be a melange of homages. The obvious one being to Generation One Ironhide/Ratchet (which the mold was used make, as noted above), though his head also bears a passing resemblance to Skids. His van mode even has the red stripe pattern. (HOORAY BEER.)
- Tow-Line is also one of the only Autobots of the Energon line up not to appear in the actual anime, besides Ultra Magnus.