Fun with Powermasters and Pretenders

[caiusbackup]

I just started a Landmine/Cloudburst fic. I guess I still like 'em obscure?

(Cloudburst is the one known for turning down the giant alien lady. Landmine is his traveling companion. OTP, clearly! Or something.)

In other Pretender-related news, my icon is from this panel here. Those are Decepticons Pretenders. They're in disguise! Unlike Cloudburst, one of them actually is into the sexy alien ladies, at least until Circuit Breaker breaks that shit up.

In other 1988 Transformer news, there is a Powermaster partner named Lube. (Yes, really.)¹

So I've been reading through Marvel UK Transformers comics lately, and the other night I was reading the 1988 (according to the filename) or 1989 (according to the TFWiki) annual. Which has a text story featuring the Autobot Powermasters.

Lube's Powermaster partner is Slapdash, who is, well, slapdash. A ditz, as his wiki profile calls him. Lube, on the other hand, has a stick up his ass. Not that you can tell from this story.

Because Slapdash forgot Lube.

With their Nebulan engine partners in place, he and Joyride transformed to robot mode. Slapdash stayed in vehicle form, however.

"Oh no," sighed Rev, Getaway's Nebulan companion--also now in robot mode. "He's done it again!"

"Er, guys," began Slapdash apologetically, "I must have left Lube, my partner, behind. Guess I'm stuck in, you know, vehicle mode again. Er, like, sorry...you know..."

"We know!" groaned Getaway.

Later:

"And even without Lube, you've still got great speed, Slapdash."

"Well, you know..." began Slapdash, "....let's, like, try it..."

And that's about all there is to it. But in this fandom, what more do you need?

¹ Powermasters were Transformers partnered with cyborg humans--well, alien humans from the Planet Nebulos, although Earthlings work too--who transformed into the engines for the Transformers. Yes, really.

Comments

[cruelest-month.livejournal.com]

I had to read this post like three times to make sure I read it right. LOL that's hilarious and bizarre.

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

I...yeah, it's a part of Transformers continuity where the joke is simple enough ("He forgot Lube!") but the context with the Powermasters and what have you is just strange.

I'm not sure what the folks at Hasbro and Takara were thinking that year.

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

Lube. Lube. This is glorious.

Would that be the same year they made a Transformers named Big Daddy? Because I don't think I'm ever going to stop laughing about that.

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

No, Big Daddy was 1990 (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Big_Daddy_%28G1%29), apparently. (And 2008 (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Big_Daddy_%28Movie%29), and then again in 2009 (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Big_Daddy_%28SG%29).)

No idea why we don't have another Lube yet!