He and Sunstreaker charged at the guards, with Sideswipe engaging Tailgate.ĭuring Jaws of Steel, Tongue of Silver, Sideswipe was caught off guard when Steeljaw punched the other side of the wall he was walking by. Placed on the 'hero' team, Sideswipe joined up with his brother and introduced himself to Hot Shot as they drove down to deal with the 'villains' at the nuclear power plant. Later in Fight Sim Club Sideswipe took part in the first weekly training exercise held by Kup. Going with Arcee and Sunstreaker, Sideswipe made it to his actual classroom, Class 4-D, where Hot Rodimus called out the register, before watching their homeroom teacher leave the room. However, they were then informed by Arcee that the twins themselves were in the wrong class. The twins found 'Mini' in their seat upon arriving at their classroom, and began throwing papers around and slapping him, claiming that 'Mini' was in the wrong classroom when Saber tried to intervene.

In Day One and The First Test, Sideswipe walked to class with Sunstreaker and Arcee, telling them a joke on the way and laughing off his brother's attempts to make fun of him. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were made roommates upon getting housing arrangements. Sideswipe and his brother, along with Rampage, Tap-Out, Transmutate and Glyph decided to investigate one of the larger buildings until the group found the tunnel to Autobot Academy. Arriving at Simulation Site Beta, the two groups ran into each other, and decided to split into smaller groups to investigate the site. When the group split up, Sideswipe was among those following 'Mini' and Steeljaw. They were joined by Steeljaw, who suggested they follow 'Mini'. The group, who had at the time been following 'Mini', discussed whether to follow Hot Shot or 'Mini'. Soon, X-Brawn found some student who had been following Hot Shot. The group would alter joined by Tap-Out, Glyph, Lightbright, 'Mini', Rampage, Transmutate and 'GorillaBot'.

Like the rest of the freshman year, he was dropped from the ship when they arrived at Acadeimos, and quickly fell into the Forest of Trials Sideswipe was able to meet up with his brother, alongside Arcee, X-Brawn, Armorhide, Thunderhoof, and Moonracer, preemptively agreeing to any plan X-Brawn came up with. Sitting on the bottom floor, Sideswipe found himself seated besides Transmutate. Sideswipe figured he could use the opportunity to forge his own path, rarely mentioning his famous father.ĭuring Bionics vs Biologicals, Sideswipe, along with his brother Sunstreaker, was among those boarding the Xanthium. Unfortunately, the three wound up getting arrested for drag racing with Rosanna, and the crew all wound up getting sent to Autobot Academy for reform. However, after their mother died from illness, Sideswipe became jaded about heroism while Silverstreak spent more time out working, leading to him and Sunstreaker joining up with Arcee to form the Three Kaon Chaos Crew. Sideswipe was the son of League of Heroes member Silverstreak and his wife, growing up in Kaon with his brother Sunstreaker, who enjoyed going out with their father to watch his hero work. But when the chips are down, there's no better back-up you could ask for. Sideswipe's hobbies include seeing up the ultimate prank to both his teacher's and fellow students, and appearing out of nowhere to surprise his fellow students. Sideswipe's the resident slacker of Class 4-D. 5.3.1 Autobot Academy: Collected Miscellany.The actual toy is unchanged from the two-pack version. Side Swipe was one of several Robots in Disguise toys to be released as an individual in a Tiny Tins release, with a pocket-sized carrying case. More information on Side Swipe at TFU.info.This mold was used to make the 2003 Universe version of Silverstreak. The copyright information printed on the joint connecting the chest to the body prevents the former from swinging down all the way. He was available in a two-pack with Prowl 2. Like his fellow 'new'-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode. He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode. Prowl 2 & Side Swipe (Basic Class 2-pack, 2001)Īvailable in the second wave of Robots in Disguise 'Basics', Side Swipe transforms into a modified Chevrolet Camaro with exposed engine block.Ask Vector Prime, 8 Toys Robots in Disguise (2001) When Sky-Byte accidentally poisoned all of Earth's energon on Viron 1103.12 Gamma, Side Swipe and the other twelve Autobots had to downsize into Spychangers.

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