Action Master partner

Glitch, an Action Master partner.

Transformers who underwent the Action Master process became harder, better, faster, stronger, and more alive, but this came at a price. In order to make up for the lack of flexibility due to their lack of transformation, Action Masters "converted their weapons and vehicles into changeable partners."

Action Master partners are fully independent transformable mechanoids in their own right. They display personalities of their own and are sometimes very highly skilled. However, their origin is largely unknown, as is their exact level of sentience.

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Those Action Master partners that are able to Transform into weapons were identified as also being Targetmasters. More Than Meets The Eye

Action Master partners

Autobots

• Basher, the covert weapons platform partnered with Tracks.
• Glitch, sometimes a battle drone, sometimes a master spy partnered with Rollout.
• Lionizer, the barely containable fighting lion partnered with Rad.
• Push-Button, the warrior-bot who likes combat partnered with Mainframe.
• Road Rocket, the supersonic land-based (you heard that right) weapons platform partnered with Powerflash.
• Sights, the bird that is on the lookout for anything to help his partner Jackpot.
• Top-Heavy, the rhinoceros nag partnered with Skyfall.
• Turbo Board,^[1] the rocket-powered skateboard patnered with Jazz.
• Tyrannitron, the temperamental dinosaur partnered with Snarl.
• Vanguard, the double barreled tank that provides cover for his partner Sideswipe.

Decepticons

• Catgut, the ferocious feline warrior partnered with Treadshot.
• Fire Beast, the creature with one horn partnered with Charger.
• Fistfight, the sadistic robot partnered with Shockwave.
• Gatoraider, the alligator with powerful jaws partnered with Krok.
• Needler, the flamethrowing bug partnered with Bombshell.
• Razor-Sharp, the metal shearing crab partnered with Banzai-Tron.
• Scorpulator, the unreasoning scorpion of destruction partnered with Devastator.
• Screech, the eagle scout partnered with Take-Off.
• Wingthing, the loyal and lethal bat partnered with Soundwave.

References

1. ↑ Although called a "partner" and "sidekick" on Jazz's bio card, Turbo Board is a skateboard which seems to fit better with the Action Master vehicles.