Searchlight (Animated)
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The name or term "Searchlight" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Searchlight (disambiguation). |
- Searchlight is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.
Searchlight wages a one-'bot war on crime on Cybertron, clinging to the shadows, working to root out muggers, lowlifes, and dissidents under cover of darkness. He hates projectile weaponry more than even normal Autobots do, instead fighting villainy with his unmatched hand-to-hand combat abilities and the amazing detective abilities his incomparable scanner array provides him. The more rational-minded among the Autobots believe his accomplishments must be the work of a large independent militia group, but as Searchlight well knows, criminals are superstitious, cowardly 'bots, and his deeds have caused tales of "spirits" and "monsters" to sweep through the Cybertronian underground.
Fiction
Animated cartoon continuity
Searchlight hunted down and captured the war criminals responsible for Operation: Burning Sky, and deposited them on the steps of the Forum of Enlightenment. The AllSpark Almanac II
Searchlight was among the crowd of Autobots who welcomed Sentinel "Magnus" back to Cybertron with his Decepticon prisoners. Decepticon Air Later, he did the same for Optimus Prime and his crew. Endgame, Part II
Searchlight attended the Stunt Convoy show in Kaon alongside Chase and Freeway. The Stunti-Con Job
Notes
- Searchlight is, of course, an homage to the Generation 1 Throttlebot of the same name.
- Searchlight's name (and personality) were confirmed in The AllSpark Almanac II.
- Searchlight wears the 65356-9292-346 body-type.
- He's Batman. (His name is thus possibly a reference to the Bat-Signal.)