Animus

Animus is anAutobotfrom the2005 IDW portionof theGeneration 1 continuity family.

"Groundbreaker?I hardly know 'er! "

Animusis a member of theEthics Committee.Ironically, he lied to get on it.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

He turns into the Thundertank!

Animus served on theEthics Committeemeetings at theKimia Facility,alongsideTrailbreakerandXaaron.He sat in consideration ofIronfist's new invention,cerebro-sensitive bulletsthat used onboard computers to ensure a killshot to the head with every pull of the trigger.BulletsAnimus was still at Kimia when it was raided byCyclonusand an army ofSweeps.His wrecked bestialalternate modewas seen among the casualties.Lamentations

He somehow survived, however, and later joined theLost Lightmission to find theKnights of Cybertron.Hangers OnWhile skimming a list of crew members,Ultra Magnusnoted with disapproval that a certain somebody whose name began with an 'A' was a liar.How to Say Goodbye and Mean It

TheLost Lightwas duplicated by aquantum accidentandtwoAnimuses lived separate lives.The Road Not TakenBoth of them would be the second victim of aSparkeater's rampage on the first day of the voyage. The 'original' Animus was killed while waiting to get into his andWhirl's quarters.The Chaos of Warm ThingsThe 'duplicate' Animus was used as bait byRodimusbut otherwise survived! Until theDecepticon Justice Divisionkilled him.The Road Not Taken

Notes

• His death at the hands of the Sparkeater revealed that Animus possessed a green spark. Although seemingly irrelevant at the time,information has since come to lightrevealing that Animus was likely aPoint One Percenter,explaining why Animus was targeted in the first place; the Sparkeater was attracted to Animus's strong spark energy.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Animus(アニマスAnimasu)