Stakeout (G1)
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- Stakeout is anAutobotMicromasterfrom theGeneration 1continuity family.
Stakeoutusedto be the leader of theRescue Patrol.His overzealous attitude and willingness to break the rules he's supposed to enforce began to get the entire Patrol in trouble with Autobot command. It didn't help that he was contemptuous of non-combat units.[1]However, it was his discussions with his non-combat teammateFixitthat opened Stakeout's optics to his faults as a commander. He soon ceded leadership of the Patrol to Fixit, much to the medic's surprise. Now a much more reasonable officer, Stakeout works hard to support the Patrol's current leader.[2]
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Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
MarvelThe Transformerscomics
Stakeout and his partners were some of the earliest Micromasters—tough go-getters who got things done. That pencil-pusherEmirateXaaronassigned both the Rescue Patrol and the Race Car Patrol a mission, wherein they would stop the Decepticons' experimentation on the previously-capturedBattle Patrolby destroying the installation they were being kept in. Unfortunately, this meant killing everyone within in the process. Upon arrival on-site however, Stakeout's group agreed that their mission felt wrong, and decided to instead stage a daring rescue attempt. Entry to the facility proved a little too easy... Turns out the Decepticons had already successfully reverse-engineered Micromaster technology, and were now using the Autobots to test their new Air Strike Patrol. With a bit of trickery onRoadhandler's part, the Autobots nonetheless managed to liberate their comrades and fled from the installation.A Small War!
Stakeout led the Rescue Patrol during a series of fuel raids on Cybertron alongsideQuickmix,Landfill,Scoopand the recently revivedGrimlock,JazzandBumblebee.Deciding that their efforts would be put to better use with Optimus's group, Xaaron elected to teleport Stakeout and the others to Earth, only for the trans-dimensional portal to be sabotaged by a Decepticon attack as they were preparing to enter it. Both the Autobots and their Decepticon adversaries were diverted to the face of Primus, deep within Cybertron as a result.Yesterday's Heroes!There, they fought thoseMayhem Attack Squadpunks, trippingOctopunchinto a hole while bantering with Red Hot, but were unable to stop Primus being woken up, (noise pollution - three-month sentence!) causing Unicron to head towards the planet.The Primal Scream
Stakeout later led a catch-team to get that murdering creepWhisper—noChristmaspeace & goodwill for crime!—and took on thoseAir Strike Patrolpunks. ButCity Hallgot their panties in a bunch over the damage being caused and called Stakeout back to base.The Greatest Gift of All!
Earthforce
Stakeout was among the "new age" Autobots who attendedOptimus Prime's meeting withGrimlockand theDinobotsabout their more brutal methods. When Grimlock threatened to quit the Autobots, Prime seemed all too willing to let him, and the two of them actually came to blows. After beating some sense into each other, however, Optimus Prime agreed to allow Grimlock his autonomy, to lead "Earthforce" while he and theArk's crew took off for space.Break-Away!
Transformers Comic-Magazin
Regeneration One
Stakeout and the rest of the Rescue Patrol were sent toNebulosin help repair the damageScorponokinflicted upon that planet's population.Destiny, Part One
DreamwaveGeneration Onecontinuity
Stakeout was watching security monitors atAutobasewhen he noticed that theBattle Patrolwouldn't let theHot Rod Patrolenter and report crimes taking place inLittle Iacon.He took the Hot Rods' side on the matter, and while he couldn't convince the Autobots to let them in, he could at least support them by providing them with weaponry.Recipe for Hate
2005 IDW continuity
- First Appearance:Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers #5(cameo);Transformers: Sins of the Wreckers #1(identified)
Stakeout andCarnivaconce worked forUltra Magnus,bringing cross-factional justice to the war. After a time, Carnivac defected to the Decepticons.Sins of the Wreckers #3Stakeout remained and sometime afterthe Wreckers' expedition to Garrus-9,Ultra Magnus entrusted Stakeout with watching overVerity Carlo.Sins of the Wreckers #1Last Stand of the Wreckers #5
He eventually made it clear he was watching her and they became friends, living outsideNome,Alaska.At some point, she began to get sick: something they both knew the cause of.Sins of the Wreckers #1Sins of the Wreckers #2Stakeout wound up choosing to keep an eye from a distance for her safety soon after that, and five years after Garrus-9, he kickeda bearin the face outside to save her after getting a message from her that she'd been trying to blackmailProwl.While she was warming up in his back seat, he was shot byArcee,who was looking for Verity to find information on Prowl's disappearance. Shortly afterwards, he showed up at Arcee's hideout with theWreckers,interrupting Verity's interrogation.Sins of the Wreckers #1
While the two friends made peace after Stakeout's absence, awascally wabbitstole the Aequitas data from Verity and Stakeout took off in pursuit... discovering first hand under a lake that the "animals" attacking people were really Transformers in beast disguises, agents ofMayhem!He ended up being swallowed by the whale Transformer,Tidal Waveand jammed into the whale'stransformation cog.Sins of the Wreckers #2When Carnivac, now running Mayhem, returned to the 'base', he was horrified to find his old friend chewed up and near death.
Stakeout and Carnivac spoke for the last time, with the former telling his old friend how Ultra Magnus had always missed him. As he died, Stakeout asked Carnivac to stay with him.Sins of the Wreckers #3In the aftermath of the Wreckers' battle with Mayhem, Verity looked up at the Northern Lights withSpringerand wished Stakeout was around to see them as well.Sins of the Wreckers #5After Springer decided to use theTimemazeto try and change history, Verity firmly believed that, if he succeeded, her deceased friends such as Stakeout would be returned to life.Requiem of the Wreckers
War for Cybertron Trilogymarketing material
During the war for Cybertron, Stakeout was aGround Command Infantry Private.
2019 IDW continuity
- First appearance:Transformers#8
Stakeout was a member ofSecurity Operationsserving underChromia.He was active at the site of an immersantTitanwhen members ofThe Risewent to ground inside the colossal inactive body.The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two
Stakeout was tasked with guarding the reluctantBumblebeeafter The Rise tried to assassinate him. He andWindbladeinsisted he needed protecting because of his information on The Rise.TremorsStakeout was still with Bumblebee whenQuakewas captured and paraded down the street ofIacon.Stakeout sympathized with Bumblebee's need for closure and the pair watched the proceedings from an abandoned building. He nervously noted the large, volatile crowd lining the streets. When Quake escaped, he failed to prevent Bumblebee from going after him. Upon finding that Bumblebee had murdered Quake, he andSmokescreenarrested him.PrisonersLater, he stood guard at the prison that held Bumblebee andSwindle.Hunt
After the Autobots were driven out ofCrystal City,Stakeout was among the fighters seen resisting the attack of therust worms.End of Time
Commercial appearances
Stakeout,Red Hot,andFixitcould be seen driving through a city, scaled down to their proportions.Micromaster transports commercial
Toys
The Transformers
- Rescue Patrol(Micromaster Patrol,1989)
- Released in the sixth year of theThe Transformerstoyline (fifth year in the European line), Stakeout transforms into a black Ford Taurus police car, seemingly inspired by theDetroitpolice department's Ford Taurus patrol cars as depicted in the movieRoboCop.
- He was only available as part of the Rescue Patrol four-pack, released in the second wave of Micromaster Patrols, along with his teammatesFixit,Red Hot,andSeawatch.He isgang-moldedwith Seawatch, sharing plastic colors.
- This toy was sold in Japan without changes asHoliand "Patrol Car".
War for Cybertron: Siege
- Stakeout & Red Heat(Micromaster 2-pack,2019)
- Hasbro ID number:WFC-S19
- TakaraTomy ID number:SG-21
- TakaraTomy release date:May 31,2019
- Part of the second wave ofSiegeMicromasters, Stakeout transforms from robot to vaguely-Cybertronian-y police car. He can also combine with his pack-in teammateRed Heatto form the "Binerboost Salvage Blaster," a blaster-weapon for larger figures to wield. As a part of theC.O.M.B.A.T. System,their weapon mode can be attached to any toy with a5 mm post-hole. "Fire Blasts" can also be attached to their barrels.
- His car doors read "Police" inAutobot script,though it is reversed on one of them (as seen in the photo).
- This mold was also used to makeSiegeRoad-PoliceandHasLabHoli.This figure was alsorepurposedas Holi in theLegendscomic.
Merchandise
Transformers Trading Card Game
- Private Stakeout, Infantry-Communications(2019)
- Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I
- Rarity:CT
- Card Number:T21/T48
- Stars:4
- Private Stakeout, Infantry-Communications is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of theTransformers Trading Card Game,War for Cybertron: Siege I. In order to represent Stakeout's size as aMicromaster,Private Stakeout, Infantry-Communications is the size of a battle card, about half the size of a normal character card.
- The card's artwork is based on theSiegeStakeout toy, with the Alt Mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese:Stakeout(ステイクアウトSuteikuauto)
- French:Embûche(Canada, "Ambush" )
- Italian:Beta
References
- ↑More Than Meets The Eye#2
- ↑More Than Meets The Eye#6
