Elita-One (Movie)

Elita-One is anAutobotfrom theMovie continuity family.

For once, we know what a version of Elita turns into.

Elita-One(alsoElita-1) is the first of the female Transformer robots. Naturally, she receives a lot of attention, which by no means displeases her, but she's more than a pretty face. She's a cunning fighter and an excellent marksman, capable of hitting a target from at least four miles away. When it comes time to rely on more than her gun, she's able to emit an "attraction field" that can cause those without protection to overheat without warning.^[1]

As the older sister toArceeandChromia,and one ofOptimus Prime's closest and longest-serving officers, Elita-One shares the Autobot commander's compassion and dedication for protecting the innocent and downtrodden. Every bit as skilled as she is compassionate, Elita-One is one of the Autobots' strongest leaders. Determined to protect the weaker from the ruthless Decepticons to the bitter end, she is a living definition of an Autobot.^[2]

Fiction

Revenge of the Fallenfilm

Voice actor:Grey Griffin(English),Masako Katsuki(Japanese),Chen Qian(Chinese),Martina Treger(German),Chiara Colizzi(Italian),Gabriela Bicalho(Brazil),Erica Edwards(Latin American-Spanish),Özlem Abacı(Turkish)

Holographic rider:Erin Naas

Elita-1? Flareup? Call me anything but Sweetie.

Elita-1 and her sisters were held in reserve as NEST entered Shanghai to deal with Demolishor, only being called into action when the presence of a second Decepticon,Sideways,was detected. Together with the twins, the sisters pursued the sneaky speedster through the streets of Shanghai, smashing through buildings and everything else in their way, but ultimately they weren't able to do much damage, so Sideswipe was brought up to bat, and proceeded to make short work of Sideways.

WhenThe Fallenissued an ultimatum to Earth, the US government decided that the Autobots would be shipped back to Diego Garcia, but NEST disobeyed the orders, instead shipping Elita and the others toEgypton the advice ofSam Witwicky,who had the means to resurrect the recently deceased Optimus Prime. During the climactic battle between NEST and The Fallen's Decepticons, the sisters arrived withIronhideto help escort Sam andMikaelathrough the warzone, but Elita-1 was one of the first Autobot casualties of the battle, being shot down from behind as she called for Sam and Mikaela to follow them.Revenge of the Fallen

IDW movie comics

Thousands of years ago onCybertron,Elita-One was one ofSentinel Prime's followers, alongside Optimus,Megatron,Shockwave,and others who believed in his teachings of theDynasty of Primesand theAllSpark.When Sentinel Prime proved the truth of his claims by unearthing the lost AllSpark from beneath the surface of Cybertron atSimfur,Elita helped defend it against an attack by the non-believingThetaconsuntilWheeljackwas able to warp time and space and bring a sun into Cybertronic space, thereby repowering the AllSpark and the plant. With this, the Thetacons accepted that Sentinel Prime had been right all along, and an end was called to hostilities. In the wake of the conflict, as new life began to spring on Cybertron, Elita told Optimus of her two sisters inMetrotitanand her desire to see them again, and Optimus decided to go with her.Foundation #1

Elita-One can't get enough of Optimus's eyeing her.

Elita and her sisters were later present during Sentinel's speech onUnification Day.She told Optimus that her sisters would havekilled herif they missed it. Elita and Arcee joined Optimus'sScience Division,while Chromia became part of Megatron'sDefense Force.Foundation #2Years later, when the Science Division unearthed a strangerelicand Cybertron was attacked by thealiensof theEshems Nebula,Megatron changed his military's mission to one of peaceful defense to aggressive offense, taking the fight to the aliens. Elita stayed behind on Cybertron, remaining true to Optimus's belief in the peaceful core values of their planet's society.Defiance #2Studying the relic fragments they had uncovered alongside Arcee andRatchet,Elita discovered that they all bore the same symbol in the same area: a symbol was also on Optimus's head. Drawing a correlation between the symbol and the Dynasty of Primes, Ratchet theorized that Optimus was involved with it somehow, redubbing him "Optimus Prime".Defiance #3

When Megatron reformed the military into theDecepticonsand ordered the Primes to be assassinated, Elita came under fire with Sentinel and Wheeljack at the excavation site. Optimus and Chromia came to their rescue, and they escaped via a tunnel toTyger Pax.Elita witnessed the departure of theNemesiswith the otherAutobots,and became one of Optimus's closest advisors with Sentinel andIronhide.With the war tearing Cybertron apart, Sentinel proposed using a "torch" to end the war without further loss of life.Foundation #3It required the AllSpark to work: as Optimus battled Megatron atSimfur Temple,Elita successfully activated the torch and delivered it to Sentinel. Sentinel boarded theArkand flew to Simfur, but it was all in vain afterStarscreamblew up the ship.Foundation #4

Nobody cares about your pain, woman.

Elita-One joined a vengeful Optimus Prime in a charge onMegatron's citadel.Shocked at the coldness and violence her old friend was displaying on the battlefield, Elita entreated him to stand down, telling him that such actions were not who he was, but he retorted that Megatron's death was all that mattered.Foundation #1She was left behind when Ironhide decided to help Optimus Prime.Foundation #2Though Optimus did not go through with killing Megatron after her sisters stole the AllSpark, Elita still found herself unable to speak to him.Foundation #4

Sometime in1908,Elita-One were part of an Autobot team sent to stealenergonfrom the Decepticons. Instead they were ambushed byShockwaveand his troops, and Chromia was killed in action.Rising Storm #2

After the Autobots claimed victory in their first great battle with the Decepticons on Earth in 2007, Starscream began a plan of his own to create an artificialReplica AllSpark,and had Elita-One,Grindcore,Signal Flare,andWarpathcaptured and put to work constructing it at Simfur. When Starscream arrived to inspect the cube, Elita pled with him for mercy, but none was dispensed. Upon the AllSpark's completion, she was strapped to it, with the intention of draining her life-force to power the cube.The Reign of Starscream #4Arcee arrived too late to stop her sister's death, but blew up the generators used to store the life energy in revenge, throwing the Decepticons into disarray.The Reign of Starscream #5

Not long after, Elita-One's remains were acquired by the deranged Decepticon experimentalistFlatline,along with those of her sister Chromia and taken to his lab at an outpost on an unknown planet to use in his attempts to create a new breed of tripartite soldier, three bodies fuelled by a singlespark.After several failures, whether by coincidence or design, Flatline was presented byThundercrackerwith a new test subject: Elita and Chromia's sister, Arcee. Through the use of Arcee's spark, implanted in a new body, Flatline reignited the life-forces of Elita and Chromia in new shells, albeit not as they had truly had been before: now, they were at one with their sister, a singular entity at the spark, each feeling the sensations and emotions of the other, yet retaining some degree of autonomy and memory of their own identity. "One as three, and three as one". Grappling with their new forms, the sisters broke free, liberating Flatline's other victims, the twinsSkidsandMudflap,in the process.Tales of the Fallen #6Rising Storm #1

A short time later, the sisters, the twins,Sideswipe,Topspin,LeadfootandRoadbusterarrived on Earth on theWreckersshipXantium.(While the ship and the Wreckers stayed behind inNASA)Dark of the MoonDark of the Moon #3in response to a summons beamed into space by Optimus Prime. Joining the allied Autobot-human strikeforceNEST,the new recruits received some training, and were soon called upon to put it into use: the DecepticonDemolishorhad been sighted inShanghai,China.Alliance #4

When NEST discovered that Starscream was selling Transformer weaponry to humans, a sting operation was staged in whichTheodore Gallowaywould pose as a buyer to lure the Decepticons in. WhenSkystalker,DivebombandFearswooptook the bait, Elita and her sisters joined the twins and the human forces of NEST in tackling them. The sisters did not take kindly to Skystalker's bewilderment that the Autobots were sending their women to do the fighting for them, and killed him with practised ease. The violent streak his old friend was now displaying gave Optimus Prime pause, reminding him of the time in the past when he too had sunk into the depths of rage, and how Elita had disapproved of it then.

Returning to base after the mission, Elita told Optimus she could feel things from her sisters whose spark she shared: The pain of Arcee's wounds, and the feel of Chromia's sword blade as she tested it against her fingertip. Prime quietly told her that she had never told him these things before, and she simply replied that he had never asked.Rising Storm #1

When Starscream attackedPhiladelphiaand Sam Witwicky contacted NEST, Optimus decided that the sisters should be left behind due to damage that Arcee was still sustaining. However, in the end Optimus allowed Elita and her sisters to join the mission.Rising Storm #2

During the flight, Optimus tried once more to have Arcee sit out of the mission. Elita reminded Optimus that was Arcee's decision, and her desire for revenge was as strong as Elita's. Optimus tried to explain to her that victory at any price comes at a high cost, recalling the time on Cybertron when Prime let such an emotion overcome him. Elita's anger boiled over and she chastised him for leaving her behind on Cybertron, only to witness Chromia's death and die herself, and said that she had come back to life only to fight and kill more Decepticons. Optimus reminded Elita that he too had experienceddeath,but Elita explained that when he died, the Autobots actually cared. She and her sisters were dispatched to upstateNew York- thought to be Starscream's base of operations - and destroy it, although they quickly found out they were wrong and that Shockwave was on Earth. Elita tried to contact Optimus, butSoundwavejammed their communications and sent his minions after her sisters. She attempted to flee and warn Optimus, but Astrotrain pursued her.Rising Storm #3

She's dead, Jim.

After a short chase, Elita eventually got the drop on Astrotrain. A swipe of her blade cleaved his armor, causing him to explode above a building as Elita sped away. She was able to inform Optimus Prime that the events occurring were not Starscream's doing, but were in fact the result of Shockwave's manipulation. Just as she was delivering her message, she was caught off guard by a surprise attack by Shockwave and was brutally killed, while both of her sisters could only helplessly feel her pain as she died for a second time. Shockwave took a look at Elita-1's lifeless head and mockingly 'asked' her if he had interrupted her. Distraught and enraged by her death, Optimus battled the Decepticon and began to gain the upper hand, until Shockwave's pet Driller arrived and rescued the Decepticon.Rising Storm #4

Shortly after Elita's death, a "grave" was made for her and other Autobots in the form of shipping containers. Optimus Prime dwelled on their deaths for a few minutes, shortly before he left on a mission toChernobyl.Dark of the Moon #1

Titan movie comics

Strike a pose.

In adivergent timeline,the Decepticons succeeded at Mission City and conquered the United States. Elita-One was part of a small team of Autobot reinforcements summoned to Earth by the surviving Autobots on the planet. Touching down on Earth'smoon,Elita-One remindedStrongarmthat they were to wait until they heard fromIronhideandBumblebee,as to act without the Earth-based Autobots' intel would be as good as just shooting themselves in the head there and then. Unfortunately, the Decepticons had detected the arrival,Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1andStarscreamarrived to attack them, ironically just as Elita was expressing her desire for a fight.Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2Starscream's appearance led Elita to mistakenly conclude that the Autobots on Earth must have been destroyed, meaning the mission was a bust, so they team decided to go to Earth themselves—just as Starscream wanted.Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3

Once on Earth, Elita-One's group unsuccessfully helped Bumblebee in battle againstMegatron.The tables turned when the captive Optimus Prime was freed and joined the fight, so Elita hung back and warned Strongarm to keep out of the leaders' battle.Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5

After the Decepticons were beaten, she was on sentry duty withArmorhide.She was too busy swearing to look in more than one direction, causing the Decepticon attack force to reach Savannah without warning simply because they were approaching from behind her.Aftermath Part 1Aftermath Part 2Somehow this didn't get her banned from further sentry duty.Dark Spark

Elita-One joined Optimus, Longarm, Strongarm and Sky Blast in theStraxus,on a mission to gatherNucleonfrom Cybertron. The team was surprised to find aUnicron-possessed Cybertron head in their direction after they had blasted off.Return to Cybertron: Part 3She managed to survive Unicron's initial assault against the Autobots' shuttle, and later helped in fending off Unicron's drones while the rest of her team worked out the means to force Unicron into fleeing.Return to Cybertron: Part 4

She later piloted theStraxuson its return flight to Earth, and was ordered to fly on toWashington, D.C.when it was discovered the Decepticons had taken over the Savannah base.Hard Target

Toy bios

Elita-1 came to find she had a lot in common withSideswipe.As such, she would team up to go Decepticon hunting with the Autobot swordsman whenever possible. In particular, the Decepticon bounty hunterAxormade an interesting challenge for the pair.Hunt for the DecepticonsElita-1

Elita-1 and her sisters have huntedSidewaysin the past, but he always got away. After beggingOptimus Prime,the three of them got another shot at bringing him down.Sideways Sneak Attack

Unite for the Universe

Elita, war isn't a spectator sport!

WhenStarscream,powered byProject: Uniteattacked multiplehumaninstallations,Optimus Primeled an Autobot force to combat the crazed Decepticon. Elita-One was among them, along withScattorshotandHubcap.They fired on Starscream, only managing to anger him, but he was soon blasted by even larger firepower, from aMegatronseeking out Starscream's head for his disobedience.On the Road of Destruction

As Megatron and Starscream battled it out without regard to their Autobot spectators, Elita muttered that she'd rather let the two wear each other down and then take the survivor. However, Optimus Prime knew that keeping their distance would still potentially leave the Unite technology in the wrong hands, meaning the Autobots would have to separate the two and defeat both. While Optimus went after Megatron, he directed Elita and the other Autobots at Starscream. They and Decepticons loyal to Megatron kept Starscream busy untilRatchetwas able to arrive and separate Starscream from his Unite technology. With the defunct Starscream still in the care of Elita and the Autobots, Megatron and his Decepticons fled.The Strongest Weapon

Toys

Transformers(2007)

• Elita-One(Scout, 2007)

• Accessories:Missile, 2 tailpipes, scope, projectile launcher, Energon chip

A pinkish-copper and silverredecoof theEnergonArceetoy, Elita-One transforms into a "superbike" -type racing motorcycle of undetermined and probably made-up model. Like previous versions of the mold, she comes with several separate weapon pieces that combine into her Energon bow, which pegs into a hole just above her hand, and an Autobot-styleenergon chip.These items are cast in black plastic. One must take care when removing her black chip, as the star fits so tightly that careless removal can break her torso. Her deco meticulously matches that ofGeneration 1 Arcee.

Elita-One is part of the third wave oflive-action movie toylineTarget-exclusiveScouts, but is not marked as part of theRobo-Visionpromotion. This toy was also sold as a Farmers exclusive inNew Zealand.

This exact toy wasrepurposedasShattered GlassArcee.This mold also was used to makeSuperlinkAriel Paradron Type,as well as theBotCon 2005Descent into Evilset'sChromia,FlamewarandFlareup,and Elita-One's fellow Target exclusive,Arcee.

• More information on Elita-One at TFU.info

Transformers(2010)

Clear a path, Prime. Your girl's just beenswiped!(Hasbro version pictured)

Elita-2. (Takara version pictured)

• Elita-1(Deluxe, 2010)

• Takara ID number:AA-08
• Accessories:Missile, figure stand/cannons
• Known designers:Andrew Scribner(deco artist)

Released in the second wave of Deluxes in the2010Transformerstoyline,Elita-1 is a black, white and purple(ish)redecoofRevenge of the FallenChromia,transforming from a unicycle-robot into aSuzuki B-Kingmotorcycle. Her vehicle mode weapon can attach as a display stand for either mode, ironically making a unicyclebot one of the most stable robot-modes. In robot mode, there is a spring-loaded missile between the tailpipes on Elita-1's left hand in addition to the aforementioned non-firing blaster-stand. She is slightly retooled from the original Chromia figure, sporting an extra tab that allows her chest to lock together more securely. She was released as part of theHunt for the Decepticonspromotion.

Elita-1 features a smallMech Alivegimmick: swinging her left forearm towards and away from her body makes a blue piston slide back and forth inside the large gun. Her stand has sculpted tank treads on the bottom, most likely to make it look that she's still mobile while using it. Herlicense platehas3L 174written on it as aleetway of spelling her own name ( "leet" / "Elita"... get it? Haw haw.).A certain fellowwould approve of that.

TakaraTomyinitially mistakenly solicited their release of Elita-1 using the purple Arcee redeco from the "Rotorwash Rumble" pack. The actual released toy uses the Chromia mold just like Hasbro, with a morescreen accuratedeco that uses more purple paint.

• More information on Elita-1 at TFU.info

• Sideways Sneak Attack(Multi-pack,2010)

• Known designers:Andrew Scribner(deco artist)

ThisTarget-exclusive multi-pack was to contain redecos of theRevenge of the FallenLegends class Arcee mold as Chromia and Elita-1, plus an Arcee who may or may not be different from the singleROTFrelease. The set furthermore includes a redeco of Deluxe classSideways,whose painted battle damage evokes the scene in the film where he's been cut in half. Ouchies.

Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Dark of the Moon

Can I have my real body now, Hasbro?

• Autobot Skids / Elita-1 / Sergeant Epps(Human Alliance, 2011)

• Known designers:Andrew Scribner(deco artist)

A purple redeco ofHuman AllianceArcee,Dark of the MoonElita-1 comes with a redeco ofHuman AllianceSkidsandSergeant Epps.Epps can ride her in vehicle mode.

The mold that this Elita-1 is redecoed from actually uses Chromia's robot design (similarly to Elita-1's Deluxe-class toy), despite originally being named and colored like Arcee, meaning that the purple bike is a recolor of the red bike who somehow had the blue bike's body. Confused yet?

• More information on Dark of the Moon Elita-1 at TFU.info

Studio Series

FINALLY

• Chromia • Arcee • Elita-1(Deluxe Class,2019)

• Movie:Revenge of the Fallen
• Hasbro ID number:52
• TakaraTomy ID number:SS-41
• TakaraTomy release date:January 25,2020
• Accessories:3 wheel stands, cannon, sword, shoulderpad, "Shanghai Pursuit" backdrop

Studio SeriesElita-One is a Legion Class-sized mold accurate to her appearance inRevenge of the Fallen,transforming into a purple approximation of a MV Agusta F4. She comes packaged withChromiaandArceein a three-pack priced at the standard Deluxe Class price value, making them the smallest transforming toys in theStudio Seriesline to date. The three-pack comes also comes with a stand for each sister's bottom wheels, helping them stay upright, and a cardboard backdrop display of their pursuit ofSidewaysthrough Shanghai's streets.

Third-wheelin'

Though not included in the toys' instructions, the three sisters can combine into a kind of motorcycle-centaur form, as originally proposed for (but cut from) the movie (seeArcee's pagefor details). The combined form is assembled using special tabs on Elita-1 and Chromia's stands to link the figures together, and its appearance is completed with three accessories—a pink cannon, a blue sword, and a blue shoulder pad—which all attach to Arcee. Elita can somewhat wear the gun while in her individual robot mode, but neither it, the other weapons, nor the sisters' stands store anywhere in vehicle mode.

This is notably the first transforming figure of Elita-1's on-screen robot design, as well as the first toy that doesn't depict her as a repaint of one of her sisters.

Like the rest of the figures in the same wave, Elita-1 first saw release in someToys "R" Usshops in Malaysia and independent stores in Hong Kong.

Notes

~ "Wheeere did he go? / That Invisi-bo! / He's a menace to the town and to property / He wants to be in charge of you and me!"

• In bothIDW Publishing's comics andTitan'sTransformers magazine,Elita's head (her original body's head, that is) was redesigned to resemble that ofher Generation 1 counterpart.As far as Titan goes, however, apparent lack of communication between artists has meant that this was not consistent across various issues, and that she is sometimes drawn with her toy-based head instead. And there's about amilliondifferent versions of her G1-ised head, one for each Titan artist...
• For herRevenge of the Fallenincarnation, Elita-1's name was originally announced as "Flareup" atHasbro's panelduringSan Diego Comic-Con2009.
  • Not long after, at BotCon 2009, it was claimed that she was going to be a redeco ofRevenge of the FallenArcee.
  • The three bike girls were originally going to combine into a larger robot-form, but this was cut from the final movie. A vestigal reference to this can be found in fold-out tabs attached to their action figures, but with Elita's relegation to a redeco, no real combination appears possible with the toys.
  • Yeah, plans changed a lot with Elita.
• The third motorcycle in the movie was actually anMV Agusta F4,a different model from both Arcee'sDucati 848and Chromia'sSuzuki B-King.
• Elita-1 was originally planned to be yellow/gold. Evidence of this can be found multiple times on theRevenge of the Fallenspecial features DVD and other pieces of publicly released concept art. "The Human Factor", a segment on the DVD, features an image of her standard purple concept model in yellow behind several of the concept artists' during their interviews. The "Deconstructing Visual Bayhem" segment features the "Lamborghini Jump" which depicts the third member of the Arcee combiner inyellow.And finally, one of the concepts for Arcee's proposed combined mode was shown to featuregold components.
  • Other concepts for the combined mode also featured components ingreen and silver.
• A piece of (adorable!) TakaraTomy website art shows Chromia with her finalized design, but the other two bike girls as pink and red versions of Arcee. As Arcee's toy is red, this wouldostensiblymake the pink one Elita-1...despite her film design being entirely different and her toy being a redeco of Chromia.
• Robot HeroesChromiais actually Elita-1's model in Chromia's colors.
• While the film is wholly apathetic on whether or not the shot that takes down Elita is fatal, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman would claim that all three Arcee components were killed^[3]at the behest of director Michael Bay.^[4]IDW's comics ignored this and continued to feature the three sisters inRising Storm.However, Elitadoesget killed off by Shockwave towards the end of that comic, presumably to explain her absence inDark of the Moon.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Elita-1(エリータ・ワンErīta Wan)
• Mandarin:Elita( Eri thápÀilìtǎ),Jīng Yīng( tinh anh, "Elite" )

References