Quickshadow
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- Quickshadow is anAutobotfrom theRescue Botsportion of theAligned continuity family.
Sleek, stylish, and secretive,Quickshadowis a covert operations specialist sent byOptimus Primeto assist theRescue BotsonGriffin Rock.There's absolutely no denying she'sveryeffective at her job, with a plethora of built-in spy-gear that lets her tackle missions with ease.
In fact, she may be a littletooeffective, as she's not exactly the easiest bot to work with. She's not antagonistic (though she is overconfident bordering on arrogant), she's just very used to working on her own without backup, both in personnel and planning, needing to get a job done right, fast, and on the first try. The heavily-team-based dynamic ofRescue Force Sigma-17is very tough for her to adjust to. Perhaps Optimus sent her to learn from them just as much as they could learn from her....
She has operated onEarthfor a long time, under a long list of code names, includingSlipchain,Bootlatch,andOverdrive.
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Fiction
Rescue Botscartoon
- Voice actor:Alex Kingston(English),Beatrice Caggiula(Italian),Fabienne Loriaux(French),Isabel de Sá(Brazilian Portuguese)
Optimus Primeassigned Quickshadow toEarthArrivalsand allowed her to scan the car from theMaven Dangerfilms.Plus OneOne of her early assignments was to spy onMadeline Pynch.Cody's 11
Quickshadow hijacked theGroundBridge,resulting inHeatwave,Chaseand two humans landing up in theSahara.Bridge BuildingShe again encountered the two Rescue Bots when she hijacked the GroundBridge to the mainland nearGriffin Rock.After saving a driver from plunging off a bridge, she followed Heatwave and Chase back to Griffin Rock, but maintained her cover in vehicle mode. Escaping the firehouse through a tunnel, she saved a pedestrian and rescuedCeCe Greenefrom a bank vault before the rescue team cornered her in a parking garage. She revealed to them who she was and that she'd been sent by Optimus.ArrivalsAfter she took part in a rescue, Quickshadow attempted to share her experience with the other Rescue Bots, and Heatwave placed her in charge for a mission transportingPhodolitethrough town. Though she came up with a plan, she didn't have a backup when the plan went wrong, and ended up assisting when Chase provided a solution to the problem. Believing the team had nothing to learn from her, she instead opted to instead go to the mainland to instructBlurrandSalvage.Plus One
Quickshadow was asked byChief Burnsto help withEarliweenpreparations, however when she arrived in Griffin Rock, she found herself the subject of an attempted theft byEvanandMyleswho mistook her for the car from Maven Danger. Following their next attempt, involving a device which overrode control of her alternate mode, she inadvertently exposed the Rescue Bots' secret to the pair. They attempted to use the video to force Quickshadow to turn herself over to them, however with the help of the townsfolk, she turned the tables and took Evan and Myles into custody.Ghost in the Machine
To Quickshadow's relief (Blurr and Salvage were really annoying) the day came to open the newRescue Bot Training Center.After the base was transformed, she accepted Blurr's challenge to race around a slot car track, after having been shrunk using aMinimizer,and easily beat him. Unfortunately the base's computer then refused to deshrink the pair.The More Things Change...With the base's holographic disguise also failing, she and Blurr made their way to the front door, evading the cleaning equipment with some help fromServo.They succeeded in exiting through a small hatch and restarted the hologram projectors once the cloaking device had been replaced.The More Things Stay the Same
When Madeline Pynch stumbled on a deposit ofEnergon,Quickshadow enlisted the rescue team for help in infiltrating the tycoon's mainland compound. As part of the plan, she posed as a relief car when Pynch's car broke down, allowing her to drive into the compound where she could releaseServowho planted a device to let the team control the security systems. Following the successful recovery of the Energon and other tech, Pynch tried to make a getaway in Quickshadow, who promptly drove her to jail in Griffin Rock.Cody's 11
WhenDani's test space mission ran into trouble, Chase asked Quickshadow to keep Ground Control in the dark while the rescue team used theSigmato head to the rescue.To Infinity... And Back
During a brief visit to Griffin Rock, Quickshadow had the intention of making a quick exit when Maven Danger arrived, but was spotted by the actor and had to remain to avoid suspicion. She found herself being driven on a rescue by Maven, and when it later turned out that the whole visit was actually so Maven's agentSkip Scobblecould steal a rare book, Quickshadow drove Mr. Danger to the nearest egress from the island.A Brush with Danger
Quickshadow and High Tide were assigned as Blades's team to protect theScrubber InitiativeinFaxian,China,and arrived well before their new team leader. When theMorocco virus,piloting a newMorBot,entered the city and stole the lab's newresiliency patch,Quickshadow was the first to intercept it via flying body tackle, slamming them both into a building. However, the resiliency patch allowed it to shrug off the blow, while the previously-stolen speed booster let it escape Quickshadow's capture cables.UpgradesFollowing the Virus's defeat (and the rebuilding of the GroundBridge network that stranded the separated Rescue Bots for a little while) she joined the whole team back at the mainland Training Center, where Optimus finalized everyone's new assignments, and everyone posed for a new family photo.Transformations
2015Robots in Disguisecartoon
Following the restoration of Cybertron from theGreat War,Quickshadow was one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the newHigh Councilfor being a supporter ofOptimus Prime.Enemy of My Enemy
Toys
Rescue Bots
- Quickshadow(2016)
- Part of the eleventh wave ofRescue Bots"Rescan" toys, Quickshadow automatically transforms from luxury sports car of made-up model to robot by pulling her arms/doors to the sides, which automatically flips down her hood-chest and extends her legs. Pushing her arms back in reverses the auto-transformation.
- She shares engineering with theRescan Bumblebeetoy. This toy was later redecoed intoClassic Heroes TeamMirage.
- Quickshadow(Epic Figure, 2017)
- The only new bot in the fourth wave of "Epic Figures", this version of Quickshadow is a 12-inch tall non-transformable action figure. She is largely hollow, with an opening clear-plastic chest compartment to allow the smallerPlayskool"Heroes" style figures to ride inside. She has simple shoulder articulation, with5mm holesin her fists to use rescue tool accessories.
- Griffin Rock Stunt Team(Multi-pack, 2017)
- Part of the second wave of three-pack Flip Racers, Quickshadow transforms automatically from car to robot when the vehicle mode is lifted up and placed on its end.
- She was only available in a "Griffin Rock Stunt Team" set, packed withBoulder the Construction-BotandHeatwave the Fire-Bot.
- Pullback Quickshadow(Pullback Flip Racer, 2018)
Notes
- Unlike most of the Rescue Bots, Quickshadow's driver's seat is positioned on the right side of her vehicle mode's interior. This matches her accent, as most vehicles manufactured in the United Kingdom use this configuration. She's also rear wheel drive, a trait one would expect of any self-respecting British grand tourer, wouldn't one?
- Quickshadow's animation model includes a small blue square on the back of her head which resembles alight-pipingwindow. This is a little weird. None of her toys have a light-piping feature.
- Inher introduction,she says "you may call me Quickshadow," and it'ssubsequently revealedthat she has had multiple aliases, explaining that "Optimus insisted that my real name never be used." Chase surmises "until now, apparently." Quickshadow doesn't directly confirm this simply adding that "he (Optimus) gave me new orders." This still leaves open the possibility of "Quickshadow" being another alias.
