Teletraan 15

Teletraan 15 is anAutobotfrom theTeletraan 15 Go! Go! manga portionof theGeneration 1 continuity family.

A rare moment of not being in some form of mortal peril.

Teletraan 15(テレトランいちごTeretoran Ichigo) is one of several humanoid computers developed by the Autobots to be "living" extensions of theTeletraan Icomputer, operating out of the artificial Earth satelliteNana.

This particular unit is shy, bumbling, and incredibly luckless. She frequently gets into trouble and often needs saving by (and occasionallyfrom) her fellow Autobots. Her fellow Teletraan unitTeletraan 10is frustrated by her antics, but still steps up to help her in a scrape... after a perfunctory round of sarcasm. The two are very close friends, despite their differences.

Despite her (numerous) shortcomings, 15 shows amazing dedication to her job and a surprising amount of courage, seemingly ready to face down impossible and almost certainly fatal odds in the line of duty.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

15 Go! Go!

In the year2005,with Teletraan I's databanks destroyed by an unknown saboteur, the Enigma tic "Black Panther Man"commanded Teletraan 15 to gather information to restore the precious data.Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go! Volume 1Traveling through time and space, Teletraan 15 encountered various Cybertronians and recorded their personal information (while Teletraan 10 commented on their more unusual character traits). During her adventures, she was creeped out byPerceptor,Perceptor Volumemolested byWheelie,Wheelie Volumeand bewildered then nearly crushed byKup.Kup Volume

Shortly after being rescued from aNovaroidbyMicromasterHot Rod,Hot Rod VolumeStar Convoy Volumethe pair were attacked byGalvatron.When she tried to protect the damaged Hot Rod, Galvatron bit 15's right arm off,Galvatron Volumeleaving her to die from fuel loss while he attempted to finish off his old foe. The arrival ofStar Convoyallowed Teletraan 10 to arrive on the scene, while the AutobotsSafetyandFly-Uprushed to 15's aid.Galvatron Volume 2

15 was brought back to the satelliteNana,where her right arm was restored, but this time with the ability to morph into a saw blade for self-defense.Galvatron Volume 3As she recovered,Blastergave her a gift: the cassetteSteeljaw,both for companionship and the music he had stored on his tape. (The music was very moody and sad, much to 15's chagrin.)Blaster Volume

Back on her data-gathering mission,Extra Volume?!she and Steeljaw ran across theCyberjetJetfire,who took them on a tour of theEarthin his reality.Steeljaw VolumeTheir flight was interrupted by an attack byDreadwingandSmokescreen,but 15 found herself saved once again by Optimus Prime, this time as "Battle Convoy".Battle Convoy Volume

En route toNana,Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go! Volume 14she was possessed by the ghost ofStarscreamand promptly took over the satellite once she arrived.Starscream? VolumeNeither 10 nor Black Panther Man were able to stop her, but in the end they didn't need to. Digging through 15's data banks, Starscream learned about the power of theKiss Playersand left to possess someone from that reality instead.Starscream? Volume 2

After the cassettesRosanna,SundorandGlitarrived onNana,Kiss Players Position VolumeMysterious Falling Star VolumeTeletraan 15 was accused of being Teletraan I's saboteur and imprisoned. Escaping with the aid of the cassettes, 15 learned of Black Panther Man's secret agenda to use the gathered data to alter the future to remove "unnecessary conflict". Teletraan 15 first destroyed the disc she had recorded her data on, then commandeered the commander'stranswarpspaceship to travel back in time and prevent the whole mess from happening.10 VolumeUnfortunately, 10 and Black Panther Man managed to get on board as well. 10 held a gun to 15's head, but in the end was unable to pull the trigger. When 15 charged the Black Panther Man of the past in order to prevent him from getting Teletraan 1's data, the "present" panther clamped his jaws on her left ankle. Unwilling to stop the agent from altering history any further, she cut off her own foot with her saw-blade arm to free herself, then drove the saw into the console, destroying the records that had been lost in the first place that started the whole mess.

Expressing mixed disappointment (in the failure of his scheme) and pride (in his "foolish" subordinates), the "present" commander dumped 15, 10 and the cassettes out of his ship and flew away. Despite their predicament (and having lost both a foot and an arm), 15 seemed pleased, having averted a time-altering catastrophe.15 Volume: The Last Part

Legendscomic

Teletraan 15 was one of the many women brought to theLegends UniversebyTigatronusing theultra-drillin an attempt to get women who liked him better thanSpringer.It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer.Bonus Edition Vol. 19

Kre-Ocomic

Teletraan 15 reported that a fire had broken out in the city and that the Autobots were called upon to help.Dive Into the Fire! The Rescue Operation of Friendship

Notes

• The Teletraan units were originally designed to represent specific emotions. Teletraan 15 is sadness.
• Teletraan 15 speaks in aKyūshū dialect.
• Teletraan 15's name, pronounced "Ichigo", means both "one-five" and "strawberry" in Japanese.
• The term "Teletraan [number]" has various spellings throughout thecanon,and because this instance was published only in Japanese, the specific English transliteration one chooses is a matter of taste. We have chosen to use "Teletraan I" as our basis for this spelling because of the direct connection between the two computers in the fiction. For more information on where that spelling came from, seehere.
• The implication of the manga is that yes, shewasthe original saboteur, but only in response to Black Panther Man's scheme... making it one of those weirdass time-loop predestination thingamajobbies.