- Hosehead
Hosehead is a character of the Transformers toyline and television series. He is an
Autobot Headmaster and transforms into a fire engine. He should not be confused with the character Cab.Transformers: Generation One
Transformers character
name = Hosehead
caption =
affiliation = Autobot
subgroup = Headmasters
rank = 6
function = Emergency Rescue
partner = Lug
motto = "If at first you don't succeed, try again."
alternatemodes =Fire engine
series =
voiceby =Hosehead's bio described him as an eager, but scatterbrained soldier, likely to mess up even the simplest instructions. He means well, but usually ends up causing more problems than he solves. He is binary-bonded to the Nebulan Lug, a former all-star athlete.Marvel Comics
Hosehead originally appeared in issue #230 of the Marvel U.K. comic, where he was investigating the suspicious death of an Autobot on Earth. Linking up with Nightbeat and Siren, who had been dispatched from Cybertron with the same intention in mind, they soon uncovered the killer as
Thunderwing , who was attempting to prove he was worthy ofDecepticon leadership. The three eventually defeated him via the explosion of the corpse they were investigating.Following this, Hosehead, Nightbeat and Siren made their U.S. debut in issue #62 of the U.S. Transformers comic, having been dispatched by Prime to recover his previous body and the Matrix with it. Encountering gangsters on the planet Pz-zazz, they believed the planet's fabled fountain of youth to be the Matrix. Fighting off the criminals, they found it to be a dead end - as their old enemy Thunderwing arrived and took them prisoner.
The Autobots eventually recovered their bodies, and when Thunderwing was possessed by the Matrix, the three deactivated the gravity, sweeping the monster into space. After this, the three joined Prime's troops, and participated in the battle against
Unicron . However, Hosehead would not survive - his body was seen amongst the wreckage of the battle in issue #76.Dreamwave Productions
Hosehead appeared only in Dreamwave third "" series as one of the Autobot rebels during the age of interment. This was before he became a Headmaster or was reformatted into an Earth-style truck.
Toys
*Generation 1 Hosehead with Lug:This toy is virtually identical to the Japanese character of Cab.
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