Arcee (Earth-Transformers)

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Arcee

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Real Name

Arcee

Alignment

Good

Affiliation

Autobots, Headmasters

Universe

Earth-Transformers

Characteristics

Gender

Female

Eyes

Blue

Hair

No Hair

Unusual Features

Pink and White color scheme

Status

Citizenship

Transformers

Occupation

Warrior

First appearance

Transformers: The Movie #1

History

"Looks are always deceiving."

A sweet, kind, and loyal Autobot to her friends, Arcee is also a merciless, lethal warrior to her enemies. Arcee's intelligence, quick wit, and coolness under fire make her invaluable to the Autobot cause. The Decepticons constantly underrate her because, since to them she so closely resembles the female humans of Earth which the Decepticons have absolutely no respect for, they believe she is beneath their consideration. It is an attitude that Arcee exploits with deadly efficiency. Arcee is very protective of the human, Danny Witwicky, son of Spike Witwicky, the long-time Earthling friend of the Autobots. In fact, sometimes Arcee is a bit overly protective of him and treats Danny almost like a fragile Ming vase since his skin is not composed of a supremely tough metal alloy like hers. Arcee is attracted to the Autobot, Hot Rod, who reciprocates the affection. But neither of them is willing to admit it openly. If one were to listen to the verbal pot-shots they take at each other, one would think that they were the bitterest of enemies. But catch one of the Autobots, or worse, a Decepticon, making a disparaging remark about Hot Rod in Arcee's presence and the offender will more often than not find his hydraulic hoses sliced to ribbons before he knows it.

Arcee was absent from the U.S. Marvel Comics (barring the adaptation of the movie), because the comics had established that in their continuity, Transformers did not possess sexes, thus Arcee's presence as a clearly female robot would have defied this. She did, however, feature in the U.K. Comics stories based in the future era, which made use of the movie's cast, supplemented with the tale of her creation to validate her existence - she was the result of an attempt by the Autobots to better understand the human concept of gender, and to appease human protesters. She also makes an appearance twice in the American Transformers: Headmasters #1 as a background character in Fortress Maximus's regiment. In order to explain any Autobots introduced during the fourth (then-ongoing) and fifth production years, most of Fortress Maximus's crew on Cybertron and aboard the Steelhaven were unseen, or used generic bodies until readers were "surprised" with them later. (This technique was effectively used when the cast of the Headmasters comic was added to the regular Transformers series.)

Powers and Abilities

Powers

None known.

Abilities

None known.

Strength level

Unknown.

Weaknesses

Arcee's concern for Danny sometimes causes her to take excessive risks in order to protect him.

Paraphernalia

Equipment: None known.
Transportation: None known.
Weapons: None known.

Notes

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Trivia

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See Also

• Appearances of Arcee (Earth-Transformers)
• Character Gallery: Arcee (Earth-Transformers)
• Fan-Art Gallery: Arcee (Earth-Transformers)
• Quotations by Arcee (Earth-Transformers)

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