From L to R: Scattershot, Nosecone, Strafe, Lightspeed, Afterburner
The Technobots (テクノボット Tekunobotto) (known as Techbot (テックボット Tekkubotto) in Japan or sometimes referred as Tech Robot (テックロボット Tekku Robotto)) are a subgroup of five Autobots that transform into futuristic vehicles in the Transformers Universe, and are a combiner team, meaning they can fuse together into a larger robot. Their Decepicon counterparts are the Terrorcons. Being technologically advanced, they are also scientists, though their IQ is decidedly average. They combine into Computron.
While the Technobot team utilizes the same combining technology earlier used by the Aerialbots, Stunticons, Combaticons, and Protectobots, Computron is one of the few combiners with only one consistent combination. This is due to several of the smaller Technobots being different sizes when forming a leg or arm. Lightspeed and Nosecone are consistently the left and/or right legs, and Afterburner and Strafe are consistently the right and left arms.
As Computron, the team's group dynamic allows them to create a super-intelligent gestalt whose mind and thought processes have been compared to "500 supercomputers". However, due to the various differences in viewpoint and procedure of the five Technobots, Computron can often take a long time to reach a conclusion, sometimes too late to put it to use.
Transformers: Generation 1[]
Technobot members[]
The five Technobots are:
VA: Stephen Keener
VA: Jim Cummings
VA: Danny Mann
VA: David Workman
VA: Steve Bulen
The Technobots first appear in the season 3 episode "Grimlock's New Brain". After biting through a computer's cables located inside Cybertron's core, Grimlock becomes super-intelligent, and creates the Technobots out of Unicron's brain parts to combat the Terrorcons. The Terrorocons combine into Abominus and to combat him, Grimlock transferred his vast intellect into Computron, the Technobots' combined form. This leaves Grimlock in the same mental state as before. Computron defeats Abominus quickly.
The Technobots appear on numerous other occasions, including when they are assigned to destroy a Quintesson base on Titan with the help of Marissa Fairborne. While the Quintessons control the Terrcons they have them unite into Abominus to face the Technobots. The Technobots quickly form Computron and are successful in defeating the Terrorcons and Quintessons.
They try to stop the Terrorcons from stealing a special heat-resistant alloy. The two teams merge into their combined forms, but Computron's need to analyse every strategy before committing himself leads to Abominus swiftly defeating him.
The Technobots also appear in the season 4 episode "The Rebirth Part 1". They are on Earth when the Decepticons attack Autobot City.
