Skram (G2)

Skram is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

G'wan, get!

Skram only takes this war thing so seriously. After all, if you can't have a little fun even in the middle of an eons-long race-wide civil war, what's the point? Luckily for him (and his fellow Axelerators), his idea of "fun" consists mostly of barreling into incredibly dangerous situations, banging some Decepticon skulls together, and somehow beating the ugliest odds and turning things into a victory for the Autobots.

Of course, he might brag a bit once it's all over, but his results are hard to argue with.

Fiction

Fleetway Generation 2 comic

Skram was part of the Autobot squad sent to Earth to stop Bludgeon's troops from trashing the place. Skram went with Jazz and Sideswipe to handle the rank-and-file while Optimus Prime took on Bludgeon. War Without End

When the Skyscorchers were pulled away, Skram thought they had won. Boy, was he wrong; the Decepticons were regrouping to take on Megatron, out to take out both Optimus and Bludgeon. He and the other two ran to help Prime, and got to his side in time to mop up some Decepticons that the Dinobots had slapped around. War Zone

Theft of the Golden Disk

Skram was a minor hero of the Great War whom the Maximal officer Getout chose to emulate shortly after activation. Getout's profile

2005 IDW continuity

• First Appearance: Spotlight: Galvatron

Skram, with his cohorts Fireball, Lander, and Diver, razed planets that aided the Decepticons during the Great War. Forever Is a Long Time Coming

We can't very well see off-panel, can we now? Idiot.

Skram was one of the Autobots stationed at Thunderhead Pass under the command of Hound to guard the remains of Thunderwing. He was witness to Hound's dressing down of Sideswipe when the latter broke radio silence to request a transfer to Earth. He was knocked offline during an attack on the outpost by a powerful Transformer, but the intruder chose to spare Skram's life, as well as the lives of most of the other Autobots stationed there, in a small act of rebellion against his master. Spotlight: Galvatron

Later, Optimus Prime informed Hound that his unit should make preparations to come to Earth as reinforcements. Devastation #1 However, due to the extraction of prisoners from Garrus-9, Hound's unit, including Skram, was diverted there instead. Devastation #6

On the way, their ship, the Ark-12, was attacked by Cyclonus, and Skram reported on the ship's damage. He apparently stayed aboard the ship while the others caught up with Cyclonus on the surface of Corata-Vaz. Spotlight: Cyclonus

An obscure guy that lives to see the end of the story arc? Holy crap!

Skram later joined in with the rest of Hound's team and the Wreckers in fighting Thunderwing, who was stationed as a guardian for a Nega-Core situated on Corata-Vaz. Spotlight: Hardhead Spotlight: Doubledealer

Hound's team was then put under the command of Fortress Maximus and sent to Earth to deal with the Nega-Core there and its guardians, Straxus and Grindcore. Skram was thereafter given the unenviable task of retrieving Arcee and guiding her through a couple of space bridge portals to a confrontation with Jhiaxus on Gorlam Prime. Spotlight: Sideswipe

After the war ended, Skram and his old planet-razing buddies ended up living in Metroplex, City of Steel where they were killed The Killing Jar by Sandstorm for their crimes. Forever Is a Long Time Coming

Wings Universe

Skram was one of the second generation Transformers created on Earth out of the cyberfactories. When these new Transformers chose sides, Skram became a member of the Autobots. In 2010, he was stationed at Autobot City, and rolled into battle in Switzerland at Jazz's command to back-up Pyro and Rapido. Generation 2: Redux

Regeneration One

Skram was among the Autobots on Cybertron infected by Scorponok's Gene Key. He reverted to his normal personality when Perceptor sabotaged the large scale version of the device. Natural Selection, Part Five

Skram went with Ultra Magnus to track down Galvatron. When they encountered him trying to climb some scaffolding, Skram immediately charged into battle despite Magnus's protests, but his reckless charge was cut short by a single blast from Galvatron, sending him flying. The War to End All Wars, Part 1

Toys

The Transformers

His name is "Marks" backwards. Communist propaganda?

• Skram (Axelerator, 1993)

• Accessories: Engine block gun
• Known designers: Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Sold as part of the Axelerator assortment, The Transformers Skram transforms into a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. His exposed chrome-silver engine block becomes a pistol for robot mode.

This toy is also gang-molded with Windbreaker.

He was initially released in the European market in 1993, during the transitional time when the Transformers toys took on the new Generation 2 sigils, but the packaging lacked the "Generation 2" line-name.

• More information on Skram at TFU.info

Generation 2

• Skram (Autobot Car, 1993) / Skram (Axelerator, 1994)

• Accessories: Engine block gun

Released concurrently with the European "Generation 1" version, the U.S. Generation 2 version of Skram is almost identical to the European toy, save the pink clear-plastic being replaced with smoky-black, and the "AUTOBOT" branding across his windshield is now yellow instead of pinkish, making it stand out a lot better.

Skram was re-released in the European Generation 2 line the following year, retaining his clear-pink plastics.

Notes

• While Skram's original UK release gives him the function of "Platoon Trouble Shooter", the later U.S. release changes this to "Crack Patrol". Make of that what you will.
• Like all of the toys carried over from the European line for Generation 2, Skram got entirely new artwork for his U.S. release. His original artwork, for reasons unknown, has a scary freakin' vent-thing in place of his mouth.
• Unlike most of the toys carried over from the European line for Generation 2, the United States releases of the "Small Cars" kept the mottos and bios of the 1993 European Axelerators mostly unchanged, though the European 1994 Generation 2 releases omitted the bios and only featured the mottos in multiple languages. Skram even got to keep his name for the American release!
• Skram is the only Axelerator who has not been shown as part of the canceled Block Town series. Since he is gang-molded with Windbreaker, a Block Town Skram alongside Carzap would be a red car with white robot parts.
• Skram's European-market coloration was used as the basis for the Maximal Command Security Force trooper Getout.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Skram (スクラム Sukuramu)
• Dutch: Smash
• French: Smash
• Italian: Mercury