Trip-Up
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- Trip-Up is an Autobot Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.
All of the members of the Hot Rod Patrol are known as troublemakers, but Trip-Up is the one who starts the kind of trouble that gets someone's nose busted. Overly aggressive and always out to prove himself, Trip-Up thinks only with his fists, starting fights when he gets bored with trying to start races. Team leader Big Daddy makes no attempt to discipline the rowdy bot, but does try to occasionally steer the impressionable Hubs away from him to keep the younger Autobot from emulating his violent behavior. One Trip-Up is more than enough.[1]
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Fiction
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
During a mission to rescue Roadbuster, Trip-Up and the Hot Rod Patrol ended up in a firefight with the Decepticons, one that led to the death of Crunch. Angered that their friend had died fighting in a war they didn't even start, Big Daddy chose to leave the Autobots after arguments with Ultra Magnus and the Battle Patrol. The other Hot Rod Patrol members agreed with "B.I.G.", as Trip-Up called him, and headed for The Burn Outs. On the way, they ran into the Race Track Patrol, who had also abandoned their faction, but both groups were attacked by the Insecticons. Destined for Nothing
While Trip-Up and the others had left their weapons at the Autobot base, they ended up being saved by Groundshaker. He brought the Hot Rod Patrol to Countdown, who asked them to join him, but they turned him down and continued to The Burn Outs. Upon arrival, Trip-Up stole Roller Force's seat, which almost led to a fight breaking out between the two Micromasters. Trip-Up ended up ignoring Roller Force in favor of watching a race between Big Daddy and Roadhandler. The Gray Race After Big Daddy lost, the Insecticons showed up again and attacked the gathered Micromasters. As the Hot Rod Patrol returned to Iacon to ask the Autobots for help, Trip-Up voiced his opinion that the Race Track Patrol had betrayed them all to the Insecticons. The Battle Patrol wouldn't let them back into the base, however, so they chose to take Countdown up on his offer. Recipe for Hate
While the other Hot Rod Patrol members got all mushy about fighting the good fight alongside Big Daddy, Trip-Up only wanted to kick some Decepticon skidplate. They then infiltrated the Decepticon headquarters, freed some captured Micromasters, and learned that Trip-Up had been right about the Race Track Patrol. In the end, they managed to stop Skystalker from pushing the Autobots and Decepticons into a double-suicide conflict so that Skystalker could pick up the pieces. It was a victory, but a hollow one, and Trip-Up and the Hot Rod Patrol continued to question their role in the war. Victims of the Revolution
Beast Wars: Uprising
Trip-Up was stationed in Yuss when the Resistance made a push on the city's gun turrets. He reported contact with the enemy in one of the base's many tunnels. Derailment
War for Cybertron Trilogy marketing material
After Cybertron fell, the Autobots left their homeworld aboard the Ark, traveling through space in pursuit of the AllSpark. Earthrise webpage[2] Trip-Up was a Ground Command Infantry Private. Earthrise toy packaging
2019 IDW continuity
Trip-Up, Hubs, and Big Daddy attended an illegal skitter race at Swindle's. Swindle's
After the fall of the Senate, Trip-Up joined the Autobots. He fought in a major battle along the Rust Sea to prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the Enigma of Combination. Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II
Commercial appearances
Jazz introduced Optimus Prime to Trip-Up, as well as the rest of the Hot Rod Patrol. The Hot Rod Patrol and the Construction Patrol were then faced by Scorponok advancing menacingly upon them. As the Decepticon began to cross a suspension bridge, the Autobots destroyed it, sending Scorponok tumbling down. Hot Rod and Construction Patrol commercial
Transformers: Earth Wars
Toys
The Transformers
- Hot Rod Patrol (Micromaster Patrol, 1990)
- Released in the seventh and final year of the original Transformers toyline in the US (sixth and non-final year in Europe), Micromaster Trip-Up is a tiny robot that transforms into a tiny 1966 Ford Mustang fastback hot rod with a Kenne Bell supercharger.
- Trip-Up is gang-molded with his teammate Hubs, sharing the same plastic colors.
- He was only available in the Hot Rod Patrol four-pack with his teammates Big Daddy, Greaser, and Hubs.
- Hot Rod Team (Micro Transformer Team, 1991)
- ID number: C-362
- Accessories: Micro Trailer #2
- "Vanishing" was also released in Takara's Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line, during the Return of Convoy year, with no notable physical changes from the Hasbro release.
- Like the Hasbro toy, he was only available in a complete set with his teammates, but this release included Micro Trailer #2 and a sticker sheet with some extra decals to adorn your toys with.
War for Cybertron: Earthrise
- Trip-Up & Autobot Daddy-O (Micromaster, 2020)
- Hasbro ID number: WFC-E3
- TakaraTomy ID number: ER EX-03
- TakaraTomy release date: May 30, 2020
- Known designers: Ken Christiansen (concept artist)
- Part of the first wave of Earthrise Micromaster two-packs, Trip-Up transforms from a robot into a small hot rod, similar to but legally distinct from his prior Ford Mustang form. He comes with his partner Daddy-O as the Hot Rod Patrol. He can combine with Daddy-O to form a weapon, though their designs mean both can be wielded independently if one wishes.
- In Japan, Trip-Up and Daddy-O were released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.
- This figure was redecoed into Stingracer.
Notes
- Trip-Up's Japanese name, "Vanishing", may be a reference to Vanishing Point, a film prominently featuring a white '70s muscle car (though of a different model).
Foreign names
- Japanese: Vanishing (バニシング Banishingu)
- French: Jambette (Canada)
- Italian: Blitz