Tailgate
Vital Statistics
Species	Cybertronian
Status	Offline
Other Info Physical description Gender Male Eye Color Blue (presumably) Primary Color Red (show) Blue (toy) Secondary Color White (toy) Tertiary Color {{{tertiary color}}} Height 20 ft Affiliation Autobots Enemies Airachnid (killer)
Production details
First appearance	Predatory
Voiced by	Josh Keaton

Tailgate was Arcee's partner back on Cybertron during the Great War. He was captured and killed by Airachnid, which led to Arcee's shellshocked trauma.

BiographyEdit

War on CybertronEdit

Tailgate was a member of the Delta Team, along with Arcee, on Cybertron. On one combat mission, Tailgate failed to take down a Decepticon sniper, forcing Acree to attack the Decepticons directly. As the two discussed where to meet, Acree was captured by Airachnid. While Arcee was captive, Tailgate was captured and brought to Airachnid. Airachnid then killed Tailgate, after Arcee refused to reveal the coordinates of an incoming Autobot attack.

Arcee was then rescued by Cliffjumper and Bumblebee, but she would never stop grieving for his death. When being saved, Arcee said she couldn't save her partner.^[1]

After DeathEdit

Years after his death, Tailgate is still remembered. When Cliffjumper and Arcee were captured on a Decepticon warship Arcee refused to work with Cliffumper, fearing that he might suffer the same fate as Tailgate had. Cliffjumper then told Arcee he knew what happened to Tailgate, as he was part of the rescue mission that saved Arcee.^[2]

Airachnid also constantly reminds Arcee of his death in attempts to anger her.^[3][4]

When Starscream was an Autobot prisoner and him and Arcee were fighting, Starscream said: "Was Tailgate weak like Cliffjumper?" which enrages her.^[5]

Arcee said to Smokescreen to keep on his guard because she had already lost two partners, one being Tailgate and other Cliffjumper. ^[6]

TriviaEdit

• He seems to have the same body type as Cliffjumper.
• Even though he only had a few seconds of screen time, a Cyberverse toy based on him was made. However, the toy is blue and white, while he appears to be a shade of red in the show.
• Tailgate shares his voice-actor with Arcee's current partner, Jack.

Toy GalleryEdit

Prime Cyberverse Tailgate

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ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Predatory
2. ↑ Out of the Past
3. ↑ Predatory
4. ↑ Metal Attraction
5. ↑ Partners
6. ↑ Alpha, Omega