Arcee

Arcee

Allegiance: Autobot

Function: Warrior

First Comic Appearance: Transformers: The Movie #1

"Looks are always deceiving."

Profile: 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.

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

Arcee is the first Female Autobot shown on a regular basis in the cartoon continuities (by "Female Autobot" we refer to a class of Autobots whose bodies and voices resemble those of female humans). She has demonstrated sharpshooting abilities, and transforms from robot to a car form. There has been speculation that Hot Rod had feelings for her, but since his transformation into Rodimus Prime in the cartoon, she has become more affectionate towards Springer. In the US cartoon, she eventually became a Headmaster, binary-bonding to Daniel Witwicky.

Comic Bio (UK):

Arcee was introduced to Earth in 1995 to improve relations with the humans, who saw all existing Transformers as male (when in reality they had no concept of gender). Shockwave, Fangry, Horri-Bull and Squeezeplay attempted to disrupt the event, but they were defeated -- Shockwave forced to retreat, the others captured -- largely due to Arcee's fighting alongside the Autobots.

In 2008, the Quintesson Ghyrik invaded Autobot City and shot Arcee. He then used her as bait to steal the Creation Matrix from Rodimus Prime, whose concern for her made him remove it from his chest in order to restore her.

At the start of 2009, Arcee was one of the six Autobots who went back to 1989 to fight Galvatron in the Time Wars. She was also present during Unicron's third assault on Cybertron in 2010.