Cosmos (Transformers)

Cosmos is is a supporting character from the Transformers franchise. Cosmos's bio portrayed him as the Autobots' top recon specialist, using his space-based alternate mode to reach places no other Autobot is capable of. Despite this freedom, Cosmos frequently gets lonely - and bored with it. As such, he often abandons his duty to fool around in the atmosphere - which has led him to be mistaken for an alien flying saucer, which technically, he is. 
Cosmos was voiced by Michael McConnohie. 
==Biography==
=== Cartoon ===
Cosmos first appeared in pt 2 of "Megatron's Master Plan", where he appeared rescuing the Autobots from being sent into the sun by Megatron's machinations after they voluntarily exiled themselves. He managed to tow them back to Earth, although he crashed on arrival. In "Blaster Blues" he was later kidnapped by Megatron on the moon with the Autobot Blaster, before eventually being rescued by Omega Supreme. In this episode it is revealed that he enjoys rock and roll. When Blaster transmitted the rock and roll concert he was attending to his fellow Autobots, Cosmos did a backflip and exclaimed," All Right." 
Cosmos' most important appearance came in the second season episode "The God Gambit". Cosmos collected data in space on a potential new power source, but was attacked by Astrotrain, Thrust and Starscream. Crashing on the moon Titan, the local priests worshipped the Decepticons as "Sky Gods", but rebels were able to reactivate Cosmos and call for aid from the Autobots. Optimus Prime sent Omega Supreme with Perceptor and Jazz. Astrotrain set himself up as the chief god of the moon and forced the natives to gather energy crystals. The trip to Titan drained Omega of most of his energy, but Perceptor and Jazz were able to gather enough crystals to reactivate Omega and defeat the three Decepticons. Vowing to not let the Autobots gain the crystals, Astrotrain set up a chain reaction destroying them. The Autobots aided the natives to escape the explosion and helped them settle in another area of the moon
After this, in many appearances Cosmos was used as a transport for the various Autobot missions, including valiantly trying to stop a flying monster while Omega Supreme pursued his vendetta against the Constructicons, and alerting Optimus Prime to the plot of big-game hunter Lord Chumley when he captured some of the other Autobots to use as bait to lure in Prime.He was one of the few second-season Autobots to survive into the third season. His last appearance was in episode 89, "Grimlock's New Brain". Returning from a deep space mission fighting Decepticons with Sky Lynx the pair of Autobots suddenly found themselves unable to fly and crashed into Cybertron at Power Platform Alpha. It was discovered that sabotage in the generator was creating a disruptive effect on Transformers. Cosmos and Sky Lynx were sent to repair by Perceptor. 
===Comics===
Cosmos first appeared in Issue #17 of the Marvel US comic as one of the Autobots on Cybertron, part of a resistance group led by Perceptor. Like most of the group, he ignored Perceptor's orders and went to assist Blaster, who had gone to try and save his friend Scrounge, a prisoner of Decepticon Lord Straxus. They failed to save Scrounge, but did manage to retrieve the information that a group of Autobots and Decepticons led by Optimus Prime and Megatron were active on Earth. The group attacked the Decepticons' space bridge and tried to destroy it but only damaged it and were forced to use it to travel to Earth.
As revealed in Issue #21, Cosmos and the others were promptly captured by the anti-robot organisation RAAT. They were released, along with a number of Earth Autobots who had been captured, after helping defeat the Battlechargers. In the UK-exclusive story "Fallen Angel", the group attempted to travel to the Ark but ended up in a fight with future Decepticon Galvatron. They finally reached the Ark in the following story "Resurrection".
Cosmos made frequent background appearances among the Earth Autobots, being among those injured when the Ark's defences were turned on them in Issue #26 and by Trypticon in Issue #27. He helped new Autobot leader Grimlock set up to capture Blaster in Issue #33 and welcomed Blaster back to the Ark in Issue #36. In Issue #41, he was among those taking part in the battle with the Decepticons on the moon, fighting Razorclaw, and was shown as one of the survivors of the battle. He made his last appearance in Issue #50 during the Underbase Saga, responding to Buster Witwicky's distress call at the arctic. He was probably among those deactivated during the incident.
The post-movie version of the character appeared in "Space Pirates" among the Autobots who accompanied Rodimus Prime to Earth to liberate Autobot City from the Quintessons.
== Trivia ==
* According to Michael McConnohie, the inflection of Cosmos' voice was a tribute to actor Peter Lorre.
* He is sometimes referred to as "Autobot Cosmos" for trademark purposes. 
* Wired Magazine once nominated him as one of the 12 most ridiculous Transformers of all time.
*Cosmos is similar in design to the alleged UFOs photographed by George Adamski. 
**His Japanese name Adams is a direct reference to Adamski. 
*Both Transformers Animated and Prime considered using Cosmos at some point, and both came up with the idea that he would gain his flying saucer mode by scanning a B-movie prop.
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