Powerglide

Powerglide is a character from the Transformers Generation 1 franchise. His original bio portrayed him as somewhat cocky. He is one of the few Autobots who has the ability to fly, and takes full advantage of this using massive bursts of acceleration to outpace his opponents. He transforms into an A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog Airplane, but on the ground he is relatively weak.
==History==
=== Cartoon ===
Powerglide made his debut in the episode "A Prime Problem", where he saved Spike Witwicky after Megatron threw him from his ship, with no explanation of his origin. He went on to make regular appearances, seemingly replacing Skyfire as the Autobot aerial support. Powerglide seems to have a real superiority complex as he calls himself "Sophisticated", "Ace of the Air", and "Sultan of the Sky."
He had many adventures, including being shot down by a teleporting Skywarp ("The Master Builder"), acting as a "giant evil alien" in a Hollywood film ("Hoist Goes Hollywood"), delivering the miniaturized Perceptor, Brawn and Bumblebee to knock out the Heart of Cybertron within Megatron ("Microbots"), and traveling to Cybertron with Ironhide and Inferno to save Optimus Prime and battle Decepticons alongside the Female Autobots, where he was reunited with his long lost love Moonracer ("The Search for Alpha Trion").
=== Marvel's the Transformers ===
Powerglide was among the Autobots that remained on Cybertron after the Ark and Nemesis had left, and was part of Perceptor's resistance cell in The Smelting Pool. During the reign of Straxus, Powergide and the others were inspired by Blaster's bravado, rather Perceptor's more cautious attitude. After their scout Scrounge went missing, Powerglide and his peers overruled Perceptor and agreed to search for him with Blaster. After much searching, all but Blaster had given up on Scrounge, but Powerglide had stayed to secretly shadow Blaster, and he managed to fly him out of the smelting pool, though he was not able to save Scrounge. However, despite this, they found the first piece of hope in a very long time, as Scrounge had found evidence that Optimus Prime still lived.
In The Bridge to Nowhere, Powerglide and the others learned that Straxus had contacted the Decepticons on Earth and was planning to send them assistance via a space bridge. They launched an attack, apparently killing Straxus, but only managed to damage the space bridge and ended up being forced to use it to travel to Earth.
It was revealed in Aerialbots over America that the group were quickly captured and dismantled by the anti-robot organisation RAAT. They were finally freed in Decepticon Graffiti after helping to defeat the Battlechargers.
In the UK-exclusive story "Fallen Angel", Powerglide and the others were being guided back to the Ark by Skids when he was shunted into limbo. They were then attacked by Galvatron. After the initial salvo, most of the Autobots appeared to flee, leaving Blaster behind. Powerglide managed to surprise Galvatron and shoot him in the back only to be shot down by him. The group made it to the Ark in "Resurrection".
Powerglide made minor appearances among the Earth Autobots, being damaged when the Ark's defences were activated by human criminal the Mechanic in Funeral for a Friend, battling Trypticon in King of the Hill, repairing the Ark in Child's Play, welcoming Blaster back to the Ark in Spacehikers and witnessed the duel between Blaster and Grimlock on the moon in Totalled.
He made his last appearance in Dark Star during the Underbase Saga, where he was among the Autobots responding to Buster Witwicky's distress call in the arctic only to be ambushed and shot down by the Decepticons. He was confirmed as deactivated in Yesterday's Heroes.
== Transformers Animated ==
The Animated incarnation of Powerglide, due to all Autobots being unable to fly, takes on a truck alt-mode, but is a brilliant pilot. As revealed in the AllSpark Almanac guidebook, during the Great War, his piloting skills were legendary, which did lead him to become somewhat of a show-off.  After the War, he became a civilian pilot, and would be seen in crowd-scene cameos during the TV show. 
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