Ironhide

**Ironhide** (アイアンハイド, *Aianhaido*) is a battle hardened veteran, one of the toughest amongst the Autobots. As one of Optimus' oldest and closest friends, Ironhide saw the great potential within Optimus to be more than what he allowed himself to be and more than happy to smash Decepticons with his fists. Even though Ironhide is also a ranking Autobot security officer, he is still a country boy at heart.

Now going to strange places, meeting strange mechanoids, and getting shot at by them, he still finds himself wide-eyed at some of the stranger things in the galaxy. He's got a mischievous streak, though his pranks often seem a bit crude to more cultured bots.

He is old because he is *hard*. He's probably had enough replacement parts to build a small army, but Ironhide doggedly refuses to roll over and die for anyone. He'll fight to the bitter end and take down more than his fair share of Decepticons in the process.

Ironhide doesn't always see optic to optic with Prime, despite their friendship. He's perhaps the more practical of the two, and more than a little trigger happy, so he can be more willing to push the Autobot code to the limit if he thinks it will get the job done faster.

He has more guns and cannons than a smaller third-world country, and he may or may not have blown up a planet with said cannons. Though his ability to encase his superstructure in a near-indestructible alloy meant he rose through the ranks in the military service quickly, as the Autobots' resident weapons specialist, he never quite lost the "aw, shucks" demeanor he picked up as a protoform in a rural prefecture of Cybertron.

"*Always happy to get more ammo for my cannons.*"

—Ironhide.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor:* Keith Szarabajka (English), Katsuhiro Kitagawa (Japanese), Pietro Ubaldi (Italian), Oliver Siebeck (German), Duda Espinoza (Brazil), Dafnis Fernández (Latin American Spanish)
The Autobot army has never seen anyone tougher that Ironhide. Back in boot camp, the trainees considered it good fun to take their best shot at denting his armor. No one ever could. Now, on battlefields across the galaxy, Ironhide uses his ultra-hard armor, powerful cannons, and fighting skills to battle Decepticons wherever they appear. Ironhide is always ready for anything, as long as "anything" involves a fight. Surly, tough and spoiling for battle, Ironhide has made a career out of blasting Decepticons to pieces. His proofable armor makes him a tough opponent for even the most powerful warriors.

### Vehicle Mode

He transforms into a Cybertronian Truck, when arriving to Earth, he adapts the vehicle mode of a Pickup Truck.

### Attributes:

* Able to transmute his armor into an indestructible alloy.
* Enjoys playing practical jokes on other young Autobots.
* Has plenty of weapons, but prefers a good fist fight.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Autobots
	+ Optimus Prime
	+ Sideswipe
	+ Ratchet
	+ Arcee
	+ Windblade
	+ Wreck-Gar
* Omega Sentinels
	+ Omega Supreme
* Autobot Mini-Cons
	+ Fixit
* Dinobots
	+ Grimlock
	+ Swoop
	+ Snarl
* Wreckers
	+ Ultra Magnus
	+ Bulkhead
* Cyber-Ninja Corps
	+ Yoketron
	+ Prowl
	+ Drift
* Cybertron Elite Guard
	+ Strongarm
	+ Blurr
	+ Safeguard
		- Jetfire
		- Jetstorm
* Teen Titans
	+ Robin
	+ Starfire
	+ Raven
	+ Cyborg
	+ Beast Boy
* Titans East
	+ Bumble Bee
	+ Speedy
	+ Aqualad
	+ Más y Menos
* Titans North
	+ Red Star
	+ Argent
	+ Kole
	+ Gnarrk
	+ Wonder Girl
* Titans North
	+ Bushido
	+ Bobby
	+ Melvin
	+ Timmy Tantrum
	+ Teether
* Titans South
	+ Pantha
	+ Wildebeest
	+ Hot Spot
	+ Herald
	+ Jericho
* Honorary Titans
	+ Kid Flash
	+ Killowat
	+ Lightning
	+ Ravager
	+ Thunder
	+ Tramm

### Neutral

* Red X
* Terra
* Jinx

### Enemies

* Decepticons
	+ Megatron
	+ Shockwave
	+ Blitzwing
	+ Lugnut
	+ Soundwave
	+ Swindle
	+ Airachnid
* Insecticons
* Seekers
	+ Starscream
	+ Thundercracker
	+ Dirge
	+ Thrust
	+ Sunstorm
	+ Ramjet
	+ Skywarp
	+ Slipstream
* Nightjaw's gang
	+ Nightjaw
* Decepticon Bounty Hunters
	+ Lockdown
	+ Fracture
* Unicron
* MECH
	+ Deathstroke
	+ Silas
* Blackfire
* Ternion
	+ Plasmus
	+ Overload
	+ Cinderblock
* Mumbo Jumbo
* Dr. Light
* Trigon
* Puppet King
* Trident
* Mad Mod
* Warp
* Atlas
* Control Freak
* Killer Moth
* Kitten
* Fang
* Master of Games
* Punk Rocket
* Johnny Rancid
* H.I.V.E.
	+ Brother Blood
	+ H.I.V.E Headmistress
	+ Gizmo
	+ Mammoth
	+ Billy Numerous
	+ Kyd Wykkyd
	+ Angel
	+ Steamroller
	+ See-More
	+ Private H.I.V.E.
	+ XL Terrestrial
* Professor Chang
* Malchior
* Katarou
* The Locrix
* Shrieker
* Mother Mae-Eye
* Brotherhood of Evil
	+ Brain
	+ Monsieur Mallah
	+ Madame Rouge
	+ General Immortus
* Psimon
* Kardiak
* Andre LeBlanc
* Ding Dong Daddy
* Chesire

## Weapons and Abilities

Ironhide has an retractable visor to survey an area, locating certain things, or some other computer-like means.

Ironhide is a member of the Cybertron Police Defense Command, with all the training that goes with it. His main ability, that also gave him his name, is his ability to convert his body into a silvery armored form that is capable of resisting large amounts of damage to little ill effect. Indeed, he is capable of taking "everything Brawl has" without flinching or seemingly feeling pain in this form. Maybe he used this to escape from that explosion?