Drench (SG)
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- Drench is an evil Autobot Seeker from the Shattered Glass continuity family.
As leader of the elite Seeker unit, Drench sought to temper the Autobots' repressive rule with a modicum of compassion. Optimus Prime could not abide such weakness in one of his officers, and had Drench killed. Inspired in part by Drench's murder, Drench's friend and fellow Seeker Sideswipe turned against the Autobots and took on Drench's colors as a tribute to his fallen friend.
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Fiction
Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity
Drench's corpse was one of several reanimated by the Omega Terminus to fight a party of Autobots and Decepticons. The undead Drench nearly killed Sideswipe, but was destroyed by Cliffjumper's clever use of scraplets. Dungeons & Dinobots
Toys
Generation 2
- Drench (Color Change, 1993)
- Accessories: Double water cannon
- Known designers: Andy Couzens (Hasbro)
- Reelased in the first year of Generation 2, Drench transforms into a Mazda 787B LeMans-style race car. In both vehicle and robot modes, he has a double-barreled water-cannon that uses a plastic bellows to store water. The cannon is a tad unwieldy as he can't hold it unless both his arms are pegged into it, and then he won't stand unless you bend his knees and have his body lean back. His hood/chest color changes from dark green to a milky-white with temperature changes, but faster in cold or warm water (warm for light, cold for dark).
- There is a variation to Drench's water-cannon; one version has painted-gold gun-tips, while later releases have unpainted yellow tips and uses a larger bellows.
- Drench is almost identical to the European Aquaspeeder Deluge. The most immediately obvious difference is that Drench uses transparent-black plastics for his windows and visor, though the colors on the decals are different between the two versions as well.
- The non-toy Shattered Glass Drench shares this mold, but his red eyes have more in common with Deluge.
Notes
- Drench's inclusion in the Shattered Glass storyline can be traced back to an unreleased Battle in a Box set which pit an Autobot-turned-Decepticon character named Drench against the Autobot Smokescreen. Drench would have been a redeco of the Armada Wheeljack toy in Generation 2 Drench-like coloration, whereas Smokescreen was based on Generation 1 Smokescreen. Drench would have come with a Mini-Con partner using the gang-molded Wind Sheer mold, likely also called "Wind Sheer" if the previous Battle in a Box Mini-Cons are any indication. The toys appeared on eBay in 2004 along with several other unreleased Universe toys, among which Drench emerged as a lasting wish of online Transformers fans.
- At BotCon 2008, the concept behind that toy was modified to become Shattered Glass Sideswipe. A Shattered Glass Drench was included in Sideswipe's backstory both as a nod to the toy's roots and as an explanation for his obviously Drench-inspired deco. As the Shattered Glass Seekers use different molds with similar color schemes (a reversal of the usual Decepticon Seeker pattern), the implication was Drench would have been a totally different mold than Sideswipe.
- When Drench finally did make an appearance, he was shown to be basically identical to Generation 2 Drench. However, his red eyes have more in common with the European Aquaspeeder Deluge.
