Hipotank is a NAIL from the 2005 IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Hungry, hungry Hipotank.

Hipotank is easily irritated.

Fiction

2005 IDW continuity

Hipotank, along with the crew of a ship, left Cybertron to escape the Great War. The Autonomy Lesson They settled in a region where they forwent currency and adopted a barter system. Stick Together When the planet was reborn, it sent out a signal to all Cybertronians to return home, and Hipotank's group followed. The planet attacked the ship as it was landing, sending Hipotank into an annoyed mood. He stormed out of his ship to confront Bumblebee and Metalhawk, but calmed down after hearing Metalhawk soundly criticize the Autobots, who then took him on a tour of the city. He later tried to protect Zetca from Needlenose and Horri-Bull's beatings, but was knocked aside by Needlenose. The Autonomy Lesson Hipotank later argued with Tappet over the former's refusal to exchange a Betelgusian sputtle-prog for Cassanian quadrocheques. Stick Together

He was hanging out with Tappet and Zetca when Metalhawk introduced Sky-Byte and he got to listen to Zetca explain recent events to the new arrival. A Better Tomorrow Hipotank was later hanging out at Maccadam's Old Oil House. Interference Patterns He was later among a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure Prowl into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. On finding that the discovery was a Metrotitan, they bore witness as it declared that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterwards with Starscream. All Good Things Later, he was present during an interview with Omega Supreme on his thoughts about the Metrotitan's claim. The End of the Beginning of the World

As the return of Megatron led to widespread Decepticon riots within Iacon, he and several others holed up in Maccadam's. City on Fire He was still there when Arcee showed up to strike a deal with Blurr. The Verge Unfortunately, the situation worsened and Hipotank and several others retreated with their wounded to the medical center. Before the Dawn. The med-center provided little respite from the chaos, however, as it was ripped open by the newly reconstituted Devastator and swarmed by the Decepticons. Bravely placing himself between the invading forces and a wounded Zetca, Hipotank was blasted in the face by Turmoil and died instantly. Plan for Everything

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Hipotank (ヒポタンク Hipotanku)