Huffer is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.

Swings his arms from side to side.

Hey, paesanos! It's Huffer! For he and his younger brother, Pipes, plumbing's their game. It's not a terribly glamorous game, and Huffer complains about it constantly. Deep down, though, he does love his job, even if it means he spends most of his time in the sewers.

Both Huffer and his brother have special arms. In Huffer's case, he has sensors in them that can test the strength, elasticity, and other structural qualities of the pipes he's working on.

Fiction

Animated cartoon

C'mon, it's time to go!

Huffer was among the crowd welcoming home Sentinel "Magnus" and cheering on the capture of several Decepticon prisoners. Decepticon Air

He was later seen among the group of Autobots that Captain Fanzone Transwarped into. This Is Why I Hate Machines

Huffer was painting a billboard promoting the Stunt Convoy with Pipes when Cheetor sped by chasing Ransack and Crumplezone, throwing the brothers off balance. Moving Violations

Shortly after, the two were actually at the Stunt Convoy show on opening night, though they were having a hard time seeing over Grandus's bulk. The Stunti-Con Job

Notes

• Huffer was first revealed on April 1st 2009 on Derrick Wyatt's blog, as part of a group shot of characters who may or may not have gone on to appear in the cartoon. While Huffer did, his lookalike, Pipes (based on the original Pipes, who was himself a retool of the original Huffer) did not.
• Unlike the G1 Huffer, this guy loves his job! This is a deliberate decision by Jim Sorenson, that Huffer doesn't have his original personality yet as it was the result of being stranded on Earth. ^[1]
• Huffer's character model is based pretty heavily on Nintendo mascot Mario, the mustachioed plumber of the Super Mario Bros. series. Pipes looks like his brother Luigi.

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