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Prowl is an Autobot from the Robots in Disguise continuity family.

A complete and total wankus.

The middle of the three Autobot Brothers, Prowl is very much unlike his siblings in that he lives life "by the book," and wants to make sure everyone else does too. He's proud to be a police officer and works to maintain discipline both among humans and his fellow Autobots. Prowl usually speaks in a clipped firm manner as he informs all around him of what they have recently done wrong. His strict reliance on the rulebook often hinders him from thinking creatively, and he can also be so impressed by seeing someone else stick firmly to procedure that he won't analyze whether they're actually being helpful.

Not to give the impression he's a fool, though. He may be uptight, but his precaution has pulled the Autobots out of peril many times in the past. Not only that, but he's a solid hand-to-hand combat expert who won't back down from a fight... as long as protocol allows it.

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Wayne C. Lewis (English), Takayuki Kondō (Japanese), Alexandr Novikov (Russian, till Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!), Vladimir Gerasimov (Russian, from Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!), Luigi Ferraro (Italian), Wan-gyeong Seong (Korean), Gabriel Gama (Latin American Spanish), Marcelo Garcia (Brazilian Portuguese)

"Someone move that voice actor list, I can't see!"

When contacted by T-AI and informed that Megatron was attacking New York, the first thing Prowl did was fetch his younger brother Side Burn, who was chasing red sports cars as usual. Joining X-Brawn, they used the Global Space Bridge to reach New York, where they engaged the Predacons in combat. Prowl proved particularly effective against Gas Skunk, but the battle ultimately ended with Megatron abducting Koji's father, Doctor Onishi. Battle Protocol!

The Autobot Brothers were later assigned to intercept the Predacons, who were prowling Metro City and stealing batteries from cars. Prowl again interrupted Side Burn's red sports car hunt to point out that he was supposed to be patrolling. The pair soon spotted Sky-Byte attacking the very sports car Side Burn had just been chasing and Prowl ended up rescuing the driver after the car was destroyed. Once X-Brawn retrieved the explosive device which Sky-Byte had been after, Prowl told him to take it to the top of the tallest structure in the city. An Explosive Situation

Assigned to protect the Linear RFG bullet train, the Autobot Brothers found themselves tangling with the Predacons who were trying to blow up a rail bridge on the train's path. Ultimately they were unable to save the bridge, but the train was saved by Team Bullet Train. Bullet Train to the Rescue Together with Optimus Prime, the brothers protected the Plutonium Energy Generator from the Predacons. They escorted the generator as it was transported across the city the next day, with Prowl becoming increasingly exasperated by Side Burn's endless complaining. They were brought to a halt by a traffic jam engineered by Slapper. Fortunately the Spychangers were able to lend a hand and the Autobot Brothers got to sit back and watch the Predacons' defeat. Spychangers to the Rescue

I can't tell if I'm going fast or just in front of anime streaks!

On another mission, Optimus joined the Autobot Brothers at the end of the Global Space Bridge, which was terminated some distance short of a ship under attack by Predacons. Prowl used his jet boosters in vehicle mode in order to try to jump out to the stricken vessel, but fell somewhat short and spent most of the battle reaching the target location. Once there he gave the repaired ship the final nudge to return it to an even keel. The Hunt for Black Pyramid

When Megatron and the Predacon trio attacked Metro City, T-AI discovered that X-Brawn and Prowl were both busy out hunting for Side Burn, who was exploring some ruins with Koji. The pair eventually reached the ruins and were in time to stop Sky-Byte making off with a box, which turned out to contain Doctor Onishi's microchip. This held much valuable information and would help the Autobots greatly in the struggle to follow. The Secret of the Ruins

Robots in disguise!

After having to stop Side Burn from chasing red sports cars (...again), Prowl became concerned when his brother disappeared. As it turned out, Side Burn had been captured by the Predacons. Optimus, despite the remaining two brothers' protests that it was an obvious trap, went in and was captured as well. X-Brawn and Prowl heavily disguised their vehicle modes in order to creep close enough to get the drop on the Predacons, allowing them to rescue their comrades. At the beginning of the resulting battle, Prowl used his "Jet Boosters" attack... and threw his only weapon at Megatron. That was pretty much all he did for the whole fight. Sideburn's Obsession

The brothers were assigned to protect "Grandpa", an aging steam train. In the end Team Bullet Train did most of the work protecting Grandpa, but Prowl and X-Brawn were busy stopping Side Burn from chasing red sports cars anyhow. Secret Weapon: D-5 Prowl unsuccessfully attempted to catch Skid-Z, a recently arrived Autobot, during the Europa 400. Skid-Z had scanned a racing car and become possessed by the urge to compete in races. All three brothers volunteered to enter the International Grand Prix, which it was believed Skid-Z would compete in—Prowl enjoyed the scenery, but not the difficult driving conditions. He, Optimus and the other two brothers found themselves holding up a huge rock dropped onto them by Megatron. Fortunately Skid-Z himself turned up and destroyed the rock, allowing them to chase Megatron off. Skid Z's Choice

And thus the student became the master.

Another new arrival, Tow-Line was also in the law enforcement business, so Prowl took him under his wing. Unfortunately Tow-Line was over-zealous with his towing and caused Prowl no end of headaches with his antics. Finally Prowl spotted Tow-Line towing Rapid Run and realised something was seriously wrong. He lured Tow-Line by parking in the middle of an intersection, and he and Optimus found that the Autobot had been tampered with by the Predacons. After some repairs, Tow-Line led them to the three hijacked Autobots and they chased off the Predacons. Later on, as Prowl enjoyed being washed by Koji, he was suddenly towed away by Tow-Line for illegal parking... Tow-Line Goes Haywire

When the Predacons became convinced that the "Cave of the Dragon" harboured a powerful Transformer, X-Brawn and Prowl guarded it. All three brothers employed their acting skills to try to make the Predacons think that the disguises Optimus and Team Bullet Train were wearing were a giant transforming robot, and got fired on by Railspike for their trouble. The Ultimate Robot Warrior Called in to the Autobot Base, Prowl and the rest of the Autobots watched footage of their old adventures and speculated on where the Predacon base might be located. Hope for the Future

"You're jaywalking, citizen."

Optimus and the Autobot brothers went to Castle Peak to investigate what turned out to be a crashed Autobot spacecraft. Unfortunately they were unable to prevent Megatron stealing the six protoforms inside and taking them to a nearby military base where the protoforms were reformatted into Decepticon warriors. The Decepticons Sent to Sherman Dam to investigate X-Brawn's disappearance, Prowl and Side Burn encountered the Decepticons and were both tossed into the lake behind the dam, at the bottom of which they were reunited with X-Brawn. The trio were freed when the Decepticons blew a hole in the dam and, in the ensuing fight, they aided Rail Racer in fighting off Ruination. Commandos

After the Decepticon Movor was shot into space, he tracked Prowl in an attempt to locate the hidden Autobot base. Unfortunately Prowl was busy chasing a criminal along with a bunch of identical police cars, and Movor lost track of which one was the Autobot. After returning to base, Prowl was briefed on what was happening, and the Autobots used Side Burn, who Movor was presently tracking, to lead the Decepticons into a trap. Attack from Outer Space

Yep, forgot to shave this morning...

Mega-Octane met with Optimus claiming that the Decepticons had rediscovered their Autobot sides. Although the Autobot brothers were sceptical, they babysat the Decepticons who were forced to do all manner of menial tasks. The brother finally admitted that perhaps the six Decepticons were honest after all. Of course, it wasn't long before the plot was revealed and the brothers were alerted to a brawl between Optimus, Scourge and Ruination. The Test

The three brothers were called to a power plant where they chased off Sky-Byte and the Predacons. Later X-Brawn was told by Sky-Byte that the Decepticons were going to raid the Bayshore power plant. The brothers rushed there, only to be told by T-AI that the Decepticons had actually attacked the Crestline power plant instead. They proceeded to the correct plant to find the Decepticons had already been seen off by Rail Racer. The Fish Test

Sent to a diamond mine, the three brothers were brought up short by an incomplete space bridge, and were introduced to the Build Team. Keen to prove themselves in battle, the Build Team took over the mission at the mine. Wedge's Short Fuse Using the Global Space Bridge some time later, Prowl found himself landing up in wet concrete and had to ask for assistance getting out. He was able to rendezvous with the other Autobots in the Arctic, where they watched Landfill fight off Megatron. Landfill

In between all their adventures, the Autobots still had to perform some of the more menial tasks, such as regularly testing out the global space bridge. Lessons of the Past After being duped out of stolen oil by the Build Team, the Decepticons began attacking construction equipment. The Autobots attempted to stop them without involving the Build Team, but had little success. A final attempt to confront the Decepticons had the three Autobot Brothers turn up in the middle of nowhere—the Build Team had sabotaged the space bridge so they could confront the Decepticons themselves. A Test of Metal

Dead or alive, you're coming with me.

While attempting to stop the Decepticons raiding an oil refinery, the three brothers were interrupted by a mysterious Autobot car carrier, who insulted them as the Decepticons escaped. Later they encountered the Autobot again and this time he scrambled their circuits and deposited them in a junk yard. Once they'd recovered, Optimus called them back to base for a systems check. Ultra Magnus Optimus confronted the Autobot named Ultra Magnus himself and was soon overpowered. The Autobot Brothers rescued him from the battlefield and took him to an island to recuperate. A short time later, Optimus was attacked by the Decepticons, and the brothers found the portal at the end of the space bridge had been blocked by Sky-Byte. They eventually broke through only to witness Optimus and Ultra Magnus combining into Omega Prime for the first time. Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

Tracking Ultra Magnus, the Autobot Brothers spied him talking with Sky-Byte and assumed he was betraying them. The trio soon found themselves captured by the Predacons and were promptly freed by Magnus, who informed them he was pretending to defect in order to gain information. Returning to help Optimus against the Predacons, the three brothers found themselves being beaten on by Megatron. All three of them received a sudden power boost which was somehow channelled through Magnus, powering them up and enabling them to fight off the Predacons, with a little help from Omega Prime. The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus Prowl and Side Burn went out looking for Ultra Magnus and soon found him. Tailing the Autobot, they saw him talking with Scourge and confronted him, only for him to flee and leave them to fight Scourge and Ruination. Although the two brothers powered up for battle, they began to experience an odd energy drain and had to be rescued by Optimus and X-Brawn. Power to Burn!

Hey look, a Pokémon!!

The Autobot Brothers were sent to guard the subway below Metro City as the Build Team was searching for some mysterious ruins. The trio were confronted by the Decepticons, come to find the same ruins, and left them to the tender mercies of Team Bullet Train. Wandering further, they encountered Ultra Magnus and Side Burn was distracted by a hallucination of red sports cars, leading the group to the ruins themselves. Fortress Maximus To their surprise the ruins turned out to be Fortress Maximus, whom the Autobots set about concealing in Metro City. While patrolling to ensure the operation wasn't uncovered, the Autobot Brothers stumbled on Sky-Byte talking to Koji and confronted the shark. Koji discovered that the pod Sky-Byte had been carrying contained his abducted father and interrupted the fight to tell the Autobots that Sky-Byte had rescued his dad. The three brothers apologised to Sky-Byte, who realised his huge blunder and fled in panic. Koji Gets His Wish

Doctor Onishi and T-AI quickly worked out a way to locate the remaining O-Parts needed and the Autobot Brothers and the Build Team had a competition to find the most of the artefacts. A Friendly Contest Back in the Autobot base, T-AI merged with the O-Parts. She soon sent Optimus and the Autobot brothers, with Koji tagging along, to a remote part of the Sahara Desert in search of the Orb of Sigma. The foursome located the Orb under the desert and fought Megatron and the Decepticons for possession of it, eventually returning it to base with their prize. Peril from the Past

With information extracted from the Orb, the brothers and Build Team visited a temple from which they extracted Cerebros, the control robot for Fortress Maximus. They were confronted on exiting the temple by the Decepticons and Predacons who stole Cerebros. The Autobots were forced to go on the defensive against the Decepticons and guard Maximus' hiding place. Scourge managed to activate Maximus anyway, and the giant was only stopped by the intervention of Koji Onishi. Maximus Emerges

Never ending fight, between black and white...

Scourge attempted to control Maximus in the desert by magnifying the human portion of his bio-signature. Again Optimus and the Autobot Brothers rushed there. While Side Burn looked after Koji and his dad, X-Brawn and Prowl charged Ruination, who swiftly defeated them. Maximus was subsequently halted by the arrival of the Build Team and Team Bullet Train with a thousand children. The Human Element Having thwarted one attempt by Scourge and Mega-Octane to kidnap Koji, the brothers were assigned to guard him. Koji wasn't keen on being guarded and swapped clothing with his friend Carl, leading to Carl being kidnapped by the Decepticons in another attempt to control Maximus. Optimus and the Autobot Brothers were able to rescue Carl and retrieve Cerebros into the bargain. Mistaken Identity

Prowl fights the urge to start chasing his brother.

When the Decepticons located and attacked Autobot headquarters, the Autobots led them into a trap and engaged them in a fierce battle. The arrival of Galvatron's Megastar turned the tide in the Decepticons' favour, until the Autobots were able to activate Fortress Maximus and destroy the battle station. Surprise Attack! Galvatron, however, was not through and began to drain energy from Fortress Maximus. The brothers attempted to shoot him down without success. After Galvatron managed to use cyber-bats to control Earth's children, Omega Prime called a retreat, but the Autobots were followed into the Global Space Bridge by the Decepticons. Galvatron saw this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, and flooded the tunnel with molten lava. The Autobots, with the help of some urging from Koji, were able to escape the lava and confront Galvatron once more. Galvatron's Revenge The Autobots soon found themselves on the losing end of the battle, and shielded Optimus long enough for their leader to find Ultra Magnus and form Omega Prime. During the final confrontation between Galvatron and Prime, the rest of the Autobots were all held paralysed but provided Prime with moral support.

After Galvatron's defeat, Prowl resumed his duties stopping Side Burn from chasing red sports cars. The Final Battle

Dreamwave Robots in Disguise comic

Worst panel ever? Probably.

When Scourge and Sky-Byte led an attack on Arizona to drain the energy out of a vague and nondescript building in the middle of the desert, T-AI tried to call upon the Autobot brothers to help, but Prowl, Side Burn and X-Brawn were busy tangling with Megatron in Oregon.

Megatron eventually fled the battle, and Prowl arrived to help Optimus, only to find the conflict resolved. Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?

Universe comic

Hollow-point missiles are standard police gear, right?

Voice actor: Daniel Ross (English)

During the Universe War, Child of Primus scientist Rhinox built a device to counteract Unicron's attempts to abduct Transformers from across the multiverse. Two such attempts were only partially successful, sending the would-be abductees, including Side Burn, Prowl, and Landfill from some universe, to a barren, icy planetoid and necessitating the deployment of a rescue team. Unfortunately, Unicron also sent a team of Minions to the planetoid to "recruit" the victims. Prowl worked with the Child rescue team and Unicron's other victims as well as a group of Autobots accidentally pulled in from the past by Rhinox's device to successfully defeat the Minions. During the clash, he was very confused to run into a tiny female Optimus Prime. She wished Prowl would stop yelling the attacks that he was about to do.

The anti-Unicron forces emerged victorious. The temporally-displaced Autobots were sent back to their proper spacetime Voice Actor Drama while Prowl, Side Burn, and Landfill were sent back to their home reality without ever participating in the Universe War. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/13

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Prowl was present at the Dimensional Patrol's Neo Brave Maximus when it was attacked by the Commandos as part of Scourge's attempt to rescue Devil Gigatron. He took the time to explain what happened to the old Brave Maximus. LGEX Scourge Prologue

Prowl and the Dimensional Patrol later traveled to the Legends World at the request of Skids and Sky-Byte. They helped defend the inhabitants from the Zamojin army and the rampaging Majin Zarak. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One

Shell Game continuity

This is not a dignified withdrawal procedure!

Ask Vector Prime

Prowl was pulled from his home universe of Viron 704.31 Epsilon by Unicron to fight in the Universe War on the eve of a critical battle, leading to Optimus Prime's defeat at the hands of Megazarak. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30

Cybertron comic

Eventually, both Prowl and Side Burn ended up fighting alongside their comrades Ratchet and Fireflight in the Universe conflict, as members of Optimus Primal's Children of Primus against the Minions of Unicron. In the final battle against the Minions, the Chaos Bringer began to dissolve below them just as the Children's victory was achieved. To save themselves, Primal led his troops (presumably) back to his Cybertron through a transwarp portal. Side Burn and Prowl were personally thrown by Omega Prime (not the one of their home universe) through the portal. Prowl presumably made it to safety on Primal's technorganic Cybertron, but Omega Prime was diverted to Aurex 405.0 Epsilon. Revelations Part 2

Spychanger continuity

Dreamwave Armada comic

I'm actually here to detain one Pat Lee for financial crimes.

When the Heralds of Unicron destabilized the space bridge nexus in Aurex 402.24 Gamma, causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions, Jetfire caught a glimpse of the Optimus Prime and Prowl of Viron 1103.12 Gamma. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4

Ask Vector Prime

Nobody move or I shoot the text next to me!

When the Sky-Byte of this world accidentally turned all of Earth's energon toxic, Optimus Prime and her troops had to downsize into new Spychanger forms to survive, much to the amusement of the Predacons... until the Autobots blew up the Predacons' pure energon and the bad guys ran out of energy. Optimus's nemesis Scourge was the only villain that made the shift to a Spychanger body, but she too was defeated by Prime's army. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18

OTFCC Voice Actor Drama

Voice actor: Clive Ramroop (English)

Prowl and his cohorts, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Ironhide were later plucked from their universe and stranded on a frozen planetoid, a side effect of Rhinox's device that blocked Unicron's attempt to kidnap Transformers from multiple dimensions. These stranded Autobots were targeted for 'recruitment' by Reptilion but rescued by the Children of Primus.

While a group of old fogey Autobots that included Tracks, Cosmos, and Bumblebee were sent back to their timeline, Optimus and her crew appeared to stick around for the Universe War. Voice Actor Drama

Legends World

Responding to Optimus Primal's involuntary rampage in Tokyo, Prowl and T-AI could do little but watch as the heavily armed Maximal swung his weapons around, and decided to rely on the heroic Rattrap's help. When Rattrap showed up, however, he transformed into a bizarre half-rat-half-robot form that scared Prowl and T-AI and sent them fleeing. Bonus Edition Vol. 2

TransTech

*Cue S.W.A.T. theme song*

Prowl was part of the Offworlder Zone Security Administration and aided his fellow police officers in arresting Megatron, Battletrap, and Stepper. Cybertron's Most Wanted

Toys

Robots in Disguise (2001)

Initial "all clear" version shown here. (Takara version pictured)

(Hasbro version pictured)

• Mach Alert (2000) / Prowl (Deluxe Class, 2001)

• Takara ID number: C-003
• Accessories: Left & right "Booster Parts" thrusters, 2 flame-missiles
• Known designers: Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy),^[1] Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Released first as part of the Car Robots series, "Mach Alert" transforms into a Lamborghini Diablo police highway pursuit vehicle painted in Japanese police ministry colors. He also has rubber tires over silver vacuum-metalized wheels. In robot mode, he is armed with two pressure-launch missile launchers with flame-shaped projectiles. These launchers are mounted upon his right arm in robot mode, but can also be mounted on his sirens, to form a sort of jetpack. In vehicle mode, they can be mounted on two pegs located on his spoiler.

Early versions of Mach Alert used an almost completely transparent colorless plastic for its windows and flame missiles, with semi-transparent paint on the flames. Later releases used a darker clear-plastic with brighter, more opaque flame-paint.

Released a year later by Hasbro as "Prowl", this version uses the darker clear-plastics/opaque flame-paint combo, but also adds an Autobot faction symbol to his hood. Yes, they kept the Japanese on the doors.

Sonokong also released this figure in a gift set with his brothers in South Korea. This version of Prowl has "POLICE" in English instead of Japanese on the car doors, but otherwise has the same deco as the second Takara release.

Prowl's car door/skirt flaps are entirely molded in painted translucent plastic, including the ball-joint housing. Unfortunately, the translucent plastic cannot deal with ongoing stress of housing the ball-joint, which only worsens with age, causing it to crack and be left unusable. Due to this, finding copies of this figure with intact skirt flaps is very difficult. This design flaw is unfortunately present in every one of his redecos, as they all made the same use of translucent plastic.

This mold was also used to make Universe Inferno and the Universe versions of Generation 1 Sideswipe and Sunstreaker.

• More information on Prowl at TFU.info
• Japanese blog post comparing both Takara variants and the Sonokong release of Prowl

Well, you'll know me when you see me, 'cause my door's painted white,
With my siren a-screamin' and my flashin' red lights

• Super Mach Alert (2000) / Prowl (Deluxe Class, 2001)

• Takara ID number: C-025
• Accessories: Left & right thrusters, 2 "flame" missiles

Mach Alert got a U.S.-police-inspired redeco as a "Super Mode". Now with extensive blue paint across his body and blue-and-red lights on his lightbar (and in his shoulders), Prowl also features English "POLICE" text instead of Japanese, with "MACH ALERT" underneath. The toy retains all of its gimmicks from the first version.

The Hasbro and Takara versions are nigh-identical, except that the Hasbro version yet again adds an Autobot symbol to the hood. While this version of the toy was simply called "Prowl" again with no modifier to denote his new "Super Mode" coloration, he was called "Super Mach Alert" in Japan.

• More information on Super Prowl at TFU.info

• S(uper) Car Robo 3 Kyodai Set <Clear Version> (Multi-pack, 2000)

• ID number: C-025S (Prowl only)
• Release date: September 24, 2000
• Accessories: Left & right thrusters, 2 "flame" missiles

As part of the "3 S(uper) Car Robot Brother Set" (S^[2] カーロボ3兄弟セット <クリアーバージョン>), Mach Alert and his brothers Speedbreaker and Wildride were cast in mostly colorless-clear plastics (some of the unpaintable plastic "structural" bits remained opaque), given much of their normal super mode deco (Mach Alert lost his car mode blue), and sold in an exclusive three-pack. This exclusive set was first available at the Osaka Toys Land Show on September 24th, then again at Super Festival 19 on October 9th, both times for 6000 yen, with the set being limited to 1500 pieces total between the two shows. He was also available at BotCon Japan 2000.

• More information on Clear Prowl at TFU.info

I am no one. And everyone.

• Side Swipe & Prowl 2 (Basic Class 2-pack, 2001)

• Accessories: Rifle

Originally an unreleased Generation 2 Go-Bot mold, Robots in Disguise Prowl 2 transforms into a police car based on the 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Interceptor (although some details are closer in similarity to the same year's Chevrolet Impala). He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode, and is compatible with many "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" racetracks. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode. He was available in a two-pack with Side Swipe. This set was unique to the Hasbro line, and was never available in Japan.

For information on the character status of Prowl 2, see the page on "Prowl 2".

This mold was used to make the Universe version of Generation 1 Prowl.

• More information on Prowl 2 at TFU.info

Metal coffin included!

• Prowl 2 (Tiny Tins, 2002)

• Accessories: Rifle, carrying tin

Prowl 2 was one of several Robots in Disguise toys to be sold as an individual in a Tiny Tins release, with a pocket-sized carrying case. The actual toy is unchanged from the two-pack version.

Universe (2003)

Like my new tattoo?

• Prowl (Deluxe Class, 2004)

• Accessories: Left & right thrusters, 2 "flame" missiles, CD

The original Prowl toy was repainted as one of a half-dozen Wal-Mart Universe exclusives put out in 2004. The robot mode is nearly identical to the original deco, with the vehicle mode using the same base colors and black "Japanese police" lower deco, but all the police markings have been removed. Instead, his doors have been adorned with stylized dragon tampographs, his hood has a massive Autobot symbol, a large "1 0 5" crosses the top of his windshield, and random red boxes dot his spoiler and the lower portion of the doors. Wow.

He also came with an interactive CD-ROM!!! with all sorts of content.

• More information on Universe Prowl at TFU.info

He comes with tiny justice.

• Optimus Prime with Prowl (Basic Class two-pack, 2003)

• Accessories: Rifle

Spychanger Prowl is a redeco of 2001 Robots in Disguise Prowl 2, painted to match Generation 1 Red Alert, transforming into a Chevrolet Caprice. His vehicle mode has through-axle construction so it zips along quickly on smooth surfaces. His robot-mode rifle stores beneath his rear axle in vehicle mode. He is also semi-compatible with race tracks and playsets from Hot Wheels or Matchbox sets.

He was only available in a Wal-Mart exclusive multi-pack with Optimus Prime.

This mold was also used to make the Universe "Spy Changer" incarnation of Generation 1 Prowl. This toy was also repurposed as Generation 1 Red Alert in Renegade Rhetoric.

• More information on Prowl at TFU.info

Notes

• Given that the original Prowl toy's Hasbro bio talks about his "new spark engine" and the enhanced attributes it gave him, while the bio of his super mode toy merely describes his personality and abilities, it seems that the two were accidentally swapped at some point in production. The same thing happened to Side Burn.
• Based on Prowl's law enforcement activities in car form, he appears to have official standing in the Metro City police (or at least his car mode does). This is especially notable in "Attack from Outer Space", where he joins a police chase, announces his callsign as "unit 3", and calls in a request for further back up.
• "Prowl 2" is wrapped up in some headache-inducing character ambiguity that has some excessively convoluted thing to do with an offhanded shout-out in the Binaltech story, Car Robots being retroactively brought into the Japanese Generation 1 uber-timeline, and probably the Beast Wars Sourcebook too, and the non-Car-Robots Spychangers' lack of Hasbro bios. Thankfully, the Facebook version of Ask Vector Prime finally cleared things up in 2015!
• In Car Robots, Prowl addresses X-Brawn using "aniue" 兄上, a formal way of saying "elder brother", in contrast to Side Burn's more casual "aniki" 兄貴 in the context of "big bro".

Foreign names

• Japanese: Mach Alert (マッハアラート Mahha Arāto), Super Mach Alert (スーパーマッハアラート Sūpā Mahha Arāto)
• Korean: Mach Alert (마하앨러트 Maha Aelleoteu)
• Russian: Prol (Прол)

References