Subsea is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Game over, man, game over!

Subsea is easily swayed, and he goes to pieces under pressure. Neither quality bodes well for his long-term survival.

Fiction

Marvel The Transformers comics

Autobot Military Academy cadets Subsea and Tailgate were persuaded by Flattop to undergo a rite of passage in Cybertron's treacherous Underworld. Once there, they found it populated by violent, malformed mutants. Subsea went into a gibbering panic, and was blasted into oblivion by Warhead. Underworld!

2005 IDW continuity

Subsea traveled with Cliffjumper and Rest-Q to Velocitron to investigate the disruption in the communication network. He was soon killed, along with the rest of the planet by Unicron. Unstopped and Unstoppable

2019 IDW continuity

First appearance: Transformers #23

No, it's just you.

A member of the Senate Guard, Subsea was a worrywart by nature, so much so that his worries could get in the way of living his life. To cope with this, Groove suggested that he set aside some time every cycle to worry to allow him to get through the rest of the cycle more easily. Sea of Rust II

Prior to the Decepticon takeover of Iacon, Ironhide assigned the acrophobic Subsea to the roof of the Senate to stand guard during Sentinel Prime's speech. As he grumbled about this, he was attacked by the Rainmakers and sent tumbling down into the main Senate chamber after Acid Storm collapsed the roof. We Have Deceived You Captured with some his fellow Guardsmen, Subsea was thrown into a lower priority cell below the Senate hall, where they commiserated about their potential fates. Ironhide and the rest of the Guard eventually sprung them, and Subsea was among those who volunteered to help get the other senators out of the building to safety. Prime

Subsea was present to welcome Javelin to the Senate Guard, and accompanied Optimus Prime to the Forge Pyramid for a chat with Perceptor. He participated in the defense and evacuation of the Pyramid when the Decepticons attacked. Titans

When Optimus Prime went to meet with Termagax, Subsea was part of the detachment who accompanied him and set up a defensive position in front of House. He talked with Groundbreaker about his chronic worrying just before the Decepticons arrived in force and launched an attack. Sea of Rust II Subsea survived the battle and regrouped with the others in the aftermath. Enigmatic

You're tellin' us, dude.

Subsea was among the Autobots ready to defend Crystal City when the Decepticons attacked it. A Dust of Crystals After a temporary ceasefire had been negotiated, the Autobots marched to Darkmount. During the walk, Subsea told Backstreet how his experience with anxiety was allowing him to cope with recent events better than most, since EVERYONE felt anxious at the moment. The Autobots were then suddenly attacked by Jhiaxus' forces. Radical Time

Caught between the Decepticons and an incoming wave of rust worms, Subsea noted the ground was vibrating and soon worms were erupting up from under the Autobots. They held out long enough for the repurposed Insecticon clone swarm to arrive and begin feasting on the rust worms. Out of danger for the moment, Subsea took a second to sit down and lament that the whole situation was exhausting. End of Time

Subsea took part in the defense of Darkmount when the Decepticons launched an attack to prevent the Autobots from leaving the planet. The Autobots succeeded in launching the Ark and headed to the Winged Moon to plan their future out among the stars. On the journey, Subsea made fast friends with Geomotus and took note of his "shapes" as a coping mechanism for anxiety. Fate of Cybertron

Notes

• According to Anna Malkova his alt mode is a personal submarine. More importantly, it is one of the cute ones.^[1]

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