Psycho (GoBots)
Psycho is a fictional character from the GoBots series. He is a Renegade GoBot introduced in 1984.
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GoBots
Psycho is a Renegade who turns into show car. He is crazy and unpredictable, his twisted mind can only be controlled by Cy-Kill.[1]
His design is based on the Psychodroid car from Japanese manga series Cobra, which became the anime series Cobra: Space Adventure.[2]
Fictional biography
A terrifying foe. Psycho is crazy and unpredictable. All the Enemy GoBots fear him. And only Cy-Kill can control his demented mind.
Abilities
Like most GoBots, Psycho has numerous abilities because of his robotic body. He does not age, can survive in space and is super-humanly strong and tough. He can fly in robot mode and project energy blasts from his hands. His body heals quickly when supplied with energy. He can turn into a car.
Reception
In 1984 CBC's The Journal did a report on how some people considered GoBots like Psycho and other war toys too violent for children.[3]
Animated series
Psycho had a cameo in "The Battle for GoBotron", and a short but memorable scene in "The GoBotron Saga", where he got to conduct the disassembling of Leader-1. He also appeared on the cover to the VHS release of "Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray."
Books
In the 1984 book "War of the GoBots" Psycho is ordered by Cy-Kill to issue the Renegade retreat. [4]
Comics
Fun Publications
Psycho appeared in the Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric episode 35 story "Trash and Treachery". In the story Blades and Psycho were sent to look for Zero and the Master Renegade. They found their targets in a UNECOM warehouse, but then were attacked by Turbo and Smallfoot.[5]
Toys
- Super GoBots 030 Psycho (1984)
- Turns from robot to car.
References
- ↑ Marrs, Wanda and Texe (1985). The Great Robot Book. Little Simon. pp. 69–71. ISBN 978-0671602437.
- ↑ 8 Things You Didn't Know About GoBots (and Probably Didn't Care) - Topless Robot
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/economy-business/consumer-goods/the-joy-of-toys-and-games/transformers-make-coleslaw-of-the-cabbage-patch.html Transformers 'make coleslaw of the cabbage patch'
- ↑ Robin Snyder (1984). War of the GoBots. Illustrated by Steve Ditko. Western Publishing Company. ISBN 0-307-61376.
- ↑ "Trash and Treachery". Written by Jim Sorenson. Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric. October 22nd, 1986/December 1st, 2015. No. 35, season 1.
External links
- 1984 toys
- Challenge of the GoBots characters
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- Fictional characters introduced in 1984
- Fictional characters who can fly
- Fictional characters who can project energy
- Fictional characters with healing factors
- Fictional characters with superhuman durability
- Fictional characters with superhuman longevity
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- Fun Publications characters
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