


Ratbat revealed himself after stowing a ride inside Buster's portable stereo. Buster used the equipment to radio for Autobot help. They traveled to the Ark, only to find it gone with only some leftover equipment. Buster escaped with Goldbug, leaving Barnett and the other Throttlebots behind. Ratbat and the Predacons arrived and chased the cars through the mall. They stopped at a mall to get batteries for the toy cars from a Radio Shed. He was able to track them by scent to Witwicky Auto Repair, but Buster already left with Barnett and the Throttlebots. Ratbat inspected the remains of the Throttlebots and noticed their brain modules were missing.

headquarters was attacked by the Predacons and Ratbat. After the Throttlebots' empty bodies were compacted, I.I.I. Goldbug and Barnett went to Witwicky Auto Repair to ask for Buster's help in getting to the Ark. In order to save them, he transferred their brain modules into toy cars and snuck out of I.I.I. One of I.I.I.'s agents, Walter Barnett, became convinced that not all Transformers were the same and that the Throttlebots were on the humans' side. The Throttlebots were in the custody of the Intelligence and Information Institute (I.I.I.) and scheduled for termination. She put this knowledge to use in putting together her Autobot suit. She was able to manipulate it with electrical currents. Heavy Traffic!Īfter dissecting captured Autobots, Circuit Breaker discovered that it was the brain module that controlled a Transformer's actions. One of Bombshell's cerebro-shells implanted itself in Optimus Prime's brain module. These modules were of a rectangular design. The modules had to be infused with life by the Creation Matrix. Shockwave built brain modules for each of the Constructicons. Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.
