Damage Toteboard Season 1

Percentages and Numbers

"Normal" stuff (includes only stuff that knocked ‘em down, did noticeable damage, kept ‘em down, or killed ‘em—please note there can be confusion if the animators decided to do something dumb like paint all the Seekers like Thundercracker, or if everyone is in parts for an Ark crash; I’m just listin’ what I recognize...!) Note on gestalt damage—if the gestalt gets hurt, I’m not counting it against the combiners.

This includes the ratios of the number of episodes a character was in and got damaged in some way. Higher percentages mean higher incidences of getting their afts kicked at least once in an episode. Please note that multi-parters are considered one episode for this. I have a feeling I counted wrong on Dinobots. Click a name to get a detailed list of what exactly happened to these pour souls...

Sharpshooter Numbers

Please note this is inexact; not all shots connected had an easily identifiable source.

Bluestreak, 9
Bombshell, 1
Bonecrusher, 0
Brawn, 13
Bumblebee, 4
Cliffjumper, 4
Chip, 0
Devastator, 1
Frenzy, 1
Gears, 0
Hound, 4
Hook, 0
Huffer, 1
Jazz, 1
Kickback, 4
Laserbeak, 5
Long Haul
Megatron, 54
Mirage, 4
Mixmaster, 0
Optimus Prime, 52
Prowl, 3
Ratchet, 3
Ravage, 11
Reflector, 2
Rumble, 12
Scavanger, 0
Scrapper, 0
Shockwave, 3
Shrapnel, 9
Sideswipe, 3
Skyfire, 10
Skywarp, 9
Sludge, 10
Snarl, 7
Soundwave, 8
Sparkplug, 8
Spike, 3
Starscream, 25
Sunstreaker, 6
Swoop, 8
Trailbreaker, 0
Wheeljack, 10
Windcharger, 2

Dartboard numbers

Luckiest Autobots by %: Swoop, Sludge, Huffer

Luckiest Autobots by episodes unharmed: Brawn, Trailbreaker

Luckiest Decepticons by %: Shockwave, Laserbeak, Ravage

Luckiest Decepticon by episodes unharmed: Laserbeak

Luckiest Transformer: Laserbeak

Dartboard of the Universe, Season 1 (not including Optimus Prime or Megatron): Starscream

Luckiest faction: Decepticons

Best Aim, Autobots (not counting Optimus Prime): Brawn (although Bluestreak gets honorary mention for hitting Laserbeak twice.)

Best Aim, Decepticons (not counting Megatron): Starscream

Best Aim over all (not counting leaders): Starscream

Number of hits Wheeljack took that were a direct result of his tinkering: 3

Number of hits Starscream took from Megatron: 6

Number of hits Sunstreaker took that caused aesthetic damage, or at least, he claims did: 2

Percentage of hits Megatron took that were not delivered by Optimus Prime: 33%

Percentage of hits Optimus Prime took that were not delivered by Megatron: 47%

Redshirt Tally

Cybertronian Seekers: 2 ("The Ultimate Doom" A silver one knocked down by a exploding door, Skyfire takes a blue one down.)

Deux ex Witwicky (even when not committed by an actual Witwicky...)

Spike: 6 ("More Than Meets the Eye" Pulled huge boulders off Hound in the middle of a raging river. "Divide and Conquer" Motivational speech and swiping Jazz’ gun caused Autobots to stop sitting on their thumbs and fight. "Fire on the Mountain" Reminded the Autobots they have Sky Spies, fixed Skyfire. "The Ultimate Doom" Swiped Optimus Prime's gun and helped figure out that they needed to get Cybertron out of orbit. "A Plague of Insecticons" Figured out the Autobot’s wheels would insulate them from Shrapnel’s lightning.)

Chip: 6 ("Roll for It" Controlled Prowl’s battle computer on an Apple IIe, stuck an override on Skywarp’s leg. "Divide and Conquer" Found the Space Bridge, opened Wheeljack’s sealed door on Cybertron, little "disability" speech caused stupid Trailbreaker to remember he has a forcefield. "Heavy Metal War" Ran Teletran-1 and discovered Megatron’s cheating.)

Kidnapped and Captured

Bumblebee: 1 ("Transport to Oblivion" trapped as a ‘volunteer’ for the Space Bridge.)

Chip: 1 ("Roll for It" Snatched by Ravage.)

Gears: 1 ("Fire in the Sky" by Decepticons.)

Grimlock: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" Stored by Autobots.)

Hound: 1 ("Fire in the Sky" by Decepticons.)

Ironhide: 1 ("Fire in the Sky" by Decepticons.)

Laserbeak: 1 ("Countdown to Extinction" by Jazz.)

Optimus Prime: 1 ("War of the Dinobots" by Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge.)

Ratchet: 1 ("Fire in the Sky" by Decepticons.)

Ravage: 1 ("More Than Meets the Eye" trapped by Autobots.)

Slag: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" Stored by Autobots.)

Sludge: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" Stored by Autobots.)

Sparkplug: 2 ("Fire in the Sky" Taken by Skyfire, "The Ultimate Doom" Swiped by Laserbeak.)

Spike: 3 ("Transport to Oblivion" Trapped as a ‘volunteer’ for the Space Bridge twice. "Fire in the Sky" Taken by Skyfire. "The Ultimate Doom" Snitched by Laserbeak.)

Skyfire: 1 ("Fire on the Mountain" by Starscream and Thundercracker.)

Dismembered (not including Ark crash)

Megatron: 5 ("More Than Meets the Eye" Optimus Prime’s trailer blew off his gun. "Divide and Conquer" Gun knocked off by Optimus Prime. "Fire in the Sky" Gun slashed off by Optimus Prime. "SOS Dinobots" Gun fell off after Wheeljack shot him. "Fire on the Mountain" Gun knocked off when Optimus Prime ran him down.)

Starscream: 1 ("More Than Meets the Eye" Spike knocks a gun off his arm with a rock.)

Dance to the Rhythm

Megatron: 1 ("Heavy Metal War" Fine aerial acrobatics avoiding Autobot fire.)

Soundwave: 1 ("Roll for It" Stumbling around running from Prowl and Bluestreak.)

Spike: 1 ("Fire in the Sky" Flailing around trying to get his balance after Sparkplug grabbed his hood.)

Trailbreaker: 1 ("War of the Dinobots" Fine spin he did to make his force field for the meteorite bit.)

Multiplicity (doesn’t include accidental miss-paints or Insecticlones)

Reflector: 2 ("More Than Meets the Eye" There were actually 4, but three are legit. "Divide and Conquer" 4 of ‘em again.)

Rumble: 4 ("More Than Meets the Eye")

Seekers, non Cybertronian: at least 11 ("More Than Meets the Eye" Includes at least several all lavender Seekers. "Divide and Conquer" One extra.)

Starscream: 1 ("Roll for It".)

Thundercracker: at least 7 ("More Than Meets the Eye".)

Blinded By the Light

Bluestreak: 1 ("Divide and Conquer" Reflector.)

Brawn: 1 ("The Ultimate Doom" Cybertron.)

Bumblebee: 1 ("The Ultimate Doom" Cybertron.)

Ironhide: 2 ("Divide and Conquer" Reflector, "The Ultimate Doom" Cybertron.)

Jazz: 1 ("The Ultimate Doom" Cybertron.)

Optimus Prime: 1 ("Heavy Metal War" Megatron.)

Ravage: 1 ("Divide and Conquer" Bumblebee.)

Reflector: 1 ("Heavy Metal War" Strength transfer.)

Soundwave: 1 ("Heavy Metal War" Strength transfer.)

Spike: 1 ("The Ultimate Doom" Shockwave.)

Starscream: 1 ("Heavy Metal War" Strength transfer.)

Thundercracker: 1 ("Heavy Metal War" Strength transfer.)

Trailbreaker: 1 ("Divide and Conquer" Reflector.)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Bumblebee: 1 ("Transport to Oblivion" Memories screwed with by Megatron.)

Prowl: 1 ("Roll for It" Chip took over his battle computer.)

Sideswipe: 1 ("A Plague of Insecticons" Shrapnel overrode him.)

Skywarp: 1 ("Roll for It" Teletran-1 overrode his motor processes.)

Sparkplug: 1 ("The Ultimate Doom" Dr. Archeville’s hypnochip.)

Sunstreaker: 1 ("A Plague of Insecticons" Shrapnel overrode him.)

Strung Up and Chained Up

Bluestreak: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" by Decepticons.)

Ironhide: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" by Decepticons.)

Hound: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" by Decepticons.)

Optimus Prime: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" by Decepticons.)

Trailbreaker: 1 ("SOS Dinobots" by Decepticons.)

Sticky Situation

Reflector: 1 ("Divide and Conquer" Stuck to the floor by Ironhide glue.)

Shockwave: 1 ("Divide and Conquer" Stuck to the floor by Ironhide glue.)

Appearances without damage

Bluestreak ("Fire on the Mountain", "Heavy Metal War")

Brawn ("Transport to Oblivion", "Roll for It", "Divide and Conquer", "War of the Dinobots", "Heavy Metal War")

Bumblebee ("Roll for It", "Fire in the Sky", "Heavy Metal War")

Chip ("Divide and Conquer", "War of the Dinobots", "Heavy Metal War")

Cliffjumper ("The Ultimate Doom", "Heavy Metal War")

Gears ("Divide and Conquer", "Fire on the Mountain", "War of the Dinobots", "The Ultimate Doom")

Grimlock ("The Ultimate Doom", "Countdown to Extinction")

Hound ("Divide and Conquer", "War of the Dinobots", "The Ultimate Doom", "Heavy Metal War")

Huffer ("Divide and Conquer", "War of the Dinobots", "Countdown to Extinction", "Heavy Metal War")

Ironhide ("A Plague of Insecticons", "Heavy Metal War")

Jazz ("Fire on the Mountain", "Heavy Metal War")

Laserbeak ("More Than Meets the Eye", "Roll for It", "Divide and Conquer", "Fire in the Sky", "A Plague of Insecticons", "Heavy Metal War")

Mirage ("Roll for It", "Divide and Conquer", "Heavy Metal War")

Prowl ("Fire on the Mountain", "Heavy Metal War")

Ratchet ("Roll for It", "Fire on the Mountain", "Heavy Metal War")

Ravage ("Transport to Oblivion", "SOS Dinobots", "A Plague of Insecticons", "Heavy Metal War")

Reflector ("Roll for It", "The Ultimate Doom", "Countdown to Extinction", "A Plague of Insecticons")

Rumble ("A Plague of Insecticons", "Heavy Metal War")

Shockwave ("More Than Meets the Eye", "Transport to Oblivion", "Roll for It", "Countdown to Extinction")

Sideswipe ("Fire on the Mountain", "Heavy Metal War")

Skyfire ("The Ultimate Doom")

Skywarp ("Divide and Conquer", "Fire on the Mountain", "War of the Dinobots")

Slag ("The Ultimate Doom", "Heavy Metal War")

Sludge ("The Ultimate Doom", "Countdown to Extinction", "Heavy Metal War")

Snarl ("The Ultimate Doom")

Soundwave ("Divide and Conquer", "Fire in the Sky", "A Plague of Insecticons")

Sparkplug ("Transport to Oblivion", "SOS Dinobots", "War of the Dinobots", "A Plague of Insecticons", "Heavy Metal War")

Spike ("Roll for It", "Fire on the Mountain", "War of the Dinobots", "Heavy Metal War")

Sunstreaker ("Transport to Oblivion", "Fire on the Mountain", "Heavy Metal War")

Swoop ("The Ultimate Doom", "Heavy Metal War")

Thundercracker ("Transport to Oblivion", "Countdown to Extinction")

Trailbreaker ("Transport to Oblivion", "War of the Dinobots", "The Ultimate Doom", "Countdown to Extinction", "Heavy Metal War")

Wheeljack ("Roll for It", "Divide and Conquer")

[Cybertronian Seekers—yellow, blue, green, black] ("Divide and Conquer", "The Ultimate Doom")

Cute stuff to watch for:

"Roll for It" Sunstreaker and Sideswipe thumbwrestling.
"Heavy Metal War" Soundwave petting Ravage.
"The Ultimate Doom" Bluestreak hangin’ ten.

Things that make you go "Hmmm...":

"More Than Meets the Eye" Hound needs a facemask to go underwater?
"Divide and Conquer" Cybertron has an atmosphere breathable by humans AND red clouds, which Seekers can shoot to make acid rain but Bluestreak can shoot to make them go away? Bluestreak the weathermech!
"The Ultimate Doom" The Ark’s fire-retardant foam shorts TF circuits? Or is it only bad for Decepticons? And Cybertron is kinda small... Starscream, Thundercracker, Optimus Prime, and Jazz appear to have much better hearing than Skywarp and the other Autobots—Soundwave’s audio disrupter waves caused them pain, but no one else! Obviously Soundwave is immune. Y’know, Soundwave really does have an odd place for his "send" button... Autobots are bloody good surfers to surf a tidal wave.
"A Plague of Insecticons" Optimus Prime is stupid enough to ram himself through an unknown amount of solid rock?
"Heavy Metal War" Ironhide has dark gray teeth and a tongue! Someone new was drawing that day!

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