Teletraan 15

Teletraan 15 is an Autobot from the Teletraan 15 Go! Go! manga portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

A rare moment of not being in some form of mortal peril.

Teletraan 15 (テレトランいちご Teretoran Ichigo) is one of several humanoid computers developed by the Autobots to be "living" extensions of the Teletraan I computer, operating out of the artificial Earth satellite Nana.

This particular unit is shy, bumbling, and incredibly luckless. She frequently gets into trouble and often needs saving by (and occasionally from) her fellow Autobots. Her fellow Teletraan unit Teletraan 10 is frustrated by her antics, but still steps up to help her in a scrape... after a perfunctory round of sarcasm. The two are very close friends, despite their differences.

Despite her (numerous) shortcomings, 15 shows amazing dedication to her job and a surprising amount of courage, seemingly ready to face down impossible and almost certainly fatal odds in the line of duty.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

15 Go! Go!

In the year 2005, with Teletraan I's databanks destroyed by an unknown saboteur, the enigmatic "Black Panther Man" commanded Teletraan 15 to gather information to restore the precious data. Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go! Volume 1 Traveling through time and space, Teletraan 15 encountered various Cybertronians and recorded their personal information (while Teletraan 10 commented on their more unusual character traits). During her adventures, she was creeped out by Perceptor, Perceptor Volume molested by Wheelie, Wheelie Volume and bewildered then nearly crushed by Kup. Kup Volume

Shortly after being rescued from a Novaroid by Micromaster Hot Rod, Hot Rod Volume Star Convoy Volume the pair were attacked by Galvatron. When she tried to protect the damaged Hot Rod, Galvatron bit 15's right arm off, Galvatron Volume leaving her to die from fuel loss while he attempted to finish off his old foe. The arrival of Star Convoy allowed Teletraan 10 to arrive on the scene, while the Autobots Safety and Fly-Up rushed to 15's aid. Galvatron Volume 2

15 was brought back to the satellite Nana, where her right arm was restored, but this time with the ability to morph into a saw blade for self-defense. Galvatron Volume 3 As she recovered, Blaster gave her a gift: the cassette Steeljaw, both for companionship and the music he had stored on his tape. (The music was very moody and sad, much to 15's chagrin.) Blaster Volume

Back on her data-gathering mission, Extra Volume?! she and Steeljaw ran across the Cyberjet Jetfire, who took them on a tour of the Earth in his reality. Steeljaw Volume Their flight was interrupted by an attack by Dreadwing and Smokescreen, but 15 found herself saved once again by Optimus Prime, this time as "Battle Convoy". Battle Convoy Volume

En route to Nana, Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go! Volume 14 she was possessed by the ghost of Starscream and promptly took over the satellite once she arrived. Starscream? Volume Neither 10 nor Black Panther Man were able to stop her, but in the end they didn't need to. Digging through 15's data banks, Starscream learned about the power of the Kiss Players and left to possess someone from that reality instead. Starscream? Volume 2

After the cassettes Rosanna, Sundor and Glit arrived on Nana, Kiss Players Position Volume Mysterious Falling Star Volume Teletraan 15 was accused of being Teletraan I's saboteur and imprisoned. Escaping with the aid of the cassettes, 15 learned of Black Panther Man's secret agenda to use the gathered data to alter the future to remove "unnecessary conflict". Teletraan 15 first destroyed the disc she had recorded her data on, then commandeered the commander's transwarp spaceship to travel back in time and prevent the whole mess from happening. 10 Volume Unfortunately, 10 and Black Panther Man managed to get on board as well. 10 held a gun to 15's head, but in the end was unable to pull the trigger. When 15 charged the Black Panther Man of the past in order to prevent him from getting Teletraan 1's data, the "present" panther clamped his jaws on her left ankle. Unwilling to stop the agent from altering history any further, she cut off her own foot with her saw-blade arm to free herself, then drove the saw into the console, destroying the records that had been lost in the first place that started the whole mess.

Expressing mixed disappointment (in the failure of his scheme) and pride (in his "foolish" subordinates), the "present" commander dumped 15, 10 and the cassettes out of his ship and flew away. Despite their predicament (and having lost both a foot and an arm), 15 seemed pleased, having averted a time-altering catastrophe. 15 Volume: The Last Part

Legends comic

Teletraan 15 was one of the many women brought to the Legends Universe by Tigatron using the ultra-drill in an attempt to get women who liked him better than Springer. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. Bonus Edition Vol. 19

Kre-O comic

Teletraan 15 reported that a fire had broken out in the city and that the Autobots were called upon to help. Dive Into the Fire! The Rescue Operation of Friendship

Notes

• The Teletraan units were originally designed to represent specific emotions. Teletraan 15 is sadness.
• Teletraan 15 speaks in a Kyūshū dialect.
• Teletraan 15's name, pronounced "Ichigo", means both "one-five" and "strawberry" in Japanese.
• The term "Teletraan [number]" has various spellings throughout the canon, and because this instance was published only in Japanese, the specific English transliteration one chooses is a matter of taste. We have chosen to use "Teletraan I" as our basis for this spelling because of the direct connection between the two computers in the fiction. For more information on where that spelling came from, see here.
• The implication of the manga is that yes, she was the original saboteur, but only in response to Black Panther Man's scheme... making it one of those weirdass time-loop predestination thingamajobbies.