Twirl (G1)

Twirl is a Decepticon or unaligned Transformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

She can express her feelings of galactic conquest through interpretive dance.

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! There might be a war on, but Twirl is having a great time! Not an uncommon thing for a Decepticon, but Twirl's fun runs less along the lines of world domination and mindless violence and more to things like parties and dancing. Fighting Autobots is pretty low on the list.

Why is she a Decepticon, again?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

Once an inhabitant of the planet Master, Twirl tried to remain neutral in the Great War, trying to avoid taking any side she could. As a Targetmaster, Twirl just narrowly avoided being a victim of the Targetmaster Extirpation at the end of the war, going into hiding on a Cybertron hostile to her kind. With help from Hotwire, she disguised her alternate mode's anatomy to pass herself off as a Micromaster. She spent the next few hundred years blending in and trying not to let her fear of being discovered breach her happy-go-lucky exterior. During that time, she kept in touch with her former fellows, including Surge.

When the Grand Uprising began, Twirl fled the Resistance-targeted Vos. She had been planning to go to Crystal City, where most of the remnants of Master's population lived, only for the city to be destroyed. Twirl soon ran into the mechanoid "Venus", and the two established a rapport, though "Venus" was trying to recruit Twirl for the Resistance, who had discovered her true nature and wanted to use her Targetmaster powers to help their own cause. Likewise, the Mayhem Attack Squad, a Predacon supremacy group being manipulated by PSP agent Tarantulas, had also learned of her, and began plotting to use her abilities for what they thought was their own gain.

Twirl herself had become tired of living in hiding and decided to reveal her true nature as a Targetmaster. Terrified that he would be found out as well, Surge killed her. Her body was found by MCSF officer Wolfang, and her remains were taken in by the MCSF for examination, but after a few hours of examination the station was bombed by Surge, and her body was utterly destroyed in the chaos. Trigger Warnings

In the millennia to come, Twirl's part in history (such as it was) wound up being forgotten entirely. Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny

2019 IDW continuity

First appearance: Transformers #20

Twirl was part of a crowd gambling on an illegal skitter race at Swindle's. Swindle's Later, she joined the Decepticons and helped put down a rebellion at the Energon storage fields on Ratbat's orders. Hunt Twirl was among the many fliers that took part in the attack on the Forge Pyramid. Titans Later, Twirl visited the reopened Swindle's with Nautilator and Refraktor. The threesome were singled out by Trickdiamond as inebriated enough to share information when Twirl and Nautilator took to dancing on a table. Swindle later gave them some of his special engex blend, to make them even more talkative. After Refraktor passed out, Swindle was able to discover the location of the Enigma of Combination from Twirl and Nautilator. Swindle's II Twirl later deployed with the entire Decepticon Guard under Sixshot's command to the Sea of Rust. They engaged the Autobots in a battle to seize the Enigma from Termagax. Sea of Rust II

Later on, Twirl had to be rushed out of Swindle's when the owner was expecting some private guests to arrive. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two Twirl took part in the massive Decepticon attack on Darkmount. Fate of Cybertron

Games

Transformers Legends

Twirl was a part of Flamewar's team which struck a number of Autobot bases in retaliation for an earlier defeat. Fatal Furies: Flamewar's Revenge

Toys

Legends of the Microns

• Twirl (DVD Micron, 2003-10-29)

Twirl's toy is a redeco of the Air Military Mini-Con Team member Thunderwing, transforming into a (fairly unstealthy) stealth bomber, with a third, spinning-blade weapon mode. Her Powerlinx port is on a freely-rotating joint, so she spins fairly well when attached to a Powerlinx plug, but it does kind of make a Powerlinxed jet mode kinda silly. She was available only with the seventh volume of Legends of the Microns on DVD in Japan.

She uses the same mold as Ichibi, Seeker, and Razorclaw.

• More information on Twirl at TFU.info

Notes

• Twirl is a continuity transplant of the Armada Mini-Con of the same name. Her appearances thus far are directly based on the toy design.
• In the 2019 IDW comics, Twirl is unfortunately miscolored several times due to confusion with fellow Decepticon flier Storm Cloud.