"We're locked and loaded."- Arcee to William Lennox.
Arcee was an Autobot field commander. Although never the biggest or toughest Autobots, she was short and nimble and packed a punch. Voiced by: Grey Griffin.
History[]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen []
Arcee and her sisters were held in reserve as N.E.S.T. entered Shanghai to deal with Demolishor, only being called into action when the presence of a Second Decepticon, Sideways, was detected. Together with the twins, the sisters pursued the sneaky speedster through the street of Shanghai, smashing through buildings and everything else in their way, but ultimately they weren't able to do much damage, so Sideswipe was brought to bat and proceeded to make short work of Sideways.
When The Fallen issued an ultimatum to Earth, the US governments decided that the Autobots would be shipped back to Diego Garcia, but N.E.S.T. disobeyed the orders, instead shipping Arcee and others to Egypt on the advice of Sam Witwicky, who had the means to ressurect the recently-deceased Optimus Prime. During the climatic battle between N.E.S.T. and The Fallen's Decepticons, the sisters arrived with Ironhide to help Sam and Mikaela through the warzone. After locating Sam, Elita-One immediately was blasted in the head by a Decepticon, instantly killing her. Arcee was then the next target to get shot by a Decpticon and killed her.
Transformers: Age of Extinction[]
She is later listed as deceased in the Cemetery Wind data base.
Titan Magazine Movie Comics Main Timeline[]
Titan Magazine movie comics Alternate Timeline[]
In an alternate timeline where the Decepticons won the battle of Mission City, Arcee was a member of a small group of reinforcements summoned to Earth by the remaining Autobots on the planet. Touching down on Earth's Moon to await contact from Earth, they were attacked by Starscream, but the quick-thinking Arcee took command and rallied the troops. When this still failed to work, she ordered them to Earth (following Strongarm's initiative) and their prearranged targets. Joining up with the Earth-bound Autobots, Arcee refused to accept defeat, and helped Armorhide defend Ratchet while he destroyed the AllSpark, foiling the Decepticons' plan to cyberform Earth using its power.
Arcee was left bewildered by the idea that Humanity would not trust and love the Autobots, and Optimus explained to her that, from a human point of view, all the Transformers are alien horrors fighting on their planet. Following this, she guarded the Savannah, Georgia shelter and was caught in an ambush staged by Starscream.
Later, after serving with Bumblebee in protecting an Alaskan pipeline, among other engagements to protect the American infrastructure, Arcee was part of Ironhide's team in retrieving Nucleon from Cybertron, which ran afoul of Stockade. She acted as Bumblebee's distraction, drawing Storm Surge and Fracture away, and doubled back to regroup with Ironhide (and pull him out of rubble) when Unicron arrived. Later, she got Optimus Prime up to speed on the situation.
Following the Decepticon re-conquest of Savannah, Arcee was part of the raid to rescue Mikaela Banes. She got off one bit of bravado about how hitting things was her kind of shindig before Blackout hit her.
When the Autobots launched their final strike, Arcee was part of the spearhead team hitting the Decepticon Heartland. She started off the 'tagging' of Decepticons to teleport them away from Earth, getting Incinerator in the back and looking very happy about it.
Some time later, while Optimus was showing Megatron around their work, Arcee's team discovered a mysterious relic with a strange symbol etched into it. She led her superiors to the ancient relic and watched as Megatron and Optimus began to argue when the former demanded the relic be relocated to his private quarters, with Optimus relenting due to a sudden alien attack. Arcee assisted with its evacuation from the dig site.
After the attack, Arcee tried to save the life of one of the aliens, but was unsuccessful. She and Clocker moved the bodies to Ratchet's lab, where they discovered that the beings were similar in structure to the Cybertronians, only lacking the ability to transform. Before they could speculate further about the common ancestry of the two races, Signal Flare arrived with orders from Optimus to assemble at the Simfur excavation site for a meeting. There, Arcee and the other scientists learned of Protector Megatron's demand for war and Optimus's thoughts on the issue. After most of the scientists agreed to follow Optimus, they travelled to Trypticon to watch Megatron deliver his saber-rattling war rally.
Ratchet, Arcee and Elita-One returned to the lab to analyze the other relic fragments recovered from the Simfur excavation, while Optimus, Jazz and Prowl broke into Megatron's quarters to examine the intact relic. Before Optimus could explain to Ratchet the strange condition of the artifact, Arcee reported finding a symbol that appeared in the same place on all the different fragments: the same symbol that was on Optimus's head. Ratchet theorised that the legend of the Dynasty of Primes was true, and that Optimus was somehow connected to all of this. Later, at the dig site near Burthov, Arcee, Ratchet and Optimus were arrested by Prowl's security forces on orders from Megatron for treason. What they didn't know was they were all being led into a trap, and the assassins Megatron sent would only take Optimus alive. After Brawl's initial attack, Optimus ordered the group to escape to Burthov while he took care of Starscream and his soldiers.
Arcee was part of the team who captured the disenchanted soldier Ironhide and brought him before Optimus Prime. Ironhide pledged allegiance to Prime and brought news of the Nemesis, a massive starship that Megatron was building. While observing its construction and taking images of the ship, Arcee remarked that she had never seen its like before. From Tyger Pax, she witnessed the departure of the Nemesis with the rest of the Autobots.
During the subsequent civil war, Arcee defended civilians who were being targeted by Megatron's Decepticons for refusing to join in the war against Optimus Prime's Autobots. As the war raged on, Sentinel invented a "torch" that he promised would end the war, which required the AllSpark to be activated. Arcee and Chromia flanked Ironhide at the lead of the assault on Simfur Temple. As the battle raged, Arcee and Chromia were swatted aside by Megatron, but Optimus attacked, allowing Elita to activate the torch and deliver it to Sentinel. Sentinel arrived in the Ark, but Starscream blew up the ship. Ironhide picked up Arcee and Chromia as the Autobots retreated. However, the assault had weakened Decepticon morale and Wheeljack commanded another Ark for Arcee and Chromia to steal the AllSpark itself!
Later, Arcee fought the Decepticons during an attempt to reclaim the Cube at Tyger Pax. However, Arcee and the rest of those under Bumblebee's command didn't know the true purpose of their battle: they were a diversion to keep Megatron busy while other Autobots readied the AllSpark for launch from Cybertron. She was captured and interrogated by the Decepticons but survived the ordeal. She recounted to their Autobot rescuers Bumblebee's heroics in delaying Megatron, which prevented the Decepticon from intercepting the wormhole-bound AllSpark.
The Reign of Starscream[]
Following the Autobots' victory in Mission City, which culminated in the death of Megatron and the destruction of the AllSpark on Earth, Arcee was in command of an Autobot assault team on Mars and led Cliffjumper and others in an attack on Starscream's ship. While her team made short work of the Swindle, Dreadwing, and Payload drones the Decepticons sent against them, Arcee killed the Decepticon sniper Hardtop before he could take out Smokescreen. Her teammates were unprepared for the arrival of Thundercracker, however, and he quickly slew Camshaft and wounded Cliffjumper. Remembering her failure at Tyger Pax, Arcee leapt into action, and soon she and Cliffjumper had Thundercracker at their mercy. The arrival of Starscream changed that, as he killed Smokescreen and Air Raid and badly damaged Cliffjumper. As she attempted to pull the last surviving member of her team to safety, Arcee was kicked aside by Starscream.
However, Arcee recovered an instant later. The Decepticon starship was already taking off, but she jumped and grabbed onto a piece of landing gear, holding on tight... through the space bridge. Wow. Later, she made her way back to an Autobot facility, where she unexpectedly met Clocker and Crosshairs. Along with a large force of Autobots, the three moved in on the Simfur temple, where Starscream was using captured Autobots for a strange project of his.
She split her troops into two forces: One would attack the city of Trypticon as a diversion, while the other moved in on Simfur. Arcee and her team could only watch helplessly as Starscream drained the life out of the Autobot prisoners strapped onto the replica AllSpark, despite her sister Elita-One's pleas for mercy. An opportunity to cause havoc presented itself when Dreadwing's forces attempted a coup. Arcee lined up her sights on the generator holding the life energy of the deceased prisoners, dedicated the shot to Elita, and destroyed it, annihilating the Cube and sending the Decepticons into disarray. Arcee's team fought their way through the disorganised Decepticons, linked up with Wingblade's team, and rolled out just as the crippled starship came crashing down on the city. With the destruction of the capitol and the defeat of a significant portion of the Decepticon drone army, Arcee considered this to be the turning point of the war, but as long as Starscream was alive, he was a threat that she had to track down.
Tales of the Fallen #6[]
Alliance & Dark of the Moon Adaptation issue 3[]
A short time later, Arcee and her sisters, along with Skids, Mudflap, Sideswipe, Topspin, Leadfoot and Roadbuster arrived on Earth on the Wreckers ship Xantium. (While the ship and the Wreckers stayed behind in NASA) in response to a summons beamed into space by Optimus Prime Joining the allied Autobot-human strikeforce NEST, the new recruits received some training, and were soon called upon to put it into use: the Decepticon Demolishor had been sighted in Shanghai, China.
Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation[]
Arcee participated in the Shanghai battle. When the Twins botched their chase of Sideways, the Arcee motorcycles gave chase before Sideswipe finished the job. When the Autobots were on the move to the US East Coast investigating on multiple detected Decepticon contacts, at least one of the Arcee bikes was seen alongside Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. Later, while Optimus was fighting Megatron, Starscream and Grindor in the forest, at least two Arcee bikes were approaching the battle site alongside Ironhide, Skids and Mudflap. An Arcee robot was also seen with Ratchet and Ironhide when the latter was firing at Starscream and Megatron who were fleeing from the site. The Arcee robot was the first one to notice Optimus Prime's severe damage before Ratchet pronounced him "nearly gone". All three Arcee robots were with the other Autobots when they were facing the Constructicons in the desert of Egypt.
Transformers: Space Case, Transformers: Ratchet & Transformers: Arcee[]
Sometime later after Operation: Firestorm, Arcee joined Bumblebee and Sam for a picnic, which was cut short when they went to investigate an energy signal that had appeared after an earthquake. The trio proceeded deep underground and, just as Arcee was admonishing Sam to be careful, Space Case ambushed them. Despite their numeric superiority, the Autobots had trouble with their enemy because they were afraid firing weapons might cause their unstable surroundings to collapse. Space Case, angry at what he perceived as persecution from the Autobots, activated his plasma afterburners and rocketed out of the cave, triggering the feared cave-in and burying Sam and the Autobots. Arcee managed to send out a distress signal, to which Ratchet responded. The medic fended off Space Case and managed to free Arcee from a pile of rubble, allowing her to go after Space Case a fleeing Space Case. The chase took them towards a densely populated city. Despite Space Case's engine damage, he still had a significant speed advantage over Arcee. As she paused to consider her options, she received a holographic communication from Ratchet. The Autobot medic reported that Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee had survived their encounter with Space Case with no serious injuries, and suggested that Arcee meet back up with them. Arcee cut him off abruptly, inwardly observing that while Ratchet thought she continued to chase Space Case out of a misplaced sense of pride, that's not really what she was doing at all. Arcee then caught up with Space Case. Panicking, Space Case threw Arcee through a storefront and took to the air in another attempt to escape. Arcee, determined not to let anything keep her down, sped after Space Case, used a building to ramp up to his altitude, and destroyed his other engine. Space Case went plummeting into the distance, headed for the waterfront. As he vanished from sight, he promised to be back. Arcee knew she'd be ready for his eventual return.
Rising Storm[]
When NEST discovered that Starscream was selling Transformer weaponry to humans, a sting operation was staged in which Theodore Galloway would pose as a buyer to lure the Decepticons in. When Skystalker, Divebomb and Fearswoop took the bait, Arcee and her sisters joined the twins and the human forces of NEST in tackling them. The sisters did not take kindly to Skystalker's incredulity about the Autobots "sending their women" to do their fighting for them, and killed him with practised ease. The battle aggravated the wounds Arcee had taken in Egypt the previous year, however, and she was brought back to Diego Garcia for medical attention courtesy of Ratchet.
After Sam Witwicky contacted Optimus Prime as Philadelphia was being attacked by Decepticons, Optimus decided that the sisters should be left out of the fight due to Arcee's wounds. Arcee wanted to go despite Chromia's attempt to let her stay behind while her two sisters went. In the end, Optimus decided to allow her to go with Chromia and Elita-1.
She and her sisters went to New York thinking they would get information on Starscream selling his weapons to humans, but instead they found Astrotrain and a monster. And they also found out that Shockwave was on earth, so they tried to inform Optimus, but Soundwave jammed their communication and sent his minions after the girls. Arcee and Chromia told Elita-1 to find Optimus.
As Ravage was attacking her. Arcee began to feel the pain of her wounds (and Chromia began to feel them too), later Elita-1 died and Arcee and Chromia felt her death. Despite Arcee's attempts to stop her, Chromia activated some bombs they brought with them. Explosion killed Soundwave's minions. Arcee and Chromia survived the explosion.
Fate[]
By unknown reason Arcee and Chromia no return in Transformers: Dark of the Moon Adaptation. Besides the grave of the deceased Elita-1 is present in Transformers: Dark of the Moon Adaptation issue 1.
Toy bios[]
Arcee was well trained by Ironhide, making her one of the most dangerous Autobots. She believes without question that the Decepticons must be stopped at all costs.[2]
Arcee honed her speed by hunting turbofoxes with other speedsters, challenging herself to get as close as possible before tagging them with her bow. Arriving on Earth at some point in the early 21st Century, she would spend her days stalking unsuspecting Decepticons until she drew them close enough to strike.[3] However, when the situation on Earth began to ramp up into out-and-out combat, Arcee was reassigned to the Charii system. It was there where her stealth skills would be of more use, fighting against a Decepticon splinter cell working on a star-breaking weapon.
Nevertheless, Arcee jumped at the chance to get back on Earth and was soon handed control of her own strike team, made up of robots similar to her in attitude and design. She stalked Decepticons and killed them on the quiet.[4] She also started following the tradition of inscribing Cybertronian words on your chassis: while she wasn't superstitious, the Decepticons sure were! It also gave her a nice confidence boost.[5]
Whenever Arcee partook in a fight, she was fighting to win. She always made sure her weapons were fully charged and her engine was tuned to perfection. By the time Decepticons saw Arcee in their rearview mirrors, there was no escape for them.[6]
While fighting the dread Tailwhip, Arcee was trapped in his vortex and her only chance was to shoot out the blades of the evil robot above her.[7]Her closest comrade was Ratchet, as they both carried a standing feud with Lockdown for unknown reasons.
Arcee and her sisters have hunted Sideways in the past, but he always got away. After begging Optimus Prime, the three of them got another shot at bringing him down.
Bumblebee []
Arcee in Bumblebee.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts[]
Arcee was among the crew of Autobots that had become stranded on Earth after arriving in 1987. Seven years later in 1994, she and the others were in New York City when Optimus witnessed the activation of the transwarp key. The Autobots regrouped in a warehouse to find Mirage had taken in a stowaway, Noah Diaz, who Arcee researched and discovered his past as a soldier. Arcee confirmed the existence of the transwarp key in the museum on Ellis Island, and the group realized they could use it to return to Cybertron. Arcee pointed out they couldn't take the key themselves without evading detection, but Mirage convinced Noah to steal the key for them, despite the group's misgivings. Arcee helped stakeout the museum during Noah's infiltration, only for the Terrorcons to arrive in force. Arcee was knocked out of the fight by the burly Battletrap, and the group lost Bumblebee to Scourge's blade. The group was saved by the timely arrival of Airazor, who explained Scourge had only taken half of the key, and Arcee convinced Elena Wallace to help lead them to the remaining half in Peru after encouraging her with the knowledge she'd be saving two worlds in the process.
On the flight to Peru aboard Stratosphere, Arcee wondered if the slain Bumblebee could be revived with an Energon treatment, but Optimus lamented that they likely couldn't without returning to Cybertron. The group linked up with Wheeljack and Arcee rode inside his vehicle mode as they took positions keeping watch while Noah and Elena hunted for the key. The Terrorcons arrived and engaged the Autobots in battle. While Wheeljack drove, Arcee provided some firepower in her robot mode, but once again Battletrap took her and Wheeljack out of the fight by making them tumble down a mountainside in the ensuing car chase. Arcee regrouped with the others when they confronted the Maximals, aiming at Cheetor until Airazor defused the stand-off. When Scourge obtained the complete key and began to bring Unicron to Earth, Arcee took part in the battle against the Terrorcons and their Predacon reinforcements. Though Arcee's speed and blasters served her well, things looked grim when Unicron appeared in the sky and the Autobot-Maximal alliance began to be submerged by the sheer numbers of their enemy. Arcee was aghast when Optimus declared his intention to sacrifice himself to destroy the portal bringing forth Unicron, but luckily, Noah and Optimus Primal saved Optimus and the day from the Chaos Bringer.Trivia[]
Arcee is the third Character to be Recasted, The first being Sideswipe and the Second being Bumblebee.
Gallery[]
To see images go to: Arcee/Gallery
Weapons[]
Arm Gun
- Arm Gun
- Wheels
- Presumed Gun (Bumblebee)