Barricade (G1)

NOTE: This article is about the Generation One version of Barricade, for other versions, go to the disambiguation page.

Evil-doer
Full Name	Barricade
Alias	Runner
Origin	Transformers
Occupation	Decepticon Leader of the Race Track Patrol
Powers / Skills	Transformation into car mode
Goals	Defeat the Autobots
Crimes	No information
Type of Villain	No information

Barricade is a Decepticon Micromaster who leads the Race Track Patrol. He was created in a cross-factional experiment, initially as a neutral, but he joined the Decepticons for the "rewards" they offered and earned the name "Barricade" for his blockade-running tactics. He is known for his brutal, effective leadership and his ability to outwit opponents, leading them into traps.

Biography

Dreamwave Comics

Runner was created as part of a cross-factional experiment in which new Micromasters were allowed to function as neutrals, and to choose their own affiliations. Runner quickly saw the potential rewards of joining the Decepticons, and earned the new moniker "Barricade" in recognition of his blockade-running tactics. He was "scouted" by Bombshock and other Decepticons, and soon began preaching the Decepticon way to any Micros who would listen. When the Meltdown Riots hit, Barricade convinced a number of Micromasters to join him and officially sign up with the Decepticon cause.

Barricade eventually became leader of his own squad, the Race Track Patrol. After a time, however, he became disillusioned with the Decepticon leadership. The full-sized "guzzlers" hoarded the ever-scarcer energon supplies in the Decepticon camp, despite the significant contribution by Barricade and his men to recover that energon in the first place. Commander Shockwave did nothing but tell them to file a formal complaint, and so Barricade finally quit the Decepticons, taking the Race Track Patrol with him.

Out in the Wastelands, Barricade's team ran into their old rivals, the Autobot Hot Rod Patrol. Big Daddy and his crew had come to a similar conclusion about the Autobots, and were looking to strike out on their own. Both groups made their way to Little Iacon to regroup and ponder their futures. When Venom's Insecticons arrived in Little Iacon looking for the Hot Rod Patrol, Barricade broke tradition to side with a faction instead of his fellow Micros, in order to secure safe passage for his team. Back at Decepticon headquarters, Barricade discovered Skystalker (a high-ranking Micro newly returned from space) had secretly overthrown Shockwave and put the Decepticons on the path to total war.

Skystalker was preparing a skirmish to wipe out the guzzlers altogether, and he wanted Barricade and the Decepticon Micromasters to stand with him in the new world order that would rise up afterwards. Listening to Skystalker's speeches, however, Barricade came to realize just how much the Decepticons had duped him in the past, using him to recruit the other Micros, but never truly respecting him or his fellow 'bots. Barricade convinced his team to join up with the Autobot Micros who had been taken prisoner in Little Iacon, and they responded to the scene of the guzzlers' battle, bringing an end to the conflict.

Other Media

Transformers Film Original Series

Main article: Barricade (Transformers Film Series)

Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy

Main article: Barricade (IDW Comics)

Transformers: Prime

Main article: Barricade (Aligned)

Gallery

Trivia

• In Transformers One, Barricade is identified as a miner as one of the many non-transforming bots who work in the mines, and as a purple version of the character Prowl.