Longarm Prime (Transformers Animated)

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The name or term Longarm refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Longarm (disambiguation).

Longarm was an Autobot from the Transformers animated continuity family.
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Longarm was a young Autobot, according to ancient historical records.

Russian name: Длиннорукий (Dlinnorukiy, long arm)

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Disguising himself as a young cadet named "Longarm", Shockwave enrolled in Autobot boot camp, but slipped up in the first few days of training and was overheard reporting to Megatron by the black sheep recruit, Bumblebee. Though Shockwave managed to avoid detection, Immediately, Bumblebee was alerted to the presence of a traitor in the camp and suspected his fellow recruit Wasp, whom he saw leaving the building shortly after. Bumblebee turned to spy expert Longarm for advice, and Shockwave took the opportunity to divert attention from himself by suggesting that the young Autobot refrain from telling his commander,-

Sentinel Minor, so that Bee could take all the credit when he exposed the traitor himself. Unfortunately, all of Bumblebee's efforts only got him into worse trouble, and his fellow recruits began bullying him, with Longarm being the only one to stand up for him. After several failures on Bumblebee's part, Shockwave took matters into his own hands during a training exercise and switched the firing equipment to live ammunition in an attempt to disconnect the Autobot and keep the whole traitor thing a secret. Fortunately for Bumblebee, this plan was foiled by Bulkhead.

Eventually, Shockwave discovered that Sentinel Minor intended to conduct a surprise inspection, and managed to set up Wasp to take the blame himself. After planting a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's locker, Shockwave, as Longarm,-

He informed Bumblebee of the upcoming inspection, telling him that it was his last chance to find the evidence he needed. Using one of his extendable limbs to trip Wasp, Shockwave allowed Bumblebee to take the key to Wasp's locker while Bee helped him up, allowing him to find the communicator and show it to Sentinel. In the end, Wasp was hauled off to prison, with Longarm praising Bumblebee for his deductive work.

Shockwave subsequently graduated from training camp and became a member of Cybertron's Elite Guard. Now "Longarm Prime", he became Cybertron's head of Intelligence and remained in this position, hiding in plain sight, for the fifty stellar cycles that Megatron was missing on Earth.