- Siren is an Autobot INCENDIARY DAMAGE CONTROL specialist.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WHAT? WHAT?!
Siren's (aka Loudmouth[1]) voice modulator goes to eleven —- and stays there. Thanks to his ear-splitting upbringing in the Sonic Canyons, he operates at full volume all the time.
- Siren transforms into a grey "Fire chief" Mazda RX-7.
| “ | Loud, brash... and totally brain dead! | ” |
—Nightbeat, regarding Siren, "On the Edge of Extinction!" | ||
Siren wields a sawed-off CO2 shotgun, which shoots high-powered bursts of freezing carbon dioxide gas that can turn an opponent into a frosted statue on impact. He also is armed with two sonic scream pistols, which can shatter steel with their high-decibel output. These are mounted on his hood in car mode, in which he can achieve speeds of up to 480 miles per hour and has a range of 1000 miles.
Siren has no notable weaknesses aside from poor hearing and occasional obnoxiousness.
Notes[]
Clockwise from top left: Toy Nightbeat, toy Siren, comic Nightbeat, comic Siren.
- According to the Deluxe edition of Transformers Generations, Siren was originally conceived as either an upgrade or homage to Red Alert. While the robot mode was largely blue, unlike Red Alert, its head was similar to that of the earlier Autobot. The car mode featured a near carbon copy of Red Alert's paint scheme. The Red Alert references were dropped early in the design process.
- For the animation/comic book models, the face/Nebulan and helmet/seat pieces of Nightbeat and Siren were inexplicably switched. (It is difficult to tell for sure, but they may have kept the correct antennae/guns judging by the basic shapes involved.) This switch gave comic book Nightbeat the "shades" he's remembered for, as well as the crest on his forehead, while comic book Siren ended up with his trademark combined brow/nosepiece. How or why this switch happened, and in what stage of development it occurred, is unknown.
- Siren's box art has a peculiar deco on his legs compared to any other depiction; the box art gives him entirely red shins (the car hood) with a fire chief insignia instead of the final's two red stripes running under the fire chief logo.
Foreign names[]
- Japanese: Siren (サイレン Sairen)
- French: Sirène (Canada)
References[]
- ↑ "Loudmouth" is a substitute name used by Hasbro for a Titan Master figure from the Titans Return line released in 2016 that represents the Generation 1 Siren character, presumably because the name "Siren" is currently not available as a trademark.
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