Refute (Armada)

Refute is an Autobot-allied Mini-Con from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Yeah yeah, Futurama Robot Mafia reference here, whatever.

Refute is old because he is hard. He's an ornery old sort with lots of battles under his belt, and a lot of battle damage on his armor (which he likes to show off as a sort of "trophy"). He's not fond of the hero-worship that sometimes follows his exploits, but he suffers through it. He's especially good friends with Hoist; when the robot then known as "Smokescreen" was nearly killed in battle, Refute really didn't take it well. But the two have bounced back to become one of the toughest two-bot teams among the Autobot ranks.

An incarnation of Refute is the partner to the Decepticon thug Ransack in the Universe War.

Fiction

Dreamwave Armada comic

Refute was among the Mini-Cons gathered at the Black Mesa in Arizona, in preparation for their return to Cybertron. The End

Ask Vector Prime

In Aurex 203.26 Zeta, Oil Slick, Ransack, and Refute were battling Swerve and Roadhandler when Unicron abducted them to be his Minions in the Universe War. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/04

Toy pack-in comics

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Toys

Armada

"I'm a rolling faceplant!"

• Hoist with Refute (Super-Con, 2003)

• Known designers: Takashi Kunihiro (Takara)

Available only with his larger partner Hoist, Refute transforms into a Cybertronic vehicle with large gripper-arms in front. As a Mini-Con, he has a "Powerlinx" socket on his vehicle-mode underside (which ends up on his robot-mode butt) which allows him to attach to any toy with a "Powerlinx" style 5 mm post; some toys have special Powerlinx posts that activate/unlock gimmicks when a Mini-Con is attached.

A gear-wheel system moves the gripper-clamp in a pinchy-pinchy motion when rolled along in vehicle mode, or when attached to the gearing system on the underside of the Armada Cyclonus mold (in theory, at least).

This toy doubles as the Beast Wars: Uprising character Refute. This toy was also released in the Takara Legend of the Microns line with slight color/mold changes as "Spark Lift", a powered-up form of Liftor. It was also fully-redecoed to make Clamp.

• More information on Refute at TFU.info

Universe (2003)

Stagger Tank, ascend!

• Smokescreen with Liftor vs. Ransack with Refute (Battle in a Box, 2004)

The Refute toy was redecoed for Universe in green and gray. This version of Refute is slightly retooled, shortening the "fins" on his vehicle-mode back-end (his robot mode "toes") to about half their original length.

He was only available as part of a "market six" Battle in a Box multi-pack, packed alongside Ransack, Smokescreen, and Liftor.

• More information on Refute at TFU.info

Notes

• Refute's gearing system (and the attachment method for it) seems to indicate the Hoist mold was originally going to have a gear-wheel gimmick as part of the crane-arm, similar to the kind found on the Armada Cyclonus toy. He is also unable to connect to Cyclonus's gear system without the Bulk being incorrectly transformed.
• Despite never appearing in the show, Refute had a character model drawn up which appears in the back of Legends of the Microns Year Book 2003.