Dai Atlas (Animated)

Dai Atlas is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.

The next 'Bot to ask me to raise my arms out to the sides gets a knuckle sandwich.

Dai Atlas is a war hero, pure and simple. A former fencing student of Sensei Yoketron, general of the Cybertron Elite Guard and the right hand of Ultra Magnus himself, he has achieved more in his life than one could really ask from a single 'bot.

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Before the Great War, Dai Atlas was a socialite with no particular interest in anything, and was really only notable for being a fencing rival of Star Saber. At some point, he began training at Yoketron's Cyber-Ninja dojo, and when the war broke out he wasted no time in signing up. Proving to be a more than able Autobot warrior, Dai Atlas racked up promotion after promotion, eventually becoming Elite Guard general and commander of all Autobot ground forces. The AllSpark Almanac II

A holographic bust of Dai Atlas sat in Yoketron's chambers, alongside those of other star pupils. Five Servos of Doom

Following the end of the war, Dai Atlas retired from military service to focus on rebuilding the destroyed Cyber-Ninja Dojo. He was also training a young ninja called Drift. The AllSpark Almanac II

Dai Atlas appeared in person to wave a flag in celebration of Optimus Prime and his crew, when they returned to Cybertron with the captured Megatron and several other Decepticons. Endgame, Part II

Notes

• Dai Atlas's bust is hard to make out. It is seen from a distance in one shot, then panned away from quickly in a closer shot, and both have a slight blur filter thanks to the flashback. Atlas's bust is just to the right of Yoketron's.
• Derrick J. Wyatt says Dai Atlas is mopey, always "whining" about rebuilding the Cyber-Ninja dojo.^[1]

References

1. ↑ "And Dai Atlas is too mopey. Always whining about rebuilding the Cyberninja dojo."—Derrick J. Wyatt, Twitter, 2009/04/05