Toolbox

Toolbox is an Autobot Mini-Con from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Well you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Much like his fellow, identical Mini-Con, Fixit, Toolbox was one of many older-model Caretaker Mini-Cons assigned to guard the Alchemor. He shares many things with Fixit and the multitude of other Mini-Cons station aboard the prison ship, including appearance, the sound of his vocal processor, and the multi-purpose tools and weaponry that aid him in ensuring the prisoners stay locked up.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Mitchell Whitfield (English), Yoshiyuki Matsūra (Japanese), Federico Viola (Italian), Philippe Tasquin (French), Gerald Schaale (German)

At one point, Toolbox received upgrades alongside Flowchart, Schematic, and Rundown.

When the back half of the Alchemor crashed in the waters outside Crown City, Toolbox was one of the many Mini-Cons aboard who were overpowered by escaped Decepticon prisoners and fitted with inhibitor collars, keeping them from being able to transform or access the weaponry needed to pacify the prisoners. After Scorponok, Glowstrike, and Saberhorn took over, he and his fellow Mini-Cons were put to work repairing the portion of the ship, so that the Decepticons aboard might use it to plunder the galaxy.

However, after a new Decepticon arrived on the island, Toolbox heard tell of a group of Autobots on Earth. With the back half of the Alchemor's repairs nearly complete, Toolbox escaped "Decepticon Island", and found his way to Denny Clay's scrapyard, where he collapsed from weariness. After being given a buff and a tune up from Fixit, he regained his strength, and described what had happened. Together with the Autobots, they devised a plan to infiltrate Decepticon Island and set of a bomb to cryo freeze the entirety of the Decepticons on the island all at once. However, in the midst of their infiltration, another captured Mini-Con, Cinch, spotted Toolbox and called out to him, alerting the Decepticons to their presence. Soon, Toolbox and the Autobots were surrounded, and then "welcomed" by the island's new leader: Steeljaw, wielding a pair of Decepticon Hunters. Decepticon Island (Part 1)

Thankfully, Toolbox and the others were able to get away thanks to Windblade's quick thinking. Deciding to split up, Toolbox led Bumblebee and Optimus Prime to the ventilation system. However, Steeljaw anticipated their plan, and, having acquired Bumblebee's Decepticon Hunter, used them to power himself up to fight the two Autobots, while Toolbox looked on.

As the battle continued, strongly in Steeljaw's favor, Toolbox called for help on an Autobot-only frequency. His pleas for help were met by his fellow Mini-Cons, whose collars had been disabled much like Toolbox's own. As the others opened fire on Steeljaw using their built-in weapons, Toolbox joined in, helping Optimus to give Bumblebee enough time to finish setting up the cryo bombs. Once the bombs were set, the Mini-Cons used their system probes on Steeljaw, forcing him to drop his Decepticon Hunters and lose his power-up. Bumblebee dove for the weapons, and after powering himself up, easily dispatched Steeljaw, giving everyone enough time to escape the Alchemor before the bombs went off.

With the Decepticons all back in stasis, Toolbox and his fellow Mini-Cons elected to complete the Alchemor's repairs and return to Cybertron, taking with them the Decepticon prisoners, Optimus, Windblade, Ratchet, and Undertone, who had also joined the group for this mission. Decepticon Island (Part 2)

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Foreign names

• Japanese: Toolbox (トゥールボックス Tūrubokkusu)