Tread Bolt is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 in the various Transformers universes

Transformers universes

is an entertainment franchise. It began with the Hasbro Transformers toy line, centered on two factions of warring alien robots which are called the Autobots and the Decepticons...

. See also Treadbolt.

Transformers: Generation 1

Tread Bolt is an Autobot Micromaster jet. When he's not using his stealth to infiltrate Decepticon airspace, he's sneaking up on his fellow Autobot Micromasters. Even though he sees this as "practice", his comrades in the Air Patrol would rather he let his skills lapse—especially when he shows up, uninvited, in their quarters.

Dreamwave Productions

Tread Bolt had a biography printed in issue #7 of Dreamwave Productions More Than Meets The Eye series.

IDW Publishing

Tread Bolt was among the Micromasters who appeared in Spotlight: Hardhead who attacked Nightbeat

Nightbeat (Transformers)

-Transformers: Generation 1:Nightbeat is described as a tough, street-hardened detective who is not above resorting to dirty tricks in order to further his investigations...

 and Hardhead

Hardhead (Transformers)

Hardhead is the name of two fictional characters in the Transformers universes. The first is a stubborn Autobot tank, the second a simple minded Predacon dinosaur.- Transformers: Generation 1 :...

 on the planet Gorlam Prime.

Toys

• Generation 1 Tread Bolt (1990)

A Micromaster.

• Universe Classic Series Voyager Tread Bolt (2008)

A redeco of Classic Voyager class Jetfire

Jetfire

Jetfire is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers universes. He is nearly always depicted as an Autobot with jet or space shuttle alternate mode.-Transformers: Generation 1:...

 in the colors of Generation 1 Tread Bolt.

Transformers: Energon

An Autobot partnered with the Mini-Con

Mini-Con

Mini-Cons are a human-sized race and faction of power-enhancing transforming robots in the Transformers: Armada universe and its sequels, one of the assorted universes in Transformers fiction...

 Rollbar

Rollbar

Rollbar is the name given to several different fictional characters in the various Transformers universes.-Transformers: Generation 1:Rollbar first appeared in the 1987 range as part of the Autobot Throttlebot team, similar to the Decepticon Battlechargers in which they were pulled back and then...

. He has yet to appear in any fiction or even be given a biography.

Hasbro registered the name Treadbolt for U.S. Trademark

Trademark

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in October 2003.

Toys

• Energon Treadbolt with Rollbar (2004)

A redeco of Armada Scavenger. Makes sounds when he walks or swings his arms.