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{{seealso|Skyline Robo}}
{{Infobox character
| name        = Tail Pipe
| series      =  [[GoBots]]
| image       = [[image:tailpipe-carded.jpg|240px]]
| caption     = Tail Pipe on card
| first       = ''Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric'' episode 1, "Rebels Without a Circuit"
| last        = 
| creator     = Tonka
| portrayer   = 
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| species     = GoBot
| gender      = Male
| occupation  = Guardian Robot Race Car
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| lbl1 = Japanese name
|data1 = 
| lbl2 = Release number
|data2 = 57
| lbl21 = Abilities
|data21 = * [[Energy blasts]] 
* [[Flight]]
* [[Healing factor]]
* [[Oxygen independence]]
* [[Shapeshifting]]
* [[Superhuman durability]]
* [[Superhuman longevity]]
* [[Superhuman strength]]
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|data22 = Guardian GoBots, Robo Rebels
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|data23 = Skyline 2000 RS Turbo
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'''Tail Pipe''' is a [[fictional character]] from the [[GoBots]] series. He is a heroic Guardian who first appeared in the toy line in 1986, but didn't appear in fiction until 2015. 

==GoBots==
Tail Pipe is a runt who is always trying to prove his worth in the face of the superior speed and firepower of his teammates, the Robo Rebels.

Tail Pipe was released in two different color variants. The black version is how he was depicted in fiction, where the red version is identical to his release as Skyline Robo.

===Abilities===
Like most GoBots, Tail Pipe has numerous abilities because of his robotic body. He can survive in space and is super-humanly strong and tough. He can fly in robot mode and project energy blasts from her hands. His body heals quickly when supplied with energy. He can turn into an car.

===Reception===
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDQ4O_kCDuw Tail Pipe (red version) review on YoyTube by albert guillette]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKsMY6MN4L4 Tail Pipe (black version) review on YoyTube by albert guillette]

===Comics===
====Fun Publications====
=====Cataclysmverse=====
In the story ''[[Cultural Appropriation]]'' by [[Fun Publications]] it was revealed that Rock Lords Brimstone, Magmar, Spearhead and Stoneheart teamed with the GoBots Bent Wing, Major Mo, Raizor, Super Couper and Tail Pipe to explore Level 34 when the Cataclysm threatened to destroy the GoBots home universe.

=====Echoverse=====
Tail Pipe was featured in the 2016 ''[[Ask Vector Prime]]'' story ''[[Echoes and Fragments]]'', set during the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The manipulations of the evil [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (Transformers)|Sideways]] resulted in various GoBots swapping places with characters during the events of that film. Tail Pipe took the place of Hot Rod and Perceptor in different places in the plot. Tail Pipe, Raizor and [[Daniel Witwicky]] joined Bent Wing and Super Couper in moving a [[Boomer]] into place to try to stop [[Megatron (Generation 1)|Megatron]] and [[Devastator (Transformers)|Devastator]]. He was present when Leader-1 died of his injuries from his battle with Megatron.<REF>{{cite comic|title=Ask Vector Prime|story=Echoes and Fragments|publisher=Fun Publications|date=February 10th, 2016|writer=Jim Sorenson}}</ref>

=====Rhetoricverse=====
Tail Pipe appeared in the ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]'' episode 1 story "[[Rebels Without a Circuit]]" by [[Fun Publications]]. He was among a group of Guardian cadets accused of being in league with the Renegades.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Rebels Without a Circuit|episodelink= |series= Challenge of the GoBots|serieslink= Challenge of the GoBots|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= October 27, 1986/December 28th, 2015 |season= 1|number= 1}}</ref>

Tail Pipe appeared in the episode 2 story "[[Fugitives (Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric)|Fugitives]]". The Robo Rebels excaped the GoBotron Stockades. Making their way to see Bladez, they discovered he was actually a Renegade agent who has planned an ambush of the Guardian fleet at Alpha Centauri. After escaping Bladez' ally Creepy, the Rebels attempted to warn Leader-1, but were too late to stop the fleet from taking off.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Fugitives|episodelink= |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= October 28, 1986/December 29th, 2015 |season= 1|number= 2}}</ref>

Tail Pipe appeared in the episode 3 story "[[Double Cross (Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric)|Double Cross]]".<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Double Cross|episodelink= |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= October 29, 1986/December 30th, 2015 |season= 1|number= 3}}</ref>

Tail Pipe appeared in the episode 4 story "[[Countdown to Annihilation]]".<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Countdown to Annihilation|episodelink= |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= October 30th, 1986/December 31th, 2015 |season= 1|number= 4}}</ref>

Tail Pipe appeared in the episode 7-8 story "[[The Hawks of Space]]", where he and Scooter freed Dr. Turgenova from the Renegades.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= The Hawks of Space|episodelink= |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= September 24, 1986 & September 25, 1986 |season= 1|number= 7 & 8}}</ref>

Tail Pipe appeared in the episode 50 story "[[Chains of Doom]]".

Tail Pipe appeared in the episode 64 story "[[Combiner Wars Part 1]]".<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Combiner Wars Part 1 |episodelink=Combiner Wars Part 1 |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= December 11th, 1986/February 5th, 2016 |season= 1|number= 64}}</ref>

===Toys===
*'''''Tonka GoBots'' 57 Tail Pipe (black)'''  (1986)
:A recolor of Machine Robo MR-42 Skyline Robo. Turns from robot to car. 

*'''''Tonka GoBots'' 57 Tail Pipe (red)'''  (1986)
:A release of Machine Robo MR-42 Skyline Robo. Turns from robot to car.
:This color represents the character as he appeared when enslaved by the Overseers in "[[Chains of Doom]]".

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.counter-x.net/gobots/reviews/series3/tail_pipe.html
*http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Regular/TailPipeBlack.html
*http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Guardians/Tailpipe/tailpipe.htm

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