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{{seealso|Patrol Car Robo}}
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| series      = [[GoBots]]
| image       = [[Image:hanscuff-carded.jpg|240px]]
| caption     = Hans-Cuff on card
| first       = ''Challenge of the GoBots'' episode #1, "The Battle for GoBotron"
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* [[Flight]]
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'''Hans-Cuff''' is a [[fictional character]] from the [[GoBots]] series. He is a heroic Guardian GoBot who turns into a police car.

==GoBots==
Hans-Cuff is Guardian GoBot.<ref>{{Cite book | title=Totally Tubular '80s | last=Bellomo | first=Mark | year=2010 | publisher=Krause Publications| ISBN=1440212821 | pages= 90–93}}</ref>

===Fictional biography===
{{quote|As police sergeant of GoBotron, Hans-Cuff is well known for his detective handiwork. He proves the hand is quicker than the eye when he turns himself into a police car.}}

===Abilities===
Like most GoBots, Hans-Cuff 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 his hands. His body heals quickly when supplied with energy. He can turn into a police car.

===Reception===
Hans-Cuff was chosen as the 19th goofiest GoBot name by [[Topless Robot]].<REF>http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/11/the_20_goofiest_gobot_names.php</REF>

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9J1KryEC5M Hans-Cuff review on YouTube by Sean Walden]

===Animated series===
[[image:hanscufftv.jpg|left|thumb|240px|Hans-Cuff in Challenge of the GoBots]]
Hans-Cuff first appeared in episode 1 of ''Challenge of the GoBots'', "[[The Battle for GoBotron]]", where he pursued Cy-Kill, Crasher and Cop-Tur after they stole the Astro Beam from Rest-Q. 

In episode 16 "[[Doppelganger (Challenge of the GoBots)|Doppelganger]]" [[Cy-Kill]], [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]], [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] and [[Snoop (GoBots)|Snoop]] attack Leader-1, [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]], [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]] and [[Small Foot]] on Earth. Crasher wounds Small Foot. After attaining recordings of the Guardians the Renegades retreated. Using the recordings Cy-Kill has [[Dr. Go]] program robot duplicates of the Guardians. Demonstrating [[Space Bender]] weapon to [[Unecom]], Leader-1 learns that the Renegades are attacking Washington. The Renegades ambush Leader-1 and replace him with his duplicate. Leading the [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] back to GoBotron and getting rid of Scooter and Small Foot the Renegades release duplicates of [[Path Finder (GoBots)|Path Finder]], [[Rest-Q (GoBots)|Rest-Q]], [[Van Guard]] and Turbo. Small Foot and Scooter are able to capture the Turbo duplicate and learn where their friends are being held. Cy-Kill replaces [[Good Knight]]. Using the duplicate Turbo the Guardians infiltrate the Renegade base, free the captured Guardians and escape from the Renegade guards [[Spoons (GoBots)|Spoons]] and [[Fitor]]. Although blocked by the Renegades, Scooter uses a hologram of [[Zod (GoBots)|Zod]] to make the Renegades flee. Making it back to GoBotron the Guardians are attacked by the Guardian duplicates. The real Guardians are able to defeat their duplicates with the aid of the real [[Zeemon]], Hans-Cuff and Rest-Q. Cy-Kill arrives in [[Thrustor]] with more duplicates, but Small Foot is able to stop with robots using the Space Bender, which fuses their robot brains. <ref>{{Cite episode |title= Doppelganger|episodelink= |series= Challenge of the GoBots|serieslink= Challenge of the GoBots|credits= Written by Jeff Segal, Kelly Ward and Antoni Zalewski|network= First-run syndication|station= |airdate= October 8th, 1984|season= 1|number= 16}}</ref>

Hans-Cuff appeared in episode 46, "[[Destroy All Guardians]]". After being transported to Earth by the Astro Beam he helped form the Power Warrior Courageous to stop a group of cloned and mutated prehistoric reptiles from attacking Japan. 

Hans-Cuff last appeared in episode 63, "[[Guardian Academy]]".

===Books===
Hans-Cuff was among the Security Force team assembled by Leader-1 to capture Cy-Kill in the story ''[[Escape To Planet Earth]]''.

===Comics===
====Fun Publications====
=====22nd Strata=====
Hans-Cuff was mentioned in a story from the [[Ask Vector Prime]] [[Facebook]] posts by [[Fun Publications]]. In [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa]], Royal-T, Hans-Cuff, Ace, Wrong Way, Good Knight, Bolt, and Heat Seeker, joined Turbo in battle against Optimums Prime and his team of Spy Changers, mistakenly assuming them to be Renegades. The Spy Changers were outnumbered until they were suddenly aided by the real Renegades: Cy-Kill's elite lieutenants, Cop-Tur, Crasher, Fitor, Tank, and Geeper-Creeper. The Guardians were driven off but not before capturing Silverstreak.<REF>http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ask_Vector_Prime/src</REF>

=====Cataclysmverse=====
In the story ''[[Cultural Appropriation]]'' by [[Fun Publications]] it was revealed that Rock Lords Saberstone, Slimestone, Stone Hook and Tombstone teamed with the GoBots Dozer, Good Knight, Hans-Cuff and Royal-T to explore Level 59 when the Cataclysm threatened to destroy the GoBots home universe.

=====Echoverse=====
Hans-Cuff 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, Rock Lords and Starriors swapping places with characters during the events of that film. Hans-Cuff took the place of Prowl in the plot. He was killed by Decepticons on board the shuttle on the way to Earth.<REF>{{cite comic|title=Ask Vector Prime|story=Echoes and Fragments|publisher=Fun Publications|date=February 10th, 2016|writer=Jim Sorenson}}</ref> 

=====Rhetoricverse=====
Hand-Cuff appeared in the ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]'' episode 1 story "[[Rebels Without a Circuit]]" by Fun Publications.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Rebels Without a Circuit|episodelink= |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= October 27, 1986/December 28th, 2015 |season= 1|number= 2}}</ref>

Hans-Cuff appeared in episode 11 "[[On the Rocks (Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric)|On the Rocks]]".<ref>{{Cite episode |title= On the Rocks|episodelink= |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Challenge of the GoBots|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= October 16, 1986/January 29th, 2016 |season= 1|number= 11}}</ref> 

Hans-Cuff was once mentioned in the [[Fun Publications]] 2015 [[Ask Vector Prime]] [[Facebook]] series when it was hosted by Cy-Kill. In one story Cy-Kill mentioned his time on the GoBot Prison Moon, and how he defeated Flip Top, Hans-Cuff, and Blaster to escape.<REF>http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ask_Vector_Prime/Guest_column_src#Renegade_Rhetoric</REF>

===Toys===
*'''''Tonka GoBots'' 12 Hans-Cuff'' (1983)
:A recolor of Machine Robo MR-13 Patrol Car Robo.

*'''''Tonka Gobots'' 7250 Guardian Gift Pack''' 
:A three-pack with Dive-Dive, Hans-Cuff and Royal-T.

===Gallery===
<gallery>
image:guardiangiftpack2.jpg|Guardian Gift Pack #2
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*http://counter-x.net/gobots/challenge/profiles/guardians/hans-cuff.html
*http://counter-x.net/gobots/reviews/series1/hans-cuff.html

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