Armorhide - Transformers: Armada

Transformers: Armada

Armorhide is the name of the Mini-Con partner of the Autobot Rhinox. Armorhide has not appeared in any official Transformers fiction, but did get a one page bio in the Dreamwave comics More Than Meets The Eye series.

From the Personal Files of Rhinox, Autobot (Located Posthumously)]

Armorhide's a burly, tough, iron-hard brawler. At least, that's what most people think when they take a look at my Mini-Con partner. He's a lot stronger than most Mini-Cons, and he's even been known to go up against a full-size Decepticon or two on occasion. This gained him something of a reputation, which might be the worst thing that ever happened to him. You see, not only is Armorhide strong, he's also smarter than a couple'a Autobots put together. Now he's unable to shed his rep as a tough-bot, and everyone treats him like just another lumbering gear-head. I know how much this bugs him, and I tried to convince him that we know there's more to him than that. But on the battlefield, when I'm barking orders for him to do this or that, he just feels like I'm doing it because I do not believe he can think for himself. That could not be further from the truth... it's just the way I get on the field, and I wish I could make him understand that.

There's been a lot of to-do about how strong Armorhide is and how nearly impenetrable his armor is, but even more important is his intelligence. He's studied enough galactic literature, science, and military theory to make most scholars look like rank amateurs.

Armorhide is extremely sensitive to being treated like he's dumb; if he gets even the hint that he's being condescended to, he will become sullen and difficult to work with.