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Discharge is a Micromaster from the Operation Combination and Micromaster Collection portions of the Generation 1 series.
Discharge is a member of the Turbo Team, six urban-operations Micromasters who can combine to form SixTurbo. Discharge specializes in firefighting. The Turbo Team fight alongside the Guard City team and other Micromasters to protect the Earth from the forces of the mighty Decepticon führer Scrash.
In an alternate-timeline/universe, Discharge is a female Transformer whose heat-resistant armor hides her true appearance even from most allies. She normally eschews battle. However, when angered, she can really do some damage. She is an expert in firefighting and rescue missions, putting everything she has into them.
Since the Discharge of "Operation Combination" had no bio information whatsoever, it is unknown if the "Micromaster Collection" bio is retroactive, applying to the original version as well, though many fans treat it as such.
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The original version of Discharge was available only as part of a SixTurbo gift set in Japan. Aside from the fire truck mode, Discharge can form either leg of any of the similar-build Six-Teams (SixTurbo, SixBuilder or SixWing). The original Six-Teams are considered among the more difficult Japanese G1 pieces to find.
In 2002, the entire SixTurbo team was re-released as part of the "Micromaster Collection", in individual boxes with a number visible to show which mold was inside each box. For this release, all of the decals from the original version were replaced with paint applications. Discharge came with the right foot to SixTurbo in this release.
In every case of twelve Turbo Team Micromasters, two of them were solid-black-plastic "Reverse Evolution" Decepticon-allied variations. All six Micromasters were available in this manner.
Discharge uses the same mold as Universe Red Alert.
The connector socket for SixTurbo's foot-plate is approximately 5mm wide, making Discharge compatible wiith Powerlinx plugs, though the placement is awkard in most instances.