Sari Sumdac

Sari Sumdac is a fictional character in the "" cartoon series.

Transformers: Animated

Transformers character
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caption =Sari Sumdac as seen in "Nanosec"
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engvoice =Tara Strong
japanvoice =The 8-year old daughter of Dr. Isaac Sumdac, Sari lived a sheltered life until she befriends the Autobots after they saved her upon their reawakening.

She is the primary source of information regarding Earth and its cultures and customs. The security key card she carries becomes a curative spark key after her encounter with the Allspark, allowing her to heal Transformers. Her key can also detect danger. She is an intelligent girl, with a mischievous streak, to the point where she once used her Allspark-enhanced key card to frighten Bumblebee while telling a ghost story, but she also has a kind heart. She cares about her dad, who works really hard. Though like most 8-year-olds, she has a fit when things don't go her way, and freaked out at the first sight of Autobots.

In an extended opening sequence Sari is shows driving a bike which she uses her key to transform into a flight pack, but she has yet to use this in the animated series.

Animated series

In "Home Is Where the Spark Is" Sari found an abandoned factory owned by her father as an inner-city shelter/base of operations for the Autobots so that they could stay there instead of always being on The Autobot ship beneath Lake Erie. She soon becomes fast and good friends with Bumblebee and Bulkhead.

In the episode "Sound & Fury", Sari's new toy musical robot, Soundwave, seems to have an evil streak - and the ability to control other machines - but Bulkhead is the only one who sees it. Under Megatron's command, Soundwave upgrades himself and kidnaps Sari, but is seemingly destroyed by Bulkhead.

In the episode "Survival of the Fittest", Sari is kidnapped by the Dinobots. So Prowl and Bulkhead head to a mysterious island to investigate - with a highly suspicious Captain Fanzone on their tail. The orchestrator of these events is revealed to be Meltdown.

During the two part season finale "Megatron Rising", Optimus Prime deems that it is too dangerous for Sari to possess the key anymore, and gives it to Ratchet. Ratchet is then attacked by Blitzwing and Lugnut, who steals the key, and uses it to revive Megatron. When Megatron boards the Autobot's ship and absorbs the Allspark, Sari, who had managed to regain the key, convinced Optimus to use it on Megatron. The Allspark energy was dispersed, leaving the key, back in Sari's custody, the most powerful Cybertronian artifact on Earth, and too powerful for any Autobot to possess.

At the end of the episode "The Elite Guard", it was revealed that there is no record of Sari existing, no will, no birth certificate, no adoption papers, social security number or any kind of record, whatsoever. She is cast out of Sumdac tower, can't bring her Dogbot and Tutorbot and is forced to move in with the Autobots. Bulkhead and Bumblebee try to cheer her up but all what they did was make things worse.

During the episode "Return Of The Headmaster", Bumblebee and Bulkhead try figure out why Sari has no documentation of being Prof. Sumdac's daughter. Bumblebee suggests Sari is an alien and Bulkhead suggests Sari is a robot created by Mr. Sumdac. This leads to wondering of who is Sari's mother.

In the episode "Sari, No One's Home", Sari is left alone in the Autobot base when the Constructicons Scrapper and Mixmaster stumble onto it. Initially frightened by their presence, Sari uses her key and the factory's assembly line to attack the two, eventually scaring them off.

In a cliffhanger at the end of the season two finale, "A Bridge Too Close" Pt. 2, Sari's arm is injured, with the most of the skin peeled back on her elbow, revealing what appears to be damaged, crackling circuitry.

Fun Publications

Sari appeared in the 2008 BotCon voice actor play "Bee in the City", voiced by Tara Strong. In this story Professor Sumdac attempted to create a teleportation system to get the Autobots to Cybertron, but an interaction with Sari's key ended up transporting Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Sari to Transtech Cybertron, where they met Flamewar and were detained by Shockwave. Bumblebee teamed up with "Beast Wars" Megatron to free his comrades, but then had to stop Megatron from taking the key for himself. Afterwards the Autobots and Sari returned to their own dimension.

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