What is "sixshot"

Sixshot is the name of two fictional characters from the various Transformers series. Introduced in 1987, Sixshot appeared in the last few episodes of the original US Transformers animated series, voiced by Neil Ross. His defining gimmick was that he had six different forms, not two like a normal Transformer. He was also a regular character in the Japanese anime series Transformers: Headmasters where he was voiced by Michihiro Ikemizu. In the Japanese anime he was portrayed as a ninja. Sixshot appeared in the Transformers comics by Dreamwave Productions, IDW Publishing and other companies. In later years a second character sharing the name Sixshot appeared in the Transformers: Energon series, but this one was the brother of that's series Shockblast character.