Oil is a social lubricant.

Oil is a generic term for a slippery liquid that won't mix readily withwater. Oils vary widely in composition but generally consist of mixed organic compounds.

Oils find frequent use aslubricants,fuels, and solvents.Transformers are among the users of oils in these capacities; however, they sometimes consume certain oily substances in larger quantities than strictly required, resulting in impairment of certain functions, disorientation, and temporary mental dysfunction. Though at first it may seem odd, some actively seek these seemingly-deleterious effects. What is odder yet is thathumans seek out and consume varying solutions of a certain hydrocarbon with a single hydroxyl group and experience effects quite similar to those mentioned above. Further study is needed to explain this strange coincidence.

Oil is often extracted byoil rigs, and transported inoil tankers and pipelines. All of these are popular targets for Decepticon attacks.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

See? Oil = BIG PARTY, BRAH!

TheDecepticons raided an offshore rig drilling for oil, converting the oil intoenergon cubes.More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 TheAutobots arrived to stop them, resulting in the destruction of the rig. While the Decepticons got the energon cubes, the Autobots managed to save the crew, and started their long friendship with theWitwicky family.More than Meets the Eye, Part 2

Teaming up with theInsecticons inBali, the Decepticons attacked an oil refinery. The Insecticons fed on oil from a tanker, resulting in an oil spill whichThundercracker later ignited in an attempt to off the Autobots who'd fallen into the sea. LuckilyIronhide was able to put the fire out.A Plague of Insecticons Another ofMegatron's plans involved usingTORQ III to control the world's oil tankers and force them to take their cargo to a huge oil platform.Day of the Machines The Decepticons faked an Autobot attack on an oil field in order to frame the Autobots and trick the humans into making them leaveEarth.Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1

Megatron came up with a plan to create an army ofdrone jets and aGiant Purple Griffin in order to conquer theMiddle East's oil fields.Aerial Assault WhenOctane andTrypticon took up residence inCarbombya and began converting its high-quality oil intoenergon, the nation's dictatorAbdul Fakkadi was outraged when he calculated that the conversion rate was 1,000 barrels of oil into a single energon cube.Thief in the Night

Japanese cartoon continuity

Super-God Masterforce cartoon

A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in TroubleOverlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado

Victory cartoon

Attack the Shuttle Base!!Attack! LeozackCrisis! Ambush in the DesertFight to the Death!! Antarctic BattleShowdown! The Fortress vs the Victory UnificationThe Death-Bringing Space Insects!!The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification

Victory manga

Leozack's Rampage!

The Battlestars manga

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)

Marvel Comics continuity

MarvelThe Transformers comics

G.B. Blackrock'sBlackrock Enterprises created a highly advancedoil-drilling platform, capable of refining the oil on site.The New Order WhenShockwave attacked it, the humans fought back though he prevailed and adopted the structure as a base.The Worse of Two Evils!Roxxon Oil was one of Blackrock's oil industry competitors.The Icarus TheoryOn one occasion, after setting theDinobots against each other, the Decepticons raided a nearby oil rig.Dinobot Hunt! At some point Shockwave built apower siphon, capable of converting oil directly into Energon cubes.Rock and Roll-Out!

Oil was one of the beverages on offer atMaccadam's Old Oil House.Target: 2006WhenDeath's Head attempted to leave a bar onElpasos without paying for the three quarts of oil he'd consumed, thebartender objected. It didn't end well for the bartender.Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive! Shockwave had an oil tanker captured in an attempt to impressRatbat, only to discover that the oil tanker was empty.Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of DoomUpon encounteringNebulans for the first time,Triggerhappy drooled oil down his chin as he imagined slaughtering them with hisphoton-pulse guns.Doomsday for Nebulos When he established a film career,Skullgrin was paid using Blackrock fuel.Monstercon from Mars!Quickswitch visited Maccadam's Old Oil House to buy some information from an informant and enjoy some oil, but ended up fighting someMecannibals instead.Out to Lunch!

Earthforce

Oil was one of the beverages served at a DecepticonEnclave.The Bad Guy's Ball! A Decepticon attack on the AutobotEarthbase was actually a diversion whileStarscream attempted to hijack an oil tanker off theGulf of Mexico. The tanker captain wanted to scuttle the vessel rather than let the Decepticon have it, but his subordinate pointed out that that would create a huge oil spill. Fortunately it turned out to be unnecessary as some Autobots were available to respond to the distress call.Divide and Conquer!

Transformers Comic-Magazin

In1973, the Autobots prevented a Decepticon attack on an oil tanker inVenezuela.Powermaster Optimus Prime - a Robot, a Hero After having little success hijacking gas stations and tankers, Megatron and Shockwave struck on a new plan to head toAlaska and tap the source of the fuel in the form of Alaska's oil pipelines. Drilling into a pipeline soon sounded an alarm that had human and Autobot forces come down on them and the Decepticons were forced to retreat.Attack at Dawn The Decepticons set their sights in raiding oil tankers, only to be foiled at every turn by the Autobots.A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime

During a Decepticon attack onNew York, Optimus simply rented a pair of helicopters which towed a huge banner claiming oil deposits had been found in theRocky Mountains, and the Decepticon left to investigate.New York — A City Sinking in Terror Having obtained three nuclear missiles, Megatron threatened to use them on human cities unless they supplied him with a million tons of oil. Fortunately the Autobots stole the missiles back.Megatron's Ultimatum After an oil spill occurred from a tanker near Alaska, Megatron aimed to obtain the spilled oil himself, only to again be foiled whenRodimus Prime sucked Decepticons and Autobots alike into the dimensional bridge.Headmaster of the Dimensions

The Autobots had their work cut out for them globally, protecting Earth's oil supplies against the Decepticons.He Who Laughs Last ... While on monitor duty, Goldbug accidentally triggered recordings of past Decepticon attacks on oil repositories and mistook them for current events, until he saw himself as Bumblebee taking part in the counterattacks.Memories of Bumblebee

Ladybird Books continuity

Bumblebee clumsily knocked over some empty oil drums while spying on the Decepticons, and was forced to flee.Decepticon Hideout The Autobots stationed onNebulos discovered they were running low on artificial lubricant, but fortunatelyRecoil recalled a legend of a great lake of oil which was lost in an earthquake years ago. After a search,Chromedome andHardhead discovered the oil lake, now located in a cavern beneath the ground, and the Autobots were able to build an underground oil pipeline between it and their base.Autobots Strike Oil

The Transformers Adventure Game Books

The roboticNebulan miners relax by getting drunk on high-grade oil at theWolf at the Door nightclub.Desert of Danger

Swamp of the Scorpion

Find Your Fate Junior

Autobots like to celebrate by drinking "fine-grade oil".Earthquake

Other Generation 1 storybooks

Battle Beneath the IceDeadly ParadiseDecepticon Hijack

First prize in theBig Car Rally was a year's supply of oil andgasoline.Cliffjumper won, besting hishuman andDecepticon competitors. He unselfishly offered to share.Spike declined, opting instead forsoda and ahot dog.The Great Car Rally

Attack of the DecepticonsJaws of TerrorSatellite of DoomSlaves of the InsecticonsStorms of DestructionWhen Continents CollideBattle at Oil ValleyThe Autobot Smasher!

Beast Era

Beast Wars cartoon

While pondering over how to gain entry to theMetal Hunter,Optimus Primal's suggestion that they could knock elicited a sarcastic response fromRattrap to the effect thatMegatron might invite them in for oil and cookies.Other Visits (Part 2)

Beast Wars II cartoon

Galvatron was a violent oil-oholic, constantly over-energizing and then rampaging.The Strongest Tag Team?

Mystery of the Ancient RuinsThe Lake TrapThe New Forces Arrive!

Beast Wars II comic

Tasmania Kid sometimes puts spicy sauce inApache's oil.Recover the Bonds Lost!

Lio Convoy got drunk from drinking a bottle of oil called "Convoy Killer".Recover the Bonds Lost!

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Chase the Mysterious Capsule

2001Robots in Disguise cartoon

Six bots, chilling in an oil bath, five feet apart 'cause they're not(?) gay.

The Predacons parked near an undersea ruin in order to tap an undersea oil pipeline.The Hunt for Black Pyramid

During a fight betweenLandfill andRuination in an underground cavern, the cave became flooded with oil. Determined to end the Decepticons, Landfill opened fire, triggering an explosion. Though both teams survived, Landfill was left on fire and had to be put out byOptimus Prime. In the aftermath, the Autobots enjoyed an oil bath together.A Test of MetalScourge and the Decepticons raided aMetro City's oil refinery. The Autobots arrived to stop them, but realized they couldn't open fire without risking an explosion.Ultra Magnus As Optimus hid out on an island so he could recuperate from a fight withUltra Magnus, Side Burn enjoyed an oil bath in one of the island's oil deposits. Unfortunately when the Decepticons tracked Optimus down, they ignited the island's oil deposits, turning it into an inferno.Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

Go-Bots cartoon continuity

Mototron's speeding carelessly around in theArctic resulted in him accidentally breaking an oil pipeline.Aero-Bot was forced to drag an oil tanker to the top of the hill so his team could redirect the oil flow into it and allow the pipeline to be fixed.Arctic Oil Spill

Animated cartoon

Kids, don't drink oil, it will kill you.

Bumblebee offered the phrase "Eat crankcase oil!" as an epithet, implying oil from a crankcase is considered less desirable or even unpalatable by Transformers.Home Is Where the Spark Is

Scrapper andMixmaster enjoy oil from "pint glasses" (barrels) at the "bar" (some random tanker) after a hard day's work.Megatron, however, seems to have specially-made "goblets" for his own stash. The quality of oil could also be analogous to said human alcoholic drinks as Mixmaster says that the Autobots' oil "tastes like water" compared to Megatron's, who calls it his own "private blend".Rise of the Constructicons

Oil also appears to be the equivalent of blood, as aStarscream clone once said toProwl:"Are you sure that you don't have some Decepticon oil in your tubes?"A Fistful of Energon Another such implication was made, when Bumblebee dressed up as 'Count Dracu-bot' forHalloween, said "I vant to drink your motor oil!"Along Came a Spider Bumblebee has been shown bleeding oil from his arm (as an oil leak), looking very similar to blood dripping from a human's hand. Mixmaster and Scrapper found it delicious.Sari, No One's Home The cannibalistic implications of it functioning as both blood and alcohol are slightly disturbing.

As if that wasn't gross enough,Bulkhead and Bumblebee were once put in charge of oil-cleanup at the Autobot Boot Camp, with the latter's incompetence being punished by constantly referring to himself as a "worthless oil-stain." This frames used oil as the Cybertronian equivalent of bodily waste, as cleaning up after it or being compared to it is very demeaning.Autoboot CampSkywarp leans further into this implication after stating that he "sprung an oil leak".A Bridge Too Close, Part I

Don't bother heading on down toMaccadam's Old Oil House for a pint.Someone had it closed for "security reasons".This Is Why I Hate Machines

The Return of the HeadmasterVelocityThree's a CrowdHuman Error, Part IHuman Error, Part IIDecepticon AirEndgame, Part I

TitanAnimated comic

Oil can be served on a thermos,Ratchet had one until it got wedged betweenSnarl's teeth.Afterburn stated that he always comes off smelling like rose-oil, suggesting that it smells nicer than regular oil.Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?

2005 IDW continuity

Before theGreat War, you could head on down toMaccadam'sNew Oil House for a pintChaos Theory #1 or, for the classier Cybertronian, there wasThe Circle.Spotlight: Blurr

During the battles on Earth, Megatron had afacsimile construct attack theRussian oil pipeline in order to stir up human conflicts.Escalation issue 3

After the Great War ended, you could head on down to the reopenedMaccadam's Old Oil House for a pintA Better TomorrowInterference Patterns or aboard theLost Light,Swerve'sbar.Life After the Big Bang

TheLost Light also had a chamber with a huge reservoir of oil,Post Hoc in which the crew would often hang out.Little Victories After discoveringOverlord was on board,Red Alert removed his own head and disposed of his body in the reservoir,Post Hoc though he was later fished out by the other Autobots.PatternismSkids was hanging out in the reservoir when he was attacked byLegislators.The Fecund MoonHouse of AmbusGetaway andTailgate later went fishing for Legislator body parts in the reservoir.Our Steps Will Always Rhyme

Live-action film series

The Veiled Threat

The Decepticons attackedPeru, intending to obtain its energy-rich oil and coal, but were driven off by aNEST force.Transformers: The Veiled Threat

Titan movie comics

In adivergent timeline, the Decepticons succeeded at Mission City and conquered the United States. The Decepticons destroyed oil pipelines inAlaska, hampering the efforts of the humans to rebuild.Dark Spark

The Last Knight film

Daytrader liked to relax by slathering himself in hot oil, something that disgustedDrift.The Last Knight

Shattered Glass

The Decepticons foiled an Autobot attack on a Blackrock Oil facility.Swoop andStar Saber attempted to use a revolving tower to drill for oil, but were seen off by the Autobots. After foiling another Autobot operation, the Decepticons considered enjoyed a relaxing drink of oil.Blitzwing BopR.J. Blackrock's company came up with a way to convert oil into hydrogen fuel cells and built aMega-Rig with which to extract oil from the ground. The fact that the Autobots were so fond of raiding his oil drilling operations led Blackrock to plot to get rid of all the Transformers.Transhuman

TransTech

Jackpot andHubcap enjoyed some chilled oil onAxiom Nexus withScattorshot. Jackpot later coughed up oil while losing a fight withBlack Shadow.Gone Too Far

Universe cartoon

Megatron andCyclonus attempted to extract oil from a derelictRock-It Fuel station, only to be chased off byOptimus Prime andBumblebee.Fight for Energon

Aligned continuity family

Prime cartoon

Bumblebee was able to dump oil to try to throw off the pursuingKnock Out during a street race.Speed Metal

Rescue Bots cartoon

Evan andMyles dumped oil while fleeing the law, resulting inChase andChief Burns almost taking a brief flight into the sea.One for the AgesDoc Greene andGraham Burns investigated whether it would be possible to reactivateDrilling Platform number 6, however the well cap was so corroded that a tremor resulted in it leaking oil. The oil was set alight by some exposed wires, resulting in a fire which destroyed the rig.Turning the Tide

2015Robots in Disguise cartoon

Hammerstrike intended to flood the sea with oil in order to give Earth an environment he would feel more at home in. After an attack on the oil tankerWindward was thwarted byBumblebee, Hammerstrike instead went to an automated oil refinery nearCrown City. Bumblebee andGrimlock were able to stop him creating an environmental disaster by capturing him in an oil drum.Trust Exercises

Q-Transformers cartoon

Optimus Prime would sweat oil when he became nervous,Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise so much so he had to make it an aim not to sweat oil at all.Mystery of the Gap of Unpopular Men Despite his efforts, he developed a reputation for leaking oil asDrift pointed out.The Road to Newer Transformers

Beast Wars: Uprising

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Games

Transformers Legends

As a huge storm lashed the coast,Seaspray andWaverider swung into action helping thehumans evacuate a number of oil rigs during a huge storm, but were attacked by theSeacons, out to steal oil under cover of the storm. The two Autobots managed to hold out long enough for the weather to clear and reinforcements to send the Seacons away.Deadly Depths