He was popularly known by the nickname " Kup ".

He was also charged with designing all the characters introduced in the movie, Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge, Unicron, Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime, Junkions, Quintessons, Springer, Blurr, Wheelie, Kup, and Arcee.

Giani Gian Singh claims that the full copy of the Dasam Granth was in possession of the Budha Dal, an 18th century Sikh army, at the Battle of Kup and was lost during the Second Sikh Holocaust ( 1762 )

Whereas all the other movie characters who appeared in the stories — such as Galvatron, Hot Rod and Kup — appeared via the use of time travel, it was Ultra Magnus's present-day self who played a key role in many of the important UK storylines.

Ultra Magnus then engaged Galvatron in battle as Kup and the others set up a scheme to force Galvatron back into the future, and even though Magnus was severely beaten by the more-powerful Decepticon, the plan succeeded and the future Decepticon returned to his own time.

He was present when Rodimus Prime, Kup, and Blurr went back in time to confront Galvatron and Death's Head, stating his doubts about the mission, teamed up with Soundwave's Decepticons to defeat the Quintessons, and was part of Rodimus Prime's team in the Time Wars.

Orion Pax continued upholding the law by changing from police captain to soldier, and was assigned to a unit commanded by the veteran Kup.

The toy was a repaint of the Targetmaster Kup toy and was packaged with a repaint of the Wheelie toy in Dion's color scheme.

Kup was named the 6th oddest thing that G1 Transformers transform into by Topless Robot.

With the elimination of so many of Prime's lieutenants ( such as Prowl, Jazz and Grimlock ), Kup was promoted to Security Chief, providing the voice of experience when Prime's self-doubt threatened to overwhelm him.

It was Kup who put up the most resistance when Prime surrendered to Scorponok ( in the hopes of forging an alliance to combat Unicron ) and who also resisted when Prime freed them during Shockwave's attack.

In a bitter twist, Kup and the other future Autobots returned to find their own time-stream changed to a different, darker future, where Galvatron was alive and ruling most of Cybertron.

Kup was introduced and featured in The Transformers: The Movie and the third season of the original animated television series.

Kup and the others would escape with the help of Rodimus Prime's strike force, shortly before the planet was destroyed by the Quintessons.

When Rodimus was feeling overpressured by the demands of leadership, Kup described it as giri-" the burden hardest to bear ", and something Optimus had to learn to cope with and respect.

Kup was among the Autobots injured by Superion during the hate plague outbreak.

After Optimus Prime was revived, Kup was among the team of Autobots that joined the expedition to Chaar to recover the metal developed by Drs.

Kup, along with everyone else who was infected, was subsequently cured by the power of the Matrix.

Kup was among the Autobots featured in the 1986 book Galvatron's Air Attack and in the 1988 book and audio adventure Autobot Hostage by Ladybird books.

Kup appears in the Generations 2011 issue # 2 " The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos " where he is part of a team led by Stepper to obtain a cure for nano-virus which is effecting some Autobots.

In the present, along with Arcee, Blaster, Hot Rod and Wheelie, Kup is part of a resistance group during Shockwave's control of Cybertron.

He is part of Remote Patrol Six commanded by Kup.

They were part of a rebel group led by Kup, Rodimus and Optimus Prime, and Gnaw participates in the battle against Shockwave.

The modern Transformers ' first encounter with the Quintessons came in the Earth year 2005 ( during the events of The Transformers: The Movie ), when Hot Rod, Kup and the Dinobots were stranded on the planet and faced Quintesson justice, only able to escape when Grimlock intimidated the Sharkticons into revolting, and Wheelie led the marooned Autobots to a Quintesson ship to allow them to get off the planet.

Kup made his first Marvel US appearance in the Transformers: Headmasters limited series as one of the Autobot crew led by Fortress Maximus.

Upon seeing that Hot Rod had become Rodimus Prime, Kup states " I knew you had potential lad " as the new leader of the Autobots led him and the others in the escape from Unicron just as he explodes.

On Quintessa, the Dinobots met Wheelie, who led them to Kup and Hot Rod and they were able to rescue the two Autobots from the Quintessons.

He is a member of a patrol led by Kup.

On Quintessa, the Dinobots met Wheelie, who led them to Kup and Hot Rod and they were able to rescue the two Autobots from the Quintessons.

Wreck-Gar's first appearance came in the Fallen Angel arc, when he built the time machine enabling Rodimus Prime, Kup and Blurr to travel back to 1987 in pursuit of the former Decepticon leader Galvatron.

At that point Kup's Spark core failed, and Trailbreaker used his forcefield to contain the resulting explosion, before teleporting Kup and himself back to the Ark-17.

Prowl also made a brief appearance in the Spotlight issue on Kup, where he argued with Springer over bringing Kup back despite the fact he had killed several of his fellow Autobots already.

The appearance of three more Autobots from the future, Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr, gave Magnus his answer: the mass-displacement effect yielded by Galvatron's time travel had shunted Prime and the others into the limbo between dimensions.

Most Transformers ' ages are clear from their personalities, defined by their life experiences-for example, Hot Rod is the equivalent of a teenager or young adult, while Kup and Ironhide are old warhorses.

The universal greeting used by Kup and Hot Rod appears in the game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

However, when Hot Rod brashly attempted to rescue Blurr on his own Kup, wracked by guilt, intervened and saved the two rookies.

Kup is also said to be among the oldest of the Transformers, a title held in the prior seasons by Ironhide.

A fate which later befalls Kup and Hot Rod, who escape by creating a whirlpool, thus avoiding Kranix's fate.

Kup would revisit Quintessa months later when he, Ultra Magnus, and Spike Witwicky are kidnapped by the Quintessons.

While investigating a shuttle crash, Kup determined that the craft had been torn apart by death crystals from the monster known as Chaos.

Kup appeared in the 1986 story and coloring book The Lost Treasure of Cybertron by Marvel Books.

Kup appeared in the 1988 Ladybird Books story Autobots Strike Oil by John Grant.