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Blaster (G1)

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:''Blaster is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:SDCCBlasterBoxArt.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"What it is, my cracka i is a cracka tooo"]]
'''Blaster''' loves all [[Earth]] music, especially good, hard, LOUD rock 'n' roll. A powerful fighter who tends to make his presence known, you can find him at the forefront of any situation in which he's involved.

Sometimes he gets upgraded into '''Twincast''' (ツインキャスト ''Tsuinkyasuto''). Or he's '''Broadblast''' (ブロードブラスト ''Burōdoburasuto'') for some reason.

{{note|Blaster's personality varied significantly between the comic and cartoon; see entries below for details.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Buster Jones]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese), [[Juan Cuadra]] (Latin American, Season 2), [[Leonardo Araujo]] (Latin American, Movie), [[Juan Carralero]] (Latin American, Season 3), [[Werner Abrolat]] (German, ''Auto-Bop''), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, most of Season 3), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 - 5''), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, ''Forever is a Long Time Coming''), [[Gernot Duda]] (German, ''The Big Broadcast of 2006''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Call of the Primitives''), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, The Movie & Generation 2 Season 1), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Version of ''Kreemzeek!'')

[[Image:G1 DinobotIsland Blaster.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"May I have this dance?"]]
Blaster was a fun-loving, hip and happening robot. Loud and energetic, he was happy to share his choice of rockin' tunes with anyone, whether they really wanted to hear them or not.

Blaster appeared out of nowhere one day during [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s demonstration of the modifications he'd made to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to improve their sense of balance and coordination, and to that end, Blaster was requested to play something "nice". For some reason, Blaster had trouble tuning into a station until Grimlock (obviously tired of this padding) blasted fire at Blaster's controls, allowing the Autobot boom box to tune into the local rock 'n' roll/big band music fusion station. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] showed their appreciation for the fine selection of elevator music by jerkily dancing around and claiming their audio sensors were being fried. Blaster continued to enthrall Grimlock until [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] bumped into their leader and totally freaked him out. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

[[Image:DesertionDinos1 BlastergrabsRavage.jpg|right|170px|thumb|One must wonder how he failed to notice Soundwave, but really, it's more Ironhide's fault.]]
At a not-so-secret EJK testing facility for the new Ultraplane, Blaster was sitting in the back of Ironhide's vehicle mode and didn't seem to notice the fact that [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was sitting right next to him—at least until the Decepticon tape deck launched [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], whom Blaster quickly transformed to grab. The cat turned to attack the Autobot while his master escaped to report to [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Blaster continued to tussle until Ironhide transformed into robot mode and threw them both out of his caboose. After being initially distracted by the Ultraplane's destruction, the Autobots returned to EJK's lab to confront the Decepticons. Blaster greatly appreciated [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s taste in fusion rock/big band music to confound the hapless villains. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

[[Image:BlasterBlues kickedinface.jpg|left|170px|thumb|De-FEETed!]]
Blaster's taste in music often got him into trouble. He attended a concert by a popular '80s rock/big band fusion hair metal band with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Carly]]. Concerned that the other Autobots weren't enjoying the concert with them, Blaster flooded the Autobot communications channels with the music, though only [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and Jazz seemed to appreciate it. Unfortunately, his taste in music also disrupted an emergency communique from the Helix Observatory, until the other Autobots told him to shut up. After the [[Voltronic Galaxer]] was stolen, Blaster was teamed up with Cosmos to search for signs of the Decepticons, but both were rather quickly captured and brought to the [[Decepticon moonbase]]. Blaster was welded into place to be used as a trans-scrambler for Megatron's scheme to use the Voltronic Galaxer to disrupt communications on Earth and then demand all the energy on the planet in exchange for normality. While Megatron ranted about his demands, Blaster secretly played his music, which served both to rally the Autobots and inform them of Megatron's location — until Megatron kicked him in the face. After foiling the Decepticon plans, Blaster was assigned to the abandoned moonbase with Cosmos, but quickly got into trouble with Prime again for his music. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

Later, Blaster and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] helped the [[New York City|New York]] police crack a car theft ring by posing as an attractive target for punks to steal. After Blaster teamed up with car thief [[Raoul]], they learned that Megatron was behind the criminal operation, stealing cars to rebuild them into transforming drones. Blaster defended the Washington Bridge from the Decepticon drones alongside the other Autobots, but they were nearly overwhelmed by sheer numbers. After [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] realized the cars were remote-controlled, Blaster jammed the frequency, allowing the Autobots to attack and defeat the Decepticons. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

Blaster proved useful again, even pivotal, in allowing the Autobots to save Cosmos and some [[robotic insecticide]] from the [[Morphobot]]s. It turns out even plants hate Blaster's music. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Soon afterward, the Autobots were attacked by the malevolent [[Kremzeek]], an energy life form created by Megatron. Blaster and a small number of other Autobots were the only ones to stay functional long enough to be sprayed with an insulating foam that protected them from the creature's attacks. The Autobot team chased it to [[Japan]], where it wreaked havoc with the massive electronics industry there. The creature spawned copies of itself, one of which managed to slip inside Blaster, and after the other Kremzeeks were seemingly destroyed, it jumped out of his chest and the pursuit began again. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[Image:Auto-Bop Blaster Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|So. AWESOME.]]
Blaster was watching "[[As the Kitchen Sinks]]" with his Auto-buddies when Prime informed them that Tracks and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] were late returning from their supply run. Suspecting foul play, the Autobots took off to search for their missing comrades. While on the search, Blaster was forcibly transformed by a Creamy Cream billboard ''(They can do that?)'', then carted away by the big game hunter [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]] and his butler [[Dinsmoore]] as bait to lure Optimus Prime into a hunt. Chumley apparently couldn't think of a suitably dastardly device in which to store Blaster, though, as he was totally absent from Chumley's prisoner showcase later on. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

{{bigquote|I've been waiting a long time for this, you poor excuse for a sound system!|Blaster confronting [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]|"[[Auto-Bop]]"}}

Tracks and Blaster were reunited with Raoul when they saved their human friend and his [[Bop Crew]] from a bunch of hoodlums in the employ of the [[Dancitron]] nightclub. When a punk tried to ensnare him in a chain, Blaster simply remarked that the humans were seriously out of their league, then broke the chain by moving his arm slightly. The Autobots forced their way into the nightclub, where Blaster appreciated the atmosphere and the impressive sound system. He then went off to dance with some oddly well-dressed ladies who sounded like Penny Marshall. Soon after leaving the club, Tracks and Blaster had to save Raoul again when a Decepticon-controlled train driver sent the train Raoul was in hurtling out of control. Conferring with [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], Blaster discovered that Dancitron controlled its patrons by using hypnotic signals, and he suggested countering them with his own sonic powers. Entering the club, Blaster finally faced his Decepticon counterpart Soundwave in battle. At first, the combatants appeared to be evenly matched, but Soundwave drove Blaster back with his sonic assaults. Improvising, Blaster jury-rigged Dancitron's own sound system into his speakers. He turned the combined sonic force against Soundwave, forcing him into retreat and wrecking the nightclub in the process. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}}

When Megatron journeyed to Cybertron to bring life to his new [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], Optimus Prime took Blaster and a small group aboard Omega Supreme to stop him. Megatron sent a cadre of [[Centurion droid|Centurion droids]] after the Autobots, delaying them long enough for him to access [[Vector Sigma]] and bring his Stunticons to life. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} As a counter-measure, Blaster and the other Autobots worked to retrofit five Cybertronian shuttles as Earth vehicles, and then used Vector Sigma in turn to bring life to these [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Once they returned to Earth, the Autobots and Aerialbots confronted the newly-minted Stunticons. Impressively, Blaster used his sound system to generate a miniature earthquake using sonic vibrations, but [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] just sailed over the cracks and smashed into Blaster's face. On a second encounter with the Stunticons, Blaster converted into tapedeck mode and used his sonics to try blasting down a tree to make [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] crash. Instead, Breakdown used it as a ramp and Wildrider casually drove by and ran Blaster over. Ouch. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Blaster and Cosmos were sent on an inter-galactic shopping trip to pick up more [[Ingredient X]] for Perceptor's protective chemical spray, [[Corrostop]]. Unfortunately there was no more Ingredient X. Anywhere. In the entire universe. Bummer. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} When the Stunticons returned performing a series of heists for Megatron, Blaster joined Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] in hunting down [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]. He didn't do much, but he did get to witness the most awesome game of chicken ever, when Prime totalled Motormaster and proved himself the real "King of the Road". {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[Image:TFtM BlasterRoundhouseKick.jpg|left|172px|thumb|Everybody was kung-fu fighting, those cats were fast as lightning...]]
In the year 2005, Blaster was assigned to the communications hub at [[Autobot City]] on Earth. When the fortress was [[Battle of Autobot City|attacked]] by the Decepticons, Blaster attempted to send out a distress signal to Optimus Prime's forces on [[Moonbase One]]. His efforts were disrupted by Soundwave, who had sent out his cassette forces to destroy the hub's transmitter. Blaster countered with his own cassette army, and the itty-bitty guys 'rassled. After the Decepticons retreated, Blaster was helping to rebuild the city when he received a faint signal from Jazz and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] on Moonbase One, which was being munched by a [[Unicron|ginormous, weird-looking planet]]. Then he disappeared for a while. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

In early 2006, Blaster was stationed mostly on Earth. After the attack on the [[Galactic Olympics]] which saw [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and Spike kidnapped, Blaster and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] were sent to the North African nation of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] on the suspicion that the militant leader [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]] was harbouring Decepticon fugitives. Despite Fakkadi's assurances that there were no Decepticons on his soil, Outback managed to psyche out [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], whose escape was also quickly put down by the Australian-accented Autobot. Blaster then threatened the two [[Conehead|coneheads]] to spill the beans, for Outback was trigger-happy. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} After returning to Autobot City, Blaster kept tabs on the delivery of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|transforming cog]], which had been damaged during the battle of Autobot City the year before. Unfortunately, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s delivery shuttle was destroyed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], forcing Blaster to call upon Commander [[Marissa Faireborn]] of the [[Earth Defense Command]] for help. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

However, Faireborn and the Autobot delivery team were stranded when [[Lipole|lipoles]] native to [[Io]] destroyed the EDC ship, so the long-suffering Blaster sent rescue in the form of the magnificent [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], whom Blaster remarked was difficult to describe. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} After Sky Lynx effortlessly saved their friends and delivered the cog to Earth, [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] installed the cog, and Blaster activated Metroplex's transformation sequence. Once the Autobot city defeated the Decepticon giant [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Blaster declared that Metroplex was his kind of town. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Blaster was briefly seen aboard the Autobot flagship when Optimus Prime returned from the dead to rally the troops against the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]]. He fled the ship with the rest of the crew before Prime's suicidal assault on the Quintessons' central planet. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}

After Perceptor uncovered a source of chronal energy emanating from an asteroid belt, Blaster accompanied him on a survey mission, along with his cassettes [[Rewind]] and [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]. Their simple survey soon turned into a battle, though, when a school of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] assaulted the Autobots as they approached the belt. Blaster radioed for reinforcements during the battle but, alongside Blurr and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], they soon made short work of their opponents. At the asteroid belt, they found a Quintesson scientist working with an actual [[Time Window]], allowing passage backwards through time. Several Quintesson ships interrupted their observations, and Blaster and the other Autobots were accidentally chased through the time window itself, finding themselves 11 million years in Cybertron's past. The Quintesson warships were gone, but they just traded one threat for another and soon came under assault by [[Guardian robot|Guardian Robots]]. Blaster and his comrades were saved by the intervention of [[Beta (G1)|Beta]], [[second-in-command]] of the slave rebellion against the Quintessons. With the rebels' leader [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A3]] missing, Blaster and the Autobots stepped into his place to lead the rebellion against the Guardians and their Quintesson masters. The Autobots did their best, but the sheer number of Guardian Robots was on the verge of overwhelming them when A3 returned through the time window. He turned his [[Coda Remote]] device against the Guardians and preserved the natural flow of history, as Blaster and the future Autobots took the window back to the present. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

When Daniel Witwicky and Wheelie were taken hostage by the Decepticons, Blaster fielded the ransom call for Spike and Ultra Magnus. His skill as a communication officer seemed to fail him, as he lost [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]'s signal at a critical point in the monologing. Maybe he was just tired of listening to The Villain Speech, trademarked. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} Daniel was saved, but it wasn't long before he got into more trouble, disappearing with Grimlock during a reception on Cybertron. Ultra Magnus summoned Blaster for assistance, and Blaster in turn ejected [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] so that his tracking abilities could locate the missing boy. Their search led to a hidden chamber beneath Cybertron's surface, abandoned since the time of the Quintessons. Blaster summoned Rewind next to help translate and interpret the ancient Quintessonese on the walls, and the rescue party learned the chamber was a method of banishing criminals to other dimensions. After Rewind worked out that Daniel had travelled to [[Menonia]], Blaster and the others reactivated the portal to chase after them. They got involved in a local skirmish against [[Mara-Al-Utha]], the banished Quintesson who had usurped power from the benevolent [[Golden One]]. In order to defeat the Quintesson, Blaster lent his sound system to the Golden One, amplifying his voice as he invoked the proper counter-spells. It had a nice beat, and you could smash Quintessons with it: even Grimlock had to approve. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[Image:Blaster C Minor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Who runs Bartertown?]]
While helping Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots fight the Decepticons on a renegade comet, Blaster was blasted out of space by a musical [[harmony]]. It was generated from the planet [[Eurythma]] below as a sonic weapon to destroy the comet before it struck their world. Galvatron naturally wanted such a powerful weapon for himself, and fled the battle with Soundwave to steal the secret of the harmony. Ultra Magnus recruited Blaster and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to make their own effort to secure the harmony, or at least keep it out of Galvatron's hands. Blaster was enamored with Eurythma, and could somehow interpret that the nearby city and the entire civilization were based on musical harmonies. Luckily, he also somehow knew exactly where the "band leader" was, and directed Broadside to take them to [[Basso Profundo]]'s palace. Blaster was the only one who could understand the overly synthesized and harmonic speaking voices of the Eurythmians. Maybe Ultra Magnus was tone deaf. The hunt for the harmony turned into a bizarre scavenger hunt, as Blaster and Soundwave attempted to recover the three thirds of the harmony produced by Basso Profundo, [[Zebop Skandana]] and [[Allegra]]. The Decepticons assembled the harmony first, and Soundwave turned its united power against the Autobots. Blaster managed to stop Soundwave by punching him in the crotch. No seriously — that's where his "Erase" button is. Really. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

Running the day-to-day operations of Metroplex and Autobot City on Earth, Blaster was subjected to a security inspection by Kup. He passed with flying colors and nearly succeeded in convincing Kup how seriously they took the job... until he happened to lean against a control panel and set off some 20 year old tunes on the sound speakers. Things turned serious immediately thereafter, though, as Metroplex was invaded by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. It only got worse when they stole Metroplex's eyes and set off a bomb in his brain. The report Kup filed for the inspection must have interesting reading material. Poor Blaster. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}

Blaster joined Kup, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime aboard Omega Supreme to check out some strange reports from the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. These "strange reports" turned out to be a full-fledged war between half the galaxy raging over the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]' heads. On the surface, Blaster's receivers located a hypnotic signal being broadcast somehow from the Junkions' TV antenna. Using Omega Supreme to get the proper altitude, Blaster began broadcasting his own counter-frequency to break the spell. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

Blaster was returning from a space mission aboard Sky Lynx with Outback, Steeljaw and Ramhorn when Perceptor radioed in that a peculiar Quintession transmission was being picked up in their area. On an uninhabited planet, they found a Quintesson journal which detailed centuries of manipulating the planets [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]] into ever-escalating warfare. Despite Quintesson and Decepticon interference, Blaster and his comrades managed to bring the journal to the attention of the warring aliens, ending their conflicts... at least for the moment. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

Blaster was manning Autobot City when [[Victor Drath]]'s men drove the empty shells of Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Springer and Rodimus Prime towards the city for a Trojan horse ploy. When the REAL Magnus and Springer hijacked the latter's helicopter mode and started taking potshots at the city, however, Blaster quickly caught on and transformed the city into battle station mode, cutting off their entry. It's not Springer, it's a ringer! How's that for a zinger? {{storylink|Only Human}}

When Sky Lynx and Cosmos crashed on [[Power Platform Alpha]], Blaster raced out to help with his fellow Autobots. Upon trying to radio for assistance, however, Blaster found himself unable to properly transmit any signals. The Autobots eventually uncovered [[anti-electron]] sabotage in the new power generator, and cleaned out the disruptive influence. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} Later, Blaster began self-ejecting when the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]]'s transmission convinced Ramhorn and Steeljaw to force their way out of Blaster's chest to answer the call of the [[Primitive|Primitives]]. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Although he wasn't on the initial casualty list, Blaster was revived alongside the Autobots who fell before the crazed [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], during the outbreak of the [[Hate Plague]]. Apparently, the Quintesson repaired him instead of Wheelie. Wise choice. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
Blaster was vacationing on a utopian island when he was captured by the Constructicons. He was eventually freed by [[Kenji]], Superion and several other Autobots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
[[Image:Fullthrottle_tape_fight.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
Blaster came to the rescue of [[Toru]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], after they were captured while searching for the Decepticon [[Omega Whip]] device. Blaster's electro-scrambler gun blew several large holes in Ravage. He then fought against Soundwave until the entire Autobot army arrived with Metroplex to drive off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

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=====Scramble City cartoon=====
Blaster was finally gifted with some Cassette forces of his own to counter Soundwave's. [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] and [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] took on [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] but couldn't protect the secrets of Metroplex. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''Asterisk Story''=====
[[Image:BroadblastAsteriskManga01.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"My voice gives me super strength!"]]

As a member of the [[Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program]], Broadblast paired up with TV Announcer [[Lumina Hoshi]] in an attempt to promote goodwill and cooperation between humans and Transformers.

While covering an auto show where Broadblast was operating undercover, Lumina Hoshi was unfortunately present when a large section of lighting broke free from the ceiling and came hurtling down upon a crowd of people. Luckily, Broadblast was able to transform in time and catch the lights before they could squash everyone. Broadblast was then left to nervously explain his presence to the onlookers as Lumina apologized for the technical difficulties to her viewers. {{storylink|The World's First Disaster Relief Car!?}}

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=====''15 Go! Go!''=====
[[Image:TGGBlaster.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Don't be cryin'—here's a lion!"]]
As [[Teletraan 15]] lay recuperating from her Galvatron-inflicted injuries, a voice came from a nearby boombox, remarking that the song in her heart sounded lonely.

Transforming into his towering robot mode, Blaster told 15 that a princess like her deserved a more cheerful song. After listening to her problems, he advised her not to worry about what she ought to do and suggested that she concentrate on doing what she loved best. He told her that as individuals, sentient beings are notes, and that together, they become music.

He handed her a small cassette tape and told her that whenever she was depressed, she should listen to music. She thanked him as he left.

Despite Blaster's good intentions, the tape turned out to be full of depressing music. It also turned out to be [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]. {{storylink|Blaster Volume}}

=====''Kiss Players Position''=====
Blaster hand-picked [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] to join his cassette team, feeling that she was the only [[Autobot]] who properly understood his love of music.

He was later appointed by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] as the Producer of the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] singing group, of which Rosanna became a founding member. {{storylink|Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese), [[Jesús Brock]] (Latin American)

[[Image:Hm blaster1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|OOH YEAH MACHO MACHINE WITH THE ELBOW DROP OFF THE TOP ROPE! SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM! MISS ELIZABETH!!]]

Some time before the Transformers' war left Cybertron, Blaster briefly engaged the Decepticons with his comrades.

In 2011, Blaster and his Mini-Cassettes were on Earth under Ultra Magnus's command when the Decepticons attacked Cybertron. While making their way to the [[space bridge]] to join their comrades, Blaster and Ultra Magnus were attacked by the new Decepticon ninja consultant, [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Later, Blaster joined Hot Rod in his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. As they were outlining their plans, however, Blaster detected [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] spying on their conversation. Chasing the bat uncovered Soundwave and Ravage at the Autobot base as well, and after the battle Blaster vowed to one day rid the universe of his nemesis. As the search for the Matrix continued, Hot Rod and Blaster were again confronted by Soundwave in the Arctic. As the Mini-Cassette warriors dealt with each other, Blaster urged Hot Rod to go on without him: HE would deal with Soundwave. The two communications officers began blasting away at one another furiously. The fight then turned physical as Blaster ripped off one of Soundwave's arms and both combatants caved in each other's chests. Soundwave was killed—and actually ''exploded'' due to the extent of his injuries—but Blaster quickly succumbed to his wounds as well. With his last words, he urged Hot Rod to find the Matrix. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

[[Image:Twincast emerges.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...]]

All the Autobots were content to leave Blaster as a corpse until [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and Blaster's cassette forces whined enough to have their pal resurrected. Blaster was then brought back online via [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s [[Master (planet)|Master]] technology, as the yellow and blue repaint '''Twincast'''. Coincidentally, the Decepticons reanimated Soundwave as the black-as-coal Soundblaster. The two arch-enemies then renewed their struggle. Soundblaster was the key figure in controlling Galvatron's new weapon, the [[Madmachine]]. Twincast and his Mini-Cassettes infiltrated Trypticon and learned that Soundblaster was broadcasting from [[Chaar]]. He single-handedly overpowered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to access the Decepticon space bridge, and made his way to Decepticon headquarters on Chaar. In the control room, Twincast struck Soundblaster hard enough to shake loose the sonic conductor he had been installed with to control the Madmachine, and blew it to smithereens. With a jaunty wave, Twincast said, "Well, I must be going!" and returned to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Later on, Twincast reported to Rodimus Prime that the Decepticons were gathering on Earth, in preparation for raiding Cybertron via the space bridge. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} He also served as the Autobots' karaoke machine at parties. [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] loves karaoke. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

In order to learn more about the Decepticons' plans, Twincast sent Ramhorn and Steeljaw to Chaar on a reconnaissance mission. They reported back on Scorponok's scheme to harness [[plasma energy]], like that which was released by Cybertron's destruction. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} He also managed to follow Sixshot to Chaar over the space bridge, and witnessed the activation of Scorponok's MegaZarak [[transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Presumably because of his role as a communications officer, Twincast was aware of [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]'s undercover duties with the Decepticons as [[Counterpunch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. After the Headmasters clashed with Scorponok near Chaar, he alerted Fortress that Punch had arrived to make his latest report. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Later, Twincast learned that the Decepticons planned to raid the energy supplies Ultra Magnus was sending to the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. His warning only arrived a few short moments before the Decepticons did. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When Fortress and the Headmasters pursued the Decepticons out into space, Twincast joined them on the expedition. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} He was with the Headmasters when they investigated an SOS call from the planet [[Daros]]. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} On [[Paradise]], Twincast used his Mini-Cassettes to scout the countryside and locate the Decepticons. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} He was also active when the Autobots came to the [[Pirate Planet]], watching for Decepticon activity. His scouting patrol came by a sealed pyramid in time to pull [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to safety when Galvatron arrived looking for energy. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

After the Autobots returned to Earth, Twincast helped investigate the sudden flurry of Decepticon attacks. He released his collection of Mini-Cassettes to seek out information, and personally accompanied Steeljaw on an investigation to an Autobot outpost in Alaska. Upon arriving, they discovered Scorponok had wiped out the outpost. Twincast and Steeljaw were spotted by Sixshot, who opened fire on them. Twincast demanded Steeljaw return to Autobot City with the information they had uncovered, while he stayed behind to cover the retreat. Steeljaw reluctantly left his commander to his fate, and Twincast was ultimately blasted into a ravine by Sixshot's Wingwolf mode. Steeljaw eventually returned with reinforcements, and Twincast was taken in for repairs. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

Twincast reported to a series of caves where the Headmasters were searching for [[plasma energy]] bombs left behind by Scorponok and the Decepticons when they departed Earth. He joined the Headmasters aboard the Battleship Maximus as they tried to get the massively powerful explosives a safe distance away from Earth. When they came across a group of [[Targetmaster|six refugees]] fleeing the planet Master, Twincast used his interpretive skills to translate their strange language. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} On the planet Master, Twincast was among the Autobots when the kidnapped scientist, [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]], suddenly returned to their midst. Prompted by the suspicious [[Pointblank]], Twincast scanned Jack and discovered the Decepticons had installed a time bomb inside him. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} Twincast was also among the Autobots debating whether [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s life was worth the secret of the [[Master Sword]]. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

Twincast joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole. There they battled Scorponok and his minions to stop the [[crysmagnetal]] towers from destroying the planet Earth. Twincast saved Chromedome and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] from [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnotic spell by dumping his entire chest full of Mini-Cassettes on the evil Headmaster. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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=====''G-2'' story pages=====
[[Image:BlasterG2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|There's so much I don't understand about this image.]]

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] forged the [[Cybertron Alliance]], Twincast returned to his original form as Blaster for reasons unknown, adopting a new [[Action Master]] body in the process. {{storylink|G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 3}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:BlasterUS17.jpg|left|200px|thumb|More than likely, he'll kill you. Yeah, you. You know who you are.]]
Blaster was a rather grim, brooding, rebellious loner who hated Decepticons with a passion. And while he was one of the best kickass fighters the [[Autobot]]s had he had a bit of a problem with authority. Part of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Cybertron Seven|Autobot resistance cell]] on Cybertron, he often disagreed with his superior's orders, especially after his friend [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] went missing and Blaster wanted to hunt for him. Unfortunately, he found him in the Decepticons' [[smelting pool]]. Blaster was too late to save Scrounge's life, but he did retrieve the last bit of data the little spy had uncovered, so Scrounge didn't die in vain.

[[Image:Powerglideblastercybertronic.jpg|right|150px|thumb|And you thought the 1980s cellphones were huge.]]
This information brought new hope to the Autobot resistance, as it revealed that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots on the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' were still alive and well after four million years, fighting on a planet called Earth. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} Shortly after Scrounge was killed, Blaster took part in an assault on [[Darkmount]], where he engaged and seemingly destroyed the Decepticon commander [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], before using the [[space bridge]] to flee to Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

Upon arriving on Earth, Blaster was among the Autobots deactivated and disassembled by [[Circuit Breaker]] and [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} He was later released {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''and, after a brief skirmish with the crazed future Decepticon known as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} joined the other Earthbound Autobots at the ''Ark'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}'' shortly before Optimus Prime's death. Blaster was one of the Autobots who voted for [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to be the new Autobot leader, though he soon came to regret this decision. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

Blaster developed a reluctant friendship with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], whose more naturally upbeat personality provided the Boy Wonder to his Batman. After an encounter with the [[Mechanic (G1)|Mechanic]], Blaster and Goldbug went AWOL from Grimlock's command, having grown tired of his aggressive orders and increasing disregard for humans. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}} While on the run, Blaster and Goldbug joined forces with the [[Throttlebot|Throttlebots]] to eliminate a [[Scraplet]] infestation {{storylink|Crater Critters}} {{storylink|The Cure!}} ''and prevent Soundwave and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] from detonating [[Mount Verona]] and destroying the entombed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and Galvatron. {{storylink|Ladies' Night}}''

For this disobedience (and their failure to capture the Mechanic), Grimlock branded Blaster and Goldbug traitors and sent the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to hunt them down. They eventually captured Blaster, {{storylink|Used Autobots}} but after he saved their lives from the Combaticons, they realized Grimlock's orders were purely vengeful and let him go. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

[[Image:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"BLASTER, BE OUR LEADER, PLEAAAASE???"]]
Blaster finally returned to the Ark, where his fellow Autobots begged him to take over as leader. However, he was forced to surrender to his former commander when Grimlock threatened the safety of several Earth children. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[Image:Variablevoltageharnessblaster.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Maybe they should have called it a Constant Sarcasm Harness.]]
Imprisoned by Grimlock, Blaster was strapped to a [[variable voltage harness]] as punishment for his desertion and disobedience. However, when [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots arrived and Grimlock challenged him to a duel, Blaster took Fortress Maximus's place. Their duel was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. When Blaster pointed out that their feud had put all Autobots in danger, Grimlock agreed to call their duel a draw and declared a truce with Blaster as they fended off the Decepticons side by side. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

While Blaster and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s girlfriend [[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]] failed to rescue the young boy from the Decepticons' [[Club Con|island resort/base]], they proved instrumental in discovering the upcoming arrival of the legendary Transformers database, the [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''Then Blaster, Prime, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] [[Highbrow (G1)|and]] [[Brainstorm|three]] [[Hardhead (G1)|newcomers]] were temporarily displaced into [[Limbo]] to make room for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] [[Kup (G1)|and]] [[Blurr (G1)|his]] [[Arcee (G1)|own]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|little]] [[Red Alert (G1)|band]]. {{storylink|Time Wars}}'' Like many other Transformers, Blaster was killed fighting the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], shot dead atop the Brooklyn Bridge in [[New York City|New York]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

[[Image:Marvel77-Blaster.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He used to be badass, now he's just a poor man's Perceptor...]]
Blaster was later among the first Autobots resurrected by Grimlock with [[Nucleon]]. Arriving on Cybertron in the nick of time aboard the ''Ark'', he took part in and survived the battle with [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had Blaster run a check on the strange seismic activity Cybertron was suffering from, with disastrous results. It turned out Cybertron was tearing itself apart without the binding life-force of [[Primus]] to sustain it. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Prowl had the Autobots plan for a peaceful co-departure with the Decepticons.

[[Image:EndOfTheRoad-finalfive.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Spared not because I was super awesome earlier, but probably because I have a new Action Master toy.]]

Fat chance. Bludgeon and his army sabotaged the Autobot shuttles and took off to lay waste to the next world they found. Thanks to Grimlock planning ahead, the Autobots managed to follow, but were caught in a trap as the Decepticons lay waiting for them. Blaster was one of the few Autobots present to survive the initial Decepticon ambush on [[Klo]]. He took a blast in the shoulder from [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], but there was still more than enough fight left in Blaster to join Grimlock and the other survivors in charging the Decepticon position. He was last seen shooting the head off of [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. [[Krunk|Uh oh.]] {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

In an alternate version of 2006, Blaster went with a group of Autobots to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to investigate strange happenings there. When they arrived they discovered a chaotic scene where aliens from many worlds, including the Decepticons, had arrived and were all engaged in a deadly battle with one another. Blaster detected a signal he suspected was putting all the combatants under hypnosis. He and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] came up with a plan where [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] would fly Blaster into the air where Blaster would then broadcast soothing music. The plan succeeded in calming the combatants. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

{{note|In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" are a fabrication invented by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]].}}

=====Marvel UK Future Timelines=====
''In the future of 2008, Blaster was present at Autobot City when the Quintesson [[Trident Attack Craft|Trident]] ships attacked. He attempted to transform Autobot City himself, but was stopped cold by General [[Ghyrik]]. He was deactivated in the battle that followed and his body strung up on the outer parapets as a warning to any Autobots who came to liberate the city. Although Blaster was inactive, his cassettes were not, and this fact gave Hot Rod and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] an edge when they began battling their way through the Quintesson occupants. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

''Blaster was seen briefly in 2009 at the start of the Time Wars, but did not end up joining Rodimus Prime on his mission into the past (see above). {{storylink|Time Wars}} After Galvatron was destroyed back in 1989 and the time line rebooted itself, Blaster was still among the Autobots stationed at Autobot City. He responded to Kup's emergency signal when the Autobots crash landed on Earth after a crazed Rodimus Prime turned against them, and helped drive the evil possessing presence out of their leader. {{storylink|White Fire}}''

====Another Time and Place====
Blaster was part of the rescue unit who infiltrated [[Hydrus Four]] to defeat the Decepticons and rescue the Dinobots. He personally helped disarm and defeat [[Fangry]]. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
When Hot Rod and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] returned from [[Tau-Ursa]] with a strange recording, Blaster was able to play it. The recording revealed the existence of the [[Destructon]]s, [[Logicon]]s, and the location of [[Metascan Alpha]], the Logicons' storehouse of [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]]. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:AgeofWrath2 AutobotResistance.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Steeljaw was in the bathroom.]]
Blaster's first recorded activities took place shortly before the [[Age of Internment]]. When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] returned from self-imposed exile, he unified the disjointed Autobot factions with the help of warriors like Blaster and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Blaster may or may not have been co-leading a fourth Autobot faction during the Dark Ages with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (in addition to those factions overseen by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Grimlock), but this was never made completely clear. The Autobots were ready to usher in a new Golden Age, negotiating a peace with the Decepticons and [[Ultracon|Ultracons]], when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] returned to Cybertron after a prolonged absence with his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. With his new army, Megatron ushered in an [[Age of Internment]], with virtually the entire Autobot army forced to serve as slaves [[Internment Camp Pi|digging]] under the city-state of [[Praxus]].

Virtually.

A small faction of Autobots remained free, operating under the command of Blaster and Perceptor in the subterranean chambers of [[Iacon Command]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} This resistance unit coordinated several different plans in the hopes of one day overthrowing Megatron's rule over Cybertron. One plan involved the capture and analysis of one of the AXS drones, in order to learn more about Megatron's new [[Cloning|clone technology]]. Blaster oversaw this mission from a distance, using his abilities to jam any emergency transmissions while [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and several other Autobots engaged the drone in battle long enough to attach an inhibitor claw, immobilizing it. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

{{note|Dreamwave's subsequent backruptcy ended the story half-way, leaving it up to speculation how the capture of the drone and the eventual return of Optimus Prime worked into the defeat of Megatron and the end of the Age of Internment.}}

[[Image:PassiveAggression Blaster lovesEarth.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]
Millions of years later, Blaster was one of the first Autobots who joined the resistance movement against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s so-called "unified" Cybertronian government, sensing things were rotten in the city-state of Iacon. He joined up with several like-minded 'Bots under the supervision of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] to coordinate a rise against the one-eyed tyrant. Blaster's efforts helped the Autobots uncover a subliminal code being pumped through the public address screens around the planet. It seemed that, for whatever reason, Shockwave was intentionally aggravating the violent tendencies of the entire population. Despite his feelings for Shockwave, Blaster still developed a strong taste for information from the Earth culture Shockwave was introducing to Cybertron. He even modified his alternate mode into a Earthen tapedeck. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

When Optimus Prime and the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] were returned to Cybertron by Shockwave's forces, double agents inside the United Cybertronian force delivered Prime and his crew to Blaster and the others at their headquarters in the [[Wastelands]]. With the help of Cybertron's greatest hero, the resistance movement began an open insurrection against Shockwave's loyal Decepticon forces and the [[Guardian Robot|Guardian Robots]] under his control. Shockwave's regime fell, and the Autobots resumed command of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
In the year 1985, Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] hastily took off for [[Earth]] in an starship poorly-suited for interstellar travel. Upon arrival, they unsurprisingly crashed, landing in the forests of [[Oregon]] near [[Mount St. Hilary]]. They were discovered there by a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team led by [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]]. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
Blaster and his fellow Autobots fought the Decepticons on Earth in the distant past until an incoming ice age threatened to deactivate all the Transformers. Both sides went into hiding underground until the danger had passed, remaining in stasis until the mid-19th century. When they woke up, the war against the Decepticons started anew, though Blaster was not seen getting involved. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Heart of Steel #1}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Before the war, Blaster was a reporter for the [[Iaconian Newsfeed Service]]. He reported live from the [[Nova Plaza]] after an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]]. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

Four million years ago, Blaster was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots halted a major Decepticon energon convoy. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[Image:SpotlightBlaster REVENGE.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm Batman.]]
Blaster became known as The Voice, a patriotic broadcaster who used his gift with words to rally Autobots whose faith was lacking, or who were in a bad way. He was such a positive influence on the Autobots, it was arranged that he be assassinated. The attempt failed, but Blaster's damaged body was ejected into space. Picked up by a passing [[Yar|trawler]], he was delivered home, where it was revealed that he had to have been attacked by an Autobot. In an effort to flush the traitor out, Blaster went back on the air. The attempt worked, and his would-be killer was revealed: [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] had used [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to implant a [[cerebro-shell]] and ordered him to kill Blaster. However, he was able to resist when Blaster used his greatest weapon: his voice. As a damaged Beachcomber was brought in for repairs, Blaster swore he'd find Soundwave and that the last thing he'd ever hear would be... the Voice. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Over the next year, Blaster began working alongside the [[Wrecker]]s, and was recruited into a new elite fighting unit on-board the ''[[Trion]]'' by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}} As the ship's communications officer, Blaster started catching large amounts of distress signals before everything suddenly went quiet, and all contact with other Autobots was lost. Eventually, he caught a distress signal from [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and the crew of the ''Trion'' went to save the turbo-revvin' young punk from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. The day was saved by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], although Blaster disapproved of the scientist's transformation into a warrior, saying he had "defiled himself". {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost & Found}}

{{note|It is unclear whether Blaster became an official member of the Wreckers before Kup cannibalized that team to make his own strike force.}}

Blaster and the others harried the Decepticon fleet until they were baited into an ambush above Cybertron. There, the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the assumed uninhabitable world. Banding together to survive, they eventually encountered Optimus Prime's unit, only to find him incapacitated, the Matrix having been seized by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} Blaster mingled with the other Autobots for a while, but he didn't feel like having The Voice around raised their morale much. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} He later warned Kup about an incoming [[Insecticon swarm|swarm]] attack that forced them to relocate. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} With morale still dwindling, Blaster attempted to break up a fight between Hot Rod and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], but was interrupted by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] telling them they all deserved to die. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}}

The Autobots were eventually saved when [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] decimated the swarm and carried them all to Earth, where they attacked [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his troops (which included Soundwave, but Blaster probably didn't know that). Blaster was ordered to block the Decepticons' communications, allowing the arrival of Omega Supreme to take them completely by surprise. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} He survived the great battle. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

Blaster remained on Earth with the other Autobots for the next three years, as they regathered their forces. [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] radioed in to Blaster when [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] got himself nabbed by [[Skywatch]], an event which led to the death of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and the resignation of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

After [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] was named the new leader of the Autobots and formed an alliance with [[Gordon Horiuchi]] of Skywatch, Blaster was among the Autobots who captured [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and other Decepticons for their new allies. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} Unfortunately, Horiuchi betrayed the Autobots and forced them to hunt one of their own kind, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. Bumblebee managed to get free from Horiuchi's control, and so Blaster and the others stayed behind to cover for him as he sought a solution for their problems. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}} They pretended to be making plans to hunt down [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] while Bumblebee recovered the control tech Skywatch was using to keep them in line. {{storylink|The Gift Horse}} Bumblebee was successful, and Blaster was later present when Bumblebee unveiled his new, more powerful form, to better serve as Autobot leader. {{storylink|Wings of Wax}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Blaster toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Still think you're so superior, Soundwave?"]]
* '''Blaster''' (Autobot, 1985/1986/2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''38''', '''TFC-21'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Electro-scrambler|Electro-Scrambler]] Gun

: Originally a ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' "Radi-Casse Robo" ("radio-cassette", you see), Blaster transforms into a miniature "ghetto blaster" boombox with a fold-out carrying handle. Pressing the "eject" button pops open his tape door, which can store a single micro-cassette Transformer. Due to a possible common internal misassembly issue, many original Blasters had doors which would not open when the eject button is pressed, nor would the other buttons work.

:In robot mode Blaster is freaking huge by the standards of ''Generation 1'' Transformers, towering over most Autobots and Decepticons. He has rather limited (useful) articulation, located in his neck and shoulders.

: Blaster is not a functional AM radio like his original ''Microchange'' toy, but has some left over parts from it, such as the molded power switch above the left speaker, the earphone jack behind the right speaker and the tuning dial next to the tape door. Some releases of Blaster still retain the opening back from the ''Microchange'' release (see Notes).

: Blaster was re-released in 2006 as part of the "[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]" "bookbox" series, packaged with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Blaster/blaster.htm More information on Blaster at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:ActionMasterBlaster toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Which gun is better?]]
*'''Blaster w/ Flight Pack''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' "Flight Pack" backpack, "tractor beam electron gun"

: A non-transforming action figure, [[Action Master]] Blaster (not to be confused with the "Action Master Blasters" price-point) is compatible with any other Action Master vehicle or accessory. His design is based largely on his cartoon model, with elements from the toy added (like his visor). He came with the "[[Flight Pack]]" accessory, which converts from a winged jetpack to a massive "electro-scrambler" cannon.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Blaster/blaster.htm More information on Action Master Blaster at TFU.info]''

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===The Headmasters===
[[Image:G1toy_twincast.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Twincast''' (Autobot, 1987/2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-116'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Electro-Scrambler Gun

: For this Japanese-exclusive release, the first Blaster toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] into a rather cacophonous new blue, yellow and red color scheme. Like his contemporary redeco Soundblaster, his chest door was [[Retool|retooled]] in order to accommodate two cassettes at once, and changed from colorless clear plastic to translucent red as part of a gimmick with his pack-in partner, Steeljaw. This version of Steeljaw sports a new decal depicting [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], which reveals the Decepticon's weak spot when placed behind Twincast's red door, working in the same manner as a [[Tech Spec]]s decoder.

: In 2006, Twincast was reissued as an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]], this time packaged with the new character [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Cybertron/Twincast/twincast.htm More information on Twincast at TFU.info]''
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===Binaltech Asterisk===
[[Image:Bta broadblast.jpg|right|300px|thumb|They see me rollin', they hatin'.]]
*'''Broadblast meets Lumina''' (Binaltech, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BTA03'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, Lumina Hoshi with stand, driving arms and driving legs

: A redeco of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Broadblast transforms into a 1:24 scale [[wikipedia:Scion_xB|Toyota bB, aka the Scion xB]]. He has working doors, hood, and trunk, plus his engine becomes a non-firing weapon. He also comes with an extra decal sheet, which includes signs for "TBN" which ''possibly'' stands for "Transformers Broadcast Network" or some such; there is Japanese text on the labels as well, but it's really tiny and hard to make out.

: He came with a PVC-plastic figurine of the [[human]] newsgirl [[Lumina Hoshi]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/Broadblast/broadblast.htm More information on Binaltech Asterisk Blaster at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:Blasteruniversetoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Preparations for the military strike, dubbed Operation Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Storm, are already underway.]]
*'''Autobot Blaster with Blockrock Mini-Con!''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Series:'' Classics Series
**''Accessories:'' Tri-barrel "particle feedback blaster"/bomb, double-barrel "harmonic wave cannon"/bomb, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key (Clear black plastic, silver border, red insignia)

: Blaster is a redeco of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], transforming into a Cybertronic stealth bomber vaguely like an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|F-117A Nighthawk prototype]], the [[Wikipedia:Have_Blue|Have Blue]]. He comes with three hexagonal prism "bombs"; one converts into his partner [[Blockrock]], the other two unfold into non-firing blaster weapons. Any one of these "bombs" can be stored in his robot-mode chest, which opens by plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into him (his is a gunmetal-bordered clear-plastic [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]-style Autobot Key). The other two bombs store in indents on the underside of his wings.

[[Image:Blaster-U08-boxart.jpg|left|100px|thumb|If only...]]
: His packaging art shows him with only half of his chest-door as clear-blue, emulating the original toy design's tape-window, but the final product (and stock photography) show the blue all the way across. However, his visor ''does'' have red paint to simulate the "goggle visor" look of the [[#Generation 1|original toy]] and Marvel comics model.

: This mold was also used to make ''Galaxy Force'' [[Soundblaster (Cybertron)|Soundblaster]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUBlaster/blaster.htm More information on Classics Blaster at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Universe2008_SDCC_G1Blaster.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Autobot Blaster''' (2010)
**''Series:'' G1 Series
**''Accessories:'' Electro-Scrambler Gun
:This San Diego Comic-Con [[exclusive]] reissue of Blaster comes with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Eject]]. Released as part of the [[Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' (2008) toyline]], the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case. Blaster is technically a slight [[redeco]], having metal-flake beige legs instead of metallic-swirl silver.

:This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010, and was later released on the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] and then also sold at FanExpo Canada 2010.
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===Device Label===
[[Image:Device_Label_Broadcast.jpg|thumb|right|300px|What, not a real notebook?! You are the REAL ''Decept''icon!!]]
*'''Broad Blast''' ([[July 24|7/24]]/2010)
**''Accessories:'' USB cable

:''[[Device Label]]'' Broad Blast transforms into a working USB hub (designed to look like the Toshiba Qosmio laptop computer). The USB functionality works in both robot and laptop modes. Generation 1 Mini-Cassettes can fit into the false tape-deck in his chest in robot mode, but cannot be stored while Broad Blast is in laptop mode due to his head being inside his chest in this form. The Generation 1 Blaster toy's Electro-Scrambler Gun can also fit into Broad Blast's [[5mm post|compatible fist holes]].

:Originally scheduled for release in late [[2009]], Broad Blast was delayed until July 2010. According to a report from getnews.jp at the Tokyo Toy Show 2010, the delay was due to the discovery of a connection cut-off problem after the toy/USB hub is transformed into robot mode. TakaraTomy redesigned the entire lower body to fix this problem. <ref>[http://getnews.jp/archives/68064 Get News.jp report on Device Label Broadblast]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Blaster''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''29'''

: Like all [[Decoy]]s, the decoy Blaster was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Blaster/blaster.htm More information on Decoy Blaster at TFU.info]''
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===Attacktix===
[[Image:Blaster-atx.jpg|thumb|250px|Have some NON-EXISTENCE, courtesy of FLAGGING SALES!]]
*'''Blaster''' (Booster, <strike>2007</strike>)

: Blaster was likely to have been one of several ''Transformers [[Attacktix]]'' Booster pieces, using a powerful spring-loaded "blaster" missile launcher attack. Though displayed as part of the ''Attacktix'' display at the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' "Celebration IV" convention, he —and all the other pieces revealed at the show— were ultimately never released.

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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesblasterthrust.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Waiting futilely for Robot Heroes Scrounge.]]
*'''Blaster and Thrust''' (2008)

:Part of the third wave of ''Universe'' ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', "Generation 1 Series" Blaster comes packaged with [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation. His headsculpt is more toy-based than cartoon-based, featuring his "goggles" (even though his eyes kind of pop out from them).
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/RHBlaster/blaster.htm More information on Robot Heroes Blaster at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
*Blaster had the preliminary names of '''Pulse'''<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/index.php?full=1&set_albumName=BotCon_2010_Sat_Panels&id=DSC05237&option=com_gallery&Itemid=4&include=view_photo.php Bob Budiansky's notes at BotCon 2010]</ref> and '''Blastbox'''.<ref>[[Production bible]] of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]</ref>
* The [[Pre-Transformer|pre-''Transformers'']] version of Blaster was actually a functioning AM radio. The ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' release of the toy came with a microcassette-sized radio that plugged in to Radi-Casse Robo, which had internal wiring that allowed the radio to play through the speakers in its legs. The big hole in his Electro-Scrambler rifle is an earphone storage space, while the cord can be wrapped around the gun and the plug connects to the hole in the gun's stock. Despite popular belief, the compartment in the back of some Blaster toys was not a remnant of a battery compartment, but was actually storage for one of the transforming microcassettes, since a plug kept them from fitting in the cassette door. The battery compartment was actually in one of his legs.

* Blaster had a different appearance in the 1980s between the cartoon and the Marvel comic series. His head in the comic was closer to the toy and depicted him with goggles, while the cartoon drew him with regular eyes and a large forehead. By [[On the Edge of Extinction!|late 1990]], however, Blaster's head in the comics more closely resembled the cartoon appearance. This did come after he was revived by Nucleon, though, so maybe this was his side-effect?
** The toy-based head was drawn by [[Don Perlin]] and [[José Delbo]], while [[Herb Trimpe]] (covers, [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]), [[Geoff Senior]] (issue 75) and [[Andrew Wildman]] (issues 76-80) drew Blaster's head based on the cartoon version. All versions were colored by [[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]], who gave Blaster a red forehead and yellow face (a combination never used on a toy, or in the cartoon).

* According to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] on a [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]], Blaster's visor is retractable. He uses it to shield his especially delicate optical sensors from sunlight.

* Blaster's absence from the second half of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' is often a talking point among fans. It stems from a deleted plotline from early drafts of the movie, in which he would have led several other 1984 and '85 Autobots as a team of guerrilla fighters, defending Earth against the Decepticons while Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots went into space to stop Unicron from feeding on the energy of the planet.

* The script for "[[Fight or Flee]]" noted the [[Communication Autobot]] of [[Paradron]] as a "primative {{sic}} Blaster". The intended family resemblance didn't really make it on-screen, unfortunately.

* Blaster hosted the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Marvel UK comic's letters page]] for the final 33 issues (from [[Rhythms of Darkness!|issue #300]] to [[End of the Road! (US)|issue #332]]), to tie in with his Action Master toy. Here, the letters page was dubbed "Darn 'n' Blast," replacing [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind's]] "Dread Tidings", despite Dreadwind's holing himself up in the Marvel offices. The Decepticon finally left after a visit by three Christmas spirits, [[Ghost of the present|one of whom]] took on the appearance of Blaster.{{storylink|Dreadwind's Xmas!}} Blaster who complained that Dreadwind had decorated the office in all purple and orange with a solitary picture of a dog with sad eyes). His characterization in the letters page is more in line with his fun-loving, hip and happening self from the cartoon than the rather grim, brooding, rebellious loner seen in the comics. He arrived on the letters page in advance of his resurrection in the comics itself, which did not occur until [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue #321]]. He was explicitly identified as being a non-transformer Action Master, though his partner Flight Pack did not appear.

* According to Blaster himself on the UK letters page, he has two [[Relatives|siblings]]: [[Toaster]] and [[Karmen]]. And then there's [[Bluster]], his retroactively-created and less-seen brother.

* The packaging for Twincast's e-Hobby reissue was the same generic [[Decepticon]]-scheme box used to package [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]]. However, since Flip Sides is technically a Decepticon, it... sorta works.

* Since the release of ''Universe'' Blaster, there seems to be an attempt on the part of tech spec writers to balance Marvel's dark and brooding portrayal of Blaster with the rock 'n' roll loving version from the original US cartoon. The ''Universe'' write-up has Blaster organizing resistance cells with Perceptor (with NO mention of his musical interests), recalling the storyline in US comic #17-18. The 2010 San Diego Comic Convention release of the figure not only mentions Blaster's love of music ("Any music, from Cybertronian magna marches to down and dirty D.C. hardcore"), it references "his hatred of the Decepticons," because "the war they started killed the music scene (and most of the musicians) on Cybertron"—combining Blaster's varying personalities from these two continuities into one.
** This also means Blaster is a fan of Bad Brains and Minor Threat. That rules '''so hard.'''

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Broadcast''' (ブロードキャスト ''Burōdokyasuto'')
*''English:'' '''Billy''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub), '''Blaster''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub Twincast)
*''French:'' '''Tempo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Össztűz''' ("All-fire")
*''Italian:'' '''Radiorobot''', '''Audiobot''' (''The Headmasters'', Blaster), '''Digital''' (''The Headmasters'', Twincast)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rajada''' (Portugal comic, "Gust"), '''Dinamitador''' (Brazil comic)
*''Spanish:'' '''Bill''' (Latin America, ''The Headmasters'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Blaster Blaster's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Binaltech Asterisk characters]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Communications specialists]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:E-Hobby]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Kiss Players Autobots]]
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Elite Guard

2012-01-16T22:20:02Z

70.165.19.80: /* Fiction */

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{{disambig2|the Autobot military team|the episode featuring them|The Elite Guard}}
{{disambig2|the Autobot guard|the Decepticon guard|Cybertron Guard}}

:''The Cybertron Elite Guard is a distinguished team of Autobots from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]], [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]], and [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]]. It is also known as the Autobot Elite Guard, and in one timeline has also been a Decepticon organization.''

[[Image:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|right|300px]]

The [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] '''Elite Guard''' is the pinnacle of the [[Autobot]] military force, reserved for only the most distinguished graduates of the [[Autobot Academy]]. Its members are specialists, masters in their fields, and the unit is only called upon in the most dire of situations. It reports directly to the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots. It also engages in some pretty shady business from time to time, from experimenting on [[Jetfire (Animated)|other]] [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Autobots]], to creating [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|weapons of mass destruction]], all the way to hiring [[Lockdown (Animated)|unscrupulous bounty hunters]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Black Panther, thor, and the Tick pretending to be Captain America.]]

The Elite Guard served under the direct command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], the [[Magnus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobot military. During the Great War, [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] was the general of the Elite Guard on Magnus' behalf.

====Members====
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
* [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (Combined form of Jetstorm and Jetfire)
* [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]

=====Former Members=====
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (also a member of [[Cybertron Intelligence]]) - Compacted and incinerated. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Later found alive. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}
* Dai Atlas - Retired to rebuild [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]<ref>[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s on-package [[bio]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed the wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of the group in the cartoon. This is borne out by the fact that Longarm lacks the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol.</ref>
* [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] - Retired. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] - Promoted to acting Magnus {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}
* [[Powered Convoy]] - Former Magnus and predecessor to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

=====Impersonators=====
*[[Afterburn]]<ref>[[Afterburn]] successfully led everyone to believe he was a member of the Elite Guard's "Special Ops" team when he arrived on Earth, but it was soon revealed that he was a big, fat liar.</ref>

=====Wannabes=====
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]] - Bumblebee wants to be a member of the Elite Guard, so he gave himself an Elite Guard paint job in what he hopes is a first step in becoming one. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee's toy bio}}

=====????=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] fits in here... somehow... <ref>Two toys of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] were produced as "Optimus Prime Elite Guard Version" but he was never depicted in this fashion in any story material. Perhaps hinting at Prime's future? Who knows!</ref>
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] does as well, though how exactly boggles the mind... <ref>Prowl also received two toys branded as "Elite Guard Version" but his fictional appearances leave little to no room for this to actually come to pass... [[Time travel|Alternate timeline]]? [[Death|Resurrection]]? [[Cloning|Clone]]? [[To sell toys]]?</ref>

====Fiction====
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Bumblebee and Bulkhead also registered to join the Guard. After Bumblebee and Bulkhead accidentally destroyed part of a simulated battle zone and injured their drill sergeant, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], they were both given the boot and reassigned to space bridge repair duty. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

After seeing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] save them from an incident on the asteroid where they were working, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] commented that with moves like that, Optimus should have gone into the Cybertron Elite Guard. Gee, way to rub salt in the wound, there, Bumblebee... {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

Shortly after the battle with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the Elite Guard arrived to retrieve the [[AllSpark]]. (Great timing, guys.) Upon learning that the AllSpark had been dispersed, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] confined Optimus Prime's crew to the Elite Guard's ship while he, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Optimus went to investigate [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Optimus's vessel]], where the battle had taken place. When trouble at a [[Sumdac Systems]] manufacturing plant was detected, the Autobots and Elite Guard managed to hold off the malfunctioning police drones being made there long enough to allow Optimus, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to get [[Sari Sumdac]] to the assembly line and shut it down. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After an extended period with no evidence of a Decepticon presence on Earth, Magnus was prepared to gather up the Autobots and ship out back to Cybertron. He urged Optimus to testify as to his experiences on Earth to calm the general fears of Megatron still being alive. When Optimus protested that Megatron ''was'' still alive and that such testimony would be falsifying evidence, Sentinel angrily stated that nobody was asking him to lie, just to agree with Sentinel's scans (quite excellent ones, in his humble opinion) showing there were no Decepticons on Earth. Besides, Sentinel cajoled, if he smoothed things over with Cybertron Command, Optimus might just be able to be reinstated into the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] was left on Earth to try and find the Decepticon base and keep an eye on Optimus's crew. However, [[Master Disaster]], with the help of an AllSpark-powered remote control, forced Blurr to do his bidding until Sari stole the remote from him. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} {{storylink|Velocity}}

''The Elite Guard oversaw the extraction of flight technology from Starscream to create [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], who managed to join the ranks of the Elite Guard in record time. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}''

====Notes====
* Many members of the Elite Guard bear what appears to be rank insignia, in the form of downward-pointing chevrons on their arms or abdomens. Magnus has four stripes; Sentinel, Jazz, and Kup have three; Warpath has two.

=====Foreign names=====
*''Japanese:'' '''Elite Guard''' (エリートガード ''Erīto Gādo'')

===''Wings Universe''===
The Elite Guard was founded by and is under the direct orders of [[Magnum]], a member of the [[Autobot High Command]], as a special strike force within the [[Autobot Guard]].

====Members====
*'''Officers'''
**[[Big Bang]]
**[[Sentinel Major]]
*'''Alpha Team'''
**[[Thunder Clash]] (leader)
**[[Flak (G1)|Flak]]
**[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
**[[Landshark]]
*'''Strike Team''' (201st)
**[[Metalhawk]] (leader)
**[[Dion]]
**[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
**[[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]]
*'''Special Ops Team''' ([[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]])
**[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (leader)
**[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
**[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
**[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
**[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*'''Stealth Team''' (45th)
**[[Powerflash]] (leader)
**[[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]]
**[[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]]
**[[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]]
*'''Artillery Team''' (116th)
**[[Halonix Maximus|Halonix "Halo" Maximus, callsign Gigantron]]
**[[Windsail]]
**[[Clear Out]]
**[[Padlock (Timelines)|Padlock]]<ref>Halo was the only member named at BotCon 2010. The other three were shown on Alex Milne's lithograph and named on the OTFCC forums, in a post giving a quick rundown of the Elite Guard teams.</ref>
*'''Fast Attack Team'''
**[[Ranger]]
**[[Blacker]]
**[[Braver]]
**[[Laster]]
*'''Recon Team''' (349th)
**[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]
**[[Delta Seeker]]
**[[Rest-Q]]
**[[Road Fire|Roadfire]]

====Fiction====
After Thunder Clash and his squad proved their skill and valor by keeping a [[Matrix of Leadership|vitally important piece of cargo]] safe from the Decepticons, they were appointed as the first members of the newly-created Elite Guard. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}} Other Autobots were eventually inducted into the Guard after completing rigorous testing, forming their own squads within the organization.
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{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
{{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

The Elite Guard once ''almost'' went twenty missions in a row without a single casualty. {{storylink|Around Cybertron#Around Cybertron #11|Around Cybertron #11}}

{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}
{{storylink|A Team Effort}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

At some unknown future point in time, the Guard eventually dispersed, with little left of its presence except the occasional disused cargo box bearing its symbol. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

===Shattered Glass===
====Autobot Members====
[[Image:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|right|150px|thumb|Now with one less bar!]]
*[[Hyperdrive (SG)|Hyperdrive]] (deceased)
*[[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] (leader)
*[[Kup (SG)|Kup]] (deceased)
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====Decepticon Members====
[[Image:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|right|150px|thumb|Wait, whose side are we on again?]]
*[[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]]
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====Fiction====
Thunderwing was a Decepticon member of the Cybertron Elite Guard, which in pre-war times was a law enforcement group. He operated as a duly appointed agent for millennia, often spending extended periods of time away from Cybertron. In fact, his missions kept him away from Cybertron ''so'' much that he had little to no knowledge or interest in the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

In modern times, the Elite Guard was an Autobot organization serving at the whim of <strike>a madman</strike> [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. Previously led by Hyperdrive, the Guard was taken over by Thunderclash after he deemed his commander unfit for leadership and eliminated him. {{storylink|Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash's toy bio}}

====Notes====
*Thunderwing is mentioned as being part of the Elite Guard since before the war started, and has been out of touch with events before then. As such, it's not really clear so far whether the Elite Guard eventually evolved into Thunderclash's group while Thunderwing was gone, or if there's two separate organizations with that name in the "Shattered Glass" universe.

===Live-action movie universe===
====Fiction====
Prospective allies of the Autobots must complete training in speed, strength, skill and fireblast before they will be allowed to join the hunt for the Decepticons' leader Megatron. Completion of extended training above and beyond the norm qualifies the trainee as a member of the Elite Guard. It is unknown which Autobots, if any, are currently members of the group. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' online game}}

===Exodus===
[[Image:WFCcomicEliteGuard.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
The Elite Guard were the thirty-six bodyguards of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel]] was a member before he became a High Counciler and [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. When [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] assassinated [[Halogen]] in the [[High Council Chamber]], [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] ordered them to stand down and spare him in an effort to maintain peace. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}''
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==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Animated subgroups]]
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Elite Guard| ]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Blacker

2012-01-16T22:16:26Z

70.165.19.80: /* Fiction */

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:''Blacker is an [[Autobot]] [[Brainmaster]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Blacker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I don't have time to have a PC name.]]
'''Blacker''' (ブラッカー ''Burakkā'') is the commanding officer of the [[Brainmaster]]s car trio and [[Second-in-command|second in rank]] to [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] among the [[Earth]] [[Autobot]]s. Blacker is possibly the most experienced warrior among the Autobots on Earth, making him one of the most respected Autobots around, and Blacker takes this reputation very seriously. He is constantly trying to set a proper example for his fellow warriors, but as he's not really a people person, he does so in the bluntest, curtest manner imaginable. This failure to pull any metaphorical punches leaves him coming off very patronizing, particularly in the eyes of [[Wingwaver]] and the [[Multiforce]], but most Autobots take this in stride and tell them to do the same. Regardless, Blacker really couldn't care less what others think of him, and he doesn't let their opinions impede him in his duties—in fact, he is more than willing to put himself at risk for the sake of others and has been crippled several times doing so.

As a Brainmaster, Blacker possesses incredible skill, strength, intelligence and courage. Among the group, Blacker exemplifies strength in particular; his smallest robot form is the '''Brain of Strength''' (力のブレイン ''Chikara no Brain''), which combines with a [[Transtector]] that transforms into a dune buggy. In this mode, Blacker can expand his tires and fire their needle-like studs at his enemies in a technique known as the "Needle Wheel Attack". Blacker combines with his fellow Brainmasters [[Braver]] and [[Laster]] into [[Road Caesar]], forming both the torso and arms of the super robot.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Brainmaster trio cartoon.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Seen here with Redder and Yellower.]]
In the run-up to the year 2025, Blacker was the commander of the "Sector One" contingent of the [[Galactic Defense Force]], protecting [[Earth]] and other planets in his sector from the renewed threat of the [[Decepticon]]s and their emperor, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. When Deathsaurus began focusing his attacks on Sector One, Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] Star Saber decided to take command of Blacker's forces himself, with Blacker operating under him as his Lieutenant Commander. As they were old friends, this didn't bother Blacker in the slightest. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

On the day that Star Saber was due to arrive to take command, Blacker was seeing visiting Sector Two commander [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] off when [[Holi]] and Star Saber's human son [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] informed him that the Decepticons' [[Dinoforce]] had attacked the human [[Lunar Base (Victory)|Lunar Base]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Blacker, Braver and Laster immediately headed to the Moon and engaged the bumbling villains in combat, during which Braver was knocked into a chasm, leaving the team unable to combine into Road Caesar. Luckily, Star Saber arrived to save the day. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} The Brainmasters subsequently battled [[Dinoking]] in space while the staff of the lunar base were transported back to Earth aboard the Autobots' [[Shuttle Base]]. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}}

With the Shuttle Base now established as their Earth-based headquarters, the Autobots set about scanning the planet for Decepticon activity. The first attack came on Jean's first day at school, when the Dinoforce and [[Leozack]] pursued Star Saber to the school and attacked. Blacker and the other Brainmasters arrived on the scene to aid their commander and merged into Road Caesar, defeating Dinoking while Star Saber dealt with the [[Breastforce]]r. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} The trio later battled the Breastforce at a desert energy plant, {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} and again combined into Road Caesar to battle Dinoking once more at the Ocean Exhibition amusement park. {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}}

[[Image:Blacker and wingwaver.jpg|right|230px|thumb|If I was any blacker, they'd have to call me Dolemite.]]
When Wingwaver volunteered to join Laster and Braver on a mission to rescue humans trapped in the Neo Uranium mines, Blacker cautioned the over-eager "kid" that he might lose his life in the process. Wingwaver was adamant on going, grumbling to Laster and Braver about Blacker's patronizing attitude all the way, but when the mission resulted in success, Blacker was first to congratulate Wingwaver on a job well done. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} That didn't really do much to improve their relationship, however; Blacker still doubted Wingwaver's judgment and later insisted that he be allowed to lead the Multiforce on a mission into the Amazon to locate a Decepticon energy base. Infuriated by Blacker's consistently condescending commands, Wingwaver wound up striking a tree in his anger, startling a flock of birds and inadvertently giving away the Autobots' position to the Decepticons. In the ensuing attack, Blacker risked life and limb hauling [[Dashtacker]] out of a river when he got stuck in its muddy bed, and then broke off from the Multiforce to lead the pursuing Dinoforce away from them. Guilty over his mistake, Wingwaver followed Blacker and aided him in holding off the Dinoforce. With the two Autobots keeping the Dinoforce busy, Star Saber was able to destroy the Decepticons' energy base. Blacker wrote off the shambles the mission had descended into on his own carelessness. Star Saber could clearly see that he was attempting to cover for Wingwaver, but said nothing, merely requesting that Blacker stop referring to Wingwaver as a "kid". {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}}

[[Image:Blacker legstab.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The moral of the story? Blacker is effing hardcore.]]
Blaster later accompanied Star Saber and the other Brainmasters on a mission into the tunnels of an American subway system, where he battled Leozack and [[Killbison]] in the confined quarters. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}} When the Breastforce were joined by [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], Blacker and the Brainmasters ambushed the sneaky new warrior, only to fall victim to the full force of his hypnotic wave power. Never one to allow risks to his health to deter him, Blacker ''stabbed himself in the freaking leg with his own damn sword'' to keep the waves from making him drowsy, but was then attacked by Hellbat's [[Kōmoribreast]]. Braver saved him by redirecting a blast from Killbison's cannons, and then used his recently invented brainwave scanner to scramble the Decepticons' brains and force them to flee. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}}

After escorting an oil tanker safely into port, {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} Blacker discovered that oil tankers seemed to be the order of the day, as he soon found himself attempting to thwart a Decepticon plot to steal fuel from the tanker ''Big Baron''. Grappling with the cowardly Dinoforcer [[Kakuryū]], Blacker forced him to reveal that the Breastforce were planning to destroy [[Marine City]] with a neutron bomb if the tanker was not delivered to them. Heading out to sea and clinging to the side of the tanker, Blacker was able to spy on the villains and learn the hidden location of the bomb. With this information, the Autobots were able to find and defuse the bomb and rout the Decepticons once again. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} Later, oil tankers were still all the rage, as Blacker and the Brainmasters again stopped the Breastforce from purloining fuel from a fleet of them. {{storylink|Rescue Jean!!}}

[[Image:Blacker disarmed.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a peackerwood that her food stamp card has a pic of larry the cable guy on it!]]
When Star Saber ventured into the asteroid belt to expose a hidden Decepticon kidnapping operation, he soon called in Blacker and the Brainmasters to help rescue the captive humans while he battled the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}} The Brainmasters and Multiforce were subsequently left to protect Earth alone while Star Saber headed off to planet [[Micro]], but the Breastforce had also left the planet, meaning they only had the Dinoforce to deal with. Not exactly a challenge. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}} Upon the return of both groups from space, Blacker and the Brainmasters found themselves merging into Road Caesar to go up against the Breastforce's combined form of [[Liokaiser]]. {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}}

Lured into the desert by the Breastforce, Blacker suddenly found himself fighting alone when Laster and Braver's heavy vehicle modes caused them to sink beneath the shifting sands, just as the villains had planned. As a dune buggy, Blacker was able to manoeuvre just fine, but found himself badly outnumbered and at the mercy of the Breastforce until the wandering samurai Autobot [[Greatshot]] arrived to help him. When Greatshot was nearly overwhelmed, Blacker leapt to his aid, but had his arm blown off by Decepticon fire. Fortunately, Star Saber arrived to pluck Braver and Laster out of the sand so that they could get Blacker to safety while he dispatched the Decepticons. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}}

[[Image:Blacker wounded.jpg|left|205px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a peackerwood that when she looks in a mirror its not clear why she can't see her reflection the "white" or "trash"!]]
With both Blacker and Star Saber injured, the Decepticons increased the frequency of their attacks, until Star Saber was left with no choice but to go into battle despite his wounds. He instructed Braver and Laster to keep this fact from the invalid Blacker, but Blacker easily wrung the truth from his subordinates and promptly pulled rank on them, ordering them to join Star Saber in battle while he looked after the Shuttle Base alone. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} A little later, his wounds healed somewhat, Blacker decided it was time to get back into action and joined the Multiforce and [[Rescue Patrol Team]] in battling the Dinoforce in Cheyenne. His transformation systems were still a little rough, though, as he found out when he attempted to transform in mid-air and failed. Ever proud, Blacker refused first aid from [[Pīpō]] and got on with the fighting, but ultimately, the Autobots were stretched too thin and were defeated. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!|Ginrai Dies!!}} Even though this had proven he was not entirely over his injuries, Blacker was all set to go into battle with the Decepticons on "[[Energy Road]]" in America, but Star Saber stopped him and sent [[Victory Leo]] instead. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}

Blacker was finally healed by the time Deathsaurus unleashed his newest weapon: super smart-missiles launched from an orbital weapons platform that could strike anywhere on Earth faster than the Autobots could react. Forced to stay their hands and allow the Decepticons to carry out energy thefts for fear of explosive reprisal, Blacker and the Brainmasters had to speed to Pakistan to inform Victory Leo of the situation before he attacked the Dinoforce. Unable to do anything but watch the Dinoforce steal right in front of them, the Brainmasters were pushed to the breaking point, until Star Saber and Victory Leo revealed their new power: They combined into Victory Saber and outraced Deathsaurus's missile launch system, successfully destroying it and freeing up the Brainmasters to make short work of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[Image:Brainmasters vs victoryleo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a peackerwood that if she would have to go at night because no one could see her in the day !]]
While Star Saber was off-planet attending a [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] conference, Leozack exploited his absence by donning an exo-skeleton that allowed him to pose as the Autobot leader and infiltrate the Shuttle Base. Victory Leo could tell that something was not right, but Blacker and the Brainmasters would not hear his allegations. They were nearly duped into attacking Victory Leo by the faux Star Saber, but the return of the real deal and the exposure of Leozack's plot left them eating crow. {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} Later, the Brainmasters came to Star Saber's rescue when the Decepticons attacked him with the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects, and they suffered the pain of the bugs' bite themselves before it was discovered that intense cold stopped the little critters. {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}}

[[Image:Brainmasters tidalwave rescue.jpg|left|230px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a peackerwood that she took a crap and out came more white trash!]]
Blacker and the Brainmasters aided in relief efforts for the coastal cities devastated by tidal waves caused by the Decepticons' raising of [[Atlantis]], {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} and then headed out into space alongside [[Greatshot]] to serve as the first line of defence against Deathsaurus's [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]], which had finally been reactivated by the energy stolen from the sunken continent. The Brainmasters combined into Road Caesar, but were no match for the fortress's power, so they were sent back to Earth to recuperate by Victory Saber when he arrived to take up the fight. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} The team's injuries prevented them from aiding their commander in the final battle with the fortress, but in the end, Star Saber emerged victorious and destroyed the planet-killing weapon.

With the threat of Deathsaurus at last ended and Star Saber fulfilling his duties as Supreme Commander, Blacker, Braver and Laster were appointed joint commanders of the Sector One defense force. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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====''Zone'' cartoon====
When the injured Star Saber appointed Autobot [[Powered Master]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] the new Supreme Commander, Blacker, Laster and Braver were all present, standing on stage in their combined form of Road Caesar. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:Blacker victories.jpg|left|325px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a Honky, when she rides a motorcycle, she gets a ticket for beasiality a favorite of honkys!]]
When Deathsaurus began his campaign against the Earth in 2025, Blacker and the Brainmasters didn't roll onto the battlefield right away, being instructed by Star Saber to remain behind on [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]] while he and the Multiforce took on Deathsaurus and the Dinoforce. {{storylink|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!}} They later got their chance to join the fighting when Deathsaurus started a massive forest fire, but even as Road Caesar, they were thrashed by the Decepticon Emperor thanks to the power boost he gained by absorbing energy from the fire. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Star Saber}}

Travelling from Earth to Planet V, Blacker was greeted upon arrival by [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Cab]], two old human allies of the Autobots who had befriended Star Saber's son, Jean. Together with Jean, the young lads had formed the "Autobot Boy Team" known as the [[Victories]], donning armor based on the Brainmasters. Eyeing Shūta and Cab's Braver- and Laster-inspired suits, Blacker grinned at the assumption Jean was wearing a suit based on him, only to have his dreams quashed by the revelation that Jean was wearing armor styled after Star Saber. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

[[Image:Blacker and solon.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a peackerwood, when she goes swimming, it looks like a see of mayonasie!]]
Combined as Road Caesar, the Brainmasters arrived in time to see the tail end of Star Saber's battle with Deathsaurus, Dinoking and Liokaiser, which was won thanks to the sudden arrival of Victory Leo, with whom Star Saber combined to form Victory Saber. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} When Deathsaurus tried to counter the power of this combination by creating a mech for his own human cyborg son [[Solon Kitakaze (Victory)|Solon]], Blacker and the Brainmasters delivered an intelligence report to Star Saber informing him of what the villain was up to. In the ensuing battle, Solon was confronted with the truth of his human heritage, {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}} and in the midst of a later conflict, Blacker approached the boy on the battlefield in an attempt to convince him further to do the right thing. Solon had always considered himself apart from humans and the Earth because of his cyborg body, but Blacker confronted him with the fact that being human was so much more than simply being organic or mechanical. Leaving Solon with this wisdom and a suit of Victories armor crafted in his own likeness, Blacker sped off to rejoin the battle, but his words were soon revealed to have struck home, as Solon turned on his Decepticon father and joined up with the Victories, choosing to fight to save his homeworld. The united forces of the Autobots and Victories then performed the "Five Stars of Victory" attack, with each of the Victories transferring their power into their Autobot counterpart for a super-charged attack. Solon channelled his strength into Blacker, and together, the power of the attack took out both Deathsaurus and Liokaiser in one blast. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}}

When Deathsaurus unleashed his "Space Stronghold" upon the Earth, Blacker and the Brainmasters joined in the united Autobot attack against it, but were left dumbfounded when they discovered that the fortress was actually home to the Decepticons' families, and that all along, the Decepticons had been committing their evil deeds in order to keep those families safe. Inspired by the example their two sons had set, Star Saber and Deathsaurus declared a truce, and peace came to the Transformers... the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Brainmasters dreamwave.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Yo mamma's so cracker or honky, she got her tattoo done in chocolate!]]
Blacker, Braver and Laster were all seen on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], looking out a window while [[Electro]] and [[Volt]] sat and talked nearby. {{storylink|Atonement}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
Blacker and the [[Fast Attack Team]] were on hand to defend Elite Guard headquarters with [[Sentinel Major]] when the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] returned leading [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s troops. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
*'''Blacker''' (1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-320'''[[Image:Blacker g1toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not just Black, but not quite Blackest.]]
**''Accessories'': "Brain of Strength" Brainmaster figure, sword, blaster/Road Caesar head, shield/Road Caesar chestplate

: Blacker transforms into a racing buggy with oversized studded tires. His transformation is notably simplistic for his size, but is a consequence of the Brainmaster gimmick which dominates his torso. Placing the small "Brain of Strength" figure into the open chest cavity then closing the plate pushes the inner core of the small robot up, forming the larger robot's face. As with the other Brainmasters, the Brain of Strength is designed to look like a miniature version of Blacker's larger robot mode. While Blacker is in vehicle mode, the Brain of Strength rides in his hinged cockpit.

:Blacker is equipped with quite a few weapons, coming with a sword, a double-barrelled blaster, and a shield that mounts on his arm. When Blacker is in vehicle mode, his shield and blaster combine to form an elaborate weapons array that mounts on his roof. Blacker also combines with Laster and Braver (sold separately) to form Road Caesar, and his weapons form integral parts of the super robot; his blaster transforms into Road Caesar's head, his shield becomes his chestplate, and his sword combines with those of his teammates to create a large blade for Road Caesar to wield. The team's combination is rather non-standard, with Blacker forming everything above the knees.

: Reportedly, there is a variation on the Brainmaster figure: Initial releases of the toy gave the large robot face yellow optics, while later releases gave it the cartoon-Autobot medium blue.

: This mold was later used to make [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/Blacker/blacker.htm Blacker at TFU.info]''

*'''Road Caesar''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-323'''

: Blacker, Braver and Laster were available in Japan both in individual boxes and in a complete Road Caesar gift-set.

==Notes==
[[Image:Victory blacker.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Blink and you'll... nope, sorry, you missed it.]]
*The Brainmasters, despite it being their central toy gimmick, never use their smaller robot components in the anime outside of stock footage sequences. Because he's the leader of the team and the star of their stock footage sequence, Blacker has the most shots of his brain unit visible in these cut scenes—including the ''only'' close-up shot of any kind from the trio's brain units. This shot appears for about one second.
*Blacker's Brainmaster figure has for years been (and continues to be) incorrectly referred to by fans with the names "Riki" and "Sala", mistakenly derived from Japanese words meaning "strength" (力 ''chikara''). In truth, like all Brainmaster units, it does not have a proper name, but is known simply by the title used in this article, the "Brain of Strength".

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Roader''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)

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Blacker

2012-01-16T22:07:30Z

70.165.19.80: /* Victory comic */

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:''Blacker is an [[Autobot]] [[Brainmaster]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Blacker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I don't have time to have a PC name.]]
'''Blacker''' (ブラッカー ''Burakkā'') is the commanding officer of the [[Brainmaster]]s car trio and [[Second-in-command|second in rank]] to [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] among the [[Earth]] [[Autobot]]s. Blacker is possibly the most experienced warrior among the Autobots on Earth, making him one of the most respected Autobots around, and Blacker takes this reputation very seriously. He is constantly trying to set a proper example for his fellow warriors, but as he's not really a people person, he does so in the bluntest, curtest manner imaginable. This failure to pull any metaphorical punches leaves him coming off very patronizing, particularly in the eyes of [[Wingwaver]] and the [[Multiforce]], but most Autobots take this in stride and tell them to do the same. Regardless, Blacker really couldn't care less what others think of him, and he doesn't let their opinions impede him in his duties—in fact, he is more than willing to put himself at risk for the sake of others and has been crippled several times doing so.

As a Brainmaster, Blacker possesses incredible skill, strength, intelligence and courage. Among the group, Blacker exemplifies strength in particular; his smallest robot form is the '''Brain of Strength''' (力のブレイン ''Chikara no Brain''), which combines with a [[Transtector]] that transforms into a dune buggy. In this mode, Blacker can expand his tires and fire their needle-like studs at his enemies in a technique known as the "Needle Wheel Attack". Blacker combines with his fellow Brainmasters [[Braver]] and [[Laster]] into [[Road Caesar]], forming both the torso and arms of the super robot.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Brainmaster trio cartoon.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Seen here with Redder and Yellower.]]
In the run-up to the year 2025, Blacker was the commander of the "Sector One" contingent of the [[Galactic Defense Force]], protecting [[Earth]] and other planets in his sector from the renewed threat of the [[Decepticon]]s and their emperor, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. When Deathsaurus began focusing his attacks on Sector One, Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] Star Saber decided to take command of Blacker's forces himself, with Blacker operating under him as his Lieutenant Commander. As they were old friends, this didn't bother Blacker in the slightest. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

On the day that Star Saber was due to arrive to take command, Blacker was seeing visiting Sector Two commander [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] off when [[Holi]] and Star Saber's human son [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] informed him that the Decepticons' [[Dinoforce]] had attacked the human [[Lunar Base (Victory)|Lunar Base]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Blacker, Braver and Laster immediately headed to the Moon and engaged the bumbling villains in combat, during which Braver was knocked into a chasm, leaving the team unable to combine into Road Caesar. Luckily, Star Saber arrived to save the day. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} The Brainmasters subsequently battled [[Dinoking]] in space while the staff of the lunar base were transported back to Earth aboard the Autobots' [[Shuttle Base]]. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}}

With the Shuttle Base now established as their Earth-based headquarters, the Autobots set about scanning the planet for Decepticon activity. The first attack came on Jean's first day at school, when the Dinoforce and [[Leozack]] pursued Star Saber to the school and attacked. Blacker and the other Brainmasters arrived on the scene to aid their commander and merged into Road Caesar, defeating Dinoking while Star Saber dealt with the [[Breastforce]]r. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} The trio later battled the Breastforce at a desert energy plant, {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} and again combined into Road Caesar to battle Dinoking once more at the Ocean Exhibition amusement park. {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}}

[[Image:Blacker and wingwaver.jpg|right|230px|thumb|If I was any blacker, they'd have to call me Dolemite.]]
When Wingwaver volunteered to join Laster and Braver on a mission to rescue humans trapped in the Neo Uranium mines, Blacker cautioned the over-eager "kid" that he might lose his life in the process. Wingwaver was adamant on going, grumbling to Laster and Braver about Blacker's patronizing attitude all the way, but when the mission resulted in success, Blacker was first to congratulate Wingwaver on a job well done. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} That didn't really do much to improve their relationship, however; Blacker still doubted Wingwaver's judgment and later insisted that he be allowed to lead the Multiforce on a mission into the Amazon to locate a Decepticon energy base. Infuriated by Blacker's consistently condescending commands, Wingwaver wound up striking a tree in his anger, startling a flock of birds and inadvertently giving away the Autobots' position to the Decepticons. In the ensuing attack, Blacker risked life and limb hauling [[Dashtacker]] out of a river when he got stuck in its muddy bed, and then broke off from the Multiforce to lead the pursuing Dinoforce away from them. Guilty over his mistake, Wingwaver followed Blacker and aided him in holding off the Dinoforce. With the two Autobots keeping the Dinoforce busy, Star Saber was able to destroy the Decepticons' energy base. Blacker wrote off the shambles the mission had descended into on his own carelessness. Star Saber could clearly see that he was attempting to cover for Wingwaver, but said nothing, merely requesting that Blacker stop referring to Wingwaver as a "kid". {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}}

[[Image:Blacker legstab.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The moral of the story? Blacker is effing hardcore.]]
Blaster later accompanied Star Saber and the other Brainmasters on a mission into the tunnels of an American subway system, where he battled Leozack and [[Killbison]] in the confined quarters. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}} When the Breastforce were joined by [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], Blacker and the Brainmasters ambushed the sneaky new warrior, only to fall victim to the full force of his hypnotic wave power. Never one to allow risks to his health to deter him, Blacker ''stabbed himself in the freaking leg with his own damn sword'' to keep the waves from making him drowsy, but was then attacked by Hellbat's [[Kōmoribreast]]. Braver saved him by redirecting a blast from Killbison's cannons, and then used his recently invented brainwave scanner to scramble the Decepticons' brains and force them to flee. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}}

After escorting an oil tanker safely into port, {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} Blacker discovered that oil tankers seemed to be the order of the day, as he soon found himself attempting to thwart a Decepticon plot to steal fuel from the tanker ''Big Baron''. Grappling with the cowardly Dinoforcer [[Kakuryū]], Blacker forced him to reveal that the Breastforce were planning to destroy [[Marine City]] with a neutron bomb if the tanker was not delivered to them. Heading out to sea and clinging to the side of the tanker, Blacker was able to spy on the villains and learn the hidden location of the bomb. With this information, the Autobots were able to find and defuse the bomb and rout the Decepticons once again. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} Later, oil tankers were still all the rage, as Blacker and the Brainmasters again stopped the Breastforce from purloining fuel from a fleet of them. {{storylink|Rescue Jean!!}}

[[Image:Blacker disarmed.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she steps outside, the phone rates go down!]]
When Star Saber ventured into the asteroid belt to expose a hidden Decepticon kidnapping operation, he soon called in Blacker and the Brainmasters to help rescue the captive humans while he battled the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}} The Brainmasters and Multiforce were subsequently left to protect Earth alone while Star Saber headed off to planet [[Micro]], but the Breastforce had also left the planet, meaning they only had the Dinoforce to deal with. Not exactly a challenge. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}} Upon the return of both groups from space, Blacker and the Brainmasters found themselves merging into Road Caesar to go up against the Breastforce's combined form of [[Liokaiser]]. {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}}

Lured into the desert by the Breastforce, Blacker suddenly found himself fighting alone when Laster and Braver's heavy vehicle modes caused them to sink beneath the shifting sands, just as the villains had planned. As a dune buggy, Blacker was able to manoeuvre just fine, but found himself badly outnumbered and at the mercy of the Breastforce until the wandering samurai Autobot [[Greatshot]] arrived to help him. When Greatshot was nearly overwhelmed, Blacker leapt to his aid, but had his arm blown off by Decepticon fire. Fortunately, Star Saber arrived to pluck Braver and Laster out of the sand so that they could get Blacker to safety while he dispatched the Decepticons. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}}

[[Image:Blacker wounded.jpg|left|205px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she sits in the hot tub, the water turns to coffee!]]
With both Blacker and Star Saber injured, the Decepticons increased the frequency of their attacks, until Star Saber was left with no choice but to go into battle despite his wounds. He instructed Braver and Laster to keep this fact from the invalid Blacker, but Blacker easily wrung the truth from his subordinates and promptly pulled rank on them, ordering them to join Star Saber in battle while he looked after the Shuttle Base alone. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} A little later, his wounds healed somewhat, Blacker decided it was time to get back into action and joined the Multiforce and [[Rescue Patrol Team]] in battling the Dinoforce in Cheyenne. His transformation systems were still a little rough, though, as he found out when he attempted to transform in mid-air and failed. Ever proud, Blacker refused first aid from [[Pīpō]] and got on with the fighting, but ultimately, the Autobots were stretched too thin and were defeated. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!|Ginrai Dies!!}} Even though this had proven he was not entirely over his injuries, Blacker was all set to go into battle with the Decepticons on "[[Energy Road]]" in America, but Star Saber stopped him and sent [[Victory Leo]] instead. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}

Blacker was finally healed by the time Deathsaurus unleashed his newest weapon: super smart-missiles launched from an orbital weapons platform that could strike anywhere on Earth faster than the Autobots could react. Forced to stay their hands and allow the Decepticons to carry out energy thefts for fear of explosive reprisal, Blacker and the Brainmasters had to speed to Pakistan to inform Victory Leo of the situation before he attacked the Dinoforce. Unable to do anything but watch the Dinoforce steal right in front of them, the Brainmasters were pushed to the breaking point, until Star Saber and Victory Leo revealed their new power: They combined into Victory Saber and outraced Deathsaurus's missile launch system, successfully destroying it and freeing up the Brainmasters to make short work of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[Image:Brainmasters vs victoryleo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she gets in a car, the oil light turns on!]]
While Star Saber was off-planet attending a [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] conference, Leozack exploited his absence by donning an exo-skeleton that allowed him to pose as the Autobot leader and infiltrate the Shuttle Base. Victory Leo could tell that something was not right, but Blacker and the Brainmasters would not hear his allegations. They were nearly duped into attacking Victory Leo by the faux Star Saber, but the return of the real deal and the exposure of Leozack's plot left them eating crow. {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} Later, the Brainmasters came to Star Saber's rescue when the Decepticons attacked him with the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects, and they suffered the pain of the bugs' bite themselves before it was discovered that intense cold stopped the little critters. {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}}

[[Image:Brainmasters tidalwave rescue.jpg|left|230px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, she went to night school and was marked absent!]]
Blacker and the Brainmasters aided in relief efforts for the coastal cities devastated by tidal waves caused by the Decepticons' raising of [[Atlantis]], {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} and then headed out into space alongside [[Greatshot]] to serve as the first line of defence against Deathsaurus's [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]], which had finally been reactivated by the energy stolen from the sunken continent. The Brainmasters combined into Road Caesar, but were no match for the fortress's power, so they were sent back to Earth to recuperate by Victory Saber when he arrived to take up the fight. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} The team's injuries prevented them from aiding their commander in the final battle with the fortress, but in the end, Star Saber emerged victorious and destroyed the planet-killing weapon.

With the threat of Deathsaurus at last ended and Star Saber fulfilling his duties as Supreme Commander, Blacker, Braver and Laster were appointed joint commanders of the Sector One defense force. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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====''Zone'' cartoon====
When the injured Star Saber appointed Autobot [[Powered Master]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] the new Supreme Commander, Blacker, Laster and Braver were all present, standing on stage in their combined form of Road Caesar. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:Blacker victories.jpg|left|325px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a Honky, when she rides a motorcycle, she gets a ticket for beasiality a favorite of honkys!]]
When Deathsaurus began his campaign against the Earth in 2025, Blacker and the Brainmasters didn't roll onto the battlefield right away, being instructed by Star Saber to remain behind on [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]] while he and the Multiforce took on Deathsaurus and the Dinoforce. {{storylink|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!}} They later got their chance to join the fighting when Deathsaurus started a massive forest fire, but even as Road Caesar, they were thrashed by the Decepticon Emperor thanks to the power boost he gained by absorbing energy from the fire. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Star Saber}}

Travelling from Earth to Planet V, Blacker was greeted upon arrival by [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Cab]], two old human allies of the Autobots who had befriended Star Saber's son, Jean. Together with Jean, the young lads had formed the "Autobot Boy Team" known as the [[Victories]], donning armor based on the Brainmasters. Eyeing Shūta and Cab's Braver- and Laster-inspired suits, Blacker grinned at the assumption Jean was wearing a suit based on him, only to have his dreams quashed by the revelation that Jean was wearing armor styled after Star Saber. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

[[Image:Blacker and solon.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Yo mamma's such a peackerwood, when she goes swimming, it looks like a see of mayonasie!]]
Combined as Road Caesar, the Brainmasters arrived in time to see the tail end of Star Saber's battle with Deathsaurus, Dinoking and Liokaiser, which was won thanks to the sudden arrival of Victory Leo, with whom Star Saber combined to form Victory Saber. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} When Deathsaurus tried to counter the power of this combination by creating a mech for his own human cyborg son [[Solon Kitakaze (Victory)|Solon]], Blacker and the Brainmasters delivered an intelligence report to Star Saber informing him of what the villain was up to. In the ensuing battle, Solon was confronted with the truth of his human heritage, {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}} and in the midst of a later conflict, Blacker approached the boy on the battlefield in an attempt to convince him further to do the right thing. Solon had always considered himself apart from humans and the Earth because of his cyborg body, but Blacker confronted him with the fact that being human was so much more than simply being organic or mechanical. Leaving Solon with this wisdom and a suit of Victories armor crafted in his own likeness, Blacker sped off to rejoin the battle, but his words were soon revealed to have struck home, as Solon turned on his Decepticon father and joined up with the Victories, choosing to fight to save his homeworld. The united forces of the Autobots and Victories then performed the "Five Stars of Victory" attack, with each of the Victories transferring their power into their Autobot counterpart for a super-charged attack. Solon channelled his strength into Blacker, and together, the power of the attack took out both Deathsaurus and Liokaiser in one blast. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}}

When Deathsaurus unleashed his "Space Stronghold" upon the Earth, Blacker and the Brainmasters joined in the united Autobot attack against it, but were left dumbfounded when they discovered that the fortress was actually home to the Decepticons' families, and that all along, the Decepticons had been committing their evil deeds in order to keep those families safe. Inspired by the example their two sons had set, Star Saber and Deathsaurus declared a truce, and peace came to the Transformers... the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Brainmasters dreamwave.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Yo mamma's so cracker or honky, she got her tattoo done in chocolate!]]
Blacker, Braver and Laster were all seen on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], looking out a window while [[Electro]] and [[Volt]] sat and talked nearby. {{storylink|Atonement}}
{{-}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Blacker and the [[Fast Attack Team]] were on hand to defend Elite Guard headquarters with [[Sentinel Major]] when the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] returned leading [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s troops. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
*'''Blacker''' (1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-320'''[[Image:Blacker g1toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not just Black, but not quite Blackest.]]
**''Accessories'': "Brain of Strength" Brainmaster figure, sword, blaster/Road Caesar head, shield/Road Caesar chestplate

: Blacker transforms into a racing buggy with oversized studded tires. His transformation is notably simplistic for his size, but is a consequence of the Brainmaster gimmick which dominates his torso. Placing the small "Brain of Strength" figure into the open chest cavity then closing the plate pushes the inner core of the small robot up, forming the larger robot's face. As with the other Brainmasters, the Brain of Strength is designed to look like a miniature version of Blacker's larger robot mode. While Blacker is in vehicle mode, the Brain of Strength rides in his hinged cockpit.

:Blacker is equipped with quite a few weapons, coming with a sword, a double-barrelled blaster, and a shield that mounts on his arm. When Blacker is in vehicle mode, his shield and blaster combine to form an elaborate weapons array that mounts on his roof. Blacker also combines with Laster and Braver (sold separately) to form Road Caesar, and his weapons form integral parts of the super robot; his blaster transforms into Road Caesar's head, his shield becomes his chestplate, and his sword combines with those of his teammates to create a large blade for Road Caesar to wield. The team's combination is rather non-standard, with Blacker forming everything above the knees.

: Reportedly, there is a variation on the Brainmaster figure: Initial releases of the toy gave the large robot face yellow optics, while later releases gave it the cartoon-Autobot medium blue.

: This mold was later used to make [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/Blacker/blacker.htm Blacker at TFU.info]''

*'''Road Caesar''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-323'''

: Blacker, Braver and Laster were available in Japan both in individual boxes and in a complete Road Caesar gift-set.

==Notes==
[[Image:Victory blacker.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Blink and you'll... nope, sorry, you missed it.]]
*The Brainmasters, despite it being their central toy gimmick, never use their smaller robot components in the anime outside of stock footage sequences. Because he's the leader of the team and the star of their stock footage sequence, Blacker has the most shots of his brain unit visible in these cut scenes—including the ''only'' close-up shot of any kind from the trio's brain units. This shot appears for about one second.
*Blacker's Brainmaster figure has for years been (and continues to be) incorrectly referred to by fans with the names "Riki" and "Sala", mistakenly derived from Japanese words meaning "strength" (力 ''chikara''). In truth, like all Brainmaster units, it does not have a proper name, but is known simply by the title used in this article, the "Brain of Strength".

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Roader''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Victory Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

Blacker

2012-01-16T22:05:16Z

70.165.19.80: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

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:''Blacker is an [[Autobot]] [[Brainmaster]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Blacker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I don't have time to have a PC name.]]
'''Blacker''' (ブラッカー ''Burakkā'') is the commanding officer of the [[Brainmaster]]s car trio and [[Second-in-command|second in rank]] to [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] among the [[Earth]] [[Autobot]]s. Blacker is possibly the most experienced warrior among the Autobots on Earth, making him one of the most respected Autobots around, and Blacker takes this reputation very seriously. He is constantly trying to set a proper example for his fellow warriors, but as he's not really a people person, he does so in the bluntest, curtest manner imaginable. This failure to pull any metaphorical punches leaves him coming off very patronizing, particularly in the eyes of [[Wingwaver]] and the [[Multiforce]], but most Autobots take this in stride and tell them to do the same. Regardless, Blacker really couldn't care less what others think of him, and he doesn't let their opinions impede him in his duties—in fact, he is more than willing to put himself at risk for the sake of others and has been crippled several times doing so.

As a Brainmaster, Blacker possesses incredible skill, strength, intelligence and courage. Among the group, Blacker exemplifies strength in particular; his smallest robot form is the '''Brain of Strength''' (力のブレイン ''Chikara no Brain''), which combines with a [[Transtector]] that transforms into a dune buggy. In this mode, Blacker can expand his tires and fire their needle-like studs at his enemies in a technique known as the "Needle Wheel Attack". Blacker combines with his fellow Brainmasters [[Braver]] and [[Laster]] into [[Road Caesar]], forming both the torso and arms of the super robot.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Brainmaster trio cartoon.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Seen here with Redder and Yellower.]]
In the run-up to the year 2025, Blacker was the commander of the "Sector One" contingent of the [[Galactic Defense Force]], protecting [[Earth]] and other planets in his sector from the renewed threat of the [[Decepticon]]s and their emperor, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. When Deathsaurus began focusing his attacks on Sector One, Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] Star Saber decided to take command of Blacker's forces himself, with Blacker operating under him as his Lieutenant Commander. As they were old friends, this didn't bother Blacker in the slightest. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

On the day that Star Saber was due to arrive to take command, Blacker was seeing visiting Sector Two commander [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] off when [[Holi]] and Star Saber's human son [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] informed him that the Decepticons' [[Dinoforce]] had attacked the human [[Lunar Base (Victory)|Lunar Base]] on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Blacker, Braver and Laster immediately headed to the Moon and engaged the bumbling villains in combat, during which Braver was knocked into a chasm, leaving the team unable to combine into Road Caesar. Luckily, Star Saber arrived to save the day. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} The Brainmasters subsequently battled [[Dinoking]] in space while the staff of the lunar base were transported back to Earth aboard the Autobots' [[Shuttle Base]]. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}}

With the Shuttle Base now established as their Earth-based headquarters, the Autobots set about scanning the planet for Decepticon activity. The first attack came on Jean's first day at school, when the Dinoforce and [[Leozack]] pursued Star Saber to the school and attacked. Blacker and the other Brainmasters arrived on the scene to aid their commander and merged into Road Caesar, defeating Dinoking while Star Saber dealt with the [[Breastforce]]r. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} The trio later battled the Breastforce at a desert energy plant, {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} and again combined into Road Caesar to battle Dinoking once more at the Ocean Exhibition amusement park. {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}}

[[Image:Blacker and wingwaver.jpg|right|230px|thumb|If I was any blacker, they'd have to call me Dolemite.]]
When Wingwaver volunteered to join Laster and Braver on a mission to rescue humans trapped in the Neo Uranium mines, Blacker cautioned the over-eager "kid" that he might lose his life in the process. Wingwaver was adamant on going, grumbling to Laster and Braver about Blacker's patronizing attitude all the way, but when the mission resulted in success, Blacker was first to congratulate Wingwaver on a job well done. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} That didn't really do much to improve their relationship, however; Blacker still doubted Wingwaver's judgment and later insisted that he be allowed to lead the Multiforce on a mission into the Amazon to locate a Decepticon energy base. Infuriated by Blacker's consistently condescending commands, Wingwaver wound up striking a tree in his anger, startling a flock of birds and inadvertently giving away the Autobots' position to the Decepticons. In the ensuing attack, Blacker risked life and limb hauling [[Dashtacker]] out of a river when he got stuck in its muddy bed, and then broke off from the Multiforce to lead the pursuing Dinoforce away from them. Guilty over his mistake, Wingwaver followed Blacker and aided him in holding off the Dinoforce. With the two Autobots keeping the Dinoforce busy, Star Saber was able to destroy the Decepticons' energy base. Blacker wrote off the shambles the mission had descended into on his own carelessness. Star Saber could clearly see that he was attempting to cover for Wingwaver, but said nothing, merely requesting that Blacker stop referring to Wingwaver as a "kid". {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}}

[[Image:Blacker legstab.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The moral of the story? Blacker is effing hardcore.]]
Blaster later accompanied Star Saber and the other Brainmasters on a mission into the tunnels of an American subway system, where he battled Leozack and [[Killbison]] in the confined quarters. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}} When the Breastforce were joined by [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]], Blacker and the Brainmasters ambushed the sneaky new warrior, only to fall victim to the full force of his hypnotic wave power. Never one to allow risks to his health to deter him, Blacker ''stabbed himself in the freaking leg with his own damn sword'' to keep the waves from making him drowsy, but was then attacked by Hellbat's [[Kōmoribreast]]. Braver saved him by redirecting a blast from Killbison's cannons, and then used his recently invented brainwave scanner to scramble the Decepticons' brains and force them to flee. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}}

After escorting an oil tanker safely into port, {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} Blacker discovered that oil tankers seemed to be the order of the day, as he soon found himself attempting to thwart a Decepticon plot to steal fuel from the tanker ''Big Baron''. Grappling with the cowardly Dinoforcer [[Kakuryū]], Blacker forced him to reveal that the Breastforce were planning to destroy [[Marine City]] with a neutron bomb if the tanker was not delivered to them. Heading out to sea and clinging to the side of the tanker, Blacker was able to spy on the villains and learn the hidden location of the bomb. With this information, the Autobots were able to find and defuse the bomb and rout the Decepticons once again. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} Later, oil tankers were still all the rage, as Blacker and the Brainmasters again stopped the Breastforce from purloining fuel from a fleet of them. {{storylink|Rescue Jean!!}}

[[Image:Blacker disarmed.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she steps outside, the phone rates go down!]]
When Star Saber ventured into the asteroid belt to expose a hidden Decepticon kidnapping operation, he soon called in Blacker and the Brainmasters to help rescue the captive humans while he battled the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}} The Brainmasters and Multiforce were subsequently left to protect Earth alone while Star Saber headed off to planet [[Micro]], but the Breastforce had also left the planet, meaning they only had the Dinoforce to deal with. Not exactly a challenge. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}} Upon the return of both groups from space, Blacker and the Brainmasters found themselves merging into Road Caesar to go up against the Breastforce's combined form of [[Liokaiser]]. {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}}

Lured into the desert by the Breastforce, Blacker suddenly found himself fighting alone when Laster and Braver's heavy vehicle modes caused them to sink beneath the shifting sands, just as the villains had planned. As a dune buggy, Blacker was able to manoeuvre just fine, but found himself badly outnumbered and at the mercy of the Breastforce until the wandering samurai Autobot [[Greatshot]] arrived to help him. When Greatshot was nearly overwhelmed, Blacker leapt to his aid, but had his arm blown off by Decepticon fire. Fortunately, Star Saber arrived to pluck Braver and Laster out of the sand so that they could get Blacker to safety while he dispatched the Decepticons. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}}

[[Image:Blacker wounded.jpg|left|205px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she sits in the hot tub, the water turns to coffee!]]
With both Blacker and Star Saber injured, the Decepticons increased the frequency of their attacks, until Star Saber was left with no choice but to go into battle despite his wounds. He instructed Braver and Laster to keep this fact from the invalid Blacker, but Blacker easily wrung the truth from his subordinates and promptly pulled rank on them, ordering them to join Star Saber in battle while he looked after the Shuttle Base alone. {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} A little later, his wounds healed somewhat, Blacker decided it was time to get back into action and joined the Multiforce and [[Rescue Patrol Team]] in battling the Dinoforce in Cheyenne. His transformation systems were still a little rough, though, as he found out when he attempted to transform in mid-air and failed. Ever proud, Blacker refused first aid from [[Pīpō]] and got on with the fighting, but ultimately, the Autobots were stretched too thin and were defeated. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!|Ginrai Dies!!}} Even though this had proven he was not entirely over his injuries, Blacker was all set to go into battle with the Decepticons on "[[Energy Road]]" in America, but Star Saber stopped him and sent [[Victory Leo]] instead. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}

Blacker was finally healed by the time Deathsaurus unleashed his newest weapon: super smart-missiles launched from an orbital weapons platform that could strike anywhere on Earth faster than the Autobots could react. Forced to stay their hands and allow the Decepticons to carry out energy thefts for fear of explosive reprisal, Blacker and the Brainmasters had to speed to Pakistan to inform Victory Leo of the situation before he attacked the Dinoforce. Unable to do anything but watch the Dinoforce steal right in front of them, the Brainmasters were pushed to the breaking point, until Star Saber and Victory Leo revealed their new power: They combined into Victory Saber and outraced Deathsaurus's missile launch system, successfully destroying it and freeing up the Brainmasters to make short work of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[Image:Brainmasters vs victoryleo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she gets in a car, the oil light turns on!]]
While Star Saber was off-planet attending a [[Galactic Peace Alliance]] conference, Leozack exploited his absence by donning an exo-skeleton that allowed him to pose as the Autobot leader and infiltrate the Shuttle Base. Victory Leo could tell that something was not right, but Blacker and the Brainmasters would not hear his allegations. They were nearly duped into attacking Victory Leo by the faux Star Saber, but the return of the real deal and the exposure of Leozack's plot left them eating crow. {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} Later, the Brainmasters came to Star Saber's rescue when the Decepticons attacked him with the metal-eating [[Doriya]] insects, and they suffered the pain of the bugs' bite themselves before it was discovered that intense cold stopped the little critters. {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}}

[[Image:Brainmasters tidalwave rescue.jpg|left|230px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, she went to night school and was marked absent!]]
Blacker and the Brainmasters aided in relief efforts for the coastal cities devastated by tidal waves caused by the Decepticons' raising of [[Atlantis]], {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} and then headed out into space alongside [[Greatshot]] to serve as the first line of defence against Deathsaurus's [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]], which had finally been reactivated by the energy stolen from the sunken continent. The Brainmasters combined into Road Caesar, but were no match for the fortress's power, so they were sent back to Earth to recuperate by Victory Saber when he arrived to take up the fight. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} The team's injuries prevented them from aiding their commander in the final battle with the fortress, but in the end, Star Saber emerged victorious and destroyed the planet-killing weapon.

With the threat of Deathsaurus at last ended and Star Saber fulfilling his duties as Supreme Commander, Blacker, Braver and Laster were appointed joint commanders of the Sector One defense force. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
{{-}}

====''Zone'' cartoon====
When the injured Star Saber appointed Autobot [[Powered Master]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] the new Supreme Commander, Blacker, Laster and Braver were all present, standing on stage in their combined form of Road Caesar. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:Blacker victories.jpg|left|325px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she rides a motorcycle, she gets a ticket for tinted windows!]]
When Deathsaurus began his campaign against the Earth in 2025, Blacker and the Brainmasters didn't roll onto the battlefield right away, being instructed by Star Saber to remain behind on [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]] while he and the Multiforce took on Deathsaurus and the Dinoforce. {{storylink|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!}} They later got their chance to join the fighting when Deathsaurus started a massive forest fire, but even as Road Caesar, they were thrashed by the Decepticon Emperor thanks to the power boost he gained by absorbing energy from the fire. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Star Saber}}

Travelling from Earth to Planet V, Blacker was greeted upon arrival by [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Cab]], two old human allies of the Autobots who had befriended Star Saber's son, Jean. Together with Jean, the young lads had formed the "Autobot Boy Team" known as the [[Victories]], donning armor based on the Brainmasters. Eyeing Shūta and Cab's Braver- and Laster-inspired suits, Blacker grinned at the assumption Jean was wearing a suit based on him, only to have his dreams quashed by the revelation that Jean was wearing armor styled after Star Saber. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

[[Image:Blacker and solon.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Yo mamma's so Blacker, when she goes swimming, it looks like an oil spill!]]
Combined as Road Caesar, the Brainmasters arrived in time to see the tail end of Star Saber's battle with Deathsaurus, Dinoking and Liokaiser, which was won thanks to the sudden arrival of Victory Leo, with whom Star Saber combined to form Victory Saber. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} When Deathsaurus tried to counter the power of this combination by creating a mech for his own human cyborg son [[Solon Kitakaze (Victory)|Solon]], Blacker and the Brainmasters delivered an intelligence report to Star Saber informing him of what the villain was up to. In the ensuing battle, Solon was confronted with the truth of his human heritage, {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}} and in the midst of a later conflict, Blacker approached the boy on the battlefield in an attempt to convince him further to do the right thing. Solon had always considered himself apart from humans and the Earth because of his cyborg body, but Blacker confronted him with the fact that being human was so much more than simply being organic or mechanical. Leaving Solon with this wisdom and a suit of Victories armor crafted in his own likeness, Blacker sped off to rejoin the battle, but his words were soon revealed to have struck home, as Solon turned on his Decepticon father and joined up with the Victories, choosing to fight to save his homeworld. The united forces of the Autobots and Victories then performed the "Five Stars of Victory" attack, with each of the Victories transferring their power into their Autobot counterpart for a super-charged attack. Solon channelled his strength into Blacker, and together, the power of the attack took out both Deathsaurus and Liokaiser in one blast. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}}

When Deathsaurus unleashed his "Space Stronghold" upon the Earth, Blacker and the Brainmasters joined in the united Autobot attack against it, but were left dumbfounded when they discovered that the fortress was actually home to the Decepticons' families, and that all along, the Decepticons had been committing their evil deeds in order to keep those families safe. Inspired by the example their two sons had set, Star Saber and Deathsaurus declared a truce, and peace came to the Transformers... the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Brainmasters dreamwave.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Yo mamma's so cracker or honky, she got her tattoo done in chocolate!]]
Blacker, Braver and Laster were all seen on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], looking out a window while [[Electro]] and [[Volt]] sat and talked nearby. {{storylink|Atonement}}
{{-}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Blacker and the [[Fast Attack Team]] were on hand to defend Elite Guard headquarters with [[Sentinel Major]] when the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] returned leading [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s troops. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
*'''Blacker''' (1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-320'''[[Image:Blacker g1toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not just Black, but not quite Blackest.]]
**''Accessories'': "Brain of Strength" Brainmaster figure, sword, blaster/Road Caesar head, shield/Road Caesar chestplate

: Blacker transforms into a racing buggy with oversized studded tires. His transformation is notably simplistic for his size, but is a consequence of the Brainmaster gimmick which dominates his torso. Placing the small "Brain of Strength" figure into the open chest cavity then closing the plate pushes the inner core of the small robot up, forming the larger robot's face. As with the other Brainmasters, the Brain of Strength is designed to look like a miniature version of Blacker's larger robot mode. While Blacker is in vehicle mode, the Brain of Strength rides in his hinged cockpit.

:Blacker is equipped with quite a few weapons, coming with a sword, a double-barrelled blaster, and a shield that mounts on his arm. When Blacker is in vehicle mode, his shield and blaster combine to form an elaborate weapons array that mounts on his roof. Blacker also combines with Laster and Braver (sold separately) to form Road Caesar, and his weapons form integral parts of the super robot; his blaster transforms into Road Caesar's head, his shield becomes his chestplate, and his sword combines with those of his teammates to create a large blade for Road Caesar to wield. The team's combination is rather non-standard, with Blacker forming everything above the knees.

: Reportedly, there is a variation on the Brainmaster figure: Initial releases of the toy gave the large robot face yellow optics, while later releases gave it the cartoon-Autobot medium blue.

: This mold was later used to make [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/Blacker/blacker.htm Blacker at TFU.info]''

*'''Road Caesar''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-323'''

: Blacker, Braver and Laster were available in Japan both in individual boxes and in a complete Road Caesar gift-set.

==Notes==
[[Image:Victory blacker.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Blink and you'll... nope, sorry, you missed it.]]
*The Brainmasters, despite it being their central toy gimmick, never use their smaller robot components in the anime outside of stock footage sequences. Because he's the leader of the team and the star of their stock footage sequence, Blacker has the most shots of his brain unit visible in these cut scenes—including the ''only'' close-up shot of any kind from the trio's brain units. This shot appears for about one second.
*Blacker's Brainmaster figure has for years been (and continues to be) incorrectly referred to by fans with the names "Riki" and "Sala", mistakenly derived from Japanese words meaning "strength" (力 ''chikara''). In truth, like all Brainmaster units, it does not have a proper name, but is known simply by the title used in this article, the "Brain of Strength".

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Roader''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Victory Autobots]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]