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		<title>Transformers Comic issue 25</title>
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|seriesissue=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|&#039;&#039;Transformers Universe&#039;&#039; (Titan)]] #25&lt;br /&gt;
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 24&lt;br /&gt;
|next=Transformers Comic Vol 2 issue 1&lt;br /&gt;
|image=Tf mag 25 2009.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
|caption=&amp;quot;Stockade VS Megatron!&amp;quot; just isn&#039;t a draw...&lt;br /&gt;
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]]&lt;br /&gt;
|date=21 May 2009&lt;br /&gt;
|editor=[[Steve White]]&lt;br /&gt;
|designer=[[Danny Preston]]&lt;br /&gt;
|deputy editor=[[Den Patrick]]&lt;br /&gt;
|contributing editors=[[Natalie Clubb]]&lt;br /&gt;
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Curtis]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Part 17 of a 5-part alternate universe...&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Revolution Part Three==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Comicstory|&lt;br /&gt;
|seriesissue=Titan Movie comic&lt;br /&gt;
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 24#Revolution Part Two&lt;br /&gt;
|next=&lt;br /&gt;
|title=Revolution Part Three&lt;br /&gt;
|image=&lt;br /&gt;
|caption=&lt;br /&gt;
|script=[[Simon Furman]]&lt;br /&gt;
|art=[[Jon Davis-Hunt]]&lt;br /&gt;
|colours=[[Digikore]]&lt;br /&gt;
|lettering=[[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]&lt;br /&gt;
|continuity=[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Alternate universe|Twilight&#039;s Last Gleaming]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
At [[Hoover Dam]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is cajoled and taunted by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron&#039;s spirit]] into placing an [[All Spark|All Spark fragment]] and the interface module into Megatron&#039;s [[Transformers Comic issue 13|corpse]]. After doing so, Starscream finds his mind is his own again... and he realises just what he&#039;s done!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], the [[Decepticon Civil War]] is reaching its conclusion! [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]], [[Fracture]], and their [[drones]] tear through [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout&#039;s]] forces, taking over the drones they don&#039;t destroy. Blackout rejects Stockade&#039;s offer to surrender and sics [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] on him... and gets Scorponok thrown back at him. [[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]] &amp;quot;tidies up&amp;quot; the beaten foes, while Stockade states the next objective is to seize the [[Decepticon Heartland]], not that Starscream will be a challenge. And when Overcast asks if they&#039;ll really just hand [[Earth]] back at the end of it, Stockade hints they may &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039;...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Southwest of Lynchburg, [[Virginia]], [[Mikaela Banes]] is being called to an early morning meeting with [[Tom Banachek]] at a diner. Tom reveals that two weeks ago, he was covertly contacted by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to be part of their contigency plan for &#039;&#039;when&#039;&#039; [[Theodore Allen]] was used against them. Tom was given the means to &#039;see&#039; Decepticon cerebro-strips and see who in the government was a Decepticon puppet, and has finally identified everyone from the President on down. He then reveals to a stunned Mikaela that the Autobots faked their deaths so they could operate more easily... just as four very familiar driverless vehicles turn up... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As the sun rises on [[Savannah]], the New Decepticons find absolutely no one is home. Fracture wonders if Starscream just up and ran, but Stockade knows things are never &#039;&#039;that&#039;&#039; easy... and then, hovering like a vast predatory bird, &#039;&#039;Megatron&#039;&#039; blitzes them and makes a landing! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Autobots rocket down the interstate to Georgia, and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] finds Mikaela&#039;s a wee bit pissed at him for faking his death without telling her, believing they didn&#039;t trust her not to be a puppet again. He apologetically explains &#039;&#039;how&#039;&#039; they faked their deaths—launching a jamming pulse that disabled all video feeds long enough to cloak their shuttle and &#039;&#039;de&#039;&#039;cloak a &#039;&#039;second&#039;&#039; shuttle to get hit by the Patriot missile—but she&#039;s still angry. After all they&#039;d been through, didn&#039;t she deserve better?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As the Autobots arrive, Stockade and Megatron are duking it out, Megatron taking every [[Nucleon]]-fueled blow and striking back, while the other New Decepticons are strafed by a silent Starscream. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] gets confirmation from &amp;lt;strike&amp;gt;Strongarm&amp;lt;/strike&amp;gt; Ironhide that [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] reports &amp;quot;go&amp;quot; on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and all regional strike teams are ready... and then orders the Autobots to strike! The Autobots beging shooting strange attachments onto the Decepticon&#039;s backs, while Optimus distracts Megatron with &#039;&#039;violence&#039;&#039;. Stockade recognises the devices and protests to [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] that they had a deal—to which the Autobot replies Stockade was merrily &#039;&#039;altering&#039;&#039; that deal, so he can be part of the &#039;&#039;new&#039;&#039; one...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
...and suddenly &#039;&#039;every&#039;&#039; Decepticon on Earth is forcibly teleported to Cybertron! The Autobots had spent the last fortnight rigging up the teleportation requipment that [[Unicron]] had installed into Cybertron so that they could &#039;tag&#039; and transport people there... and then rig the planet itself to teleport! The assembly will burn out and there&#039;s no spares on Cybertron, leaving the Decepticons all trapped on a dead world in the far reaches of space...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Mikaela asks if this means the Autobots are trapped on Earth, but Bumblebee replies there are worse fates. Tom and Optimus note there&#039;s still a long way to go, with Decepticon puppets to liberate and drones to decommission, but the war is now over.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And Mikaela gets into Bumblebee and drives off to explore this brave new world...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Quotes===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I—.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Why do you &#039;&#039;hesitate&#039;&#039;? Would you rather concede defeat now? Grovel in abject surrender to Stockade&#039;s rampant &#039;&#039;New Decepticons&#039;&#039;?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Nnn-no.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Then—&#039;&#039;do&#039;&#039; it!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Starscream&#039;&#039;&#039; gives in to &#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039; peer pressure&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Look, Blackout, it&#039;s hopeless. You&#039;re alone, we already control over half your drone units. Surrender... or be &#039;&#039;annihilated&#039;&#039;.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Stockade&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;My guess is, Optimus Prime didn&#039;t survive all these years without staying one jump ahead of the Decepticons. He &#039;&#039;saw&#039;&#039; this coming, Mikaela, right down to the Patriot missile...&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Tom Banachek&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Base pretender... your &#039;&#039;lord and master&#039;&#039; has returned.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039; to Stockade &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It was important to &#039;&#039;limit&#039;&#039; the possible exposure, we felt—&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;She&#039;s &#039;&#039;already&#039;&#039; been compromised once. What&#039;s to say the silly girl hasn&#039;t picked herself up another cerebro-strip?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Bumblebee&#039;&#039;&#039; strikes out with &#039;&#039;&#039;Mikaela&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Once... I might have faltered... hesitated... let your reputation turn my servos to mercury... but that was before I tapped the full devastating potential... of &#039;&#039;Nucleon!&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yes! You are &#039;&#039;strong&#039;&#039; now, Stockade, but strength without vision, without dynamism, is &#039;&#039;nothing&#039;&#039;. Your pitiful lack of real, clarified ambition... is your achilles heel!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Stockade&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039; barrage of punches is beaten by &#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039; grab-and-flip move&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;That&#039;s always been &#039;&#039;your&#039;&#039; achilles heel, Megatron... overconfidence!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Optimus Prime&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMME!&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:-&#039;&#039;&#039;Megatron&#039;&#039;&#039; roaring one of his more famous, repeated sayings. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;C&#039;mon, Bumblebee. It&#039;s a brave new world... and it&#039;s all out there, just waiting for &#039;&#039;us&#039;&#039;!&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Bumblebee&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Mikaela&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Errors===&lt;br /&gt;
* Stockade has a command attributed to a beaten Blackout, which is especially odd as the command appears to be to blow up Blackout&#039;s beaten troops. (The panel also gives the impression it&#039;s to kill Blackout, but Overcast shoots &#039;&#039;behind&#039;&#039; him...)&lt;br /&gt;
* No one else is at the diner... &#039;&#039;including no staff&#039;&#039;. So who opened up and sold Tom his coffee?&lt;br /&gt;
* Fracture appears to be pushing [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] out of the way while telling &#039;&#039;Storm Surge&#039;&#039; to &amp;quot;move!&amp;quot; when Megatron attacks, even though he&#039;s at the other end of the panel; that line could&#039;ve been meant for Overcast and his tactical command for her, except the posing is wrong for that. Either Davis-Hunt did a mix-up or Fracture just really likes Storm Surge.&lt;br /&gt;
* Ironhide&#039;s report to Prime is given to Strongarm.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Notes===&lt;br /&gt;
* The main strip is a whopping &#039;&#039;fifteen&#039;&#039; pages.&lt;br /&gt;
* Stockade hoped to have Blackout and Scorponok in his new order. &lt;br /&gt;
* The Autobot plan explains the brief static in #23.&lt;br /&gt;
* Stockade was clearly thinking about welshing on the deal, but he hadn&#039;t said so in front of the Autobots. Either storming the Decepticon Heartland was not part of the deal and that&#039;s how they twigged it, or Optimus (who has said he didn&#039;t trust Stockade to stick to the deal) &#039;&#039;deliberately&#039;&#039; ordered for the New Decepticons to be teleported away &#039;&#039;regardless&#039;&#039;. Which is pretty ruthless.&lt;br /&gt;
* With no fuel on Cybertron except &#039;&#039;maybe&#039;&#039; the remaining Nucleon, the Decepticons will probably starve to death. Damn.&lt;br /&gt;
* The fate of [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] is a notable loose end.&lt;br /&gt;
* The alternate universe ends how it started, with Mikaela driving in Bumblebee and the thought of a happy ending. Awww!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==The Race==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Comicstory|&lt;br /&gt;
|seriesissue=Titan &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; comic&lt;br /&gt;
|prev=Transformers Comic issue 24#Megatron&#039;s Revenge&lt;br /&gt;
|next=&lt;br /&gt;
|title=The Race&lt;br /&gt;
|image=Tf mag 25 Animated Pullout.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
|caption=WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!&lt;br /&gt;
|writer=[[Robin Etherington]]&lt;br /&gt;
|pencils=[[John McCrea]]&lt;br /&gt;
|inks=[[Lee Bradley]]&lt;br /&gt;
|colours=[[Kat Nicholson]]&lt;br /&gt;
|lettering=[[Andrew James]]&lt;br /&gt;
|continuity=[[Transformers Animated (Titan)|Titan &#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; continuity]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] tears through [[Detroit]], not noticing as [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] tags him with a transmitter, and reaches the Autobot base in &#039;&#039;just&#039;&#039; under three minutes... to deliver a pizza to a happy [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]]. As Bumblebee bigs up his speed, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] points he may be fast but he&#039;s also reckless and keeps going through red lights—taking shortcuts is a weakness, and Prowl bets even &#039;&#039;he&#039;&#039; could take Bumblebeee in a fair contest. Bumblebee thinks those are fightin&#039; words, and Sari steps in to propose the solution—a race!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Blackarachnia, [[Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], meanwhile, are listening in thanks to Blackarachnia&#039;s transmitter. Lugnut wonders if they shouldn&#039;t just call in [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] now they know where the Autobots will be, but Blackarachnia points out the Autobots always &#039;&#039;beat&#039;&#039; Megatron because of the &#039;&#039;&#039;Power of Teamwork (TM)&#039;&#039;&#039;. But if they seperate an Autobot from the others, such as during a race, then he&#039;d be vulnerable...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The next day, Sari introduces the Autobot&#039;s to [[Crazy Coyote Canyon]], one of her dad&#039;s test sites, and location of the race. She&#039;s drawn an adorable little map (with a little drawing of Prowl marked &amp;quot;grumpy&amp;quot;) and identifies the mazes, rock falls and caverns along the race track, as well as the fact radio reception is nil. [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] eagerly asks if he can race too, to Prowl&#039;s confusion and Bumblebee&#039;s mocking, but [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Daddy Optimus]] says &#039;&#039;anyone&#039;&#039; can race if they want to. (You can see how the strip&#039;ll end, can&#039;t you.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The race begins, with Bumblebee and Prowl tearing off while Bulkhead, having &#039;&#039;forgotten to transform&#039;&#039;, eats their dust. The Decepticons lie in wait, Lugnut whining at the idea he won&#039;t get to smash the &#039;bots, while Prowl and Bumblebee taunt each other. &#039;bee even &#039;&#039;drives backwards&#039;&#039; just to show up Prowl... who just raises his front wheel and &#039;&#039;drives over&#039;&#039; him. Now far in the lead, Prowl muses reckless actions lead to sticky situations... as he drives into Blackarachnia&#039;s web cos he&#039;s not looking where he&#039;s going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bumblebee, figuring Prowl&#039;s cheating and gone into a cave to use a shortcut, &#039;follows&#039; him in and finds his team-mate a Decepticon prisoner! Unable to call for help, and with a happy Lugnut asking if he can hit the captive with a stick like a pinata, Bumblebee seems finished... until he sits down on the transmitter and finally notices it. That gives him an idea—and just as Lugnut finds a &#039;&#039;stalagmite&#039;&#039; to use as a stick, Bumblebee speeds in, slaps him on the butt, and runs out again. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Blitzwing and Lugnut follow, tracking the transmittter, and get hopelessly lost while Bumblebee (having looked at Sari&#039;s map) is able to double-back, much to Blackarachnia&#039;s confusion. As the other Cons come back, Bumblebee frees Prowl and both agree to do this the reckless way—driving up the cave wall towards the roof, making themselves an easy target... and the Decepticons realise too late that firing on the ceiling will cause it to cave in on them! The Autobots then head out to continue their race, only to find, yep, Bulkhead got to the finish while they were occupied. Bumblebee graciously accepts defeat, while Blackarachnia not-so-graciously screams in anger when she realises her transmitter&#039;s on Lugnut&#039;s rump...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Quotes===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;How many red lights did you drive through on the way back?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Um, let me think... I remember the first &#039;&#039;ten&#039;&#039;, but then I lost count! They all sort of blurred into one—&#039;&#039;because I was going &#039;&#039;&#039;that&#039;&#039;&#039; fast!&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Prowl&#039;s&#039;&#039;&#039; criticism has the wrong effect on &#039;&#039;&#039;Bumblebee&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Erm, Bulkhead, you&#039;re not exactly built for &#039;&#039;speed&#039;&#039;.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No—you&#039;re built for &#039;&#039;slow&#039;&#039;! Hahahahaha!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Prowl&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Bumblebee&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I will still get to smash the Autobot, won&#039;t I? You&#039;re not going to steal my fun!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:—&#039;&#039;&#039;Lugnut&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;Let your mega-bombs fly, Lugnut!&#039;&#039; *bombs hit ceiling* Ohhhhh dear...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:-&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackarachnia&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Notes===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Lugnut_robobutt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This is canon now.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* While lost in the caves, Lugnut says he&#039;s scared of the dark. &lt;br /&gt;
* Also according to Lugnut, Transformers have &amp;quot;robo-&#039;&#039;&#039;butts&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot;. No, honest.&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
==Contents==&lt;br /&gt;
===Articles &amp;amp; features===&lt;br /&gt;
* Competition Winners: a summary of who won in the many competitions over the comic&#039;s first run.&lt;br /&gt;
* Top Gear: Competitions.&lt;br /&gt;
* Star Screams: Letters, art and photos from readers, answered by Starscream..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Free Gift===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;2&#039;&#039;&#039; FAB FREE GIFTS!!!&amp;quot; - a Movie-themed sheet of fridge magnets and the holy Animated Pencil Pod that was planned for the lost Animated #4.&lt;br /&gt;
* Free &amp;quot;H.M. Armed Forces&amp;quot; trading cards, attached inside to a double-page ad.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Reprints===&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;Reprinted stories are only a portion of their respective issues.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin, part 4b]] (10 pages, split into two halves)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending part 4b]] (12 pages)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Star Screams===&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;24/7 societies lack cohesion, and are even worse for you mouth-breathers than they are for us, superior, machines. And at least we don&#039;t get dandruff.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fan: &amp;quot;To be honest I am not a big fan of you because you are a naughty. However, if you print my photo, I may forgive you.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Noah, my dear Noah. You are entirely correct—I am indeed &#039;naughty&#039;, and I will certainly make sure my minions print your picture, but not because I desire your forgiveness. In fact I think I may circulate your picture among my agents for crimes against the Decepticons.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;[Barbie]&#039;s almost as loathsome as that troublesome Mikaela Banes. That said, Barbie does have a plastic exterior so perhaps with the right software and endoskeleton, she could make a useful pet... Baines [sic], however, prevents more of a challenge. She would have to be scooped out and some sort of self-sealing resin sprayed over her to prevent the organic bits rotting off—a disgusting habit. I&#039;ll have a think.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fan: &amp;quot;Is Blackout the tallest Decepticon?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;No, he&#039;s dead. We had to dig a deep pit though.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Fan: &amp;quot;My great big toys of Optimus and Megatron have joined forces to drag my tiny Starscream toy off to the Gulag, the one in the toilet! There you will rot in an eternity of suffering, especially after Daddy has had a curry.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Trust a methane-powered, troglodytic, walking bacteria farm to threaten me with excrement. Still, I can&#039;t expect too much from  you, you&#039;re barely six years old and have an obsession with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and putting plastic toys in the toilet.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* Once again, the cover text in last issue&#039;s cover preview is different to the published thing. The main text, meanwhile, has been shifted all to the right and a giant &amp;quot;SHOWDOWN!&amp;quot; tagline has been dropped. Why? Cos the FREE GIFTS! would have covered it, the bloody things. &lt;br /&gt;
* The &amp;quot;Previously&amp;quot; summary for Megatron Origin has so many typos in it we&#039;re not even going to try listing them.&lt;br /&gt;
* An ad for back issues has pictures of &#039;&#039;the wrong covers&#039;&#039; next to the issue numbers.&lt;br /&gt;
* The comic informs us that the series is restarting from issue 1 in June, which will be a &amp;quot;Giant Sized Issue!&amp;quot;. Sadly, the cover is a stock photo.&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Blackout is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as N.B.E. 23.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:MovieBlackout promorender.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Hike the ball already!]]&lt;br /&gt;
The massive &#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; has been described as the &amp;quot;hound&amp;quot; of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. In better days he was always to be found looming powerful and silent behind his leader&#039;s right shoulder. When given a target he hunts it down with fierce determination. Blackout is not happy with the progress [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is making towards finding the missing Decepticon leader. He suspects (quite rightly) that Starscream would prefer Megatron to stay lost. Blackout is openly mutinous and will challenge Starscream&#039;s leadership at any opportunity, not for his own sake, but to better serve his ultimate goal of finding his lost master. Blackout has a sneaky side and uses his symbiotic companion [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]&#039;s small size to great advantage.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{quote|All hail Megatron!|Blackout|&#039;&#039;[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]&#039;&#039;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Hungarian name:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Kisülés&#039;&#039;&#039; (&amp;quot;Discharge&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Chinese name (Taiwan):&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Hēi Mó&#039;&#039;&#039; (黑魔, &amp;quot;Black Demon&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Titan Magazines &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; movie comic===&lt;br /&gt;
During the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blackout preferred to sow confusion and disarray before he attacked, rather than engage in direct confrontation and risk being killed. He would only go into ground battles under cover of loud noise and pyrotechnics (which he himself caused with his devastating sonic shriek emitters).&lt;br /&gt;
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Unfortunately for him, he kept getting stuck leading the first wave of attacks. To protect himself, he used an army of drone troopers (presumably [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponoks]]) to draw enemy fire. These drones were called &amp;quot;the swarm&amp;quot; and Blackout deliberately encouraged rumours about them so their arrival would strike fear into the hearts of enemies.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost In Space 2: Devastator}} &lt;br /&gt;
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Half an hour after his death and before his body was dumped in the sea, Blackout was briefly turned into a rampaging zombie by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream&#039;s Militia}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout was not dead! &lt;br /&gt;
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He assaulted an Autobot convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] as part of a general terror campaign.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} Later, he was a key part in a Decepticon ambush, appearing from nowhere to blankside Autobot ground troops.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}&lt;br /&gt;
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He was one of the [[Decepticon Heartland]] generals, and had to report the grim news to Starscream of just how badly [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] had gummed up their advance. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part Two}} By the time the battle reached him in Philadelphia, he was commanding the only Decepticon force left standing. He rejected an offer to defect to Stockade&#039;s team, defiantly saying this planet was &#039;&#039;theirs&#039;&#039;, and sicced Scorponok on him.&lt;br /&gt;
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Scorponok failed and Blackout went down. Now he &#039;&#039;is&#039;&#039; dead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; movie comics===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Defiance2_Blackout_spacebattle.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Blackout (Animated)|Ohhh... sorry.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
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In the distant past, Blackout was a member of the Cybertronian Defense Force. During an attack by unknown aliens on the city of [[Metrotitan (Movie)|Metrotitan]], he could be seen picking up a wrecked enemy tank.  {{storylink|Defiance issue 1}} In the aftermath of the attack, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] consulted with [[The Fallen|the mysterious relic]] dug up near [[Simfur]] and (essentially) declared a military dictatorship over Cybertron. Blackout followed Megatron and the other flight-capable soldiers into battle, using his special powers to disrupt the enemy flagship&#039;s targeting array. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After science division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] survived an attempted kidnapping by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]&#039;s squadron, Megatron declared the scientist and his followers traitors, and reformed the army under a new banner: the Decepticons. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie BlackoutStarscream protoforms.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An ominous rumble is Blackout&#039;s only response...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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During the subsequent civil war, Blackout fought alongside Megatron, until his master ordered &#039;this loyal hound&#039; to assist Starscream&#039;s unit in keeping [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime&#039;s]] forces busy, while Megatron pursued his destiny. Arriving soon after [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] delivered news of Megatron&#039;s location, Blackout and Starscream witnessed the successful Autobot launch of the All Spark. Blackout restrained Starscream from going after it, the pair nearly coming to blows when Blackout launched Scorponok from his chest. Fortunately, Starscream calmed down, and after witnessing Megatron leave the planet himself, the group took on protoform transition forms and followed.  {{storylink|Planetfall}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Meanwhile, Starscream crew &#039;&#039;also&#039;&#039; went after Optimus Prime&#039;s starship in a Decepticon battlecruiser. Just before launch, Blackout listened to Barricade&#039;s not-so-quiet concerns that Starscream wasn&#039;t telling them everything. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they were led into a trap by the Autobots, their ship (and Starscream&#039;s advance scout [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]) was crippled by concussion chain mines. Blackout gave a detailed damage report when ordered but was berated for giving his observation on what had occured, and was ordered to despatch Scorponok to retrieve Dreadwing.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout TargetPrequel continuityheadache.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Beware, Qatar!  Beware!  Muhahahahahaha!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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After making repairs to their ship, the Decepticons followed the All Spark&#039;s trace energy and landed on [[Mars]].  {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One}} There, they destroyed a primitive [[Beagle 2 Rover|human rover scout]] and decided to investigate the nearby third planet of this solar system.  {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Making planetfall on Earth in Afghanistan, Blackout attracted the attention of a military vehicle of the local creatures. Witnessing the ease in which [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] destroyed the carrier, Starscream pondered that Megatron would have been able to subjugate these beings if he was able to. Blackout replied that they needed to find out why he hadn&#039;t yet. Starscream&#039;s unit then attacked the nearby air base where Blackout scanned and adopted the form of an MH-53J &#039;Pave Low&#039; helicopter, then easily hacked into the files of the human computers. Inside, he found files on something called &#039;Project: Iceman&#039;, which he suspected was related to Megatron. After the base&#039;s destruction, Blackout headed towards [[Qatar]], intent on attacking a similar military base there to access the information they needed.  {{storylink|Planetfall}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|Several instances of Planetfall contradicts both issue #4 of IDW&#039;s Prime Directive movie prequel as well as the movie &#039;&#039;itself&#039;&#039; with regards to where &amp;amp; when the Decepticons arrived on Earth; they landed in the United States during 2003 in the Prime Directive comic. In this story, Blackout immediately leaves for Qatar after the attack (2007), whereas in the Movie itself, he assumed the form three months before attacking the SOCCENT base. However, this sequence was subsequently used in [[The Reign of Starscream]].}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout IDWprequel camoflageenabled.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Apparently the crew of military helicopters don&#039;t count as &amp;quot;witnesses&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Meanwhile, the unit &#039;&#039;also&#039;&#039; arrived on [[Earth]] in the [[United States of America]] in the year 2003. Blackout scanned a USAF [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter, but apparently was not detected by the humans, nor caused any casualties, in contrast to his two comrades. When Starscream tells the Decepticons that their mission is to find the All Spark, Blackout reminds Starscream that they must also find Megatron.&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, after being lured into a trap intended for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] set by a group of impressively equipped humans, Blackout attacked the organisation&#039;s bunker and attempted to hack into their main server, but failed after they disconnected their local systems. The only lead he got was a name...[[Sector Seven]].  {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Beginnings&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Voice actor:&#039;&#039; [[Brian Stepanek]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW]] [[Prime Directive (IDW)|Prime Directive]] Movie Prequel that is detailed above this section.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Ghosts of Yesterday&#039;&#039; prequel novel===&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout had spent thousands of years searching for Megatron and the All Spark under Starscream aboard the &#039;&#039;[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]&#039;&#039;. While Starscream was hoping not to find Megatron, Blackout was working against him in hopes of restoring the former leader. Upon discovering [[Ghost 1|a vessel similar to Megatron&#039;s alternate mode]], Blackout became convinced that Megatron was nearby. However, the Autobots arrived in the &#039;&#039;[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]&#039;&#039; to investigate the ship, and Starscream ordered the Decepticons to wait while he investigated the alien ship. Growing impatient, Blackout convinced [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] to join him in an attack on the Autobots. Blackout, Scorponok, and Frenzy ganged up on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], but he managed to defeat them, forcing Blackout to call for a retreat. After Prime headed to investigate [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]&#039;s disappearance, Starscream ordered them to attack, and Bonecrusher was given command. Blackout, however, was able to sneak Scorponok on board the &#039;&#039;Ark&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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After Starscream returned, Blackout demanded answers. Starscream claimed that Prime and Bumblebee were killed by indigenous worms, while the alien ship was destroyed when it fell into a cavern. Blackout, unconvinced, challenged Starscream, but was seriously damaged, and had to be taken back to the &#039;&#039;Nemesis&#039;&#039;. However, Prime, Bumblebee, and the ship appeared soon after. When Starscream ordered the Decepticons to destroy the ship, Blackout demanded answers, which Bonecrusher and Barricade agreed to. However, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was able to force Scorponok off the &#039;&#039;Ark&#039;&#039;, and Blackout, still healing, sped to his rescue. What a pal.  {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2007) film===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Blackout Raptors.jpg|right|201px|thumb|I will let them order me now so I can shoot them later.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout flew into the airspace of [[United States military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] and refused to identify himself, prompting base commander [[Colonel Sharp]] to dispatch two [[wikipedia:F-22_Raptor|F-22 Raptors]] to escort the Decepticon into their base. One of the Raptors reported that Blackout had the registry number of 4500X on his vertical stabilizer, the number of the helicopter Blackout had scanned and destroyed three months earlier in Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout SOCCENTAttack1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|All your base are belong to us.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Once landed, Blackout was surrounded by the soldiers stationed at the base and ordered to power down and disembark his crew, or deadly force would be used. Seeing no reason to hide himself any further, Blackout transformed under a hail of automatic weapons fire from the shocked humans. Activating his heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, Blackout made quick work of the soldiers closest to him, then unleashed a massive shock wave that killed the rest of the troops and shattered their vehicles and the windows of the operations control tower.  Blackout made his way around the base, tossing tanks aside, crushing soldiers underfoot and blowing up aircraft. Eventually, he reached the operations bunker and tore off the roof to link up with their server and download its files in an attempt to find information on [[Megatron (Movie)|Project: Ice Man]]. Unfortunately, the base commander intervened, cutting the physical hard line of the server, severing Blackout&#039;s connection and thwarting the primary objective of his mission.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout holoavatar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Watch me twirl my mustache as I contemplate the destruction of Earth.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Still, Blackout carried out his second objective—the destruction of the human base. As he proceeded, [[Robert Epps|a human soldier]] was nearly crushed. Instinctively, the soldier recorded images of Blackout, the Decepticon indulging this brief moment of curiosity by looking straight back at the human. Blackout then activated a chest-mounted laser cannon to put the fleshling out of its misery, but before he could do so, he was struck by a grenade fired by [[Jorge Figueroa|another soldier]], and the human made his escape. Enraged, Blackout fired flare countermeasures into the sky to confuse any other attempts to attack him, then ejected Scorponok from his back and sent his minion to track the [[William Lennox|fleeing]] [[Donnelly|soldiers]]. Blackout then turned his attention and his weapons back to the rest of the base, eventually destroying it, leaving no survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
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Evidently, after the attack, Blackout flew back to the [[United States of America|United States]], as he was in the vicinity when [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported the discovery of All Spark&#039;s location and Starscream ordered their forces to mobilize. Blackout was the last to acknowledge the order, then rallied in Megatron&#039;s name, perhaps to remind Starscream who his master was.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Blackout is going to kill you.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Point that thing someplace else!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout arrived at [[Mission City]] just as the final battle was getting underway. Megatron&#039;s order of &amp;quot;Decepticons attack&amp;quot; must have been music to his ears, and he followed his master&#039;s commands whole heartedly. He attempted to block [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]]&#039;s path as the boy was trying to get away with the All Spark, before he was attacked by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. The Autobot threw a car at Blackout, who fired his laser cannon to destroy the vehicle and knock Ironhide over. He flew ahead of ladiesman217, attempting to use his rotor weapon to kill him, but the human managed to dodge this attack. &lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Blackout movie dead.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Oh, God, I hope that stuff leaking out is Energon.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout withdrew from the battle for a few moments, but returned as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron fought. Seeing his master under attack, Blackout came to the defense of his lord by activating his hand-held rotor weapon, but soldiers—including survivors of the SOCCENT base attack—attempted to stop him by painting him with targeting lasers for friendly F-22 Raptors to fire upon. As Blackout activated his cannon, he noticed the lasers targeted on him. Underestimating the fighting spirit and desire for vengeance of the humans, Blackout tried to finish them off until Captain Lennox, using an abandoned motorcycle, charged at him and fired a sabot round into his crotch (ouch), as F-22s pounded the Decepticon with missiles, extinguishing his [[spark]].&lt;br /&gt;
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His remains were dumped in the &amp;lt;strike&amp;gt;deepest&amp;lt;/strike&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;second&#039;&#039; deepest part of the ocean—the Laurentian Abyss—along with his fellow dead Decepticons.  {{storylink|Transformers (2007)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|The possible period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the movie appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in both IDW&#039;s &#039;&#039;Prime Directive&#039;&#039; prequel and the second Target-sponsored prequel comic. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]] section below.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; movie comics===&lt;br /&gt;
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Blackout&#039;s corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea.  {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; The Game (console)===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Voice actor:&#039;&#039; [[Noah Nelson]]&lt;br /&gt;
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====Autobot campaign====&lt;br /&gt;
During the battle of Mission City, Blackout suffered a humiliating defeat from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], even though he had help from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and two [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwings]]. That&#039;s got be the most humiliating thing for any of the characters in the videogame, losing to somebody a third of his size.  {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout and Scorponok were sent to the SOCCENT Base to destroy the human military installation there and download information from the military servers on the location of the [[All Spark]]. The pair were successful, though Blackout&#039;s escape was briefly interrupted by the arrival of a squad of human jet fighters. After blasting them to tiny bits, he made good his escape.&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout arrived at [[Hoover Dam]], where his scans failed to detect the energy signatures of Megatron or the All Spark. Starscream ordered him to break the dam piece by piece. Blackout fired a pair of missiles and fought off a squad of [[Swindle (Movie)|Autobot sports car drones]] that were defending the installation. As Megatron emerged, he bowed before his lord. He then followed the newly-revived Megatron to [[Mission City]], where he engaged in a final showdown with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who had just punted Scorponok. The Autobot warhorse certainly gave the massive Decepticon a run for his money. The huge number of Autobot drones backing Ironhide up didn&#039;t make things any easier.&lt;br /&gt;
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During Megatron&#039;s battle with Optimus Prime, Blackout attempted to assist his master by charging Prime. Prime punched the massive Decepticon, sending him flying. How embarrassing.  {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Autobots&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
As Jazz retrieved Sector 7 vehicles for Optimus Prime, he happened upon their helicopter, which to his surprise turned out to be Blackout. The two battled at Tranqulity&#039;s power plant, where Jazz managed to defeat him. Humiliated, he transformed and flew away.&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout made his presence felt again as Bumblebee raced back to Tranquility carrying the All Spark with him. He chased Bumblebee through the streets until he was intercepted on a rooftop by Ratchet, who put an end to his menace for good.  {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Decepticons&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
First arriving under the command of [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|a low-ranking soldier]], Blackout was sent out to destroy the communications arrays in the Qatar SOCCENT military base.  Once completed, he returns for more orders.&lt;br /&gt;
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Soon after, Blackout encounters [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who appears at the base to stop you from blowing the [[Pit|hell]] out of everything.  Once defeated, Blackout disappears until the other Decepticons arrive at Hoover Dam.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dropping off some bombs for Brawl to set, the Decepticons attempt to blow up the Dam to simultaneously release Megatron and thaw him out, but are thwarted by Jazz and his drone clones. Their heroic attempts are for naught, as Megatron escapes anyway, while Blackout and Barricade retrieve his weapon chip.  Once in hand, they meet before their leader and reactivate his weapons.  After a charismatic speech, they set out to Tranquility to capture the All Spark and defeat the Autobots once and for all.&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout arrives just in time to be blasted to [[Slag (slang)|slag]] by an All Spark powered Starscream with a single blast. That&#039;s still slightly less embarrassing than being beaten by a half-dead Jazz.  {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
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====Legends Class toys====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Blackout Legends toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I have no fingers? You did this, Starscream!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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:A much smaller and highly simplified version of the character, Legends Blackout features limited articulation and detail, with the helicopter mode not being a particularly faithful recreation of an MH-53 Pave Low (the placement of the fuel tanks, in particular). Even though the robot mode sports an attempt to emulate the movie character&#039;s chest design, this does not involve the use of obvious fake elements of the helicopter mode&#039;s cockpit, unlike [[Jazz (Movie)|other]] Legends Class toys of movie characters. Curiously, the instructions on the back of the card show how to transform him from his alt-mode to his robot mode, which is the reverse of the rest of the Legends Class packaging.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ironhide vs. Desert Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Desert Blackout is a tan redeco of the previously released Legends Blackout toy. He comes with an all-new Legends Class Ironhide.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Voyager Class toys====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Voyager Blackout toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The largest Transformer in the film. Ironically, the smallest Voyager-class figure ever.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Blackout transforms into a reasonably accurate [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low]] heavy-lift helicopter. An aft &amp;quot;cage&amp;quot; compartment can be opened to release a small PVC figurine of his partner, [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. A button on the very end of his tail can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades. By attaching the Deluxe-class Scorponok to his underside, the rotor [[gimmick]] also spins Scorponok&#039;s claws.&lt;br /&gt;
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: During transformation, Blackout&#039;s (mind-numbingly delicate) [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the gray chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position, and lifts his back assembly and locks into into place behind his head. Another, less impressive automorph is in his legs—if you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit.&lt;br /&gt;
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: In robot mode, Blackout appears closer to his original concept art, back when he was called &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; (seemingly also the basis for his Nintendo DS appearance). The entire rotor assembly on his back can be removed and converted into a gigantic fan weapon, to &#039;&#039;vaguely&#039;&#039; represent the hand-held rotor-blade weapon he wields in the film, also seen on [[#Titanium_Series|the &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; figurine (see below)]]. Because of the size of his rotor assembly, Blackout is also much shorter than most Voyager-class figures despite his bulk, barely taller than a Deluxe figure.&lt;br /&gt;
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: It is &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;un&#039;&#039;lock it, with the user being required to actively separate the parts by hand. Failing to do so is sure to misalign your Blackout to bejeezus.&lt;br /&gt;
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: An interesting side note is that the two hard points located on Blackout&#039;s shoulders, intended to support his abominably large weapon, are actually the same size as the [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] plugs on most [[Unicron Trilogy]] figures.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] and [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] for the &#039;&#039;AllSpark Power&#039;&#039; refresh of the movie toyline, and was then redecoed into [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] for &#039;&#039;[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039;. The original Blackout mold was redecoed into [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] for the same line.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie DecepticonDesertAttack 2pack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok&#039;s two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticon Desert Attack&#039;&#039;&#039; (Toys&#039;R&#039;Us exclusive two-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Scorponok mini-figure&lt;br /&gt;
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: This package, based on their first appearance in the film, features an unchanged Voyager Blackout packaged with an unchanged Deluxe Scorponok, which was exclusively available at Toys &amp;quot;R&amp;quot; Us stores. Since Voyager Blackout was gang-molded with the miniature Scorponok figure the single release came with, this means that the set contains two Scorponok toys in different sizes.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout Ver. 4500X&#039;&#039;&#039; (Lawson exclusive Voyager Class, Japan 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Scorponok mini-figure, Autobot and Decepticon pins&lt;br /&gt;
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: This Voyager class Blackout repaint is exclusive to the Lawson Japan convenience store chain, with the purchase of the movie DVD. He is redecoed in a more realistic color scheme for vehicle mode, 4500X markings and a drastically changed plastic color scheme in robot mode (many parts once black are now silver or the same colour as his helicopter hull). Additionally, the mini-Scorponok figurine has been repainted in metallic colours and detailed to resemble the deluxe-class toy (and the movie CG design, of course). &lt;br /&gt;
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:Also included a set of two brass Autobot and Decepticon insignia pins.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout PremiumVoyager toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|NOW the size is perfect.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (&amp;quot;Premium Series&amp;quot; Voyager Class, USA 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Scorponok mini-figure&lt;br /&gt;
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: This redeco of the Voyager Class Blackout toy is based on the same plastic color layout and paint mask as the Japanese Lawson exclusive &amp;quot;Version 4500X&amp;quot; redeco of Voyager Blackout, down to the improved paint on the Scorponok mini-figure. As a matter of fact, both toys were almost &#039;&#039;identical&#039;&#039;, the main difference being that the paint used on Version 4500X&#039;s is more matte than the paint used on the Premium Series release.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Unlike some of the early &amp;quot;Premium Series&amp;quot; toys, Blackout was available as a mass market release.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Fast Action Battlers====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie FAB Blackout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|... Brownout?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Gyro Blade Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Fast Action Battler, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Missile&lt;br /&gt;
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:A simplified version of Blackout, designed for smaller children. His rotor blade can be detached and inserted into his left hand to represent the hand-held rotor blade seen in the film, just like the Voyager class version. He also features a chest cannon which can be flipped up from his back. Oddly, you can only see one-fourth of Blackout&#039;s head from a 90-degree angle. Even less of it is visible when his chest cannon is flipped up. He features a firing missile.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This toy was [[redeco]]ed into &#039;&#039;[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Titanium Series===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Scorponok! I can&#039;t move! Quick, drag me away!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (3&amp;quot; Robot Masters, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Decepticon display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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: This three-inch figurine, as with all Titaniums, is partially made of die-cast metal and plastic, sculpted holding his rotor-blades as a hand weapon. Interestingly, Blackout has a more unique sculpt to him; the weapon is sculpted as it was briefly seen in the movie, but on the wrong hand. Blackout &#039;&#039;himself&#039;&#039; has an altered leg &amp;amp; foot design as well as having the main rotor-blades on his back excluded, matching it up more with the fact that instead of using his tail rotor, he uses his &#039;&#039;main&#039;&#039; rotor as a multi-purpose melee weapon, echoing the game render. His articulation is limited to his shoulders, head and waist, and he comes packaged with a movie-style Decepticon symbol display base.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===3D Battle-Card Game===&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (3D Battle Card, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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: A 29-point &amp;quot;uncommon&amp;quot; character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Evac &amp;quot;transforms&amp;quot; into a yellow helicopter.  He uses the same parts layout as [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]], [[Vortex (Energon Wars)|Vortex]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers (2007)===&lt;br /&gt;
====Unleashed====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie UnleashedTurnarounds BlackoutBarricade.jpg|right|150px|thumb|After camping out in the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma, the two vowed to never go spelunking again.....]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout and Barricade&#039;&#039;&#039; (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Blackout and Barricade turnaround is a 3D sculpture of the two characters in both robot mode emerging from rubble and explosions, with a movie-accurate sculpt (compared to the various transforming toys.) The &#039;turnaround&#039; aspect of these sculptures simply means one can turn the piece around to display a raised-relief of the movie-style Decepticon sigil instead.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This product&#039;s release was cancelled for the US market, but was released in Australia and in Asia.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Blackout screencleaner.jpg|right|97px|thumb|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released by [[Tomy]] [[Yujin]] on January 2008&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TomyYujin&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; page]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, this Dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Blackout printed on the other side.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Robot Heroes===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RH Prime vs Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Blackout&#039;s hobbies include worshiping Megatron, and jumping out of bushes and yelling &amp;quot;BOOGA-BOOGA!&amp;quot; at small children.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Optimus Prime vs. Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Packaged with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Blackout is a cute style rendition of the character.  Most notably, his face has been given a more traditional Transformer style mouth and nose, making him appear more like a grumpy old man.  His articulation is the standard three points, however, the kibble in his design limits the movement.  This mold was later redecoed into &amp;quot;Battle Damage&amp;quot; Blackout.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Keeps &#039;em where I can sees &#039;em!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;The Final Battle&#039;&#039;&#039; (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Packaged with Autobot Jazz, Autobot Ratchet, Megatron, and Optimus Prime.  &amp;quot;Battle Damage&amp;quot; Blackout is a slightly redecoed version of the two pack version.  No molding has changed, and the articulation is still limited.  His exclusive deco is a black paint wash over various parts of his body to evoke battle damage.  Oddly, the undersides of his arms get this deco but not the top, meaning the toy is meant to only be posed with arms raised.  The Final Battle 5-pack was sold exclusively in [[Walmart]] stores.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Optimus Prime &amp;amp; Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
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{{picsneeded|RH figures}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trivia ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blackoutwave lives in constant fear of pterodactyls.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Blackout was originally conceived as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], hence his symbiotic relationship with Scorponok, who was originally conceived as [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]. Though this obviously changed, his portrayal in the &#039;&#039;Ghosts of Yesterday&#039;&#039; novel is rather Soundwave-esque. Likewise, in the IDW prequel comic, Blackout is the only Decepticon to land on Earth and acquire his alternate mode without &#039;&#039;any&#039;&#039; witnesses, whereas Starscream and Barricade had to kill existing witnesses. In the film &#039;&#039;itself&#039;&#039;, Blackout&#039;s only speaking role has him quickly reporting to Starscream&#039;s call... in Cybertronian, with he alone both hailing Megatron upon the All Spark&#039;s discovery and attempting to aid him in battle against Prime. What&#039;s more, all this &amp;quot;Soundwave-ness&amp;quot; is further enhanced by Hasbro&#039;s official bio, calling Blackout &amp;quot;his leader&#039;s hound&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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* Blackout wins the award for being the Transformers character from the 2007 movie that has gone through the most number of working names: Aside from &amp;quot;Soundwave&amp;quot;, he was also supposed to be named &amp;quot;Grimlock&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;early&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&amp;amp;amp;postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&amp;amp;amp;postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;quot;Vortex&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?p=1120447#post1120447 Unformatted script sample from first draft naming the Decepticon helicopter &amp;quot;Vortex&amp;quot; posted by Roberto Orci on Don Murphy&#039;s message board]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;quot;Devastator&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_32.html &amp;quot;Devastator&amp;quot; concept art at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_34.html &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; pre-production render at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; at different stages of the pre-production process. The name &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; was later used for a [[Incinerator (Movie)|different toy]] from the Movie toyline.&lt;br /&gt;
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* Blackout&#039;s working name &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; is also accounted for in the aforementioned Hasbro bio, noting how Blackout will &amp;quot;fill the air with fire and burn the land clear to take his revenge&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the film, three months prior to the unfolding events, appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in IDW&#039;s &#039;&#039;Prime Directive&#039;&#039; prequel comics, with him apparently having scanned and destroyed the MH-53 Pave Low all the way back in 2003. It&#039;s maaaaybe possible that he just kept on destroying &#039;&#039;different&#039;&#039; Pave Lows over time to maintain his covert status (with the U.S. government covering it up) until he finally realized how close he was to a military network access point. &lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok&#039;s]] alternate mode is actually a part of Blackout&#039;s helicopter mode; he&#039;s made up of a [[wikipedia:General_Electric_T64|General Electric T64]] turboshaft engine and various other helicopter bits.  Considering Blackout didn&#039;t appear to be missing any integral parts of his alternate mode when answering [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy&#039;s]] call or during the final battle in [[Mission City]], either Scorponok reattached himself to Blackout after he escaped the US Air Force&#039;s counter-attack in Qatar, or Blackout somehow magically regrew the parts that were previously made up by Scorponok. &lt;br /&gt;
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* Blackout is never actually seen using his chest cannon in the film, even though he unfurls it quite emphatically on two separate occasions.&lt;br /&gt;
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* During a transmission from Burger King&#039;s website, Optimus Prime has decreed that we are not to ride &#039;&#039;this&#039;&#039; helicopter. The current ridability of &#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039; helicopters the world over is unknown. Stand by for further updates as they become available.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Blackout uses a [[mouthplate]] in the movie, seen in a brief shot of the side of his face before Epps takes his photo at the beginning of the film, and again when Epps was targeting him during the climactic battle.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Footnotes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Blackout/blackout.htm Blackout on TFU.info]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{disambig3|Blackout}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Blackout is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as N.B.E. 23.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:MovieBlackout promorender.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Hike the ball already!]]&lt;br /&gt;
The massive &#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; has been described as the &amp;quot;hound&amp;quot; of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. In better days he was always to be found looming powerful and silent behind his leader&#039;s right shoulder. When given a target he hunts it down with fierce determination. Blackout is not happy with the progress [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] is making towards finding the missing Decepticon leader. He suspects (quite rightly) that Starscream would prefer Megatron to stay lost. Blackout is openly mutinous and will challenge Starscream&#039;s leadership at any opportunity, not for his own sake, but to better serve his ultimate goal of finding his lost master. Blackout has a sneaky side and uses his symbiotic companion [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]&#039;s small size to great advantage.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{quote|All hail Megatron!|Blackout|&#039;&#039;[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]&#039;&#039;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Hungarian name:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Kisülés&#039;&#039;&#039; (&amp;quot;Discharge&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Chinese name (Taiwan):&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Hēi Mó&#039;&#039;&#039; (黑魔, &amp;quot;Black Demon&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===Titan Magazines &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; movie comic===&lt;br /&gt;
During the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blackout preferred to sow confusion and disarray before he attacked, rather than engage in direct confrontation and risk being killed. He would only go into ground battles under cover of loud noise and pyrotechnics (which he himself caused with his devastating sonic shriek emitters).&lt;br /&gt;
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Unfortunately for him, he kept getting stuck leading the first wave of attacks. To protect himself, he used an army of drone troopers (presumably [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponoks]]) to draw enemy fire. These drones were called &amp;quot;the swarm&amp;quot; and Blackout deliberately encouraged rumours about them so their arrival would strike fear into the hearts of enemies.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost In Space 2: Devastator}} &lt;br /&gt;
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{{Note|The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines continuity.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Half an hour after his death and before his body was dumped in the sea, Blackout was briefly turned into a rampaging zombie by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream&#039;s Militia}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout was not dead! &lt;br /&gt;
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He assaulted an Autobot convoy at Shreveport, [[Louisiana]] as part of a general terror campaign.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} Later, he was a key part in a Decepticon ambush, appearing from nowhere to blankside Autobot ground troops.  {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}&lt;br /&gt;
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He was one of the [[Decepticon Heartland]] generals, and had to report the grim news to Starscream of just how badly [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] had gummed up their advance. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part Two}} By the time the battle reached him in Philadelphia, he was commanding the only Decepticon force left standing. He rejected an offer to defect to Stockade&#039;s team, defiantly saying this planet was &#039;&#039;theirs&#039;&#039;, and sicced Scorponok on him.&lt;br /&gt;
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Scorponok failed and Blackout went down. Now he &#039;&#039;is&#039;&#039; dead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; movie comics===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Defiance2_Blackout_spacebattle.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Blackout (Animated)|Ohhh... sorry.]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
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In the distant past, Blackout was a member of the Cybertronian Defense Force. During an attack by unknown aliens on the city of [[Metrotitan (Movie)|Metrotitan]], he could be seen picking up a wrecked enemy tank.  {{storylink|Defiance issue 1}} In the aftermath of the attack, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] consulted with [[The Fallen|the mysterious relic]] dug up near [[Simfur]] and (essentially) declared a military dictatorship over Cybertron. Blackout followed Megatron and the other flight-capable soldiers into battle, using his special powers to disrupt the enemy flagship&#039;s targeting array. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After science division leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] survived an attempted kidnapping by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]&#039;s squadron, Megatron declared the scientist and his followers traitors, and reformed the army under a new banner: the Decepticons. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie BlackoutStarscream protoforms.jpg|right|200px|thumb|An ominous rumble is Blackout&#039;s only response...]]&lt;br /&gt;
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During the subsequent civil war, Blackout fought alongside Megatron, until his master ordered &#039;this loyal hound&#039; to assist Starscream&#039;s unit in keeping [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime&#039;s]] forces busy, while Megatron pursued his destiny. Arriving soon after [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] delivered news of Megatron&#039;s location, Blackout and Starscream witnessed the successful Autobot launch of the All Spark. Blackout restrained Starscream from going after it, the pair nearly coming to blows when Blackout launched Scorponok from his chest. Fortunately, Starscream calmed down, and after witnessing Megatron leave the planet himself, the group took on protoform transition forms and followed.  {{storylink|Planetfall}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Meanwhile, Starscream crew &#039;&#039;also&#039;&#039; went after Optimus Prime&#039;s starship in a Decepticon battlecruiser. Just before launch, Blackout listened to Barricade&#039;s not-so-quiet concerns that Starscream wasn&#039;t telling them everything. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, they were led into a trap by the Autobots, their ship (and Starscream&#039;s advance scout [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]) was crippled by concussion chain mines. Blackout gave a detailed damage report when ordered but was berated for giving his observation on what had occured, and was ordered to despatch Scorponok to retrieve Dreadwing.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout TargetPrequel continuityheadache.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Beware, Qatar!  Beware!  Muhahahahahaha!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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After making repairs to their ship, the Decepticons followed the All Spark&#039;s trace energy and landed on [[Mars]].  {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One}} There, they destroyed a primitive [[Beagle 2 Rover|human rover scout]] and decided to investigate the nearby third planet of this solar system.  {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Making planetfall on Earth in Afghanistan, Blackout attracted the attention of a military vehicle of the local creatures. Witnessing the ease in which [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] destroyed the carrier, Starscream pondered that Megatron would have been able to subjugate these beings if he was able to. Blackout replied that they needed to find out why he hadn&#039;t yet. Starscream&#039;s unit then attacked the nearby air base where Blackout scanned and adopted the form of an MH-53J &#039;Pave Low&#039; helicopter, then easily hacked into the files of the human computers. Inside, he found files on something called &#039;Project: Iceman&#039;, which he suspected was related to Megatron. After the base&#039;s destruction, Blackout headed towards [[Qatar]], intent on attacking a similar military base there to access the information they needed.  {{storylink|Planetfall}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|Several instances of Planetfall contradicts both issue #4 of IDW&#039;s Prime Directive movie prequel as well as the movie &#039;&#039;itself&#039;&#039; with regards to where &amp;amp; when the Decepticons arrived on Earth; they landed in the United States during 2003 in the Prime Directive comic. In this story, Blackout immediately leaves for Qatar after the attack (2007), whereas in the Movie itself, he assumed the form three months before attacking the SOCCENT base. However, this sequence was subsequently used in [[The Reign of Starscream]].}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout IDWprequel camoflageenabled.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Apparently the crew of military helicopters don&#039;t count as &amp;quot;witnesses&amp;quot;.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Meanwhile, the unit &#039;&#039;also&#039;&#039; arrived on [[Earth]] in the [[United States of America]] in the year 2003. Blackout scanned a USAF [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter, but apparently was not detected by the humans, nor caused any casualties, in contrast to his two comrades. When Starscream tells the Decepticons that their mission is to find the All Spark, Blackout reminds Starscream that they must also find Megatron.&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, after being lured into a trap intended for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] set by a group of impressively equipped humans, Blackout attacked the organisation&#039;s bunker and attempted to hack into their main server, but failed after they disconnected their local systems. The only lead he got was a name...[[Sector Seven]].  {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Beginnings&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Voice actor:&#039;&#039; [[Brian Stepanek]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW]] [[Prime Directive (IDW)|Prime Directive]] Movie Prequel that is detailed above this section.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Ghosts of Yesterday&#039;&#039; prequel novel===&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout had spent thousands of years searching for Megatron and the All Spark under Starscream aboard the &#039;&#039;[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]&#039;&#039;. While Starscream was hoping not to find Megatron, Blackout was working against him in hopes of restoring the former leader. Upon discovering [[Ghost 1|a vessel similar to Megatron&#039;s alternate mode]], Blackout became convinced that Megatron was nearby. However, the Autobots arrived in the &#039;&#039;[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]&#039;&#039; to investigate the ship, and Starscream ordered the Decepticons to wait while he investigated the alien ship. Growing impatient, Blackout convinced [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] to join him in an attack on the Autobots. Blackout, Scorponok, and Frenzy ganged up on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], but he managed to defeat them, forcing Blackout to call for a retreat. After Prime headed to investigate [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]&#039;s disappearance, Starscream ordered them to attack, and Bonecrusher was given command. Blackout, however, was able to sneak Scorponok on board the &#039;&#039;Ark&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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After Starscream returned, Blackout demanded answers. Starscream claimed that Prime and Bumblebee were killed by indigenous worms, while the alien ship was destroyed when it fell into a cavern. Blackout, unconvinced, challenged Starscream, but was seriously damaged, and had to be taken back to the &#039;&#039;Nemesis&#039;&#039;. However, Prime, Bumblebee, and the ship appeared soon after. When Starscream ordered the Decepticons to destroy the ship, Blackout demanded answers, which Bonecrusher and Barricade agreed to. However, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was able to force Scorponok off the &#039;&#039;Ark&#039;&#039;, and Blackout, still healing, sped to his rescue. What a pal.  {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; (2007) film===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Blackout Raptors.jpg|right|201px|thumb|I will let them order me now so I can shoot them later.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout flew into the airspace of [[United States military|US]] [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] and refused to identify himself, prompting base commander [[Colonel Sharp]] to dispatch two [[wikipedia:F-22_Raptor|F-22 Raptors]] to escort the Decepticon into their base. One of the Raptors reported that Blackout had the registry number of 4500X on his vertical stabilizer, the number of the helicopter Blackout had scanned and destroyed three months earlier in Afghanistan.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout SOCCENTAttack1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|All your base are belong to us.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Once landed, Blackout was surrounded by the soldiers stationed at the base and ordered to power down and disembark his crew, or deadly force would be used. Seeing no reason to hide himself any further, Blackout transformed under a hail of automatic weapons fire from the shocked humans. Activating his heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, Blackout made quick work of the soldiers closest to him, then unleashed a massive shock wave that killed the rest of the troops and shattered their vehicles and the windows of the operations control tower.  Blackout made his way around the base, tossing tanks aside, crushing soldiers underfoot and blowing up aircraft. Eventually, he reached the operations bunker and tore off the roof to link up with their server and download its files in an attempt to find information on [[Megatron (Movie)|Project: Ice Man]]. Unfortunately, the base commander intervened, cutting the physical hard line of the server, severing Blackout&#039;s connection and thwarting the primary objective of his mission.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout holoavatar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Watch me twirl my mustache as I contemplate the destruction of Earth.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Still, Blackout carried out his second objective—the destruction of the human base. As he proceeded, [[Robert Epps|a human soldier]] was nearly crushed. Instinctively, the soldier recorded images of Blackout, the Decepticon indulging this brief moment of curiosity by looking straight back at the human. Blackout then activated a chest-mounted laser cannon to put the fleshling out of its misery, but before he could do so, he was struck by a grenade fired by [[Jorge Figueroa|another soldier]], and the human made his escape. Enraged, Blackout fired flare countermeasures into the sky to confuse any other attempts to attack him, then ejected Scorponok from his back and sent his minion to track the [[William Lennox|fleeing]] [[Donnelly|soldiers]]. Blackout then turned his attention and his weapons back to the rest of the base, eventually destroying it, leaving no survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
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Evidently, after the attack, Blackout flew back to the [[United States of America|United States]], as he was in the vicinity when [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported the discovery of All Spark&#039;s location and Starscream ordered their forces to mobilize. Blackout was the last to acknowledge the order, then rallied in Megatron&#039;s name, perhaps to remind Starscream who his master was.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Blackout is going to kill you.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Point that thing someplace else!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout arrived at [[Mission City]] just as the final battle was getting underway. Megatron&#039;s order of &amp;quot;Decepticons attack&amp;quot; must have been music to his ears, and he followed his master&#039;s commands whole heartedly. He attempted to block [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]]&#039;s path as the boy was trying to get away with the All Spark, before he was attacked by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. The Autobot threw a car at Blackout, who fired his laser cannon to destroy the vehicle and knock Ironhide over. He flew ahead of ladiesman217, attempting to use his rotor weapon to kill him, but the human managed to dodge this attack. &lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Blackout movie dead.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Oh, God, I hope that stuff leaking out is Energon.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout withdrew from the battle for a few moments, but returned as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron fought. Seeing his master under attack, Blackout came to the defense of his lord by activating his hand-held rotor weapon, but soldiers—including survivors of the SOCCENT base attack—attempted to stop him by painting him with targeting lasers for friendly F-22 Raptors to fire upon. As Blackout activated his cannon, he noticed the lasers targeted on him. Underestimating the fighting spirit and desire for vengeance of the humans, Blackout tried to finish them off until Captain Lennox, using an abandoned motorcycle, charged at him and fired a sabot round into his crotch (ouch), as F-22s pounded the Decepticon with missiles, extinguishing his [[spark]].&lt;br /&gt;
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His remains were dumped in the &amp;lt;strike&amp;gt;deepest&amp;lt;/strike&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;second&#039;&#039; deepest part of the ocean—the Laurentian Abyss—along with his fellow dead Decepticons.  {{storylink|Transformers (2007)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|The possible period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the movie appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in both IDW&#039;s &#039;&#039;Prime Directive&#039;&#039; prequel and the second Target-sponsored prequel comic. See [[#Trivia|Trivia]] section below.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; movie comics===&lt;br /&gt;
In the aftermath of the battle in Mission City, [[Sector Seven]] hauled away Blackout&#039;s corpse along with the other Decepticon bodies. The clandestine human organisation brought the bodies to a secret facility in the Nevada desert, with the intention of getting every bit of information they can out of the dead Decepticons before they were forced to dump them into the sea.  {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; The Game (console)===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Voice actor:&#039;&#039; [[Noah Nelson]]&lt;br /&gt;
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====Autobot campaign====&lt;br /&gt;
During the battle of Mission City, Blackout suffered a humiliating defeat from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], even though he had help from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and two [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwings]]. That&#039;s got be the most humiliating thing for any of the characters in the videogame, losing to somebody a third of his size.  {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Decepticon campaign====&lt;br /&gt;
Blackout and Scorponok were sent to the SOCCENT Base to destroy the human military installation there and download information from the military servers on the location of the [[All Spark]]. The pair were successful, though Blackout&#039;s escape was briefly interrupted by the arrival of a squad of human jet fighters. After blasting them to tiny bits, he made good his escape.&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout arrived at [[Hoover Dam]], where his scans failed to detect the energy signatures of Megatron or the All Spark. Starscream ordered him to break the dam piece by piece. Blackout fired a pair of missiles and fought off a squad of [[Swindle (Movie)|Autobot sports car drones]] that were defending the installation. As Megatron emerged, he bowed before his lord. He then followed the newly-revived Megatron to [[Mission City]], where he engaged in a final showdown with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who had just punted Scorponok. The Autobot warhorse certainly gave the massive Decepticon a run for his money. The huge number of Autobot drones backing Ironhide up didn&#039;t make things any easier.&lt;br /&gt;
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During Megatron&#039;s battle with Optimus Prime, Blackout attempted to assist his master by charging Prime. Prime punched the massive Decepticon, sending him flying. How embarrassing.  {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Autobots&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
As Jazz retrieved Sector 7 vehicles for Optimus Prime, he happened upon their helicopter, which to his surprise turned out to be Blackout. The two battled at Tranqulity&#039;s power plant, where Jazz managed to defeat him. Humiliated, he transformed and flew away.&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout made his presence felt again as Bumblebee raced back to Tranquility carrying the All Spark with him. He chased Bumblebee through the streets until he was intercepted on a rooftop by Ratchet, who put an end to his menace for good.  {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Decepticons&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
First arriving under the command of [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|a low-ranking soldier]], Blackout was sent out to destroy the communications arrays in the Qatar SOCCENT military base.  Once completed, he returns for more orders.&lt;br /&gt;
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Soon after, Blackout encounters [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who appears at the base to stop you from blowing the [[Pit|hell]] out of everything.  Once defeated, Blackout disappears until the other Decepticons arrive at Hoover Dam.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dropping off some bombs for Brawl to set, the Decepticons attempt to blow up the Dam to simultaneously release Megatron and thaw him out, but are thwarted by Jazz and his drone clones. Their heroic attempts are for naught, as Megatron escapes anyway, while Blackout and Barricade retrieve his weapon chip.  Once in hand, they meet before their leader and reactivate his weapons.  After a charismatic speech, they set out to Tranquility to capture the All Spark and defeat the Autobots once and for all.&lt;br /&gt;
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Blackout arrives just in time to be blasted to [[Slag (slang)|slag]] by an All Spark powered Starscream with a single blast. That&#039;s still slightly less embarrassing than being beaten by a half-dead Jazz.  {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Transformers===&lt;br /&gt;
====Legends Class toys====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Blackout Legends toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I have no fingers? You did this, Starscream!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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:A much smaller and highly simplified version of the character, Legends Blackout features limited articulation and detail, with the helicopter mode not being a particularly faithful recreation of an MH-53 Pave Low (the placement of the fuel tanks, in particular). Even though the robot mode sports an attempt to emulate the movie character&#039;s chest design, this does not involve the use of obvious fake elements of the helicopter mode&#039;s cockpit, unlike [[Jazz (Movie)|other]] Legends Class toys of movie characters. Curiously, the instructions on the back of the card show how to transform him from his alt-mode to his robot mode, which is the reverse of the rest of the Legends Class packaging.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This toy was [[redeco]]ed into &#039;&#039;[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Legends Ironhide DesertBlackout.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Ironhide vs. Desert Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Desert Blackout is a tan redeco of the previously released Legends Blackout toy. He comes with an all-new Legends Class Ironhide.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Voyager Class toys====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Voyager Blackout toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The largest Transformer in the film. Ironically, the smallest Voyager-class figure ever.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Voyager Class, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID Number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;MD-01&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Scorponok mini-figure&lt;br /&gt;
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: Blackout transforms into a reasonably accurate [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low]] heavy-lift helicopter. An aft &amp;quot;cage&amp;quot; compartment can be opened to release a small PVC figurine of his partner, [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. A button on the very end of his tail can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades. By attaching the Deluxe-class Scorponok to his underside, the rotor [[gimmick]] also spins Scorponok&#039;s claws.&lt;br /&gt;
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: During transformation, Blackout&#039;s (mind-numbingly delicate) [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the gray chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position, and lifts his back assembly and locks into into place behind his head. Another, less impressive automorph is in his legs—if you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit.&lt;br /&gt;
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: In robot mode, Blackout appears closer to his original concept art, back when he was called &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; (seemingly also the basis for his Nintendo DS appearance). The entire rotor assembly on his back can be removed and converted into a gigantic fan weapon, to &#039;&#039;vaguely&#039;&#039; represent the hand-held rotor-blade weapon he wields in the film, also seen on [[#Titanium_Series|the &#039;&#039;Titanium&#039;&#039; figurine (see below)]]. Because of the size of his rotor assembly, Blackout is also much shorter than most Voyager-class figures despite his bulk, barely taller than a Deluxe figure.&lt;br /&gt;
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: It is &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;un&#039;&#039;lock it, with the user being required to actively separate the parts by hand. Failing to do so is sure to misalign your Blackout to bejeezus.&lt;br /&gt;
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: An interesting side note is that the two hard points located on Blackout&#039;s shoulders, intended to support his abominably large weapon, are actually the same size as the [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] plugs on most [[Unicron Trilogy]] figures.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] and [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] for the &#039;&#039;AllSpark Power&#039;&#039; refresh of the movie toyline, and was then redecoed into [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] for &#039;&#039;[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039;. The original Blackout mold was redecoed into [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] for the same line.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie DecepticonDesertAttack 2pack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ignoring the vast difference in scale between Scorponok&#039;s two figures while linked to Blackout takes some imagination.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Decepticon Desert Attack&#039;&#039;&#039; (Toys&#039;R&#039;Us exclusive two-pack, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Scorponok mini-figure&lt;br /&gt;
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: This package, based on their first appearance in the film, features an unchanged Voyager Blackout packaged with an unchanged Deluxe Scorponok, which was exclusively available at Toys &amp;quot;R&amp;quot; Us stores. Since Voyager Blackout was gang-molded with the miniature Scorponok figure the single release came with, this means that the set contains two Scorponok toys in different sizes.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout Ver. 4500X&#039;&#039;&#039; (Lawson exclusive Voyager Class, Japan 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Scorponok mini-figure, Autobot and Decepticon pins&lt;br /&gt;
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: This Voyager class Blackout repaint is exclusive to the Lawson Japan convenience store chain, with the purchase of the movie DVD. He is redecoed in a more realistic color scheme for vehicle mode, 4500X markings and a drastically changed plastic color scheme in robot mode (many parts once black are now silver or the same colour as his helicopter hull). Additionally, the mini-Scorponok figurine has been repainted in metallic colours and detailed to resemble the deluxe-class toy (and the movie CG design, of course). &lt;br /&gt;
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:Also included a set of two brass Autobot and Decepticon insignia pins.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Movie Blackout PremiumVoyager toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|NOW the size is perfect.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (&amp;quot;Premium Series&amp;quot; Voyager Class, USA 2008)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Scorponok mini-figure&lt;br /&gt;
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: This redeco of the Voyager Class Blackout toy is based on the same plastic color layout and paint mask as the Japanese Lawson exclusive &amp;quot;Version 4500X&amp;quot; redeco of Voyager Blackout, down to the improved paint on the Scorponok mini-figure. As a matter of fact, both toys were almost &#039;&#039;identical&#039;&#039;, the main difference being that the paint used on Version 4500X&#039;s is more matte than the paint used on the Premium Series release.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Unlike some of the early &amp;quot;Premium Series&amp;quot; toys, Blackout was available as a mass market release.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Fast Action Battlers====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie FAB Blackout.jpg|right|250px|thumb|... Brownout?]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Gyro Blade Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (Fast Action Battler, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Missile&lt;br /&gt;
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:A simplified version of Blackout, designed for smaller children. His rotor blade can be detached and inserted into his left hand to represent the hand-held rotor blade seen in the film, just like the Voyager class version. He also features a chest cannon which can be flipped up from his back. Oddly, you can only see one-fourth of Blackout&#039;s head from a 90-degree angle. Even less of it is visible when his chest cannon is flipped up. He features a firing missile.&lt;br /&gt;
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:This toy was [[redeco]]ed into &#039;&#039;[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]&#039;&#039; [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Titanium Series===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Scorponok! I can&#039;t move! Quick, drag me away!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (3&amp;quot; Robot Masters, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Decepticon display stand&lt;br /&gt;
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: This three-inch figurine, as with all Titaniums, is partially made of die-cast metal and plastic, sculpted holding his rotor-blades as a hand weapon. Interestingly, Blackout has a more unique sculpt to him; the weapon is sculpted as it was briefly seen in the movie, but on the wrong hand. Blackout &#039;&#039;himself&#039;&#039; has an altered leg &amp;amp; foot design as well as having the main rotor-blades on his back excluded, matching it up more with the fact that instead of using his tail rotor, he uses his &#039;&#039;main&#039;&#039; rotor as a multi-purpose melee weapon, echoing the game render. His articulation is limited to his shoulders, head and waist, and he comes packaged with a movie-style Decepticon symbol display base.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Merchandise==&lt;br /&gt;
===3D Battle-Card Game===&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (3D Battle Card, 2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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: A 29-point &amp;quot;uncommon&amp;quot; character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Evac &amp;quot;transforms&amp;quot; into a yellow helicopter.  He uses the same parts layout as [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]], [[Vortex (Energon Wars)|Vortex]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Transformers (2007)===&lt;br /&gt;
====Unleashed====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie UnleashedTurnarounds BlackoutBarricade.jpg|right|150px|thumb|After camping out in the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma, the two vowed to never go spelunking again.....]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout and Barricade&#039;&#039;&#039; (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
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: The Blackout and Barricade turnaround is a 3D sculpture of the two characters in both robot mode emerging from rubble and explosions, with a movie-accurate sculpt (compared to the various transforming toys.) The &#039;turnaround&#039; aspect of these sculptures simply means one can turn the piece around to display a raised-relief of the movie-style Decepticon sigil instead.&lt;br /&gt;
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: This product&#039;s release was cancelled for the US market, but was released in Australia and in Asia.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Movie Blackout screencleaner.jpg|right|97px|thumb|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Released by [[Tomy]] [[Yujin]] on January 2008&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TomyYujin&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; page]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, this Dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Blackout printed on the other side.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Robot Heroes===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RH Prime vs Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Blackout&#039;s hobbies include worshiping Megatron, and jumping out of bushes and yelling &amp;quot;BOOGA-BOOGA!&amp;quot; at small children.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Optimus Prime vs. Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Packaged with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], Blackout is a cute style rendition of the character.  Most notably, his face has been given a more traditional Transformer style mouth and nose, making him appear more like a grumpy old man.  His articulation is the standard three points, however, the kibble in his design limits the movement.  This mold was later redecoed into &amp;quot;Battle Damage&amp;quot; Blackout.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Keeps &#039;em where I can sees &#039;em!]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;The Final Battle&#039;&#039;&#039; (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
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: Packaged with Autobot Jazz, Autobot Ratchet, Megatron, and Optimus Prime.  &amp;quot;Battle Damage&amp;quot; Blackout is a slightly redecoed version of the two pack version.  No molding has changed, and the articulation is still limited.  His exclusive deco is a black paint wash over various parts of his body to evoke battle damage.  Oddly, the undersides of his arms get this deco but not the top, meaning the toy is meant to only be posed with arms raised.  The Final Battle 5-pack was sold exclusively in [[Walmart]] stores.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;&#039;Optimus Prime &amp;amp; Blackout&#039;&#039;&#039; (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trivia ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blackoutwave lives in constant fear of pterodactyls.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Blackout was originally conceived as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], hence his symbiotic relationship with Scorponok, who was originally conceived as [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]. Though this obviously changed, his portrayal in the &#039;&#039;Ghosts of Yesterday&#039;&#039; novel is rather Soundwave-esque. Likewise, in the IDW prequel comic, Blackout is the only Decepticon to land on Earth and acquire his alternate mode without &#039;&#039;any&#039;&#039; witnesses, whereas Starscream and Barricade had to kill existing witnesses. In the film &#039;&#039;itself&#039;&#039;, Blackout&#039;s only speaking role has him quickly reporting to Starscream&#039;s call... in Cybertronian, with he alone both hailing Megatron upon the All Spark&#039;s discovery and attempting to aid him in battle against Prime. What&#039;s more, all this &amp;quot;Soundwave-ness&amp;quot; is further enhanced by Hasbro&#039;s official bio, calling Blackout &amp;quot;his leader&#039;s hound&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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* Blackout wins the award for being the Transformers character from the 2007 movie that has gone through the most number of working names: Aside from &amp;quot;Soundwave&amp;quot;, he was also supposed to be named &amp;quot;Grimlock&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;early&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&amp;amp;amp;postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&amp;amp;amp;postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;quot;Vortex&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?p=1120447#post1120447 Unformatted script sample from first draft naming the Decepticon helicopter &amp;quot;Vortex&amp;quot; posted by Roberto Orci on Don Murphy&#039;s message board]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, &amp;quot;Devastator&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_32.html &amp;quot;Devastator&amp;quot; concept art at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, and &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_34.html &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; pre-production render at Ben Procter Online Portfolio]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; at different stages of the pre-production process. The name &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; was later used for a [[Incinerator (Movie)|different toy]] from the Movie toyline.&lt;br /&gt;
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* Blackout&#039;s working name &amp;quot;Incinerator&amp;quot; is also accounted for in the aforementioned Hasbro bio, noting how Blackout will &amp;quot;fill the air with fire and burn the land clear to take his revenge&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The period of time that Blackout acquired his vehicle mode in the film, three months prior to the unfolding events, appears to contradict the origin of his vehicle mode in IDW&#039;s &#039;&#039;Prime Directive&#039;&#039; prequel comics, with him apparently having scanned and destroyed the MH-53 Pave Low all the way back in 2003. It&#039;s maaaaybe possible that he just kept on destroying &#039;&#039;different&#039;&#039; Pave Lows over time to maintain his covert status (with the U.S. government covering it up) until he finally realized how close he was to a military network access point. &lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok&#039;s]] alternate mode is actually a part of Blackout&#039;s helicopter mode; he&#039;s made up of a [[wikipedia:General_Electric_T64|General Electric T64]] turboshaft engine and various other helicopter bits.  Considering Blackout didn&#039;t appear to be missing any integral parts of his alternate mode when answering [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy&#039;s]] call or during the final battle in [[Mission City]], either Scorponok reattached himself to Blackout after he escaped the US Air Force&#039;s counter-attack in Qatar, or Blackout somehow magically regrew the parts that were previously made up by Scorponok. &lt;br /&gt;
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* Blackout is never actually seen using his chest cannon in the film, even though he unfurls it quite emphatically on two separate occasions.&lt;br /&gt;
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* During a transmission from Burger King&#039;s website, Optimus Prime has decreed that we are not to ride &#039;&#039;this&#039;&#039; helicopter. The current ridability of &#039;&#039;other&#039;&#039; helicopters the world over is unknown. Stand by for further updates as they become available.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Blackout uses a [[mouthplate]] in the movie, seen in a brief shot of the side of his face before Epps takes his photo at the beginning of the film, and again when Epps was targeting him during the climactic battle.&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Blackout/blackout.htm Blackout on TFU.info]&lt;br /&gt;
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