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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:RequiemBlaster.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not to be confused with [[Dirgegun]].]]<br /> <br /> The '''Requiem Blaster''' is quite simply the most powerful energy weapon in the known galaxy. It is the combined form of the Mini-Cons [[Astroscope]], [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]], and [[Sky Blast]]. It utilizes Astroscope's transdimensional research to draw on the power of a super nova's energy, a quasar's sonic output, or a [[black hole]]'s gravity. This makes it EXTREMELY powerful. Only the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] is able to diffuse an attack from the blaster. <br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Armada'' cartoon===<br /> The existence of the Requiem Blaster was first hinted at by [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] to [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|Awakening}} When it was first created, a blast from it almost destroys [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. Later it allowed [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to slow his fall and boil away the ocean below him without harming the ground underneath it while the recoil slowed him down. {{storylink|Desperate}}<br /> <br /> While in possession of the Requiem Blaster the Autobots argued on how it should be used. [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] wanted to use it to storm the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Runaway}} Megatron infiltrated the Autobot base and stole it from [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]. It blasted a hole clear through Smokescreen and the wall behind him. With his prize in hand, Megatron retreated. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}<br /> <br /> During the raid on the Decepticon base to save the Mini-Cons, Smokescreen (rebuilt as Hoist) blocked a shot from the Requiem Blaster with the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. He probably wished he had it earlier. {{storylink|Rescue}}<br /> <br /> While attempting to get a Mini-Con on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Megatron blasted some mountains with the blaster. After coming within close proximity of the Skyboom Shield and [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], it started to glow with light before the energy created by all three exploded. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}<br /> <br /> With all three Mini-Con weapons in hand, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] combined them into an ultimate weapon, the [[Hydra Cannon]]. {{storylink|Threaten}}<br /> <br /> En route to Cybertron, Megatron fired the Requiem Blaster at [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. The wake caused by the blast severely damaged Scavenger. Another shot at [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] knocked him into an asteroid. It was then used to take aim at a newly revived Optimus Prime, but was never fired. {{storylink|Miracle}}<br /> <br /> During the attack by [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], Megatron shot the attacker and blew it to pieces. Nemesis later revived and knocked the Requiem Blaster from Megatron's grasp. After Megatron transformed into Galvatron, he fired once again on Nemesis Prime before turning the weapon's destructive power upon the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]''. {{storylink|Puppet}}<br /> <br /> Galvatron led the attack on Cybertron initially with just the Star Saber and Skyboom Shield, but eventually had Demolishor hand him the Requiem Blaster to continue the attack. {{storylink|Uprising}} Later while pretending to rebuild the Hydra Cannon, Thrust stole the Requiem Blaster along with the Skyboom Shield. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} When [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] pursued, he was blasted to the pieces by the Requiem Blaster. Then, with some fancy time travel, he wasn't. Thrust instead shot the ceiling of the corridor, casuing an avalanche. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} Thrust then took the weapons through a portal to Cybertron's moon. There the kids attempted to wake up the component Mini-Cons, but to no avail. {{storylink|Portent}}<br /> <br /> The Requiem Blaster was now considered part of [[Unicron]]'s body. It was said they would not wake up. {{storylink|Union}} Unicron had covered it entirely with tenacles, but when the Mini-Cons began to sing, it broke escaped and broke up into the component Mini-Cons. They combined once again for Optimus Prime to shoot and destroy [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Origin}} The blaster later flew in gun form out of Unicron. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===<br /> {{storylink|More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|More Than Meets The Eye}}<br /> {{stub}}<br /> <br /> ===''TransTech''===<br /> [[Ego]], a collector of [[Multiverse|multiversal]] artifacts, had a Requiem Blaster in his collection. [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]] stole it and used it to kill the security guard [[Aurik]]. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> *'''Space Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2003)<br /> **''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-13'''<br /> <br /> : The Requiem Blaster is formed by combining the three members of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], with Astroscope and Sky Blast forming the barrel and Payload forming the handle. The cannon can be held by most Transformers who use [[5mm post|5mm mounting points]].<br /> <br /> : The Requiem Blaster was [[redeco]]ed into the [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team]]'s [[Umbral Blaster]].<br /> <br /> [[Image:2003-spacemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|250px]]<br /> *'''Space Micron X-Dimension''' (Basic, 2003)<br /> **''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-14'''<br /> <br /> :A somewhat more limited-edition—but still regular retail—[[redeco]] of the Space Team was released by [[Takara]] as part of the [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons]]. This set uses a primarily green and brown deco.<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Mir''' (Candy toy, 2003)<br /> *'''Apollo''' (Candy toy, 2003)<br /> *'''Move''' (Candy toy, 2003)<br /> <br /> :The Space Mini-Con Team was completely re-cast as new molds as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s [[Change Micron]] series. As these versions of the team members were sold separately, making the Requiem Blaster out of them was a slightly harder task.<br /> <br /> ===Energon===<br /> *'''Ultra Magnus''' (Ultra, 2004)<br /> <br /> :Another redeco of the Space Team, this time forming a black, gray and blue Requiem Blaster. They were packaged with ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]].<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Astro Blaster''' (アストロブラスター ''Asutoro Burasutā'')<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Rekviem Romboló''' (&quot;Requiem Destroyer&quot;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Energon weapons]]<br /> [[Category:Mini-Con weapons]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{picsneeded|Fictional appearances.}}<br /> <br /> {{factions|decepticon}}<br /> {{disambig2|the colossal Decepticon warship from Armada|the teeny jetski/jetpack from Classics|Tidal Wave (Classics)}}<br /> <br /> :''Tidal Wave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Tidal wave looms ps2.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Like a vast predatory &lt;s&gt;bird&lt;/s&gt; fish...]]<br /> '''Tidal Wave''' is a colossal powerhouse, one of the largest Decepticons under [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s command. His power is backed up by a brain that doesn't exactly run at optimal speeds; he's not so much stupid as he is single-minded and easily frustrated, although [[Pokeformers|his tendency to shout his own name repeatedly as a sort of battle cry]] doesn't do much to refute his reputation as a knucklehead. In battle he is merciless, an unyielding engine of destruction.<br /> <br /> He is unquestionably loyal to Megatron and his ideals and will quickly sign up with anyone that promises power to the Decepticon cause. He may or may not have a [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|soft spot for children]].&lt;ref&gt;One of the ''Super Link'' [[Commercial bumper|commercial bumpers]] features Mirage introducing himself, then telling the good little children out there that it's nice to meet them.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave's [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]]. Tidal Wave takes on the name '''Mirage''' when upgrading to a new body.<br /> <br /> {{quote|Tidal Wave...Tidal Wave...|Tidal Wave, too many times to properly source}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor'' [[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave was brought to [[Earth]] by the Decepticon strategist [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] in an attempt to bolster the Decepticon forces so that they could obtain the [[Requiem Blaster]]. Thrust's claims of Tidal Wave's prowess initially conflicted with the newcomer's... lack of grace. This was exemplified when [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] capsized the huge warship and sent it to the bottom of the deep. However, Tidal Wave quickly recovered by transforming into his massively powerful robot mode and quickly sent the Autobots scrambling for cover. {{storylink|Awakening}}<br /> <br /> Pounding the Autobots with firepower, Thrust called out to Tidal Wave to initiate his party piece. Tidal Wave transformed and split into three component vehicle sections (which somehow shrank in size), headed for Megatron and Powerlinxed with him, forming a combination known as ''Burning Megatron''. Megatron declared that &quot;The Power is Mine!&quot; before setting off in pursuit of Jet Optimus. Tidal Wave gave Megatron flight capability and an overwhelming amount of firepower which kept Jet Optimus at bay long enough for Megatron to slice the connection point between Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] with the Star Saber. However, Optimus Prime managed to obtain the [[Requiem Blaster]] and used it to injure both Tidal Wave and Megatron, forcing the Decepticons to retreat {{storylink|Desperate}} to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] for repairs. {{storylink|Runaway}}<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave later participated in the Decepticons' operation to steal the Blaster, during which [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] decided to defect. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} After Starscream cracked and attacked Megatron, Tidal Wave was sent after him to Earth when the rogue Decepticon jet escaped their moon base with the Star Saber in his possession. The Autobots initially assumed both Decepticons were part of a combined attack, but eventually came to Starscream's assistance against Tidal Wave when the Decepticon shot him down. Hot Shot nailed Tidal Wave in the eye with his axle cannon but the powerful Tidal Wave recovered quickly and caused problems for Jet Optimus, who couldn't so much as scratch him. This prompted Starscream to toss the Star Saber to the Autobot leader which he used to slice off one of Tidal Wave's chest guns and forced the Decepticon to retreat again. {{storylink|Regeneration}}<br /> <br /> He was present when Starscream led the Autobots into the heart of the Decepticon base to liberate the captive Mini-Cons. He handily took down Side Swipe, then moved to the chamber where the [[Hydra Cannon]] was under construction to prevent the Mini-Cons from being lost to the Autobots. On the way, he encountered [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] and Hot Shot, the latter of whom distracted him long enough for the former to penetrate deeper into the Decepticon base.<br /> <br /> Though Hot Shot fought hard, Tidal Wave was simply too big and powerful for the young 'bot to defeat alone, so he fled to the construction room with Tidal Wave in hot pursuit. Tidal Wave arrived just in time to see the Mini-Cons flee with Perceptor. [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] then arrived and the two fought for a while before the Autobots retreated, their objectives achieved. {{storylink|Rescue}}<br /> <br /> Megatron then sent Tidal Wave to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] as part of a trap for Starscream and Jetfire. He beat up Starscream in the sky, which sent him crashing to the surface. He encountered both the Autobots, as well as their Mini-Cons, shortly thereafter in the asteroid belt where they had located [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]]. Megatron and Thrust arrived to help him at this point, but all three were forced back when the Autobots unlocked the power of [[burning justice]] in the Star Saber and [[Skyboom Shield]]. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave participated in the attack during which Starscream returned to the Decepticons, bringing the Star Saber and Skyboom Shield with him. Once again, he fought Hot Shot. {{storylink|Crack}} He also fought against Optimus Prime and Jetfire atop the Hydra Cannon, {{storylink|Crisis}} combined with Megatron to defeat Side Swipe, {{storylink|Miracle}} and again when they found themselves on [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]'s world. {{storylink|Puppet}} He presumably took part in Galvatron's conquest of Cybertron {{storylink|Uprising}} and later tried, with only partial success, to prevent Hot Shot from getting close to Galvatron. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}}<br /> <br /> After that, he was assigned a squad to Decepticons and sent to clear an area of Autobots. He engaged Jetfire during this time, calling the Autobot a &quot;show-off&quot;. {{storylink|Portent}} He again combined with Megatron when the Decepticon leader decided to approach Optimus Prime for some... aggressive negotiations. Somehow, Jetfire managed to defeat single-handedly during this time. {{storylink|Cramp}}<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave attended the the meeting during which the Autobots and Decepticons formed a temporary truce to combat the menace of [[Unicron]], notably shaking hands with Jetfire. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}} After this, he combined with Galvatron in order to kill the traitorous Thrust, save Demolishor, and then, with the similarly combined Optimus Prime and Jetfire, penetrate deep into the core of Unicron. {{storylink|Union}} He detached from his master for a final time to allow the two Transformer leaders to settle their final differences and accompanied the rest of the Transformers, where he then fled the scene. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor'' [[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japanese), [[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish)<br /> {{noteslonly}}<br /> <br /> ''Before he came to Earth, Tidal Wave was in charge of a [[Decepticon]] platoon on [[Dabola]] which included [[Shockblast]] and [[Six Shot]]. After a series of battles, they eliminated the Autobots on the planet but Shockblast and Six Shot grew bored and started lashing out at their Decepticon allies. Tidal Wave eventually managed to drive them away and subsequently garnered an everlasting hatred for Shockblast. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}}''<br /> <br /> After the end of the Unicron Battles, Tidal Wave loyally followed Galvatron's last request—that the Decepticons remain at peace with the Autobots. During the ten year period that followed, Tidal Wave somewhere along the line changed not only his color palette but also his occupation—instead of being a warrior, he was now a guardian of the [[Energon (Energon)|energon]] mines in the Sol system's asteroid belt.<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave's post was one of the first targets of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] hordes. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} After being attacked and abducted, he was brought to [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and [[Alpha Quintesson]]'s base of operations where they convinced him to side with them by promising to revive Megatron, a deal which Tidal Wave eagerly agreed to despite clearly disliking Scorponok. He began by attacking an energon-mining facility on Mars and managed to obtain a large amount of energon before being driven back by the Autobots. {{storylink|Scorpinok}} At some point thereafter, he met up with Cyclonus somewhere in space and gave him a quick run-down on the situation. Cyclonus liked the idea of reviving Megatron, but was skeptical that this goal could actually be achieved.<br /> <br /> After that, Tidal Wave led a force of Terrorcons to attack [[Mars City]] and steal its energon. Due to the city's weak defenses, he was able to grab all its energon and slaughter most of its guards and inhabitants before leaving.<br /> <br /> Fresh from this success, he led an attack on [[Plains City]] alongside Scorponok where he faced off against his old allies Cyclonus and Demolishor. They were again repelled after a fierce battle against the Autobots, but this time Cyclonus came with them, having seen that Scorponok possessed [[Energon Sword|Megatron's sword]] and thus concluding that Megatron could be brought back to life with reasonable effort {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}.<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave, Cyclonus, and Scorponok returned to Unicron's body where Tidal Wave showed Megatron's corpse to Cyclonus. After Cyclonus hitting the corpse failed to resurrect it, he and Tidal Wave tried to persuade Scorponok to bring back their old leader, only to be ordered to go get more energon. They tried to raid a recently-discovered energon vein in the [[Arctic]], but were driven away when [[Cybertron City (city)|Cybertron City]] arrived. {{Storylink|The New Cybertron City}}<br /> <br /> After this, the Autobots upgraded all their defenses around their energon sources, leading to a series of defeats for the Decepticons under Alpha Q's control. In frustration, Cyclonus kicked Megatron's corpse a few times in proxy revenge for all the times he'd mistreated them. Tidal Wave begged him not to do that and verbally defended Megatron when their leader's disembodied voice demanded that they treat him with more respect.<br /> <br /> Seeing that Megatron's spark was causing trouble, Scorponok attempted to kill him outright but only succeeded in resurrecting him in a new body; at this, Tidal Wave was overjoyed and gleefully helped Megatron take control of Unicron's body from Alpha Q. He then followed Megatron in another attack on Plains City, during which Hot Shot lost an arm. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} After this, they returned to their base where Tidal Wave was assigned to guard the recently inducted Scorponok. Scorponok wondered why Megatron didn't kill Optimus Prime in their last sortie and Tidal Wave told him to figure it out - in the event that he did, the rest of the Decepticons would start to trust him.<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave later took part in the Decepticon mission to [[Ocean City]], during which Demolishor returned to their ranks {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} for another raid on [[Moon (moon)|Earth's moon]]. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}} He also accompanied the Decepticons in their next attack on Ocean City, attacking from beneath the water but was like everyone else, repelled by the [[energon tower]]'s ''Autobot-flavored'' energon. {{storylink|Energon Tower}} He was present when Megatron, for the first and only time, used the powers he gained from Unicron to restore Starscream's loyalty to the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}}<br /> <br /> After this, he observed a force of Alpha Q's Terrorcons investigating [[Jungle City]], and reasoned that there was probably energon to be had. The Decepticons attacked and made off with as much energon as they could, during which Tidal Wave attempted to destroy the energon tower. On this occasion, most of their efforts went to waste when the Autobots expldoed the city to prevent the Decepticons from getting the energon, but the 'Cons still came out ahead. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}<br /> <br /> He also took part in an attempt to capture [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]. {{storylink|Kicker Beware!}} When this failed, Megatron got the idea that chucking some giant comet-shaped lumps of Unicron at Earth would obliterate the Autobots and assigned Tidal Wave to lead the efforts in pushing them across the gulf of space. Tidal Wave explained to Scorponok that this slow procession would scare the humans much more than having the projectiles appear near their planet without warning.<br /> <br /> However, Megatron's grand plan just gave the humans and Autobots time to prepare and so the plan failed miserably. All the Decepticons fled back to Unicron. {{storylink|Energon Grid}} Following this, Megatron ordered them to find Alpha Q, who would have a lot of energon. Demolishor and Tidal Wave protested that this would be nigh impossible - after all, space is really big - but Megatron would have none of it.<br /> <br /> Just before trying to track him down, Tidal Wave and Starscream were responsible for seeing that Scorponok took all his energon back to Megatron and didn't try to skim any off the top for Alpha Q. {{storylink|Rodimus Friend or Foe?}}<br /> <br /> He later took part in a plan to lure out Alpha Q, using Scorponok as bait. However, it was [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] who came to Scorponok's rescue. All the Decepticons present, Tidal Wave among them, exchanged fire with Rodimus's team and retreated when Megatron was injured. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} Some time after this battle, he received a message from Snow Cat that he had found energon on an icy planet and so the Decepticons set off in pursuit. He attacked the ''[[Miranda II]]'' alongside Megatron and, after making some initial gains, the two were forced back by Alpha Q's new [[Cruellock]] drones.<br /> <br /> Still, this event ended well for Tidal Wave and the Decepticons. The Autobot's used the ''Miranda II's'' [[Energon Ring]] to destroy the Terrorcons, allowing the Decepticons to take all the planet's energon. {{storylink|The Return of Demolishor}} After that, he took part in a rather half-hearted attack on the ''Miranda II'' in deep space, and was again driven off. {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}} After that, the Autobots under Optimus Prime decided to attack Unicron and so the Decepticons went to defend their base, Tidal Wave paying particular attention to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Battle Stations}} After fighting for a while, both Unicron and the ''Miranda II'' arrived at Cybertron where both sides fell back to regroup.<br /> <br /> With the arrival of Unicron, Cybertron erupted into chaos. Megatron decided to recruit the unstable and dangerous Shockblast, ''who had been imprisoned by the Autobot/Decepticon coalition since Tidal Wave had last seen him''. Due to their previous enmity, Tidal Wave vehemently opposed this plan, but to no avail. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} Shockblast [[radio]]ed Megatron regarding a cache of energon big enough to revive Unicron, and thus despite his objections to trusting Shockblast, Tidal Wave was assigned to lead a team to this location.<br /> <br /> As soon as they met, Shockblast immediately took charge of the operation, sending the Decepticons to smash various towers. Tidal Wave, ''being familiar with Shockblast'', refused to obey him and the two began squabbling with Shockblast actually using Tidal Wave as a flying surfboard from which to shoot down Autobots. Megatron ordered the Decepticons to bring Shockblast to him and, his loyalty to Megatron being greater than his hatred of Shockblast, Tidal Wave reulctantly did so. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave kept up his dislike and distrust of Shockblast, even going so far as to blame him for Unicron's highly destructive pangs of hunger. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} When Unicron had been sated, Megatron sent the surviving Decepticons to destroy Cybertron's energy grid with Shockblast in command; Tidal Wave chafed at this, but still obeyed his commander. Shockblast ended up getting in over his head and so Tidal Wave tried to rescue him, getting hit by a falling energon tower in the process. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} After this, Megatron rebuilt him as Mirage.<br /> <br /> Mirage's first mission in his new body was to lead a large force of Terrorcons down to Cybertron as a distraction to allow Shockblast to sneak in with the main force. The plan worked and, despite Shockblast's incompetence, Unicron was restored to fucntionality. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} The Autobots attacked and Mirage helped defend Unicron. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} In the afermath he helped Starscream save Megatron from Shockblast's attempted coup and then followed Megatron into the rift in space that had opened up in the meantime. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}<br /> <br /> Mirage followed Megatron when he destroyed the first of Alpha Q's planets and also when they took a large amount of energon from [[Iron Planet]] while deliberately not helping the imprisoned Shockblast. {{storylink|Protection}} He then accompanied Megatron on his secret mission to Iron Planet. There, Mirage advised Megatron not to release Shockblast; Megatron agreed, threatening to 'rewire' the traitor which inspired Shockblast to offer to capture an Autobot as proof of his loyalty. Megatron did release Shockblast at this, above Mirage's objections; Mirage's fears on this particular occasion proves groundless as Shockblast did indeed capture [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]], allowing Megatron to forcibly turn him into a Decepticon. {{storylink|Imprisoned Inferno}}<br /> <br /> When Scorponok went to harvest the energon from [[Jungle Planet (Energon)|Jungle Planet]], Mirage was among those who distracted the Autobots from this mission. {{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, he took part in the attack on the Autobot base on Ocean Planet, approaching the base of the energon tower from underwater and destroying it. He also took part in the attempted recruitment of Inferno and got shot at. {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}} ''When [[Planet Q]] was restored, Mirage was one of those sent to guard the palace in case Scorponok should get in and regain his memories, but was smashed out of the way by [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]. As it turned out, however, they needn't have bothered. {{storylink|Scorponok's Scars}}''<br /> <br /> He later took part in another defense of Unicron against the Autobots, and was this time defeated by the presence of [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] and the timely arrival of Inferno, now rebuilt as Roadblock, with a huge number of energon towers {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}. He remained with Unicron and again fought to defend the chaos bringer's body from those who would destroy it {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}}.<br /> <br /> Around this time, he started forming a comedy trio with Snow Cat and Demolishor. During a subsequent stage of the Autobots' attack, Mirage and Snow Cat formed a combat duo with Mirage flying around while towing Snow Cat behind him in a manner not unlike water skiing, except in space. {{storylink|The Power}} Despite, or perhaps because of, this wonderful new tactic, the two were overwhelmed by the Autobots' superior numbers and had to be rescued by Starscream. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} Meanwhile, Megatron successfuly merged his [[spark]] with Unicron; when that happened, he trapped all the other Decepticons with tentacles and tried to devour Demolishor, but Mirage saved him. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}<br /> <br /> When Uncron was destroyed, it seemed that Mirage, Snow Cat, and Demolishor were the only survivors. They were summarily rounded up by the Autobots and put in prison where they shared a block with Six Shot. ''Oddly enough, given their history'', Mirage didn't seem to bear Six Shot any of the hatred he had for his brother. As it turned out, the other Decepticons had survived as well and the four in prison were released by Starscream. {{storylink|Ambition}} During the jailbreak, Mirage was seperated from the others, but soon found them again. Not seeing any Autobots around, they just decided to blow up whatever was convenient. After a while, the others left him to attend to various tasks, leaving Mirage and Snow Cat to carry on creating chaos. {{storylink|Wishes}}<br /> <br /> After Six Shot collapsed the energon towers and flooded Cybertron with ''Decepticon-flavored'' energon gas, Mirage and Snow Cat rejoined the rest of the Decepticons in their commandeered control room, where they along with Demolishor were ready and willing to rub Six Shot's face in it when he activated the base defenses to fire on the ''Miranda II'' without Galvatron's express permission. {{storylink|Galvatron!}}<br /> <br /> After taking part in another battle, {{storylink|Break Through}} Mirage, Demolishor, and Snow Cat followed Rad and [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]] to the energon core, having been misdirected by Starscream into thinking this was the location of the Super Energon pool. Dr. Jones led Snow Cat and Demolishor off to find the actual pool, leaving Mirage to guard Rad. {{storylink|The Omega Train}} After a while, for some reason, [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] and Kicker arrived on a rescue mission. Arcee fired an [[energon star]] at [[Primus]], temporarily re-energising the deity and causing it to drive Mirage out {{storylink|Ironhide Team}}. He then rejoined the Decepticons and returned to shooting Autobots on the surface. {{storylink|Formidable}}<br /> <br /> Following this battle, the Decepticons retreated and Mirage, along with Demolishor and Snow Cat, was assigned to guard the unreliable Six Shot. Having apparently become stupider since his upgrade, Mirage and friends took seriously Six Shot's suggestion that they go and claim some super energon for themselves, and so they ran off and let their prisoner escape.<br /> <br /> Six Shot managed to trap them and they were once again rescued by Starscream. The four blasted their way into the control room, only to find Six Shot was long gone. Then, thanks to [[Sally Jones|Sally]]'s meddling, the Autobots arrived, which led to a shoot-out. Mirage despaired at how Galvatron had left them to their own devices in a distinctly soap operatic manner. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} He was impressed when Galvatron became a giant and later joined in chasing Rodimus and Landmine before Optimus Prime arrived with reinforcements. {{storylink|Destructive Power}}<br /> <br /> He followed Galvatron when he towed Cybertron into Alpha Q's universe. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}} When Galvatron flung himself into the energon sun to destroy Unicron's spark, ''Mirage loyally followed after him and seemingly ended his life''. {{storylink|The Sun}}<br /> <br /> {{note|In Japan, after becoming Mirage, Tidal Wave became straight-up Gay For Galvatron. The dub dodged the issue as best it could (although honestly, that was probably more due to the fact that the English writers didn't seem to know what was going on in the show at the best of times), with Mirage's love-struck remarks being replaced with simple cheering for his leader or something else entirely—but it couldn't do anything about his repeated coquetteish gestures, doe-eyed expressions, or that one time he pirouetted and struck a pose while surrounded by a glowing pink heart. Maybe Tidal Wave couldn't properly articulate his love in his Armada form?}}<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;[[Image:Gayforgalvatron.jpg|none|750px|thumb|center|&lt;div class=&quot;center&quot;&gt;''Pretty Soldier Sailor &lt;s&gt;Tidal Wave''&lt;/s&gt; Mirage.&lt;/div&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' comic====<br /> Tidal Wave was among the Decepticon troops allied with the Autobots and Mini-Cons during the battle against Unicron. He clutched his head in agony when the Chaos Bringer appeared and declared that this reality would be consumed. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> Millions of years ago, Tidal Wave captured [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] and coerced him into building [[seismic-shock warhead]]s for the Decepticons, which Megatron would use as a last resort to destroy the planet should he lose the war. Whenever Ironhide refused, an Autobot prisoner of war was executed. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}}<br /> <br /> In the present, Tidal Wave was recruited by [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], joining the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} While he went on several raids and missions with the Terrorcons, it became clear to him that he wasn't the most respected of the team. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}} <br /> <br /> Tidal Wave attacked Ironhide and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] while they were overseeing the contruction of a new base on Cybertron. Using Cliffjumper's life as leverage, he forced Ironhide to reactivate the seismic-shock warheads for Scorponok's scheme to use on Earth. Ironhide foiled Tidal Wave when he armed the doomsday weapon, with the cold threat of destroying Cybertron rather than allowing the Decepticons destroy Earth. Tidal Wave panicked and left through a space bridge. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}}<br /> <br /> While the other Decepticons and Terrorcons thought little of Tidal Wave, [[Alpha Quintesson]], however, saw something in him, and reformatted him into Mirage, noting as he did so that Scorponok had fallen out of [[Unicron]]'s favor. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}}<br /> <br /> {{note|Due to the bankruptcy of [[Dreamwave Productions]], this storyline was left unresolved.}}<br /> <br /> ===Energon mini-comic===<br /> As part of [[Eclipse-Team]], Mirage as assigned to patrol the exterior of an Autobot energon refinery plant while his team-mates [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] and [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] plunder the ressources within. The plan quickly went awry, however, and when Slugslinger called in Mirage for reinforcement, Mirage was swatted by [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] for his troubles. The mission was a complete failure. {{Storylink|Energon (mini-comic)|Energon mini-comic Vol.3}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (PS2)===<br /> [[Image:Tidalwave pushup.gif|left|180px|thumb|Megatron might be a jerk, but he cares for his troops' physical fitness.]]<br /> Tidal Wave, in his combined battleship mode, was stationed as a relay and refuel point off a small chain of islands in the Mid-Atlantic. The [[Autobot]]s made their way inside him to take out the [[Decepticlone]] platoons inside and destroy him, but discovered that Tidal Wave wasn't merely a transport. They escaped just in time to avoid being crushed as Tidal Wave transformed into his titanic robot mode.<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave walked around the island chain in the deep waters, unloading volleys of missiles, lasers, and the occasional [[Jet Laser]] on the tiny-by-comparison Autobots. Despite his impressive size, firepower, and nigh-impenetrable armor, the Autobots managed to do enough damage to Tidal Wave's one weak point—his face—to cause a chain reaction that caused multiple explosions inside him, sending him falling face-first to the ocean floor.<br /> <br /> The Autobots were able to extract information from Tidal Wave's computer that the Decepticons' main base was located in Northern Alaska, but the information was planted there by Megatron to lead the Autobots into a trap.<br /> <br /> Tidal Wave was later seen still on Earth and has survived from his battle with the Autobots, but is now taking exercises with the survived [[Decepticlone]] army. {{storylink|Transformers (Melbourne House)|Transformers}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> [[Image:Armada Tidal Wave toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;TCS Tiger's Claw, Transform!&quot;]]<br /> *'''Tidal Wave with Ramjet''' (Giga-Con, 2003)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-06'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Ramjet Mini-Con partner, 2 missiles<br /> <br /> : Tidal Wave is a robot that is made up of three different aquatic vehicles; an aircraft carrier, a double-bowed battleship, and a troop-landing craft. All three can combine to form a single gigantic warship, which from there can transform to robot mode ''without'' having to separate. Each smaller craft has its own gimmick; the carrier has a working storage elevator for Tidal Wave's [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]], the battleship has Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]]-activated swiveling cannons (also usable in robot mode), and the landing craft opens up to reveal seats for Mini-Cons to sit on.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Micron Shockwave toy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Alleged Decepticon Military Genius.]]<br /> : Tidal Wave can also combine with Megatron (and the Galvatron redeco), with Tidal Wave's aircraft carrier and battleship clipping onto Megatron's arms and his troop transport clipping onto Megatron's back (after the turret has been positioned in Full Blast Mode configuration) as a jetpack. His arms, as their plugs are identical to Leobreaker's, can also be attached to the later ''Cybertron'' Megatron toy, using the same ports that allow for Dark Claw Mode. These arms can also be attached to the Leader class Optimus Prime toy. Conversely, one may connect any character or characters using the Leobreaker mold to Tidal Wave in lieu of one or both of his arms.<br /> <br /> : The [[Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] versions are considerably different. Takara's &quot;Shockwave&quot; replaces all the green plastic with purple, darker grays, and several of the paint colors are altered. These differences were made to align the toy more closely to the cartoon's appearance, though they're not completely accurate. Hasbro's original color scheme for Tidalwave was supposed to match the animation more closely, but the Hasbro design team thought there was too much purple between the Decepticons currently on the store shelves, changing some of Tidalwave's colors around.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/TidalWave/tidalwave.htm More information on Tidal Wave at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Energon===<br /> [[Image:Energon Tidal Wave toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tidal Wave...Tidal Wave...Tidal Wave...]]<br /> *'''Tidal Wave with Ramjet''' (Ultra, 2004)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-04'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Ramjet Mini-Con partner, 2 missiles<br /> <br /> :Tidal Wave's ''Armada'' toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] for the early part of ''Energon'', with &quot;energy&quot; patterns resembling stylized lightning bolts painted across it. Several portions of his body were also cast in transparent green plastic. This was the result of his body being infused with Decepticon-energy [[Energon (Energon)|energon]], as in the series, he did not have his lightning &quot;scars&quot; until after he touched (and was injured) by raw energon.<br /> <br /> :The toy has also been very slightly retooled—the notches on the inside of his body that were originally designed to prevent the missiles from firing by giving the triggers a place to rest have been made larger so they now actually fulfill their original purpose.<br /> <br /> :Tidal Wave retains his ability to combine with ''Armada'' Megatron/Galvatron, as well as ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/TidalWave/tidalwave.htm More information on ''Energon'' Tidal Wave at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:Energon Mirage toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He went from a boat to a fairy.]]<br /> *'''Mirage''' (Mega, 2004)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-15'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' 4 missiles<br /> {{note|Mirage was [[repurposing|repurposed]] from a separate character named [[Mirage (Energon)|Mirage]].}}<br /> : Mirage is an upgraded body for Tidal Wave, transforming into a sleek assault speedboat with multiple spring-loaded missile launchers as well as fold-out wings for his &quot;Hyper Mode&quot;. As something of a shellformer, Mirage's transformation sequence is one of the most complex for the ''Energon'' toy line and as a side effect, he ends up with some obnoxiously large vehicle mode shell [[kibble]]. Some bad design and excessively tight knee joints means his lower legs will often detach from the upper thighs whenever one tries to bend his knees.<br /> <br /> :The initial releases of Mirage were one-per-case, and was part of a wave that saw limited distribution due to [[Shelfwarmer|a glut of early product on the shelves]]. However, Mirage was later put into &quot;Mega-Buy&quot; multi-packs at a buy-one-get-one-free price at numerous chains, including Toys 'R' Us and Wal-Mart, relieving much of the demand for the item.<br /> <br /> : This mold was also [[redeco]]ed into ''Energon'' [[Dreadwing (Energon)|Dreadwing]] and [[BotCon 2009]] [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Mirage/mirage.htm More information on Mirage at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Tidal Wave's use of his own name as a battle cry is not exclusive to the English stories; he likewise chants &quot;Shock, Shock, Shock waaaaaaave&quot; as he fights in ''Super Link''. When he upgrades to Mirage (&quot;Shockfleet&quot; in Japan), his battle cry becomes &quot;ShockShockShock!&quot;<br /> * In the English dub of the ''Armada'' cartoon, Tidal Wave is called by his Japanese name, Shockwave, several times. Of course, the English dub was notorious for [[Sparkplug (Armada)|not]] [[High Wire (Armada)|keeping]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|names]] [[Grindor (Armada)|straight]].<br /> * An easter egg on the Playstation 2 game of Transformers is that, when he's in vehicle mode, you can enter a cavity where his robot mode head is stored. You can walk all over it and a glitch enables you to walk inside his head. He doesn't seem to mind.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8hcHAW3YiY Gameplay video showing the Tidal Wave's head Easter egg.]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * Mirage may have been originally intended as a separate character. [[Hasbro]] appears to have implied this is the case, saying that designing the toys before the show was completed led to &quot;some characters not aligning together in the animation and toy expressions&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;[[Hasbro Q&amp;A/August 2009: Answers]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu''), '''Shockfleet''' (Mirage, ショックフリート ''Shokkufurīto'')<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Hullámsír''' (''Armada'', &quot;Watery Grave&quot;), '''Szökőár''' (''Energon''), '''Árhullám''' (''The Ultimate Battle''), '''Délibáb''' (Mirage)<br /> *''Polish:'' '''Falotron''' (&quot;Wavetron&quot;), '''Falomiot''' (Mirage, &quot;Waveblaster&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Terrorcons]]<br /> [[Category:Repurposed toys]]<br /> [[Category:Sea specialists]]<br /> [[Category:Unicron-related characters]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|minicon|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig3|Grindor}}<br /> :''Grindor is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:AGrindor01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Skate Or Die III: Board's Revenge]]<br /> During the era of [[the Unicron Battles]], '''Grindor''' was the Mini-Con partner to [[Carlos Lopez]], allowing him to shred in style. Wicked!<br /> <br /> They seem to have eventually drifted apart, as Grindor spent much of his time around [[Kicker Jones]] in later years.<br /> <br /> He combines with his fellow [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] members to form [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> Grindor was among the earliest Mini-Cons created from [[Unicron]]'s cells. He was present in the distant past when the time-traveling Earth children made contact with High Wire, and awakened the Mini-Cons' capacity for independent thought. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}<br /> <br /> Millions of years later, Grindor, along with [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], was discovered inside the crashed Mini-Con ship on Earth by [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and his human friends. He was activated when [[Carlos Lopez]] made contact with his storage panel, apparently creating a link between the two. Despite this, he was initially rather unresponsive to Carlos, but they soon formed a friendship after Grindor scanned Carlos's skateboard as his new alt mode. The kids and Street Action Team were having a wild time playing together when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons appeared to capture them. Luckily, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots stepped in to protect the smaller robots. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}}<br /> <br /> At school, Carlos pretended Grindor was an old school thrash board from the 80's when [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] questioned them about their new vehicles. Back at the Autobot base inside the Mini-Con ship, Grindor and the other Mini-Cons agreed to help the Autobots find the Mini-Cons and keep them out of Decepticon slavery and control. {{storylink|Base}}<br /> <br /> On their first Mini-Con hunt, Grindor and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}<br /> <br /> Grindor and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of &quot;Tag&quot; inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to &quot;tag&quot; the kids for him. Grindor and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, Grindor helped Rad and the kids bring supplies up to the Autobot base. He and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}<br /> <br /> One day, High Wire and Grindor went out to a carnival with Rad and Carlos. Hijinx ensued. {{storylink|Carnival}} Out on a desert mission, Grindor was trying to get the drop on Demolishor when he and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. Grindor and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}<br /> <br /> When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, Grindor and his friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, Grindor and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}<br /> <br /> As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Grindor and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}<br /> <br /> Grindor and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}} Sometime later, Grindor and High Wire went camping with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. {{storylink|Vacation}} When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, Grindor and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, Grindor's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}<br /> <br /> Soon after, Grindor and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the &quot;enemy&quot; Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}<br /> <br /> When a computer virus named [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}<br /> <br /> After the Autobots rescued [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]'s Mini-Con panel, Grindor and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> Grindor and Sureshock joined the kids in the cheering section as Jetfire beat [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in arm-wrestling three out of three times. {{storylink|Detection}} When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, Grindor and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He cowered behind Rad when Grindor and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}<br /> <br /> Grindor was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, Grindor and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}<br /> <br /> After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Grindor was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}<br /> <br /> As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], Grindor and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis}}<br /> <br /> Grindor and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attempted to leave the kids behind, however, the Street Action Team formed Perceptor and organized a mutiny of the Mini-Con troops. They passively took over the bridge and made it clear by speaking in English for the first time that the humans were coming along...or else. {{storylink|Depart}}<br /> <br /> The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. Grindor and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, Grindor helped organized the Mini-Cons on-board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle}} <br /> <br /> Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, Grindor immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a &quot;surprise&quot; for the Autobots. When the Autobots confronted Galvatron's Decepticon armada, the Mini-Cons assembled once more, creating illusions to disguise the ''Axalon'' amidst a horde of duplicate ships. As the power of the black hole became stronger and stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. Grindor and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising}}<br /> <br /> After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster]] for Unicron, High Wire recognized the place where Hot Shot was searching for the traitor, and so the kids and the Street Action Team made their way underground to join the search party. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} This led to a fight with Thrust and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, Grindor and the others watch on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, Grindor and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}<br /> <br /> With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that comprised the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}<br /> <br /> In Unicron's heart, Grindor and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to Grindor and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, Grindor and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' cartoon====<br /> [[Image:Energon KickerGrindor Ep5.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Forget what we said in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]] hoverboards will be a common thing in 2020 ''not 2006''.]]<br /> <br /> Evidently the [[Earth Federation]] [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] Space Station does not allow its crew members to own hoverboards, so ownership of Grindor has been transferred to [[Kicker Jones]].<br /> He was fat that time.<br /> <br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ====''Cybertron'' comic====<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> ====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====<br /> Alongside High Wire, Sureshock and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Grindor lay dormant near present-day [[Lincoln]] for a million years after the crash of the Mini-Con [[Exodus (Armada)|escape vessel]]. One day, [[Rad White]] stumbled upon their wrecked piece of the ship and reactivated them along with all other Mini-Cons on Earth. After repairing themselves, Grindor and the others quickly befriended Rad and his buddies, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and even built them a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} Unfortunately, not even a day passed before the [[Decepticon]]s tracked the Mini-Cons to Earth, and they had to explain to their human friends that they were involved in a war. The Street Action Team scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and escaped to a canyon, where they ran into a team of [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} Grindor and his friends were briefly captured by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], but eventually the Mini-Cons and Autobots joined forces and chased the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}<br /> <br /> Later, the Street Action Team was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} After rescuing Rad from a [[Billy (Armada)|bully]], Grindor and the others were driving around with their friends when the [[Mini-Con Ark]]'s beacon struck. The Street Action Team stopped responding and started driving mindlessly towards the Ark with their passengers still on them. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Grindor and the other Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress]] where they could live in peace forever. This saddened Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock, who would rather live on Earth with their human friends. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Fortunately for them, the moonbase had to be evacuated following a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}<br /> <br /> After returning to Earth, Grindor listened to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s pro-Mini-Con independence speeches. {{storylink|Fire &amp; Ice}} He wasn't seen again until the Autobots learned that [[Unicron]] was targeting [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], at which point all Mini-Cons gathered in order to fight him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team returned to their home planet and joined the other Mini-Cons in pouring their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> Ten years later, Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock learned that the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] were attacking Earth cities. Worried about their old human friends, they volunteered to travel to Earth and fight this new threat in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They were assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team in [[Los Angeles]], which they defended against a huge swarm of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Overwhelmed by the number of Terrorcons, Perceptor and the rest of the team quickly began to run low on energy, but they were saved when Rad showed up in the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] and sprayed them with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comic===<br /> Back when Cybertron was peaceful, Grindor enjoyed entertaining his friends with extraordinary feats, such as lifting heavy metal boxes. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}<br /> <br /> After escaping from Cybertron, Grindor and several other Mini-Cons crashed on [[Earth]], where they woke up four million years later. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} While they initially refused to get involved with the Autobot-Decepticon war again, the Mini-Cons changed their minds after witnessing [[Rad White]]'s displaying great amounts of courage in order to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Grindor raced into battle and fired on Megatron to little effect, but the distraction allowed Optimus Prime to summon Autobot reinforcements. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} After spending some time as [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]'s racing vehicle, Grindor and his friends on the Street Action Team were sent to recover a [[locator log]] from the wrecked Mini-Con ship. When they found it, they were suddenly attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who trapped Grindor under some debris. He offered his blaster to Rad, urging him to destroy the locator log before the Decepticon got it, but Rad thought of a plan to take out both the log and Demolishor. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}<br /> <br /> The Street Action Team subsequently began watching their human friends from the shadows in order to learn how to fit in on Earth. As he witnessed Carlos trying to impress his friends with skating tricks, Grindor helped out by using his rocket-powered skateboard mode to let Carlos loop, grind and even fly. Unfortunately, Carlos was not pleased with his &quot;help&quot;, as he now had to explain those crazy moves to his friends. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} Some time later, the Autobots tried to send Grindor and the other the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron to keep them safe, but the plans fell through. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} The Street Action Team went back to playing around with their human friends, but were suddenly targeted for capture by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. While the humans went to get help, Grindor combined with his teammates into Perceptor and did battle with the Decepticon. They were nearly defeated by their enemy, who was wielding [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], but Optimus Prime arrived to save the day. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}}<br /> <br /> When the Decepticons planned to wipe the Autobots out with missiles fired from the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], the Mini-Cons offered to surrender themselves in order to buy their friends some time. The Decepticons happily accepted, and Grindor and the others were stuffed aboard a [[solar barge]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} As [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] pulled the barge towards the Moon, the Mini-Cons promptly broke out, beat him up, and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}<br /> <br /> ===Something Robotic This Way Comes===<br /> The three Mini-Cons were unable to grasp the explanation which Alexis, Carlos and Rad gave them about [[Halloween]], so the three kids invited them along Trick-or-Treating with them. Grindor was confused when Rad said something about soaping the windows on a house if they didn't give out candy. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}<br /> <br /> ===Bendon ''Armada'' books===<br /> Grindor was with the kids when they talked Optimus into letting them explore some nearby caves for Mini-Con crystals... and seemingly didn't actually go along with them. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}} <br /> <br /> Grindor did, however, participate in a mini-con race the kids had that also involved Sureshock and High Wire. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> *'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002) <br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-01''' <br /> <br /> :Grindor transforms into a rocket-powered skateboard. He was available as a three pack with team mates High Wire and Sureshock, and can [[Combiner|combine]] into Perceptor, with Grindor forming the chest. Due to the combining process, Grindor has a Mini-Con plug on his back, making him a rare instance of a Mini-Con that can [[Powerlinx]] with another Mini-Con. Kinky.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Grindor (Universe)|Grindor]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on Grindor at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Street Action Micron Anime Color''' (CD w/ toy, 2003)<br /> <br /> : These [[redeco]]es of the Street Action Team was available only with the CD single of the first ''Micron Legend'' [[Japanese themes|theme song]], &quot;[[Transformer: Dream Again]]&quot; by [[Psychic Lover]]. The toys were decoed to be more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in Grindor's case, he is colored a different shade of blue and has a more detailed [[paint operation]]s on his face.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDBank/bank.htm More information on Anime Color Bank at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Bank''' (Change Micron, 2003)<br /> <br /> : Part of the first assortment of [[Kabaya]] [[Change Micron]]s, this [[candy toy]] version of Grindor is almost identical to the original toy, but was actually made using an all-new mold. He came in an individual box, packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets. <br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMBank/bank.htm More information on Change Micron Bank at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]<br /> *'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (2003)<br /> <br /> :An [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] redeco of the Street Action Mini-Con Team was packaged only with the Toys &quot;R&quot; Us Japan [[exclusive]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#MagnaConvoyDX|Magna Convoy DX]] toy. Grindor was given a mainly dark teal, black and red color scheme.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XBank/bank.htm More information on X-Dimension Bank at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===Energon===<br /> *'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2004)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-09'''<br /> <br /> : ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Grindor is a new mold, transforming from a hovercraft into a stubby, funny looking robot. He can combine with his pack-in partners High Wire and Sureshock to form ''Energon'' Perceptor, except this time he forms the legs.<br /> <br /> : This mold was also used to make [[Kickflip|Filter]] and [[Screw]] in the same toyline.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on ''Energon'' Grindor at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Universe (2003)===<br /> *'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2005)<br /> <br /> :The ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Street Action Team is a repack of ''Energon'' Perceptor, with no changes to the contents within. <br /> <br /> ===Cybertron===<br /> [[Image:Cybertron-toy_Grindor.JPG|right|thumb|250px]]<br /> *'''Scrap Iron vs Grindor''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006) <br /> <br /> : ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Grindor is a redeco of ''Energon'' Grindor in teal paint job. He can combine with both ''Cybertron'' High Wire and Sureshock to form ''Cybertron'' Perceptor. He came packaged with [[Scrap Iron]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Grindor at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *In Japan, Bank is the only member of the Street Action Team not named after a Generation 1 character.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Bank''' (バンク ''Banku''), '''Runway''' (''Super Link'', ランウェイ ''Ranwei'')<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Zhernov''' (Жернов)<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Daráló''' (&quot;Grinder&quot;)<br /> <br /> {{charstub}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|minicon|autobot}}<br /> {{disambig3|High Wire}}<br /> :''High Wire is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Armada Highwire art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ohh, it's a deep burn! Oh, it's so deep! Oh, I can barely lift my right arm 'cause I did so many.]]<br /> <br /> '''High Wire''' is a bike. Motivational, intelligent, yet ego-free, he believes unwaveringly in the power of teamwork, and though he wouldn't admit it, he is great at leadership.<br /> <br /> He combines with his fellow [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] members to form [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. On [[Drift (episode)|at least one occasion]] he has demonstrated a limited ability to manipulate time.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Terry Klassen]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> High Wire and the Mini-Cons were created countless millennia ago, spawned from with the cells of Unicron. Outwardly innocent and yet extremely powerful, the Mini-Cons' purpose was to engineer a power struggle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, creating conflict which would feed Unicron. Due to a time loop, however, High Wire encountered three children from 21st century Earth — [[Rad White]] and his friends [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. Contact with Rad somehow weakened Unicron's conditioning, giving High Wire and the other Mini-Cons the ability to think for themselves. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}<br /> <br /> A million years ago, a ceasefire was called between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, during which it was decided to banish the Mini-Cons from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so they would never be used as tools of war again. High Wire was among the Mini-Cons who were placed in stasis inside [[Mini-Con storage panel|Mini-Con storage panels]] on board the starship ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' for the long journey into deep space. Remembering his long-ago contact with Rad White, High Wire aimed the ''Exodus'' towards the planet Earth, where he knew Rad would one day be waiting for him.<br /> <br /> However, during the launch of the ''Exodus'', the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] betrayed the ceasefire and attacked, hoping to take all the Mini-Cons for himself. The Autobots managed to hold off the Decepticons long enough for the ''Exodus'' to make it to a warp gate and leave Cybertron behind forever. After drifting through space for countless years, the Mini-Con ship collided with Earth's moon and broke apart, half of it remaining on the moon while the rest crash-landed on the planet's surface. <br /> <br /> Thousands of years later, Rad White and his friend Carlos were exploring the caves under the local [[Cosmoscope Research Center|observatory]] when they discovered the remains of the ''Exodus''. Rad was drawn to the glowing, green Mini-Con panel in the darkness, and when he touched it, the systems of the ''Exodus'' reactivated and sent a signal back to Cybertron. Now the Transformers knew what had become of the Mini-Cons. After Rad and Carlos exited the caves and met up with Alexis, they were confronted by Megatron himself. In his fear, Rad stumbled and dropped the Mini-Con panel, which activated and released High Wire. High Wire was shocked to see Megatron and scanned Rad's bicycle to enable the escape for his new friends and liberators. However, Megatron managed to stop them and demanded the humans turn over High Wire. Fortunately for all concerned, the Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], arrived to confront the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|First Encounter}}<br /> <br /> As more Autobots and Decepticons arrived and began grappling with each other, High Wire and the humans fled back into the mountain caves to avoid getting trampled. High Wire led the children deep into the mountain where the Mini-Con ship was buried, and located his two inoperative friends, [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]]. When Carlos and Alexis touched their Mini-Con storage panels, they came to life just like High Wire, and the trio were reunited. Eager to try out the new Earth modes they scanned, the Street Action Team went racing through the countryside with their new human companions, crossing over rivers and straight up mountainsides. Reality soon caught up with them, though, as Megatron and the Decepticons tracked them down. Fortunately, Optimus Prime and his Autobots stepped in again to save the Mini-Cons from entrapment and slavery. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}}<br /> <br /> After the Decepticons were driven off, the collected Autobots, Mini-Cons and humans retreated back into the mountain-ship to get to know one another. High Wire asked Optimus Prime if the Autobots would force the Mini-Cons to fight, but Optimus assured him that only the Decepticons treated Mini-Cons like slaves, and the Autobots would allow them to make their own decisions. Satisfied that their freedom would be respected, High Wire and his fellow Mini-Cons agreed to join forces with the Autobots. As the new alliance was forged, Mini-Con panels began to come on-line all over the globe, ensuring the Autobots would have plenty of work to keep them busy. {{storylink|Base}}<br /> <br /> On their first Mini-Con hunt, High Wire and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. High Wire tried to get a higher vantage point by standing atop of Prime's foot. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}<br /> <br /> High Wire and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of &quot;Tag&quot; inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to &quot;tag&quot; the kids for him. High Wire and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, High Wire helped Rad gather supplies for the kids to use while freeloading at the Autobot base. He and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}<br /> <br /> One day, High Wire and Grindor went out to a carnival with Rad and Carlos. Hijinx ensued. {{storylink|Carnival}} Out on a desert mission, High Wire was trying to get the drop on [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] when he and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. High Wire and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}<br /> <br /> When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, High Wire and his friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, High Wire and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}<br /> <br /> As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, High Wire and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}<br /> <br /> High Wire and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}} Sometime later, High Wire and Grindor went camping with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. {{storylink|Vacation}} When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, High Wire and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, High Wire's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}<br /> <br /> Soon after, High Wire and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the &quot;enemy&quot; Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}<br /> <br /> When a computer virus named [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}<br /> <br /> After the Autobots rescued [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]'s Mini-Con panel, High Wire and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, High Wire and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He dove out of the way when High Wire tried to tackle him, and cowered behind Rad when High Wire and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}<br /> <br /> High Wire was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, High Wire and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}<br /> <br /> After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], High Wire was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}<br /> <br /> As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], High Wire and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis}}<br /> <br /> Following the death of Optimus Prime in stopping the Hydra Cannon, the Autobots were preparing to follow the Decepticons into space and prevent them from using the cannon aganst Cybertron. Although Hot Shot and Red Alert made it clear the kids wouldn't be coming along on such a dangerous mission, High Wire knew it was their destiny to do so. He began speaking to Rad in English, and in his dreams, compelling him to seek his destiny out in space. When the kids declared their intention to join the mission, High Wire and the Street Action Team converted into Perceptor and organized the united Mini-Cons on the side of the kids. With pressure from the Mini-Cons, Hot Shot was forced to allow the humans to accompany them. {{storylink|Depart}}<br /> <br /> The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. High Wire and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, High Wire organized the Mini-Cons on-board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle}} <br /> <br /> Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, High Wire immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a &quot;surprise&quot; for the Autobots. When the Autobots confronted Galvatron's Decepticon armada, the Mini-Cons assembled once more, creating illusions to disguise the ''Axalon'' amidst a horde of duplicate ships. As the power of the black hole became stronger and stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. High Wire and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising}}<br /> <br /> After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster]] from Galvatron, Hot Shot joined forces with the Decepticons [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] and Starscream to hunt him down. When he reported his position in the underground caverns of Cybertron to the ''Axalon'', High Wire recognized it as the place where the Mini-Cons were first created. The kids and their Mini-Cons went down to help with the search, but got caught in a stand-off between Thrust and Starscream. High Wire unleashed his hidden power just as Thrust turned the Requiem Blaster on Starscream, somehow creating the temporal loop that sent the kids back to the Mini-Cons' creation in the first place. When time reset itself, the Street Action Team had a few extra moments to form Perceptor and distract Thrust, saving Starscream. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}<br /> <br /> The search continued and led to a fight with Thrust and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, High Wire and the others watch on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, High Wire and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}} <br /> <br /> With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that comprised the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}<br /> <br /> In Unicron's heart, High Wire and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to High Wire and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, High Wire and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' cartoon====<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ====''Cybertron'' comic====<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> ====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====<br /> When the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con ship]]broke up and crashed on Earth a million years in the past, near High Wire ended up in a cave under present-day [[Lincoln]] alongside Grindor, Sureshock and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]. A fateful day, a human named [[Rad White]] fell into the cave and accidentally awakened the Mini-Cons, who soon befriended him and his companions, [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang]]. High Wire and the others built the humans a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]] and asked them to be their guides as they searched for other Mini-Cons on Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} Unfortunately, their fun and games stopped when they were tracked to Earth by the [[Decepticon]]s, and the Mini-Cons were forced to explain their war-torn past to the kids. High Wire and the others then scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and used them to run from the Decepticons until they ran into the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} After the Decepticons were driven off by the Autobots and another group of Mini-Cons, the Street Action Team allied themselves with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}<br /> <br /> High Wire was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} He later rescued Rad from [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] by menacing the bully with a wheelie, so Rad explained to him that not ''every'' dangerous situation requires saving. As the Street Action Team drove around town with their human friends, the [[Mini-Con Ark]]'s summoning beacon reached them, and they started driving mindlessly towards [[Kansas]]. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] where their race could live in peace forever. High Wire and his teammates were against this, as they'd much rather live on Earth with Rad, Carlos and Alexis. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} They awaited help from the Autobots, but were in a way saved by the ''Decepticons'' when they attacked the base and deactivated the energy field keeping the Mini-Cons behind bars. All residents of the moonbase subsequently evacuated it. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}<br /> <br /> After returning to Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire &amp; Ice}} Later, High Wire joined a team of Mini-Cons who traveled to the Decepticons' base at [[Silver Ridge]] in search of [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s [[null-reality pod]]s, which were needed to bring back the lost [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} They successfully infiltrated the base, but were forced to hide from the three [[Heralds of Unicron]] who were stomping around inside. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} The team located the null-reality pods, and High Wire watched as Sparkplug, Over-Run and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] used them to traverse dimensions and retrieve Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} Prime returned with news that [[Unicron]] was coming to devour their dimension's [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], so all Mini-Cons had to return to their homeworld and fight against him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] on Cybertron and poured their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed Over-Run to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> Ten years later, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock learned that the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] were assaulting various cities on Earth. Worried about their old human friends, they volunteered to return to Earth and fight this new threat in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They were assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team in [[Los Angeles]], where they battled against thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The team was vastly outnumbered and quickly began to run low on energy, but High Wire and the others were saved when Rad showed up in the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] and used it to power them up with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comics===<br /> Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], High Wire was a chemist of sorts, and once developed a nice and clean way of processing waste fuel. Unfortunately, his attempts to save the environment were for naught, as the Decepticons soon &quot;turned the skies black with smoke&quot; anyway. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} He later left his home planet alongside most of the Mini-Con population, and ended up crashing on [[Earth]] and laying dormant for four million years.<br /> <br /> High Wire was the first Mini-Con to meet [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] after they accidentally reactivated the Mini-Cons onboard their crashed ship in a cave. He helped Rad and Carlos out of the cave and tried to explain that he had come in peace, but hadn't picked up much English yet. Fortunately, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] showed up to translate for him. ''Un''fortunately, Megatron was there to capture the Mini-Cons and conquer Earth. High Wire scanned Alexis's bike for an [[alternate mode]], then transformed and carried the three kids to safety while Megatron was distracted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. He met up with the rest of the awakened Mini-Cons, but they refused to help Optimus Prime against Megatron, as them getting involved with the war again would only end badly. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} Rad, disgusted by their cowardice, went off to save Prime by himself. High Wire realized that he couldn't let the human go alone, then raced after Rad, saving him just before Megatron could stomp on him. He ended up being punched by Megatron in the process, but was pulled out of danger by [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}}<br /> <br /> After the battle, High Wire and the rest of the Mini-Cons joined the Autobots. He spent some time racing with his new human friends, but they were soon sent by Optimus Prime to recover the [[locator log]] from the Mini-Cons' ship. They found it, but came under attack from [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who quickly took High Wire and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] out with a single blast. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} In order to learn more about life on Earth, High Wire began following Rad around during his daily routines. While watching Rad during a chemistry class at school, he witnessed [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] messing up his experiment. Remembering his own experiments on Cybertron, he pulled the two troublemakers out of the window and avenged Rad by giving them a beating. Rad felt that this would only get him into trouble, and took High Wire to his other friends, who had similar &quot;help gone wrong&quot; experiences with their Mini-Con friends. High Wire was embarrassed, but Rad promised to guide him through proper human behavior. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, High Wire almost returned to Cybertron when the Autobots decided to keep the Mini-Cons safe by sending them home. In the end, they remained on Earth due to various circumstances. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Home!}} The Street Action Team were racing with Rad, Carlos and Alexis again when they came under attack from [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], out to get himself some Mini-Con upgrades. High Wire threw Rad off of him and told him to get help, then combined with his teammates into Perceptor and did battle with Starscream. After Optimus Prime showed up and saved the day, High Wire hi-fived with Rad and explained that they had kept Perceptor a secret as sometimes, the less people know about Mini-Cons the better. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Sword}}<br /> <br /> When the Autobots were threatened by Decepticon warheads fired from the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], High Wire and the other Mini-Cons offered to surrender themselves in order to buy the Autobots time to prepare. They were subsequently imprisoned on a [[solar barge]] which was then pulled towards the Moon by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} After breaking out, High Wire and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] activated their [[magno-clamp]]s and walked out on the barge's hull, where they disconnected it from Cyclonus. Sparkplug was knocked into space in the process, but High Wire told [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to save him, and everyone returned safely to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}<br /> <br /> ===Something Robotic This Way Comes===<br /> After Alexis, Carlos and Rad failed to adequately explain [[Halloween]], they invited the Mini-Cons along with them while Trick-or-Treating. High Wire was the first to catch on, but was confused by Rad mentioning that if they didn't get candy, they could t.p. the house. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}<br /> <br /> ===Bendon ''Armada'' books===<br /> High Wire participated in a Mini-Con race the kids had that also involved Sureshock and Grindor. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> *'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002)<br /> <br /> :''Armada'' High Wire transforms into a tiny BMX bicycle with turning pedals. His robot mode is adorable. He can combine with Sureshock and Grindor to form Perceptor, becoming the head and back of the gestalt form.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[High Wire (Universe)|High Wire]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on High Wire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Street Action Micron Anime Color''' (CD w/ toy, 2003)<br /> <br /> : These [[redeco]]es of the Street Action Team were available only with the CD single of the first ''Micron Legend'' [[Japanese themes|theme song]], &quot;[[Transformer: Dream Again]]&quot; by [[Psychic Lover]]. The toys were decoed to be more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in High Wire's case, he has more detailed [[paint operation]]s for his face and his Perceptor head [[kibble]] is a lighter blue.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Anime Color Wheelie at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Wheelie''' (Change Micron, 2003)<br /> <br /> : Part of the first assortment of [[Kabaya]] [[Change Micron]]s, this [[candy toy]] version of High Wire is almost identical to the original toy, but was actually made using an all-new mold. The most obvious change is his face, which is now painted with a red [[mouthplate]] and no eyes. High Wire came in an individual box, packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets. <br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Change Micron Wheelie at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]<br /> *'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)<br /> <br /> :An [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] redeco of the Street Action Mini-Con Team was packaged only with the Toys &quot;R&quot; Us Japan [[exclusive]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#MagnaConvoyDX|Magna Convoy DX]] toy. High Wire was given a red and black color scheme.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on X-Dimension Wheelie at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Energon===<br /> *'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2004)<br /> <br /> :''Energon'' High Wire transforms into a dirt bike that doesn't hold together very well. His robot head can be used as a kickstand in this mode. Once again, he can combine with Sureshock and Grindor to form Perceptor. For some reason, it's hard to tell what side of his head is actually his face.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make ''Energon'' [[Breakage|Brake]] and [[Axle]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on ''Energon'' High Wire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:Energon Kicker HighWire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He will crush the other Mini-cons under his gargantuan feet!]]<br /> *'''Energon Kicker with High Wire''' (Deluxe, 2005)<br /> <br /> :High Wire is a much larger, near Basic-sized version of ''Energon'' High Wire. He is an all-new design with increased detailing and some minor design changes, but unfortunately is out of scale of the [[Kicker Jones|Kicker figure]] he is packed with. He has a [[spark crystal]] on his chest rather than a Mini-Con powerlinx port.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on large ''Energon'' High Wire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> ===Universe (2003)===<br /> *'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2005)<br /> <br /> :''Universe'' Perceptor is a repack of ''Energon'' Perceptor, with no changes to the contents within.<br /> <br /> ===Cybertron===<br /> [[Image:Cybertron HighWire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'll never have normal hands, will i?]]<br /> *'''Blastcharge vs High Wire''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)<br /> <br /> :''Cybertron'' High Wire is a redeco of ''Energon'' High Wire. His vehicle mode's paint scheme is based upon [[wikipedia:Evel_Knievel|Evel Knievel]]'s various American flag-themed motorcycles. He retains his ability to combine with Sureshock and Grindor to form a patriotically-coloured Perceptor.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' High Wire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> ==Notes==<br /> * The Energon Kicker with High Wire set was not &quot;mech-designed&quot; or engineered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] employees, a rarity for normal-series ''Transformers'' toys.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Wheelie''' (ウィーリー ''Wīrī''), '''Hopper''' (''Super Link'', ホッパー ''Hoppā'')<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Wire'''<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Vezeték''' (&quot;Wire&quot;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|minicon}}<br /> {{picsneeded}}<br /> {{disambig3|Jetstorm}}<br /> :''Jetstorm is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Jetstorm-SuArt.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not Runway, apparently.]]<br /> '''Jetstorm''' is bottling up a whole lot of anger and resentment against the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. He hides it all under an air of good-naturedness, and tends to simply follow whatever plans his teammates [[Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] come up with. He's afraid of his own anger, especially since he knows that evil intent can warp the power of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team's]] combined mode, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], so he tries hard to stay calm and cool. It's better to be thought of as simple-minded than unleash an evil onto the universe for the Decepticons to control, he figures.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Armada'' cartoon===<br /> [[Image:Ruin-Star Saber Minicons.jpg|left|155px|thumb|The animators took tips from [[:Image:Bludgeonstrangleholdoctopunchmodelsheet.jpg|José Delbo]] and [[:Image:Transfixatron.jpg|AKOM]] in [[character model]] tracing.]]<br /> Jetstorm's [[Mini-Con storage panel|Mini-Con panel]] was found embedded in an [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] ice wall by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. Before he could warp back to the moon, however, the panel was snagged by [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. Back at base, the Autobots caught a brief glimpse of Jetstorm before his storage panel sent him back into a pre-programmed hibernation. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}<br /> <br /> Eventually, the other two Air Defense Team panels were recovered by the Autobots and Decepticons, one apiece. [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] then used [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] to track down the other members of his trio and pinpoint the Autobot base. When they came into the presence of Jetstorm and [[Runway]], Megatron and Sonar were able to activate the other two and forge the Star Saber for the first time in millennia. Before Megatron could fully [[powerlinx]] with the sword, however, it was knocked from his hand and fell into [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]'s grasp. Hot Shot had the Star Saber scan his image, and so he became the primary wielder of the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}<br /> <br /> Hot Shot continued to partner with Jetstorm and his comrades, using the Star Saber at every available opportunity. He used them to battle [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] out in some grassy fields. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Next, he brought the Air Defense Team to the big city, and confronted Scavenger again before finally using the Star Saber to cleave through an entire highway, setting the mercenary up for a great big fall. {{storylink|Gale}}<br /> <br /> Jetstorm and the others soon exchanged hands, however, thanks to a carefully orchestrated plot by the turncoat, [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. After tricking Hot Shot into traveling to the Decepticon base on the moon, Sideways got him to relinquish control of the Star Saber long enough for Starscream to powerlinx with the trio instead, claiming the sword as his own. {{storylink|Credulous}} The Decepticons celebrated a streak of victories after claiming the Star Saber, although Megatron wasn't satisfied until he manipulated Starscream into giving over personal control of the Star Saber to him. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} Megatron used Jetstorm and his comrades in battle at every opportunity, relishing in the power he gained from the Star Saber. Even the mighty sword didn't stop Scavenger and Optimus Prime from humiliating him in one conflict, though. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}<br /> <br /> Megatron continued to use his new sword in every battle that followed, so much so that Jetstorm and the others were rarely seen in their separate forms. After he gained the [[Skyboom Shield]] as well, Megatron attempted to destroy Optimus Prime once and for all by wielding the Air Defense Team and Race Team in battle at once. He failed, and ended up losing the shield to the Autobots. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}<br /> <br /> The Star Saber remained Megatron's favorite toy in battle, but the tide had truly turned once the Autobots took possession of the Skyboom Shield. Perhaps considering that methods other than brute force were needed, Megatron summoned the tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] to Earth. Thrust acquired the [[Air Military Team]], who supplemented Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team as a considerable air force. This marked the first occasion where Megatron allowed others to use the Defense Team since swiping them from Starscream, and utilizing them as individuals instead of just as the sword. Thrust used Sonar and the others in a trap for the Autobots at the bottom of a deep ravine, and the Decepticons only lost due to the timely arrival of [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Tactician}}<br /> <br /> Thrust and the Decepticon Mini-Con Air Force struck again in another airborne struggle, where Jetfire was confronted by nearly a dozen flying Decepticon and Mini-Con opponents, cut off from his ground-based comrades. Sonar, Runway and Jetstorm kept him distracted until Megatron summoned them to form the Star Saber against the other Autobots. {{storylink|Linkup}} With Thrust's tactical scenarios in full play, Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team continued to alternate between serving in the Decepticon Air Force and as Megatron's personal Star Saber. {{storylink|Desperate}}<br /> <br /> After Megatron set his eyes on a new prize, the [[Requiem Blaster]], he reluctantly passed off the Star Saber to Starscream as part of a plot to steal the Blaster from the Autobots. Starscream was given the sword to call the Autobots out for combat, but was soon abandoned on the battlefield when Thrust closed the warp field behind him, leaving Starscream alone and stranded in the midst of enemies. He tried to fight Optimus Prime with the Star Saber, but Prime continually refused to strike back, saying his only concern was the protection of the Mini-Cons. This apparently penetrated the processors of Jetstorm and the others, as the Star Saber powered down in Starscream's hands, and he couldn't get the blade to work for him any more against Optimus. {{storylink|Sacrifice}}<br /> <br /> Battered and bruised, Starscream eventually made his way back to the Decepticon moon base with Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team in tow. Megatron off-handedly brushed off the fact that they deserted Starscream, and told him to get himself cleaned up. While rejuvenating in an energon bath, Starscream generously invited Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm to join him in the chamber. After Starscream overheard Megatron and Thrust plotting to further mistreat him, he abandoned the Decepticon cause and took the Air Defense Team with him. The Star Saber Mini-Cons reunited with the Autobots when Starscream joined his former enemies in the hopes of gaining revenge against Megatron. In fact, it was the concern that Jetstorm and the others showed for Starscream that helped convince Optimus Prime to accept Starscream into their ranks. {{storylink|Regeneration}}<br /> <br /> After Starscream failed to revenge himself upon Megatron during a moon raid, he used the Star Saber to take out his fury on some rock formations around the Autobot base. Jetstorm and the other Mini-Cons tried to calm him down, but to no avail. Starscream brought the Star Saber with him on the next mission, to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], but he ignored the search for the Mini-Con because of his obsession with facing Megatron. Jetstorm and his partners had to seek out [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to bring Starscream back in line with the mission. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream decided to return to the Decepticons, he brought Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team back with him as well, uniting the three Mini-Con super-weapons under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Crack}}<br /> <br /> Jetstorm and the Air Defense Team had little time to act as individuals after that, remaining powerlinxed as the Star Saber while the Decepticons used the sword as one-third of the [[Hydra Cannon]], before it was stolen by [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and used to provide power to the heart of Unicron. Runway, Sonar and Jetstorm reawakened as individuals with the help of [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]], who had journeyed to Unicron's core with Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and the Earth children to grant the super-weapon Mini-Cons their freedom. {{storylink|Origin}} Jetstorm fled Unicron aboard the Autobot [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] just before the Chaos-Bringer was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===<br /> When the [[Decepticon]]s began hunting down Mini-Cons, Jetstorm lived [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village B13]] along with his teammates [[Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]]. The Decepticons eventually attacked B13 and captured them, but they escaped [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon Headquarters]] and took refuge in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], where they managed to salvage [[Exodus (Armada)|an old starship]]. The Air Defense Team planned to break their fellow Mini-Cons out of the Decepticon base, then take to the stars in search of freedom. When they found another runaway Mini-Con, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Jetstorm extracted a Decepticon tracking device from his shoulder. With Sparkplug's help, they successfully then went through with their plan. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}<br /> <br /> However, their ship malfunctioned and crashed on [[Earth]], where the Jetstorm and the others lay dormant for a million years. After awakening thanks to a reactivation signal, they hid in [[Rapid City]] whilst &lt;s&gt;thinking up a new plan&lt;/s&gt; letting Runway think up a new plan to get them and their brothers into space again. Before long, they were found by the Decepticons, who captured them and forcibly combined them into the powerful [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] used the sword to attack the [[Autobot]] base, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took it from him and begged the Air Defense Team to fight Megatron's control and remember who they were. His pleas got through, and Jetstorm and his teammates separated and fought back against the Decepticons. They still didn't want to join the Autobots, though, and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, the Air Defense Team was summoned to a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange structure]] in [[Kansas]]. Mindlessly, they flew to to the structure and entered it, and it turned out to be a starship designed to bring them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Jetstorm and Sonar were left imprisoned on [[Dualor]]'s [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] while Runway was taken on a tour around the place. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Shortly after Runway was reunited with them, the Decepticons attacked the moonbase. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}<br /> <br /> Following the evacuation of the moonbase, Jetstorm and his teammates disappeared for a while. They returned when a larger threat than the Decepticons showed up in the form of a [[Herald of Unicron]]. Against their better judgment, the Air Defense Team came to Megatron's aid and combined into the Star Saber, allowing him to defeat his [[Galvatron (G1)|powerful opponent]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Thankfully, Megatron didn't get to keep his hold on the Star Saber, as the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] distracted him and allowed the Air Defense Team to separate and escape. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}<br /> <br /> The Herald of Unicron was soon followed by [[Unicron]] himself, so all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to join the fight against him. After returning to Cybertron, Jetstorm joined the rest of the Mini-Cons in channeling their energies through the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and heavily damaging Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comic===<br /> {{note|In the Panini comics, Jetstorm's name and personality were switched with [[Runway]]'s (see [[#Notes|Notes]] for more information). This article considers this to be an error, and the events below relate to the Mini-Con with Jetstorm's body rather the Mini-Con with Jetstorm's name.}}<br /> <br /> Jetstorm was among the Mini-Cons who ended up near [[Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]] when their ship crashed, but he disappeared shortly after being reactivated. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} He began leading his team on various heroic deeds around the country, such as diverting a falling satellite from crashing in [[Chicago]]. However, this accident turned out to be bait set by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who was out to capture the team. Jetstorm was quickly grabbed by the Decepticon and urged his teammates to save themselves. He ended being saved by a team of Autobots, and while he denied their invitation to join the Autobots, he didn't notice that Starscream had placed a tracking device on him... {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}}<br /> <br /> In their quest to get off Earth, the Air Defense Team decided to steal a [[human]] spaceship from NASA. However, when they broke into a hangar, they found soldiers from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]] waiting for them. They incapacitated Runway, and Jetstorm only had time to warn Sonar against not hurting the humans before they two were taken down and captured. Jetstorm and the others were taken to [[Area 54]], where he and Sonar quickly woke back up. Curious about the ERTD's apparent knowledge about Mini-Cons, Jetstorm hacked their database and found that they had previously captured the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] as well. However, his hacking triggered an alarm, and the Air Defense Team were forced to escape. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|'We Are Not Alone!'}}<br /> <br /> Before the team could plan a way to save the Land Military Team, Starscream followed the tracker on Jetstorm and captured them. He disengaged their personality chips and combined them into the legendary Star Saber, which he promptly used to assault the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]]. However, Starscream didn't know only the will of the Air Defense Team members could keep the Star Saber's power in check, so without their personalities intact, the weapon quickly went out of control. As its power threatened to rip the Earth apart, Optimus Prime showed up and urged Jetstorm and the others to separate our of their own free will. His words reached them, and the planet was saved. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade!}} The Air Defense Team subsequently told the Autobots about the Mini-Cons captured by the ERDT and managed to track them down thanks to [[Amos Hume]]. They found that the humans were attempting to auction them off, so Jetstorm and the others interrupted by disabling their technology with [[pulse disruptor beam]]s. He then suggested that they let the [[Quint|auction owner]] be dealt with by the human military forces converging on the area. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> *'''Air Defense Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002/2003)<br /> ** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-02'''<br /> <br /> : Jetstorm transforms into a Concorde Super Sonic Transport jet plane. He also forms the middle portion of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword, which can be held by any other Transformer that has 5mm fist-holes. This version came with his partners [[Runway]] and [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]].<br /> <br /> : This mold was also used to make [[Mad]]. It was later [[Retool|retooled]] to make ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]], [[Quantum]], and ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Thrust (Cybertron)|Thrust]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Hot Rod and Jolt with Air Defense Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)<br /> ** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-01'''<br /> <br /> : For the Team's [[Takara]] release, they were available both as an individual set, and in a multi-pack with Hot Shot.<br /> <br /> [[Image:2003-airdefensemicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|200px|right|thumb|]]<br /> *'''Air Defense Micron X-Dimension''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)<br /> ** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-07'''<br /> <br /> : A [[redeco]] of the Air Defense Team was available in a shorter run in Japan. The [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] Air Defense Team changed the opaque plastics to orange and red, and the paint trim to match. Though fans have dubbed the combined form the &quot;Fire Saber&quot;, this name does not appear to be official.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XMach/mach.htm More information on X-Dimension Mach at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Mach''' (Change Micron, 2003)<br /> <br /> : Available only in individual boxes each with a small bag of sugar-pellet candy, the [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]] versions of the Team replaced the clear plastics with opaque white. This version is actually a completely new mold-set, with various small differences from the [[Hasbro]]/Takara releases.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMMach/mach.htm More information on Change Micron Mach at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Mach''' (Micron Booster, 2003)<br /> **''Booster ID number:'' '''3'''<br /> <br /> : Part of the first [[Micron Booster]] set, sold only in individual blind-packed boxes, this version of the Air Defense Team is almost wholly identical to the normal retail release. The only difference is that this version is cast in slightly-sparkly plastic and uses slightly-sparkly paint. The difference is almost unnoticeable unless you look at the two versions side-by-side.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/MBMach/mach.htm More information on Micron Booster Mach at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Air Assault Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)<br /> <br /> : A &quot;tainted by evil&quot; redeco of the Team released by Hasbro, this version of the trio replaces the transparent plastic with opaque off-white, the other colors turning predominantly black and purple.<br /> <br /> : This coloration was altered for the Takara [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Micron]], who are separate characters from the Air Defense Team.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Air Assault Jetstorm at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Air Defense Micron Anime Color''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)<br /> <br /> : Cast entirely in blue and clear-blue plastics, this incarnation of the Air Defense Team is supposed to represent the Star Saber as it appears in the cartoon, with a glowing blue &quot;energy blade&quot;. It was only available as a pack-in with the CD single of the ''Micron Legend'' cartoon ending theme, &quot;[[Never Ending Road]]&quot;, by [[Psychic Lover]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDMach/mach.htm More information on Anime Color Mach at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * The Air Defense Team is the only one of the three &quot;legendary Mini-Con weapons&quot; Teams to ''not'' appear in either of ''Armada''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;s sequel series.<br /> <br /> * Runway and Jetstorm's names are reversed in the original Air Defense Team's instructions. Their names are ''also'' reversed in several licensed ''Armada'' print material, like the coloring and activity books put out by [[Bendon Publishing International, Inc.]], as well as in the DK Readers book &quot;[[The Quest]]&quot;. This did not occur with the Dreamwave comics, however.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Mach''' (マッハ ''Mahha'')<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Gépvihar''' (&quot;Planestorm&quot;)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Candy toys]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Defense specialists]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|minicon|autobot}}<br /> {{picsneeded|Everything!}}<br /> {{disambig2|the Unicron Trilogy Mini-Con|the Universe Mini-Con|Sureshock (Universe)}}<br /> :''Sureshock is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Sureshockut.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ha HA! Ambiguous.]]<br /> '''Sureshock''' is the thinker of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. With the other members of the team, [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], Sureshock forms the Mini-Con [[combiner]] [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]].<br /> <br /> {{note|Numerous sources list Sureshock as a female character during [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]], however, the bio for the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] toy identifies her as male. ''Awk''-ward.}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> Sureshock was among the earliest Mini-Cons created from [[Unicron]]'s cells. She was present in the distant past when the time-traveling Earth children made contact with High Wire, and awakened the Mini-Cons' capacity for independent thought. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}<br /> <br /> Millions of years later on Earth, High Wire led [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] to the derelict [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-con ship]], and introduced them to Grindor and Sureshock's panels. Alexis put two and two together, and brought Sureshock to life by placing her hand on one of the panels. Carlos copied, and while he acted out a scene from ''E.T.'' with Grindor, Alexis took the time to greet Sureshock ''with actual words''. Later, after Grindor used Carlos's skateboard as his Earth form template, Alexis noticed the trend and took the trouble to present her scooter to Sureshock. At least one of the silly humans was actually polite. <br /> <br /> Afterward, the Mini-cons took their pet humans for a spin and demonstrated that they were, in fact, three robot &lt;s&gt;Jesuses.&lt;/s&gt; &lt;s&gt;Jesus's.&lt;/s&gt; &lt;s&gt;Jesii.&lt;/s&gt; &lt;small&gt;How do you pluralize &quot;[[Jesus]]&quot;?&lt;/small&gt; Then Megatron popped out from behind a cliff because, yeah, giant tank robots are ''great'' at Hide and Seek. He and his Decepticons boxed in the kids with their vehicle modes, but when Optimus collided with him and slowly backed up, it confused the Decepticon long enough for the good guys to escape. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}} Back at the Autobot base inside the Mini-Con ship, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons agreed to help the Autobots find the Mini-Cons and keep them out of Decepticon slavery and control. {{storylink|Base}}<br /> <br /> When the Autobots received their first Mini-Con activation signal, Sureshock lent her processing power to the search to help narrow down the panel's location. Out in the field, Sureshock and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}<br /> <br /> Sureshock and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of &quot;Tag&quot; inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to &quot;tag&quot; the kids for him. Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, Sureshock helped Rad and the kids bring supplies up to the Autobot base. She and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}<br /> <br /> Sureshock remained behind at the base with Alexis while Rad and Carlos took High Wire and Grindor to play at the carnival. She probably wanted to go play too, but remained loyal to her partner when Alexis went out to lecture the boy on their immaturity. {{storylink|Carnival}}<br /> <br /> Out on a desert mission, Sureshock was trying to get the drop on [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] when she and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. Sureshock and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}<br /> <br /> When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, Sureshock and her friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, Sureshock and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}<br /> <br /> As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}<br /> <br /> When the Decepticons stormed the Autobot headquarters, Sureshock helped man the internal defense systems to drive off the invaders. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}} She also bundled up heavily in order to go shoping for groceries with Alexis. Didn't look conspicuous at all, nope. {{storylink|Overmatch}}<br /> <br /> Sureshock and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}}<br /> <br /> When the boys decided to go on a camping trip with the Autobots, they forgot to tell Alexis. Hurt over being left out, Alexis furiously declared that she never wanted to go anyway. Sureshock remained behind at Autobot base with Alexis, trying to calm her down. When Red Alert and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] were caught in a mudslide, Sureshock and Alexis coordinated Autobot activities from base, desperately standing by for any good news. Although she was frantic with worry while they were in danger, Alexis didn't forget she was angry at the boys when they got back to base. Sureshock took the boys' side against Alexis, though...probably because she was sick of being called &quot;Grindor&quot; (not to mention a &quot;boy&quot;). {{storylink|Vacation}}<br /> <br /> When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, Sureshock and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, Sureshock's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}<br /> <br /> Soon after, Sureshock and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the &quot;enemy&quot; Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}<br /> <br /> When a computer virus named [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}<br /> <br /> After the Autobots rescued [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]'s Mini-Con panel, Sureshock and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> Grindor and Sureshock joined the kids in the cheering section as Jetfire beat [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in arm-wrestling three out of three times. {{storylink|Detection}} When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, Sureshock and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He cowered behind Rad when Sureshock and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}<br /> <br /> Alexis was briefly seen riding Sureshock when the kids decided to sneak the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] out of the base. Sureshock didn't accompany them when they ran away, though. {{storylink|Runaway}}<br /> <br /> Sureshock was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, Sureshock and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}<br /> <br /> After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream betrayed the Autobots and returned to the Decepticons, the kids were all very upset, especially Alexis. Sureshock did her best to console Alexis after Starscream's departure. {{storylink|Threaten}} As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], Sureshock and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis}}<br /> <br /> Sureshock and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attempted to leave the kids behind, however, the Street Action Team formed Perceptor and organized a mutiny of the Mini-Con troops. They passively took over the bridge and made it clear by speaking in English for the first time that the humans were coming along...or else. {{storylink|Depart}}<br /> <br /> The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. Sureshock and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, Sureshock helped organized the Mini-Cons on-board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle}} <br /> <br /> Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, Sureshock immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a &quot;surprise&quot; for the Autobots. When the Autobots confronted Galvatron's Decepticon armada, the Mini-Cons assembled once more, creating illusions to disguise the ''Axalon'' amidst a horde of duplicate ships. As the power of the black hole became stronger and stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. Sureshock and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising}}<br /> <br /> After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster]] for Unicron, High Wire recognized the place where Hot Shot was searching for the traitor, and so the kids and the Street Action Team made their way underground to join the search party. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} This led to a fight with Thrust and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, Sureshock and the others watch on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, Sureshock and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}} <br /> <br /> With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that comprised the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}<br /> <br /> In Unicron's heart, Sureshock and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to Sureshock and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, Sureshock and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' cartoon====<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ====''Cybertron'' comic====<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> ====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====<br /> Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who escaped from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] only to crash on Earth. Alongside High Wire, Grindor and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], she lay deactivated in a cave for a million years until [[Rad White]] stumbled into it and accidentally awakened them. After repairing themselves, the Mini-Cons befriended Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and asked them to be their guides to Earth during their search for the other lost Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, as Sureshock and the others were entertaining the kids with a ride on [[Project Supernova]], they suddenly came under attack by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who had tracked them to Earth. After telling their human friends about the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war from whic they had escaped, the Mini-Cons scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and led the Decepticons away from populated areas. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} In a nearby canyon, the Street Action Team found a team of Autobots out to put a stop the Decepticons' search for Mini-Cons, and they watched the ensuing battle. After another group of Mini-Cons joined in and helped the [[bulk]]s drive the Decepticons away, Sureshock and her friends allied themselves with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}<br /> <br /> The Street Action Team was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} Later, after Sureshock helped scare off [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] as they bullied Rad, the team took the kids on a ride around town. Their fun and games ended when a Mini-Con beacon summoned them to a [[Mini-Con Ark|large monolith]] which turned out to be a starship. Alongside all other Mini-Cons on Earth, the Street Action Team entered the monolith, which rocketed off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] where their race could live in peace forever. The Street Action Team were against this, as they'd much rather have lived on Earth with their human friends. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Sureshock began to doubt that the Autobots would come save them, and she wondered aloud if she and her teammates would ever see Rad, Carlos and Alexis again. Fortunately for them, the Decepticons invaded the base shortly afterwards, and everyone inside was forced to evacuate to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}<br /> <br /> After returning to the Autobot base on Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire &amp; Ice}} When the Mini-Cons learned that [[Unicron]] was targeting Cybertron, they gathered together in order to return to their homeworld and fight him. Saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] on Cybertron and poured their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] began assaulting various Earth cities. As [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] prepared to send troops to Earth to deal with this new threat, the Street Action Team showed up and offered to lend a hand. Sureshock explained that they were worried about their old human friends, then combined with her teammates into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] to get the &quot;size thing&quot; out of the way. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} Under Jetfire's command, the Mini-Cons defended [[Los Angeles]] from thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The strike team was vastly outnumbered and quickly began to run low on energy, but Sureshock and the others were saved when their old buddy Rad used the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] to power them up with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comic===<br /> Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who fled from Cybertron to [[Earth]], where they lay dormant for four million years before waking up and meeting [[Rad White]] and his friends. After introducing herself and her friends, Sureshock explained to the humans how they had come to the planet, but regrettably refused to get involved with the war again by saving [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} They soon realized that running away wouldn't solve anything, though, and Sureshock helped distract [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] long enough for Optimus Prime to recover and call for reinforcements. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} The Street Action Team quickly befriended Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and after some racing around, they followed the humans into the wreckage of their ship in search of its [[locator log]]. Inside, they were attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who downed Sureshock and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] with a single blast. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}<br /> <br /> In order to learn more about how to behave on Earth, the Street Action Team began following their human friends during their daily life. Sureshock came with Alexis to the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|local observatory]], where she decided to &quot;help&quot; by uploading her information on space into their mainframe. Unfortunately, it was more than the human-made computer could handle, and it promptly crashed. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} The Autobots later attempted to keep Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons safe by sending them back to Cybertron, but the plan failed due to the Mini-Cons' refusal and a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}<br /> <br /> While racing with their human friends, the Street Action Team came under attack from [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. While Alexis and the other humans ran for help, the Mini-Cons kept the Decepticon busy by combining into Perceptor. They almost lost to Starscream's [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], but were saved thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Sword}} A while later, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons surrendered themselves to the Decepticons in order to buy the Autobots some time to prepare for an incoming missile strike. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} While en route to the Decepticon base on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], they easily broke out of their cells, took control of the [[solar barge|prison craft]] and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}<br /> <br /> ===Something Robotic This Way Comes===<br /> Puzzled by the concept of [[Halloween]], the Street Action Mini-Cons got taken trick-or-treating by their human friends. As Alexis was collecting money for [[Wikipedia:UNICEF|UNICEF]], Sureshock opted to do the same. Thousands of years later, after the Mini-Cons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he continued to tell the story of that night and encouraged the young Mini-Cons to trick-or-treat. He also wore an Alexis mask to honour her memory. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}<br /> <br /> ===Bendon ''Armada'' books===<br /> Sureshock was with the kids when they talked Optimus into letting them explore some nearby caves for mini-con crystals... and seemingly didn't actually go along with them. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}} <br /> <br /> Sureshock did, however, participate in a Mini-Con race the kids had that also involved Grindor and High Wire. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> *'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2002/2003)<br /> <br /> : Part of the initial wave of ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Mini-Con sets, Sureshock transforms into a motorized scooter. She also forms the legs to the Street Action Team's combined mode, [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. She was only available in a three-pack with her teammates [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]]<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on Sureshock at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> <br /> *'''Street Action Micron Anime Color''' (CD w/ toy, 2003)<br /> <br /> : This [[redeco]] of the Street Action Team was available only with the CD single of the first ''Micron Legend'' [[Japanese themes|theme song]], &quot;[[Transformer: Dream Again]]&quot; by [[Psychic Lover]]. The toys were decoed to be somewhat more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in Sureshock's case, this meant somewhat lighter orange plastic and a light blue-gray paint on her face and bike seat.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDArcee/arcee.htm More information on Anime Color Arcee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> <br /> *'''Arcee''' (Change Micron, 2003)<br /> <br /> : Part of the first assortment of [[Kabaya]] [[Change Micron|Change Microns]], this [[candy toy]] version of &quot;Arcee&quot;, despite appearances, is actually an entirely new molding based on the original. She retains her combining ability with her teammates. This version lacks the yellow paint on her headlamps and has darker gray for her face and seats. She came in an individual box, packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets. Mmm.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMArcee/arcee.htm More information on Change Micron Arcee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]<br /> *'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Gift set, 2003)<br /> <br /> : The last of the [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] Mini-Con redecoes despite being the first Mini-Con team released in Japan, this version of the street action team was available only as part of the massive Toys &quot;R&quot; Us-[[exclusive]] Magna Convoy DX set, with the Japanese version of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Powerlinx Optimus Prime]] and a clear-plastic version of [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]]. Sureshock was redecoed in a scheme somewhat inspired by her Japanese namesake [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]; white plastic with red and black, and pink paint applications.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XArcee/arcee.htm More information on X-Dimension Arcee at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Energon===<br /> * '''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2004)<br /> <br /> : For ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', the Street Action Team (who were never referred to as such on the packaging, interestingly) got all-new, more powerful bodies. Sureshock upgraded to a four-wheeled, off-road, one-man ATV. This time around, she forms the main torso and arms to their combined Perceptor form. She was only available in a Basic-class multi-pack with ''Energon'' High Wire and Grindor.<br /> <br /> : This mold was also used to make [[Mudbath]] and [[Throttle (Energon)|Throttle]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on ''Energon'' Sureshock at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Universe (2003)===<br /> *'''Mini-Con Team Perceptor''' (Basic, 2005)<br /> <br /> : The ''Energon'' version of Perceptor was &quot;[[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|repackaged]]&quot; without changes onto a ''Universe'' basic card and sold through discount chains in the US like Family Dollar.<br /> <br /> ===Cybertron===<br /> [[Image:Cybertron-toy_Sureshock.JPG|right|thumb|250px]]<br /> * '''Backblast vs Sureshock''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)<br /> <br /> : A rather stunt-bike-showy redeco of her ''Energon'' toy, ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Sureshock was available only in a Mini-Con 2-pack with the [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Backblast]]. This is the only version of Sureshock that is branded on the toy with an [[Autobot]] [[faction symbol]].<br /> <br /> : The [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team|Deep Space]] vs Street Action sets were the last of the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con 2-packs released and apparently were not very well [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|distributed]] at retail, making them difficult to find.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Sureshock at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Merchandise===<br /> *'''Bumble''' (SCF, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories'': SCF stand<br /> <br /> : Available in ACT-10 of the [[Takara]] [[Super Collection Figure]] PVC line (the last &quot;Act&quot; of the line), this small PVC figurine of Perceptor was available in both full-color and an all-pewter-paint version, packed one each per case of twelve figurines.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī''), '''Charge''' (''Super Link'', チャージ ''Chāji'')<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Shocker'''<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Sokkos'''<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Female Transformers]]<br /> [[Category:Gender-switch characters]]<br /> [[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Energon Powerlinx Gold symbol.png|cLink=Powerlinx}}}}<br /> {{disambig3|Jetfire}}<br /> {{picsneeded|fictional appearances}}<br /> <br /> :''Jetfire is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]. He sometimes masquerades as a [[Decepticon]] using the name '''Sky Shadow'''.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Jetfireut.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;I'm as dry as a dead Dingo's donger!&quot;]]<br /> '''Jetfire''' is probably the best second-in-command [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] could conceivably have. Jetfire is more than a yes-man; he's the crucial link between Prime's role-necessitated distance and his troops. Though professional and businesslike, Jetfire infuses his interactions with a down-to-earth friendliness. And where Optimus Prime is cautious, Jetfire is more prone to tempered bursts of gusto and bravado. While Optimus Prime is your leader who's your leader, Jetfire is your leader who's your friend. Because of this, Jetfire is very popular among the Autobots. <br /> <br /> Most importantly, Jetfire is one of the only Autobots who will tell Optimus Prime to his face when he thinks he's wrong. It is this trait that makes Jetfire indispensable.<br /> <br /> Jetfire has a long-lost brother [[Overcast (Energon)|Overcast]], and while the two are quite similar in many ways, Jetfire is ''far'' more willing and eager to jump into battle than Overcast.<br /> <br /> He has a Decepticon alter-ego, '''Sky Shadow''', which he affects when doing undercover missions. He found the name in history archives which referred to a [[Sky Shadow (Cybertron)|Sky Shadow]] from the legendary [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Nobody's really sure how that works. Maybe it's that bloody [[Unicron Singularity]]'s doing.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Let me tell you my personal motto: VICTORY IS MINE!|Jetfire}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Susumu Chiba]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> Before Optimus Prime and his squad left for [[Earth]] in response to the [[Mini-Con]] signal, he left Jetfire in command of the remaining Autobot forces on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<br /> <br /> Much later, Optimus Prime requested Jetfire's assistance as the battle for the Mini-Cons reached a dangerous point with the discovery of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber sword]] and the [[Skyboom Shield]]. As Jetfire made his way to Earth, he was followed by the Megatron loyalist [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], who had similarly been requested by the Decepticon strategist [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]]. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}<br /> <br /> Thrust's arrival quickly improved Decepticon battle strategy, sending the Autobot forces on Earth into disarray. Optimus Prime himself would have been defeated if not for the timely arrival of Jetfire, who quickly defeated the surprised Decepticon air power and forced the rest into retreat. {{storylink|Tactician}}<br /> <br /> Jetfire was quickly installed as second in command, but as everybody who had never served with him discovered, he was a very different kind of 'bot compared to the reserved Optimus Prime. Where Optimus was cautious and analytical, Jetfire was brash and headstrong to the point of recklessness, jumping into the unknown without considering the consequences. As a result, in his first major battle with the Decepticons, Jetfire decided to take all of their air forces on by himself, getting himself into serious trouble. Fortunately, Optimus Prime had recovered enough from his injuries to launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons and unleash his secret weapon—the ability to Powerlink with Jetfire, resulting in the powerful Jet Optimus. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> During a battle on a distant beach over a new mysterious [[Mini-Con storage panel]], Optimus Prime and Jetfire once again combined into Jet Optimus to take the fight to the Decepticons. However, even Jet Optimus' power was tested by the arrival of Tidal Wave. The giant Decepticon's sheer strength and firepower forced Jet Optimus on the backfoot, and in their shared gestalt mind, both Optimus and Jetfire were at a loss as what to do. {{storylink|Awakening}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] (Japanese), [[Johan Hedenberg]] (Swedish)<br /> <br /> During the ten years since the defeat of [[Unicron]], Jetfire was upgraded into a new, more advanced body uploaded with the [[Spark of Combination]], which granted him the ability to [[Powerlinx|powerlink]] with other compatible robots. Jetfire was selected by Optimus Prime to accompany him and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] to investigate a mysterious attack on the [[Energon (Energon)|energon]] mining colony there by a group of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|mysterious bestial transformers]]. Jetfire was less than pleased when the inexperienced and immature [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] wanted to tag along merely to satisfy his hero worship of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], but decided to let the youngster come along after Optimus Prime left the decision to Jetfire. After surveying the damage on Mars, Jetfire quickly destroyed a large number of [[Divebomb (Energon)|avian drones]] attacking [[Ocean City]] on Earth. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}<br /> <br /> Soon afterward, the mining colony on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] was attacked by the same mysterious energon-eating creatures. Tasked with conducting reconnaissance, Jetfire and Kicker fought their way through dozens of the bird drones, with the gifted human playing a crucial role in their successful mission. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}<br /> <br /> After Ironhide acquitted himself with distinction during the mission on the Moon, Jetfire practiced powerlinking with the younger Autobot, who, unfortunately, could not time the sequence properly. The reason behind the attacks was (partially) revealed when the powerful [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], commander of the beast transformers known as the Terrorcons, attacked [[Plains City]]. Jetfire arrived with the Autobot reinforcements and finally successfully powerlinked with Ironhide, allowing the young Autobot the honor of being the controlling component of their combined form. {{storylink|Scorpinok}}<br /> <br /> ====''Cybertron'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hideo Ishikawa]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> {{picsneeded}} <br /> [[Image:CybJetfire01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I'm a registered bookbinder from Brisbane!]]<br /> After the second defeat of Unicron, Jetfire resettled on [[Nebulon]] for an indeterminate period of time. Over time, he adopted a [[Accents|local accent]], one that sounded very vaguely like Earth-Australian to certain [[Human|humans]]. Jetfire appeared to have mellowed in the past 20 years. He was considerably more cautious compared to his reckless youth, and adhered much more closely to orders and protocol. Perhaps all those brushes with death have finally knocked some sense into his head, or [[Headmaster (technology)|his head was replaced]] while on Nebulon. He returned to Cybertron, his homeworld once again facing a monumental crisis, perhaps the worst in its history.<br /> <br /> As a backup plan, Optimus Prime ordered Jetfire to visit Earth and provide them with scans of Earthen vehicle modes for the population of Cybertron to adopt. This was done so that should their primary plan of destroying the [[Unicron Singularity]] fail, the population of Cybertron could assume disguises and relocate to the human homeworld, whose inhabitants were still largely unaware of the existence of real Transformers. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}<br /> <br /> After the final battle with [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], peace spread across the galaxy. As part of a new initiative, Optimus Prime left aboard the starship ''[[Atlantis]]'' to chart new territory, leaving Jetfire in charge of planet Cybertron. {{storylink|End}}<br /> <br /> Free boonie hats for all!<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> ====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====<br /> Jetfire was left in command of the Autobot troops on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after Optimus Prime left to protect the [[Mini-Con]]s Earth. He was unhappy with Prime for this, feeling that he had abandoned the Autobots on Cybertron for his affairs on Earth. When Prime returned to Cybertron to request reinforcements and supplies, Jetfire denied him the former, as he was losing the war and needed every man he could get. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Jetfireblurrsideswiperhinoxoverload.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]<br /> Some time later, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] contacted Jetfire and informed him that Optimus Prime had mysteriously vanished. While Jetfire had no clue as to what was going on either, he agreed to do like the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] keep an eye out for suspicious [[space bridge]] activity. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Soon enough, [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] reported that multiple space bridges were repeatedly opening and closing at the [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]]. Jetfire decided to investigate, and took a team of Autobots with him to infiltrate the enemy base. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} Upon arrival, they found that all the Decepticons in the base had been murdered, and that the space bridge nexus was automatically opening and closing space bridges in an apparent attempt to damage the dimensional wall. Suitably creeper out, Jetfire ordered his troops to take control of the nexus, but was suddenly ambushed by a [[Bludgeon (G1)|skeletal samurai]]. After getting his team to blind the enemy, Jetfire blasted it with all the firepower at his disposal, but only managed to damage its [[Pretender|outer shell]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}}<br /> <br /> The team eventually made their way to the space bridge nexus, and tried to shut it down. Jetfire thought he caught a glimpse of the lost Optimus Prime in one of the space bridges, but shrugged it off. When all attempts to disable the nexus failed, Jetfire ordered his troops to evacuate while he stayed behind to manually blow up the entire building. Three more powerful enemies arrived through a space bridge, but at the last second, Jetfire caught another glimpse of Optimus Prime in a portal, and dove through it right after activating the explosives. While he successfully reached his lost commander, the two were now stuck on an alternate-reality Cybertron in the process of being devoured by [[Unicron]]. Thankfully, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] reached this reality as well, and used the power of [[Powerlinx]]ing and the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] to boost the strength of both Jetfire and Prime. The two Autobots combined and damaged Unicron with a powerful energy blast, then returned to their home universe to prepare for the planet eater's arrival. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}<br /> <br /> Jetfire organized Cybertron's planetary defenses, and when Unicron arrived, he combined with Optimus Prime to attack him head-on. Thanks to the efforts of Over-Run and the Mini-Con population, Unicron was eventually vanquished and peace was brought back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, Jetfire was seen flying around in the reconstructed [[Cyber City]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} He and several other Autobots tried to listen in on one of Optimus Prime's discussions with the [[Autobot High Council]], but were interrupted when [[Unicron's Four Horsemen]] attacked the city. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}} Jetfire and the others tried to fight back, but were easily taken out by their powerful opponents. However, Optimus Prime managed to link up to Cybertron itself and activate a system-wide upgrade, granting Jetfire a brand new body capable of combining with anyone. He then combined with [[Ironhide (Energon)|Energon]] and used his new strength to help drive the Four Horsemen away. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}} Jetfire and his fellow upgraded Autobots later traveled to Earth to deal with several [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] wreaking havoc in [[Australia]]. However, despite their new bodies, they soon found themselves outmatched by the Terrorcons' use of pure [[Energon (Energon)|Energon]]. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}} Combined with Ironhide, Jetfire participated in a plan to trick the Terrorcons into shooting eachother, but the enemies still weren't driven off until the [[Omnicon]]s arrived as reinforcements. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}}<br /> <br /> After returning to Cybertron, Jetfire spent a whole lot of time sweet-talking various governors into granting him the resources and funding needed to construct a base on Earth. As such, he was fairly irritated when it seemed Ironhide wasn't finishing the base components on schedule, and told the engineer that he better not let them down. It didn't help that Ironhide suddenly disappeared while out on an errand, so Jetfire went out to search for him, grumbling about new recruits who were always looking for adventure. After stumbling upon a damaged [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]], he eventually Ironhide next to an armed [[seismic-shock warhead]]. After the warhead had calmed down, Ironhide explained that he had built it long ago but made sure it wouldn't go off, and that a [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|a Decepticon]] had just forced him to reactivate it. Jetfire was proud that Ironhide was able to confront his past mistakes, and told him he finally sounded like a true Autobot. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, Optimus Prime vanished, having stepped into a space bridge on Earth but never arrived on Cybertron. This gave Jetfire a headache; partially because they needed him to deal with unrest among the [[human]] population, but mostly because it meant he had to shoulder Prime's responsibilities of asking the ever-unhelpful High Council for reinforcements for Earth. While the council was hesitant about his request at first, councillor [[Avalon]] convinced the other members to grant Jetfire's request. {{storylink|Multiplicity}} Jetfire was thankful to Avalon, who explained that the other councillors were just unwilling to accept that they were at war again, and complimented Jetfire on how he had handled things. As Jetfire lamented the loss of Optimus Prime and Avalon comforted him, [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] burst into the chamber and reported that Terrorcons were assaulting four major Earth cities. Jetfire ordered for the reinforcements to be prepared at once, then took a bunch of Autobots through a space bridge to [[Los Angeles]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They defended the city from a thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]], but quickly started to get worn down by the sheer number of them. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}<br /> <br /> When [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] reported that [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] had come back from the dead and was wiping out Terrorcons in [[Toronto]], Jetfire didn't believe it at first. Even when he accepted the fact that Megatron was back, he ignored the hows and whys as he had to focus on conserving energy for the battle with the Insecticons. Thankfully, [[Rad White]] showed up to power the Autobots up with Energon is gaseous form, allowing them to recover and drive the Insecticons away (with some help from a newly arrived Megatron). Jetfire approached the revived Decepticon leader, who told him that he wasn't done killing Terrorcons just yet, and left him with a message: &quot;Optimus Prime sends his regards... from the belly of the beast!&quot; {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}} Jetfire later reported Megatron's return and his message to the High Council. {{storylink|No Exit}}<br /> <br /> {{note|At this point, ''Energon'' publisher [[Dreamwave Productions]] went bankrupt, and the story was left unfinished.}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comic===<br /> When Optimus Prime left for Earth, Jetfire was apparently left behind to look after things on Cybertron. Prime contacted him for help when the Decepticons were looking for Mini-Cons on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], as the [[space bridge]] on Earth was damaged and unable to send any of Prime's Autobots there. Jetfire agreed to use a space bridge on Cybertron to send [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] to fight the Decepticons on the moon. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> *'''Jetfire with Comettor''' (Giga-Con, 2003)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-09'''<br /> **''Accessories'': [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] Mini-Con, electronic shuttle engine/gun, 2 missiles and a shield<br /> [[Image:Armada Jetfire toy1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;May all your chooks turn to emus and kick your dunny door flat to the grass!&quot;]]<br /> :Jetfire is a futuristic space shuttle molded primarily in white and gray with red paint stripes resembling the stripes seen on the original [[Jetfire (G1)|G1 Jetfire]]. His Mini-Con Comettor serves as his front landing gear and forward gun in vehicle mode. When Comettor (or any other Mini-Con) is connected to the Powerlinx ports on his wings, a large red missile/bomb is dropped. When connected to Jetfire's main engine, two small wings are deployed for atmospheric flight. In robot mode Jetfire's rear landing gear becomes a shield, and his main engine forms his rifle. <br /> <br /> :When the tail fin of ''Armada'' Jetfire's engine/weapon is pressed downward, it activates the original Generation 1 Autobot &quot;laser&quot; sound effect. Pressing the tail fin upwards (perhaps by placing the shuttle upright as if in launching mode) activates a rather garbled blast-off countdown sequence. Both sounds are also ''incredibly ''easy to trigger. When a Mini-Con is powerlinxed to the gun/engine, a different laser gun sound is heard. Prior to the release of ''Powerlinx'' Jetfire, a [[running change]] erm, changed the sound effects.<br /> <br /> :Jetfire can combine with the Super Base class Optimus Prime to form '''Jet Optimus''', by replacing the regular Super mode trailer legs and attaching Jetfire's shield onto Prime's chest. Additionally, the shield design resembles the chest armour of ''Generation 1'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armour]]/[[Ginrai|God Ginrai]].<br /> <br /> :The Japanese release includes a much brighter white plastic, a lack of battle wear and heat re-entry burn decos, more detailed paint operations throughout his body and accessories as well as different plastic colors.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make the [[Transformers Collectors Club]] [[exclusive]] [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Armada'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:PL Jetfire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;Don't come the raw prawn with me, sport, or I'll show you the rough end of a pineapple!&quot;]]<br /> *'''Powerlinx Jetfire with Comettor''' (Giga-Con, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Comettor Mini-Con, electronic shuttle engine/gun, 2 missiles and a shield<br /> <br /> :The Powerlinx redeco of Jetfire replaces much of the gray and red with blue, in a color scheme very similar to the ''Macross/Robotech'' Valkyrie fighter jet flown by Maximillian Jenius/Sterling.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/PXJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on Powerlinx Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Jetfire w/ Comettor''' (Built to Rule, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Comettor Mini-Con, missile launcher, 2 missiles<br /> <br /> :''[[Built to Rule]]'' Jetfire is a building-brick set that can be assembled into a space shuttle or a robot or whatever else you feel like. He came with a building-brick version of Comettor and a firing missile launcher.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTRJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Built to Rule'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Golden Jetfire''' (Giga-Con, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Comettor Mini-Con, electronic shuttle engine/gun, 2 missiles and a shield<br /> <br /> : A redeco of Jetfire with golden [[vacuum metallizing]]. It was a first prize of the [[wikipedia:sortition|sortition]] and only exclusive in certain stores and department stores. There is a golden vacuum metalizing Armada Prime as another first prize. They can combine into Golden Jet Prime, of course.<br /> <br /> ===Energon===<br /> [[Image:Energon Jetfire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;If it was raining virgins I'd get washed down the drain with a poofta.&quot;]]<br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Mega, 2004)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-05'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded missile launcher and 1 missile<br /> <br /> :''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Jetfire transforms again into a white and red futuristic space shuttle, this time in the smaller Mega size class and with the ability to combine with most other Autobot Deluxe and Mega Energon toys. He features an electronic transforming sound effect that activates when another Autobot combines with him.<br /> <br /> :The Japanese version of this toy does not feature any of the electronics, uses red translucent plastic in place of orange, and has a sticker covering the now-absent battery compartment.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Overcast (Energon)|Overcast]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Energon'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Skyfire and Roadbuster'''<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SS-02'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded missile launcher and 2 missiles<br /> <br /> :This was a Japan-only two-pack of both Jetfire and Ironhide. There are no differences between the toys in this pack and the individually packed Japanese versions.<br /> <br /> *'''Skyfire Sonic''' (Mega, 2004)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-25'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded missile launcher, 1 missile, Energon Spear weapon<br /> <br /> :This was the Japanese release of [[Overcast (Energon)|''Energon'' Overcast]], though still portrayed as the same character of Skyfire. There are some differences in paint application, but the major difference is the inclusion of an orange Energon Spear, originally belonging to [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Overcast/overcast.htm More information on Skyfire Sonic (well, actually Overcast) at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Cybertron===<br /> [[Image:Cyb Jetfire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;Now listen mate, I need to splash the boots. You know, strain the potatoes. Water the horses. You know, go where the big knobs hang out...&quot;]]<br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Ultra class, 2005)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-04'''<br /> **''Accessories'': Left &amp; right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Earth-planet Cyber Key or Autobot Cybertron-planet Cyber Key (see below)<br /> <br /> :Jetfire was once again Ultra-sized, but this time transformed into a green cargo plane resembling a modified [[wikipedia:Antonov_An-225|Antonov An-225]]. The design of the vehicle mode features a small homage to Jetfire's previous shuttle forms via a (non-opening) hatch featuring 'teeth' on the dorsal section. Jetfire features sound effects by pressing the port side aft engine nacelle. Inserting his Cyber Planet Key into his tail assembly in either vehicle or robot mode causes a pair of translucent red cannons to extend, and the compartment they are mounted on to raise. Pressing the port side aft engine now features a different sound effect. The tail section can be swiveled up to form an attack mode somewhat resembling the &quot;gerwalk&quot; form of a ''Macross'' Valkyrie (appropriately).<br /> <br /> :In robot mode Jetfire has a tendency to topple back due to the heavy battery operated gimmicks of the tail section, though he is more stable if one puts him in an action-oriented pose. In this mode he features two pop-out (non-firing) missile pods in his waist and wields his two wing-mounted (spring-loaded) missile launchers.<br /> <br /> :The US version of this toy has a bar between the barrels of the translucent red tail cannons to provide structural integrity at the cost of aesthetics. The other cosmetic difference between the US and Japanese versions is that the ''Galaxy Force'' release has more paint applications. Finally, the ''Cybertron'' release comes with a silver-bordered Earth planet Cyber Key with [[Cyber Key Codes|key code]] '''uk97''' printed on the back, while the ''Galaxy Force'' version comes with a silver-bordered Cybertron planet Autobot key.<br /> <br /> :This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] to make [[Movie (toyline)|Movie]] [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:LOC Jetfire.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;...Shake hands with the wife's best friend? Drain the dragon? Siphon the python? Ring the rattlesnake? You know, unbutton the mutton? Like, point Percy at the porcelain?&quot;]]<br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)<br /> <br /> :''[[Legends of Cybertron]]'' Jetfire is a much smaller version of the Ultra-sized toy, with limited articulation and detail. In the U.S. market, LOC Jetfire was primarily sold in drug stores, though he could be found in normal retailers in markets outside of the US, such as Australia.<br /> <br /> :This mold was redecoed to make ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] and ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/LOCJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Legends of Cybertron'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Burger King Kids' Meal toy, 2005)<br /> <br /> :An incredibly simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Jetfire available with [[Burger King]] kids meals. This toy is a partsformer, requiring you to remove his tail section to transform him and to replace it on his back. Oh yeah, he don't stand too good neither. Sucker.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BKJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on Burger King Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cyb Sky Shadow toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;He's a handsome wild colonial man He can beat the bloody world if Genghis Khan&quot;]]<br /> *'''Sky Shadow''' (Ultra class, 2006)<br /> **''Accessories'': Left &amp; right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Earth-planet Cyber Key<br /> <br /> :Sky Shadow is a tan/gold and black redeco of ''Cybertron'' Jetfire, depicting the character in his [[wikipedia:Matches_Malone|cover identity]] as a Decepticon. It uses the same tooling as ''Cybertron'' Jetfire (though the chest panel is retooled to remove the Autobot sigil), so it features the structurally stronger tail cannon. All other functions remain the same.<br /> <br /> : Sky Shadow comes with a silver-bordered Earth planet Cyber Key with the code '''u06h''' printed on the back.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/SkyShadow/skyshadow.htm More information on Sky Shadow at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Merchandise===<br /> {{charstubtoys}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * The Armada Jetfire toy's appearance and transformation sequence is an homage to ''Generation 1'' [[Galaxy Shuttle]]. This was confirmed by then-head designer [[Aaron Archer]] during his stint as 'ORSON' on the [http://www.tfw2005.com TFW2005.com] boards.<br /> <br /> * According to the Transformers Collectors Club magazine, the vehicle mode of this Jetfire is inspired by the X-71 Shuttle from the 1998 film ''Armageddon''.<br /> <br /> * Much like the [[Red Alert (Armada)|''Armada'' Red Alert]] toy's 'Woo-woo-woo' sound effect, the ''Armada'' Jetfire toy's original countdown sound effect briefly became something of an in-joke within the Transformers fan community. <br /> <br /> * Jetfire's ''Cybertron'' toy appears (in plane mode) on the screen of the Hasbro version of the [[Real Gear Robots]] toy [[Power Up VT6]].<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Jetfire''' (ジェットファイヤー ''Jettofaiyā''), '''Skyfire''' (''Super Link'', スカイファイヤー ''Sukaifaiyā''), '''Dreadrock''' (''Galaxy Force'', ドレッドロック ''Doreddorokku'')<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Géptűz''' (''Armada'', &quot;Planefire&quot;), '''Lángcsóva''' (''Energon'', &quot;Flameburst&quot;), '''Röptűz''' (''Cybertron'', &quot;Flyfire&quot;)<br /> *''Polish:'' '''Myśliwiec''' (&quot;Fighter Plane&quot;)<br /> *''Romanian:'' '''Flamă'''<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm Jetfire at TFU.info]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Autobot leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Built to Rule]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Dimension hoppers]]<br /> [[Category:Double agents]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Fast food exclusives]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|decepticon|unicron}}<br /> {{picsneeded|Powerlinx toy}}<br /> {{disambig3|Thrust}}<br /> :''Thrust is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Thrust-AR-DVD.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Now a regular on &quot;[[Tom Kenny|Spongebob Squarepants]]&quot;]]<br /> '''Thrust''' is one of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s higher-ranking Decepticon soldiers (and a total wack job). His occasional [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]], plus sometimes he commands the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]].<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===''Armada'' cartoon===<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese), [[Márcio Seixas]] (Portuguese), [[Kai Taschner]] (German)<br /> <br /> Thrust was a renowned tactician who orchestrated Decepticon victories on the planets [[Vector]], [[Orga]], and [[Duke (planet)|Duke]]. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> He later joined [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] on [[Earth]] in an attempt to improve his soldiers' relations. He picked his own Mini-Con partner, [[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]], from among the other Mini-Cons the Decepticons had locked up in the closet. Thrust then concocted a brilliant plan to eliminate [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] by luring the Autobots into a gully with a fake Mini-Con signal. While the Decepticons kept the trapped Autobots under constant fire, Megatron then singled out Optimus, separating him from his men and the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. This would have been the end of Optimus if [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], Optimus's second-in-command, hadn't arrived and thrown off Thrust's plans. {{storylink|Tactician}} Thrust then devised a new plan both to steal the Skyboom Shield and to destroy Jetfire in revenge for his interference. Thrust lured Jetfire to an area above the ocean where he, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]], and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] attacked the Autobot. Though they'd underestimated Jetfire's reluctance to attack Mini-Cons, Thrust's force soon proved to be overwhelming for the Autobot vice-commander. When the other Autobots appeared on a nearby island to assist Jetfire, Megatron led a small attack intent on stealing the Skyboom Shield. But once again, victory was stolen from Thrust by the unforeseen: Optimus warped to Jetfire's location and Powerlinxed with him, allowing him to defeat the Decepticons. Thrust, however, was amused by the new change and said that the war had gotten more interesting. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> Thrust later told Megatron there was a reason why his plans hadn't worked, besides the unexpected turn of events from the Autobots: The Autobots were inferior to the Decepticons in all aspects except for their ability to work as a team. Megatron took this as a slight against his ability to lead and nearly sliced Thrust apart with the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. Thrust explained that the reason the Decepticons hadn't been working together so well was because there was a lack of unity—all the while looking pointedly at [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Sideways then determined that Thrust was a danger to his plan, so he convinced [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] that Thrust was going to overthrow Megatron and had him attack the tactician. However, Thrust had anticipated such an attempt, and he had Starscream tail Sideways when the mystery 'bot made his report to whomever his leader truly was. Megatron then allowed Thrust to take on Sideways himself. Thrust would have destroyed Sideways if the troublemaker hadn't transformed into a swarm of nanites and flown away. {{storylink|Detection}} Thrust later participated in a battle with the Autobots over a Mini-Con panel found on a beach. During the fight, an enormous Decepticon battleship called [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] landed in the ocean nearby. After a moment of pointing out Tidal Wave's capabilities, Thrust ordered Tidal Wave to open fire on the Autobots. Tidal Wave kept the Autobots under constant pressure until [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] dove down underneath Tidal Wave and attacked his underbelly. Tidal Wave sank, much to Thrust's consternation. But his confidence was restored when Tidal Wave emerged from the water in robot mode and began to attack the Autobots again. {{storylink|Awakening}} Tidal Wave swiftly changed the tide of battle for the Decepticons. Even Jet Optimus proved no match for him. Of course, Thrust did reserve the final blow to Optimus for Megatron and had Tidal Wave combine with the Decepticon leader. During the midair battle, Megatron successfully separated Optimus from Jetfire and left him to plummet to the ocean below. However, the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] appeared and combined to form the [[Requiem Blaster]]. Thrust immediately moved to take the powerful weapon, but Optimus kicked him away and used the Blaster to slow his descent and land safely. With the Requiem Blaster in Optimus's hands, Megatron ordered a retreat. {{storylink|Desperate}} Realizing that the Requiem Blaster was the key to the Decepticons' victory, Thrust began using satellites to keep an eye on the Autobots for a chance to steal it. He soon noticed the human kids on a bus with the Space Mini-Con Team. He watched the kids head to an abandoned barn away from the Autobots. Thrust then warped to the farm and attempted to steal the Mini-Cons. However, the kids had set several primitive, but oddly effective, booby traps to detain the Decepticon. Thrust eventually lost his temper and started smashing the barn they were hiding in. But then Optimus Prime appeared and fought Thrust off using his Super Mode. Thrust had no choice but to retreat, swearing that this wasn't over. {{storylink|Runaway}} Thrust spotted Hot Shot on his way to fight [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] and decided to follow. When Hot Shot was wandering around in the inferno looking for [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], Thrust divebombed him and started pelting him with laser blasts. Wheeljack was furious that Thrust interfered with his revenge and shot the Decepticon jet out of the skies. When Wheeljack came to join the rest of the Decepticons, an injured Thrust protested against it on the grounds that Wheeljack was crazy. Megatron dismissed Thrust's protests and welcomed Wheeljack to the Decepticon fold. {{storylink|Past II}}<br /> <br /> Thrust conceived another plan that would end with the Requiem Blaster in Megatron's hands, which entailed giving the Star Saber to Starscream. The Decepticons lured the Autobots out into a jungle. There, Starscream started attacking them in the hopes that the Autobots would have to use the Requiem Blaster to fight back. However, none of the Autobots seemed to be using the Requiem Blaster. As Thrust was flying over the battlefield to investigate, Sideways sent him a series of images of the Autobot base and the Space Team Mini-Cons. While Thrust dismissed this a hallucination, he realized that the Mini-Cons that formed the Requiem Blaster were at the Autobot base. He informed Megatron and the Decepticons warped away, leaving Starscream behind. At the Autobot base, Megatron stole the Space Team Mini-Cons from [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and then used the Requiem Blaster to blast a hole through Smokescreen. However, Smokescreen was steadfast in his resolve to protect the Mini-Cons and limped towards Megatron. Intimidated by his refusal to die, Thrust suggested that the Decepticons leave since they had what they came for, to which Megatron agreed. The Decepticons warped back to their base, leaving Smokescren to grab empty air. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} At the base, Thrust was enjoying the praise Megatron was giving him for the success for his plan when Starscream stomped in. Bitter and angry for being left behind, Starscream threw Thrust into the wall and hit him with the hilt of the Star Saber. Starscream would have probably done more if Megatron hadn't ordered him to stand down and get himself repaired. Later, Megatron and Thrust were talking about Starscream's shortcomings as a warrior and his usefulness as a scapegoat. Thrust praised Megatron's ability to be so cold to his own soldiers and joined in his laugh. However, the entire conversation was overheard by Starscream. Infuriated at being considered worthless, Starscream attacked Megatron and Thrust before flying to Earth to join the Autobots, taking the Star Saber with him. {{storylink|Regeneration}} Starscream later returned and he brought the Autobots through the warpgate. When the invasion force entered the throne room, Megatron fired the Requiem Blaster at Starscream, but the rebuilt Smokescreen pushed him out of the way and blocked the blast with the Skyboom Shield, creating a large burst of light. While everyone was blinded by the light, Thrust offered to act as a decoy to cover Megatron's retreat, which Megatron agreed to. However, the Autobots eventually rescued the Decepticons' Mini-Cons and warped back to their base. {{storylink|Rescue}}<br /> <br /> Angered by Starscream's betrayal and the loss of the Mini-Cons, Megatron took out his frustration on the lunar landscape. The other Decepticons were so interested in watching that Thrust had to remind them that without the Mini-Cons, they had to build the spaceship themselves. The Decepticons went off to work, obviously not caring much for Thrust. Thrust started to get rather irritated at the lack of respect he was getting. But then he heard a creepy laugh and ran out to the scrapyard to see what was causing it. Then Sideways appeared and told him that the Requiem Blaster's power is a mere fraction compared to the power it has with the Star Saber and the Skyboom Shield. Recalling [[Linkup|previous]] [[Regeneration|examples]], Thrust realize that the three Mini-Con weapons did have a greater power when they were together. He questioned whether the three weapons could combine, but Sideways had already disappeared. Nevertheless, Thrust was left with the inspiration to obtain the sword and shield to combine them with the gun. Thrust presented his information to Megatron, who was also intrigued. When a new Mini-Con was detected on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Thrust sent Tidal Wave to 'greet' Jetfire and Starscream, who were the only two on the Autobot team who were capable of reaching Mars. Some time later, Tidal Wave reported that he'd found both of them and they had the Star Saber, the Skyboom Shield, and the new Mini-Con. Megatron immediately warped over there with Thrust close behind him. Thrust got there just in time to see the three Mini-Con weapons react to each other and unleash a huge burst of golden energy. The explosion scattered the Decepticons and allowed the Autobots to escape, but it confirmed that the three weapons were far more powerful when used together. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}<br /> <br /> Hated by all the other Decepticons due to his superior attitude, Thrust began to shrink into himself and got more desperate to prove his power. After forming an alliance, Thrust and Sideways discussed how to get all three Mini-Con weapons into the Decepticons' hands. Thrust conceived a plan to ensure this and presented to Megatron, who approved. Thrust sent a message to Starscream on the Autobots' communication frequency. Starscream went outside to investigate and Thrust approached him. Starscream angrily slashed at Thrust with his sword while Thrust dodged and turned invisible intermetidly. He told Starscream that he too was fed up with Megatron's rule and suggested that Megatron would be easier to bring down if he were back on the Decepticons' side. Megatron would surely welcome Starscream back if Starscream brought the Skyboom Shield with him. He left Starscream to ponder these thoughts. Later, the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobot base. Thrust and Starscream met above the clouds where Thrust insisted that Starscream join up with him so they could defeat Megatron. Starscream lashed out at Thrust with the Star Saber, but was unable to make himself destroy the tactician. Realizing his time with the kids was making him softer, Starscream was able to be persuaded by Thrust to steal the Skyboom Shield and warp away with him back to the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Crack}}<br /> <br /> As Thrust predicted, Megatron welcomed Starscream back with open arms when he presented him with the Star Saber and the Skyboom Shield. However, Starscream was still distrustful of Thrust and dragged him out to the scrapyard to learn what was really going on. Thrust gladly told Starscream about the Decepticons' project to build a weapon that would harness the power created when the three Mini-Con weapons were brought together. Starscream was still sore about being manipulated, but Thrust claimed that it was so that Starscream could be leader of the Decepticons and he had to hide it from the others so they wouldn't be suspicious. However, if Starscream didn't believe this, Thrust was willing to subject himself to any fate Starscream wished. Placated, the Seeker walked off, sparing Thrust. Sideways then congratulated Thrust on his act, Thrust saying that he learned from the best. Then Thrust told Megatron about his idea to build a large cannon called the [[Hydra Cannon]] that would be powered by the Mini-Con Weapons. The Hydra Cannon would be attached to the Decepticons' ship which would both make up the front half of the ship and name the ship. Deciding to test the cannon first, Thrust found a comet that was passing through the solar system and targeted it. He was not disappointed when the tremendous blast from the Hydra Cannon obliterated the comet. Thrust giddily suggested that they head back to Cybertron and conquer it. Megatron agreed, but he want to blast one last thing before they left: the Autobots' base along with the rest of the Earth. {{storylink|Threaten}} While Thrust prepared the Hydra Cannon for another shot, Megatron decided to pass the time by giving Thrust the new nickname 'Squidhead', which all the Decepticons found hilarious except Thrust. Megatron explained that he and the men were just giddy to return home. However, Thrust secretly retaliated by calling Megatron 'Flathead' under his breath and giggling about it. His actions prompted Megatron to call him a freak. When Starscream was chosen to fire the Hydra Cannon, the Seeker had doubts about destroying the Earth and Thrust tried to persuade him to do it or Megatron would cut him down. Starscream's moral debate was called off when Optimus and Jetfire attacked the starship while it was getting ready to fire. While the other Decepticons battled the two Autobots, Megatron gave Thrust the order to fire the Hydra Cannon. However, Optimus Prime stood in the path of the beam and blocked it from hitting Earth. Thrust watched as Optimus [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|disintegrated into a thousand pieces]] and then had the ship retreat on Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Crisis}}<br /> <br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> Eventually, Thrust joined [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] with the lure of ultimate power, and managed to steal the three [[Mini-Con]] weapons that were the keys to reactivating [[Unicron]]'s body. Thrust met his demise when he demanded Unicron attack his former master, Galvatron, only to have Unicron act totally unaware of Thrust's presence. Thrust fell into a seam on Unicron's surface which began to tighten and close as Unicron moved, and was crushed to death as Galvatron walked away.<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comic continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' comic====<br /> Thrust was a somewhat cowboy-like entity that served the Decepticons loyally. He was devoted to Megatron, and followed his orders faithfully. Thrust first appeared via [[transwarp]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], carrying rocket boosters so the Decepticons could fly to the moon and capture the Mini-Cons stationed there. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9}} He stayed at the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]], where he failed to help Starscream deal with two Autobot intruders. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10}}<br /> <br /> Later, Thrust was sent to northern [[Alaska]] to back up [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who was there to retrieve a fallen Mini-Con escape pod. First Thrust took a torch-blast to the face from [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] of the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], who was there to save his allies. Then he was knocked around by Cyclonus, who was feeling the effects of a triple-[[Powerlinx]] with the entire [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], which began to burn out his circuits and drive him mad with pain. {{storylink|Fire &amp; Ice}} When he finally came to, between Cyclonus' breakdown, the arrival of the Autobots, and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] using an orbiting [[Solar Scalpel]] to melt the ice that buried the escape pod, Thrust decided maybe he'd better get the heck outta Dodge. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13}}<br /> <br /> Later, Thrust followed [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to a building lot in [[San Francisco]], to investigate a weird [[transwarp]] disturbance. He got there just in time to get shot down by [[Galvatron (G1)|a herald of Unicron]], who was seeking the refugee [[Mini-Con]] [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}<br /> <br /> When Megatron left to attack the Autobot base on Earth, Thrust was left behind to guard their [[Silver Ridge]] headquarters. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} He quickly had the crap kicked out of him by the ''other'' heralds of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} Not a fatal beating, though, as he was repaired in time to journey back to Cybertron and face the planet-eater. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> After the destruction of Unicron and the apparent death of Megatron, Thrust became a security officer in the new peacetime. When Starscream mocked the &quot;rebel&quot; Decepticons under Tidal Wave, his former comrade attempted to state his case that there were other Decepticons willing to fight, until Starscream pointed out that Thrust was happy with his &quot;little sheriff's badge&quot; and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] never gave the rebellion a second thought. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} Later, Thrust joined [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot's]] unit and defended [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] from the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] clones when they attacked Earth. When the revenant [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] appeared and decimated the Terrorcons, Thrust tried to rejoin his former leader, but Megatron completely ignored him, warping to his next destination. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comics===<br /> Thrust was among the Decepticons who assaulted Mini-Con villages on Cybertron as the war broke out, and he personally captured [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] and [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]]. He also participated in an attack on the Autobots' main headquarters alongside Starscream and Cyclonus. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> [[Image:ArmadaThrust toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|&quot;Heeheehee... flathead.... boy, I can really dish it out!&quot;]]<br /> *'''Thrust with Inferno''' (Super-Con/Deluxe, 2003)<br /> **''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-05'''<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 missiles<br /> <br /> : Thrust transforms into a dark green [[wikipedia:F-35_Lightning_II|F-35 Lightning II]] fighter jet. In jet mode, he has two pressure-launch missile launchers, and a space to store his Mini-Con partner Inferno in his (Inferno's) truck mode. Aside from his robot mode, he also has an &quot;assault&quot; robot mode, which turns his torso around 180 degrees and extends his winged backpack; attaching a Mini-Con to the [[Powerlinx]] plug on his chest and pushing it up and down causes the backpack to move as a spinning blade.<br /> <br /> : This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Thrust/thrust.htm More information on Thrust at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}&lt;span id=&quot;Multipack&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;<br /> *'''Thrust and Thunder with Air Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-06'''<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 missiles<br /> <br /> : In Japan, Thrust was available both as an individual (well, with Inferno) and in a larger boxed set that also included the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]]. There are no notable difference between the Japanese and US releases.<br /> <br /> {{-}}&lt;span id=&quot;PowerlinxBrown&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;<br /> *'''Powerlinx Thrust with Powerlinx Inferno''' (Super-Con/Deluxe brown/blue version, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 missiles<br /> <br /> : Part of the later-series &quot;Powerlinx&quot; line of [[Redeco|redecos]], Powerlinx Thrust got a new color scheme that was a &quot;reversal&quot; of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] &quot;[[conehead]]&quot; [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], primarily light brown with dark blue and black accents.<br /> <br /> : The packaging for this release, however, showed him in a color scheme more like his [[Thrust (G1)|G1 namesake]], burgundy with black (and some bone-white accents). His coloration was changed to the brown-and-blue too late to change the packaging photography. <br /> <br /> : The change was made due to Takara choosing a mostly red color scheme for [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (Demolishor's name in Japan was Ironhide and the color scheme was based on the [[Ironhide (G1)|G1 version of said character]]). Originally Hasbro had different plans for their redeco of Demolishor. But as a result, they changed their plans for Demolishor to match the animation, which was already based on Takara's products. Hasbro then thought there would be too much red on the shelves at the time, so Powerlinx Thrust's coloration was modified, as the figure would not appear on the cartoon. There are some similar colors used between the two versions of the toy, likely due to the quick change in scheme.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/PXThrust/thrust.htm More information on Powerlinx Thrust at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}&lt;span id=&quot;PowerlinxRed&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;<br /> [[Image:PL Red Thrust toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The thrust of Spawn.]]<br /> *'''Powerlinx Thrust with Powerlinx Inferno''' (Super-Con/Deluxe 2003)<br /> **''Accessories'': 2 missiles<br /> <br /> :Although Hasbro at one point expressed interest in releasing a [[running change]] [[variant]] of Powerlinx Thrust that reflected the originally intended color scheme&lt;ref&gt;http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&amp;amp;newsid=CFE6708B-D56F-E112-46B6865D4470EE87 Hasbro website Q&amp;A for February 6, 2004]&lt;/ref&gt;, they never went through with it, at least not on the North American market. However, ''[[Takara]]'' released red Powerlinx Thrust as a &quot;[[USA Edition]]&quot; in Japan, exclusively available at the Toy's Dream Project members store Toycard, in Hasbro packaging (Takara had previously also released a &quot;USA Edition&quot; version of Powerlinx Thrust in Hasbro's colors, this time exclusively available at Laox stores).<br /> <br /> : Curiously enough, Hasbro actually ''did'' produce a small run of red Powerlinx Thrust, but never released it on the North American market. Instead, the toy, in European packaging, popped up in Israel in mid-2004, later followed by sightings in Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The toy was even found in Australia, but only in stores that also occasionally sell toys imported from other countries, and again in European packaging. Furthermore, some of the European countries saw the toy being sold at instant discount prices, which suggests it was old Hasbro warehouse stock which had never seen a shelf release that was now being cleared out.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/PXThrust/thrust.htm More information on USA Edition Thrust at TFU.info]''<br /> {{--}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Thrust's demeanor and speech in the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|''Armada'' comics]] are very reminiscent of ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]], to the point of him even using the phrase &quot;What in tarnation?&quot; in one issue. Amusingly, [[Colin Murdoch]] voiced both characters in each respective cartoon series. It is unknown if this was an intentional move on writer [[Simon Furman]]'s part or simply a coincidence.<br /> <br /> * Like the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], the ''Armada'' incarnation is portrayed as a braggart. In fact, just before his untimely demise, the angry Galvatron tells Thrust that &quot;You always did like the sound of your own voice.&quot;<br /> <br /> *Thrust is frequently called derogatory nicknames by his fellow Decepticons, including the notable 'Squidhead' coined by Megatron.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Thrust''' (スラスト ''Surasuto'')<br /> *''Russian:'' '''Kolun''' (Колун, &quot;Axe&quot;)<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Tengely''' (&quot;Axle&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==Footnotes==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Decepticons]]<br /> [[Category:Strategists]]<br /> [[Category:Unicron-related characters]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{faction|minicon}}<br /> {{picsneeded}}<br /> {{disambig3|Sparkplug}}<br /> :''Sparkplug is a [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] section of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Sparkplug-AR-DVD.jpg|right|300px|thumb|HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAY!]]<br /> '''Sparkplug''' is a good-natured, energetic young [[Mini-Con]] who through the fates of war has become partnered with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Through this and his heroic actions, he's become something of a leader to his fellow Mini-Cons. He is also one of the few Mini-Cons to advocate siding with the Autobots. While most Mini-Cons view the differences between the Autobots and the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] with apathy at best, Sparkplug is firmly aware of what those differences mean to Mini-Cons. He's seen the way [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] treats [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] compared to the way Optimus Prime treats him. Given the choice, Sparkplug gladly prefers the Autobots.<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> [[Image:Carnival Sparkplug.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Sparkplug, Decepticons have red eyes!]]<br /> Millions of years ago, Sparkplug was one of the Mini-Cons who formed an alliance with the Autobots against the Decepticons, to prevent their power from being corrupted by Megatron. He became the personal partner of Optimus Prime up until the point when the Mini-Cons fled Cybertron. {{storylink|Prehistory}} <br /> <br /> Soon after arriving on [[Earth]], both the Autobots and Decepticons detected a Mini-Con signal located in the [[Grand Canyon|&lt;s&gt;Grand&lt;/s&gt; Big Canyon]]. The Autobots were at a considerable disadvantage during the inevitable confrontation due to the Decepticon strength in numbers and the fact they had to protect their human passengers. But with the help of the kids, Optimus Prime managed to find the Mini-Con panel, whose occupant turned out to be Sparkplug, Optimus Prime's old Mini-Con ally and friend. Together, they [[Powerlinx|powerlinxed]], activating Optimus's powerful Maximum Blast, which sent the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Comrade}}<br /> <br /> After being rescued, Sparkplug was seen hanging around the Autobot base with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]. He joined them on a mission to Antarctica to search for another Mini-Con panel, where he operated from Optimus Prime's command base. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} While exploring a forest for other Mini-Cons, Optimus Prime left Sparkplug to guard his trailer. Later when the trailer was needed to stop a forest fire, Sparkplug took command of the container by powerlinxing with it in vehicle mode and operating the vehicle by remote control. He helped convert the container into a hydro-pump to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}<br /> <br /> When Sparkplug saw [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] sneaking off to the carnival with their Mini-Cons, he decided to tell [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and go have some fun too. The Mini-Cons stole the show at the carnival, participating in the parade and draws &quot;ooohs&quot; and &quot;aaahs&quot; from the crowd. They also drew the attention of [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] and [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]], however, leading to a hilarious chase scene as Sparkplug and the others tried to avoid the brats. {{storylink|Carnival}}<br /> <br /> After Cyclonus kidnapped Billy and Fred, the Autobots were reluctantly prepared to turn over Sparkplug and the other Mini-Cons to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. When the Decepticons broke the deal, however, the Autobots managed to recover both the kids and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}<br /> <br /> As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Sparkplug and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}<br /> <br /> When the Decepticons stormed the Autobot headquarters, Sparkplug helped man the internal defense systems to drive off the invaders. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}<br /> <br /> After the Decepticons acquired the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], Sparkplug was seen applying some much needed repairs to Optimus Prime at the Autobot base. He later drove the Combat Deck into battle, allowing Prime to combine with it and him to form their powerlinxed Super Mode and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}<br /> <br /> Sparkplug stood in front of Optimus Prime to protect him from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. He then '''spoke English''' and summoned the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] for Optimus to use to fend off Megatron. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}<br /> <br /> After the acquisition of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], the Autobots were debating how best to use their combined form, the [[Requiem Blaster]], to defeat the Decepticons. Optimus Prime sent Sparkplug to retrieve the Mini-Cons for their input in the discussion. Sparkplug somehow managed to search the entire base in a matter of seconds, then returned bleeping wildly about how the Space Team was gone. {{storylink|Runaway}}<br /> <br /> Sparkplug was with Optimus Prime in space when he engaged in a solo mission to stop the Decepticon [[Hydra Cannon]] from destroying the Earth. Optimus was destroyed in his efforts to save the planet, leaving behind only Sparkplug and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], floating in space until [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] managed to retrieve them. {{storylink|Crisis}} Sparkplug kept possession of the Matrix after that, and was often seen clutching it as a momento of his fallen partner. He briefly handed it off to Jetfire, who presented the Matrix to Hot Shot as the new Autobot leader. When Hot Shot declined the Matrix, however, it was returned to Sparkplug. {{storylink|Remorse}}<br /> <br /> Sparkplug and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', and Sparkplug was seen helping to load the vessel before departure. {{storylink|Depart}}<br /> <br /> Out in space, the Autobots were confronted by the Decepticons, and were quickly being overwhelmed by the awesome weapons Megatron had in his possession. Even the assistance of the Mini-Cons wasn't enough to turn the tide. Sparkplug then carried the Matrix out onto the deck and, with [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]'s assistance, called upon his fellow Mini-Cons to lend him their strength. One by one, the energized Mini-Cons around him passed into the Matrix, combining their power to resurrect Optimus Prime, good as new. Thrilled at the return of his comrade, Sparkplug powerlinx with his partner once more, unleashing a master blast that drove off Megatron and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Miracle}}<br /> <br /> ====Linkage====<br /> Sparkplug and [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] appeared as holograms to tell [[Redline]] and his group that they were leaving Earth for Cybertron with the Autobots. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}<br /> <br /> ====Force of Habit====<br /> With the [[Unicron Singularity]] forcing the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Sparkplug and a number of Autobot leaders were summoned to the ''[[Iron Hope]]'', where [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched them across the galaxy to locate the lost Autobot colony worlds. Sparkplug was given command of the ''[[Valiant]]'' and sent to the [[Betelgeuse]] region. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===<br /> Before the war, Sparkplug resided in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village C52]]. When the Decepticons attacked, he miraculously avoided capture by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], but was left lying unconscious near the village. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Sparkplug was found by the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] and brought to their base in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], where they removed a tracking device placed on him by Demolishor. He was surprised to learn that the Air Defense Team planned to rescue their Mini-Con brethren from their initial imprisonment by the Decepticons, then aided them in their quest (by reluctantly getting strapped to a rocket pack by [[Runway]] and drawing fire from the [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon base]]'s laser-based security system). The mission was a success, and Sparkplug and the rest of the Mini-Cons boarded a [[Exodus (Armada)|spaceship]] and blasted off in search for freedom. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the ship malfunctioned, broke up and crashed on [[Earth]]. One million years later, Sparkplug was awakened alongside [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]], and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] when [[Rad White]] stumbled into the wreckage of their ship. After using [[Carlos Lopez]]'s tools to repair themselves and build a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]], the four Mini-Cons began to search for their lost brethren on Earth. Sparkplug asked Rad and his friends to be their &quot;tour guides&quot; on this alien planet, which they happily agreed to. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, their fun and games with the humans quickly came to a stop when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] tracked the Mini-Cons to Earth. After explaining their past to their human friends, Sparkplug and the Street Action Team then scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and made a run for it, eventually encountering the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} They watched [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron talk trash about eachother for a while before attempting to sneak away, but ended up captured by Demolishor. They were soon saved by another group of Mini-Cons, who helped drive the Decepticons away. In the aftermath, Sparkplug and Optimus Prime agreed to join forces agains Megatron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, Sparkplug caught an emergency transmission from the Air Defense Team, who had been captured by the Decepticons. Fearful that Megatron might try to combine the three and unlock power beyond imagination, Sparkplug begged Optimus Prime to let them sneak into the Decepticon base and save the Air Defense Team, but the Autobot leader refused. However, the Mini-Cons were fed up with the Autobots telling them what to do, and went through with the plan anyway. Alongside [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], Sparkplug infiltrated the Decepticon base... and was immediately discovered by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. As the Decepticon tried to capture them, he ended up causing the roof to collapse on everyone. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} Trapped under rubble, Sparkplug began to despair that it was all his fault for not listening to Optimus Prime, but he and the others were soon saved by the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. Megatron had managed to combine the Air Defense Team into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], so Sparkplug hurried back to the Autobot base and powerlinxed with Optimus Prime, granting him the power needed to stand up to Megatron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}} The alliance between the Mini-Cons and Autobots continued to bother Sparkplug, who felt that he and his people were just being used rather than have any say in things. One day, he and the rest of the Mini-Cons on Earth were compelled to mindlessly travel to a strange [[Mini-Con Ark|monolith]] in [[Kansas]]. Upon entering the structure, it turned out to be a spaceship that took them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}}<br /> <br /> They found themselves on a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|a moonbase]], where [[Dualor]] explained to Sparkplug, Runway and [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] that he had summoned them to his fortress base so that they could all live in peace away from the Autobots and Decepticons. Sparkplug was not happy that Dualor had forced them all to come without giving them a choice in the matter, but before they could take it any further, the moonbase came under attack from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} He was returned to his friends, to whom he explained that he couldn't join someone like Dualor who just took what he wanted without asking. In the end, the point was moot, as the Decepticons broke into the base. Sparkplug tried to keep Leader-1 from returning to them, but was dissuaded from it by [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} Mirage explained that Dualor had placed Rad in one of the moonbase's orbital mines in order to keep the Autobots away, and that he and Sparkplug had to save him. They succeeded after convincing the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] to help, which Sparkplug did via a speech about how you should make the world a better place instead of run away from everything. He then boarded an escape pod and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}<br /> <br /> Having changed his mind in regards to the Autobots, Sparkplug tried to convince [[Astroscope]] and the other Mini-Cons from the moonbase to join them as well. Unfortunately, at that moment, Optimus Prime decided to deal with Decepticon problems rather than save a Mini-Con escape pod lost in [[Alaska]], so a dejected Astroscope left. Sparkplug pleaded with Prime to change his mind and give the Mini-Cons a reason to stay, and eventually succeeded. {{storylink|Fire &amp; Ice}} He then came with the Autobots on their mission to Alaska, located and bringing back an injured [[Iceberg]]. As the Autobots were getting their afts handed to them by Cyclonus, who'd been overloaded with power the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], Optimus Prime requested that Sparkplug to powerlinx with him and give him ''all'' his power. Sparkplug was hesitant, saying that there was a good reason behind the Mini-Cons' [[safety interlock]]s, but complied with Prime's demands and allowed him to defeat Cyclonus with a mighty punch. In the aftermath, Optimus confronted Sparkplug, asking why he'd held power back even though the two trusted each other. Sparkplug explained the lore about their power and that it could either save or destroy the universe, only to discover Optimus had mysteriously vanished. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}<br /> <br /> Sparkplug returned to the Autobot base, where a different [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|Optimus Prime]] had suddenly appeared. This other Optimus warned everyone present that &quot;chaos was coming&quot; before passing away. Adding to these strange events, Sparkplug detected traces of an interdimensional anomaly in [[Big Sur National Park]], and he and several others went to investigate. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} They ended up finding [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con from another dimension, and Sparkplug agreed to help him find his lost [[null-reality pod]]s, which could be used to find their Optimus Prime. Alongside Over-Run, Mirage, Astroscope, High Wire and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]], Sparkplug returned to the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]] in search of the pods. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While they found what they were looking for, they ended up having to hide from several unknown enemies whom Over-Run said to be [[Heralds of Unicron]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After the Heralds left, the Sparkplug was given a null-reality pod as the &quot;optimum combination of Mini-Con energy&quot; was needed to bring Optimus Prime back safely. They found Prime on an alternate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the verge of being eaten by [[Unicron]], and Sparkplug immediately powerlinxed with him. After changing colors thanks to Over-Run adding to their power with the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], Sparkplug and the others returned to their own dimension. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}<br /> <br /> As Unicron now targeted their reality's Cybertron, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered together to fight the planet eater. After introducing them all to Over-Run, Sparkplug returned Cybertron and powerlinxed with Optimus Prime, who combined with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and did battle with Unicron. The monster was ultimately defeated, and Sparkplug happily watched the cheering crowds and fireworks that accompanied the beginning of a new era of peace on Cybertron. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comic===<br /> When the Decepticons first began capturing Mini-Cons, Sparkplug attended a meeting where [[Dualor]] proposed a plan to assassinate [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. They would lure him to the Autobot Command HQ with false information, then destroy the building with the Decepticon leader still inside. Sparkplug was the only one not in support of the plan, as he thought it was wrong to sacrifice many innocent Autobots just to stop the Decepticons. He went along with it at first, but as the plan neared fruition, he couldn't take it anymore and sent a warning [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. As the Autobots evacuated their headquarters, Megatron never entered it and the assassination failed. Dualor was furious, promising to punish whoever betrayed them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}<br /> <br /> Eventually, the Mini-Cons just plain left both Autobots and Decepticons and took off into space, only to crash on [[Earth]] and go offline. Four million years later, they woke up thanks to [[Rad White]] and [[Carlos Lopez]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} Within minutes, the Autobots and Decepticons had found them again, and Sparkplug voiced his opinion that their lives were a &quot;never-ending, waking nightmare&quot;. Rad asked the Mini-Cons to help the Autobots, but they refused, as things would only worsen if they got involved again. The human just told them that running away doesn't solve anything, and went off to save the Autobots himself. Realizing that he was right, Sparkplug joined the Autobots and power-linked with Optimus Prime, giving him the power to drive Megatron away. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}}<br /> <br /> The Autobots decided that the best way to keep the Mini-Cons out of Megatron's hands was to send them back to Cybertron. Sparkplug was hesitant about this idea, knowing full well that the war was still raging on their home planet, but said his goodbyes to Rad and his friends. When the Decepticons showed up to put a stop to their plans, Sparkplug hid while Rad tried to trick Megatron that the Mini-Cons were already gone. As Megatron made it clear that he'd just hunt for other Mini-Cons on Earth instead, Sparkplug realized that they had to stay behind as well and fight the Decepticons. He linked himself to Optimus Prime again, but the Decepticons fled before the fight could even begin. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} Later, Sparkplug had the brilliant idea of infiltrating the Decepticons' [[Silver Ridge]] headquarters and freeing their captured Mini-Cons. Taking [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] with him, he successfully got past the Decepticons' security measures and reached the Mini-Cons... only to be grabbed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]], who would rather be rewarded by Megatron for capturing the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons. Sparkplug was saved by Jolt and Longarm and made his way outside, where he wondered if the Leader-1 and the rest had been corrupted, or if they just had been jerks all along. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}}<br /> <br /> When dormant Mini-Cons were discovered on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Sparkplug created a probe to fly up there and activate them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}} Their lunar problems continued when the Decepticons prepared to fire missiles at the Autobots from the Moon. Sparkplug thought of a plan to give the Autobots some time by surrendering himself and the other Mini-Cons to the Decepticons. They were subsequently imprisoned on board a [[solar barge]] and taken towards the Moon. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} After breaking out of their cells using [[intratool]]s, Sparkplug and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] used [[magno-clamp]]s to walk on the barge's outside and disconnecting it from [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. Unfortunately, cutting the connection cable caused it to whip Sparkplug into the void of space, but he was quickly saved by Jolt. The Mini-Cons then returned to Earth safely. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}<br /> <br /> ==Games==<br /> ===''Transformers'' (PS2)===<br /> He is Optimus Prime's Mini-Con partner. You can run him over! {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> [[Image:Arm-toy Sparkplug.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I look like [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], but my name is [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. Some people think I look like [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], but pretty much everyone calls me [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]]. The Japanese call me [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], but the Polish call me Leaderus. I call myself confused.]]<br /> * '''Optimus Prime with Sparkplug''' (Super, 2002/2003)<br /> ** ''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MC-01'''<br /> <br /> : Sparkplug transforms into a Lamborghini Diablo sports car. His robot mode bears a passing resemblance to the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Autobot]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s cartoon model. He was only available with his larger partner [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]. The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release made a minor change to Sparkplug's deco, giving him medium-gray windows rather than the dark purple of the [[Hasbro]] version.<br /> <br /> : This mold was redecoed to make [[Atlas]] and [[Drop-Test]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Sparkplug at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{Anchor|Green}}<br /> * '''Prime Super Mode''' (Mini-Con, 2003)<br /> <br /> : The August 2003 issue of ''TV-kun'' magazine in Japan included a special promotional &quot;powered up&quot; [[redeco]] of the Sparkplug toy in green. Also included was a little cardboard roadway and punch-out &quot;targets&quot; of various Decepticons for him to knock over.<br /> : According to the brief ''Transformers'' section of the magazine, Sparkplug takes on this coloration when the other Mini-Cons give him their strength. When Powerlinxed to Super Optimus Prime in this mode, he causes Prime's cannon to fire a powerful energy blast that takes the shape of Sparkplug's robot mode.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/GreenPrime/prime.htm More information on Super Mode Sparkplug at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|Corona}}<br /> [[Image:Arm-toy SparkplugCorona.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Na-na-na-na-na, my Corona!]]<br /> * '''Powerlinx Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Super, 2003)<br /> <br /> : For the &quot;Powerlinx&quot; redeco of Optimus Prime, the original Sparkplug was [[Retool|retooled]] into a Cybertronian sports car with roof-lights and given a gold-chrome finish. (This finish seems to be a lot more durable than the chrome found on the [[Transmetal]] toys, being very resistant to flaking.) It is the only part of the set that was retooled, possibly because the yellow parts of Sparkplug are on their own mold tree (i.e., there are no other yellow-plastic parts to Super Optimus Prime), meaning an easy change to make.<br /> <br /> : This mold was used to make [[Chrome]], [[Synapse]] and [[Road Rebel]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Corona Sparkplug at TFU.info].<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|KMart}}<br /> *'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)<br /> <br /> : Released on &quot;[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]&quot; (the day after Thanksgiving), this K-Mart store [[exclusive]] bundled together Super Optimus Prime, Sparkplug, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] and (oddly enough) [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. This release of Sparkplug is identical to the original; out of the entire set, only Optimus received a deco change.<br /> <br /> {{-}}{{anchor|BTR}}<br /> * '''Optimus Prime with Sparkplug''' (Built to Rule, 2003)<br /> <br /> : Available only in the large ''[[Built to Rule]]'' Optimus Prime set, this version of Sparkplug is a building-block &quot;figure&quot; that partially transforms, partially gets rebuilt from robot to vehicle mode and back.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRSparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Built to Rule Sparkplug at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> ===Energon===<br /> *'''Overload with Rollout &amp; Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Multi-pack, 2004)<br /> <br /> : Part of a very large CostCo exclusive set during ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', Corona Sparkplug comes with extensively redecoed versions of ''Armada'' super-class Optimus Prime, [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] and [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]]. Despite the extensive color changes made to Optimus, Corona Sparkplug is identical to his normal ''Armada'' release.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * Sparkplug's robot mode design appears to be an homage to [[Bumblebee (G1)|G1 Bumblebee]]'s cartoon model, with a similar head, &quot;pipe&quot; biceps, hood-feet and roof-chest. Well, and being yellow. His own cartoon model kind of downplays the similarity of the noggin. The [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic changed his head design practically every issue, with some being more Bumblebee-esque than others. Some people think he looks like Sunstreaker due to his exotic car mode and his roof chest.<br /> * Due to bad American dubbing of ''Armada'', Sparkplug has been called Leader-1 several times through the course of the series. In fact, the first episode he appeared in, EVERYONE was calling him Leader-1. Talk about an identity crisis.<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Prime''' (プライム ''Puraimu'')<br /> *''Polish:'' '''Liderus''' (&quot;Leaderus&quot;)<br /> *''Hungarian:'' '''Szikra''' (&quot;Spark&quot;)<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm Sparkplug at TFU.info.]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]<br /> [[Category:Built to Rule]]<br /> [[Category:Costco exclusives]]<br /> [[Category:Dimension hoppers]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]</div>

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<p>91.147.250.81: /* Foreign names */</p> <hr /> <div>{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Energon Powerlinx Gold symbol.png|cLink=Powerlinx}}}}<br /> {{disambig3|Jetfire}}<br /> {{picsneeded|fictional appearances}}<br /> <br /> :''Jetfire is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]. He sometimes masquerades as a [[Decepticon]] using the name '''Sky Shadow'''.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Jetfireut.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;I'm as dry as a dead Dingo's donger!&quot;]]<br /> '''Jetfire''' is probably the best second-in-command [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] could conceivably have. Jetfire is more than a yes-man; he's the crucial link between Prime's role-necessitated distance and his troops. Though professional and businesslike, Jetfire infuses his interactions with a down-to-earth friendliness. And where Optimus Prime is cautious, Jetfire is more prone to tempered bursts of gusto and bravado. While Optimus Prime is your leader who's your leader, Jetfire is your leader who's your friend. Because of this, Jetfire is very popular among the Autobots. <br /> <br /> Most importantly, Jetfire is one of the only Autobots who will tell Optimus Prime to his face when he thinks he's wrong. It is this trait that makes Jetfire indispensable.<br /> <br /> Jetfire has a long-lost brother [[Overcast (Energon)|Overcast]], and while the two are quite similar in many ways, Jetfire is ''far'' more willing and eager to jump into battle than Overcast.<br /> <br /> He has a Decepticon alter-ego, '''Sky Shadow''', which he affects when doing undercover missions. He found the name in history archives which referred to a [[Sky Shadow (Cybertron)|Sky Shadow]] from the legendary [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. Nobody's really sure how that works. Maybe it's that bloody [[Unicron Singularity]]'s doing.<br /> <br /> {{bigquote|Let me tell you my personal motto: VICTORY IS MINE!|Jetfire}}<br /> <br /> ==Fiction==<br /> {{charstubfiction}}<br /> <br /> ===Cartoon continuity===<br /> ====''Armada'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Susumu Chiba]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> Before Optimus Prime and his squad left for [[Earth]] in response to the [[Mini-Con]] signal, he left Jetfire in command of the remaining Autobot forces on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<br /> <br /> Much later, Optimus Prime requested Jetfire's assistance as the battle for the Mini-Cons reached a dangerous point with the discovery of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber sword]] and the [[Skyboom Shield]]. As Jetfire made his way to Earth, he was followed by the Megatron loyalist [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], who had similarly been requested by the Decepticon strategist [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]]. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}<br /> <br /> Thrust's arrival quickly improved Decepticon battle strategy, sending the Autobot forces on Earth into disarray. Optimus Prime himself would have been defeated if not for the timely arrival of Jetfire, who quickly defeated the surprised Decepticon air power and forced the rest into retreat. {{storylink|Tactician}}<br /> <br /> Jetfire was quickly installed as second in command, but as everybody who had never served with him discovered, he was a very different kind of 'bot compared to the reserved Optimus Prime. Where Optimus was cautious and analytical, Jetfire was brash and headstrong to the point of recklessness, jumping into the unknown without considering the consequences. As a result, in his first major battle with the Decepticons, Jetfire decided to take all of their air forces on by himself, getting himself into serious trouble. Fortunately, Optimus Prime had recovered enough from his injuries to launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons and unleash his secret weapon—the ability to Powerlink with Jetfire, resulting in the powerful Jet Optimus. {{storylink|Linkup}}<br /> <br /> During a battle on a distant beach over a new mysterious [[Mini-Con storage panel]], Optimus Prime and Jetfire once again combined into Jet Optimus to take the fight to the Decepticons. However, even Jet Optimus' power was tested by the arrival of Tidal Wave. The giant Decepticon's sheer strength and firepower forced Jet Optimus on the backfoot, and in their shared gestalt mind, both Optimus and Jetfire were at a loss as what to do. {{storylink|Awakening}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] (Japanese), [[Johan Hedenberg]] (Swedish)<br /> <br /> During the ten years since the defeat of [[Unicron]], Jetfire was upgraded into a new, more advanced body uploaded with the [[Spark of Combination]], which granted him the ability to [[Powerlinx|powerlink]] with other compatible robots. Jetfire was selected by Optimus Prime to accompany him and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] to investigate a mysterious attack on the [[Energon (Energon)|energon]] mining colony there by a group of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|mysterious bestial transformers]]. Jetfire was less than pleased when the inexperienced and immature [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] wanted to tag along merely to satisfy his hero worship of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], but decided to let the youngster come along after Optimus Prime left the decision to Jetfire. After surveying the damage on Mars, Jetfire quickly destroyed a large number of [[Divebomb (Energon)|avian drones]] attacking [[Ocean City]] on Earth. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}<br /> <br /> Soon afterward, the mining colony on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] was attacked by the same mysterious energon-eating creatures. Tasked with conducting reconnaissance, Jetfire and Kicker fought their way through dozens of the bird drones, with the gifted human playing a crucial role in their successful mission. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}<br /> <br /> After Ironhide acquitted himself with distinction during the mission on the Moon, Jetfire practiced powerlinking with the younger Autobot, who, unfortunately, could not time the sequence properly. The reason behind the attacks was (partially) revealed when the powerful [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], commander of the beast transformers known as the Terrorcons, attacked [[Plains City]]. Jetfire arrived with the Autobot reinforcements and finally successfully powerlinked with Ironhide, allowing the young Autobot the honor of being the controlling component of their combined form. {{storylink|Scorpinok}}<br /> <br /> ====''Cybertron'' cartoon====<br /> :''Voice actor:'' [[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Hideo Ishikawa]] (Japanese)<br /> <br /> {{picsneeded}} <br /> [[Image:CybJetfire01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I'm a registered bookbinder from Brisbane!]]<br /> After the second defeat of Unicron, Jetfire resettled on [[Nebulon]] for an indeterminate period of time. Over time, he adopted a [[Accents|local accent]], one that sounded very vaguely like Earth-Australian to certain [[Human|humans]]. Jetfire appeared to have mellowed in the past 20 years. He was considerably more cautious compared to his reckless youth, and adhered much more closely to orders and protocol. Perhaps all those brushes with death have finally knocked some sense into his head, or [[Headmaster (technology)|his head was replaced]] while on Nebulon. He returned to Cybertron, his homeworld once again facing a monumental crisis, perhaps the worst in its history.<br /> <br /> As a backup plan, Optimus Prime ordered Jetfire to visit Earth and provide them with scans of Earthen vehicle modes for the population of Cybertron to adopt. This was done so that should their primary plan of destroying the [[Unicron Singularity]] fail, the population of Cybertron could assume disguises and relocate to the human homeworld, whose inhabitants were still largely unaware of the existence of real Transformers. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}<br /> <br /> After the final battle with [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], peace spread across the galaxy. As part of a new initiative, Optimus Prime left aboard the starship ''[[Atlantis]]'' to chart new territory, leaving Jetfire in charge of planet Cybertron. {{storylink|End}}<br /> <br /> Free boonie hats for all!<br /> <br /> ===Dreamwave comics continuity===<br /> ====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====<br /> Jetfire was left in command of the Autobot troops on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after Optimus Prime left to protect the [[Mini-Con]]s Earth. He was unhappy with Prime for this, feeling that he had abandoned the Autobots on Cybertron for his affairs on Earth. When Prime returned to Cybertron to request reinforcements and supplies, Jetfire denied him the former, as he was losing the war and needed every man he could get. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:Jetfireblurrsideswiperhinoxoverload.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]<br /> Some time later, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] contacted Jetfire and informed him that Optimus Prime had mysteriously vanished. While Jetfire had no clue as to what was going on either, he agreed to do like the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] keep an eye out for suspicious [[space bridge]] activity. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Soon enough, [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] reported that multiple space bridges were repeatedly opening and closing at the [[Decepticon Command Headquarters]]. Jetfire decided to investigate, and took a team of Autobots with him to infiltrate the enemy base. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} Upon arrival, they found that all the Decepticons in the base had been murdered, and that the space bridge nexus was automatically opening and closing space bridges in an apparent attempt to damage the dimensional wall. Suitably creeper out, Jetfire ordered his troops to take control of the nexus, but was suddenly ambushed by a [[Bludgeon (G1)|skeletal samurai]]. After getting his team to blind the enemy, Jetfire blasted it with all the firepower at his disposal, but only managed to damage its [[Pretender|outer shell]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}}<br /> <br /> The team eventually made their way to the space bridge nexus, and tried to shut it down. Jetfire thought he caught a glimpse of the lost Optimus Prime in one of the space bridges, but shrugged it off. When all attempts to disable the nexus failed, Jetfire ordered his troops to evacuate while he stayed behind to manually blow up the entire building. Three more powerful enemies arrived through a space bridge, but at the last second, Jetfire caught another glimpse of Optimus Prime in a portal, and dove through it right after activating the explosives. While he successfully reached his lost commander, the two were now stuck on an alternate-reality Cybertron in the process of being devoured by [[Unicron]]. Thankfully, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] reached this reality as well, and used the power of [[Powerlinx]]ing and the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] to boost the strength of both Jetfire and Prime. The two Autobots combined and damaged Unicron with a powerful energy blast, then returned to their home universe to prepare for the planet eater's arrival. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}<br /> <br /> Jetfire organized Cybertron's planetary defenses, and when Unicron arrived, he combined with Optimus Prime to attack him head-on. Thanks to the efforts of Over-Run and the Mini-Con population, Unicron was eventually vanquished and peace was brought back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The End}}<br /> <br /> ====''Energon'' comic====<br /> Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, Jetfire was seen flying around in the reconstructed [[Cyber City]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} He and several other Autobots tried to listen in on one of Optimus Prime's discussions with the [[Autobot High Council]], but were interrupted when [[Unicron's Four Horsemen]] attacked the city. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}} Jetfire and the others tried to fight back, but were easily taken out by their powerful opponents. However, Optimus Prime managed to link up to Cybertron itself and activate a system-wide upgrade, granting Jetfire a brand new body capable of combining with anyone. He then combined with [[Ironhide (Energon)|Energon]] and used his new strength to help drive the Four Horsemen away. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}} Jetfire and his fellow upgraded Autobots later traveled to Earth to deal with several [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] wreaking havoc in [[Australia]]. However, despite their new bodies, they soon found themselves outmatched by the Terrorcons' use of pure [[Energon (Energon)|Energon]]. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}} Combined with Ironhide, Jetfire participated in a plan to trick the Terrorcons into shooting eachother, but the enemies still weren't driven off until the [[Omnicon]]s arrived as reinforcements. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}}<br /> <br /> After returning to Cybertron, Jetfire spent a whole lot of time sweet-talking various governors into granting him the resources and funding needed to construct a base on Earth. As such, he was fairly irritated when it seemed Ironhide wasn't finishing the base components on schedule, and told the engineer that he better not let them down. It didn't help that Ironhide suddenly disappeared while out on an errand, so Jetfire went out to search for him, grumbling about new recruits who were always looking for adventure. After stumbling upon a damaged [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]], he eventually Ironhide next to an armed [[seismic-shock warhead]]. After the warhead had calmed down, Ironhide explained that he had built it long ago but made sure it wouldn't go off, and that a [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|a Decepticon]] had just forced him to reactivate it. Jetfire was proud that Ironhide was able to confront his past mistakes, and told him he finally sounded like a true Autobot. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}}<br /> <br /> Some time later, Optimus Prime vanished, having stepped into a space bridge on Earth but never arrived on Cybertron. This gave Jetfire a headache; partially because they needed him to deal with unrest among the [[human]] population, but mostly because it meant he had to shoulder Prime's responsibilities of asking the ever-unhelpful High Council for reinforcements for Earth. While the council was hesitant about his request at first, councillor [[Avalon]] convinced the other members to grant Jetfire's request. {{storylink|Multiplicity}} Jetfire was thankful to Avalon, who explained that the other councillors were just unwilling to accept that they were at war again, and complimented Jetfire on how he had handled things. As Jetfire lamented the loss of Optimus Prime and Avalon comforted him, [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] burst into the chamber and reported that Terrorcons were assaulting four major Earth cities. Jetfire ordered for the reinforcements to be prepared at once, then took a bunch of Autobots through a space bridge to [[Los Angeles]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They defended the city from a thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]], but quickly started to get worn down by the sheer number of them. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}<br /> <br /> When [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] reported that [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] had come back from the dead and was wiping out Terrorcons in [[Toronto]], Jetfire didn't believe it at first. Even when he accepted the fact that Megatron was back, he ignored the hows and whys as he had to focus on conserving energy for the battle with the Insecticons. Thankfully, [[Rad White]] showed up to power the Autobots up with Energon is gaseous form, allowing them to recover and drive the Insecticons away (with some help from a newly arrived Megatron). Jetfire approached the revived Decepticon leader, who told him that he wasn't done killing Terrorcons just yet, and left him with a message: &quot;Optimus Prime sends his regards... from the belly of the beast!&quot; {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}} Jetfire later reported Megatron's return and his message to the High Council. {{storylink|No Exit}}<br /> <br /> {{note|At this point, ''Energon'' publisher [[Dreamwave Productions]] went bankrupt, and the story was left unfinished.}}<br /> <br /> ===Panini ''Armada'' comic===<br /> When Optimus Prime left for Earth, Jetfire was apparently left behind to look after things on Cybertron. Prime contacted him for help when the Decepticons were looking for Mini-Cons on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], as the [[space bridge]] on Earth was damaged and unable to send any of Prime's Autobots there. Jetfire agreed to use a space bridge on Cybertron to send [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] to fight the Decepticons on the moon. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}<br /> <br /> ==Toys==<br /> ===Armada===<br /> *'''Jetfire with Comettor''' (Giga-Con, 2003)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-09'''<br /> **''Accessories'': [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] Mini-Con, electronic shuttle engine/gun, 2 missiles and a shield<br /> [[Image:Armada Jetfire toy1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;May all your chooks turn to emus and kick your dunny door flat to the grass!&quot;]]<br /> :Jetfire is a futuristic space shuttle molded primarily in white and gray with red paint stripes resembling the stripes seen on the original [[Jetfire (G1)|G1 Jetfire]]. His Mini-Con Comettor serves as his front landing gear and forward gun in vehicle mode. When Comettor (or any other Mini-Con) is connected to the Powerlinx ports on his wings, a large red missile/bomb is dropped. When connected to Jetfire's main engine, two small wings are deployed for atmospheric flight. In robot mode Jetfire's rear landing gear becomes a shield, and his main engine forms his rifle. <br /> <br /> :When the tail fin of ''Armada'' Jetfire's engine/weapon is pressed downward, it activates the original Generation 1 Autobot &quot;laser&quot; sound effect. Pressing the tail fin upwards (perhaps by placing the shuttle upright as if in launching mode) activates a rather garbled blast-off countdown sequence. Both sounds are also ''incredibly ''easy to trigger. When a Mini-Con is powerlinxed to the gun/engine, a different laser gun sound is heard. Prior to the release of ''Powerlinx'' Jetfire, a [[running change]] erm, changed the sound effects.<br /> <br /> :Jetfire can combine with the Super Base class Optimus Prime to form '''Jet Optimus''', by replacing the regular Super mode trailer legs and attaching Jetfire's shield onto Prime's chest. Additionally, the shield design resembles the chest armour of ''Generation 1'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Powermaster Optimus Prime Apex Armour]]/[[Ginrai|God Ginrai]].<br /> <br /> :The Japanese release includes a much brighter white plastic, a lack of battle wear and heat re-entry burn decos, more detailed paint operations throughout his body and accessories as well as different plastic colors.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make the [[Transformers Collectors Club]] [[exclusive]] [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Armada'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:PL Jetfire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;Don't come the raw prawn with me, sport, or I'll show you the rough end of a pineapple!&quot;]]<br /> *'''Powerlinx Jetfire with Comettor''' (Giga-Con, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Comettor Mini-Con, electronic shuttle engine/gun, 2 missiles and a shield<br /> <br /> :The Powerlinx redeco of Jetfire replaces much of the gray and red with blue, in a color scheme very similar to the ''Macross/Robotech'' Valkyrie fighter jet flown by Maximillian Jenius/Sterling.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/PXJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on Powerlinx Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Jetfire w/ Comettor''' (Built to Rule, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Comettor Mini-Con, missile launcher, 2 missiles<br /> <br /> :''[[Built to Rule]]'' Jetfire is a building-brick set that can be assembled into a space shuttle or a robot or whatever else you feel like. He came with a building-brick version of Comettor and a firing missile launcher.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/BTRJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Built to Rule'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> {{-}}<br /> *'''Golden Jetfire''' (Giga-Con, 2003)<br /> **''Accessories:'' Comettor Mini-Con, electronic shuttle engine/gun, 2 missiles and a shield<br /> <br /> : A redeco of Jetfire with golden [[vacuum metallizing]]. It was a first prize of the [[wikipedia:sortition|sortition]] and only exclusive in certain stores and department stores. There is a golden vacuum metalizing Armada Prime as another first prize. They can combine into Golden Jet Prime, of course.<br /> <br /> ===Energon===<br /> [[Image:Energon Jetfire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;If it was raining virgins I'd get washed down the drain with a poofta.&quot;]]<br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Mega, 2004)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-05'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded missile launcher and 1 missile<br /> <br /> :''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Jetfire transforms again into a white and red futuristic space shuttle, this time in the smaller Mega size class and with the ability to combine with most other Autobot Deluxe and Mega Energon toys. He features an electronic transforming sound effect that activates when another Autobot combines with him.<br /> <br /> :The Japanese version of this toy does not feature any of the electronics, uses red translucent plastic in place of orange, and has a sticker covering the now-absent battery compartment.<br /> <br /> :This mold was also used to make ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Overcast (Energon)|Overcast]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Energon'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> *'''Skyfire and Roadbuster'''<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SS-02'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded missile launcher and 2 missiles<br /> <br /> :This was a Japan-only two-pack of both Jetfire and Ironhide. There are no differences between the toys in this pack and the individually packed Japanese versions.<br /> <br /> *'''Skyfire Sonic''' (Mega, 2004)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-25'''<br /> **''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded missile launcher, 1 missile, Energon Spear weapon<br /> <br /> :This was the Japanese release of [[Overcast (Energon)|''Energon'' Overcast]], though still portrayed as the same character of Skyfire. There are some differences in paint application, but the major difference is the inclusion of an orange Energon Spear, originally belonging to [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Overcast/overcast.htm More information on Skyfire Sonic (well, actually Overcast) at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Cybertron===<br /> [[Image:Cyb Jetfire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;Now listen mate, I need to splash the boots. You know, strain the potatoes. Water the horses. You know, go where the big knobs hang out...&quot;]]<br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Ultra class, 2005)<br /> **''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-04'''<br /> **''Accessories'': Left &amp; right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Earth-planet Cyber Key or Autobot Cybertron-planet Cyber Key (see below)<br /> <br /> :Jetfire was once again Ultra-sized, but this time transformed into a green cargo plane resembling a modified [[wikipedia:Antonov_An-225|Antonov An-225]]. The design of the vehicle mode features a small homage to Jetfire's previous shuttle forms via a (non-opening) hatch featuring 'teeth' on the dorsal section. Jetfire features sound effects by pressing the port side aft engine nacelle. Inserting his Cyber Planet Key into his tail assembly in either vehicle or robot mode causes a pair of translucent red cannons to extend, and the compartment they are mounted on to raise. Pressing the port side aft engine now features a different sound effect. The tail section can be swiveled up to form an attack mode somewhat resembling the &quot;gerwalk&quot; form of a ''Macross'' Valkyrie (appropriately).<br /> <br /> :In robot mode Jetfire has a tendency to topple back due to the heavy battery operated gimmicks of the tail section, though he is more stable if one puts him in an action-oriented pose. In this mode he features two pop-out (non-firing) missile pods in his waist and wields his two wing-mounted (spring-loaded) missile launchers.<br /> <br /> :The US version of this toy has a bar between the barrels of the translucent red tail cannons to provide structural integrity at the cost of aesthetics. The other cosmetic difference between the US and Japanese versions is that the ''Galaxy Force'' release has more paint applications. Finally, the ''Cybertron'' release comes with a silver-bordered Earth planet Cyber Key with [[Cyber Key Codes|key code]] '''uk97''' printed on the back, while the ''Galaxy Force'' version comes with a silver-bordered Cybertron planet Autobot key.<br /> <br /> :This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] to make [[Movie (toyline)|Movie]] [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> [[Image:LOC Jetfire.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;...Shake hands with the wife's best friend? Drain the dragon? Siphon the python? Ring the rattlesnake? You know, unbutton the mutton? Like, point Percy at the porcelain?&quot;]]<br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)<br /> <br /> :''[[Legends of Cybertron]]'' Jetfire is a much smaller version of the Ultra-sized toy, with limited articulation and detail. In the U.S. market, LOC Jetfire was primarily sold in drug stores, though he could be found in normal retailers in markets outside of the US, such as Australia.<br /> <br /> :This mold was redecoed to make ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] and ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]].<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/LOCJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on ''Legends of Cybertron'' Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> *'''Jetfire''' (Burger King Kids' Meal toy, 2005)<br /> <br /> :An incredibly simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Jetfire available with [[Burger King]] kids meals. This toy is a partsformer, requiring you to remove his tail section to transform him and to replace it on his back. Oh yeah, he don't stand too good neither. Sucker.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BKJetfire/jetfire.htm More information on Burger King Jetfire at TFU.info]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cyb Sky Shadow toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|&quot;He's a handsome wild colonial man He can beat the bloody world if Genghis Khan&quot;]]<br /> *'''Sky Shadow''' (Ultra class, 2006)<br /> **''Accessories'': Left &amp; right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Earth-planet Cyber Key<br /> <br /> :Sky Shadow is a tan/gold and black redeco of ''Cybertron'' Jetfire, depicting the character in his [[wikipedia:Matches_Malone|cover identity]] as a Decepticon. It uses the same tooling as ''Cybertron'' Jetfire (though the chest panel is retooled to remove the Autobot sigil), so it features the structurally stronger tail cannon. All other functions remain the same.<br /> <br /> : Sky Shadow comes with a silver-bordered Earth planet Cyber Key with the code '''u06h''' printed on the back.<br /> <br /> ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/SkyShadow/skyshadow.htm More information on Sky Shadow at TFU.info]''<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ===Merchandise===<br /> {{charstubtoys}}<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> * The Armada Jetfire toy's appearance and transformation sequence is an homage to ''Generation 1'' [[Galaxy Shuttle]]. This was confirmed by then-head designer [[Aaron Archer]] during his stint as 'ORSON' on the [http://www.tfw2005.com TFW2005.com] boards.<br /> <br /> * According to the Transformers Collectors Club magazine, the vehicle mode of this Jetfire is inspired by the X-71 Shuttle from the 1998 film ''Armageddon''.<br /> <br /> * Much like the [[Red Alert (Armada)|''Armada'' Red Alert]] toy's 'Woo-woo-woo' sound effect, the ''Armada'' Jetfire toy's original countdown sound effect briefly became something of an in-joke within the Transformers fan community. <br /> <br /> * Jetfire's ''Cybertron'' toy appears (in plane mode) on the screen of the Hasbro version of the [[Real Gear Robots]] toy [[Power Up VT6]].<br /> <br /> ===Foreign names===<br /> *''Japanese:'' '''Jetfire''' (ジェットファイヤー ''Jettofaiyā''), '''Skyfire''' (''Super Link'', スカイファイヤー ''Sukaifaiyā''), '''Dreadrock''' (''Galaxy Force'', ドレッドロック ''Doreddorokku'')<br /> *''Hungarian: '''Géptűz''' (''Armada'', &quot;Planefire&quot;), '''Lángcsóva''' (''Energon'', &quot;Flameburst&quot;), '''Röptűz''' (''Cybertron'', &quot;Flyfire&quot;)<br /> *''Polish:'' '''Myśliwiec''' (&quot;Fighter Plane&quot;)<br /> *''Romanian:'' '''Flamă'''<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Jetfire/jetfire.htm Jetfire at TFU.info]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Armada Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Autobot leaders]]<br /> [[Category:Built to Rule]]<br /> [[Category:Combiners]]<br /> [[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Dimension hoppers]]<br /> [[Category:Double agents]]<br /> [[Category:Energon Autobots]]<br /> [[Category:Fast food exclusives]]</div>

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