Slipstream (Animated)

2010-10-18T00:37:54Z

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[[Image:AnimatedSlipstreamModel.jpg|thumb|250px|You say "bitch" like it's a ''bad'' thing!]]

:''Slipstream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''.

'''Slipstream''', the '''Female Starscream''', is the [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Starscream clone]] that raises the most questions. She possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the [[Starscream (Animated)|original Starscream's]] personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).

Practically everything she ever says to the original Starscream is an insult of some form. Really makes you wonder about Starscream, doesn't it?

{{quote|''Any'' leader has to be an improvement over you!|Slipstream offers an opinion on her template|"[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Atsuko Tanaka]] (Japanese), [[Silvia Mißbach]] (German), [[Daniele Demma]] (Italian), [[Samira Fernandes]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:TFA ABTC1 Screamer Clones Argue.jpg|thumb|left|thumb|Humph. Men.]]

When his clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. The female clone revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: [[Thundercracker (Animated)|megalomania]], [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardice]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|bootlicking]], and [[Ramjet (Animated)|deception]]. When Starscream asked where she came from, Slipstream informed him that he was better off not knowing. Once they were ready to depart, Thundercracker pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really ''was'' a pain in the gearshaft. Slipstream bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Slipstream proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. After the original Starscream was decapitated by [[Isaac Sumdac]] piloting a [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] unit, Slipstream promptly declared that she was better off being led by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. When [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Slipstream apparently decided to lay low on Earth after the space bridge battle, managing to evade capture unlike her fellow clones (and several non-clone Decepticons). However, when she spotted a [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|red figure flying through the sky]], she mistook it for Starscream and chased after it in a rage. She shot at him, causing him to fall in a river. Seeing it wasn't Starscream, she promptly fled the scene. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

===''The Cool'' comic===

[[Image:SlipstreamTheCoolMegatron01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Take some Midol and shut the Hell up, already!]]

As the Autobots and Decepticons fought over the [[Space Bridge]], [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] chose that moment as the most opportune time to unleash his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Clone Army]] on both factions. Slipstream was among them and seemed to fair best, as the other clones were being easily swatted by the joint efforts of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. Slipstream managed to get a clear shot at Megatron and, after screaming an insult at him, sent a powerful energy blast headed his way. Megatron saw the attack coming, however, and quickly used Optimus as a living shield. {{storylink|The Cool issue 7|The Cool #7}}
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==Notes==
* Where Slipstream got her colors from was debated within the fandom, with the most frequent guess being ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet_(G1)#Generation_2_2|Ramjet]]. However, when contacted about it, [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] revealed that her color scheme was actually "loosely inspired" by the [[Godmaster]] [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. Unexpected! Still, half of Overlord ''was'' [[Mega|technically female]].

*As her colors weren't closely based on any of the pre-existing [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, fans didn't have much of a clue what to call her, and created a lot of different nicknames. No official name had been created for her, either (she was just referred to as "Female Starscream" in the show's credits), a situation that writer [[Jim Sorenson]] sought to rectify for her entry in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''. Sorenson proposed "Slipstream" to [[Derrick Wyatt]] and [[Marty Isenberg]], who both liked it, and Sorenson subsequently included the name in the first draft of the ''Almanac''.<ref>[http://boltax.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-cross-slipstream.html Disciples of Boltax: Don't cross the Slipstream.]</ref> Hasbro raised no objection to the idea, and publicly announced the name for the first time during the Hasbro panel at [[BotCon 2009]].

* While the Transformers [[fandom]] has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless [[Wikipedia:Mary Sue|self-insertion characters]] that are variants on the theme), this is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.

* The whole gag about Slipstream is that we are ''not supposed to know'' what aspect of Starscream's personality she represents. This, however, has not stopped fans from repeatedly asking Derrick J. Wyatt about it over Twitter and Formspring, despite his early attempt at light-heartedly brushing the question off by saying "I try not to think about that one!"<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html Derrick J. Wyatt Q&A... answers!]</ref> At this point, Wyatt has, in fact, gotten so tired of this question that he now automatically agrees with whatever theory is put forward to him, no matter how absurd.<ref>[http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/770787093 Does Slipstream represent the sorrow Starscream feels when reflecting on the plight of the Native Americans as both their land and buffalo were violently taken from them during westward expansion?]</ref>
*All other clones are the most frequently used emotion of Starscream, suggesting that said seeker could in fact be gay. Oh, for [Primus]e's sake, he has pink armor!
* In the Italian dubbing of ''Transformers Animated'', the voice of Slipstream was provided by Daniele Demma, the same male voice actor that does Starscream and the other clones. This resulted in a more exaggerated representation of the character.

*In the Latin American Spanish dub of the third season, she is ''probably'' still a female. However, due to her voice being ''extremely'' grave, it's still unclear if she is either male or female.

* The ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]]'' version of [[Slipstream (Prime)|Slipstream]] is designed in homage of this one.

* Slipstream was originally intended to appear in "[[Endgame, Part II]]", in which she would revive Starscream after the Autobots left Earth, but the scene was cut for time.<ref>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>

==References==
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[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Starscream clones]]

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